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London, England, 1815-12-14 00:00:00

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notice general frandulenteoaduct. This deed, t:sex-
plainee, is Evidently a fraud on Mr. U. Gordon's
creditors; it is for the benefit of Miss Gordon alone,
and she is the party to.explain it.
After some conversation between the respective
Counsel, it was ap.reed that the matter should stand
over until Thuriday week, to allow iime for the ob-
taining explanation from Miss Gordon.
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OLD 111.11.17. V.
Yesterday, Susannah llodsis was indicted for steal-
ing a silver table spoon, v:tlue 12s. and some other
articles, the property of J. Mitchell, M.D. on the
15th of October. The prosecutor stated the circum•
stances of the case, which were also confirmed by the
evidence of Sarah Sketchley, who found the duple;
Cate of the spoon that had been pledged lying in her
apartment, in the corner of a handkerchief ; arid of
Joseph llai t. late servant to the prosecutor, and also
by !he h:►u tbioki•r.—Guaty.
was capitally indicted for assaul-
ting Thom,,, West, and taking from his person AM
in bank notes.---The parties were shipmates on
hoard the Scalesby Castle, lately returned from the.
East 'tidies, and had been drinking together in the
neighbourhood of Tower-hill, till the prosecutor be-
came intoxicated, when the prisoner took an oppor-
tunity of purloining the above property. The violence
necessary to be used to constitute a hi ithway robbery
not being proved, the prisoner was found guilty of
stealing only.
Charles Sharratt and J. Wainwright stood indicted,
the fornier for stealing, and the latter for receiving,
knowing to be stolen, 54 glass bottles, the proi-erty
of E. H. Jones and H. W. Atkinson, wine mer-
chants, in Mark-lane.
Some suspicion having been excited in the minds
of the prosecutors, that the prisoner Sharratt, who
was their servant, was robbing them, and being de-
sirous of detecting him, they consulted a Mr. Parker
as to the best mode of so doing, and he recommended
that the prisoner should be ordered to leave a letter
at Mr. Parker's house, who was to have an officer in
readiness, and Parker and he were to follow and
watch his conduct ; they did so ; and after delivering
a certain quantity of wine, the prisoner put into his
cart a hamper of bottles, which they saw him after-
wards deliver at the house of tide prisoner, Wain-
wright, a dealer in bottles, whose wile took them in,
and paid the prisoner. The officer and Parker then
entered and quesioned Wainwright as to what they
had seen. lie denied any knowledge of the circum-
stance. The bottles were lying exposes in the shop,
on the spot where Sharratt had deposited them. Four
of these were proved to belong to the prosecutor.
It was proved, on the part of Wainwright, that he
was employed, during the trans iction with the wile,
in removing a wardrobe—that when the officer had'
him in custody at his own house, while Parker went
fur a search warrant, he offered to the officer to
search it before it came.
A great number tit respectable witnesses gave boil)
the prisoners good characters, particularly \V.
wright, who had been admitted to bail, and suaren-
dered to take his trial.
The Jury found the prisoner Sharratt—Guilty,
and acquitted Wainwright.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.—
B. Biadhury, for stealing several pieces of silver, the
property of Messrs: Jackson ; J. \Vest, for stealing a
veil, the property of NI srtha Webb ; J. L. Kiiigs-
worth, for stealing £l6 in !link notes, the property of
T. West ; Michael Collett, for stealing several articles
of wearing apparel, the property of T. Draper; Ella.
West aiid Susannah Ginumer, for stealing a tea
caddy, tiso face shawls, &c. the preperty of C. Cook ;
and T. Roach, for stealing several shirts, &c.

The man who made the attempt to murder Messrs.
BILIG9 Clerk, at Btistol, on Wednesday se'finight.
having applied to the Bristol infirmary to have his
arm set in a soldier's dress, he was detected, and int-
ntediao-ty secured.
HIGOWAY ItOPUEOV...The system of robbing
hackney coachmen is becoming very prevalent ;—fin
Nlonday evening, about nine techck, t a o persons, ap-
parently naval ()dicers, took a coach off the stand at
Stones.end, and ordered the coachman to drive to
Clapham, and go lomat by South Lambeth ; when a
little way beyond Lark-ita-lane, they stopped the,
coach, and, jumping out, one of tranti held a pistol to'
the coachman's head, whilst the other rifled his,
pockets of upwards of £2 ; they also took the coach..
glasses, and, having cut the hat ness in several places,
they made off, threatening the co.cli,nan with severe
vengeance if he attempted to follow them.
Hari ox Gamtoes,—Yesterday Mr. Thomas Field,
of the Cross Keys Inn, St. John's-street, Smithfield,
attended, by vu toe of a summons, being charged by
Cuthbert Scarborough, Esq. of the Kent road, for
detaining a parcel directed to him, which came by
the Kettering coach on the sth inst. and not delivered
till the 7th inst. the case being proved, the defendant
was convicted in the penalty of VAN. and costs.—The
porter that delivered the above parcel was convicted
i the day before at Union Hall, for making an over-
charge on the saute.
1 Execamon.—Yesterday morning, William Brad-
ford, • a man of respectable connexions, only '23 years
of age, was executed at the Old Bailey, pursuant to
his sentence. It may be recollected that the unhappy 1
young man was a clerk, holding a high situation in
the Victualling Office, and on the 28th of last Octo-
ber he was tried and convicted for forging a bill of
exchange for the payment of £B6B. is. tiel. purpor-
ting to be drawn by Captain Kerr, of his Majesty's
ship Acasta, upon the Commissioners of the Victual-
ling Office. On Monday evening he was visited by
two of his younger brothers; at parting their feelings
were so worked up, that it was with difficulty the
keeper, Days, could draw them from the unhappy
wares : and even after they had taken leave, the
younger brother c.ung to every thing that was in his
way, and, in a dreadful paroxysm of grief, cried—
a My brother ! Oh ! my unhappy brother ?" At
length they were tranquillised by those about them,
but did not quit the sad mansion of misery for some
time. Bradford was attended during Tuesday night
by the Rev. M. RUMS, and two Dissenters, and
prayed most fervently. He took a little negus, which,
howevt r, he e.ould it, t sustain on his stomach ; —he
slept for ab,ut LWO hours, and afterwards drank toast
a d water. A few minutes before eight o'clock he
was brought to the press yard, and the irons being
ka.4.lsed off, he proceeded to the scaffold with a firm
step, and his last words were." U Loup spate my
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