Star.
London, England, 1801-11-02 00:00:00

OLD BALLET.

On Saturday 12 prifoners were tried at the Old
Bailey, two of whom were capitally conviaed,
WiSam Kee a boy of fourteen years of age, and
of very juvenile appearance, for Reeling out of a
letter at the General Poll-Office a Bank Note of
131. the property of Edward Stimfon ; there were
alto a number of counu in the indiament varying
the charge in the ufual manner.
Mr. FIILDI/10 concluded the profecution ; and.
after opening the bufinefs in a manner that did
credit to his feelings, proceeded to call witneires
to prove his cafe.
Edward Stimfon laid that be is a Rock-broker:
that, having occalion to make a remittance to a
correfpondent, he, on the 29th of Auguft laR, en-
clofed in a cover a Bank note for Isl. dated March
21, 1801, and numbered 2843 (the fubjet of this
indiament), another Bank note for al. half a gui-
nea, and a feven-ihilling piece, addreffed to Mr.
Thomas Gregory, Flamftead, near Market-ftreet,
Herts. He put it into the Poll-Office, Lombard-
ftreet, hiznfelf, about three o'clock on that day.
Thomas Gregory, the next %Primers, declared
that no Inch letter had ever come to his hands.
Henry Brown is Vice-Prefident of the frith Of-
fice at the Poll-Office ; lays the prifoner is a fatter
of letters in their office, and that he was on duty
on that day, therefore had an opportunity of com-
mitting the robbery, and that the prifoner had been
about a year and a half in the office.

Owen, fhopman to Meffrs. Blachford, wool.
len-drapers, in Change-alley, depofed, that on
Wednefday the zd of September, the prifoner came
into the Shop, and after looking out Come blue cloth
for a coat and pair of pantaloons, and Tome fluff
for two white waif:coats, tendered him a f 51. note
in payment, wh h the u itncfs did not refine, but
had no change: he therefore left the cloth, and
was to call the next day. Seeing him a young boy,
and having an apron on, he afked him if he was
not in tie grocery line ? He faid no; that he was
in the Poll-Office, and came from Staffordfhirc.
The next morning he came, vrheri the ma fl-r was
in the !hop ; they could not give him change then,
hut the fhopman went over to the Bank, and
changed it for a ten pound note and five (lie pound
notes. The ten pound and two one pounds he
gave the prifoner in cbange, and on his afking.
them to recommen3 him to a tailor, gavehim the
addrefs of Mr. Atkins, of Founders'-court, Loth-
bury. Mr. Atkins and his)'out neyman proved the
perfon of the prifoner and the making the clothe:,
which Sparkes, the eon liable, produced as found in
the prifoner's lodgings.
Mr. Stimfon, on hearing &rim Mr. Gragory the
letter bad not come to hand, applied to the Bank
to have the notes flopped.
Mr. John Mofs, Cleik in the Bank, produced
the note as taken by him from Wits. Blachfords'
man, who proved it to be the fame he received of
the prifoner, he having written 1). and R. Blach-
ford and the date before he paid it in.
Mr. Parkyns, Solicitor of the Pon-Office, read
from the minutes taken after the apprehenfion of
the prifoner a confeffion from him that he had the
151. note from his brother John, who is a letter-
carrier in the Office, to bay clothes, and that he
had given him the fol. note he had in change. On
his being brought up again the next morning, he
denied all he had Paid as to Ins brother, and laid
he had taken it himfelf.
The prifoner made no defence.
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The 'Learned Judge fummed np the evidence
fhortly, and the Jury, without going out of Court,
found a verdia of—Gary.
The prifoner did not Teem at all affelted with his
fituation. There ate tw•o other indiaments againtt
him.

get. Vernon was put to the har, charged with
felonioufly robbing, on the King': high wit y, John
Spencer, of ao guineas, which is a capit.ll offsfnce.
Mr. GURNir,for the prolecutinn,flated the enor-
mity of the offence for the commiiiion i.f
the prifoner flood indieted, that cf escorting mo-
ney from timid perfons wider the threat of .icenf-
ing them of a detellable cane tl..f bare
mention of which Ilrikes every gond man with hr.:-
ror. He then proceeded to •hai, on the 7th
day of November laft, in the evening, coining
down Oxford-direct, Mr. S7-.:n:•er Ltd ne, nto
go under a gateway ; as he, lk.ts 0:1 the
prifoner attacked him violentiv, ti.. L !.im hr :he
collar, and charged him with iinn.it lit
he Paid that he belonged to flow.firerd. and that be
was authorized to take all puffins of itim
tion ; they kept walking dew,-
wards Holborn, (fill continuirn

they got to the end of Drury
foner fa;d he muR take him

him up all night, and have hip 1
in ; that the confequence wo,

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node ifid 'Centitedions: Vt. Spencer, neuter thisr
intpreGion of fear, fuffered him to go home with:
him, at lea(' to the end of the'llreet, when he went
houft, brought him twenty guineas,
gave it to the pritimer, whom-he (steno more u.oil
oeptember lair, when he cAme to his hence for a
gallon bottle of brandy and a gallon bottle of ruFm.
1‘ 'licit he toOk with him, and hinted he mull fee
Li n again; Mr. Spencer took courage andwould
not be impofed on any more t he therefore cam.
municared to two friends that he had been cheated
oat of Tome ram ardpbrandy, snd was attempted
to be further defrauded; they laid a plan to meet
him by appointment,. and took him into.cuilodyt
then took him In Bow-flreet, where it terned out
"b, was an itiip/Or no ti#clt perfon belonging there,
and waecorrant(ted for
Mr. Spencer was called, and proved the whole
or the cafe, the latter part of which was' corrobot
rated by Mr. John Parr, who apvrehended him;
and to whom he ofered forty guineas to let hit*
efeape, and Jofeph COoke. tht Profecutor's nephews
hte.At. Lev and Mr: Kw menu, for the prifoner,
by a very firift crOfs-eiamiyett?ob of the witneffes,
particularry Parr, attempte4 to iveakepsflae Prete-
Clit4WX cave, WIX4OOA4 effetrtsr.L-Ogilli.
'Flo rifosser is a well-looking mac, forty years
of age, warm the Foot Gitatise and catledfeveral
witneifes to give him a good•charader.
Nine were cenvided of Felony, viz.
Mary Coelho-oh for !leafing *linen apron, the
property of Hannah Avie.
4Arahsa L'iiccosivei for Ablaling•avosei 'the pro-
perep.of Jofepb ketch.. • ^ •
jobs Bares for, fielding b.ptit of 'breeches. Abe
property of• Pig& Graice..ti •• • •
iorgasulierg 711*.weight _of fugtitsi.'
the propesty hlobeft..Dettes,and otbon.
joins. P rick ler I tab* as. aaiieesenetthe pit.
.perty of John Tine,.
Frans is Croserhints heislig jib. weight of
ezenaoluts, the property of itlefh:igymer mod Co..
Mwy Bones. forkeitling fevco,guiseas, the pro-
perty of Emanuel Jofe.
Thema: Beritite, fOr atelihg gib. weight of hard
reap, the-property of William BraofiekL• •
gain Price for holing -tot the teth.of .odeber,
a quantity of fkeet-lead, the property of Mats.
Whitbetad,Bobhotife, and Co. brewers,
The.cate.which was Rota ,for the Peofeeatibm
by Mr. Seo er. and fubflaptiated by a number of
seisaelfess appeared briefly; to the following por-
ton-Neale coroner eriajonnteptosso. 1031 plain&
• aadvratemployed op the.alwrrk 'day. to mead
the.** which conveyed grater Non tho.reteryoir
to thecopper. When golag,to;tis .dietnie ht -arts
obferved to havetomething ooderhis jacket,
by woe of the wimeges, a clerk !to tine COmpant.
He eras immediateLY brought to ad.opoonne; and.
on being firarchect, the quantity oflead ehargedin.
the indieliment was found PPM him. lie 'begged
they would not take bins before a hfegifirate. as
'ltwas the firfi tints hP was ever gniitYtaranY thing
Pf
the lint The pieces of lead were produced.
and were proved by Ray, the officer, and one of
Mr: Whitbread's clerics, to have been cut off front a
large leaden pipe which lay in the place where
the-prifoner was at-work. They were enabled to
ifeewain this by hiving-examined the ends of
both the:pieces which. had, bent frefhly cut, and
whit]) exaelly tallied with a large piece of pipe to.
the.bmwhasofe.. .
.0* the erefs-extuainatirm of the witoeito, it op-
peened, that the brewhonte of .Metriv.• Whitbread
and Co. lies is the eitp of London and part in
the emsaty of Middlefex. ;The part is which the
theft was committed, was in the city part of the
preptifes bot.where the Kilmer voteskteded was
in Nil/ defer. It was therefore well laid in the
indletosest. that 'the crime was committed in the
city. Auld the lead in Tuition was proved to be
incontrovertibly the-property of, the Company.
The painter left his defence to hisiConnfel, who
called *number of witeteicwo who gave him an ex-
cellent character.
The RICOILDtIt, in his charge, reiterated the
*find obf:r vat ion with Telma to charade% namely,
that it &mad weigh only is doubtful cafes ; and
the Jury had no hcfnation in pronouncing him
Girihy. Aud otte seasacquitted.
Meant it.— IGsabeilt-Iforvey was indided for the
murderof her female baltard-child, at Tottenham,
in the county of Middlefer. There were two
counts—,—one.•charging the murder to have been
committed by fir..ngliag, the other by drowning.
Mr. Goriest, opened the profecotion by Elating
that it was, from the mock laudable motives, in-
ilituted by the Officers of the Parifh, in confe-
q itznce of a female child having been found drown-
ed in their parifh, and the Coroner's verdict find-
ing the .Prifoner " Guilty of Wilful Murder I"
[Previous to any of the witneffes being called, the
Ladies were ordered to withdraw. Our readers.,
of courfe, will elcufe us from enteritis into a mi-
nnte detail of the evidence.] It appeared in evi-
dence that the Primer, a very handforne woman,
vho Fat her livelihood in the fields, was obferved
lonic tiroc previndly to the period when the above
Grime was fnppc.fcJ to be comnsiu-d, to be
!ler flit:pea and acquaintances Ire-
cuertly taxed her wish it, and particularly the
pero.le at se he fc houie the fiept ; but upon all theft
meal-ions the Pail-otter uniformly denied it, •and
teemed very argi.y at the imr-Ation. In the lat-
ter end of Anglia lett (he went to ledge at Tot-
tenham with 'ail old uoinatt of the name (.1 Alocr.
Airs. Mt ci rmanie fled her I:l:pi:if:as to the Pri-
foner, and told her the mail be, front her appear.
ance, in pre nant tiate ; hat the Prifoner
ii..nied it. They both flept in the faille bed.'
Oise in the latter end of the laid month,
the Prit mer went early to bed, and Mrs. Alois
followed her nin: o'clock. Mrs. M I:11
allcen, and a tiev,:n of the 1... me night the was
AW I • three hioails,‘rhic:t Mae conceiv-
ed to r me an inr..nt. Mn. Mofs immesh-
• ..d if it vAi ant a child that
f▪
,- ci r ! The Prifon:r r.
Mrs. M.. 71, :f it was the Prifoner oh.,
cried ot. ? t,. u.;,1.11 fir latl••r aafwercJ. " Go
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the meth chile Mrs. Mots made Come obretvations
on the appearance of the bed, which confirmed her
fulpiciceit. She charged the Prifoner with having
been delivered of a cisild in the night, but the lat-
ter dznied, it as alio that the had been in a prig-
nant fituation. A few days after.eards, a little
boy of the neighboprhood was fent out to gather
Rieke fir the fire.- In the eourfe of his rambles
,he came to a pond of water, in which be per-
ceived a flick (landing up above the furface, appa-
rently as if placed there to keep fomething down.
lie pulled it'up, and the legs of a female infant
inirnesEathlt prefented themfelsres, and the child
it 61.1 floated on the furface. He then ran to his
mother, who came to the Spot and took maths
child : fbe Laid, it, appeared quite frefh, and fent it
to a furgeon. The furgeon laid, on the contrail',
that it was in fo putrid a flate he could not afcer-
tain the caufe of its death. It appiared, however,
to be a child that came into. the mild at the fall
time, but not to have been properly mien care,of
at the birth.
Mrs. King, with whom the Prifener Sept tor
ten weeks, and Mrs. English for one night, gave
their reafons for fuMeaing the Prifoner of being
with-child—Rated that they bad Several times
taxed bar with it, which fhe as confiantly denied-
Jofeph Blifs and Okorge Maeleod,'lwo laboitters,
obferved a woman, who they believed wafthe'Pri-
fon'er, carrying a bundle under her arm, about as
long as either of their arms., on a morniag war
the time laid in the indiamcnt, but they could not
fay when to any certainty, down a path towards
the field called'the flight. Site was about 150
tarred:
rfrio,
noel them;e tillt the
theyzlor oCoroner's
rh,saltinqeuveZ teen
her
be-
Martha Ridgeway fent John Ridgeway, the boy
who found the body of the child in the pond, for
thi -Beadle of the parifh ; She then took -up the
body ant of the water, and found it to be that of
a-fFmaie child, full grown, atid is filo thought
about three days old.
. Jasnos Shabby, an alrillint cartoon, was fent
fee to the Coroter's inmsefi to ezionioe the body ;
hefotigdthie
.bodyin a very putrid Rate, frte46l
wonndk etcept I blacknefi• about the throat and
Tice. In aufwer to fevered guellions put to him
by-the Learned judge, he gave profetOonal res..
lims why, froth the Rate 'the child was found in,'a
premature delivery, the ignorance of the'perfon
attempting to deliver herfelf; or the inexperience
of a midwife, might Lac caufed the death, And
which fametimeelas happened is the moment of

delivery. •
Judge Tammany, Who°,tried the eantb, in font-
, ming up the evidence, obferved that the circum-
-1 fiance caf an cid woman awaking in her (leap, and
thinking the heard a child cry, was no evidence of
the Prifoner having ufed arty violent means to kill
lt, admitting it to have been born alive. He then
obferved upon the improbability of the Prifonees
being able to ufe any meana to take away the life
of the child, after the time Vra. Mofs awoke, with:
out the kriowledge of the latter.
The Jury, alronfl without hefitption, brought in
their verdiet-o—Not
• Thr Pt Vanier is a bandtnme-looking young wo-
man, apparently in ill health. She was ordered a
thair, and received reft'efhment during • the trial,
with the whole of which the was very much al-
faded.

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Two females, na i lee, of the Andaman ands,
have been lately fecund on board the Nortsvcm,
and will be curried to Bengil, for the -Purptie of
familiarizing them with one mannerst everycifbrt
to effect this having heretofore failed. That are
l'young, and were taken along the'Coaft as they
were looking for fome filth 'May' ale treated
with great humanity, and have already .got rid of
all fear of violence, ekcept what 'night be offered
to their challity; which they appear to eared with
unremitting vigilance; although they have a final'
apartment allotted to theinfelves,:and haveiso real
canfe for apprehenfon, one always watches while
the other fleeps.
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