Star.
London, England, 1812-07-07 00:00:00

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Atat Rogers, and Jane Jones, were capitally con-
victed for a burglary in the house of J. Caperton,
and stealing re.s and upwards, 'in penny-pieces, half-
pences and farthings.

J. Mitchell and J. Davin, were indicted for steal.
ing, privily, from the person of Mr. Russell, a pocket-
book containing five £1 notes.
Lack. and another Bow-street patrole, stated, that
they had been watching the prisoners, whom they
knew to be thieves, and saw them steal the book un-
known to the prosecutor.'and the same was found on
One of them. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty ;
and the Recorder immediately sentenced both to
transportation for life.
S. Shawats, alias Brown, stood indicted, on the
oath of Elizabeth Gurney, and on his own confession,
for having married Maria Palmer in the life-time of
his first wife. John Freeman lived in the parish of
Great Baines, Oxfordshire, and recollected the pri-
soner, who married Sarah Archer upon the Sd of
November, 1803, by banns ; he had several children
by her, and afterwards abandoned her. Robert
Bignell swore to the correctness of the prisoner's mar-
I riage register. Maria Parker knew the prisoner at
the bar. He courted her for marriage, and wedded
Iher at Barnet in the month of May last year. He
!represented himself to be a single man, and some.
times called himself Sherman, but married her by
the name of Brown. The witness was then at see-
vice—she had one child by him. She knew him for
one year before she consented to marry him.
The prisonei said in his defence, that he was quite
young and incapable of judging when he married
his firs, wife, being then only fifteen years of age.
The Racoanza of LO N DOD! described the heinous-
ness of the prisoner's offence in very moving terms
to the Jury, who returned-a verdict of Guilty.
The father of the prisoner said, his son was a farm-
savant, and became acquainted with Sarah Archer
at a hay-making. He married her out of his own
free will, without any compulsory means being used
by the parish. His second wife was a fine modest-
looking young woman, with a pretty babe in her
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arms. She was led out of Court by her father-in-
law, who was a good-natured pleasant country
looking man, and who looked upon her with a pro-
tecting eye.
Mars Lima and Seraana4 Phim: stood indicted,
the first for stealing, and the latter for receiving, 20
yards of printed cottea goods, the property of Ed-
ward Loader. The.prosecutor said, he had emplor.i
ed Linnot as a porter at his warehouse, and paid
him 225. per week ; he had lost several pieces of,
printed furniture cotton, some of which he now re.l
cognised produced in the Court, from a pawnbroker's.,
A'person who lodged in the same hoUse with Phipps,
said, that he saw Linnot coming into the house
with a piece of printed cotton, which be threw upon
her bed. The witness purchased it.' but' was after-
wards obliged to pawn it. It was the same cloth
produced in the Court. An Officer, who searched
the house of Phipps, said, that be found nine guineas
deposited in an old shoe, and fifteen Bank-notes in
another part of the house, and one piece of cotton,
two yards in length, which happened to be the same
pattern with the piece pawned. The 'Jury returned
a verdict—Guilty of stealing under the value of
forty shillings.
Thaothy Green, aged 16, stood indicted upon suspi-
cion of breaking into the dwelling-house of William
Smith, and stealing an umbrella, a table -cloth, and
other household articles, the property of Austin Cook.
The prosecutor's house is situate in Golden-lane, and
Was faithfully locked and barred upon the evening
of the rad of June last. When the people of the
house awoke in the morning, they discovered that
their property was considerably diminished The
glimmer was discovered by one of the watchmen
onalting up the street during the night that the rob-
, WO vias committed ; he instantly pursued him, but
fie dived into an old house and escaped. He aftet•
wadi procured intelligence ofhim, and secured him
With some of the property in his possession. The
prisoner said, that he found the property in Blair's
yard. The identity of the goods was proved. The
Jury returned a verdict—Guilty of stealing to the
value of thirty-nine shillings.
Gear Miami #forris stood indicted upon suspicion
of having counterfeited an acceptance of a certain
bill Of eacliange, purporting to be the acceptance of
Tbomas Hurst, for £25, Furposely to defraud Ro-
bert Kew.
Robert Kew raid, he was a horse-dealer at White-
chapel, and the prisoner came to his house upon the
26th of June, 1809, desiring to purchase a cart-horse
from him. They bargained for one at the price of
' thirteen guineas. The prisoner pulled out a piece of
paper, which be said was a check for £25 that he
had received from Thomas Hurst, of Tower-hill, in
payment of a poney which he had sold him. The
bargain was broken off, because the wit:less had not
' Money enough to pay the difference. The witness
not being able to swear to the identity of the coun-
terfeited bill of acceptance, the prisoner was acquitted.
Hawaii Gras! stood indicted for stealing two ten-
pound. Bank-notes, ono dollar. wad a three-shilling
Saask-tolme, from the petwat, of Marshal Brawl-
whetter.
- .The tor said, he was returning hilliteleirdit
about even o'clock at night, and was tetoited by
the prisoner , Niko advised him to go along with her.
.His ¢dso. They went into a house near uty-laae,
wipro the accommodation of. a bed was valued at
4epr, ithilliogs. Is. the morning, when he awoke, bit-
wilck . . Y was Kenai andhis bedfolicwo Alm.
...ple , ;to ;be isti4lody, and told her of his'ania-
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