Star.
London, England, 1809-04-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILET.

Thursday J. Ciishdme and Ann Curtis 'were indic-
te.! for robbing W. Williams of a watch and his coat.
Williams, the prosecutor, stated that he was an
Irisonai,, and en St. Patrick's Day last he dined at
the '.. r-vn and Anchor tavern, in the Strand, with
his countrymen. About I'2 o'clock he left the tavern,
and wept to Northumberland-street with a friend,
wh 'n he came to he Strand, he was so far intoxicated
that he could not lied his way to Westminster-bridge,
and as h. apprehended, he turned the wrong way,
and go, to wcards Somerset House. He met a woman,
and asked her to direct him to Wesminster-bridge.
She took his arm, and led him as he afterwards dis-
covered to a court in Catherine-street, in the Strand.
He was taken to the door of a house, and recollected
the woman tereing him into it, but could not tell whe-
ther any one assisted.her. There was a candle in the
r,..0m, which was instantly put out, and he was thrown
down, by which he received a contusion on his head,
and his watch and coat were stolen. This rouzed
hint, and he called the watch, who, with thee officers,
soon appeared, when the room was searched, but the
property could not be found. Witness did not iden-
t! t y •ithcr of the prisoners.
C. Donaldson, a constable, stated, that he heard
the watchman give an alarm, and went with him to
Bedford. court, Catherine-street, where the robbery
was committed, and the prosecutor was standing
without his coat, but the property was not found in
the house. 17rom information he received, he went
the Horse-shoe and Magpye, in Burleigk-street,
!..;rand, where he saw the woman prisoner in the bar,
and en approaching her he saw a watch, which tur-
ned out to be the prosecutor's, lying on a bench by
her side, which the landlord said he had seen the pri-
soner drop.
Limbrick, a Bow 'street officer, saw the female pri-
sorter drop the watch. He saw the man prisoner in
the court when the alarm was given.
John Jordan, a lodger in the house where the rob-
bery was committed, proved that the female rented
the room in which the prosecutor had been robbed.
The Jury acquitted the man, and found the woman
—Guilty. _ _

Sanfu;l Gardner, and Ann, his wife, were indicted
for breaking into the house of Mary Straffing, in St.
George's hi the East, and stealing a watch, some
spoons, &c.

The prosecu!rix stated, that she left her house safe
in the afternoon of the 26th ult. and on her return in
the evening, a pin had been forced at the back door,
and the above property stolen. The prisoner resided
at the next door, and there were traces of foot steps
in the yard. On being cross-examined, she said she
did not know wh:Alper the prisoners were man and
wile, but she knew he had another wife.

Condi, a neighbour, stated, that the woman
prisoner had confessed having the stolen property, and
by a sort of promise from him to reconcile matters,
she took him to a house, where she delivered it to him.
There was no evidence against the man, and the Judge
Observed, that if the Jury were of opinion the woman
was guilty, she could not be screened by supposing
tliat she acted umler the coercion of her husband, who
was not found to be a party concerned. After a long
deliberation, the Jury asked if they could not find the
guilty of receiving, and on being informed
in the nel;ative, they acquitted her.
On the verdict being given, there was a violent
chipping of hands, on which the Judge ordered those
whG wcie seen to commit the outrage to be brought
when Michael Banes was placed at the
17, :n;d the Judge, after a severe reprimand, or-
(1,1s-d him to be committed to Newgate. In the even.
ing 1, v.•as again placed at the Bar, and after another
sevci e admonition he was discharged.
W. Waltman was convicted of picking a gentle-
man's pocket of his watch, opposite the Mansion-
hi.u.;e, on Easter Monday. The prisoner, who was
known at all the Police-offices, was dressed in
t::e first style of elegance.
The fiihlowing were also convicted of felonies, viz.
. _

D. I. a•:e, jun. and R. Ross, for stealing a quantity of razors,
boxes, and thimbles, the property of Richard Kimher, and
D. Cape, ser.. for receiving the same; H. Weston and T. Harr:•,
for stealing a cloth eoat, the property of H. Seale; R. Collins,
for stealh:g three handkerchiefs, a pair of stockings, &c. the pro-
perty of S. Wellington; Cole, for stealing 3lhs. of black tea,
the goods of the East India Company ; Sarah Monkhouse, ti r
scaling 511)s, of pork, the property of Mary Curtis ; and A.
kaukin, fur stealing 51bs. of rags, the goods of Messrs. Aylwin
and I Addiarel.

Ern Morn was capitally indicted for a burglary
in the house of Robert Chandler on the 27th of Match
last.

Robert Chandlor, jun. deposed, that his father
kept a tilver,inith's ship in Leicester-square. On the
27th .of March, as he was sitting in the shop, be heard
one of the windows broken, as though a hand had
been violently thrust through it : he run to the door,
and saw the prisoner withdrawing his hand from the
broken pane, with two gravy-spoons in it; he imme-
diav!ly seized him. A constable was sent for, and
he was taken to the watch-house.

This was confirmed by another witness, and the
constable. The constable said, that as the prisoner
was gointr, to M;trlborough-street the next day, he
knocked him down. But he could not escape, as he
was hand-ctiffed to another prisoner.
In defence, Mr. Curwood called several witnesses
to }•rove the prisoner insane.

I((bert Keate, Lsq. Deputy Surgeon-General to
the Forces, said the prisoner had been Assistant-Sur-
gLon to the Regiment. In August last he was
seat home fi orn Messina, and put on half-pay in eon-
sAipmce of insanity. lie 1: ad also seen him several
times lately, and in his opinion he was deran:l;ed.
The witcess objected to his being again put on full
par, on the ground that he was not competent to do
his duty.

Mr. Newman. the Keeper of Newgate, stated, that
from his conduct
since he had been a prisoner, he be-
lieved him to be insane.

Ro!,ert Bennet, a waiter, and a Chambermaid from
the Belle Savage Inn deposed, that he had been in
their house ten days, and from his conduct while
there they believed him to he insane.

The learned Judge (ritomPsoN) told the Jury, that

by thrusting it down the pipe of a vs:net-closet, by
which it was suffocated ; and a second count charged
her with strangling it.—The Jury found the prisoner
not guilty of the murder, but guilty of concealing the
birth of the child, which is a misdemeanor and subjects
her to 12 months imprisonment. _ _ _

Mn NSLAUGHTER.-G. Scales, a gardener's labourer
at Stanmore, was tried for the wilful murder of Johni
Brown, on Easter Sunday last, between ten and eleven
at night. Two workmen, of the names of Baldwin
and Eversley, having been drinking at the Abercorn
Arms, quarrelled, and went out to fight. The de-
ceased took 'part with Baldwin, and helped him up
when he fell. The prisoner coming up whilst the
fight was going on, and finding that there was no
one taking Eversley's part, sided with him. The de-
ceased gave the prisoner a shove—the latter in return,
knocked him down, and he died on the spot. Mr.
Andrews, a surgeon, deposed, that to the best of
his judgment, the death of Brown was to be ascribed
to the rupture of a blood-vessel in the head, and that
was most probably occasioned by the fall, the deceas-
ed having been a very large and heavy man.—lt was
then stated from the Bench, that as two men were
committing an unlawful act, in which the deceased
no doubt, took part, and the prisoner having, instead
of endeavouring to preserve the peace, lent his assis-
tance to the continuance of that unlawful act, by
becoming the second of one of the party, there could
be no doubt that he was, by law, guilty of man-
slaughter. The Jury immediately found a verdict
accordingly.

LONDON MAR KEI S.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHAI.L MARKET.
Per stone of Slb. by the carcase.
Beef 4s. Od. to ss. 6d. Veal 4s. '4d. to 6s. Sd
Mutton ss. Od. to ss. Bd. Pork 6s. Od. to is. Od
Latnh 6s. Bd. to Ss. Od.

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if they believed him to be insane at the time he"con;
rni:teCi the fact they would acquit him.
The Jury found him Not Guilty, and he was or-
dered to be kept in custody under the late Act of
Pailiament.
CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday
:1 wain: was indicted for the murder of her male child,