Star.
London, England, 1822-09-13 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday, John Benjamin Brooked was-indicted
for forging and uttering a. true, a certain receipt for
the sum ~f 'I:15. 10s. pnrporting to be the receipt of ,
William Clarke, %, ell knowing the same to be forged
and co,interfeited.
After the indictment had been read, the prisoner
requested that his trial might be postponed, in order
that he might procure a witness which was essential
to his case. The RECORDER informed hint, that if he
had any motion to wake, he must do it after the whole
of the indictments had been read.
When the Clerk of Arraigns was swearing the Jury,
the prisoner stepped forward and-said, he wished to
challenge some of the Jury. He understood some of
them came from Hammersmith : this, hoviever, was
not the fact. He then stated that he believed that
many of them knew a person at Hammersmith. As
the Jury were separately sworn,'
he asked them whe-
ther they knew Robert Gregson of Hammersmith ?
Most of the Gentlemen answered that they did know
him ; but all disclaimed intimate acquaintance. This
appeared to satisfy the prisoner, and he retired from

the bar.
Robert Grew, aged 21, was indicted for stealing a
watch and appendages, the property of Thomas
Richardson.—The prosecutor stated, that on the day
named in the indictment, he was standing on the
Tower %shall witnessing a boat race, ,when the pri-
soner, who was near him, unbuttoned his waistcoat,
and- snatched the watch from his fob. He accused
therprisoner with the theft, but he denied it, and struck
witness. Several witnesses who were present on the
occasion confirmed this statement ; and one of them
deposed. that he saw the watch fall from the prisoner,
who immediately decamped, but was soon overtaken.
The prisoner called no witnesses to character:
The It Ecoapen stated, that the prisoner was charged
with a growing and most mischievous offence, the
progress of which must be stopped by the full execu-
tion of the law ; this case, however, did not amount
to a capital offence.
The Jury instantly returned a verdict of Guilty.
The RECORDER, in passing the sentenceofdie Cuart,
informed the prisoner that he had been at that bar
beftire ; in order to save him from a shameful death,
the sentence of the Court was, that he be transported
for the tel m of his natural life.
Stephen Tool, aged sixteen, was indicted for steal-
• ing in the dwelling-house of John Scott, certain silk
handkerchiefs, value £2 10s. his property.
John Scott deposed, that he lived' tu St. Martin's,
Westminster, and was a linen-draper. On the 29th
of July, about ten o'clock, the witness heard one of
his shop windows crack. He in consequence put on
his hat, and went into the street by the private door.
He observed the prisoner at the shop-window, and at,
about the distance of four yards he saw two other
men, whom he suspected to be confederates of the
prisoner. The witness crossed over the way, and con-
tinued to watch the prisoner for about three-quarters
of an hour. The prisoner departed from and re-
turned to the window several times during this pe.
rital. At last the witness perceived the prisoner in-
troduce his hand into the window, and dtaw some-
thing out: upon this the witness went up to the pri-
soner and knocked him down. Some handkerchiefs
fell from his hand, which the prosecutor picked up,
and then took him into the shop, and sent for a con •
stable. Upon examination, he found that a pane of
glass was broken, which he was sure was whole
about an hour before. 'The witness missed eleven
black silk handkerchiefs, and six ladies' handkerchiefs,
from that part of the shop near to the broken window.
IVllliam Duff, a constable, deposed, that on the
29th of July he was sent for by Mr. Scott, and took
the prisoner into custody. He searched him, and
found nothing on him but a knifa.—The Jury re.;
turned a verdict of—Guilty.
, Robert Ramey, aged 19, and Samuel Greenwood,
aged 25, were indicted for assaulting Richard Ives,
on the King's highway, and stealing five gold seals,
his property, on the 11th of August.
The following is a summary 01 the evidence: The
prosecutor, about a quarter before ten o'clock on the
night of the 11th of August, was passing through
Church-street, Bethnal-green. The prisoner Ramsey
came towards him. The prisoner Greenwood, who
was following behind the prosecutor, coughed, upon
which Ramsey made a snatch at the seals, which
were attached to the watch-chain of the prosecutor.,
Ramsey made two pulls at the seals before they broke
from the chain. During the struggle, Ramsey struck
the prosecutor in the side. 'There was a gas-light
near the spot, which enabled the prosecutor to see
the faces of the prisoners, both of whom ran_ down a
court after the robbery. He obtained the assistance
of some police•ofEcers, and apprehended the prisoners
at a public-house in the neighbourhood. The prose-
cutor spoke positively to the persons of the prisoners,
bui he admitted that he had not so favourable an op-
portunity of observing the person of Greenwood as
that of Ramsey.—The Jury found • Ramsey Guilty,
and acquitted Greenwood.
. William Lester, a black, was indicted for stealing
twelve sovereigns, and nine guineas, the property of
Dedrick Sedenberg.
Dedrick Sedenberg, the prosecutor, deposed that
he lodged at the house of his brother, the Red Lion
public-house, in Nightingale-lane. The prisoner
lodged there also. In the room, of the witness was a
chest, containing twelve sovereigns and nine guineas.
The chest was locked, and the witness kept the key
in his pocket. When he went to bed at night he
placed his pocket under the 'pillow. The money was
safe on the 26th of July. The witness missed the.
money on the 31st of July. The chest had not beeni
broken open, but unlocked.
Sedenberg, the brother of the last witness, de-
posed that he was the landlord of the Red Lion pub-
lic-house. The prisoner had returned from a voyage
about a week before the robbery was committed.—
The day after the 3l st of July the prisoner was drunk,
and the witness saw that he had plenty of silver and
two sovereigns. The prisoner said his Captain had
given him the money. Before his brother lost his
money the prisoner had-no cash, except what the wit-
ness furnished him with.
The constable who,took the prisoner into custody
stated, that he received six 'guineas from a woman
named Eleanor Jacobs, which be produced in. Court:
, Eleanor Jacobs said, that on the 30th ofjuly the
prisoner came to her house, and stating that a bad
been paid by his Captain, gave her six guineas to