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London, England, 1813-07-23 00:00:00

41) 841172 r. Jur 22,

J. romp J. Holley, and J. Ralph, were indicted
for stealing silks, vane £44 and upwards, the pro.
perty of Messrs. Grant and Co. of Cheapside.—lt ap-
peared that Young went to 'the shop of the prose-
cutors on the 25th June, represented himself a shop-
keeper it St. Alban's, and ordered the golds in ques-
tion. He was very particular in the deduction of tltel
discount for ready money, and the goods were sent,
with a bill of parcels, agreeable to his order, to the
Cross Keys, St. John-street. The porter who took
them, found the prisoner at the gateway of the Inn,
and they went into the parlour, where he called for
rum and water, when he said his wife had a party up
stairs, and his horse and chaise stood in the yard.—
The porter had not parted with the property, when
the prisoner amused him with this story ; but shortly
after, Molloy made his appearance, and Young de-
sci ihed him as his servant, and sent him up stairs
with the goods and the bill, stating, that Mrs. Young
would send down the amount. After a few minutes
had elapsed, Young affected. surprise that his servant
was so long gone, and Left the room to fetch the
money, but forgot to return, and the porter was left I
with the rum and water to pay for. The goods were.
afterwards found at Young's lodgings.—Ralph was
acquitted, and the other two were convicted.
Thomas Coventry stood indicted for marrying Han-
nah
Martin, during tl.e life-time of Elizabeth Sanders, '
to whom he had been previously married.—lt was
proved, from the register of the parish of St. Martin
in the Fields, that the prisoner married Elizabeth
Sanders, on the 17th of September, 1797 ; and that
she was living at Tottenham on Saturday la3t. The
Curate of Islington proved Thomas Coventry's mar-1
riage to H innah Martin, on the 24th of November,
1812; and Hannah Martin's brother said, that seve-
ral persons having doubted his sister's marriage, he
informed her of the circumstance ; upon which she
shewed him the certificate of her marriage, and on
examining the register, he knew the signatures at the
marriage to be those of his sister, and the prisoner at
the bar.

The prisoner, in his defence, expressed the greatest
astonishment at the proofs adduced, concerning the
fact of his second marriage : he temernbered nothing
of such a marriage, and was positive that no person
could swear with truth to his hand-writing.—Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.
Ann Evans, for stealing a dollar ; Charlotte May, for
stealing a watch ; W. Fear, for stealing a carpet and
a hearth rug ; Mary Baker, alias Catherine M'Caw.
ley, for stealing a piece of ribbon ; Hannah Warring-
ton, for stealing three pewter pots and an iron can.
dlestick ; J. Wilson, for stealing two shirts and four
shifts; J. Smith, for stealing a silver tea-spoon; and
T. Key and J. Pegs, for stealing a quantity of hay.
The following were acquitted, viz. B. Hastings,
Isabella Whale, W. Afileck, J. Moore, W. Crouch,
and Ann Kiik.

Badecci, Brady, and Hill, the former of whom was
convicted on Saturday for uttering a forged checque
for £560, on the Banking-house of Robarts, Curtis,
and Co. and the two others of a misdemeanor in aid-
ing and abetting him, were btought op to hoar the
decision of the Judges on points of law, on objections
taken by the Counsel for the prisoners; when the
RECORDER informed them, that the Judges had deli-
berated on the objections taken, and were unani-
mously of opiniqn as to Richardson's competency as
a witness, and that Hill was also an accessary before
the fact.

Badcock and Brady, who had received sentence of
death at a former Session, were token from the Dock,
when Hill was asked why sentence of Death should
not be passed upon him, &c. when he, by his Coun-
sel, pleaded the benefit of the statute, not having re-
ceived the same before.

Mr. GURNEY filed a counter•plea, the prisoner har-
ing been formerly transported for seven years, and
received the benefit of Clergy.
The RECORDER observed, the prisoner having once
received benefit of Clergy, was not entitled to such
grace a second time.
Mr. Serjeant PELT. then read the Act of the 7th of
Geo. 11. ch. 21, which, he contended, directed the
punishment to the offence of which the prisoner had
been convicted, and which adjudges an assault, with
a felonious intent to obtain goods, money, or chattels,
a transportable offence; and observed, that that part
of the clause which declared the offence to be felony,
annexed the specific punishment to it in the next
sentence.

The RECORDER over-ruled the objection, the pri-
soner having before received the benefit of Clergy ;
but as the objection was taken, he would lay such be-
fore the Privy Council when he made his report.
Same day, the RECORDER passed sentence on the
following prisoners, viz. D. Joseph, J. Smith, Mary
Maloney, M. Moses, and C. Wheeler, were ordered
o be transposted for the term of their natural lives;
Ann Arnett, H. Dale, and J. Hopgood, for the term
for fourteen years ; T. Coventry, Mary Baker alias
Catherine M'Cawley, Charlotte May, W. Few, J.
Molloy, J. Young, T. Upcott, D. Truman, Ann
Rowe, T. Sargent, W. Kemp, B. Willis, Sus. Green,
Ann Jennings, J. Whale, T. Clark, Mary Stephens,
I'. Jeffery, Thomas Maskery, Elizabeth Beedle, Sarah
Deering, Jones Arnold, and Ann Jones, for seven
years ; four to be imprisoned in the House of Correc-
tion at Clerkenwell for two years; nine for one year,
•and nine for six months each ; five in Newgate, for
various periods; three to be privately, and seven pub-
licly whipped ; eleven judgments respited ; fourteen
fined Is. and discharged; and twenty-lour discharged
by proclamation.

At the Beverley General Quarter Sessions, John
Smith and Mary his wife, of Great Driffield, were
convicted of pretending to exercise and use witch-
craft, sorcery, enchantment, and conjuration, and
undertaking to tell fortunes ; and sentenced to be
confined in the House of Correction twelve months,
and to be pillored at Driffield four times, once a quar-
ter, for the space of one hour, on the market-day.
Wednesday evening, as Mr. Fullerton, farmer, of
Stamford, was returning from Wantage Fair, Berks,
in a chaise cart, he was stopped by two men, a short
distance from his own house, who robbed him ul £5O
in Bank-notes.

A few nights ago, the house of Mr. Solomons, on
the South Parade, Brighton, was broke open, and
a large quantity of plate mien, with which the rob-
bers got clear off.