Star.
London, England, 1802-07-19 00:00:00

OLD BA/ Lir.

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On Saturday eighteen pritonerswere tried, two
if Whom were capitally ionvieled, viz.
Henry Evans, fur Qealing a mare, the property
of Anthony Harding and Jeremiah Gatchoufe.
Sarvib Davies, for ltealing a quantity of wearing
apparel in the houfe of a Mr. Macs, in St. Ca-
therine's.

Mrs. lilacs Rated, that the prifoner lived with
her, and that having left her one day in charge of
the houfe, when the returned the found the prifo-
er had let of with a box, containing the whole of
her wearing appa'rel, bed furniture, &c. of con&
derable value. On enquiry, (he met with a coach-
man, whO had been engaged by the priumer to
carry the box to a houle in Sr. Giles's, where
Mrs. Ifaacs found the prifoner dreired up in the
cloaths (he had Rolen, and was enabled to get
them all back, though part had been pawned and
parr fold.

On takinft the prifoner into cuflody, the ex-
claimed, " Give me a knife, that I may cut my
throat, and at once rid myfelf of a miferable ex-
iftence."

This unfortunate girl fated ih her defence, that
I the had been decoyed away from her friends by
Mrs. Macs, who had drelTed her up and fent her
our for the purpofe of prollitution : that fhe would
take away every farthing of money, as foon as the
had brought it home ; and that, in point of fadt,
the cloaths in queftion were thole Hie was acct f.
tomed to wear herfelf, though they might origi-
nally belong to Mrs. Ifaacs.
She brought no evidence to corrolx:rate this
Rory, and the Jury found her guilty—Death ; but
recommended her to mercy.
Nirrt were convUled of felony, viz.
Thom: "'ones, who was indiaed for a capital of-
, fence, in felonioufly ftealing, on the ninth of July,
dne aol. Bank of England Note, and various other
notes to the amount of 1551. the property of Peter
Martin, privily from his perfon.
Mr. Cotton', as Counfel for the profecution,
Rated the particulars of the cafe, which will ap
pear from the following narrative of its material
arcumftances; and obfirved, it would appear that
I the Jury, in a merciful confrderation of the cafe,
may difmifs the capital part of it, namely, that
which related to the ftealing, privily, from the
perfon of the profecutor. The appearance of the
prifoner was alto much in his favour. Bat GOD
forbid, he Paid, that in cafes of this fort, any firers
fhould be laid on appearances. He doubted not
that the prlfoner would have a gond charader
given him. But this fhould only weigh in doubt.
ful cafes, and not militate againft direa and poll-
dye evidence.
Mr. Martin, the profecutor, Rated, that he is a
wine and brandy merchant, and lives in Union-
ftreet, Wapping. That on the gth of July he took
out fome notes with him, in order to depofit with
his banker; and his intention was alfo to colleEt
fome debts. He received a 201. Bank of England
Note from Mr. MiAllifter, in High Holborn,
which he wrapped uo with the other Mu..

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had bef►des eighE gtitneas and a *Try (mall (wan-
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tity of filver. In Aosta a quarter of an hour after
he called at the Coach and Horf2., liquor-
limp and puLlic-Loute, kept by Mr. 13Asktr, in
High Holborn.
He went into the hack parlour, This was ra-
ther before two ;o'clock. tie ordered , bottle of
wine. There mightt he riven or eight Gentlemer
in the room at. the ,t,me, among whom was tin.
prifoner. Mon of ihere dined at the bottle. He
fat next to the prilOner ; the latter at his right
hand. They all joined company—drank togethe
about four or five bottles of wine, and at fiv.
o'clock a coach was ordered for him to go away.
He ordered it to di ive to his banker's in Lomita, d
meet. One of the company, a Mr. Ellis, a Hun•
tingdOnihire farmer, accompanied him as far as
Cheapfide. When he got to the banker's he found
that all his Notes were gone. He immediately
returned to ;he houfe of Mr. Barker. One of the
junior partners of the banking honfe accompanied
him. He there informed the landlord :IA the
company of his lots. The prifoner was not there
at the time. He lhortly after faw the 201. Note
he received from Mr. M,Alliiter, but never fince
recovered any of the others.
On his crofs-examioation by Mr. KNAPP, the
prifoner's leading Counfel, he Rated that Mr. Ellis
fat on the oppofite tide of the coach all the way
they rode together.
John Barker, who keeps the Coach and Holies
in High Holborn, corroborated that part of Mr.
Martin's teflimony which related to what paired
in his hotife.

After Mr. Martin went away ti)e fecnnd time,
he, the skittles, had tome converfation with the
company on the fttbjeB.
The prifoner, who left the honfe fncn after Mr.
Martin went the Fall time, had about this period
returned.

The witnefs exprefre4, his regret that fuch a
thing Ihould happen in his houfe, and that it was
a great refleaion On the company. It was agreed
that they thould all Rand a finch. He imme.
diately brought Mr. Bell, the Mei conflable of
that .divition. The company in general requelled
he would fearch them. Upon which the prifoner
took out a few loole papers and a from
waidenat pocket, and Laid he would be learched
oyno man.

Mr. Bell then faid to him, " Who are you ?
here's my authority," (producing his pocket fiaff)
tt and I wiil fearch you the ftrfi man." Accord-
ingly he proceeded to fearch him, and found in
his left-hand coat pocket a zol. Bank of England
Note, loofe, and rather in a rumpled Rate. He
was immediately taken into cuftody, and the pro-
fecutor informed of the circumftance.
On his crofs-examir•.ation, by Mr. ALLEY, the
pritoner's fecond Counfel, the witnefs acknow-
ledged he was much furprifed at the affair, as he
conlidcred Mr. Jones to he a man of great refpeit-
ability, remarkably well behaved, and in thort
one of the laft nen he fhould rape& of a thing of
the kind. He underflood him to be a tradefinan
and a hoofe-keeper. Neither of the parties were
drunk, but they feemed to be a little greeted by
the liquor.
Mr. W. Bell, an iron-fonnder, of Crofs-(beet,
Clerkenwell, Rated, that he was one of the com-
pany at the Coach and Honks the evening the af-
fair took place. The prifoner fat next to Mr. Mar
tin, and at his right hand ; they converted very
familiarlyand (hook hands frequently. He thought
I they were both a little intoxicated. When Mr.
I Martin rote to go away, the prifoner alto rofe,
and they (hook hands very cordially. Juft before
that he thought he taw Mr. Jones draw his hand
from the profecutor's right-hand breeches pocket.
Soon after Mr. Martin went away, the prifoner
got up and laid he mutt go out; but it he did
not return to the company in a quarter of an
hour he woul.l forfeit a ()tilling. lie was prefent
when the% High Conftable was introduced, and
he detcribed that part of the bufinefs in the way
narrated by the fait witnefs.
On his crofs-examination, by the prifoner'.;
Counfel, he laid he had known Mr. Jones many
years, and he was one of the left he (hould have
fulpeded of fuch condo& He kept a (hop in St.
Martin's-lane, was a comb and brufh-maker, and
a perfume manufa&urer.
rift% Henry Bell, the High Conftable of the Hol-
born Divition, Rated, that he came to the Coach
and Horfes on the evening of the 9th init. by de-
fire of the Landlord : the prifoner and about five
others were in the back parlour: they requefted he
would fearch them. Mr. Jones opened his wain-
, coat, took out a few papers out of the pockets of
it, and a (haling, but laid no man fhould fearch
him : the w•itnets (hewed him his authority, and
faid, he would begin by fearching him. He took
out of the left hand coatipocket a 201. bank-note,
look, and much tumbled—he faid to the prifoner,.
Mr. Jones, do you ufually carry 201. notes in your
coat pocket I He antwered, the note did not be-
' long to him : to which the witnefs replied, joctt-
lady, I am very glad of it, then I hope it belongs
to me. However, very foon after, the prifoner
defired his zol. note might be returned—eit was
his property—he received it, he laid, from a Mrs.
Snowden, a perfumer, in the Hay-niarket. He
told him the note was fafe, but he muff keep it.—
He then took the prifoner into cuftody ; and as
he was conveying him to the watch-houfe, he
artfully endeavoured to make his efcape, and af-
terwards ufed a canfiderable degree of violence, fo
much fo, that the witnefs was under the necefTity•
of knocking him down in the ftreet—he had kept
the note ever finee—when produced at Bow-greet,
it was inflantly recognized by the profecutor.
Mr. Martin was then called up to identify the
note—it was the fame he had received from Mr.
MtAllifter, about a quarter of an hour before he
went to the Coach and Horfes. He recolleaed the
indorfement of Mr. Hall on the note, and the ini
tials of Mr. MtAllitter's name, which he law hin.
write upon it.
Edward MdAllifter faid, he keeps a Tavern in
High Holborn—he paid the aol note in queftioi
to Mr. Martin, as he had Rated—He taw one of

to, mho added, he gave the note to Mr. 111,A1lif-
ter on the 6th of June.
Mt. Combe Hated, that he had ingnited from
the beginaing to the end, and fr..rn the end to the
hegi ming of the Haymarket, and could learn no-
th,ng of a Mr,. Snowden, a pet fmnei.
l lie evidence for the ptofecution being doted,
the prifonet wa, called upon for his defence.
He laid, that on the evening the atfair took
place, he was confids tably inoixis tied, having pre-
dourly drank a quawity of Ale: he drank after din-
ner for three or f,tir hours, at Mr. 13a. bar's in
company with leveral gentlemen; he was convin-
ced that eight or ten bottles were covftt med. Mr.
Martin himfelf, as wine merchant of the henfe,
paid for five. After he left Mr. Bat ker's, he went
home to St. Maitin's.lane ; it was rear alvhour
before he returned, and in the interval he tank the
note in nueflion at his own (hop, as a gentleman
then pre.ei.t could prove. It was a plain proof
that he was exceffively intoxicated when lie men-
tioned the name of a Mrs. Snowden, a perfon he
never ev,:n heard of; and he thought it a hard
care that a perfon could not take a 201. note, with.
out being brought to inch an account for it.
Mr. Cumming, of Exeter-court, Strand, the per-
fon alluded to, laid, he had known the prifoner
tome time, and had occational dealings with him ;
he recolle(ted being at Mr. Jones's chop on the
eening of the 9th, it was fometime between five
aid feven Wclock.• Mr. Jones came in while the
wirnels was there, and foon after a decent drelfed
perfon came in for the change of a note—the
amount he did not recolle.9. Mr. Jones Paid he
could not change it without he purchafed (bate-
thing. After Come converfation, the perfon agreed
to take articles, he believed combs, to the amount
of between four and five pounds. Mr. Jones ap-
peared rather tipfy—he ;liked -the witnefs to Ohl
him to make up the change; he accordingly lent
him 91. in (mall notes—he had a very favourable
opinion of Mr. Jones, and fhoald have trolled hint
any amount. On his crofs-cxamivation by Mr.
Gu RN Sr, the witnefs fail, he bad been a Warrant
Offiecr—was then in the Naval Agency line, and
kept a honk in Exeter-court.

Several witnefles, mohly neigl,Lours of tits
pti-
fsncr, gave him a favourable cli.4rttaer.
The ftscrAuse, who tried the cafe, fitmm2d
up the evidence, and delivered a very able charge
thereon to the Jury.--With the Profecutor's Cqtin-
nl he feemed to agree, that the capital part of the
charge, that of privately healing, may be left out
of the conlideration of the Jury, as one of the wit.
ne,fes diflinetly Rated that he law the prifoner's
hand drawn from or very near the pocket of the
Profecutor—an aft from which a conclufion may
be fairly drawn in fuch a cafe, that it was at that
time the theft was perpetrated, and which would
be furficient for the purpofe alluded to. He then
hated tome points lot the confideration of the Jury,
from which he thought guilt might be inferred,
and one or two poilits which may operate rather
favourably for the prifoner. He concluded with
the ufual obfervatlons on the effea of charaaer.
The Jury deliberated a very hurt time, when
they found the prifoner guilty of healing, but not
privately from the perfon.
The prifoner was well drefred, and is a man of
gentlemanly appearance. He Rated his age to be
fifty-two._

job's M'Donald and Wm. Carr were alio charged
with a capital offence in felonioudy affaulting, on
the 27th (Whine, John Hope, on the King's high-
way, putting him in fear, and taking from his per-
fon and againd his will, a filver watch, a gilt chain,
and a metal real, his property.
The Profecutor it appeared was palling through
Blackmore-dreet about three o'clock in the morn-
ing of the day Rated in the indictment, when he
was met by the two prifoners, who ftopt and afked
him to treat them • this Mr. Hope naturally re-
fared, on which they bottled him violently, and
at the moment he felt his watch taken, from his
pocket ; the prifoners immediately ran off—the Pro.
fecutor purfued and called nut " (top thief." In
Clare-court he came up with the prifoner M'Do-
nald, and laid hold of him, when Carr came up
and (truck the Profecutor fn violently on the head
that he was forced to let M'Donald go. The pri-
foners then ran off in different direEtions, however
M'Donald was foon after flopped by a watchman
and taken into cudody. As the Officers were pro.
ceeding with M'Donald to the Police Office on the
following day, he took occafion to complain of the
hardnefs of his cafe in being about to fuffer for an-
other man's cutting the Profecutor on 'the head;
he then direCted them where to find his fellow-pd.
foner, and accordingly he was apprehended at the
Conditution public-houfe in Drury-lane, and Mr.
Hope in(tantly recognized Carr's perfon. He now
pofitively (wore to them both. The Learned Judge,
upon evidence to this effect, conceived there could
be no doubt as to the facts—the principal que(tion
for the confederation of the Jury was, whether that
degree of force was ufed in taking the watch which
was neceffary in the eye of the law to conditute
the offence a highway robbery?? in cafe of the ne-
Jative that part of the charge was done away. The
ury evinced thernfolves of this opinion by finding
a verdict—" Gelb.? offiraling
Francit Dring, for dealing (agars to the value of
Soot. the property of Mr. Davis, a merchant in
St. Dundan's•lffil, by whom he had been employ.
ed as warehoufeman. It was proved by fereral
witneffes that the prifoncr had broke an entire
hogthead of fugar, and fent it away in feveral rice
calks, and fold them to another perfon. The pro.
lecutor (wore he had never given the palter
!cave to fell fugars to any body. The prifoner
left his defence to his Counf:l.—Guilty.
R. Coomlies, for Reeling two handkerchiefs, and
other articles, the property of J. Stewart.
.7. William, for !leafing a coat and other at•
ticks, the property of S. Payne,
J. Martin, for dealing two coats and other at-
tic es, the property of J. Rollenfim.
I. /fears for dealing a Myer watch and a hand,
icercloef, the prop?rty of J. Eydem in ; and
7 Cooper, for fle.aling a pearl bracelet ring and
•‘her articles, the property of P. Gilbert.