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London, England, 1823-09-11 00:00:00

confronted with difit'piCsixters after they were appre-
hended, they denied ever having seen her before: -
Thomas Shaw, who was a pascehger in the .hold
of the barge, deposed, that he was dhturhed (on. the
night of the 8d of August) by the mose:ntris jum
int.," into the hold. He drove her out again, and she
said, 44 Goo pity the stranger." In about half an
hour after, the witness heard the woman crying
faintly, but he did not go to her assistance.
Cross-wimined.—When he heard the woman
crying, he also heard her say to somebody, II I sup-
pose you are a man of your word."
By the Covat.—After the prosecutrir was driven
out of the hold witness heard some man desire her to
go to another part of the vessel. She said," If you will
protect me, I will go on my knees to you."
The sister of the last witness corroborated the tes-

timony of her brother.
John Hill, the driver of the horse which drew the
boat, swore that he never heard Hodgkinson call to
him to stop. During the night the witness went on
board the boat to steer her, and Rawlinson went to
drive the horse. He entered into conversation with
.the' prosecutrix, and she told him that if she did mit
find her husband, he (the witness) would do as well.
She also said;thatshe had been pinched and slapped
on the thighs before she came on board of the boat,
but she never complained of having been ill-treated
in the boat. •
By the Comm.—He never stated the conversation
which took place between him and the prosecutrix
when he was examined at Worship-street.
Essex, the employer of the prisoners, stated that
Ithe prosecutrix was not entered as a passenger in
the barge on the 3d of August, and that it was one
of his regulations that the Captain should pay a fine
of one guinea if it were known that he had carried a
passenger without making an entry of it. He had
I measured the cabin. and was of. opinion that it was im-
possible the crime could have been committed under
the circumstances described by the prosecutrix.
This was the cast for the prosecution. The Coun-
sel for the prisoners called no witnesses.
Mr. Justice Bear recapitulated the evidence at
great length.—The Jury, after a very short consider-
ation, acquitted all the prisoners. On the application
of bin Anoz.enus, they were ordered to be discharged.
Benjamin Barker, a porter in the employment of
''Joseph Collyer, a grocer living in Holborn, was in-
4icted for stealing from his master 120 halfpence.
The prisoner had been suspected of stealing a quan-,
tity of halfpence which had been rolled up in parcels I
and placed behind the counter. Upon these parcels,
a private mark had been put. The prosecutor put
hiniself in a situation where he could see the parcels
of halfpence without being observed, and he saw the
prisoner take one of these parcels, containing five shil-
lings worth of halfpence. On searching him after
!wards, they were found in his possession.
The Jury found a verdict of Guilty,' but recom-
mended the prisoner to mercyon account of his youth.
William Davis was indicted 'for stealing from
Messrs. Bridges and Beeston twelve pair of stockings,
en the 17th of July. The prisoner came into the
warehouse and asked for •Mnployment. Being told
that there War nothing for him to do, he left the
warehouse, taking with him the stockings in question.
The prisoner was seen to take the stockings by two
witnesses, and he was taken with the goods upon him.
When taken, he begged very hard that nol:ng should
be said about the matter. The prisoner had been
formerly for two years in the employment of the
pro-
secutors. Verdict—Guilty.
Samuel Anson was indicted for stealing some deal
boards, and a deal table, from the yard of Charles
Heath.—At about four o'clock on the morning of the
fifithOf August, the prosecutor was awakened by a
ringing at the bell. He was then informed that his
property had been stolen, and when he got up he
found the property was gone. A witness proved that
he saw the prisoner, with another man, get over the
wall into the prosecutor's premises. Being cross-exa-
mined by the prisoner, the witness admitted that he
had received three shillings for his trouble from the
presecatcir, but denied that he had said that be would
stick by the prisoner.—The Jury found a verdict—
Not Gray.