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London, England, 1813-09-23 00:00:00

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MaiengTMOOROOI
OLD .8411. Er SESSIONS.

Adallaka Malay, was indicted, on Monday, for the
wilful murder of Seda, a Sidee, by stabbing him with
a knife..—Sack Mahmood, sworn on the Koran, de-
posed, he is a Lascar, and native cook of the Lady
Castlereagh. On Wednesday last the prisoner and•
the deceased were both in the galley roasting potatoes.
They quarrelled about a potetoe, each claiming it as
Ides they then began fighting, aisci the prisoner took
his shoes and struck the deceased. The Malays then
_wanted to tie up the deceased and flog him, but the
.pr;souer wanted to fight with the deceased. It then
became a general fight between the Malays and the
Sideese they armed themselves with knives and deck-
scrapers ; the prisoner was armed with a Batavian
knife. The Sicken retired to another room, and shut
the door, to prevent the Malays following them, but
they came in at the window, and struck the deceased
with sticks. The prisoner stabbed him in the belly
with his knife, which came out at his back. The Si-
dees are natives of Madagascar.
The Surgeon deposed. that the wound on his belly
Was the cause of the death of the deceased.
In his defence he said he did not know in the scuflle
how the deceased was wounded.
Mr. Justice HEATH was of opinion, that as this was
a slaying on a sudden provocation, it could not amount
to niurder.—Guilty of Manslaughter.
A. reezreen was indicted for breaking and entering
the dwelling house of J. Lindsay, and sealing several
silver spoons, a silver watch, &c. Mrs. Lindsay
locked her house up on the night of the 6th of Au-
gust, and next morning found the house had been en.
tered by the window, and robbed of the articles
named in tire indictn:ent, together with e quantity of)
wearing apparel. She saw the prisoner in the after.'
noon, end observed that his pockets appeared full.--
There was a handkerchief hanging out of his pocket,
which she thought was one that she had lost. He
took it out of his pecker, and said it was not her's ei
but she knew it to he her *property, and he ran off.—•
He was soon stopped, and secured. Helen King, sere'
vent to Mrs. Lindsay, corroborated the first part of
her mistress's testimony. J. Williams, a pawnbroker,
proved that the prisoner pawned a watch at his shop,
in Cable-stiret, on the morning of the burglary. The
watch nas produced and identified by Mrs. Lindsay.
A woman, whose yard joined that of the Frosecutxix,
heard the noise of the breaking into the house, be.
tweet' tvelve and one o'clock. Guilty—Death. •
.Alizzheth Slues and J, Neale were indicted for Steal-
ing Je2B, the property of P. Joseph: The prosecutor,
(a black sailor) deposed, that he met with the woman
. prisoner, in company with one of his.shipmates, at
the Black Horse, in Poplar. They went hame with
her, and had some supper. She sat next to him, put
her arms round him, and took out six 3s. pieces.—
There wete two men there—Neale was one. He got
up and struck him over the bead with a stick. Sheen,
the other man, took his notes out of his pocket. He
then wanted to go away, but they all got up to pre.
vent him. He got awa7 however, and returned with
some watclareie Next day he saw the won:an, who
endeavoured to escape from him by running up an
alley and into a privy. k. Crowther, who had been
invited in by last witness, stated, that oshe was going
out tor some bread and beer, by Joseph's directions,
Mrs. Sl4cen made at him with a poker, and Sheen with
a piece of word, resembling a bed-post, but, as led
cvould have it, the door was open, and he escaped.—
Verdia—Eiizabeth Sheen Not Guilty, because sup-
peeedeo have acted under the coercion of her husband,
who was not in custody. Neale—G s ilty—Death.
J. 1.41 Chalky, aged 56 years, stood indicted, under
the Black Act, fur maliciously stabbing a young colt
in the belly so as to occasion its death, the property
of Edward Kinipton, a harness maker, of Highgate.
It appeared that the prisoner was servant to Mr.
Stringer, of Highgate, and having observed a male
and colt belonging to the "prosecute:- grazing iu one
of his master's fields, on the 12th day of September,
he complained of the uespass to the servants of Mr.
Kimpton, and representeil that one
_of his master's
cows had been milked in. he field. Angry expressions
were used on both sides, and the prisoner went away
muttering, that if he found the mare and colt in the
field again, they would never come our alive; next
day the colt happened to stray again upon the same
field, and presently it was discovered with its entrails
banging out at a gash in its belly. That afternoon
the prisoner inquired of Mr. Kimpton, if his colt's
entrails were entirely out, the prosecutor said, 66 Yes,
you old blackguard, and you did it."—" I know I
did," replied the prisoner ; " did not I tell you I
would, and I will be in the field to-morrow, and see
if more is not done." This account was confirmed
by, two other witnesses.
The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he made
use of the expressions imputed, to him by the prose-
cutor and the witnesses, and stated, that the colt had
been ripped by one of the horned cows that were
grazing in the field where the colt was trespassing.
The prosecutor declared that the wound was made
by a sharp instrument, and not by a cow's horn.—
Guky.
The following were acquitted, viz. T. Martin, J.
Turner, Eliz. Thomas, R. Tucker, J. Measum, Mary
Harvey, T. Harvey, C. F. Best, Amelia Ewer, and
W. Davis alias Perkins.

Tuesday Clara Sweeney was indicted for stealing
JO sin Bank-notes, the property of J. Maslen. The
Prosecutor swore, that he met the prisoner in Ratcliff-
highway ; he went to her lodgings with her, very
much inanicated, and slept there. He had his notes
about him, and between two and three in the morning
he missed them. It. Hope, a. police officer, spore-
s liended the prisoner, and on loosing her pettimat, a
e. 5 note fa, from her. She desired witness to keep
it, as it was all she had left of the money ; she also
requested him to say nothing about it. Guilty.
Death, but recommended to mercy, on account of
the prost cutor's being so much intosicated.
J. Saunders and IV. Thomas were indicted for killing
a sheep, the prnperty of W. 1-fill, with intent to steal
the carcase. Limbrick, the officer, found the priso-
ner Saunders, with the bind quarters of a sheep in a
bag, quite warm. He said he was going to New.
gate Niarket, and tried to get away. Another person
bi....:ght the fore -quarters; which they found on Tho-
mas ; they tallied 'with the skin and head, &c. which
were found in Mr.. Hill's field. Guilty— Death.
Sarah Adam was indicted for stealing *5 in notes,
the i" rg
- • 'oil e. Matted In a moment of amo-
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Tens dellianee, his notes were abstracted from kis
pocket,,and they were found by the ofEcer, who took
her into custody, on the prisoner. She laid she had
picked them up by the side of the prosecutor. Guilty
of larceny.
T. Wright and W. Farthing were indicted for steal-
ing a pocket handkerchief, the property of 13. Parkes.
The prosecutor was passing along the Strand, about
nine o'clock at night, and massed his handkerchief.—
He had the prisoners taken into custody, when seven
handkerchiefs were found upon them, and his among
the rest.—Guilty.

Mars Anne Browne was indicted for stealing 161bs.
weight of flour, the property of J. Jennings.
The 'prisoner was found concealvd behind a door,
and a bag of flour in the prosecutor's shop: she begged
to be let go.—Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony :—H.
Skinner, for stealing a Ss. Bank token ; J. Willis, for
' stealing two pair of shoes • J. Digby, for stealing se-
veral carpenters' tools; J. Thompson, for stealing a
pocket-book ; J. Sessford, for stealing two jackets ;
Eliz. Baker, for stealing three 1110 Bank notes • J.
Munday, for stealing a coach frame and glass; notes
Macdonald, for stealing a coat ; G. Lancaster, for
stealing a bed ; W. Lacey, for stealing three gold
seals; Mary M'Manus and Cath. Maltby, for selling
counterfeit shillings; Margaret M‘Kennell, for steal.
ing a pelisse, three sheets, and other articles ;' Frances
Ebden, for stealing a pillow and other articles ; R.
Fisher, for stealing a shirt and other articles ; J.
Brown, for stealing 6 cwt. of hemp ; J. Turner, for
stealing a parasol; W. Stunnell, for stealing six fir-
kins of butter ; W. Caner, for stealing a silver table-
spoon ; W. Sharp, for stealing ss. 6d. ; W. Bird and
D Peerless, for stealing a mahogany tea-chest.
And six were acquitted viz. Charlotte Harrington,
E. Churchman, Ann Hutchinson, J. Vaughan, T.
Windred, and A. Hart.

Yesterday Thomas ifyliP Gee, a confidential clerk
in the employment of Mr. Hodson, brewer, at Bow,
was convicted of embezzling £96. 6s. the property
of his employer. It appeared from the evidence of
the prosecutor, that the prisoner had been four years
in his employment, and had, within that period,
ap-
applied, of the prosecutor's property, to his own use,
to the amount of upwards of £l4OO.
There were other indictments against tho prisoner ;1
but the RECORDER, who was the presiding Judge in
Court, thought it unnecessary to proacci to the trial
of thew.

P.:issrtist, a bey, about 13 years of age, was in-
dieted for stealing half an ounce of silver, the pro-
perty of Wm. Lindaley, a watch.case maker. The
prisoner was errand-boy to Mr. L. and being suspect-
ed, Mr. L. ordered his men to mark some pieces of
silver, and leave them in their usual places in the
[shop. When the prisoner went away, between eight
and nine at night, Mr. L. searched him, and found
the pieces of silver in one of his shoes.
The Jury found him Guilty, and the Cosmos oaa-
JEANT, remarking on his youth, asked Mr• Lindsley
whether, if the Court should order him to be whipped
in private, be would be willing to take him back into
his service, to save him from destruction I Mr. Lind-
sley, with the most generous humanity, immediately
said that he would. The COMMON SEK.FRANT then
ordered him to be privately whipped, and returned
to his indulgent master.

The following were also found guilty of felonies :
G. Perkins, for stealing a quantity of horse-shoes ;
D. Murray, for stealing a pair of gold ear-rings, a
gold keeper, &c.; Elizabeth Price, Elizabeth Holland,
and Mary White, for stealing a pair of shoes; Ma-
hala Gibbons, for stealing six yards and a half of
ticking, and some feathers • W. Thompson, for steal-
ing a table-clock ; Mary Lonavan, for stealing four
pair of shoes; W. West, for stealing ten pounds of
bacon ; H. J. Smith, for stealing two pieces of silk
galloon ; Mary Watson, for stealing thvee gold rings,
and other articles ; Sarah Smith and Mary Goburn,
for stealing a re2oo Bank note and a sels ditto; J,
Clausman, for stealing two handkerchiefs ; Mary
Bailey, for stealing a gown ; J. Bradnum, for stealing
two chaise coats, arid other articles ; J. Taylor, for
stealing a handkerchief ; 'Mary Smith, for stealing a
padlock and a jacket • D. Wardell, for stealing two
chariot glasses ; T. Pugh, for stealing two ducks;
Sarah Robinson, for child stripping, viz for stealing
a frock and a pinafore ; and pl. Gregory, for stealing
various goods.
G. dilkn was indicted for stealing a bushel of oats,
the property of Messrs. Clark and Willocks. The
prisoner was a coachman in the employment of the
prosecutor, and lent to a Mr. Hunt, of Russel-square,
along with two job horses. He was stopped by Cave,
the officer, on the 17th inst, in Montague-street, with
a bushel of oats in Z basket. He first said there was
I nothing in the basket, and afterwards said it was oats
he was carrying to a person that lived in Kepple
Mews, No. 17, which he had borrowed of this person,
with his master's knowledge. Mr. Willocks knew
nothing of the transaction, besides his hostler had
given out oats for the horses sufficient to have lasted
them without borrowing any. T. Wood, coachman
to W. Nansgo,Esq. and whohad been seventeen years
and a half in that Gentleman's service, deposed that
he lived at Keppel Mews, No. 17, and that about
three weeks ago he lent the prisoner a bushel of oats
for an extra horse, which had never beet. returned.—
J. Hunt, Esq. said he had an extra horse one or two
nights. He gave the prisoner a good character for
the two years he had been in his set vice. The Jury
limmediately acquitted him.
The following were also acquitted, viz. : J. Wil-
liams, T. Wyans, T. Thompson, Ann Roberts, Mary
ICoventry, R. Burridge, F. Parker, and Charlotte
IThomas.

Lai►mm.—Jaws Leary was the son of one Corne-
lius Leary, a native of the North of Ireland, but who
went and settled as a village schbolmaster, at a place
called Mouleycourcane, near Clonakilty, in the county
of Cork.-0a the day after Leary received sentence,
he wrote a very long letter to his mother, in which he
most solemnly declared his innocence of the murder,
but that unfortunately and unexpectedly he chanced
to be present. This letter, he says, he sends by hand,
as in case she had not money to pay the postage, she
would never receive it. In this letter he most ear-
-1 nestly requests that his mother will go amongst all
his friends and ixquaintance, and let them see it, in
which he calls on Con to witness his innocence, and
that before she reads that he will be no more. His
blessing to his children, &c.
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AIIDDIES.LT SIXION&

BRUTAL OuTIAOIL—Geeze dryijekl was tried on
two indictments for violent assault* on Grace Pente..
cost, a girl 15 years of age, and Mary Bates, her sis-
ter, on Sunday, the Ist of August, at Paddington.
Mr. BARRY, who gave his professional services on
this occasion, stated the case as follows:--The com.
plainants, who are very respectable, though in humble
life, were walking with some friends in the neighbour.
hood of Lisson Green, when the younger prosecutrix,
who was walking a few yards behind her eister, was
attacked in a ruffian-like manner by the defendant,
who took her in his arms and drew her, garments
above her middle, and behaved too indecent to he
stated. The girl screamed, and on Mrs. Bates going
to her assistance, be struck her a violent blow upon
the mouth, which caused a copious effusion of blood,
and next assaulted the little girl in a similar manner,
and in short none of the party escaped_ his ruffian-
like conduct. The defendant was convicted on both
indictments, and having already been seven weeks in
prison, he was sentenced to a farther imprisonment of
two months, aol at the expiration of that time to find
sureties for his good behaviour for twelve months,
himself in 4€40, and two sureties in £2O each. We
trust this will put an cad to similar outrages practise,:
in this neighbourhood hitherto with impunity.