Star.
London, England, 1813-10-29 00:00:00

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OLD BA/um SESaIONS. •
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Yesterday, Joretsh ES:, alias Wed 4 age& 40, stood
indicted on suspicion of having stolen one X2O, and
two £lO bank-notes, the property of JunejEatthews.
The prosecutor stated, that he was a and he
was acquainted with the prisoner, wh6..iseis also al
sailor,, and had been his shipmete five's. • On'
the Ist day of Oitober, be went in the prisoner's;
company, along' with another man, to an eating-
house in Wych-street, Drury-lane ;he had the money
mentioned in the indictment in his pocket-book, whicH
he laid on the table, after having settled his reckon-
inz. After dinner he went away, and on examining
his pocket, found that his book was gone, and recor-
lec.itm that, he had left it on the table, he returned
and ft .und the prisoner retiring, and the book thrown
under the table ; he lifted it, put it in his pocket
. without suspecting any thing, and next morning he
discovered that one sB2O, and two £lO notes were
stolen ; only, £l2, in notes, were remaining. HE
had not unclasped his pocket-book that day, he could
almost swear to some writing that was on the back
of the RIO notes. He was not in any other com-
pany on that day, save the prisoner's and that of
another person ; he left his pocket-book with one
of Lis companions that same evening, he had not
examined it, nor did he examine it till next morn.
ing. His companion was sick, and could not now
attend.
James Armstrong, an officer, said he apprehended
the prisoner, who had one RIO Bank-note, and a
number of smaller notes in his possession.
The prosecutor examined this £lO note, and said,
one of the £lO notes which he lost resembled that
found in the prisoner's possession, inasmuch as it was
ragged, andhad some writing on the back.
-Lore ELLENBOROUGH said, all these circumstances
amounted only to stispicion, and he could not re-
commend the Jury to do otherwise than find the
prisoner not gushy. The. Jury immediately Acquit-
ted him.
Jintiih Ferri, aged 21, stood indicted for feloni-
ously assanitnig Elizabeth Trivitt nibthe King's high-
way, putting her in fear, and forcibly and against
her will, tang front her person, a muslin bag, con►
mining a htendkachief, four shillings in silver, and
other articles, her property.
Elisabeth Trivitt said she lived in High-street,
M..ry-la-bonne, and on the evening oithe 9th. of
tober, she was walking down Albestiarte-street, ac•
eompanied by her daughter, with her ridicule in her
hand, containing the articles mentioned in the indict.
ment. A man came suddenly to her side and spate's-
ed the ridicule frOM her hand and ran towards Picea;
duly. She called stop thief, and the, man was taken,
but not in her sight, while he proceeded up. Stafford:
street. Within five minutes a watchman arrived with
the prisoner in company, carrying a bag which she
- believed to be her's, from the examination of its con-
tents. The watchman was so rude as to compel her
to go to the watch house—for she had no intention of
prosecuting any body ; as she was going, some Gen-
tleman took pity on her, gave her address, with a
promise of appearance next day, and delivered her
safe to her husband.
James Fiance' on the night of the 9th of October,
heard the cry of stop thief coming from Albemarle-
att.-et, and looking rt und, he perceived a man run-
ning into Stafford-street, with his right hand conceal-
ed un,ler the lap of his coat. Suspecting this man to
be the thief, he followed and overtook him, catched
him by the collar, upon which the man said, you have
taken the wrong man. He detained him for a few
minutes, till the complaining party should arrive, and
then the prisoner dropped a small bag, which he
picked up and gave to a watchman, who by that
time bad arrived. The prisoner was immediately
conveyed to the watch-house.
Ralph Gallia saw the prisoner running along Al-
bemarle-street, and apprehended by the last witness
in Stafford-street, where he dropped a white bag from
below his coat, which a by-stander picked up, ands
said to the prisonereo you have dropped something,"
which he denied.
The watchman produced the bag that the pri-
soner had dropped, which the prosecutrix proved to
be the same which had been taken horn her in Albe-
marle. street.
Several respectable persons gave the prisoner a
good character.
Baron THOUPSON summed up the evidence to the
Jury, and observed, that the circumstance of simply
snatching the bag from the hands the prosecunix,
did not amount to a highway robbery, and'lf they
believed that the prisoner was the person, They would
acquit him of the capital part of the charge, and find
him guilty of stealing only.
The Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty
of stealing.
Daaicl Grifulm and Jahn Durham stood indicted for
feloniously assaulting Peter Ryan on the King's high-
way, putting.him in fear, and taking from his per-
son, and against his will, a silver watch, value three
guineas, his property, on the 28th of September.
Petri Ryan said, he lived in the Commercial road,
and was turncock to the East London Water-works
Company. and on the day mentioned in the indict-
ment he was walking hometvards in his wife's com-
pany up High-street, Whitechapel, with a basket in
one hand and half-pence in the other, when a woman
ran against him and knocked the halfpence out of his
hand. He pushed this woman with his hand, upon
which the prisoner Griffiths said, D—n you, can't
you strike a man ?" He answered, he wanted to
strike neither man nor woman, he wished cnly to
collect the scattered halfpence, and on stooping down
for that purpose, he was assaulted by the two priso-
ners, who knocked him down; he rose with diffi-
culty, went into a public-house, where he missed his
watch, which he tound the prisoners pulling Bons
his pocket while he lay. The prisoners followed hiM
into the public-house, and struck him, he returned
their blows, but they knocked him down, and his
wife endeavoured to save him by standing over his
body. The prisoners then went away and he followed
them. He complained of being robbed in the public
house, but asked no person to assist him to appre-
hend the prisoners. He went immediately to the
Police-office, and told his story, upon which some
officers accompanied him to a public-house in Went-
worth-street, which had a bad name, where he found
both the prisoners. They were searched in his pre-
sence, but nothing was found on them; they were
then conveyed to the watch-hour. lila watch wai