Star.
London, England, 1809-06-29 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

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Yesterday . the'se Sessions cotrimence of before IX
Lord Mayor, Mr. Justice Le Diane, Mr. Justic.2 •
Chambre, the Recorder, &c. &c.. when 14 prisoner's
were tried.

J. Brown *as indicted for stealing a flare, the
property of Mr. Lomas, a butcher at l',:c11-ingtnn.
The prosecutor stated, that the mare was safely fAS..'
toned in a field, near Holland-house, Kennini?;ton, on
the evening of the 19th instant, ani he saw her asrain
in the possession of the prisoner soon after 11 o'tiock
the same evening.
A watchman at Holland-horse thought he heard
a noise like the breaking of paling, before eleven
o'clock, at which time it was his duty to fire a gun.
He approached the spot from whence the noise pro-
ceeded, and on his arriving at a lane near the pro-e=
cutor's field, he saw the prisoner leading away a
mare, which afterwards turned out to belong to the
prosecutor. The prisoner said the mare was his pro-
perty, and he went with witness willingly to Mr.
Lomas The prisoner's defence was—that he had
foußd the mare straying in the lane.—Guilty—
Death. Recommended to mercy by the prosecutor
and Jury. _ _ _

T. Bone was indicted for breaking and entering tlic
dwelling-house of Richard Oakden, in the daytime,
and stealing therein a clock, a caddy, and other La--
ticks.

Minns, a 'Sorter, at the New Inn, in the pa.
rish of St. Clement, saw the prisoner with two other
men, lurking about the gate, on the afternoon of the
11th inst. and about six o'clock he receivedinforma-
tion that the prosecutor's chambers had been broken
into. immediately went in pursuit of the men
he had seen, and overtook the prisoner in Chancery.
lane, with a bundle, which, on being opened, con-
, tained the property mentioned in the indietment.
Mary Parry, laundress, proved that she sio.v three
men in the passage, one of whom had a bundle, but she
did not notice them sufficiently to be able to swear
to their identity. Witness, after they were gone, dis-
covered that the door of the prosecutor's chambers
had been broken open, and gave the alarm to Minns.
In defence the prisoner said he picked up the
I bundle in the street, and to substantiate this, Charles
Archer, who stated himself to be a tailor, deposed that
he saw the prisoner pick up a bundle under a dead-
wall, at six o'clock on the evening of the 19th of
I June. He looked him hard in the face, and the pri-
soner walked away. It happened by chance that this
witness met the prisoner going to Hatton Garden
police office the next day, and he asked him, although
a stranger, what he had done and on the prisoner
replying he had only picked up a bundle, this witness
recollected that he had seen the bundle picked up.

It was proved that no such conversation ever took
place at the police office as the witness hard represen
ted, and it was the belief of Minns that he was one
of the three concerned in the robbery, although he
could not swear to him.

The Jury disbelieved the whole of the defence-,-
Guilty—Death.
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Eight were convicted of felony, viz.
Margaret Payton was capitally indicted for break-
ing and entering the lodgings of Kitty Shepherd, and
stealing articles of wearing apparel, her property.—
The things were seized on her, and the Jury found
her Guilty of the larceny, in stealing to the value of
'four shillings. •
John Waters was indicted for stealing a bugle-horn,
value 40s. the property of his Majesty. The prisoner
lodged in the same room with Ponder, a drummer in
the first regiment of Guards, who had the bugle-horn
to practise on. The horn was stolen on the 14th in.
scant, and upon being missed, was discovered to have
been pawned by the prisoner for two shillings, on the
same day. The prisoner had the advantage of an
excellent character, and the Jury found him guilty of
stealing, to the amount of 19s.
Mary Evan: was indicted for obtaining and r false
pretences five yards of cloth, and other articles of
wearing apparel, the property of William Lovegrove.
Verdict—Guilty.
Mary Bates, for stealing a curtain, and other articles, the goods
of J. Griffiths ; Ann Brown and Ann Cooper, fur stealing eight
yards of lace, the property of J. Cooper ; T. Hutchinson, for steal-
ing 11. 131. the property of Elizabeth Gifford ; and J. Reed, for
stealing a watch, the property of R. Davey.
Thomas Edwards, a young man of 25, and said to be
a person in genteel life,was arraigned on aa indictment;
charging him with a detestable offence. The prisoner
is the fellow who has been spoken of as having been
taken into custody in St. James's court-yard, on the
t birth-day, after he had given bail for the offence, at
Marlborough-street Police Office, and who, it was
stated, was a man of fortune. In support of the in-
dictment two witnesses, named Shenton and Rose,
were called ; but their testimony, although clear, was
not sufficient to maintain the capital part of the
charge, and consequently the prisoner was acquitted.
He was, however, ordered to be detained for the mis-
demeanour, and the parties were directed Co prefer a
bill at the Clerkenwell Session, without delay.
R. Oakden, charged with a similar crime, put off
his trial by affidavit, until the next Sessions.
The following were also acquitted, viz. J. Carton,
B. Conner, and J. Driscoll.
tf ur the remainder of I.aw Intelligence, see the last Page.]

A young Gentleman, of the name of Lovicx, a
native of Portugal, lately offered his services to the
Portuguese Ambassador, and induced several others
to join him, to embark with the British Army for
Portugal, under the command of General BERRSFORD I
1 their offers were accepted, and they are now at Port-
sea, expecting to sail with the troops forming the in-
tended expedition to Portugal.
Tuesday morning, a Gentleman, Lady, and child, ,
in a one-horse chair coming from Reading, through
Windsor Forest, stopped at a public house at Brack-
nail, to give the horse some water; the Gentleman
got out of the chair and took the child out, the Lady
would not get out ; the ostler very carelessly took off •
the horse's bridle before he fetched the water, and
left no person at the horse's head ; the . horse took •
fright, ran Ovay with the chair for a considerable dis-
tance, and overturned it, and the Lady was thrown
out and killed on the spot.
Tuesday and Wednesday se'nnight a riotous mob,c on-
sisting chiefly of women and boys, instigated and as-
sisted by some foreign sailors, now, in Liverpo,:l,
.attacked the rendezvous houses of the press-gangs in
Strand-street, Bird-street, &c. in that town, ar.l jid
considerable damage before they could be cifectili:ly.
suppresiet.

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