Star.
London, England, 1825-05-20 00:00:00

OLD LIAILEY SESSIONS, MAY 19.

Wilfred Barad, who was described in the calendar
as being 19 years of age, and by trade a shoemaker,
was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of Thos.
Sedgwick, Esq. of Highbury-grove, Islington, a gold
watch, chain, and key, the property of that Gentleman,
Elizabeth Browne stated that she was servant to Mr.
Sedgwick; on the day in question the prisoner came to
the house, and asked to see Mr. Stdgw.ck ? Witness
told him her master was not at home. He then asked
to see Mrs. Sedgwick ? and witness de-ired him to walk
into the ball ; she requested to know the prisoner's
name ? he said it was Captain Barnet, upon which she
shewed him into a parlour, and sent Miss Sedgwick tn
him. Shortly afterwards Miss Sedgwick called her:
and bade her raise an alarm, f r the prisoner had stolen
her watch. He had then left the house, and witness vests
in pursuit of him. Up, n seeing witness, he ran dosVst
the grove : but on the approach of three men he stopped]
and asked witness if she wanted anything ? Witness
said she wanted him, and charged him with having
stolen the watch, upon which he handed it to her, and
then thought to get away, but witness called out to stop
him, and the three men hefore.menvoned detained him.
Miss Sedgwick stated, that upon go'ng into the room
where the prisoner was, he said, " You don't want any
spirits ?" Witness said " No;" and the prisoner passed
out. She had shortly before placed her watch in a case
o • the cabinet, and upon examining it, she found the
case exactly as she had left it, but the watch was gone.
On her cro3s•examination, she said the Watch was her own, it
having been the gift of her mother, and no person had any curs:
trout over it but herself. _ _

Mr. LAW, the prisoner's Counsel, here claimed all
acquittal for his client, the watch being laid in the in•
dictment as the property of Mr. Sedgwick.
Mr. Justice GASELEB, on.examining the indictment,
found the fact to be so, and therefore directed the Jury
to acquit the prisoner.
The Jury accordingly found him—Not Guilty.
The same priso-er was then tried upon another in-
dictment, which charged him with stealing seven silver
,poons, value 4/. in the dwelling-house of Samuel Cater:
On this indictment he was found Guilty.
James Harper was indicted for stealing three geld;
;rigs and a mare, the property of Joseph Batten.—
It appeared that on the 15th of March, the eable-
door of Mr. Batten, who keeps a public-house in
village in Hertfordshire, was broken open, and four
'of his horses taken away. On the preceding day the
prisoner, in company with other men, came down to
the village by one of the coaches, and on alighting,
they threw a basket on the ground; in which something
sounded like stirrups. In twc•days after lite robbery,
the primer and another Min went to the King's
Arms, at Bow, Middlesex, with the stolen horses,
which he gave in charge to the hostler, directing
him not to give them up to any person but himsell,•
or somebody whom he wouki send with a note, and
money to pay for their keep. It also appeared that
be sold two of the horses to another person, whom he
allowed to take them first upon trial, on lodging with
him a deposit of IW. and he did not afterwards re-
turn to claim either the horses or the remainder of the
purchase-money. A variety of other circumstances
were preyed, opon which the Jury returned a verdict.
of Guilty.
Join Tstrpim, alias Tuck, was indicted fora burglary,
with intent to steal, in the house of Martha Nl'i,d•
in Little Rider-street, St. James's. The ',acts of this
case having been recently detailed a,length in the
SiAn, it Will be sufficient here merely to repeat, that
one of Mrs. Wisdom's lodgers, named Enderby, being
alarmed by the noise of persuns endeavouring to break:
in at the parlour-window, armed himself with a poker,
and sti:od beside the window. He observed three
'men, ore of whom he believed to be the prisoner, force
open the shutters, and raise the window ; a hand,
with a derk lantern was then thrust in, at which he
aimed a blow of the poker ; but it only took effect
in knocking the lantern into the area. The thieves
then ran away, two in one direction, and the third
in another. He called out " Stop thieves!" leaped
through the wirtdow, and saw the prisoner running
towards St. James's-street ; but meeting a watchman,
he turned back and ran towards Mr. Enderby and ano-
ther watchman, who stopped and took him to the
watch-house, where he gave his name as John Tuele.
One of the watchmen, named Elliot, said it was
moonlight at the time, and there was plenty of light
from the gas. The prisoner said that Elliot had
sworn at Marlborough-street, that it was day-light.—
Elliot denied this.
The Learned Junco referred Wise depositions, and it was not so'
stated there.

Mr. Mumma said, that notwithstanding its omission in the
depositions, the witness had certainly stated at Marlborough-street
that it was day-light.—The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was very respectably dressed. His wire,
who is rather a fine-looking woman, was in the gallery
during the trial : upon the announcement of the ver-
dict, she sh-ieked out, and was carried from the Court
in a fit.

Currosts.—The Bill now before the Legislature ors
this subject, will repeal no less than four hundred and
sixty-five Acts-of Parliament !

In the village of Minster Love!, the consequences of
fever in the family of the late William Hearne, a car-
penter, in a small way of business, has been most cala-,
mitous. The family consisted of a husband, wife, and
twelve children, chiefly females; the first victim was a
daughter, of the age of fourteen ' • then the father, aged
fifty-three; the eldest son aged fifteeb ; and another
daughter, aged eighteen, lay dead in the house toge-
ther, and were buried the same day. On Saturday
se'nnight the wife died, leaving an orphan family of
seven children.

Oakham, in Rutlandshire, is remarkable for the
tenure of the Barons Ferrell, who hold it by taking off
a shoe from every Nobleman's horse that passes with
his Lord through the street. unless redeemed with rs
certain piece of money. In token of this, several gilded
shoes are nailed upon the Castle-gate. A shoe was paid
for by the Duke of YORK, in 1788.

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