Star.
London, England, 1813-11-04 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday John Macdonald, a watchman of Blooms-
bury-square, aged 58, stool indicted for assaulting
Jabots Farthi. g on the King's highway, putting him
in teal, vied taking from his person, and against his
will; a v.O nat lesihror watch, the property of John
Farquhar Frazer, Esq. of Cambridge, on the even-
ing of the 22.1.0 f September.
June; Farthing said he was a tailor by trade, and
happening to be walking down King-street, Blooms-
bury. eherelte'resided, 'about twenty minutes before
eleven o'cl*,ck, on the evening of the 28th of Septem-
ber, lie observed four watchmen stooping over some-
thing in the street ; be went to see what was the mat.
ter, when he found a young gentleman of the name
of Frazer sitting on the pavement, intoxicated. A
crow d of people immediately collected, and a gentle.
man, who was known to be Mr. Oxberry, the actor,
came up, and offered his protection to Mr. Frazer,
who desired that his watch might be taken care of.
The witness immediately said, Mr. Oxberry.was the
preperest person to take care of the watch, and pull.,
ing it from the person of Mr. Frazer, he held it out by
the chain to Mr. Oxberry, who made his way through
the crowd to receive it, but ere he'could obtain it,
the prisoner took hold of the watch, and collaring
the witness, wrenched it out of his hand. Mr. Ox-
berry got the chain, but the watch was lost.
William Oxberry, a performer at Drury-lane The.
atre, was in King-street about half-past ten o'clock,
and observing a number of persons assembled near-a
watchmaker's window, he asked the reason of their
being assemb7ed there, and a watchman said it was
a gentleman wko had been dining at the 0. P. and
P. S. Tavern, and who was drunk. Having dined
there himself, he stooped down to Mr. Frazer, who
sat on the ground, informed him who he was, and
desired him-to rise. The watchmen said they would.
tale him to the watch-house ; he said there was no
necessity to do so, they might take him to an adjoin.
ing public-house, or otherwise convey him along the
street as far as their walk extended, and he would
take charge of him, and reward them for their trou-
ble. They persisted in their determination to carry
him to the watch house, and carried him along Hart-
street; Frazer desired them to take care of his watch.
A person said, u Give it to Mr. Oxberry," and the
crowd exclaimed, Aye, do, do." The witness was
now pushed from Mr. Frazer, and presently he saw
a watch-chain extended towards him, but some one
held the watch. By a little forte he secured the
• chain, but no watch was attached to it. A kind of
scuffle commenced, and a watchman demanded the
chain and seals, which-he refused to give till he arri-
ved at the watch-house. Two.watchmen then gray-
pled with the witness violently, but he threw them
aside, and walk-d to the watch-house, where he de-
raited the ebain.and seals with the constable of the
riaht. A person, whose name he learned was Far-
' thug. cami voiuntarily forward, and accused the
prisoner oft' rcing the watch from the chain, while
bi. ( F.i thing) was on the vim of presenting it 'to
tl.e witness; the prisoner threw off his coat, and de-
sired to be searched, and then he accused Farthing
0. having stolen the watch. Both were searched, but
she watch was not found.

Toe Ce.unsel for the defendant inquired of Mr.
()Oren* it lie was perfectly sober on that evening ?
Rea ItLER said, " He certainly, beir.g Chair-
stian at a public dinner, his busiuess was to make
every one di la and keep h.rnself sober." Mr. Ox-
betty declared that he accompl.slied that very much
satisfacti..n.
William Davies said be was the constable of the
might, and te.k Mr. Ozberry lri,m the hands of the
vatchmer, mho. accused ,:im of having the chain
and seal of Mr. Fr.,aer in his posse-lion. The pri-
soner decl..vel he w• uld haye it, aid Mr. Oth-ary
refused, and san efi..rce wordc ensued between them.
The prisoner extending his fin,:-,er to make good his
charge, the ring of Mr. Frazer's witch was observed
upon it. A person of the name of Farthing came in,
and accused the pris ncr of h.: ving Mr. Frazer's watch
in his possession, is!.o was accorehngly searched, wish
seieral others, but no watch was kund, nor had it
ever been fend of since. 'l'Lere was a general dis-
turbance, Anl fifty or sixty persons were prevent. .
Grace Barter, daughter to the watch.house.keeper,
was present when Mr. Oxberry and Mr. Frazer were
brought ill; t tie watch. case. %there Mr.-Otherry
was charged by. die prisotler. With haiing..Mr. ra-
zees bate it 144 sscision. Immediately . after-
waxortpr.
t 4 slunteasir isr, and said, .hat he Nook. the
w9ofit!er &plan whkiv he.
and eves •tftsgrtherrib the prisoner got hold
otit *ang wr • • d Igolll. )10 bands. The prisoner
then gaiiied. . taxbeity• aid Farthing of having

the watch and chain and append= Mr. Fraser
”.s la WelicliCies him.—
lighile the prisoner was giviiig charge of Mr. Oahe
and 'Parking, he extended his anger, 'chi which
witness saw a ring, andinquired what it was
said, it Was the ring of the gentleman's watchp
he did not know who took it out of his hand. U
was proper,,:ha said, that every person should bi
searched, and then he threw off his coat and waist.)
coat for that purpose.

The Prosecutor proved that he had.lost a silver
watch on the evening mentioned, *llia he had never
seen-since. The diens which was produced by the
constable of the night, was susp‘nded to his watch,
and the ring which was found on the prisoner's fin-
ger, connected his chain with his watch.
Mr. House, a coach-carver, corroborated the testi-
mony of Mr. Oxberry in many particulars.
In•his defence she Prisoner called several watch-
men, who said they were present when the Prosecu-
tor desired that his match might be taken care of,
and represented that many hands were plucking at it
as Farthing endeavoured to hand it through the
crowd to Mr. °sherry. None of them saw it in the
prisoner's possession.
-The RECIIIIIDKR said, in summing up the evidence,
there was no occasion to accuse the prisoner of a
highway robbery, if they credited the testimony of
the witnesses.
The Jury immediately. found the Prisoner Guilty
of stealing only.
John Telfor, aged 21, stood indicted for stealing a
pair of boots, a pair of calico trowsers, a pair of
buckles, a handkerchief, a broach, a ring, and other
articles, the property of several of the actors belong-
ing to Covent Garden Theatre.
Mr. Brandon said he was box-keeper of Covent
Garden Theatre, and knew the prisoner, who had
been employed there for many years in dressing se-
veral of the performers. -
David Perriman, a pawn-broker, of Compton-
street, Soho, produced one pair of boots, two pair of
stockings, one pair of shoes, two pair of buckles, two
remnants of velvet, one shirt, a broach, a ring, and
sundry other articles, pledged by the prisoner, who
represented himself as the brother of Mr. Taylor, at
several times. The prisoner had pledged articles of
ithe same kind with tins repeatedly.
George Donaldson apprehended the prisoner in
the Theatre, and searched him. He found one pair
of paste buckles and a key on his person. He after.
wards searched the prisoner's lodgings, where he
Jound a number of duplicates, and one pair of boots.
Charles Taylor, a performer belonging to Covent
Garden Theatre, proved, that two pair of buckles, a
pair of silk stockings, and a pair of boots, produced
by the pawnbroker, were his, and had all been en.;
trusted to the prisoner, who was a dresser at the
Theatre, and whom he had never authorised to pawn
any of his articles.
John Liston, a performer of Covent Garden Thea-
tre, said, lie believed one pair of buckles, produced
by the pawn-broker, were his, though he could not
swear to them.
Charles Mathews, a performer of Covent Garden
Theatre, said, two pair of his buckles had been taken
out of his room, and had been produced by the
pawn-broker.
Mr. Farley, of Covent-garden Theatre, said, the
key fouad in the PI i3neer's rohs'ession opened the
doors of the dressing-rooms, but did not admit any
one to the wardrobes. The brooch and the ring, pro-
duced by the Pawnbroker, were his property.
The Prisoner said, he became much embarrassed
in his circumstances, and pledged the articles men-
tioned in the indictment, to support his wife and
children, with the intention of redeeming and restoring
them with the first opportunity. He threw himsetf
on the mercy of the Court.
Mr. Taylor said, the Prisoner, as a dresser, received
9s. per week, and being an active ingenious fellow,
and in some things a good actor, he received, per-
haps, on the whole, 17s. for his evenings employ-
ment, weekly.
The RECORDER summed up the evidence to the
Jury, who immediately found the Prisoner—Guilty,
and recommended him to mercy. The Prisoner
was represented to be a person extremely useful at
the Theatre, for he possessed an excellent taste in
dressing the actors, and his loss otherwise would oe
severely felt.
Peter Pearce and James Malin:, were convicted
of stealing four silver table spoons, the property of
James Henderson.
George Wright was found Guilty of stealing a plated
dish and cover, the property of Mr. Wilson, of Mary:.
la-bonne.
The Prisoner, it appeared, had gone into the. Pro.
secutor's pantry, where he wrapped a table cloth
round the dish and cover, and walked unmolested
out of the house, but he had not proceeded far, when
he was pursued and taken into custody, after he had
cast away the dish, and made a fruitless attempt to
escape.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.
T. Lake, for stealing 7lbs. of sugar ; L. Millers for
stealing two gravy spoons ; E. Pike, for stealing a
q'iautity of ironmongery goods; J. Peake, for, re.
ceiving the same ; C. Ryves, for stealing a quantity
of white lead and turpentine ;
.3. Hendrick, for steal-
ing a pair of trowsets ; G. Fresmaa, for stealing a
pewter crane; Prudence Wood, for stealing several
articles of wearing apparel. Three were convicted
of misdemeanors, viz. J. Welch, for receiving 36
gallons of ale, the property of Messrs. Hale and Co.
knowing it to have been stolen ; and Sarah Smith
and Mary Easton, for uttering counterfeit shillings.
And four were acquitted, viz. Ann Clarke, J. Bond,
J. Thackray, and Mary George.

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