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twn public honfes nether, and there they had alfe
connexion, and that Jane Cock was the fruit of
that connexion ; the returned home, and was in due
courfe delivered. This was the material part of

Thomas•Creen, for Itcalingmoney, &c. in a dwell-
ing-houfe, were all capitally convi4led and left tot
execution.
Sarah Fit•lil an.' \Vm. Jacob, tried for different
robbet ies ; John Avery and John Lock, for
horte-
tiealing; and 6ar.di Grovec, for uttering counter-
' fyit- money, were alto capitally convified, but te.
prieved before the Judges left the city.
At: the Cot;:millici for the comity of Oxford, 'l'.
Caramel, for a litic::Ery in the Ironic of Mr. l'a r.
fon% of Dor.lietr, io the year 1797, received fen.
'tencc ofdeatb,and is h.ft for execution. J.Cncliere,
fo^ ItcalinM a tea.chell, (even Illver tea-fprions, and
other aiticles, was f ineoced to be imOrifoned for
mo„rlis ; and Dorothy Gibfon, for ;defraud,
was or.lered to iniprifon:d t 2 monthil..4 •

her teliimony, as to the legitiniatv ; btt after a
long and very severe crols.exaeoination by Mr.
GARROW, her conchiet appeared fornething more
than doubtful. She could not deny but that the
child had been tifually called Jane Briggs, and
thlt (he had threatened to fweAr it to a John

Briggs r but the laid it was out. of fpite to his fa-
ther, who, as Parilh Officer, had threatened
her that he would make her fwear her child. She
was cloEly examined as to having had intercourfe
with other men ; but lite denied it in a Manner ra-
ther contradiaory to what the faid. She admit-
ted that the had a child fubfequent to Jane, while
lhe lived frith a Mr. Brett, who died and left her
his property ; ]he denied it was his child at all—
that her hulband had paid her another fecret
She denied that fhe had ever told a man of the

Awhony Lutr.,, a private in the Qteen's German
R.ginient, nii.d at Witichcfler yefterday fe'nnight,
tor the iiiiirtha of S. liallnek, was the man who
aillnaliy tonok the flandard from BONAPAitTee In-
vincible Legion, and carried it, to head quarters,
for which he was ordered, by Sir R. ABERCROMuy,
Ito be paid so dollars, and a certificate -of his gal-
Pant cnndua to be entered on the orderly hook
!the army. In confelnence of the above bei,if:
vat by the Adjutant of the reEiment, and the
very lirong telliniony he bore to -his general pri•
vac chart ter, the Judge humanely ordered the
very lenient fine of is. the Jury having brought in
a Verdun of Nlanflaughter.

name of Lucy that the had got the chute, and
would be d—d if the did not keep it. The man-
ner, however, of her giving her teltimony, threw
coaliderable fufpicion as to the truth of it.
A witnefs was then called,who laid, that he had
feen Edward Cock onahe outfide of a Horiham
coach fince his marriage. It was 18 or 20 ','Lars
ago ; but he could not fix the date.
Burridge, an apprentice to Edward Cock's
father, was called, who proved that Edward Cock
was at his father's at Horiham fuldaquent to his POLICE, sce...
marriage; he was kept concealed in the honk.—
BOW STII EF. T.---FR A U o.—Tllt fday Peter Polley!
lie
with mu could h
notprecifion, thou, however, fighx thhe e due of tht
was ! e vifit
was examined before NICHOLAS Boma, Efq. on a
about '784. This being the whole cafe on the' charge of fraud. The cafe, as appeared in evi-
dence, was as follows : a poor widow with three '
part oDe
f the fendant
Mr. GARIIOW, on the other fide, made a molt children, being advifed to apply to her hufband's
workmates, lawyers, for a fubleription to alleviate
able fpeech, in which he molt minutely diffeit.led
I her condition, and which is ufual in the trade,
the whole evidence of Lydia Cock, pointed out a
variety of contradiaions, and mulled that, even came down to Somerfet Houfe to enquire what
the proceeds wer- The prifoner met her, and told
if he were not to rebut it by other evidence,
that the Jury mull give a verdift in favour of bertha he was foreman of the lawyers, and that he
his Client. ! had interefled himfelf very much for her, and
Several witneffts were called, who proved that in confequence had received from Squire Block
Lydia Cock, the mother of Jane, had uniformly 31. 55. on her account, and that if the would bring
afferted, that The had never feen her hatband from him the difference of a 51. note, he would give it
to her. The poor woman went to a friend, and
the day of her marriage until after her fulifequent
marriage with Viddler, and that the had always borrowed a il. note and a guinea. On her return, the
faid Jane was the daughter of Briggs, and that prifoner met her near Temple-bar, and talked her
if The had got the change? fhe ftid (he had, and
the child was called Jenny Briggs.
Thomas Battle laid, he had heard her, in a gave it to him ; in return for which he gave her a
quarrel with Briggs, tell him it was his child, and paper, with her name written on it, de:iring her 'I
ark him to provide for his ballard, and to Five to go to the office at Somerfealionfe as fall as the
could, to get money for it. When the got there,
her the money be had promiled for her lvingan.
John Freeland laid, The lived with him as fer- the paper he had ariven her proved to he a printed
transfer note is
him appre-
the 5 per cencents.by accident, and f 1
h.
vane before the lived at Brett's ; flee always ufed
707 ad She law
to call the child Jenny Briggs.—This witnefs be. him afterward
infat prefl'ed as to his having been a little intimate headed.
. Lawton, from the Navy Pay Office, attend-
very
with her, Seemed to wince under it, and not Mr
ed, and prnettced a lid of twelve other perfons who
houtly deny it.
had ba:n defrauded in a tlmilar way.
John Briggs was next called. He admitted that the prif•oner was COM-
the and the Old woman might fay it was his child ;
mitred for another hearing, that the other parties
hut it was not fo. Being allied whether he had not
who have been defrautkil m !y have tiraz to attend.
been criminally conneeted with her? he refuted to
anfwer the queftion. Ni/ stow HOUSE.—Yellet day Pol:rt Hall was
Mr. Thomas Hart, Clerk to the Jullices for examined, charged with having haler. from the
Surrey, produced an examination which the had bottle of Mr. Williams, callenderer alai, glafer, in
(worn, that Charles, one of her illegitimate chil- Alderfgate.hreet, a great quantity of linen and
dren, was born after her marriage with Edward other goods. Several of the artich:i (which were
Cock. found in the prifoner's lodgings) were produced,
The fecond wife of Edward Cock was then ex. and identified by Mr. Williams. He was tom.
amined. She laid The became acquainted with Ed- mined for re-examination.
ward Cock in 1783 ; The law him daily, as he A man was convi Lied in the penalty of aos. for
worked where The lived ; The married him in 1787, ill treating a bullock iL Fore-hreet.
and had feven children, five of whom were now GUILDHALL. Yeherday a young man was I
living ; the had no reafon to fufpea he had ever charged on fufpicion of picking the pocket of a
before been married : he was a very good linf-iGentleman, on Tuefday afternoon, in Bridgadtreet,
band, and an affeaionate father. In the autumn ' Blackfriars, of a filk handkerchief. He was com-
of 1786 he went to fee his friends at Horiham, ! misted for re-examination.
which was the only time he was ablent for a tingle I Vir
ORSHIP STltEET.•••••Yraerday George Walter
day. , was charged on oath with going into a !hop in
Edward Robinfon, the perfon with whom Cock ; Old.fireet, and healing a fide of bacon, but being
n
lived in London from the year 1783 to 1787, faid ' pnrfued, he was taken with the property upon
Cock had never been abfent one day from his ' him.He • dfor trial. -
bottle until the year 1786, when he went to fee his I A journeyman carpenter, charged by his em-
father at Horiham. . ployer with leaving his work unfinithed, was or-
Jane Cock, an aunt of Edwards, proved that , dered to be imprifoned for one month.
this vifit was from the ill to the tsth Othober, in i THAMES
the year 1786, and not in 1784, as had been !worn
hy Lydia Cock ; therefore that he could net have! name of Smith was examined on a charge of atfault-
ing another foreigner, as alto with being guilty of
been the father of the child.
The Servants in the horde during the period of i extortion. It appeared that the prifoner was in
the years 1783 and 1/84, proved that Edward the habit of bringing feamen who hail been long
Cock had never been there during thole years.— voyages to his houfe, as loon as they land, and
The cafe on the other fide being here doled, after fleecing them in the molt unrelenting manner.—
a short reply from Serjeant SHEPPARD, Mr. Baron The complainant had only been four days in the
!imated that, in his opinion, no bottle of the prifoner, when he brought a bill againll
IIOTHAM clearly int
doubt could he entertained of the cafe, but that him for upwards of 41. which the sailor paid, but
the whole weiaht of evidence lay one way.—Ver- ' having complained of the unreatinarlikneis of the
0. ; charge, the prifoner gave him fevcral blows, in
1 diet for the Plaintiff:
It is to be obfervecLhere that as the affirmative ;houfe,which he was feconded by another perfon in his
of the Ale lay on the Defendant,'
his Counfel be- ,
and trirned hint out of doors without per•
gar inflead of the Plaintiff. This is the fecond : Smith was detained for the aft Cult. and that he
time the caufe has been tried; on a former occa- ' pitting him to take away his chef).
I
a. may be reported at the Secretary of State's Office,'
lion the verdict was in favour of the kgiti 711 under the Alien AEC, as well as the perfon who
yaw Cod. ! aflilled him in maltreating the profecutor.
NORTHAMPTON.—At the affixes, which finned . The mailer of a co:riling %retie', was committed
on Thurlday, the four following prifoners were i for re-examination, on a chttac of having King's
capitally convicted, and received fentence of death, ''l in his T ffi '•' •' . I DITS pnt e on, and haewlie fusan•al finail
but were all reprieved before the Judges left the I anchors, which it was fulpeaed be had taken from
town, viz. "robit Mellower and joint Lambert, for ' barges.
horfeßealing ; and Henry Eve and Richard Gaf-; IsH ,IF CHAPEL.—Tnefday 7anies SI -p, appre.
csigne, for houfe-breaking. One was fentenced to
hended in Rosemary-lane, al.i:e offerinzat piece of
he tranfported for (even years, one to be impri. cotton for Cale, which he had ti olrn from a perfon
Toned twelve months, and one (for manflaughter) employed to make it up into fhirts, was committed
was fined ts. and difcharged. Four were delivered for trial.
by proclamation.
SHADWItI.L.--TUealay Thomas Chant was charg-
On Tuefday fe'nnight the allizes for Hampfhire . ed by Hai await Neale with coming into her fhop
commenced, when John Wallis was tried for the to try on
two pairw 01 trowler s when - ' i
, re atca rig an
wilful murder of Geo. Wheeler, at Bafingfloke, ! iry he rta out of the (hop, and was with
the circumfiances of which were proved in evidence i c'Pditrnt4ity" overtaken. He was committed for trial.
exally as they had been Rated before the Coroner, I
orday Wiiliam Cooper, of Aldcrton, was
and as related in a former paper ;he was, confe. I M
!committed to Ipfwich gaol, charged with the
quently, found guilty, and fentenced to be hung
!wilful murder of Jemima, his wife.
and his body to be diffated. Elizabeth Davis,
committed on fufpicion of having urged Wallis to I Lalt week was committed to York cafile, John
the menaler, was tried and acquitted. i Joy, charged by the Coroner's Inquell with killing
James Cooper, tried on a charge of having ft nlen I and flaying Chs. Dearden; at the townfhip ofLeeds.
a two.yearling heifer from the foreft of Egre ; Wm. I A filvet fmith at Chatham, having attended the
anr.IPP
Cooper, lon of the before-mentioned prifoner, for iceremony of opening the oyfler-iartinifs, found,
" a o ... ay. W.. 1.4
Ilion a Pi/11l !on his returnathat his horde had been b k