Star.
London, England, 1823-12-09 00:00:00

He called no witieises, Mier to ;bit chaticter ot: in'
stezii
support of his -ate ' 'he ill:mimed circum-
Stamm that (were - ly Admixed of proof-
Th• Jur'', .14;hoit ' the der to ;Om-
'eau his suannies ap,: 'ad the' pirrner caay, std-;
'dirt' under very aggravated chew:utak:is."
Rat sbassan ordered him 'to be brought up ?be
judgment immediately. It Baas-evident, he said, that
the prisoner was one of those detestable characters that
ought to be driven from society. It was most fortu-
nate for him that the prosecutor had nerve sufOcient
to resist giving him an Money, for if he had, the pri-
soner would then have bad to answer for his life, and if
'convicted (of which there could be little doubt), the
sentence of death would have been executed to the ra-
te-most. As it was, however, his crime stopped short
of being capital; and the gteatest punishment-the Act
9f rirliament prescribed-for it was transportation be-
.yond.the stiller a period of seven years : to which pu-
nishraent4the Court accordingly sentenced him.
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 8.

Mary Junes, a'young Woman with a child at her breast.
stood indicted for Unlawfully uttering base and coun-
terfeit half-crowns.
Ann Boswell, wife of Thomas Boswell, tripeman,
Well-street, Mile-End New Town, stared that the pri-
soner came into her husband's shop, and purchased two
sheeps' beasts for fourpence halfpenny; she put down
'half a crown in payment; witness looked at it, and
found it to be a good one: she was about to give her
the change, when the prisoner said, 44 Oh I have suffi-
cient coppers." . Witness gave her back die half-crown,
and the prisoner felt in her pocket for the halfpence;
she then said she had not enough, and that she must
trouble her for change, and, so saying, gave her a half-
crown, and witness returned her the change; she then
_Went away, and witness on looking at the coin. disco-
vered it to be a counterfeit, and that she had Krung the'
changes." %Witless went after her imenedisiteli, but
could not overtake her.
Two other witnesses described similar tiickS-
Dobson stated that his wife searched her when
brought to the watch-home, but no,titller money was
found upon her.
Mr. Powell, the Solicitor to the Mint, declared the
half-crowns to be counterfeit; they were from one die,
and had been very little in circulation,
The Jury found her Guilty, and the Court sentenced
her to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and
at the end of that period to find sureties for six months.
George Baker and John Clarke stood indicted for pro,
curing base and counterfeit half-crowns, for the purpose
of vending the same on the Public.
Mr. Boi.t.asin -stated the case for the prosecution,
which was proved afterwards in evidence.
Mary Ann Langton, shopwoman to Mr. Ackerman,
a paltry-cook, &.Martiu s-court, stated, that on a day
Mentioned the prisoner Baker, came into the shop and.
purchased a bun. and gave her a shilling in payment,
Which was a bad one, and-she returned it to him, and
he went away without the bun. In the evening became
again to purchase a bun, and again offered a shilling,
Which was also hid and witness refused to take it, and.
the prisoner again went..min' without the bun. Shortly
rafter Griffiths, the const Ile came in, and she told him
the circumstance, and he went in-pursuit of him.
Griffiths, the officer, said that he watched the prhoner
Baker after he left Mr. Ackerman's shop, and saw him
.join Clarke; he afterwards took them into custody, and
on the person of Clarke he found three bad half-crowns,
four good shillings, twelve sixpences, and four shillings
and eight-pence in copper, besides eight separate par-
cels of tobacco.
Webb, another officer, stated that he found on Baker
a counterfeit shilling.
The Solicitor to the Mint proved that the halfcrowns
and the shilling were hise and counterfeit.
Thetis/wows summed up, and theJuryfeand both
the pritoners guilty.
The Couar sentenced the prisoners to four months'
imprisonment in the Rouse of Correction, and to bekept
to hard labour.
. Mr. Francis Colgrave, the-proprietor of a boarding-
school for young Ladies at Knightsbridge, stood indicted
for a misdemeanour', in having attempted to commit a
rape on one of his female domestics. •
Ann Daniels, the prosecutrir, a well-looking girl,
about seventeen years of age, deposed that the prisoner
(with whom she, at the time the offence was committed,
lived servant) kept an establishment at Knightsbridge,
for boarding and educating young Ladies. On the night
of- Monday, the 27th of October last, she repaired to
bed about half-past ten o'clock, and at about twelve
o'clock she was awoke, upon which she discovered the
prisoner in hei bed (here she described the indecent
conduct he pursued-towards her); slie screamed Outfor,
psi:tante, and he crept away from her, but did not
leave thi bed, and in a few minutes after he repeated his
instills. She again screamed out, and thereupon be got
outOf bed, and th,e heard him go up Stairs to his owe cham-
ber, and in a second Or two he came running down into
her bed:roosn , and said, 64 for Gon's sake, Ann, what's
the matter; you quite alarm me—what caused you to
scream rNVltness was alarmed at him, and said she
lead been frightened. He then went to bed in his own
_room, and Witness dressrd herself and went up 'mimeo
his daughter, to Whom the related herTather's Conduct.
She desired ter not to go down to her room that night,
but sleep till morning with -her,-which she dish, and'
-when she arose she communicated the treatment she
had experienCed..to Ira relithei, *his edified her •to
apply to a Magistrate.. Sbe bistartili:repaired tis Marl-
borough-street Office, end the priisiner wai, fat* into
custody that :miming:" Rile [lie' fiat ill
fected that she could scsitcery pti*eedtritti her Wile aitint
By the Couar.—The-prisoner IS a maiiiid lark iitit
'on the night in question his wife was Trdin Watt. 'Did
only persons in the house Wire Mist 'Ccilgtave, bit
daughter, the writing-master, and the' young 'Wier,.
scholars. She slept iu a room on the ground !Nor, and
the prisoner in the parlour, immediately Over her bend;
Had never given her master any liberties. She told, the
prisoner, when be came down stairs'and inquired • what
'was the matter, that she had been fri tette& Hid
atm said she bad imagined its her theta Man
was in her bed. There Were eleven ' let the
house at the time.
By the prisoner.—ls posithie that 'she-elitrait dab
when he iuguired the cause of bei the' Minsk
k
that she bad dreamed that he !main " Ser. .
John and "Winifred Dankls,'tlli
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and sister, stated, that on Ms
wis committed, their sister 4Me tts, Ott tip*
a 6,odpi-teaks. She then to theta' •as
du bad stated in her ;ignite, 444 brAinit 114,41,4*
prisoner was apprehended. .
This was the case for the prasetaties. •