Star.
London, England, 1806-01-17 00:00:00

New.flreet, tovent Carders't ifid alito for De...
canvas bag, gown. and apron, tend Tome Other'
cles of wearing apparel, the property of W.
gins, it lodger in Mr. Brown's boat, and the inch
ment Rated, that the pri(oner afterwards, Amu t,
hoar of feven at night, burglarioulty breite out of th
the dwelling bottle.
James Dumont Brown (wore that the prlfoner had
been his fervent for about a fortnight. On the s4th
of December, about (even in the evening, he miffed
tor ; fufpeeing that the had robbed him, be (earth-
ed the houfe, and difcovered that the different ar.
tides Rated in the iudiement. had been
Loosing the prithoer lobe a native of Sunderland.
, be went to that part of yvapping . off which Sunder-
land vatic are tabally Rationed in the River, and
made inquiries after her, but without effea. He
defcribed her fa well, however, that the might eafily
be known, and he left his addrefs at a public hooky,
fo as to hear of her if the fhould be apprehendeds,
which the foon was, for the came there with a view ,
of taking her paffage back to Sunderland ; there ar.l
ticks were found in her poffetfion. The pelife and
bonnet of Mrs. Brown were on the prifoner when
apprehended, the wearing them. The bag which
was found with her, was a canvas bag commonly
ufed by fames. This bag belonged to Mrs. Hig-
gins, whcris a lodger in the houfe of Mr. Brown, her
hufband is a &amen, and the with him. Mrs. Brown
was not piefent to prove the deaths to be hers, but
Mr. Brown (aid he believed they were his wife's
eoliths; Several' articles had been reclaimed frown
pawnbroker, in confequence of information obtaioedi
by Mrs. Brown, of the prifoner, while in Newgate,
but theft articles were not produced.
The Cuss Belton oblerved, that this profecution
had not been concluded with the care that belowged
to it, for thefe articles ought to have been produced ;
and Mrs. Brown ought to have appeared ;so wit.
nets. the being much more likely to know the articles
of her dietallam her hatband ; however. wilds she
Jury had a Cadential doubt on the complexion of the
cafe, they would find the prifoner guilty of the lar.
eeny, but acquit her of the, capital part of the charge,
that of " burglainully breaking out of the dwelling-
boufe at (even at night," becaufe there was no evi•
deuce whatever on that point.
Guilty of Dealing the goods, but not of burglati•
many breaking out of the dwelling hotife.
Throw Wades Rood charged with. Dealing a quan-
tity of veal; value 31. from Sarah Greenfield, a
butcher, in Whited:lapel. .Thomas Greenfield, the
fon of the Profeeatriz, had purthafed the ramie of
a eel! at Leadenhall-market, •and having natation to
call at the Spread Eagle, in'Qrset-churchdrect, he
left his cart, containing the veal, for about meaty
minutes, and when he returned it was gone. Somme
frafpicion attaching to the prifoom, a Police Officer
was fent on the 4th of January to Dearth his lodging,
No. tor, Winckworth greet, Whitechapel, where a
whole fide of veal was found, which was proved. to
be that Rolen from off the cart. The painter at that
time raid that the veal was his own property, but
could not give a confißent account of how it was
brought there. On being stalled on to make his de.'
fence, he laid he knew nothing at all of the veal,
and that it was not found m has lodgings at all, as;
they were rented by a different perfon. It tamed
out, however, that one of the rooms (and that ini
which the property was foulard) was let to him by
that perfon at the rate of 3s. per week.
Mr. Justice LAWiemcif in addreffing,the Jury, ob.
ferved, that although the indictment dated the theft
as in Middlefez. and it appeared that it bad Jake's
place in London, yet that circumftance made no
manner of difference in the mode of proceeding ;
becaufe, if a. man Real a thing in, one county.' and
carry it into another, where it is afterwards found.
he may be charged with healing in either of the
counties.—Verdtft—Guilty.
Ana Barret hood charged with Dealing two (beets,
the property of Thomas Fowler, her mailer, Who
kept the houfe called the Bunch of Grapes, near fit
John'sdreet, Clerkenwell. She had come Into NI
tkrvice about the middle of November, and on the .
lea of December there articles were miffing off the
bed in the garret where the dept, but were afterwards
traced by means of duplicates, in the poffelfion of
' tiro different pawnbrokers hi' the neighbouthood.--
One of the thee, wu pawned for is. 6d. and the
other for a Ihilling—the real value being about five
or 6 a-Riffling'. The property being proved to be thOt
of the Profecutor, the prifoner was found—Guilty.
J. O'Conner, for Reeling three pair of boots, he.
the property of Charles Nutley'; Elizabeth Hop-
throw, for Realing an apron, and other things, the
property of J. Davis; Mary Burchem, for Dealing
divers bank notes, and a bundle, containing wearing
apparel, the property of Phwbe Parker ; John Bur-
rows, for Dealing a gold broach, and a dollar, the
property of Jas. Stephens; Mark Gay, for Dealing
too weight of Rigor, the property of Mears. Severen
and King ; Ann Moore, for Dealing a bonnet, the
property of Thomas Sims ; Eleanor Williams, for
Dealing a pair of Rays, the property of J. Winfield ;
Ann Clement, for Dealing a pair of sheets, the pro.
perty of M. Levy ; Sam. Parfons, for Dealing two
pair of shoes, the property of T. L. Styles ; T. Ire.
land, for Dealing two handkerchiefs, and two pair of
Rocking., the property of F. Day.
Ann Cooper and Ch.selotte Bennet, were indicted for a
capital offence, an highway robbery, on Mary, the
wife of John Cook, putting her in fear, and taking
from her perfon, againft her will, five Millings and
fizpence in filvcr, and toz halfpence, an apron and
bonnet, the property of the raid John Cook.
TheProfecuttiz, Mary Cook, gave an account of
her being eight weeks ago, about twelve o'clock at
night, in a ilreet off Whitechapel, going for a pint
of two penny, but the public houfe the went to was
flint ; the two prifirners met her, and fitid they would
take her to a place where the might have what the
would, and Pion after knocked her down, held her
by the Itlir of her head for ten minutes, and took ss.
6J. in filver, and about t 3 . in copper, tea being a
dealer in nilions, felling them in the siren. The
whole of the tiory the related, appeared altogether
fo incontinent and conttadidory, as to make it infi•
nitely too dangerous, in the opinion of the Leaped
LJudge, Mr. ((rake to take smolt the
es of two human beings upon the hid; of it, the
more cfpecially as nothing was found on the prifo
nets. and as one of them had a good derelict ; mot
if the tale was UM as to one, it mull be talk as to
the other of the prifoners, becaufe the bad (worn they
wee both together.—Both--Not Guilty.