Star.
London, England, 1802-07-20 00:00:00

OLD P.lll.Er.

Yefterclav twenty•ttiae prifniterc were tried, fif-
teen I svl•nrr "en: convin,:d (.I,elony, viz.
/117.;,.m t% as tried 011 flirriCloll of !leafing'
a pook;a•tin-k, contaitt:!ri; Isl. in Bank of
Notec, the ;nor:ly or Peter Poland. '
ptoirciani ii red, that on the aftertinnn of
the 3,1 ~f June, :Is he %sits COn' Cr. kfpm.
titter, he fat a hatol in hi, ple:et ; he turned
round and eauc)•t tit. pr.C. : arm; Ic
wet% 1 if hi, c:•mpaninns ‘‘ ere ‘k ;;:i him. As the
svi..i.efs turned rota:!, he Id I, " You viihtin,
wh?re is my ty.cket-bo,)'s re: ied that he
h M it nnt. then ran off, :nal the profccutor
followed. calling cut, '' 1-1:1..a5 at
lenvh taken, and carried to the Public Office,
whete, at (I, he laid he lived in lodgings in
Decry -line. and af.terwa; Jbg that he was j,ta ar-
rivA fr, m

.loleph Milell.ll, a Poilrran, gave an account
or The priforyr's arpaehenron. The priibner de-
n el Ihe th.trt;t: foand him
71 ,mar wa; put to the bar, charged
svi h h tying Itolcn .Flhs. of raw fugar, the Fro-
po ty of James Cranack.
The prnfeciiint .11.iftd, that on the 23d ofpne
tote pri!.)ner came nn hoard his thip to work a.; a
lutnper, laid he would do for his viettials
only. On Th.: .I.oi of July he was detedted in con-
cealing a hag of fug ir in the caboufe. He eon-
felfed the theft, but ftid he had taken it for a fea
flock. He then gave him in charge to the Police
Officers, and fent the fugar with him.
Mr. Gatty, the ftirve.yor of the Thames Police,
faid, that he had taken the ptifoncr and the. fugar

The prifoner, in his defence, raid, that he was
an American, and had no friends in this country;
that the book-keeper on board the (hip laid that
the men mi:,,ht take fome fttgar as a fea
The pi ironer took fume fugar, and was going to
flow it away in the top, but the book-keeper told
him it would be difeovered there %ellen the velfel
came to be overhauled, when file had landed her
car,;o. He accordingly put it in the cahoufe,
'where it was found. He did not take the fugar
with any bad intention, but merely as a common
allowance for a lea flock.—Cu.lty.
ginner Demtfler, a Grenadier in the 2d Regiment
of Foot Guards, for felonionfly ilealing a child's
cloth drefs and a pair of gaiters, valued at ss. the
property of William Newton.
The Prokcutor, it appeared, keeps a clothes fale-
flsp in jermyn-flreet. On the evening of the zgth
of June, as he was returning home, he oblerved
two foldiers (landing at his door, and by their de-
meanour he judged their intentions to be improper;
he accordingly kept back, and watched their nun.
tions ; the prifoner very leiforely took the articles
(fated in the indiElment, winch were hanging at
the door, and put them into his cap : the protect.
tor then came up, charged him with what he had
done, and took the things from him. He was
afraid to apprehend him, the prifoner being a flout
man, and nu :alliance near at hand.—He accord.
ingly Inffered him to depart. Illwever, he very
Coon after fawn fcrjeant, to whom he related the
circumflance, and dcfcrihed the perfon of the
prifoner:—the Serjeant laid fomething of his be-
ing an old offender, and promifed he fhould be
taken care of; accordingly, he loon after took him
into cullody.
The material part of the profecutor's teltimony
eras corroborated by a perfon who was coming
through the !beet at the time,and law the prifoner
put the articles into his Grenadier's cap, as well
as the firbiequen: •arts of the tranfaelion.
The prifoner in his ckfence told a long Rory, the
applicable part of which to the cafe was, that his
;mention was to buy the cloaths for his friend's fon;
accordi!.!is took down the articles to examine
them, but he denied that he depofitcel them in his

tap.
A witnefs appeared to his charafter, one of the
Serjtants c:lhis own C:ompanv, who gave him a
good charaeler as a Soklitr ; hut as to his private
thardner,honelly, &c. he erlild fay nothing about
it. The Jury had no hclitation in finding the pri-
foner
Gorge &:yer, for haling, on the tyth of June,
tw' live ducks, value 4s. the property of Joreph
L.iwfon. _ _ .

This pattictilar kind of cafe, unaccountably in-
tereited the auditory in confidcrahle degree. Ac-
cordingly they were tematUhly attentive, and ft-.
venal came in purrofely to hear it. The circum-
ltances were hi t. by these :—Ti:e Profecutor is a
farmer a few miles from London : on the morn-
ing of the 1-,th of June, very early, one of his lons
was alarmed by a noife. in the yind, and Cie cry-
ing of diack%; the pet fon alludcd to hilt:lndy awoke
hi.brt•thet,and lo..king out at one of the v.indows
they law the hifi•tier in the aft of getting over
tlt gate, and t' 1' a fuck in his hand: they ptir,
flied hum, and in the ptirfu:t let-(all the la( k :
—they overtook I and on charging him with
hi, conelot, he taid he was only looking for a
place to he d0w,..-I'o the interrogatory, ‘, Then
why did you run away ?" no antwcr was made.
The lack %%as 1,,t111(1 to contain two duck, belong-
ing to the Ptofecittor. The Pu ifoner was takt n
about too yards florn Mr. Lawfon's preinires.
th•cks an.! tuck were delivered to a conflable,
in ortiLt t,i k• cp them in the tift:al way for the pm--
role of 6611.4in:tit identification ; hut the ofil•Ir
havitig nu cooveniency for the keeping of ducks,
requeiled ale Prosecutor to take charge of the
fettliett .1 property natil the day of trial.—This
eirconotaitee cteated lime difliculty„in the way cf
ttion, but which at lilt was got over
to the 1365...it:1i0n of the Court and Jury, after a
doe inveitigation drat effential print.
The Ptifonees defence was merely a denial of
the charge. No Witneffes appeared Inr him.
The Li•illltDEß, conlideting the cafe !port and
clear, did not fia-mally recapitulate the evidence.
The Juts found the Prif•ner
Ann 1.4 hi caking and emering the apart
mous of Mal y and i'lltrhe Yates on the night of
e t.„,,. ,w,,v all their a lothes

moftmakerc, and lived near Cofv:;:11-11reet ; that
they tynited their door, and went to bed about ten
o'cforb:, and when they waked abut feven they
ftaind their door open, and all the wearing appa-
rel they wore the day before gone ; that upon
:.IVng this informati,,n to a young man who lodg-
ed in the Bone bottle, he went in fearch of the
•h'ef, and 1..!:711 her the flone morning, with part
t,t• their clatli,:s t.n Thomas Bell ilatcd his gt..ii%t
to let i•al old clothe. Ih.ps, and that he met the
Golden•lan,:, with l'it:rbe Yates's gown
nit. which he knew pet leafy. A confl.tble pro-
duced ail the clothti which were Itolen, part was
proved to have b:en 1i by the prifoner that
morning. The Jury found her Guilty.—The
kidge inquired if the was known, and was inform-
ed, floc was an old offender in that way, and had
once received fentence of trant-portation. She is
:Mitt forty yeat s of age.
Ir!I;v7, Clew, a 7enteel young man, for ftcaling
pewter pots. From the evidence of John Knight,
a publican, it appeared that the prifoner belonged
to a Society of Odd Fellows, held at his house,
and after the meeting broke up, this young man
and two others came into the bar, where they con- i
tinned thinking till near one o'clock; the prifoner
being left alone, he found means to conceal two
gum t pots and a meatitre, which were found upon
him. He made a very polite addrefs to the Court
tad Jury—lamented his having belonged to the
Society held at this man's hook, its which he laid
he had imprudently (pent a great deal of money,
and was In much in liquor at the time, that he did
not know how the pots got into his pockets, &c.
The Jury, after tinding him Guilty, recommended
him to the met cy of the Court.
j. Albany, for ftealing a waiacoat and other ar-
ticles, the property of J. Tealdale.
for !leafing zolb. of iron nails, the
property of Matthew Wharton.
j IC t ion, for Ilealing a jacket and other artizles
the propert!. of J. Ye; e.
F. , for haling a bridle, the property cf
S. Wimboll.

7. Hurled, for flealing a piece of beef, value Bs.
the property of J. Gould.
7. Gilla, for Ruling two (hirts, the property of
A. Aulltn.

▪ Ca, fur flealing a linen sheet, the pro.
perty of 'l. Etheringtr.n.
Mary Wary, for flealing a plow plane, and
other :articles, the property of J. Harvey.
• Williamfm' for (leafing fix pair of (hoes, the
propel ty of K. Bond.
D. Yana:, for Reviling a filver watch, the pro-
perty of Ann Mactsintoth.
And t; wets acquitted, among whom
join Bdter, Pin Schilknger, and Thoirtu Sharp,
were indicted for flealing four gallons of rum, the
property of Jofeph Fawcett.
Thomas Walker fworc, that he belonged to the
Thames Police-Office, and was on duty on the
river on the 28th of June ; lie pallid the New
Crane,' Shadwell, where tere was a lug boat
grounded; he was palling about eight o'clock in
the evening, and obferved Sharp walking along
a coal barge. He went to the Office, and came
down by land, and faw him remaining ; Bolter
was with him fitting upon a trough at the head
of a puncheon. Schillenger then joined them, and
after a little converfation they pulled off in the
boat. The witnefs then got a boat and followed
them, and boarded them near Execution. Dock,
when a bladder of rum was taken from under
Sharp. He faw three more under the heads of
the caftts. He then fent for the Infpeaor of the
Thames Police. Upon his arrival they examined
the heads of the calks, and four of thrm appeared
to have been pierced with a fpoil, which were
recently flopped tip. The prifoners were then
conditeted afhore to the Office. Upon his crofs.
examination he Paid he never faw the calks gauged
either before or fince the robbery.

The Recommit upon this interrupted the proce.
dure by remarking, that upon fuch evidence it
was impoflible to proceed, notwithtlanding he be-
lieved the profecution to be well founded. The
Jury inflantly found the prifoners—Not Guilty.
The Recommit then addreffed the prifnners,tand
remarked that their offence was highly al:,,gravat-
ed, as two of them were officers of the revt.nue.—
They ought to have recolleacd that two excife of-
ficers luticred death for a fimilar offence not very
long ago ; and had the prefent cafe been made
out, it would have been the bounden duty of the
Court to have tranfported them.

NO. 26, CORNHILL—Mcfrrs. HORNSBY and Co.
acquaint the Nobility and Gentry that the Drawing
of the Lnglilh Lottery commences in a few Days,
and from the numerous Orders they have received
trom all Parts of the United Kingdom, they make
no Doubt but the whole of the 24,c00 'l'ickcts
which the Lottery entrails of will be thortlydifpoied
of ; Hos N salt and Co. therefore beg Leave to re•
m:11.1 their Friends and the Public to he Ipeedy in
their Purchafes, and humbly ti,licit their Favours.
—N. B. Tickets and Shares will daily advance in
Price.

SIR l'H.
At Abbeyedle, county Rofcommon, the LaJy of the Rea.
Thom'. Blakeney, of a .on and hcir.

MARkUtill.

Ou Thurfday, at Lefton, 1-I,.refurtifhire, the Rcv, it.hu Lilly,
r,:,ttur of Stoke Lacy, in that county, and Fellow at Merton Col-
lege, Oxford, to Mifs Freeman, cidelt daughter of John Free-
ULM, Efq. of Litton.
On the 13th init. Mr. James Bell, much...tit, Gl.ifnow, to
'Mils Janet Hamilton, daughter of the late Rot. John Hamil-
ton, minifter of Cathcart.
On Saturday fenilight, at Mcrrion-(quart, Dublin, by foe-
vial licence, by hi; Grace, the Arehbifhbp of Dublin, the Right
H, n Lord Hunally, to Mifs Tran, only diti ht.r to the late
IN.minick That, Efq. and riee..: to the late En I of Clare.