Star.
London, England, 1825-11-02 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

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William Stoney, describing himself as a Commission
Agent, not a." Commission Broker," was questioned by
Mr. BARRY, who opposrei the discharge of the Insolvent
inr a Mr. Richard Feet,: ett, iimen-araper, residing in.
Cheapside, for obtaining goods under false representa-
tions.—From the examination of the Insolvent by the
Learned Counsel, it appe 'red that in May last he went
to the house of the opposing creditor, and gave him le
order for some carpeting, &c. which he afterwards sold. I 1
On purchasing the goods he tendered a bill of exchange I
drawn by himself on and accepted by a person of the
name of Thomas Mattison, victualler, Fleet-mcket
(in the Rules of the Flee ), • The bill was for 391. At
the time he presented the bill (which he had left ie the,
possession of Mr. Fawcett previous to his finally taking
it in payment for the goods), he represented hinvielt as
having taken the bill of a person for whom Mr. H it.'
risen had built some houses at Paddington, ss hich
houses the Insolvent, he was understood to sty, told the
opposing creditor be had eapered. The bill, was, not-
w ith vending, di.honou: ed, although w hen the opposing
creditor had applied to 11. e acceptor, he said th it it was
all right, and would be iegulatly paid when due. It
watt however, " more honoured in the breach than the
observance," for instead of Mr. Harrison'. paying the
bill, he said, "if he (Mr. Fawcett) woul .1 receipt it
he would not give him a glass of gin for it." He fur-
ther represented himself as havirg cons derable bill
business to do for Lord T. for which he was to receive
2.5 per cent. for all he got discounted, but that he had
never said to the tune of 20,0tTli.
On being questioned as to his dealings with Lord T. he said that
it was certainly true that he had been employed to raise money by
his Lordship, and which he could prove it required.
The COUIT having dispensed with the Insolvent's suggestion,
Mr. HEATH, for the Insolvent, contended that there
was no proof of fraud, and instanced the Insolvent's
leavingt.the bill in the hands of the opposing creditor
for a week, which he said afforded him an opportunity
of making any inquiry he might have thought proper
to make beyond what he had already done, and that it
was anything but a fraudulent midsection.'
The Comm lamented the hardship of the ease, but said the
grounds were not suthciently within the meaning of the Act of
Parliament to warrant the Court in remanding the prisoner. Ile
was therefore entitled to the benefit of the Act.
Mr. Baser remarked, that the Inselvent's debts were between
3 and 400/. and all on bills of exchange and promissot y notes.
Its reply to which the Insolvent said that he owed no simple debts.
Nicholas de Santiago y Rolalde, a Colonel on the Staff of the Spa-
nish Army, and Thomas Blanchard, an unseat the Minor Theatres,
after some trifling and ineff:ctuai opposidoe, were discharged.

OLD BAILtY SESSIUNb,. NOVMDER 1.

CHARGE OF MURDER.

Mary Sheiks stood capitally indicted for the wilful murder of
Patrick Doyle, in the parish of &. Gilas-in-the-Ftelds.—There
were no Counsel on either side.
Mary Kilgrogran—l live in Buckridge•street,
Giles's, and am aunt to the deceased, Patrick Doyle;
he lived in Church-lane. Friday, the 30th of September,
I was at the Black Horse public-house, in Buckridge-
street ; the deceased was there; I had been there about
half an hour before the prisoner came in ; she did not
appear drunk ; the deceased atsd prisoner had lived to-
gether as man and wife for nearly twelve years, and
had seven children ; she saw them but seldom, but they
were very sociable. In two minutes after she entered
she went to the bar, and brought a tin beer-can under
her cloak ; the deceased and a man named- Frank Smith
were speaking together; the deceased was drunk ; he
turned his head about to where the prisoner stood, when
she struck him with the can over the left temple and
ran away. Deceased bled very much, and he remained
about two bouts in the tap-room, bleeding ; he then
went away with Frank Smith. On Saturday morning
I met the prisoner coming out of the house where she
lived ; she bade me the time of the morning, and said if
I did not tell my sister's son to keep clear of her she
would by the Holy Ghint be his h—y butcher, and tie
end of him. On the •Sunday I went to deceased's; the
prisoner was in the room ; I asked him how he was ? he
said very ill, and asked me what was good for the
head-ache? and I said cold water; the prisoner at that
time was attentive to him; he lived until the Tuesday
week following, when he died at the Hospital.
Lawrence Doyle, the brother of the deceased, deposed
that on the Monday he was at home-with his brother in
the evening, the prisoner was sitting by the side of the
bed; witness had a separate bed in the same room. His
brother wanted to go to bed, but prisoner would not
let hire; she said he should not come there; deceased.'
then laid down on the boards, his head was not tied up.
The prisoner got up and said he should not stay with
her ; she was going Gut of the room, %%hen deceased'
said she should not go out at that hour of; the night. He
gave her a push with 'one hand, and pushed her on the
bed; it was a pretty violent push. I did not-observe
which way she fell ; I cannot exactly say ; she was very
big with child ; my brother had then got up on a chair,
and was leaning his bead on his hand on the table. Pri-
soner got up and went to the ch'inney-piece, and laid
hold of a hammer that was Iyin4 there; my brother
was a tinmati; stuck him on the head with
the h:,mmer five times; one was a very heavy blow. I
could out see which tnJ of tie hamnier. 1 got up; my
brother kt;ocked fire d rwn three times. lle was in a
violent rage, and the prisoner appeared to be so also.
My brother called out, fi Oa ! brother, I am undone."
isuner then pot outside the door. There was a pretty
good share of blood; I remained there all night ; the
prisoner did not come back ; I wiped his head with his
shirt; one blow knocked him down ; I saw the prisoner
two days after, and told her her husband's head was
cut. I said Paddy's head is badly cut, and she began
to laugh.
This witness underwent a tross.examination, for the purpose of
'hewing that the deceased had frequently beaten the prisoner, and
even broken her ribs; but the witness declared that before the even-
ing in question he had never seen his brother strike her.
Ily a Juryman—How did they live together? Did they live
peaceably

While-As—Sometimes they lived in peace, and sometimes they
quarrelled.
Mr. Burgess, a surgeon rf St. Glt t's workhouse, de-
posed, that the deceased had been brou4ht there on the
24. th of October, and that he was shortly afterwards
sent to the Middlesex Hospital. He had an inflamma-
tion on the brain—five blows given with such a ham-
mer, wi h a.ry violence, is sufficient to cause inflamma-
tion on the brain.

By the Prisoner—She certainly came to see him at the workhouse
in a state of great anxiety. I did net know that she had then been
delivered only three days.
• The prisoner wished the witness to be asked if she did
not ask him whether the blow which she had given
him with the hammer, had killed him, when he re-
plied, a Oh, no."
Mr. Justice PARK—Out of mercy to the prisoner, I would sot,
for all the world, put that question.
Mr. 'fewson, a surgeon of Middlesex Hospital, mi-
nutely described the state of the head of the deceased.

His skull was trepanne,3, b"t it was of rn avail tilt '
state of the head was r e con,eqnence of exernal vio
lent'btows. The hammer s'esvn to I int svoill.; hive
produced such effect. if used with violence. Ile observed
no old cut on the head ; he did Ilfri 01.itet ve, a cut near
the ear.
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The prisoner, in I,er defence, stated that they had
dog which was made away wit'i by the 4stother of the,
deceased, which caused a goitre], aad the dece ised said
he had but one life, and he would lose it cn account of
!iis dog being gone. There also aPpeared a jealous feel;
log between them, and according to her statement they
had quarrelled on the Monday, and the deceased had
Licked her violently; and that he tame home late at
night when she •was tin:tres‘ed, and tow., hold'oCher
and threw it down; that he had broken three of
her ribs, and•laid hold of the back of her neck with
his teeth and bit her; that he was continually beating
her about with a tile. , She denied that she 1 ad struck
him with the hatnnier ; it was a fie that she merely
threatened him ti ith.

Mr. Justice PARK charged the Jury that it was
evident that the deer ased and prisoner had lived on bad
tetras with each other. They a. wild chrect their atten-
tion to what took phece on the Monday might; they
would satisfy themselves whether the blows were given
by the prisoner, and if so, the questi..n !Mold th. n be
whether the offence was murder or :manslaughter?
After commenting on the whole of the evidence, and
the statement of the ptisoner, the Learned Judge gave
it as his opinion, that the crime amounted to man-
slaughter, but not murder.
The Jury consulted together for a few minutes and returned a
terelict of Manslaughter.
The Recommits immediately sentenced her to twelve months' tin-
ptisonment in the House of Correction, and hard labour.
The prisouer was in a very weak state, and was deeply affected,
during the trial, she sat down, and was attended by a female. She
is twenty-nine years of age.
Wm./IN/don, aged '22. a baker, was indi:ted for steal-
ing an order for the payment of 1351. 13i. 6d. from the
dwelling•house of the prosecutor, Robert Gobby, of
'Leicester-street, Regent•street. The prisoner, in the
capacity of.a baker, called at the prosecutor's door, and
it was alleged that Mrs. Gobby dropped the order in
question, which he picked up and obtained the money
for. It was not proved that the prisoner received the
money himself ; it was received by another person, who
was seen in company with the prisoner.
A number of witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for
honesty, s:sbriety, and industry.
Mr. Baron GetitltoW charged the .JUry,.that it was
necessity thaothey should notice the terms of the order,
" Pay to Mr. Gobby or bearei." if the prisoner had
intended to act honestly be would have gone to Mr.
Gobby. It was possible that the order might have
fallen into the street, which would acquit him of the
capital part of the chittge.
'Verdict—" Guilty of stealing, but not in the dwelling-house."
James Adams, aged 36, was indicted for stealing a
.gelding, the property of John Neighbour, at Beacons-
field, on the night of the 3d of September.
The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on
account of his former good character.
Richard 0 alloys Jasper, who was convicted of for.
gery on Saturday la,t, was indicted for uttering,'
on the Ist of August, two' firrged acceptances, well
knowing them to be forged; with intent to defraud
William Fox and partners.
' The pri,oner, vibe last night pleaded " Not Guilty," withdrew
that plea, and now pleaded " Guilty."
Mr. Law said he was instructed by the prosecutors to recom-
mend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court ; and
the Jury returned a verdict of Geri/ty, but recommended the pri-
soner to mercy.
John Lyons, aged 23, a robust well•favonred young
fellow, was indicted for committing an assault on Mary
Ann Davis, putting her in fear, and taking from her
person a purse of 14 sovereigns her property.
The prosecutrir, a widow, who appeared to be double
the age of her faithless paramour, stated that the pri•
soner had sweethearted her for some time, and things
had gone so far that they were to have been 'partied
last Tuesday week "by rood rights"—(Laughter).
Indeed the prisoner had made long yrofessions of love
to me—(Laughtet). He told me he never loved a wo-
man so well as me in all his life, except one, and she is
dead—(Bursts of laughter). Ile said he had put 350/.
in the Bank, and had 3941. to take out, because he had
not taken up the dividends. We came to London on
the Monday, the day of the robbery, to prrcure the
license and snch like. We went to the Pi ince of Wales,
in the Westin nster-road, and from thence to a public.
house near Temple-bar. He had a trunk with him,
which he said contained writings, m hick he should have
lei milted by a lawyer, for he had brought them on
purpose; he said he should want some money, and 1
said I would not part v.itei any till I found the writings
were all right; he said, " )ou wig not disgrace me so
as to let n:e stand by and see a woman pay ;" and then
money from me.
COMMON SEILMEAPIT.—The indictment states that you were put in
fear. You were not afraid, were you?
Witness—Afraid, nu! (Laughter).
OMANLOI4-SERJEANT—YOM knew what he was after when be intro-
duced his hand to your pocket?
Witness-0 yes. I knew what he was about, and so did be.—
(Loud laughter).
Thew itness proceeded to state, that the prisoner went
away, and never returned. /Wet t his trunk, which con-
tained, instead of writings, as he said, a frying-pap, (a
laugh), an old pair of shoes, a pair of binges, a parcel
of rags, and such rubbish.
Cover—Well, its a shameful part be has acted, and I hope you
will receiver your money again; or, if the license is purchased, per-
haps--however, at all events it is quite clear that be did not com-
mit a felony, because you appear to have been a consenting party,
therefore the prisoner must be acquitted.
The prosecutor then turned a longing lingering, languishing look
towards the prisoner, and articulated " Well, if it must be so, it
must." (Laughter).
The Jury then returned a verdict of Not Cosily.
Wsfliatw Smith and Thomas Farb**, were indicted for robbing
Samuel Russell of a gold watch, chain, and seals, in a low brothel
in St. Luke's, on the 2.51 of October The prosecutor accompanied
a girl home, and retired to bed. lire prisoners entered, one of
them demanding his wife, abused, and robbed the prosecutor.—
I'artridge was acquitted, on account of previous good character,
but Smith was convicted, arid promised a voyage fur life.

NEW COURT.
Wm. 1 ownshend, aged 12, l homas Marne, aged 16,
Thomas Sawyer, aged 15, and Thomas Jury, aged 14.
fodr out of eight boys who were yesterday tried for
robbing the orchard of Jacob Phillips, of Edmonton,
were brought up to receive the judgment of the Court.
Serjeint A RABIN said the trisoners had been in.
dieted under a recent Act of Parliament, enacted for
the protection of the owners of gardens and Orchards.,
So great had been the depredations committed in the
viciany of London, that the LegislAture had been com-
pelled to mike that felony which had been before only
a trespass. The Learned Serjeant then adjudged thr
sentence of the Court, which was, that the prisoners
Townshend and Tury be publicly whipped and confined
three months to hard labbur in the House of Correction,
as they' Were, it appears, old offenders ; and Sawyer
and Marne to be privately whipped and discharg r.