Star.
London, England, 1805-05-31 00:00:00

OLD B inEr.

Yeßerday 24 prifoners were tried, two of whom
were capitally convieed, viz.
John 'Troy, for forging, and uttering as true, a 51.
note, purporting to be of the Bank of England, with
intent to defraud the Governor and Company, and
alfo James Kofe.
Mr. Rhode, a holier inOrford-Rreet, depofed, that
on the 27th of February lag, at four o'clock in the
evening, the prifoner came into his !bop, and *wed
to purchafe two filk handkerchiefs, for which he was
to pay twelve fhillings. He tendered in payment a
sl. Bank note. On looking at the note, he thought it
was a forgery, and went out of the !hop on pretence,
of getting change for it, to confult with a neighbour;
who, being of the fame opinion, he brought an officer
home with him, and took the prifoner into cullody.
The officer proved the arrell.
Mr. Thompfon Paid, the Prifoner had come to his
(hop in the beginning of February, and had made
fome purchafs to the value of ss. 6d. in payment of
which he gave a s'l. note, and got the change. He
cleared the prifoner to indorfe his name, which he did
as John May.
It appeared from the evidence Af fome other wit.
neffes, that the Prifoner had been fent to a milliner's
!hop, to pay for a bonnet which had been befpoke,
and, inßead of giving a guinea i t calls, which he had
got to pay lot it, he gave a 51. note, and received the
difference.

Perfons from the Bank attended, and proved that
all the notes paired by the Prif3ner were counterfeits,
and that the name figned to them was the name of a
cafhier who never figned 51. notes.
The Prifoner urged in his defence, that he had
found the notes, and if he had known they were
forged, he would not have waited in Mr. Rodes's
(bop when he went out of it.

Mr. Jutlice Genes rummed up the evidence, and
the Jury found him Guilty—Death.
Ann Percy, alias Carders, for flealing in ready fur:
nithed lodgings, two theets, and the entire furniture
of a bed, the property of Penelope Drumm lnd.
It appeared that the Profecutrix lived in Lower
Chapel-Street, St. George's in the Etat, and that crt
the t 3th of April the Pt ifoner came to her to hire her
lodgings. They agreed co the pr ice, but the Profecu-
trix withing to have a refereace, the Prifoner went
away, Paying, the did not know any perfon in town,
having only come that day from Sunderland with
her litilband. In a thort time after the returned, and
Paid, the had been introduced to a perfon to whom
the could refer her, and mentioned Mr. Pilkingtnn,
of Cornhill. She then complained of being very much
tired. and begged leave to go up flairs and Lay down
for an hour. The Stairs Profecutrix then went to Cornhill
to enquire the charafter of her lodger from Mr. Pil-
kington, but no fuch perfon could be found there.—
On her return home, the learned from a friend of
her's, whom the left in the houfe, that the Prifoner
had gone out about an hour before, and laid the
would return in a Ikon time. When the went up
ftairs, the found the bed had been Stripped of the
theets and furniture. She then lodged information
againft the Prifoner. who was loon apprehended, and
the duplicates of the Stolen property traced to a Jew
who had bought them.
The Jury immediately found her Guilty--Death.
There were three other indietments againfi the Pri.
Toner for offences of the fame nature ; but the event
of the firft made it unnecefary to try her on any other.
Sixteen were convidled of felony.

Yelterday the Rscoanc a made a Report to his Ma.
Issrr of the convicts under fentence of death in New•
gate, viz.
John Dodfoa, for returning from tranfportation.
Elizabeth Paget, for traitoroufly colouring a piece of bafc coin
rekoabling a alining.
William Field for a like olfeoee.

James Slade, for a burglary In the dwenitt7 honk of Job Arnold.
John George, for afremhling with di►ers perforis. .rrned with
firearms, &c. and relating a quantity of goods Iront an officer of
the Excite.

William Weitwood, fur a burglary in the dwelling hoafe of
George Tillot, and Dealing Ms goods and bank notes.
George freak, and James Batten, for a highway robbery on
Wm. Jaggers.
Jahn M'Carthy, John Hall, and William Gray, for Dealing
goods out of a fighter upon the navigable River ot Thames, the
property of Henry Setter and Co.
Thomas Fir ch, and George Finch, for a burglary in the dwelling
honk of Cnfpin Todd.
gobs George and William Field were ordered for car
eution on Wednefday next, the sth June.