Star.
London, England, 1802-05-01 00:00:00

OLD imILEr.

Wednefday thirteen prifoners were tried, three
of whom were capitally conviaed, viz.
Sinna Clara (already mentioned in Thurfday's
Paper).
7. 'forth and J itap6dl, for alTatilting P. Theo-
do' y on the King's high way, and taking from him
a (dyer watch and other articles.

Six were convi&ed of felony, viz.
3. Jones, alias Smith, for Realing a tea tray, the
property of D. Evans.
IV. Bitten, for (leafing two gowns and other ar-
ticles, the property of I.lin Sullivan.
7. Smith, for Reeling several cotton shawls, the
property of H. Douglas.
D. M'Cart3y, for Realing a filver table fpoon, the
property of R. A. Nelfon.
Mary Martin, for Realing four yards of muflin,
the prop-rty of G. Warner.
R. Smith, for Reeling a piece of linen, the pro-
perty of Metfrs. Andrews and Knight.
And four were acquitted, viz.
E. Hayeoci, H. Boreennk, I. Stories, and T. Davis.
The Court then adjourned until Friday morning.
. Yetterday twelve prifoners were tried, one of
whom was capitally convicted, viz.
Y. Davis , fur Realing a table, and feveral bank
notes, to the amount of 151. and other articles,
the property of A. G. Mackay, Efq. in his dwell-
ing houfe. •
-Five were convi&ed of felony, viz.
7 Brown, for (leafing :8 lb. weight of iion, the
property 1.1 Meas. Craw(hay and Savery.
dine Reeves, for Ruling a pocket handkerchief
and other articles, the property of W. Livermore.
.7. liolabernsaa, for haling 13 lb. weight of to-
bacco, the property of Ann Kemp.
IV. Cole, for Realing 3 lb. of indigo, the property
of the EaR India Company. •
A liza :loner was charged with a capital offence,
in felonioufly (leafing a card of black lace, contain-
ing. twelve yards, value 61. 6s. fome filver fpoons,
a piece of f.ufnet, and other articles, in the dwell-
ing houfe of Sowerby, his property.
The circumllances of this cafe, which took up
the attention of the Court fome time, were briefly
to the following effel :—The profecutor, it ap-
peared, keeps a milliner's and drefs.maker's fhop in
Bond-ftreet. The principal evidence was his wife,
Mrs. Sowerby. The prifoner, it appeared, was
taken into the honk in order to improve herfelf
in the bufinefs for the term of one year, and for
which (he was to pay 301. ;:he had been with them
fince the latter end of December left until the loth
ult. and had apparently conduaed herfelf very
well. On the gth of April, the card of black lace
fpecified in the indk'lment, was miffed : the pri-
toner was diced, whether the knew any thing of it?
not under impretlions of fufpicion, but merely in
the way of enquiry; but the pofitively denied any
knowledge of it whatever. However, not long
after, tome degree of fufpicion wiling with refpea
to her, the was qtteftioned more clofely with re-
gard to it ; in confequence of which, the next
morning, with the appearance of great contrition
and remorfe for what (he had done, confeffed that
The had taken feveral things, and gave up fome du-
plicates ; by which means, the articles in the in-
diament were traced, fome of which it appeared
the pawned under the name of Eliza Jones, and
others under a &helot's name. The articles were
duly identified by the profecutors ; the piece of
farfnet was found in her box, and which the a-
lerted to be her own, but Mrs. Sowerby had no
doubt about it. Some ftockings, however, which
were found, although the profecutors Teemed
Rrongly to fufpia they were theirs, they declined
pofiuvely (wearing to.
In her defence Mifs Jones alledged, that the
bought the card of lace from one of the young
ladies who did bufinefs in the houfe ; but the
young lady referred to, who was one of the wit-1
mires, on being called up, pofitively denied the
(aft.
Lord Chief Jullice Ecissawtooon delivered a
very able charge to the Jury in this cafe. He
Rated the law with refpeet to Realing out of a'
dwelling-houfe, which ordained that the value of
1
aos. mull be Rolen at one particular time. Undzr
this confederation, therefore, and the circumflancea
lof this particular cafe, their atientionifhOuld prin-
cipally Tett upon the card of lace, whia, from its

peculiar nature, ruft have been taken at one time;
however, it was very poffible that the card might
have been removed from its proper place by come
of the other young ladies or pet Thns engaged in the
bufinefs : he had not the leaft idea of inlinuating
that fuch a thing may be done by thofe improperly,
but that it may be taken out of the houfe to thew
a cuftomer for purpofes of Cale, &c. and that by
:try pollible means, while the article was fo out of
the dwelling.houfe it was taken by the prifoner.
The capital part of the charge was done away, if
they could, in contemplating the cafe, conceive
fuch a circunaflance as having 'audibly taken
place.
The Jury retired to confider of their verdiet,
and, after conferring about half an hour, found
the prifoner—Gulk, offlealinr, but not in the dwel.
ling.hoafe, which obviated the capital part of the
charge. •
Mils Jones was very genteelly dreft, and is a
young girl of molt pre-pc:deicing appearance. She',
dated her age to be eighteen.
And fit were acquitted, viz. C. Hammond, Szffan
nab Coles, IV. Roberts, R. Hummejlon, tdwards,
, aad Henry Green.

yohn APGregor, who was tried and conviEted in
the laft September feffions Lt. embezzling 3001.
which he had received from his employers, was
put to the bar, and informed, that the majority
of the Judges were of opinion, that the obje&inns
taken to the indiament by his Counfel were well
founded, and therefore hispdgment was arrefled.
Bit there being another inditiment againft him,
he was ordered- to remain.

POLICE, &e.

Bow-sra BE r.—Wednerday evening two perfons,
apprehended by the patrole on fulpicion of having
been guilty of divers footpad robberies on die Kent
and Sorry roads, were examined before A. GRA-
HAM, Ertl. when their perfons were identified by
Mr. I'. Anderfon, of the City Road, who flared,
that on the evening of the nil init. about half part
ei,,ht o'clock, he was flopped in Lock's fields, near
I‘C'alworth, by four or five footpads, who fuddenly
knocked him down, and while ont kept his hands
over his mouth and eyes, the other robbed him of
his watch and money : being afked as to his recol.
leetion of the robbers, laid he believed the prifo-
ners to be two of them ; one of them firuck him fe-
veral times over his head with a piflol. A pawn-
broker produced a-filver watch, which he fwore he
received in pledge from one of the prifoners. The
watch was identified by the profecutor, as bring
the fame he was robbed of. The prifoners were
committed for trial at the next anises fur the
county of Surry.
Mr. T--d,an Irifh Gentleman,well known on the
town, was the fame day committed to take his trial
at the prefent Old Bailey Salons, on a charge of
forging and uttering a draft on a banker, in the
Strand, for the lure of tool. purporting to be the
draft of Mr. Henry Cavendifh. Several Gentlemen
appeared, who were well acquainted with the pri-
loner, and declared, that from a variety of very
extraordinary aftions that had been lately ob.
(erred in the prifoner's conduet, they believed
him to be in a deranged Rate of mind. The
falls attending the forgery being to clear, obliged
the Magifirate to fend the matter before a jury.
Yeflerday five perfons were examined before the
Magiltrates, charged with breaking the windows
of Mr. Cobbett's houfe, in Pal ma% on Thurfday
night lall, when their perfons being identified, they
were committed for farther examination. From
the evidence of a furveyor it appeared that the mob '
had begun to demolilh and pull down the houfe,
which is a capital offence.
Two perfons, taken into cuflody by the patrole,
for fiting off fquibs, were conviaed in the penalty
of zos. each, and another for firing off a pillol
among the crowd in Portman-fquare was ordered
to find bail for his good behaviour.
MANSlON•House.—Yefierday three young men
underwent an examination before the Loan
MAYOR, charged on furpicion of picking pockets.
Two of them, not giving a fatisfadtory account of
themfelves, were committed to Bridewell as re-
puted thieves.
GUlLDHALL.—Yefterday Mary Smith, a woman
of the town, was examined, charged upon the oath
of John Wilkinfon and others, with picking the
pocket of the raid Wilkinfon, about ten o'clock o
Thurfday night, in Wood.fireet, Cheapfide, of 2:.
in Bank Notes, and ss. in (slyer. tine was com-
mitted for trial

Laft week was committed to Monmouth gaol,
William Saunders, of Pontypool, charged with the
wilful murder of is own fon, in confequence of a
violent quarrel. The deceafed has left a wife and
four children.
On Monday bit two men, Aynfley and War-
dropper, belonging to the foundry at Lemington,
near Newcaftle, having bad Come altercation, pro-
ceeded to fettle the di-Terence by a battle; when,
after feveral blows, Ayntley dropped down, and
inftantly expired. He had before been fubjed to
fits; and a Jury, after examining into the master,
brought in a verdid, that he died by the vifitation
of GOD. _ _

Lail week a melancholy accident happened to ,
Mifs Morgan, niece to Mr. Forger, of Newport,
Monmouthilire : As (he was getting on her horfe
the animal took fright, and threw her with flub
violence against fome (tones, as to fraeture her
skull, and caufe inflant death.
On the t4th ult. as one of the baggage carts of
the Perthfhire militia was palling through the
Wallace toll, the honk took fright, and making a
fudden fpring, was preCipitated, along with the
cart, into the adjoining den. There were fix or
eight men, women and children upon the cart.—
Luckily the den is very narrow at the bottom, and
the cart fell fo as to form a bridge over the people,
by which means their lives were miraculoufly pre-
ferved ; yet the fcene was (hocking beyond defcrip-
thin. One man had his arm diflocated at the (boul-
der joint; the head of one of the children was
bruited and diftorted in a remarkable manner; two
of the' omen were very much hurt, one of whom
(till remains dangeroufly ill at the Toll-houfeb, and
not in a condition to be removed.

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