Star.
London, England, 1823-10-27 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SitSSIOVS. OCTOBER 25.

Joieph nein was indkted for intermarrying with
Anna Cleverly, his first wife being still alive. ..
Ann Warner deposed, that she was present when the
prisoner wedded her sister in 1817.
Prisoner.—l never saw that %roman before.
Anna Cleverly was next examined, and was much
affected while giving her evidence. She deposed that
the pi ironer married her is 1819, under the 'name of
Johnson. When she first became acquainted with the
prisoner, she was living With her uncle, who was a re-
spectable tradesman. After living with her:about three
years, the prisoner deserted her. •
The prisoner, when he was asked by the Court whe-
ther he would pt.t any questions to the witness? instead
of proposing any interrogatories, charged her generally
with having been unfaithful to him, and with having
made away with his property.
Mr. Itaron r7Altßol7.—ls what he states true? Witness.—lt is
false, my Lord.
I)ii you ever dispose of his property without his consent ?
Never. lie never had any property hut what h glt by his marriage
with me, and he made away with it all before hr left me.
Did he ever make the allegations which he I to now made before
he deserted you ?—Never.
Ann Warner was recalled to prove that she saw het
sister ali-e yesterday.
Priioner.-2er sister was a common prostitute in the streets
when I married In./. I had just come home from sea, and did not
know much about the matter, and was persuaded by her sister to
'marry her.
- Mr. Baron GARROW.—Witress, was your sister, as he states, a
common prostitute ?
Witness, bursting into tears.—Nu, my Lord ; she was an honest
girl, and was in service.
Mr. Barron GARROW.—Prisoner, have yoti any witnesses?
Prisoner.—None, except my brother in Liverpool—(A laugh).
The Jury immediately retuined a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Baron GAB now.—lF the facts of this case were
capable of being aggravated, the cruel conduct of the
prisoner upon tbe.present occasion would have supplied
that aggravation. Not content with having robbed his
victim of almost all that was valuable, he has to-day
endeavoured to blast her character, and thus to leave
her in a state of complete destitution. Gentlemen, you
have done your duty in finding the prisoner guilty, and
I have done mine in marking in the calendar that he
shall be transported for seven years.
The prisoner, to judge from his accent, was an Ii ish-
man, and was aged 35.
Margaret Steward, a respectable-looking female,
dressed in blick, was placed at the bar, charged with
stealing a shawl, value 15s. the propertyof Abigail Penny.
The prosecutrix lived in Ely-place, and was a dress-
maker. So long ago as August, 1822, the prisoner
case te her house, and represented herself as the house-
keeper of Lady Erskine. When she came in she ap-
peared to be much flurried, and nearly fainting. She
said, as a reason for her illness, that she had given the
coachman who brought her a sovereign instead of a
shilling, and that she had been much abused by him.
The prosecutrix and the prisoner conversed together for
about an hour, in the course of which she said that she
wanted mourning to be made for 12 of Lady Erskine's
servants. Lady Erskine, she said, lived at No. 20, Jer-
myn-street, and the prosecutrix was to get the mourn-
ing, of which she was to make the cheises, from Mr.
Thompson, a linen-draper, in Basingliall-street. On,
leaving the room, the prosecutrix observed that the prif
soner hastened very much and ran out of the house.—'
She then, for the first time, suspected all was not right
and on returning up stairs she discovered that the
shawl had been stolen. The next day the prosecutrix
went to'Basinghall-street, and could not find any Mr.
Thompson there ; nor did Lady Erskine live at N 0.20,
Jermyn-street.
The prisoner called no witnesses, and said nothing in
her defence. The Jury found a verdict—Guilty.
The prisoner was again indicted for stealing a dress
of the value of 2/. 10s. from. Mrs. Rees, another dress-
maker. It was proved that the prisoner had obtained
this dress by precisely the same artifice as she had prac-
tised towards Mrs. Penny. The prisoner was upon this
second indictment also found Guilty. When brought
to the bar to take her trial, she was so much indisposed
that a chair was provided for her.
The RaCORDZR told the prisoner, that after the com-
-mission of two such bad offences, she must not expect to
remain in this. country.
Joseph Shepherd, aged 19, was charged with burglari-
ously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of C.
Pool, Esq. at Stanmore, and stealing from it two geese,
a pair of reins, and other articles, his property. Gnat".
John Young was indicted for stealing five pounds in
cash, and bills of exchange to a very large amount, the
prriperty of Richard. Parry.
Richard Parry stated, that his house was at No. 12,
St. Martin's-le-Grand. The prisoner was in his em-
'ploy, and acted in the capacity of a porter, and occa-
sionally kept his books. He left witness quite unex-
pectedly on a Sunday, and soon after witness found his
cash-box had been broken open, and the following bills
of exchange had been stolen :—A bill for .1001. another
for 651.35. a third for 361. 15s. and others of the arnotmt
of 48/. lls. 311.165. 9d. 63/. 10s. and 421. When wit.;
ness returned from Church on the Sunday in question,
which was in May, he found his counting-house door
was locked, and having forced entrance, he discovered
his desk and cash-box had been broken open, and the
cash and bills were gone. The prisoner had also ab-
sconded, and nothing was heard of him until lately,'
when he was apprehended. The first thing the prisoner
said to him was, ••I suppose I must gut° the Compter."
The prisoner's wife begged hard for mercy.
The jorisoner was called Nip/ for his defence. He
W4..4 I Inasily.know what to say, my Lord. I throws
myself on the mercy of the Com t.'
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Recontsea advised the prisoner to think more
seriously of his case. This Was a capital conviction,
and he knew not what,the.consequences might be.
•• 'MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Saturday, Daniel D'onclly was charged upon two in-
dictmentsi for violently assaulting a constable and a
watchman in the execution of their duty.—Guilty.—
Sentenced tb three months' hard labour.

It is in contemplation to adopt a direct line of corn-
munication between Scotland and Ireland, by the aid of steam-boats
from -noon or Ardrosun trarboor to Belfast Loch.
BUILDING.--SUCh is the extent of building going on
in Glasgow at present, that we learn, in many instances
it is retarded by the inability of the quarriers in the
neighboabbod, to supply stones sufficiently quick. The
number of old and dangerous buildings pulled down
throughout the town and replaced with good houses, is
"truly astonishing, and besides this the number of new
buildings erecting is very great. The trade and mann-,
factures of this city in every branch are rapidly on the
.increase, buton this subject vie meari to enter 'mom at
length iu•an early utimberon%Glas;;;etu Covier. • ;