Star.
London, England, 1812-09-21 00:00:00

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Mr. ALLIT said, with }nimble deference, there
was in the two eases no similitude, because her
there was proof that the Prisoner had held out an
alternative to the deceased, of either being stabbed
or throwing herself out of the window.
Mr. GURNE.Y, for the prosecution, was about to
reply, when Mr. Justice HEATH said, there was no
doubt but that this Wa% a fit case to go to the Jury.
The Prisoner being called on for his defence, put
in a very long written paper, wherein he accused the
deceased of getting drunk, and rolling about the
streets. That she had frequently left him, and he
had as frequently received her back. That she had
robbed him at different tittles of all he had, and had
boi rowed from people, and pawned the things she
had so borrowed. He also complained of the popu-
lar clamour having been raised against him, through
the 44CCOtintS of his case given in the public prints..
A number of witnesses proved the Prisoner to be
a very humane man and an affectionate husband,
and they concurred in representing the deceased as
of quite a contrary disposition.
The Prisoner was Acquitted.
The following were convicted of felnny, viz.—
James Pont, for stealing a quantity of iron nails, the property
of our Lord the King ; Maria Murphy, for stealing divers pieces
of lace, ribbon, and unmet, the property of Mary Collis; Tho-
mas Newport, for eteal;ng a silk pocket handkerchief of George
Cruby; Richard Thomas, for stealing a quantity of veal and beef
of William Brland ; Richard Richards, for stealing a gold seal
and key of Wm. Angel; Peter Nokes, for stealing a silk pocket
handkerchief of Robert Campbell; John Owen, for stealing a
till, containing a quantity of balttence, the property of Nathaniel
Jones; and William Cumberkurcl, for stealing 17 pounds of beef
of George Jordan.

OLD Bdinsr, SEPT. 19.

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F. Shihman was indicted for forgery, and for utter-
ing a bill of exchange-, with intent to defraud his
Majesty t and in another count, with intent to de-
fraud the Hon George Villiers., The prisoner had
been transported to Van Diemans Landon New Hol-
land. In this settlement, from his good behaviour, he
had been promoted to clerkships, which enabled him
'to ascertain the nature of the office. He had pro-
duced a aill, purporting to have been accepted by
General Phipps, who succeeded the Hon. G. Villiers,
as Paymaster of the Marines, and drawn by a Lieu-
tenant Breedon, the whole of which was a forgery.
The prisoner got the bill discounted, and his hand-
writing was ;'.roved to the forgery. Guilty---;Daeh.
rrancis _Evans was indicted for the wilful murder
of Sarah Evans, his wife, by throwing her from and
out cf the window of a certain chamber, two stories
(helt, by which she receiveddirers mortal blows_and
bruizes. '
Joseph Hughes stated, that. on the night of Saw-.
day, the `l9th of August, he was at the Crown public
house, in the Minories, about nine o'clock ; he saw
the prisoner there, and a shopmate of. his, named
Richard Scott—they were quarrelling about their
wives, and Scott said to the prisoner that his (the
prisoner's) wife, borrowed things of other persons, I
and then pawned them. The prisoner replied "have
you any thing more to _tell me, for I will be revenge
ed, and the first time I catch.your wife in my room, I
will kick her down stairs." Tht prisoner, then left
the public-house, but apparently not' in a passion.
Sarah Miers deposed, that she lived *text door to
the prisoner aid his late wife. On the night of the
29th day of August, at a little past ten o'clock, she
braid Mrs. Evens in the pi isoner's Tom, screaming
violently—witness heard her say, " Frank, my dear
Frank, don't I-eat me ;" to le hid) the prisoner an.
ewered, " I will." Witness could not say, however,
that she had heard any blows. She then heard the
deceased say, " how cz.n you believe every one, and
come home and abnie me for it, I have not borrowed
money of any one." The prisoner replied that she
was a liar, for the had ; presently the witness heard
the deceased screaming again, and a noise as if some-
thing had fallen on the floor. In about a moment,
the deceased screamed a third time, and as witness
went down stairs she heard no more, but she saw
Mrs. Evans approach her window: Witness saw her
sit on the windowoall for about the space of a minute
bio Ae did not see the prisoner. The deceased
• groaned at umes--witrass saw her set first one knee
and then the other, on the sill of the window; she
then turned her legs out, and witness held up her
hands to her, and called out to her, " for Con's S.: ke
not to do it:" . The deceased took no notice of her,
but even ing her arms three times, and at the thud
extension fell to the ground. Witness did not see the
prisoner all this time. The deceased fell on her left
hip and elbow, and was immediately taken up and
carried so her room.
Mary Anne Brett lived opposite the prisoner, and
his late watt-. On Saturday evening she heard a vio-
lent screamii g at a quarter past ten o'clock from the
prisoner's apartment, which was '.-b6ut three or four
• yards across the court. The screaming proceeded
flom awe man's voice, and she heard it twice. On
corniag down stairs 'lrom her own' apartment she DIVIDENDS.
October 19. Themes Holmes (.akin, oniirminghatn, hatter,
beard a third scream, and she saw Mrs. Evans come
at eleven, at the Warw.ch Arms, M'atto'ck. Octub. r in. Henry
to her window. bite put up one knee first, and Halford, of Graham, Rutlan.lshlre, linen-dui er, at the roan and
then the other, turned her legs cutside the window, Talbot'lnn, Stamford. Oc-clzer 10. Wm eei.nat, of Lawrence'
and then came down with her arms extended. The Pountney• hilt, w',olerale tea dealer, at tw.ive, at Guildhall.=
window from which she tell was two stories high.—
Octuber 16. James Easton, of New Sarum, bookt lkr, at I,s, at
1 the White Hart, New Sarum. Octcber Is.o titian Hunter, of
Witness did not see the prisoner all this time.
• Sarah beaver lodged on the first floor of the house SIIADWELL POLICE OFFICE.—TWO searating men Birmingham, draper, at i wave, at the Swan ieutet, Birmingham.
hwevr.e committed for re-examination, charged with : October 20. James brown, of at. Cads:: ine's-‘n eet, Middlesex,
in which the prisoner and the deceased lived. On e talon Ad * ' '
....n out Letters of min,lstratiOn, and . Stf,afterdshire and glass warehouseman, rt twelve, at Guildhata.
the night in question' witness heard a violent scream-
thereby btainod Das-of October 13. George be ry, of Barnsley. Ye.rk,lair.,l nen-ma:As-
o _ .
_meat a seaman s wages, from. twofer, at eleven, at the White Bear Inn, Barnsky. Uctot et 26
ing overhead, and a noise as of two persons falling Messrs. Robinson and Co in the City, mater.circume John Raul:lle. of Manchester, baker, at eleleit, at the Log Ti..
down in the room. Tt e prisoner and the deceased stances of fraud •f.
dgross• • i vets, Manchester. October 12. kedx Fryer, a Pretain, cotton.'
; orgtry being added to the •
bad lodged for fifteen months in the house, and the
I manufacturer, at eleven, at the Dogl min, Mantises.... Octo-
aggravate crime of perjery.
witness had heard no quarrel betwixt them since last bete x 7. Lane, Kuttall, of h lancbester, dealer in twist and wets,
April. Early on Wednesday mpfrning the premises of
Mr. England, linen-draper, in the New Kent Road, 1
a / 21 mire at the feloeley Arms tun, Manchester. tic:ober Its
'Mil' wiather ai d Richard Frain of Aldwick
Joseph Scott, a constable, lived within a few yards ;e, 14khaarshdin to‘: ?were at eltv'en, at il.e ''tar Imr, MancLester, '
`"'ere broken into and rubbed of a quantity
of the prisoner—witness assisted in carrying tile de-
linens, thread, lace, etc. to the amount of #l5O or a, cloiktlall,- liscioss,
of Ins" 1 Oftober ye.. Wlll.Tee'•endow, of ilaitcheyer, grafter, at twelve,
. ceased up stairs to bed, and immediately after he ap-October le. Thos.as Lunn Kirke, ot
i€2oo. The robbers had cut away two squares. of i Kingston-upon-HA linen-draper, at eleven, at the Keptoneinti,
. prehended the prisoner in the passage of the house in
the door shutter, and broke the glass, which enabled ysbe, of Cltelmsf. ,rd, merchaut, at
which he lodged, N 0.5, Seven-Inn-yard. - : Hun. oriole,. vo James BI
shop door. A lad,
them to open the bolt- of the •
Edward Baynes deposed, that he is a pupil in theo ' eleven, at Guildhall. October 10 Charles Kday, of Watford,
slept in a room adjoining, only divided by a thin par-
wh- !'Her.s,'dealer and chapman, at twelve, at Guildhall. oc:ober t.O.
. Loaders Hospital to which the deceased was carried. 'Joseph Duckam and Ruben Lankebter, of Bread.street, London,
She etas very much bruised about the head and face. tition, heard nothing of the affair. warehou,ttnen at eleven, at GuddhelL October 17. Benjamin
About ten o'clock on the morning of the 10th inst. . l-ier lower jaw was fiactured on the right side—her ;
oPreectie, olfxUraivimeon-ssititreded,t, Soho la cI),T
bridge,balove,ietda-rlianfoll2, atm oiitett,steeeralait.
one of the prisoners in the del at Perth slipped past i
_left thigh was also broken, and she had a severe con-Crown nn, Ipswich. ..to ..
.Joseph
tll4lOll on her left temple. She lived far nine days. the turnkey, in opening the door of the iron-railing. ! 0
electvetZgal tie Bear and I 0 - br 12.
ulcknith, a Livies,*tirptnttr, at e:even, at the Star lon,Lea es
Witness t-pened her brain, and found evident marks
The alarm was imnteii to ly given ; hut he had•f October S. Daniel Ellstrand and Samuel Valley, of Kingston-tn-
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of inflammation on it, together with a fluid effused gained considerably on his pursuers, and bad reached ' 4,,,..H"BLnArcklu7.
.1:3),.
astßeeteven, sittLtilvierWholitelivHarrt Tavern,
l hurll.—ar
upon the surface of it, which was the consequence the Frierton-toll, who.finding himself clesely pursued, i eleven, rat the 011i.:be 'l:tel.:ln, Live'ripool.o OeCtty.beb I' 23: JohiL e.:ot. ,
. et the inflammation. The principal cause of her death he turned into a field of wheat, and attempting tot sin, of iverpnol, merchant, at eleven, at rite Globe 'I sewn, ill '
was the severe injury she had received on her left I conceal himself, was soon discovered. and recondite.. Liverpool. Octul.er 1.6. eat hew Veiddl Rust, 01 Wigan, corn
fed to his former habitation. He was genteelly dyes- i and flour.deakr, at elev. n, at the
;hat 'I intern, Liverpool.—
temple./ Witness li. dno doubt but the inflamma-
tion on the brain had caused her death ; but she had! sed in black, and might have got forward, had he • Ov.to.ber 20. Wan Matthews, or Ston alfordsh.re, and John
f Vhdaps, of Liverpool, boot and shoe-makers, at'eleeen, at the
also received many , severe injuries where her thigh 'not been constantly in view. . : Globe Tavern, LlverpooL •
• was broken. 1 Monday afternoon, as two boys, about twelve years] • CERIIFICATES, October to.
William Osman, clerk to the Magistrates atWhite. : old, one , f them the• son of General Demos/tee eft Henry Dixon, John Caspar Lavater, and !are. s Kerny Casey,
of Liverpool, merchaiits. Samuel Savage, of Macclesfield, silkl .
chapel Office, proved the declaration of the deceased, ! the Royal Artillery, the other of Mr. WEBBEItiI 01.1'
manufacturer. Jacob. Cf.attertun, of recto, (lour-m
& erliant.—
taken before the prisoner, two des is after the cum.. Exmouth, were bathing in the sea at that place, they •; Samuel Heath, of Birmingham, lapot-maker. Hart Phillips, of
' stance cot-k place. , were carried out a considerable distance by the tided Manchester, Man nt pester-warehouseman. Was. Peof.ell, tun.
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The Declaration stated, that on the night to ques. and both disappeared. Assistance tea.' soon procured,' adQueenhf he, merchant. Joseph Stanley, of Deal, stir-agent.
tion, Lei husband struck her on the jaw, and said, and the bodies taken up ; the son of Mr. WEBBER wail John Greatrix Smy•b, of East Storehouse,m. rchara. John Lewes
of Stourporr, wine-merchant. Frederick I I: :rchsen, of Rent!et •
" 10 Dean yeur eyes, you b—oarilittlry6u, I'll be., fortunately restored, but the son of General Dram: I
.. I street, Blued-cars, mercer. John Buwker, of Tarpotiey,cheshire,
revenged • f you." He had a knife in his hand, but ~SAY was past recovery, the means cf resuscitation ; stays:taker. Richard Brain, of Ardwick, brewer. '
' did not make use of it. The window was open, ant: having been used in vain. It is supposed his strength i mew-0110N OF PAICFNERS.HIPS.
. , the iris net said, " I)—n your eyes, you b--, 11, must have been exhausted. and his life gone before 1 Zinck and Wilkinson, Manchester, manufacttirers. Pearkes
will threw )ou out of the witalew." At this she ;be sunk, as he was not ten minutes under water be. and Wormington, Stanford-bridge, grocers. Hipkiss and Ten y,
Dudley, ale•dealert. Pan ridge and I 'ondinsoa, Ly din nok, iron-
!' became terrified, went to the window, where she held foie a weterman, named Samuel Bricknell, leaped
Smaller,
T. and A. Rhodes, Seddleworth, clothiers.
• by a line, and fell out of the window. The prisoner ;from a boat, and in lest than a minute brought him nicatankt,,,lacatnudilatma ), . sf r-Darwen, manufacturers. C. and B. ,
did not push her out, that she knew of. His conduct lup from a depth 4.20 fret water. i Swann, Nottinglufm, drapers. Viser and Bemidge, London and
to her heel tem nothing but ill usage'." baturday John Shepherd, about seven years of age,
I • - Haverfbrdwesr, cheese factort longue and Databill, Grate' i
them, mercers. Thomas and Co. Bristol, soap-manufacturers.— I
Mr. KNAPP (the evieence for the prosecution being `son of a soldier, re-siding in Cradie.court, Alders ate- Hewison, and Dykes, Shields, coopers. 'l'. E. and J. 'Taylor, !
here closed) contended for the prooner, that the eel- street, was foUnd suffocated in the Privy,. which had Deptford, block-makers. J. and J. Pierson, Gracechurch-sL-ert, '
donee had not gone the lengih of proving that he had been a short time since emptied, and the floor been merchants.
pushed her tout of tke window ; neither was them feglected to be fastened. Tae unfortunate child had , _
fIR l'H:
any proof of his using such violence towards her, as been seen within a quarter of an hour of the fatal : Thursday se'nnight, at Harwood House Yorkshire, the Lady
aelk must, from ten-er, make-her throw herself out of the discOvery, but all attempts at resusscitation were or ii',e Hon. Mr. Lasce-lies, M. P. of a daughter. '
111 !window. To constitute natreter, there must be an VALI. . • I At Grove lace Hampshire, on the • 15th September, Lady
1 Amelia Sophia Drummond, bt a son.
• absolute assault proved, wh eh the death ofthe party . on the lit of August, in the town of Villemur, On Sunday the eth inst. at z•kiffington Hall, Leicestershire, die
- must have been consequent upon. near 'lVulouse, a house which was rebuilding sud.. Hon. Mrs. J. Palmer, of a daughter. - •
Justice HEATH•-••• 44 I hat is a matter to be left to (holly fell, and in its fall pulled down another, when r MARRIED.
the Jury." a number of persons were buried in the. ruins. 4 ' On Tuesday, the eth inst. of Plower, Noreauttptonshire, the
• • Justice Glees understood Mr. KNAPP to say, that great exertions, 23 persons weft dug out. Of these, .Itev. A. Morriee, to Miss Emma Darby.- .•. ' - i '
if a person should present to another a dagger and a three were dead, killed at the instant of the fall ;—‘ I
On the lath uk. in Spain, of a gun-shot Wound, Lieutenant
• DIED.
it of poison, threatening to stab the other if Le did th
ano er died two days afterwards, and all the rest 1
swallow the poison, it would not constitute Jour- were more or less hurt ; some having their arms =ft
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Lindseik, of the rith Lfragonns.
because the drinking was voluntary. others their legs broken. a
Lately, at Kinpten,hienawa, altedl39 years, Emma Diamond,
, ,t(see black Imam.. •
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. 19.

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Robert Higginr, a milkman, stood indicted for
having in his possession twelve pieces of fir timber,
of the value of ten shillings, the property of Messrs.
Burstells, carpenters, of Sr. Martin's•lane, knowing
the same to have been stolen.

Timothy Burstall proved the timber to be his pro-
perty, taken from a house which he was rebuilding
in Blenheim-street, in August last; and a Mrs. Haw-
kins, who lived opposite to where the pt honer resided,
deposed, that she saw a bricklayer's labourer bring
several parcels of timber from the building to the
prisoner's, which they put into the kitchen at an un-
seasonable hour, namely, after Al the workmen bad
left the new building. Mr. Burstall, and Jackson,
an officer, searched the prisoner's house, and after
much trouble, corm ivod to get into the kitchen, where
they were told there Was no timber, but where they
found the twelve pieces of. fir in question, and " cart-
loads" more of timber, which l‘lr. Burstall strongly
Suspected to belong to him.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—;Sentence,
three months imprisonment in the Howe of Correction.
Dan;sl Near I was indicted for stealing coals from
a barge at the River side.
The robbery took place after dark, and the priso.
ner acknowledged, when taken, that he was the rob-
ber. The prosecutors stated, that they should nr;t
have persevered aglinst the prisoner, understanding
th.,t he had a large &may and a wile, but that they
were nightly robbed in a rimilar manner, to a very
considerable extent ; and for the protection of their
own property, they found it absolutely necessary to
have recourse to those pieties of severity, which they
should be very glad it they creld do with-gut.
The prisoner was found Guilty.—Sentence, two
months imprisonment in Cold Bath-fit lds prison.—
Neaeel had aimady been in confinsmeut pout tep
weeks.

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