Star.
London, England, 1805-04-20 00:00:00

IPESMINSTER SENSIONTS, APRIL tg.

Buckland, a fine comely youth- about 17;
!food inr having taken the bonny, and en-
tered into his Maiefty's Royal Marines on the 4th of
March lall, when he received five guineas ; he then
being an apprentice to James Norman, a backlmith
at Stiond, by Chatham, contrary to the Statute, &c.
by which he became fubjea to tranfportation, at the
difcretinn of the Court.
This cafe excited confiderahle intereft. Mr. FIELD-
ING, Mr. KNAPP, and Mr. GURNEY, were Counfel
fur the profecution.
Mr. FIELDING, the leading Counfel, informed the-
boy's matter, that if he would give the boy up, no
evidence fliould he given against him, the objea of
the profecution being to deter others commit-
ting
the like offence, which purpnfe would be an-
fwered by its being made known that the party of-
fending was lubjeet to tranfportation ; that the maf
ter could gain nothing by refufing to give the boy
tip, and allowing him to go into the fervice ; for,
upon conviEtion, he would be a felon, and as fuch
could not he claimed by the mallet.
The matter, however, perfilled in laying he had
rather the boy Mould be conviEled, than that he
should give him up.
The trial was then proceeded in; and it appeared
in evidence, that the boy enlilted in the Royal Ma-
rines, took the bounty of five guineas, one of which
was afterwards returned to the recruiting Serjeant,
for the purpole of procuring for the lad thirts and
other necelfary articles as a Marine : that on the 4th
of March halt, the boy was regularly attetted, where
he pertillcd in declaring that he was not an appren-
tice, after being minutely interrogated in that parti-
cular. Being thus pallid as a Marine in London,
he was taken down to Chatham, where his mailer
claimed him as his apprentice, which he was; and
he was th refore apprehended, and biought to trial
for this offence. This cafe being clearly made out
in evidence, the boy, who had no Counfel, was stilted
if he had any thing to fay in his defence ? or had
any witneffes to call ? Said he had no witneffes ; but
that two men, whom he did not know, enticed him,
and prevailed on him to go with them to a public-
' where they stave him more liquor than enough,
and he infilled. He admitted all the reit of the dory
as related againll him.
The Jury found him Gnilty. but recommended
him to Meicy ; abferving, that the Crimps, who en-
ticed him, were the most to blame.
The CHAIRMAN faiti, that g:eat advantages might
be derived to the public from the profeention of thefe
men, if they could be found out, and the boy might
perhaps give material evidence againlt them when
they were difcovered. Confidering all the chem.
fiances of this cafe, this boy did not appear to be an
objea for tranfportatitin, but was a fit pelf ,rt to terve.
his Majefty, and, therefore, his fottence was not
pronounced on him. The matter thougnt he could
claim the bcy as his apprentice, but the Court im-
pr-veci his underltanding upon that fubjett, by in-
forming him, the boy,. after convittion, was out of
his p..wer ; to tha. the matter gains nothing by his
reftifal to comply with the humane propolal of the
Cotnifel for the Crown. The Pritoner eras then re-
manded to Tothil-fields Bridewell.

yofeph evi/le itqfituood was indifled f.r a Milde-
meanor, in pietencitng to George Clemoits, that he
could procure for him, knowing him to be a mariner,
a prnteetion from the Admiralty againd being, im-
prelfed, and thereby obtaining from Hvgli.Nl.Ev,iy,
the father-in-law of the laid Geoige Clements, the
Turn of a 6s. _ _

Hugh Nl'Evoy depofed, that on the zd of Decem-
ber last, the Defendant came to him in S:. Martin's-
lane, where he kept a public !lonic, and I eprrfented
himfelf to have been a Lieutenant in the Navy, who
was difiniffed the fervice, and that he could procure
a protection for his fon-in-law from the Admiralty.
With this view the witnefs went with the Defendant
to the Ailmitalty Office, and the latter went in, but
loon after returned Paying, it was not the time ; they
adjourned to a neighbouring houfe for Gone time,
and the Defendant told the Witnefs, that i. was ne-
ceffary fur him to give him IL 6-. in order to obtain
the protection, which he.accordingly gave him with.•
out any helitation. The Defendant immediately went
away on pretence that he was going to the Admi-
ralty, and the Witnefs never law him after till he was
apprehended in the month of February lalt.
Mr. Romasora, who prelided in the abfence of the
Chairman, (Merced, that this was not a cafe for a
criminal profecution, the party &Ad have brought
a civil action ; he moil have known that it was not
poffible fur the Defendant to procure a protedion for
,him, he might as well have told him he could make
him the Chief Secretary of State.
The July accordingly Acquitted the Defendant.

Thiirfday a coachman was fined at Marlborough-
itreet office for abating Lord
n__Lso,yttas, by
whom he had been engaged to convey him to Dulwich.
7. Waltho was executed on Saturday latt; in front
of Staffrrehgaol, for letting fire to a barn at Armitage.
Wednefday three mountebanks were committed
under the vagrant aft, from Hatton-garden office,
for exhibiting their peatorminces for lure at Kentifh
Town. •
Thurfday a perfon was a fecund time brought up
before the fitting Magiltrate, at Bow-lireet, charged
with having robbed his mater of a quantity of plate,
to the value of adol. and re-committed.
A fhort time fince Mr. Ate, late matter and owner
of the Peel, of Hull, from Berbice, tell over her fide,
and was Peen no more, nom iihlianding the mate and
all on board ufed every exertion to difcover him.
On Monday evening a fei vant of Mr. Fletcher, at
the Pig and Cattle Inn, Bridgnorth, rode into the
watering place, near the water wheel, on the river
Severn, and by tome means yet unknown was thrown
from his boric,- and in a (port time afterwards found
drowned, and his body bi uifed in a molt (hocking
manner.

Yefierday as a boy, about five years of age, fon to
--Pitman, one of the Thames Police Officers, was
playing by the eaft gate of the London Docks, Wap-
ping, the wheel of a cart went over his head, and
kihed him on the fpot.
The fame day Samuel Tufton driving a cart near
Dockhead, by tome accident fell down, when the
near wheel went over him, which bruifed him fo that
his life is defpaired of.
Wednefday fe'nnight, as Mr. R. Munn, butcher,
was walking in Guildhall-ftreet, Bury, he fuddcnly
dropped down and-expired.