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London, England, 1814-12-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DECEMBER 2.

The celebrated John George Semple Lisle, more gene.
rally called Ale* Seqeftle, was charged w tit having
obtained two pieces of bacon and some bluer oy
traudulent means, from Theodo‘ia Granut,ir, Devon.
shire-street, Queeg.square, in May last. No Counsel
for the ptosecutton appeared,

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Mrs. Grammar stated, that the prisoner came to
her shop, and . desired her to send the !Muer and
bacon, which he had looked out, to 42, Gloucester.
street, as 'oe had takt n a iirst door thete, and he would
return the rni,oey by the boy. Sle c:tuld not•itien-
tify the prisoner till she saw him on his beCOjti era.
mioation at the Hatton garden Office.
Mrs. G.'s son deposed, also, to the order girn by
the prisoner. As witness was carrying the articles,
the prisoner met him, and said, " yin, must go back
and fetch some eggs." The prisoner knocked at the
door, and rang the hell, and inirnedtattly th it re
door was opened took the bacon and hotter, saying
" that's right, my boy, now go and fetch the eggs,"
and instantly shut the door. On returning to the
house with the eggs, he was told &it the prisoner
was not there, that he was no lodger in the house,
and that he was not even known there. The prisoner
was the person who took the articles from him.
Mrs. Stickler, Gloucester-street, 1,-I,.ted, that she
had never seen the prisoner till he ai)peared at her
door with the bacon in his hand; and u.at he had no
lodgings in her hmse. On the door being opened,
by way of excuse, he enquired whether :•Ir. fsbotgo.
rnery lived there ? She would not swear to the priso-
ner's person.
John Hutt; a police-officer, stated, that after having
been in search of the prisoner for several months, he
discovered his retreat, and went to his lo.igi gs in
Mary-la-bonne, on a Sunday morning, disguised as a
countryman. On meeting the prisoner, 41:11C3* said
to him o So Major, you are fond of bacon and bat-
ter?" He seemed much alarmed, and then witness
said, " But why did you not wait for the eggs?" on
Which the prisoner observed, " Oh, is that all you are
conic about ?"

Mr. BARRY, for defendant, called on the Court and
Jory to observe the difference in die evidence ;
where the identity of the prisoner's iii:rscn was so im-
perfectly established, to let him have what was his
just claim,—the advantage of any doubt. Unfortu-
nate as he now was, he had done the State some
service, and they knt wit," and he had been benefi-
cial to mankind ; and these were circumstances w hich
it was hoped would not be forgotten.
Mr. WATSON summed up the evidence, and ex-
pressed his conviction that the Jury would not find a
verdict against the prisoner, unless they were satisfied
that his person was identified, adding, that they could
not have failed to observe the demeanour of all the
witnesses, which was UllObjeCliOoAhle.
The Jury almost instantly rtturned a verdict of
Guilty.
• 'rue CHAIRMAN (Mr. Watson), in rronnuncing
sentence, which was to him a most pait.ful task, ex-
pressed how much the Court lamented that a pet son,
circumstanced as the pris-•ner• had been, should prefer
to get a miserable living by the vilest means, to gain.
ing the requisites of life by honourable exertion in his
profession. He was theta sentenced to transkortistioa
for seven years.

OLD BAILET.

Wednetday these Sessions commenced before the
Lotto Maroc, Mr. Justice LE BLANC, Mr. Justice

BAILEY, the RECOIZIJER, &c.
• illary Luscomb, alias Miller, and Charlotte Stanley,
alias Miller, were capitally indicted for uttering a
counterfeit sixpence to J. Spencer; they having been
both formerly convicted as common utterers of coun-
terfeit money. Guilty— Death.
Mary Russell was also capitally convicted for a si-
milar offence ; as was P. Nowlan, alias Dowlan, for
breaking and entering the house of T. Barter, and
stealing a gown, the property of Ann M'lntyre.
J. Clarke was indicted for marrying Hannah Hales,
his former wife, Dinah Smith, being then alive. Mr.
Martin, Parish Clark Of Whitechapel, proved the first
marriage. B. Hales, cousin of the prisoner's second
wife, proved that he was present at his cousin's mar-
riage to .T. Clarke,at Northwood, in the Tsle of Wight.
J. Smith proved that his sister, the prisoner's first
wife, is still living.—Guilty.
J. MiGawley was indicted for robbing J. Larkman,
on the highway, of two shirts, and other articles. J.
Larkman proved, that on the evening of the 7th of
October he was coming from Sloane-square, across
the Five Fields. When he had passed the Chapel he
met the prisoner, who struck him down with a stick.;
when he was down he lost his bundle, and did
not see it afterwards. He asked the prisoner, what
use it was to use him ill, when he had got all his pro-
perty ? The prisoner .made no answer, but struck
him two or three times on the head. The prisoner
took .witness's hat, and said, " I'll have your hat."-...
Witness was taken to St. George's Hospital, where
he remained a fortnight, and has not yet perfectly re-
covered his speech. The morning after the robbery
the prisoner was brought to the Hospital, and he
knew him to be the man, but he could not speak.
He never expressed any doubt that the 'prisoner was
the man.—J. Baker found Mr. Larkman lying in the
Five Fields-road, with a person standing by himT
Mr. Larkman could not speak. The stranger helped
him a little way with Mr. Larkman, and then left
him. He was not the prisoner. Witness took Mr.
Larkman to a Green-grocer's, where he found he was
bleeding from the head. Mr. Larkman wrote down
what he had been rpbbed of. Mary Henderson, a
qureeesaw the prisoner brought to the Hospital for
Mr. Larkman to look at him ; but be shook his head,
wed seemed to wish not to be troubled. The prisoner
was brought a second time, and Mr. Larkman having
recovered his speech a little, said, he was the man
who robbed him. J. Mayes, a Bow-street patrole,
apprehended the prisoner in- the Five Fields, about
six o'clock on the morning of the Bth of October—
He was then in a state of intoxication ; and witness
asked him where he had beet' ? but he could give no
account. He had a green bag, with several small
books in it, and a hat in his hand. He took him into
custody. The hat was shewn to Larkman, who was
net able to speak, but he signified, by motions, that it
was not his hat, nor was the prisoner the man that
robbed him. By raisiog his hand, he seemed to sig-
nify that the man who robbed him was taller than
the prisoner. The hat was never shewn to Mr. Lark-
man again. Mr. Larkman, being re-examined, said,
the hat that was shewn to him at the Hospital by last
witness was not his hat, and he meant to signify so
by the motions he made ; but he never meant to sig-
nify that the prisoner was not the man who robbed
- him. The prisoner, in his defence, denied having
ever robbed the prosecutor; and the Jury, without
hesitation, acquitted him.
The following were also acquitted, viz. Mary Har-
ris, Mary Revelet, Elizabeth Brannen, W. Remmiag-
ton, and R. Barnfield.
Thursday William Green was indicted for stealing a
box, coiaaining £3 in silver, the property of Ann
Darnell, privately in her dwelling house. The pro-
seautrix keeps a public house in South Minims. On
the morning of the sth ult. she found the prisoner
lying under her bed ; he had lived in her house five
weeks. When she saw his legs from under the bed,
she called to her servant, Styles, who came and pulled
him from under it. -She then found a box of silver
Ding under the bed, whete the prisoner had been,
which she used to keep in her drawers. Guilty--
Cadserint Fresr, apd Efizaieth Denham? Were ie.,
cOctettfor stealing a shawl, value £3, the property of
J. Drakes, privately in his shop. Guilty—Death ;,
but the Jury recommended Denham to mercy, on ac-
cpunt of h 4 youth, being only 14 years of age.
The following were also capitally convicted
Seagrim, far assaulting T. Partridge, in a field near
the Shepherd and Shepheidess, in the City-road, and
taking from his person a watch, half-i-guinea, and
other monies ; Elizabeth Phillips, for stealing a 4110
back. note, the property of IL Durham, in his house ;
J. Hedger, for stealing six silk handkerchiefs, the pro-
perty of J. Drakes ; J. Murphy, alias Gale, for steal-
ing 820 yards of woollen cloth, the property of S.
Sutcliffe, in the house of Mr. Guest.
CIIAROZ 01, 'WADER.
Yesterday, Cornelius Crawl," was incracted of the
crime of wilt ul murder, by striking George Dixon on
the bead with e poker, of which he died. The evi-
dence on the part of the prosecution disclosed the
following facts ;--The prisoner cohabited with a wo-
man of the name of Catherine Hall, who resided in
Vine-street, at the back of Chandos.street, kept by a
person of the name of Raine. One evening in Au-
gust last Catherine Hall came home with the deceased,
and went up stairs into het room ; shortly afterwards
the prisoner came into the house, and Mrs. Raine
heard a noise above stairs ; and going towards the'
apartment of Catherine Hall, she saw the deceased
sitting on the second or third step, his head ea; bleed-
ing profusely, and he appeared as though he had
Inst fallen down stairs ; he spoke afterwards and said
he believed his arm was broke. The witness called
out for her husband, and said it was Craa ley's doing,
and desired him to lock the door that he might not
ieciipe. The deceased was afterwards led away to his
f.ither s house, who lived not far distant. George
Dixon stated, that on the alarm of his wite he came
from below stairs, and found the deceased much in the
stunner that he 14 describes' him. He then went
up stairs, and in Catherine Hall's room he found a
snag' poker, which he produced bloody, and the floor
very bloody. The poker was broke in two pieces.-
--t-a- during the.confusioa, escaped. The deceas.
al, was taken to St. George's
atonal he died. Ptiring

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