Star.
London, England, 1809-07-01 00:00:00

OLD BAILE r.

Yesterday twenty prisoners were tried, two of I
whom were capitally convicted, viz.—M. Powell, for
stealing 340 yards of gingham, the property of 'J.I
Ingham and W. Brown.
William Jones, alias Sinclair, alias Sell, was indicted I
for feloniously uttering as true a certain draft, pur-
porting to be the draft of one William Morgan, for
£47 3s. 6d. upon John and Alexander Anderson
and Co. Bankers, No. 17, Philpot-lane, London, on
the 9th day of May, lie well knowing the same to be
forged and counterfeited, with intent to defraud Tho-
o mas Fairfax, or the said bankers, of the same.

Thomas Fairfax, a publican, in Stretton-grounds,)
Westminster, stated that the prisoner lodged in Hisl
house, and got in debt with him to the amount of
sixteen shillings, but not wishing to trust him farther,
he requested him to discharge the account, which the!
prisoner promised to do on the ensuing day. On the!
9th of May, the prisoner came to 'the witness, and!
tendered him a draft for £47 3s. 6d. as specified in
the indictment, saying, at the same time, he, the wit-
ness, need not have feared his ability to discharge his
debt. The witness said he had not the full change,
as he had that day paid his brewer. The prisoner
replied he only wanted seven or eight pounds, and if
he would let him have that sum, he would return in
the morning and go with Wm to receive the amount
of the check at the Bankers. Witness said he had
but a few shillings, and at the prisoner's desire lent
him thirteen, he leaving the draft in witness's hands,
and promising to call on him the next morning to ac-
company him to get the cash for it. The prisoner,how-
ever, did not return according to promise, and wit-
ness went to the House, of Anderson and Co. to ascer-
tain whether the draft was a good one, when he was
informed it was a forgery ; in consequence of this in-
formation, he sought for and apprehended the pri-
soner.

The forgery being proved, the prisoners in his de-1
fence stated, that he had found the checque near Hat-
ton-Garden ; that he could not, /..om the smallness
of the sum received, be supposed criminal ; and that
he merely wished to leave the checque in the hands of
Fairfax, until its value was ascertained. The Jury
found a verdict of Guilty--Death. •
The prisoner, though shabby in his appearance,
had evidently received an education superior to men
in his apparent station.
James Ayres and William Robinson, two lads, the
one seventeen, and the other nineteen years of age,
were indicted for the wilful murder of William Dor-
mer, on Sunday, tie 4th of June.

It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had "re.
peatedly insulted the deceased, who at length pro,

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voiced by continued ill.usage, agreed to light Ayrs
on the 4th of June, in a field near Shoreditch. They
accordingly met, when, after ten rounds, the prisoner
struck the deceased a blow behind the ear, in conse-
quence of which he fell, and expired in five minutes.
The prisoner Robinson acted on this occasion as a
second or bottle-holder; and encouraged Ares
throughout to persevere in the fight, giving him in-
structions how to strike.

The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a
verdict of—Guilty of Manslaughter.
T. Cox was indicted for robbing his masters, Messrs.
Dudds and Nelson, linen-drapers, of property at vari-
ous times. He had been a confidential servant for
three years, but property had been frequently missed,
and he was proved to have sold some at a shop in
Holiwell-street, and which was identified.—Guilty.
The following were convicted of felonies :
mr. Adams, for stealing a pepper-box, belonging to C. Tart.
M. Farrel, for stealing a wash, the property of H. Tyrer.
G. Jewett, for stealing a saddle of mutton, the property of S.
Corp.
T. Thatcher, for stealing six yards of gingham, the property of
W. 'Frye.
W. Smith, for stealing I 9lbs. of bacon, the property of R. Par..
getter.
W. Smith, for steeling a pocket-book, containing divers stamps,
the property of R. Richards.
J. Cluk, for stealing two jackets, the property of Ann Nash.
J. Loukes, for steaang a pair of breeches, the property of J.
Stannard.

Atm Gibbon, far stealing two gowns, and o:bcr article; tbs.
property of T. Free.

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W. Davies, for stealing a coat, the property of G. Arnold, and
four lobsters belonging to 'T. Creswell.
MURDER.— Samuel Davey was put to the bar, and
arraigned on two separate indictments, for the mur.
der of Sarah his wife, and Henry his infant child,
of five or six months of age.
The prisoner (who appeared to be perfectly stu-
pified, and never raised his eyes fromehe ground dur-
ing the whole of the trial) upon being called upon to
plead to the indictment, guilty or not guilty, answer.
ed, in a low voice, " Guilty, I suppose."
Upon the Learned Judge desiring him to be told
to plead not guilty, he did so accordingly. He was
then given in charge to the Jury.
Elizabeth Blackman, the mother of theodeceased,
was then called, and, under considerable agitation,
detailed the circumstances attending this most melan-
choly catastrophe. She lived in the house with her
daughter and son-in-law. They lived at No. 6,
Skinner-street, Somer's Town. On the Ch June,
the prisoner desired her to bring the bee!, in which
she slept with two of her grand-children, up stairs to
the room in which he and his wife slept, with their
infant child of about five months old. She did so,
the next day, Monday the sth ; they all sit pt that,
night together in the same bed room, and retired to
their respective beds. She awoke about half past
four, and finding the prisoner ( who had not got any
rest for a week before) and his wife asleep, she would
not awake him ; he used to lie all night awake, talk-
ing to himself and moaning. She went t 3 sleep
again, and awoke about half past six ; she saw the
prisoner standing by his bed side, and her daughter
bloody—alarmed at the sight, she hurried the two '
boys, who were in bed with her, ore about ten, the
other about six years of age, out of the room, to
call for help. He had a hatchet in his hand ;
she attempted to snatch it from him, and the handle
came off in the struggle. He pulled his wile out of •
the bed, and said to the witness, 44 Do let me put
this poor creature out of her misery." She had seen '
him give her a blow with the hatchet before she got
it from him. She then ran out .of the room, to call
for help ; and her daughter was dead before she re.
turned. The unfortunate prisoner at the bar had not
been right in his head since last May five years ; he
had been twice, during that period, confined in St.
Luke's Hospital. He had been very low spirited
about the period of this misfortune, and she had rea-
son to believe his insanity was then returning on him.
His wife had made the observation to her, and had
said he was always worse in the month of June. He
had been always a kind and affectionate husband and •
father. She rather thought the derangement was a
family disorder ; a sister of his was in the same state
at the present time, and obliged to be kept under re-
straint. He had been four months confined, the first
time in St. Luke's ; he was never right in his senses
since that period. There never had been any disa-
greement between him and his wife.
James Davis, a butcher, living in the neighbour-
bood, ran up stairs upon the alarm being given by
the children. He put his head in at the door, which
stood close to the top of the stairs. He.saw the wife
sitting up in the bed, her head all over blood, and
the prisoner standing by the side of the bed with his
lap stone in his hand. (He Was a shoemaker by •
trade.) He. cried out to him " For Gon's s ike what
Are you doing ?" To which he replied, "Go down
stairs, or 'I will murder you." He thereupon pulled
his head back, and immediately the prisoner hit the
deceased, over the head with the stone, and down she , I
fell ; he then hit her three or four times on the head.
The prisoner then turned round and took a razor off
a chair by the bed side, looked deliberately at the
witness, and drew it three or four times across her 1.
throat, but without cutting her, and then lei] it down 1.
again. He called for assistance and secured him.— (
Upon going into the room he turned down the bed- k
clothes, and found the infant lying in the middle, its
head knocked to pieces, it just made a gasp and ex-
pired. He lifted the wife's head up, she groaned
very much. A surgeon was instantly sent for. He
was acquainted with the prisoner about 16 months, •
and he had no doubt he was deranged during all
that time, but no way mischievous. He never had
an angry word with his wife or mother.
Mr. Edward Hely, surgeon, visited the deceased,
and had no doubt her death was ocdasioned by the 1
wounds inflicted on her by the prisoner. •
Uyon this evidence the Jury, under the direction •1
of the Learned Judge, brought in a verdict —Not ' '
Guilty, he being insane at the time the act was com- ,
mitted.
MIDDLESEX SESSIGNS.
Yesterday Thomas Edwards, who was capitally in-
dieted for an unnatural offence at the Old Bailey, on
Wednesday last, and acquitted, but detained in cus-
tody in order to take his trial far the misdemeanour,
was put to the bar of this Court in order to take 11:s
trial accordingly. Fie put in an affidavit, however,
in consequence of which he was allowed to post; one
his trial until next Sessions. In •the interim
• understand he is to be admitted to bail.