Star.
London, England, 1805-09-25 00:00:00

ed, and being fworn, depofed as follows :—Witnefs
knew the prifoner for fix or Leven years. She is a
married lady, of molt refpeitable and unblemithed
chararaer and conduit. Her hufband is a gentleman
of independent fortune, living at Hammerfmith.—
He keeps a boric and chaife, and every other part
of his-eftablithment is on the fame fcale.
Several other very refpeeable perfons were then
called, who had known the prifoner for different pe-
riods of time, fame fince her infancy, and all of
whom depofed to her being a lady of charadter and
refrettability.
The evidence being here doted, the RECORDER
fummed up with great care and precifinn, leaving it'
entirely to the Jury to confider whether the prifoner
was guilty of the capita] offence, or only of the lar-
ceny, or whether the was guilty of either ? With re-
fpeit to the latter, he laid, he thought the Rory told
by the ptifoner was very probable, but of this they
were to be the judgef.
After retiring, the Jury, in abont a quarter of an
hour, returned a verdiet of—Acquittal.
The Lady, who heretofore had ttood with the
greateft &toners at the bar, and (poke in her defence
with a clear ;out commanding voice, on hearing
herfelf pronounced innocent, was quite overcome.—
She reclined for a fhort time on the thoulder of a
gentleman, who ran to her affillance • but, recover-
mg herfek a little, the bowed, and thanked the
Court and Jury. She was then led out between two
of her friends. She appeared to be about 25 years
of age, not tall, but well formed. The lower part
of her face had a tweet exprcffion in it. The upper
pan was entirely Bladed with deep white lace, which
trimmed her cap. She wore a black muffin gown,
with long fleeves of thin black muffin, and thort grey
gloves.
It was with the greateft difficulty the Officers could
fupprefs the acclamations of joy which iirued from
the galleries when the verdiit was pronounced. The
RECORDER was obliged to threaten to commit the
&It who was obferved to make a noire.

.john Crg!_!•a!! Croke was indicted for a larceny, in
from the warehoufe of the Wen India Dock
Company, three pounds and a half of coffee, and
fome fu Ear, the property of the Treafurer of the
faid Company.
From the evidence it appeared, that the prifoner
was an Excife Officer, and was potted on ditty as a
locker-man, at the Welt India Dock 3, and fume Cut•
picion rolling on him for purloining fome of the pro.
perty committed to his care, his pet fon was fearched
on going out of the crate of the D,,cks, and the cof-
fee ioni.d concealed in his hat, and the fugar in
fome other part of his Oathes.
The AR of Parliament was adduced to prove the
charter of the Dock Compan7. The names alto of
twenty-one Directors, the Chairman, Deputy Chair-
man, and Treafurer were proved, and in thort every
point tubflarrtiated to prove the fad charged.
The I'rifoner's Counfel argued, that the cafe
ought not to go to the Ju►y, inafmnch as the property
was laid as if really and legally e•-:ted in the 'frea.
Inter, which it was not, he being only a servant of
the merchants, proprietors of the building, called,
the Dock Company, and the goods therein ; nor re-
tiding in the laid buildings, not being the refponlible
confignee of the goods therein contained, but lifting
tinder the orders of the Director.

Mr. GURNEY, for the profecution, argued on the
other fide, that the property was veiled in the Trea-
furer by the Ad of Parliament, which particularly
hated, that the Dock Company could only fire, and
be fated, in the name of their Treasurer for the time
toeing ; and that unlefs the rule were to apply in the
prefent cafe, it would be impoflible to bring home
convidion for any Gaud or robbery committed on the
holes, as the merchants, who were proprietor, were
thoulands in number, and refitting in ahnoft evety
quarter of the globe.
Mr. ALLEY, in fupport of his argument, Lad,
that the elsufe in the Ad of Parliament, conttituting
the Treaforer for the time being Plaintiff or Defen-
dant in all fuits for or againft the Company, appli-
ed merely to civil cafes, adn not to criminal ones.—
He intlanced the cafe of a profecution carried on
againft a man for healing lead from a parifit church,
at the inhance of the Churchwardens, and vetting
the property in them, which was reje&ed, and the
prifoner acquitted.
Mr. jultice HEATH, who tried the prefent cafe,
agreed with Mr. Alley, and laid, that Inch an atlign•
meat of the property as that infuted on by Mr. Gur•
ney, was jut& as if a Gentleman's wine were to be
Rated as the property of his butler, becaufe he kept
the key of the cellar ; or his faeep to be the property
of his thepherd; and that although the Mach:lnv.,
who were proprietors of thole Docks, were ten thou•
rand in number, who had thought fit to enter into
partnerfhip for the purpole of carrying on trade tin-
der any Ad of Patliament, fo as to create Glue dif"-
ficulty in forming an indiOrnent to profecute at their
inflance, that could be no reafon with a Court of
jultice for violating the eftablifbed courfe of judicial
proceedings, or tranfgreffing the laws of evidence.
Mr. GURNEY then moved the. Court to hay pro
ceedings for the prefeut, and to detain the prifoner
until next Seffion, in order to give an opportunity
for preferring a more proper indidment againft him.
To this Mr. ALLEY objeded. The prifoner, his
client, had come forward for his trial; he had been
at the expenee of preparing bar that trial, and bring•
ing up his witneires. Ile was givzn in charge to the
Jury, and the whole of the evidence gone through
tnr hi; critr.ination ; but if the profecutors had pro-
ceeded in error, that could be no for t of reafon why
his client throald be deprived of the default in his
favour, and detained two months in prifon merely to
allow the Counfel fur the prof-coition to tor experi-
ments.
The Court were of the fame opinion, and. with-
out recafitulatin7 the evidence, direded the Jury to
acquit the prifoner.—Verdift—Not Guilty.
Tile Jr dgcs at the Old Bailey frequently moll *Wi-
ly complain of the mile and rude behaviour of the
audience, and often threaten to commit the mental-
toot's. Monday afternoon a genteel looking mad
came to the wirnels's door, and demanded admitlion:
He behaved with fume violence both to the door-
keeper and Mr. NalJer, one of the City !slat-111.as,
who at lull iti,Vied on his coming in. The Marf!ril very
properly hired the cafe to the Court, and Mr. Jut:
lice Ls Beane connaitted thegenikwart to Newgate.
—Velttrd. y afternoon he was difcharged at the riling
of the Court, on hating his harrow and contrition,
aud making the proper apology.