Star.
London, England, 1815-09-15 00:00:00

01,D SEPTEMBER IS.

Jones Halliday was twice tried for a burglary in
breAteig vitt the 'dwelling-house of Colonel
11,, at Ilend.rn, And on a second indictment, for
s:ealipg several articles of plate, the property of the
same Gentleman.
• It appeared by the evidence of Colonel Nicholl-,
that the Prisoner had lived in his family until he was
discharged last May, and being ill, was sent to the
hospital. In consequence he had a full knowledge of
the house, and was enabled to get is and secrete Won-
self as was supposed, for it was evident by the masks
on the doors, that the thief 'had broken out. In the
first instance he had carried off a quantity of linen
and some raw meat from the pantry. The meat, a
w:trie.s of the name of tslaztrine, a hair-dr.:sser,
rhived that he bought of the prisoner, the next day
::iter the robbery. A basket in which the linen was
carried off, was traced to the possession of the priso-
ner. The other case was that the prisoner had got
into the house unobserved, and when the servant had
gathered the spoons and forks, &c. after dinner, they
were put in a basket and placed in an adjoining room
unt.l they were fetched away. The prisoner knowing
this, had contrived to carry them off unobserved.—
He had also Made a confession upon his examination
of both robberies.—Verdiet, Guilty.
J. Bayley, was indicted for breaking and entering
the dwelling•house of W. Jennings, J. Jennings, and
S. Jennings, crape.madnfactuzers, Worship-street,
and stealing therein two £5O, four *5, and thirty.
one Bank of England notes their property.
Sarah Lack, servant to Messrs Jennings, deposed,
that the prisoner WAS a lad instheemployment cf the
Ft osecutoes. • On the 224 of July, he left the hops.
about a quarter before eight in the evening e but re-
turned n abovii an hour into the kitchen. She missed
him for about ten minutes, and then be came again
into the kitchen, and wished her good night. When
the warehouse was opened in the morning it was di:-
covered that the above property had been motets,
std a se.3o and a al note was found lying on the floor.
B. Gleed, an officer of Worship-street, proved that,
as he was sitting in the parlunr of a public-house,
after he had got the prisoner in custody, the latter
said to him arks a long silence," Nobody had robbed
his master; but himself." Witness asked him what

he lad done se:th the money ? on which he desired
witness to send Armstrong, the officer, to Itis father's
hot.se, and he would find in a piece of parchment, up
the iron: parlour chimney, about ego. He said he
had lost some itt it out nt his waistcoat pocket.
Armstrong went according to his direction, and
found £93 :u the chimney mentioned by the prisoner.
Death.
Tl.e prcsectiter and the Jury recommended him to
mercy ; and the former declared, that he believed a
girl he was acquainted with, had induced him to
commit the offence.

J. Wiing was indicted fir breaking and entering
the divelling,.house of P. Smith, and stealing therein
a quantity of printed cotton and wearing apparel, the
prop‘rty of the sail P. Sinith.—Guilty, Death.
J. Parnell was indicted for stealing a lace shawl,
value afr2B, the property of R. Dawson, privately in
his shcp. Tice prisoner snatched the shawl of a nail
by the shop.door. lie was pursued, brought. back,
and the shawl found in his trowsees......Guiltyi Death.
The following were also capitally convicted, viz.
J. Afai::•ney, for assaulting T. Ikel,,Doiat in a dwalling-
bonse,and taking from him three A:: Bank-notes, his
perty ;J. !list, for stealing twenty-three yards
• ...•;:bric, the property of J. Corpn, in his kl:velling-
1. • ; and J. Drafter, for stealing 113 sheep, value
the pr,perty of Jushint 1.70111436 •
Was. aalle WAS C:lllVlCted of stealing a 410 note
fr.m Samuel %Villains, a black seaman t the prose-
cu•or had been on tha Ist instant to Greenwich to re.
cove some prize-mnney ; on his way to town he
'called at a public-house, v.-liere the prisoner was de-
tected in picking the prosecutor's pocket.