Star.
London, England, 1801-04-17 00:00:00

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Xedorday eleven prifoners werterietat the Old.
ilaileyi,one of whoin was capitally Corivided,!kia.,
R. Pre, for felonioully affaillting Mary Gm'
ale, on the highway, and rebbingherofx bundle"
containing a piece of frefh perk and other articles,.
the property of jolima Greville.
7. Wyatt, for dealing two filver table Croons and
other articles, the property of:Ann Griffin.
T. 7arrott, for dealing.* rifie.barreled gun, dee
property of T. Moore.
Aims Moore, for -dealing fix two-pound notes, the
property of P. Hendrick.
Rfizabeth Fernikr, for dealing a copper faucepan
lid and other articles, the property of J. Chick.
y. Silly, for dealing an iron fcale-beam, the
t.
property of Ann Heywood.
And four were acquitted, viz. .
Mary Smith, and 7. B#lly.
&hoard Bawdy was indidestbefore•Lord
,YON for wilfully and malicioullyfiring off a gun,
loaded with gunpowder anti a leaden bullet, at
John Arnold, on the 6th September, at Gwithian,
in the county of Cornwall.
Mr. ATTORNEY-G[IIIIAL opened the cafe on
the part of the profecution.
John Arnold deputed, that he is an Officer of
the Excite at Merazien, in Cornwall: on the 6th
Sept. he went, accompanied by Come dragoons,
to fearch the prifoner's houfc, on futpicion of his
having fmugglad goods concealed : after fcarch-
ing aid finding none, he came away. In the even.
ing, about eleven o'clock, he was returning, and,
near the prifoner's houfe, he law two men behind.
a hedge, one of whom he knew to be the_prifoner::
he heard him fay " the daidn'd Light.flortemen'
are here again, flioot them," and loon after feveral
!hots were fired. He was certain the prifoner was
the man that called out to a number v irJ were at
a diUance to fire, which they did in leis than three
or four minutes. Another Officer of Excite, and
the Serjeant of the Dragoons, confirmed this wit-
pets's teftimony as to the firing, but were not cer-
tain that the prifoner was prefent. Mr. ESF SINT
crofs.examined the witneffes, and concluded the
prifoner's defence.
Four witneftes were called on behalf of the poi- ,
loner. They Paid, that the prifoner had that day
been getting his harvefl in, for which purpofe they
Ailed him ; about eight o'clock they left off work
and went to [Upper ; afro- they had done !Upper •
they drank tome toddy, and continued in ,
conver-
felon till near it o'clock, when hearing the report "
of guns, they got up with an intention of going to
fee what was the matter; the prifoner then got lip,
let his back againft the door, and laid no one fhould
ftir out of the room ; on which they returned their
feats, which they did not quit till near two o'clock
the next morning, at which time the prifoner re-
tired to bed, and they departed. They pofitively
(wore that the prifoner never quittedhis room from
eight until he went to bed at two o'clock. ,
Lord KF N YON fummed up with much impar-
tiality, and laid- down the law in a clear and dill
tin& manner. The Jury, without the lean hefita-
tion, acquitted the prifoner.
Charlet Allen was tried for healing t I 21bs. weight
of hay, the property of William Dalton. The
evidence not being fatisfuftory, the Jury acquitted
the prifoner.
Richard Hornell alias Little Did, wts tried for a
fimilar offence committed on the high feas, in the
munth of May 1792. The evidence not making •
out the identity of the prifoner as being-the per-
fon who aeually was concerned in the trantaftidn, '
the Jury, under the diredion of the learned Judge;
acquitted the prifoner.