Star.
London, England, 1823-10-30 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, OCTOBER 29.

Visa Mills, Caroline Williams, Edward Haynes, and
Sarah Collins, were indicted, Mills and Williams, for
stealing itom the person of George Abel, a purse and
nine sovereigns, his money, and Haynes and Collins
were indicted for receiving and harbouring Mills and
Williams, well knowing them to have committed the
robbery.—The prosecutor met the two girls, Mills and
Williams, in Brydges-street, Covent-garden, on the 10th
of October, and was induced to go home with them.
This was between eight and nine o'clock. He treated
them with apples and gin, and then went to Eagle-
court, White Hart-yard, where the two girls lived.
They both went into a room with him. He took a
crown piece out of his pocket, and Mills snatched it
from him. He then said, " What do you do this for?
I consider this little better than robbery. Do you think
I have no more money about me?" He then pulled
out a purse containing nine sovereigns. This Williams
snatched from him, and both girls ran away. At this
moment Collins came up, and demanded 2s. for the use
of the room. He tried to run after the girls, but-she
held him, and would not let him go. At length, how-
ever, he broke from her hold, and ran down stairs. At
the bottom of the stairs he met Haynes, who collared
him, and nearly throttled him. They struggled toge-
ther for nearly a quarter of an hour, and then the
officers came.

Cross-examined.—He was a family man, and lived
in Powell•place.
Bernard Mack was passing by Eagle-court on the
night in question, and heard the prosecutor and Haynes
struggling on the stairs. The prosecntor appeared to
be tipsy. Haynes had hold or him by the coat. The
prosecutor said he had been robbed of a I.:10 note. lo
the struggle the two men came down to the bottom of
the stairs. They went into the phi lour. The door was
shut, and witness went a..vay. Shortly afterwards some,
constables came.

John Park, a beadle of the parish, arrived at the
he*se shortly after nine. He found the prosecutor in
chair is the parlour. He complained of hying been
rubbed of nine sovereigns. Ills neckerchief was pulled
completely round, and blood was visible. Mayne; did
not deny the charge made against him. 'rile prosecute:
describe 3 the girls to witness, and from this description►
he knew them. The two girls were brought up from
out of the cellar. Collins was afterwards brought up
from the cellar.

Anthony Thompson, a patrol, also went to' e house
in question. He corroborated the previous testimony.
Collins was found close by the dust-hole, in the cellar.
William Trip, a hawker of earthenware, went to the
house on the night in question, having heard that there
was a row there ; he got there before the constables
arrived : he heard a struggle on the stairs, and heard
the prosecutor say, "I'll be d—d if I leave the house,
for I have lost a Eldnote." The prisoner dragged the
prosecutor into the parlour by the collar.
Saunders, an officer, stated, that when he went to the
house about nine o'clock, he saw Haynes sitting on one
side of the fire, with a child on his knee. On searching
the girls, he found a dollar on the prisoner Mills. This
she said the prosecutor had given to her. Collins was
not at fiist apprehended, but she was afterwards taken
into custody, the prosecutor saying that she was the
first who ill-used him.

The two girls, Mills and Williams, stated in their de
fence, that they knew nothing of the sovereigns which
the prosecutor said he bad lost. Haynes said That be
was sitting in the parlour with a child on his knee. He
beard some one go up the passage, and presently Col-
gins left the room. Soon after Collins came running
down the stairs into the parlour,' and shutting the doer;
said " For Gon's sake, let no one come in." He got up
and held the door, with the child in his arms, but-the
door was piesseJ so hard, he was obliged to let it fly
open. The prosecutor came in, and said, "he would be.
d--4.1 if he would not come in." A struggle ensued be-
tween them, and he (Haynes) tried to put him out. The
prosecutor at length said he had been robbed, ution
hearing which, he said, " Come in, end let us see the
rights of it." The prosecutor came in and sat down in
the parlour. He declared that he had nothing to do
with the house. He had a wife and seven children. A
man of the name of Bifield had the purse. He heard
Collins say the purse was offered to her, but she refused
I it, as she had nowhere to put it.
A few witnesses were called to the character of some
of the prisoners. It was proved that Haynes did 'not be-
long to the house in question, and lived in another house
with his wife and family.
The Jury found Mills, Williams, and Haynes guilty,
and acquitted Collins.

•
William A'ash and Ann Nash, his wife, alias Ann
Smith, spinster, were indicted for selling a quantity of
base coin, knowing it to be counterfeit.
Jane Bartram stated, that she resided in White Lion-
street, Seven-dials. George 'Avis, an officer of Bow-
street, whom she had known for some time, applied to
her to 'detect the sale of base coin. In consequence cf
this application, on the 10th of October, she accompa-
nied a woman named Fidler, to William-street, Spa-
fields. She received half4-crown from Avis, it having
been previously marked by him. On the 11th she went
alone to William-street, where the prisoners lived. She
tapped at the window, and William Nash came to the
door. Witness saw the female prisoner sitting, rubbing
half crowns with a cork, and some stuff that was on
her right, and some liquid on her left. Shc asked wit-
ness how many she wanted ? She said three. The fe-
male prisoner immediately pulled out four half crowns.
The male prisoner was present at thii time. Mrs—Nash
gave her three half-crowns, for which she paid 2s: 6d.
As the witness *as going out, the officers entered; an•
took the counterfeit money from her, and asked her who
she got it from ? Witness pointed to the female prisoner.
Avis stated that he had employed the last witness do
this occasion. He kept her in view the `thole way she
was walking to Spafields. On his going into the twine,
Ann Nash knocked down- a cup with some liquid in
it. He found in the house 33 half-crowns coloured,
20 shillings uncoloured, and in a drawer, ss. 6d. which
were also counterfeit

Taunton, another officer, who accompanied Ails,
confirmed his evidence. He took the three half.crowns
from Bertram.