Star.
London, England, 1823-09-27 00:00:00

OLD nAtLry srssro.vs.

Yesterday John Holmes was indicted for stealing a seal
and key from the person of Richard l'rice.
The prosecutor was a publican, and the prisoner came
into the house and asked for a glass of gin. Witness
served the gin, and the prisoner offered three halfpence
for it. Witness said that would not do, he must have
twopence for it. The prisoner then said he would not
pay the other halfpenny, but would have a turn-up (a
fight) for it. Witness said that would not do for him,
and he would turn him out in about half a minute. He
then came out of the bar to turn the prisoner out, and
at the house-door prisoner took him round the waist,
and snatched at his watch. The ring v.thich held the
seal and key was straightened by the force of the puli,
and the prisoner ran off with the seal and key. Pursuit
was immediately made after him, and he was taken.
The prisoner was not drunk, but mig!:t be a littie the
worse for liquor.
Another witness said he had found tl:e seal and key
on the spot where the prisoner was taken. When appre•
liended tile prisoner said he was a stn seen in the navy.
The prisoner now stated in his deteitce tHt lie wa,
intoxicateJ at tha time of the commi-sion of the oil-Laic(
alleged against him. He declared that lie had ou anew
don whatever to rob tho prosecutor.
The Reconurat observed to the Jury that the seal
and key appeared to have been thi.)tvo only seven cr
eight yards flora the proxcuter. It aas an act -b1 hicii
nri~hthave been done by a drun!:rn man.
The Jury found a verdict—Not Ghiliy.
Lawrence Cleary stood indicted for stealing thirty-
nine sovereigns, the property of Thomas Fahy, on Ott!
7th of July. in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-Garden.
Mr. WA LFORD stated the case for the pi cnectition, and
called Tnoinas Fally, who deposed that he lived in Bed-
fordbury, and on the 7th of July he had occasion to
sell out of the funds 39 sovereigns. He was accompa-
nied to the Bank by a female relation, Mrs. Knavin, who
went with him to several public-houses, and then went
with him as lar as Fleet-street, on his way home: hel
was fresh, and when he got home he lay down on
Cleary's bed, who was a lodger in his house, from three.,
to five o'clock. His money was safe when he parted
from his relation in Fleet-street. He saw the prisoner
next morning, who skewed him ten or eleven sovereigns,
and said.he had got them from a young woman who
had taken them from a foreigner.
On his cross-examination, he said he did not have the
prisoner and the girl apprehended for robbing the
foieigner. When Knavin was before the Magistrate, he
did not state that his money was safe after he parted
with her. She was brought up by order of the Sitting
Magistrate at Guildhall.
Mary Knavin, the prosecutor's cousin, and Margaret
Fahy, his wife, corroborated his statement in the most
material points. Several witnesses stared that they saw
a number of sovereigns in the prisoner's possession alter
the robbery.—Guilty.
The RECORDER refused the prosecutor his expenses,
on the ground of his continuing hint in his house when
he had acknowledged himself a thief.
- At four o'clock the whole of the trials were gone
through, and the Court adjourned till tomorrow at one
o'clock, when sentences will be passed upon the prisoners.

EXTRAORDIA ARY ROBBERY.

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Tuesday last a number of persons assembled round Usher's-quay
Police-Office, Dublin, attracted by the arrest of a young Gentle.
man, whose appearance and manners were of the first respectabi-
lity; his former life had been always considered so, and as he was
taken off to be examined, the spectators exuid scarcely credit the
evidence of their senses, when apprised that he stood charged with
robbery, or shop-lifting.—From the evidence produced at the inves-
tigation which took place before the Magistrates a few moments
after he had been arrested, it appeared that his name is George De-
vereux ; he had been for some time on intimate terms with Messrs.
Orr and Co. of Merchant's-quay, and received from them the most
particular attention at all times: he was Mr. Orr's guest—received
kindly at his table—introduced to his friends, and most ungratefully
has he repaid his hospitality, if the statement against him be sup-
ported. He is owner or director of a vessel now in this harbour,
and has been for some time speaking of sailing to Portugal or Spain
on a mercantile adventure. lie called often at the ware-rooms on
Merchants-quay, lounged about, talked over the news of the day,
and made visit after visit ; indeed It is now remembered that he
was wont to make visits to the Messrs Orrs' establishment seven or
eight times in the course of even a day.
Latterly, property to some amount has been missing, and the
proprietors were for some time quite it alms to account for the cir-
cumstance ; at length suspicion was created, that Mr. Devcreux
was not acting perfectly right. Yesterday, shortly after twelve
o'clock, while he strolled carelessly about Mr. Orr's premises, a
young man, John Munro, in the employment of Messrs. Orr, as-
cending the ware-room gallery, cautiously concealed himself behind
a curtain, and watched Mr. Devereux's proceeding. lie was not
long so employed when he observed him snatch up some pieces of
calico, and imagining.that he wan unobserved, secreted them about
his person ' • he then went away with them, and returned in a quar-
ter of an hour, when he took three more pieces of calico, and left
the house, but was followed by Munro and others, who came up
with bim at the end of Wine Tavern-street, never having lost sight
of him from the moment he took the last pieces. Two of the patrol
of Usher's-quay were passing at the instant, and secured him. lie
was brought before the Magistrates and examined. One piece of calico was discovered in his hat, which being full,
merely stood balanced on his head; the other two pieces were skil-
fully swathed round his body, hanging down behind his knees;
they were fastened round his waist with twine, and just concealed
from observation by the skirts of a fashionable frock coat. He
said little in presence of the Magistrates, but appeared to have re-
covered from his frightful infatuation, and to be fatly conscious of
the situation be stood in; be shuddered, and looked much embar-
rassed. He referred the officers to Wine Tavern-street, where he
deposited some of the property. 'There were•threc pieces of Mr.
Orr's calico found there. The owner of the house, Bridget Ka-
vanab, was brought in custody by peace officer Samuel Carnpaigne,
and held over fur farther examination. Mr. Devereux was com-
mitted to Nrwgate for further examination.
He begged permission to go in a coach, which was allowed. lie
had been married a short time since, to an amiable and reopeetable
woman; and on his return front Oporto, whither he declared bis in-
tention to sail from Dublin In a very few days, he was to have
brought home seventy pipes of wine, the freight of which the
Messrs. Orr would have given him. His dealings with the Messrs..
Orr, were some time since very extensive • leaving this, he has fre-
quently purchased tile.? manufactured goods to the amount of fifteen
or sixteen hundred pounds. A crowd of persons followed the coach
in which be was driven off to Newgate. •

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visited almost every family in it. Its synytoms, how-
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