Star.
London, England, 1802-09-23 00:00:00

OLD BALLET.

Yefterday firteen painters were tried, two of
whom were capitally convicted, viz.
Henry LlTflead, for a highway robbery on John.
Bonham, putting him in fear, and taking from his
perfim againit his will 41. ts. his property.
The profccutor Rated, that he is fervant to
T.ady Lee, who lives in Harley.ftreet, Cavendift-
lquare. That on the 27th of July the pitfuner
knocked at the door ; the wad's atthvered it
the prifoner immediately faid, 6' You have injured
my charader, and if you were to give me all you
are worth in the world,it Would not be a fufficient
redrefs." The witnefs defired the prifoner to go
about his bufinefs, for that he did not know what
he meant. Having flint the door upon him, he
knocked again very loudly, and then went down
ftairs the, front area, and knocked at that door
alto. T.he witnefs opened it : the prifoner repeated
the fame Rory of his charader having been injur-
ed, and then called the profecutor an offender of a
defcription which ihould be namelefs ; upon which
he went for a couftable, and came back ; but hav-
ing learnt that the prifoner bad gone to a public-
houfe in the neighbourhood, he went there, appre-
hended the prifoner, and took him to the watch-
houfe, and from thence before a Magiftrate, who
difcharged the prifoner. After the profccutor got
home, the prifoner came again and knocked at
the door of the area, and repeated his abufive
(tory ; upon which he was again taken before the
Magiftrate, who difcharged him again. ,As the
profecutor was coming home from the Magidrate,
the prifoner faid to him, " he would expofe him,
and pull down his Lady's houfe to get at him."
Hitherto no money had been demanded by the
prifoner of the profecutor ; but now the prifoner
told the profecutor—" that if he would give him
an handfome fum of money, he would not trouble
him again." The profecutor afked, 66 what he
meant by an handfome fum r He faid, " four
guineas ;" which, after fome hefitation, the prole-
cutor agreed to give, being afraid of his reputa-
tion, and of lofing his place. He accordingly went
home for it. He took with him a 51. bank note
and a xi bank note, and went to a baker's fhop to
get the 51. note changed, which he did, into other
notes, a guinea, and the reit in filver. He then
we'll to the prifoner, who was waiting for him in
the ilreet : be gave the prifoner three 11. notes
and a guinea, being 41. and ts. The profecutor
then pofitively (wore, that he gave the prifoner
this money in confequence of the alarm he was
under for the lofs of his charader and place.—
Having told the circumftances of this cafe to his
Lady's brother, he advifed the profecutor to take
out a Warrant and apprehend the prifoner, which
he did, and found him in St. Paul's Church Yard,
apprehended him, and carried him before a Ma-
giftrate, made this charge againft him, and he was
committed.

On his crcfs-examination, the profecutor faid
that the prifoner had before been known to him,
but that he had never injured him in his tife ; and
that the imputation caft upon him by the prifoner
was abfolutely falfe.
The words madeufe of by the prifoner, charg-
ing the profecutor with a deteftable and namelefs
offence, were proved by ,a footman to have been.
uttered by the prifoner.
When the profecutor met the prifoner in St.
Paul's Church Yard, he faid to him, " Bonham,
you owe me three thillings." " Yes, (faid the
profecutor) I do, and fomething more ;" and they
apprehended him.
The Learned Judge told the Jury, that if they
were fatisfied the profecutor in this cafe gave the
prifoner this money under the imprefiion of fear,
either of his reputation or otherwife, the taking of
the money in fuch cafe was a complete highway
robbery.
The Jury being clearly of that opinion, found
the prifoner Guilty—Death. _ _

loba Oliver, fora highway robbery on Francis
Hilton, putting him in fear, and taking from his
perfon, againft his will, a gold watch, his hat,
halia-guinea, and a 75. piece, his property.
The Profecutor timed, that on the ad of Sep.
tember inftant, about nine at night, he was fur-
rounded by a mob on the Weft-fide of Finibury-
fquare, and he was ftruck feveral violent blows on
his tide ; he however kept upon his legs, and ma-
naged to get on the fteps of one of the houfes, and
there he felt fomebody pulling at his watch, who
was difappointed in getting it, for the chain broke;
but the Profecutor Paid " don't ufe me ill, and
you fhall have what I have got ;" on which he
gave them a half-guinea and a feven-lhilling.piece,
and his watch was taken away from him ; it was
a gold watch, and it was fuatched away from
him, and his hat was alfo fuatched away. The
following day he went before the Lord Mayor,
and lodged his complaint, giving in the particu-
lars of it.

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On the 6th of the month, the Prifoner was taken
up for bullock hunting, and ,brought before the
Lord Mayor. The Conitabl* feeing his hat with-
out a Ramp, looked under the lining, and there
he faw the name of. Hilton, written in chalk : Mrs.
Hilton was fem. for, and when he came to look at
the hat, he knew it to be his, it being a remarka-
bly thin hat, and he having had it a long time.—
This Mr. Banks, the hatter, confirmed, by C _wear-
ing to his own hand-writing, in chalk, in it, the
name of Hilton, to whom he fold it, his cutlom
being to write le name in chalk, of a cullomer,
who buys, and he did fo in this cafe.
Mr. Hilton being then called, fwore that the
hat then produced in Court, and found in the Pri-
foner's polreffion, was the fame of which he had
been robbed on the night of the 2d intl.
Mr. Banks, a Hatter, fwore the hat had been
fold at his (hop, where Mr. Hilton's name was
marked upon it at the time he bought it. His own
name, as the maker, was alfo affixed to it.
The Prifoner, in his defence, laid he had bought
the hat three or four days before he was taken tip,
for four fhillings, and that was all the defetice he
made.—His Counfel called feveral refpeaable
tradefpeople and farmers, all of whom knew the
Prifoner fev•ral years. and fome of whom had em.