Star.
London, England, 1806-07-07 00:00:00


OLD hdit,Er.

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On Thurfday fixteen p-ifoners were tried, two of
Ithons were capitally conyifted, viz.-
27. Woodbokli, for stealing in the dwelling-lumfe of
James Ogden, a box of liaberdathery goods, value 451.
Amu Tyler was capitally indifted for breaking and'
entering, in the day time, the dwelling Jumfe of
NVilliam Fetton, and healing therein leveret articles
ei wearing apparel, and tome (liver handled knives
and forks, the property of Francis Le Tellier and
Lary Dufour.
It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Dufour,
that Mr. Le Tellier lodged in her apartments, in the
honk of Mr. Fetton, in St. Giles's. In the month of
• ;slay tan, Mr. Le Teller being tint of town, the went
nut about thine butinefs, fire having locked her door.
On her return, after being out about an hour, (he
attempted u• unlock her loot, but found that it was
already unit eked, and that Come perfon was at the
1;,,i • main,- .•gainn it. to keep it that. She, how-
ever, exerted her utmoll firength, and fucceeded in
getting into the room, when the found the Prifnner
ith a large bundle of clothes in her apron. The
Witnefs called as loud &kiln could, and the neigh-
bours came to her eminence, and fecured the Primmer.
On thatching her, the knives and forks were found
wrapped up in a cloth in her pocket.
Several other se itneffes corroborated this flatement;
and Mr. Jultice Lit Mame obferred to the Jury,
that this evidence was fo clear, that unlefs they dif-
believed the VY'itnetTes, they (honld find the Prifoner
guilty. The Jury intlanuly returned a verdift of—
G oil t y —Death.
James Bryan was capitally indifted for privately
healing, out of the dwelling houfe of Jahn White,
King's Arms, Cole yard, Drury-lane, one great coat,
three antler coats, a hat, and a pair of pantaloons—
Guilty of Larceny.
Seven were conyifted of felonies, viz. J. Shaw, for
healing a tea-kettle, the property of J. Page; Mary
Hall, for (leafing a (hilt, the proper of W. Curling;
Eleanor Peach, for healing a (beet, &c. the property
of Mabel) Davis ; G. Cock, for healing a reran-
thillingpiece, three (billings, two fixpences, and feven
I.r. nce half-pence, the property of J. Lever; W.
Horfenail, (or healing two bundles of paper, the
property of W. Jacklon ; Lyon Levy, far healing
Mx pigs of copper, value 301. the property of Meffis.
Mrogito and Wood.
And liven were acquitted, among whom was—
ysha H deer, who was inditied f r a rape on the
perlon of Mary, the wife of Charles Littlejohn, on
the 3d of June. The Profecutrix hated, that her
hulband, a flute maker, refiding in Petticoat-lane,
Nr, liitechapel, accompanied berfelf, the prifoner, and
another woman, to the White Hind public houfe,
Billsopfgate-meet, on the day mentioned in tbe in-
duOment. They went to the houre in quehion at four
~clock in the afternoon, and remained until fesen,
doling which time "Mods drank four glares of gin
and fOrte porter. She was taken fick from the liquor
the had drank, and the woman who was in company
condufted her home and put her to bed. After the
woman was gone witnefs got out of bed and bolted
her mom door, loon after which the heard a knock-
ing at the front and back doors of the houfe. She
took no notice of it, but the prifoner, who had en-
tered the houfe by unbolting a (hotter, through a
broken pane of glati loon after forced his way to her
bedfide. He shed ;iVitnefa if the was ill ? and on her
replying in the affirmative, he laid he thought not,
and proceeded to behave unruly, and nmpletely ef-
fettled his purrofe. On the ends examination of the
witnefy the (aid the was very drunk, but the made Come
refinance, and called our, but the lodgers were from
home. She war, however, fenfible, and (he did not
i tfotm her hatband what happened until three days
after ; although (he law him in two hours after the had
been ill treated. She had no fufiiicion of being difeafed,
but in fire days Inch was the cafe The Judge here
hopped the proceedings, and obfersed to the Jury,
that fuch cafes as thole, where the life of a man was
at flake, Should not ref! on the fakery evidence of a
pedant unlefs confirmed by corroborating circum-
dances. Such was not the cafe here, for the woman
bad made no difclofore to her hatband until the per-
haps found herfilf difea(ed, and, according to her
own natement, it wa; three days after the alledged
crime was committed. The whole conduft of the
profecntrix, had not been Inch as entitled her Rate
ment fuflicient to carotid the prifoner.—Me Guilty.
Friday fixteen prifoners were tried, one of whom
was capitally convifiled, viz.
Martha Poyk, for uttering nine counterfeit (bil-
lings. It appeared that the prifoner had been con.
vifted of uttering, at the Middlefex Seffians in April,
incs, for which the fuffered twelve months imptifon-
anent. In a month after the was liberated the went
to the (hop of Mr. Markham. in Ratcliff Highway,
and looked out a gown piece, for which the tendered
in paymet t nine bad Shillings.
In her defence, the prifoner hated, that (he was an
Unfortunate girl, net more than fei writcen years of
age. Hestnother, the (aid, had been dead for tome
time, and her father had turned her out of doors,
and defitcyl her to earn her bread in the belt manner
the could. The money the had tendered to the pro-
f:tutor the had the sight before received from a gen.
t einane and had not the fmallen idea ;t was bad, and
t itrefore threw halal' on the Coate and Jury' toe
m *my.
Mc learned Judge. in fiimming up the evidence,
r.id. the Rory of the prifoner might be emitted to
. • 'tepee of credit, was it norm evidence, and a
her puelcut crime, that the had bv.ii before
e and fenter.ced to a yeiti'y ;ago il;ainient
f it a like offence. From this it might he inferred,
that the was a common titterer of had money ; but it
Cie Jury entertained any donut on the lubjeet, they
should, of costae, acquit. her. •
The Pay, after Comae confideratioo, returned a
verdia of Goaty—Death.
' R. Navy/was indirSed for healing a tree of cloth,
the property of Mr. Willer The chub was fent from
the country, direfted to Mr. Lawfoa, it; Red Lion-
fireet, Holborn. Ir was placed in the east of the
proMecutor, the proprietor of the Doll and itT•mth Inni
on the 4111 of May, tinder the tare of Baice and
B ken. tet ras's belonging to tie Inn.. One of them
1-. I o-cation to deli er a package. and whit(' the
othe- %.• 4, licking the refidence-ot Mr. Lawton, the
ere, a as dct-fled healing the property. On being
aiiehended he beg,ed ler mercy, and Rated that

darer' had made him difioneft. He wit, believer.
a well ()relied young man —Guilty. ,
Direid genes was alfo indiacd for a Ilmilar offence,,
in healing a quantity of wool from the Leeds Itige
waggon. The trifoner got into the waggon, and en-
tered into errivafation with the driver and guard
They drank together at a public !mule at Ponder's
Eud, where the prifoner borrowed a, bag, °heaving
that he was going into the neighbortring country for
fame fighting encl.. The waggon left Ponder's End
at twelve o'clock, and in ten minutes after the pc/-
loner; having previoufly excited lorpicion by his con-
due, was sletaled in filling the bag with wool from
a package which he had cut. In defence, the pri•
toner, who was apparently a genteel young man,
Pleaded inebriation, and called feveral witnefres, who
gave him a good chataraer.— Guilty.
The following were alfo conviaed of felonies, viz.
J. Hind, for healing a quantity (retypes. the property
of Win. Prellon, and Elizabeth Taylor, for receiv-
ing the fame, knowing them to have been Bolen ; E.
Cruldrock, for Ilealin,r• a petticoat and two fhawls,
the property of J. Follett; S. Wickham, for heal-
ing fourteen pounds of verdigreafe, the property of
Metirs. Grace and Co. ; Sulannah Broughton, for
healing fundry bank notes, the property of J. Doyle ;
J. Forret!, for Ilealr.s. a piece of nankeen, the
' property of J. Williams and J. Armour ; T. Brace,
for healing a quantity of iron, the property of E.
Leggett ; J. Taylor, for healing two Myer tea
epo' ons, the property of Sufannah Lloyd ; and fire
were acquitted.

Saturday (even prifoners were tried, three of whom
were conviAed of felonies, vie.
Robert Prefect and William Begin were indißed for
violently alfaulting John Cardu, a Revenue Officer,
in the difcharge of his duty.
The ATTORNEY GE Rated the cafe on the
part of tfie Profecution, and it then appeared in evi-
dence that Cardu refided at EaR Bedley, in Devon-
(hire, and that the prifnners were fmugglers. On the
night of the zd of December, 1805, about twelve
o'clock, the profecutor was palling through the lime-
kilns, near EaR Badley, when he perceived in a field
known by the name of the Granary Field, a quantity
of gnods depofited under a hedge. On examination,
they proved to be forty five gallon and three quart
kegs of ltnuggled fpitits. The profecutor was then
about a hundred yards diftant from two cottages,
where there was, he perceived, .a light, and he pro.
seeded towards them to procure attains to convey
away the keg.. On his way, he met the prifoner,
Prefcot, and another man, but though he required
them, in the King's name, to affift him in conveying
away the feizure. they refuted. Shortly after this,
the profecutor hailed a boy, who was on.horfeback,
and was fending him to a neighbouring village for a
horfe and cart, when the father of Preffint came up,
and Rating that he had been called out of bed to a
wreck, promifed, that if the profecutor would allow
the boy to go with him, they would return, and ar-
ia in taking away the goods. The profecutor con-
tented, but he never law either of them again, and
immediately afterwards was attacked by the prifoners
and another man, whom he did not know. They
were armed with bludgeons, and knocked him dos n,
and beat him fo violently on the head and fhoulders,
that he called for mercy, and promifed to give up
the feieure. Ther then coffered him to go away, but
the prifieners followed him till he arrived near the
houfe of a Mr. Dennis, a revenue officer. It was
fume months before the prifoners were apprehended,
previous to which the profecutor had tool. deliver.
ed terhim as b • It money, but he returned it to the
pri(oners after they were taken.
The Jury, after hearing the evidence read over by
the Learned Judge, found the prifoners Guilty.
Hannah I Vetere was capitally indi.9ed for Reeling
three tI. notes, a quantity of lace, and other articles
of wearing apparel, in the dwelling houfe of Dame
Amelia Campbell, widow, her property. It ap-
peared thit the prtfoner had lived a (tort time with
Lady Campbell, in Wimpole-Rreet, as her confiden-
tial fervant. In this capacity the had an npportuni
ty of knowing where her Ladyffiip kept her cafh.—
It was in a (mall caddie, the key of which was fre-
quently left in. Lady Campbell had often mif-
fed turns of money from this repufirory, and the was
determined to difcovcr the thief, if fuch difcovery
could be made amongit her domettics. She accor-
dingly marked fevtral tl. Bank notes. and placed
them in the caddie. On the 26111 of May, one of the
notes fo marked was (Inlet). on the 27th another u as
miffed, and on the 7th of June Lady Campbell mif-
fed the third note. She had that night been to a
runt, and retutniug home late, the "prifoner was in
bed. She went up to her room, and found the three
mates the had previnufly marked fecreted under the
bed. She alfo found lace and other articles of wear.
ing apparel in the poffeffion of the prifoner, which
lad alfo been fitAtfl from her. The prifoner of courfe
was apprehended.
The defence fez up was infanity, and evidence was
given of that fag, but it applied to many years back,
and not to the ',relent period. The Jury, however,
acquitted her of the capital part of the. charge•
there being no proof that the had flolen to the value
of 40s. at any one time, and found her Guilty of the
Larceny.
Croddree4 was indieted for flealing two
(bawls, one petticoat, a mane apron, and a pair of
tilk gloves, the property of Jul. Follett and his wife,
out of their apartments in the houf.: of Mrs. Hop-
kinf, Paddington area. St. Mary-la bonne, where
the prifoner was then a fervant. Tlat prifoner. on
being apprehended, fwallnwed a vial ftril of laud*
nuns ; but on a promife of Mo. FOC; nut to perste,
cute her, the contented to take a draught, prepared
by an apothecary, to expel the laudanum. She was
afterwards to ill, that tae was taken to the Middle.
fez Holpito. where the remained fours days. On
her recover • the profecutor had her taken up on a
warrant.—Guilty ; btu recommended to mercy, on ac-
count of her you, li,and extraordinary good charater.
A CARR OF lINOULAII ATROCITY.

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?Ix. Barad,' young woman falhionahly attired,
and whole appearance excited univetfal fympathy,
was put to the bar, having voluntarily furrendered
lierfelf to take her trial on an indiament, charging her
capitally with flealing spark containing forty gui.
news, half *a plisses, and a vsloabk diamond ring,
the property of John Romney Rouvelett, in tEe
dwelling honfe of John Ives, Elq. the Warden ef the
Fleet Prifon. The proftcutor of this indictment
Rands charged with torgery, aid be was lii ow& vp

from Behan gaol ironed, to prufeetne on his indiet-
men% An application was made to put off the trial
on the affidavit of the ptofecutor, which Rated, that
tome material witneffes at Liverpool had not had
fuffieient notice to attend. The objefl of this at-
tempt was to prevent the prifoner from applaring
again(' Rouvelett on his trial for forgery, as all's to
prevent her becoming a witnefs again(' the profecu-
tor in a cafe of perjury, where Rouvelett was pro-
(motor aping Mr. Durant, of the York Hotel, Al.
bcmaile Itreet. The Recorder faw through the
v.:int-adjoin, which he defcribed as the moll foul and
audacious that ever were attempted. He ordered
the trial to proceed.
Romney Rouvelett, who called himfelf a gentle-
man, Elated, that he was a prifoner in the Fleet, on
the lull of June, [Rog, for a debt of stool. having
furrendered himfelf by companion on the ad of May
in the fame year. The prifoner lived with him as his
wile, helm e his confinement, and the ufed conflantlf
to vifit him in his room in the prifon. He had the
talks in May, Itto6, when he was removed, by Ha-
beas CiNtpus, into Somerfetfliire, on a charge of for
get y. On the 11 th June, t Sol, the pi :loner was with
him, when he drew half a guinea from his purfe, and
gave it to a tneffengcr ; after which he put the purfe,
containing the property as (Wed in the IndiSment,
into the pocket of a fortout coat, which was hanging
up in the room, in which WAS the Clog, worth pl.—
There were no other perfons in the room but the pd.
loner and bimfelf; and in twenty minutes after the
was gone,he sniffed his property from the great coat
pocket. He concluded that the money was fate, as
the prifoner was gone to Ditrant's hotel, Albemarle-
Oreet, and he slid hot ftipisofe her capable of robbing
him. Sbc, howevei-, ableonded, and he marl; law
her again until the was arreited at his fait, jointly
with Durant, in an *Minn of 'rover for ao,oool. for
deeds, mortgages, and bonds, beating interett, for
which bail was given. He had no opportunity of
bringing her to jullice for the allidged robbery, he
being himfelf a prifoner. (The Recorder hers re-
marked, that the profecutnr could find the prifoner
for a civil (stir, although he could not find her for the
,criminal aft.)
Or. the trots examination of the profecutor, he
Paid he was born at Saint Martin's, in the Well In-
dies, and be had been at molt of the Mods in that
quarter = his uncle was a planter in the AVM Indies,
and he lived on fuch means, whilft in England, as his
family afforded him ; he was brought up in Amfler-
dam, at the houfe of Mr, Hope, banker ; after which
he became a Lieutenant in the Btitifh army (the
87th regiment). He knew Mr. Hope, of Harley-
fireet, Cavenclifhlquare, and Mr. Hi pe knew him to
be Mr. Rouvelett, of Saint Martin's, for the two fa-
milies had been dole!), eon:Need for one hundred
years. He lived in England on remittances from his
uncle, in goods or bills, but he had no property of
his own. Meffrs. Stevens and Boulton ufed to pay
witnefs his remittances at Liverpool, but he could
not tell who paid them in London.
The RICORDIER obferved, that the witnefs (hould
not be preffed too far in giving an account of bimfelf,
as he flood charged with forgery.
On being afked if he; the witnefs, had not Paid be
would be revenged on the prifoner. as the was inti-
mate with Durant, and charge her with a felony, he
anfwered that he did not recolle& having laid fo, but
the queflion being prefect, he partly acknowledged
it. The purfe, which was empty, witnefs acknow-
ledged was found under his pillow on the 12th of
June, the day after the alkdged robbery, by his room
chum, a man of the name of Cummings. The pri-
fatter was with him in prifon after the 12th of June,
although he had laid the had abkonded.
The RICORDER did not Puffer the cattle to be fur-
ther proceeded in, and direeled the jut y to acquit I
the pe ironer ;, and ohferved that this was the molt foul
-charge he had ever heard of.
The difgull of the perfons in Court was manifeft.
ed by Mires and groans, as the fellow retired, in Inch
a manner as baffled the efforts of the Officers of Jul.
tice for frune time to fupprefru