Star.
London, England, 1802-12-07 00:00:00

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OLD BAILEr.

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Yetterday feventeen prifoners were tried, one of
whom was capitally conviBed, viz. •
ltd' and n (Ph for affaulting Robert Battler on
the highway, the 27th of November, and robbing
him of a Reel watch chain and feal, value 45.
Robert Bat tlet, who keeps the Gloucefter Arms
in Rochefter-row, Wellminfier, Rated, that on the
27th of November, he weak into the fields before
his houfe to fee a foot raine.. White eagerly look.
ing at the runners, he felt fomething at his poc.
ket, and immediately grafped the wrill of the pri-
loner, who had hold• of his watch chain, and kept
pulling at it till it brilie. Be, the witnefs, Gill
held the prifoner by the arm, till fame of the gang
comingup, gave him a violent blow on the mouth,
and forced him to let go his hold. This happened
at tome dißance from the crowd, to which the
prifoner and his affociates returned, aftereefcaping
from the profecutor. A Mr. Williams, an acquain-
tance of tht profecutor, came where he was, and
perceiving his mouth bleeding, alked him what
was the matter ? The witnefs replied, that he had
been robbed; upon which Williams diced him why
be did not apprehend the robber ? The witnefs
Paid, tbathe might endangerhis life among fo many
of them. The prifoner was at this time obferved
withdrawing from the field. Williams and others
immediately purfued, and in half an hour after the
witnefs heard that he was taken.
Francis Williams Rated, that he obferved the
thee between Bartlet and Nelfon. After corro-
borating the evidence of Bartlet, be proceeded to
inform the Court that he and another perfon of
the name of French purfued -the prifoner, crying
out, g‘ Stop thief I" who, hoitiVer, fucceeded for
Tome time in efcaping from kveral people, by ex-
claiming, 66 A bollard child ! A baftard
They overtook him .at laft id a public houfe, and
delivered him into the cullody of Blythe, the con-
Amble, of whom he Teemed to be in great dread.
.French's evidence was madly of the fame pur.

pole se that ciMillisuns.
the priforier, who was ajoung man, made no
fatisfaeory defence. The Judge (ciA H ail furn-
nted up the evidence, and obterved, that t ough
this crime was committed anidft a crowd, the (La-
, tine againli highway robbery necefarily applied
to the prefent cafe. As the circumftances of the
robbery were proved beyond the poffibility of
doubt, the Jury were forced to bring in their ver.
die—Guilty—Death.
Fourteen were convieed of felony, viz.' - ,
David MOW and yaft:, for Reeling, in filver,
and bank notes, to the amount of 'l5l. Efter-
t
and upwards, from the pockets of John Dean,
in dwelling honk of George Clarke, on the
ginning of thetoth of Noveniberlaft. .
Dean-had fpeqt between one and two hours, in
drinking with a friend, with .whom helad bufi-
nets to tranfa& in Clare Market. In-this (pace of
time he drank three tumblers of brandy and wa-
ter, and began to find his fpirits fomewhat elevat-
ed, and his thoughts confuted by the firength of
thole potatinns. A -little before ten o'clock at night
be feporated from his friend, and walked home-
ward... He had pared a Ilion (pace from Nor-
thumberland Houle, dont Parliament-fireet, when
the two prifoners at the bar joined hins; Paid tail
CAW that be was intosicated, and infifted char :thief
EA fee him home. He would 'have declined
their company and attentions; but theydeclared
WI were Itow.areet officers, and that it was their
bufinefs to conduct drunken men like him out of
the danger tithe aftetA. So fa-mg, they fazed
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one of his arms. and led him on between
them. He felt hintfeiffo confined that his pockets
were an* quite at their mercy. In this fituation
he bad, with confiderable forpicion and fear of
their defigns, walked on about an hundred yards
between titan, when be cause within fight of the
Deb of Clarence-public hook. Me invited them
totome into it, andliave fotnething to drink, inl
the feeret hope that be might there contrive to rid
himfelf of them. They entered, and were follow-
ed by a third man, evidently an afociate of the
other two. They took care to carry Mr. Dean
into a feparate box in the tap-room ; where he
treated them, firft with a pot of porter. then with
three Millings worth of brandy and water, and
one (bill'ing's worth of oyfters. He changed firlt
one (even (killings piece, and then another, to pay
thefe things as they were brought in. At length
the two pretended Bow.ftreet officers, with their
comrade, rote up and went away. Mr. Dean was,
by this time, a good deal more intoxicated than
at the firti. Mr. Clarke, the landlord, tent for a
hackney coach to convey bun home. George
Smith, the hackney coachman, who was called,
atked,-“ Who was to pay him ?" Clarke then ob-
feryed, that Mr. Dean's breeches pocket had been
cut into. -And Mr. Dean himfelf, examining his
pockets, found that they had been rifled of every
thing. He was put into the coach, and by the
co:Osman faithfully conveyed to his refidence, in
Tufton-ftreet. William Blythe, a police officer,
that very evening, (non after the prifoners left the
Duke of Clarence, came upon the prifoners while
they were, with a third perfon, fufpicioufly bufy in ,
forriething like the divifion of their fpoil. Chi the
evening of Saturday the 23d of November, they
were, upon Mr. Dt an's information, and Blythe 's
fufpiciont, taken into cuftody. Mr. Dean's evi-
dence that he had the money when he was in the
public houfe with them, the evidence that it was
gone when he went away, and the evidence that
none but the prifoners had opportunity to take it,
perfealy (edified the Jury
The' Judge (Gansa) hated, that ftealkg in a
private dwelling haute any thing above the value
of 4os. was by law a capital offence. If, however,
the property did not belong to that particular duel.
ling houfe, it only amonnted to ample felony.—
This was the cafe in the prefent inftance. He
then fummed up the evidence to the jury, who
immediately brought in their verdift --Guilty.
Cifilliams Merrier', late a private in one of the re-
giments of Guards, was charged with Rending a
calk, containing 4olbs. weight of tamarinds, Laid
as the pr iperty of the King; and by a fecond count
, , of Thomas Annifs.
*ere very Ample

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