Star.
London, England, 1825-10-22 00:00:00

ARTICIAB OF THE PEACE.

A Lady, of elegant appearance, applied to the Court,
and eshibited articles of the peace against her husband,
Mr. Spat khall. Her affidavit stated, that she had been
separated from her husband by mutual agreement, but
hal been induced, by his promises of amendmeht, to go
and live will: hitn again, alter which he treated her
worse than before, locking her up in a gartet, and
otherwise ill-treating her. He had also taken a com-
mon woman out of the streets to live with him, and in
consequence proceedings had been commenced in the,
Ecclesi.istical Court.
Mr. C. Pnu.un stated, that the husband's income was about
.C7OO a year.
The Court granted the application, and ordered Mr. Sparkhall to
enter into recoguizances, himself inh'etW, and two sureties.C.lo each,
SURREY SESSIONS, OCTOBER tal.

Mary Goddard was tried for stealing eleven sove-
reigns, belonging to Mr. Cope, a baker, of Mortlake.
Mts. Cope, the wife of the prosecutt,r, stated that on
the sth of October she put thirty sovereigns into a
draner in the bed-room. The next day she put into
the same drawer ten sovereigns more, and afterwards
added another, making, in the whole, forty-one.—On
Saturday, the Bth of October, she missed eleven of
'hose sovereigns from the place where she had left
them.—The prisoner was her servant, and bad been
taken from the workhouse into her family.

Mr. Poole, the Master of the Wmkhituse at Mort-
lake, and the father of Mrs. Cope, said that he was
sent for by his daughter, when she discOveied her loss,
and on going to her house had the girl brought before
him. She confessed to him having robbed her mistress,
but did so under a promise that it would make the case
more favourable fir her.
The COURT held that a confession taken under those
circumstances could not be received as evidence
against her.
Mrs. Cope re-examined.—At her 4esire she was taken
to the prisoner's bed-room, and from behind a picture
hanging against the wall, the girl took 41. 9s. in gold
and silver ; but she had no means of knowing that this
was a part of the money stdlen from her.
The CounT informed the Jury that unfortunately for
the ends of Justice there was no evidence against the
girl upon which they could convict her, and directed
them to acquit her, whiCh they 4d.
Henry Aide/saw was indicted for stealing a sovereign,
belonging to a labouring man, named Peter WooJs,
who stated, that in de early part of the present month
he was at the Jolly Farmers, at Ash, when a Richard
Bye, who was also in the house, offered to lay him a
wager that he (Woods) war a keeper. He accepted the
proposal, and they each put down p sovereign on the
table to abide ihe determination.—He turned- his head
round to speak to another man in the room, and while
be was doing so the two sovereigns were taken away.
George Field saw Bye and Woods put down the
sovereign apiece. Bye, while Woods was speaking
to some person in the room, took up bis sovereign,
and Milcham took up Woods' and instantly left the
house. In two minutes he returned again, and was.
accused of stealing the money, but denied the charge,l
and soon afterwards left the place unmolested.
The prisoner asked if be did not, as soon a: he was accused of
taking the sovereign, offer to be searched ?
'fhe witness denied that he did so.
By the COWIT.-Dirfttly the prisoner came into the house, hei
was toll that he had been seen to take the money.—lle was not
searched.
The prisoner said the parties were gambling for pots of beer, and
dibputing who could set the best wires to catch hares, and in the i
course of their dispute the money was lost from the table ; but be,
declared that be knew nothing about it.
The ptibuncr was found Osti4ty, and sentenced to two months
hard labour in Guildford Frisco.