Star.
London, England, 1813-12-03 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S 8F,14161t, DgeEitiala 2.
BASTER le. N-14111[2:11.
This was an' action. of' trespass, for entering the
•plaintiff's dwelling' honseiiind taking sway several
articles of goods in the ironmongery line. It appeared
that the defendant had sold the articles in question
to a person of the name of Gregory, who had referred
to the plaintiffs fora character, who gave hMs.a good
one far solvency v but no Miner were thigooda ob-
tained than they were heeded over to the Plaintiff,
in payment of a debt, as it was said.
The defendants thus fincfing themselves tricked out
of their good's, applied to a Magistrate fur a warrant
to'get them back again, but he declined interfering.'
They then went to the house of the plaintiff, and
claimed the goods. The plaintiff said if they would
conduct themselves .as Gentlemen, they should have
whatever had beloord to them.• Verdict for De-,
fendant.
THE MFG V. man.
This was an indictment against the defendant, foe
an assault upon his master, Captain Kinneraly. The
circumstances of the case, as stated by Carina 1E in-
nersly, were u follows s-.-The defendant lived as a
livery-servant with the Captain, who, oa account of
his improper conduct,, gave him warning to quit his
service. On the evening of the day he was to go
away, be came into the drawing-room after dinner,
where the Captain, his nieces, and their Governess,
were sitting, and asked, if he was to go I Being told
14 Yes," he said to his znaster—,, You are no Gentle-
man :" and next he called him a blackguard. The
Captain desired him to walk into the front drawing.
room, and was about to lead the way, when the de-
fendant struck him several blows on the back of the
lead and neck. Verdict—Guilty.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

PUBLICANS AND POTS.-It was yesterday deterrni.
ned, on the application of Mr. Thomas Heardson,
who Iteeps the White Swan public house, in White.
cross-street, that Magistrates possess no power to in•
flict any punishment on persons sending out beer in
'their own pots ; and it therefore appears that the
efforts made to prohibit persons sending out beer in
their own pots, under the provision of the ith sec•
tion of the Act of 12 Geo. I. c. 12. cannot be carried
into effect.

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday W. Golding was indicted for breaking and
entering the house of W. Ellison, and stealing therein
halfpence to the amount of £so.—The prosecutor is
a tripe boiler, in Shoreditch, and left his premise;
fastened in the usual manner, on the 27th ult. In the
morning he discovered that the house bad been broken
open, and the property stolen. Miller, an officer,
having heard of the robbery, went to the house of the
prisoner, (a returned transport), in Virginia-row,
Bethnal Green. He was absent ; but the officer found
on the bed-room table a vast quantity of the stelen
property. On the prisoner returning, he affected to
know nothing about the property being there, and his
wife said a per.son had left a during his absence..
Guilty—Death.
The prisoner was next arraigned on an indictment,
charging hifii with being at Tann before the expira-
tion of his sentence of transportation. 'The fact of hit
having been sentenced in 1812, at the Old Bailey, to
transportation for seven years, being pioved, and his
person identified, he was capitally convicted.
J. Taylor and W. Luf were indicted for stealing two
sheep, the property of ---*Browee, a farmer, In
Bedfordshire. The prosecutorhad sent a flock of sheep
tp grass at South Mimms, and on the 16th ult. the
shepherd missed two of them, and the entrails and
skins were found in an attaining field. Two of the
Bow-street patrole, who were en the look out in that
neighbourhood, at two o'clock in the morning, de-
tected the prisoners with the cArcase of a sheep in a
sack.---They mad, a full confession, and begged for
- mercy.— Guilty— Death,
Nary .Slovens was indicted forstealing several table
spoons, and other articles of plate, the property of
her mastery a distiller, in Goodman's-Fields. The
prisoner lived cook in the prosecutor's family ; and,
by her good behaviour, was afterwards made house-
keeper, and entrusted with the plate: tbe left ber see%
vice on the 17th ult. The articles were shortly after-
wards missed ; and it was proved that she had given
them to the servant who succeeded her to pledge,
under an assurance, that she should s-on be able tan
redeem them. In behalf of the prisoner it was stated,
,she was borne down by relieving distressed relations„
,and had pledged the articles to 'clef:4 the exPences of
hp brother's funeral. The Jury found her. Guilty,
but recommended her to mercy.
The prosecutor also joined in recommending the
prisoner to mercy. He said, he had made inquiries,
and found the statement true relative to the distressed
situation of her family ; and had also found a receipt
for Al, which she had paid for the funeral of her de-
ceised brother.

The unfortunate woman appeared in the last stage
of a consumption—she fainted twice dining her trial:
shs Court al ewed her a chair. - •
G. Chamobers and Thos. Lonnaa were indicted for
robbing the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly, of two great
coats, a hat, and other articles. The property in ques-
tion belonged to two gentlemen of the name of Mown,
who had arrived from Norfolk; and the prisoners,
who are known characters at sneaking about the
doors of hotels, got the articles from the hall ; but
an alarm being given, they were pursued and taken.
—Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz --t
Mary Tillard,:tor stealing a watch, &c. the property
of J. Ellis • W. Smith, for stealing a time-piece, the
property of T. Pinkerton ; M. Anthony, for steal-
ing a pocket-book, containing sundry motes, and a
silver watch, the property of 'l'. Plazton ; T. Broad-
house, for stealing a pair of fire tongs, the property
of A. Keetnish : Ann Heseldine and W. Tongue, for
stealing a quantity of tea, soap, nutmegs, and other
articles, the property of Messrs. Travers and Raw,
Assignees, *crof G. Dunman, a bankrupt; J. Payne,
for stealing a great coat, the property OJ. Adamst
S. Abrahams, for stealing a great coat, the property
,-G. B. Lonsdale ; and J. Read and W. Hudson
were acquitted.
Unto* HALL.—Yesterday a paper-maker was sum-
mooed, upon four informations, charging him with
defrauding the revenue, by removing paper from his
mill before it h 34 been duly marked, and the duty
charged upon it.- The paper was fprfeited, and the
defeuclaut was fund ASO for each offence..