Star.
London, England, 1812-09-22 00:00:00

Yesterday Pietro Potosi, an Italian sailor, was in-
dicted for breaking open the house of Michael ltau,
And stealing thereontwearing 11ppate1 and other arti-
'eles, to-the /alut‘of " !Bs,

Mary Rau itated,.thas the goods belonged to her
husband, and tiittithe prisoner vrisi a lodger in their
'house, whet+ he had committed die robbery.
The fact was made out against the prisoner, and
the Jury found him Guilty of stealing, but acquitted
him of the forcible entry.
. Cowed hurls, a Swede, was indicted for forcibly
entering the dwelling-house of Willoughby Cotton:
Esq. on the 28th br July, and stealing thwebten3.
silver spoons, his property, value 20s. • •
John Sutcliffe, butler to Mr. Cotton, proved that
the prisoner had descended the steps of area, and
penetrated into the scullery, where the spoons were
deposited ; he was then in-the kitchen, and heard the
jingling of silver ; he immediately sallied forth, and
secured the prisoner, when he had ascended only 2 or
33 steps ()tithe arcs, and the property was found upon
him. The scullery; from which the spoons had been
taken was fastened by a latch only.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of stealing
In the dwelling-house, but not of forcibly entering
into it.
Antonio Consater, a Portuguese sailor, was indicted
on the oath of Solomon Moses, of No. 28,* East
Smithfield, for burglariously entering his dwelling.
house, and stealing therefrom a cloth jacket, twelve
silk handkerchiefs, a pair of shoes, and other articles,
his property. • , .
There being no evidence that the prisoner,had
'broken the house open in the night, when it is neces-
sary to constitute a burglary ; and a very small pert
of the property only being traced to his possession,
.the Jury, on the butane recosnmendatiors of the
Judge, found. him Guilty of stealing in a dwelling-
house to the amount of 59F. only, which takes away
the capital part of the charge.
Stokono Haden, an Italiancaiher, ,was indicted for
sealing in a dwelling.honse, a watch; chain, seals,
and other articles, the property of Salvador George,
1 sailor of the same nation, considerably above the
4 amount of 40s. The came waa-clestly made flUto and
be was found Guilty.
A Mary Roza: stood indicted for feloniously and on-
, lawfully uttering a certain piece of couaterfait cola,
similar to a shilling, purporting to be the.current coin
of the realm. •
. The prisoner was formerly convicted at Cleriren.
Arell Sessions of a similar offence, and the present
prosecution was founded upon the Act of the 13th of
kis Majesty George IL which makes a second offence
'William Bevan, Clerk to the Keeper of Clerken-
, - sell Prison, proved that the prisoner, under the name
of Mary Macdonald, bad, in company with a man oil
the name of Alison, been imprisoned for one twelve.
• . month, for uttering counterfeit money, by the sentence
' of the December Session of 1809.
Lionel Gurney, keeper of the White Bear public-
. house, in Newport-street, deposed that the prisoner
*Mane of her companions called for two glasses ofi
tin, at his bar, which the prisoner offered to pay with
a bad shilling, but the witness refused to take it.—
They went into a linen-draper's shop, and the witness
knowing one of them to be a suspidous character sta. I
Coned a constable to watch them. •

. Cresswell, the constable, went into the shop of Mr.
,Cole, linen-draper, where he seized the person of the
"Prisoner, and caused her to unclivse her left hand,
where he found a base shilling. He next took-hold
of her other hand, but she cast away, by a jirk,
per, which contained ten pieces ot, base money, re,
-ambling shillings.
William Smith, shopman to Mr. Cole, saw the pri-
soner, with her companion, examining the goods at
the window of his master, and he invited them into
the shop, -He sold the prisoner a remnatit.uf
for which she tendered Tiirn a base shilfink in pay-
ment; he cut the piece with his scissors, and dismn-
ing it to be bad returned it. The prisoner was then
going away when the constable rushed in and seized
her.. She east iv/ay I paper containing ten counter-
feit shillings, which the. witness gathered up.
John Nichol of his Majesty's Mint, pronounced the
whole of these 11 pieces tube" of a haSe cornfilsition
without a-penny-worth °fighter in the composition of
any one of them. The Jury immediately found the
prisoner Guilty.
JAI; Babbit was indicted for forcibly taking from
Olot Ljungcrantr., on the Sth of Aug*,u in Btoad-
street, Ratcliff Highway, a pocket-book, value six-
pence, and containing four five pound Bank of Eng-
land notes, two of one pound each, six three shilling
bank tokens, and one of five shillings and sixpences
Oogether with his protection,. '
. ,_lt appeared in evidence that the prosecutor, tom-
tag along Broad-street, Ratcliff Highway, OR the
day mentioned in the indictment, between seven sad
eight in the evening, with two friends, was jostled
and driven against the wall by three individuate, one
of whom secured his arm (he being lame of the
other) and another rifled his pockets, by which le
11.st.his packet-book with the contents, as described.'
-- A woman who saw part of the transaction, on hear-
ing the complaint, and seeing one of the party, who
she had 9bserved cross over the way, card out—
`• atop thief ‘" whereußon the prisirmit ratt j Ist WAS
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