Star.
London, England, 1823-10-23 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, OCTOBER 22.

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Several prisoners were arraigned, and pleaded Not
Guilty of the offences with which they were charged ;
boVone, William Kitson, who was arraigned on a charge
of feloniously breaking and entering a dwelling-hoose,
refused to plead Unless some money, which had been
taken from him by the police-officers when he was an-
..., ehended, was restored to him. The RECORDER in-
Harmed the poisoner, that if he persisted in refusing to
mtpleed, a conviction would be recorded against him, and
..-Idieected him to be put back until the arrival of the
4eages,,Fhen he hoped that he would alter his resolu-
; Mon. On the entrance of the Judges (Mr. Justice PARK
end Mr. Baron-GA avow} Kitson was again placed at
the bar, and being asked by Mr. Justice PARK whether
he was.guilty or not guilty ? said,. as before, that he
would not plead until he had got his money. Mr. Jus-
tice PARK explained to the prisoner, that sentence of
death would be passed upon him if he obstinately re-
fused to plead. The prisoner then begged that he
sight be allowed half an hour to deliberate upon the
coarse he would adopt. Mr. Justice PARK refused the
request; on the ground that he had already been advised
of his error by the RECORDER. The prisoner,-it• length,
pleaded Not Guilty.

• '":Mn Scott, and Mary, his wife, were indicted for as-
saulting Joseph Gardiner on the highway, and stealing
from his person a pocket, and four shillings and ten-
pence, his property.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the evening of
. the 3d of October the prosecutor met the prisoners in a
pololic-house in Chelsea, and they undertook to see him
hornet as he was nearly blind. Instead, however, of
.t•Amg.bilis home, the prisoners took him into the Five,
Eseldi, which- was out of thesdirect road. The prose-
,
cans\ say that the prisoners were taking him a wrong
rosin, and refused to go any further. The prisoners
hereupon knocked him down, and the male prisoner
tore off his pocket, in which was his money. The prose-
cutor gave an alarm, and the prisoners wete appre-
hended by a watchman. The pocket of the prosecu-
. ter, containing the money mentioned in the indictment,
was found on the person of the male, prisoner.
The Jury found the man Guilty of stealing from the
person without violence, and Acquitted the woman.
William Kitson was then put to the bar on. a charge
of feloniously breaking and entering the awelling•hou se
of Richard Pitt, and stealing therein two silver•watches,
ten sovereigns, 365. sis half-crowns, and other property
to ilarge amount.
From the evidence of the prosecutor and other wit-
nesses, it appeared that, oq the 17th of September, the
prosecutor was going up stairs in his own house, in
.Thownlow-street, Drury-lane, and met the prisoner
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coming down. The prosecutor supposed that he might
have been up stairs on business to a lodger, and allowed
him to pass; but when he himself got up stairs, he dis. 4
covered that his cash-chest had been broken open, and
ibipioperty mentioned in the indictment stolen. He
hastened down stairs, and saw the prisoner running.
away : he pursued and apprehended hint. Whilst the
prosecutor was conveying the prisoner to Bow-street,.
Use latter threw some money away, and also a watch,'"
• which the prosecutor picked up, and identified.
Consias, an officer, deposed; that when the prisonerl
was searched at Bow-street, ten sovereigns, a watch,,
and some silver were found in his pockets, logethei
with a chisel, and some skeleton keys. Upon examining
Mr. Pitts cash-chest, he observed to a brother-officer,
that it had been opened by a person who was skilful in
his profession.
Mr. Baron Gaaaow.—What do you dignify by the titled a
profession ?-4 mean a thief : that is the way officer. speak among
themselves.

)Jr. Barna Gaintow.—You should not exalt the occupation of a,
thief into a profession. Call things by their right names.
Baron Gaithow directed the Jury to acquit the pri-
soner of the charge of breaking into the house, because
it was possible that the door might have been left open
by the lodger who lived in the house. The Jury con-
victed the prisoner of stealing to the amount of above
40s. in a dwelling-house.
Mr. Baron GARRow, addressing the Jury, said—
" You now, Gentlemen, see the wisdom of the course
which the Court pursued this morning, in refusing to
allow the money which had been found span the priso-
ner when apprehended, and which he, with a degree of
effrontery that never was surpassed, demanded- to be
given up to him. No man in this Court can doubt
di at the money belongs to the prosecutor, to whom it
must be delivered."

Elizabeth Thompson was indicted for stealing, on the
27th of September last, a watch, value 101. in the dwell-
ing-house of W. Weaver.
The prisoner was servant in the house.
Mrs. Weaver stated, that on the 25th of September
sbe saw her husband lock up his watch in the kitchen-
drawer. The prisoner remained in her service till the
next day; but she did not miss the watch till Wednes-
day following. On the subsequent Sunday the pri-
soner called at the prosecutor's house, and she was then
taken into custody.
It was proved by a pawnbroker's shopmar. that the
prisoner pawned the watch in question at his master's
shop. The watch was identified by the prosecutor.
The prisoner in her defence put in a written letter: it
appeared to be addressed to Mrs. Weaver, her late mis-
tress, and the prosecutris admitted that she had re-
ceived a copy of such a letter. The prisoner complained
of the harsh conduct of her mistress, and accused her
lodgers of committing the robbery in question. In ano-
ther defence put in by the prisoner, she strongly repro-
bated the conduct of the Magistrates by whom she had
been committed. It was a very singular production,
and caused much surprise in the Court.
The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty.
Some other letters, written also by the prisoner, were
handed up to the Bench for inspection.
Mr. Justice PARK told the prisoner th-
the letters, and he was. bound to 54:
productions of the most infamous desck
the trial he had refrained from mentioni
of these letters, being desirous not
minds of the Jury, but he felt it t 6 be
state his opinion of them. He advised
be In future more guarded how she Ma
THE XING V. LAWSON AND OT!
Before the.trial of the Lopdon prisual
Mr. Dunn, who last 4essietaide op
this case, appeared in Court near tlms,
He held'a paper in his band, at},.,vr
application t 6 Make to the
The itacosost...-In Whet Cast
hirolDunn said be -had an
" The Xing s. Lawson and kitties" .26.717
The liscoanss...-Th.st pm is spot, so ilk Atm
cannot attend to it.
Mr. Doun...—iiigt, itt#

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The RECORDZIL—The Court will-nots at tide suggestion of soMT
body, take cases out of their regular tun. • '
A barrister near Mr. Minn told him he had no tight,
to move the Court. Mr. Dunn, however, pertisted that
he had.a right to move in his own. person.
The lleconnes.—When the ease is on the list, I will heir your
not till then.
Mr. Dunn.—My Lord, every man has a right to appear in his
own peison, and to move the Court.
'fbe•lincostiee.-1 will not hear you now. Yon are not in your
proper situation in the Court: retire, Sir, into the body of the Court.
Mr. Dunn soon after left the Court.

John Williams, a respectable-looking young man,
was indicted for stealing forty-two pairs of stoctings,
value 5/. the property of W. Bark.
The prosecutor was at the house of a Mr. Gardner, in
Paternoster-row, and the property in question was in the
house. The goods were discovered to have been taken
out of the house, and a porter belonging to the house,
on going into the street, saw the bundle containing the
goods in the prisoner's possession. There was another
man with the prisoner at the time, who went another
way. The prisoner was taken into custody.
The prisoner in his defence said, he picked up the
parcel ; and a repectable young man in appearance, of
the name of Singleton, came forward and swore that he
saw the prisoner pick up the parcel. The young mar.
had his sister with him, and was afraid of leaving her
unprotected, or he would have made further inquiries.
The vrizness underwent a long and severe examisaaion
by the Court. He 'swore that he knew nothing of the
prisoner till this transaction. He lives at Balra-pond, and
is a wholesale jeweller.
The witnesses who took the prisoner into custody,
swore they saw no Gentleman and Lady there at the
time.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The RECORDER ordered the witness Singleton to be
taken to prison. and to be indicted for perjury. The
witness was taken from the Court into the Gaol.

POLICE° INTELLIGENCE,

MANSION-HOUSE.

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UNWROLIS.O3II Sosmos.—Mr. Wright, the yeoman of Billings..
gate-market, attended before the Loan Maws, and produced about
one hundred weight of salmon, which was stale and in spawn.—
Since the public proceedings which had taken place before his
Lordship on the subject, it had been ascertained that upwards of
two tons of salmon in spawn and out of season had been sunk od
the way to the market, the owners not choosing to venture its ex-
posure, and nineteen hundred weight of the unwholesome deserip;
Lion had been voluntarily' surrendered by the consignees on itf ar-
rival, and would be destroyed. These facts proved the iniquitoua
extent to which the practice of catching salmon in spawn was- car' 1
ried on.—The Loan MAYO& condemned the whole of the salmon '
produced, and Ordered it to be destroyed.
UNION HALL
Tux CAVE or Loose Liotom—Yesterday, the untie of Louisa
Lemont, the little girl for the ungenerous treatment of whom Mkt
Kemp, of the seminary called " Somerset.louse Estabrishment," at
Clapham-rise, kis been so celebrated, attended at the Office, and
Mated to Mr. Canons, that in consequent* of an account which
appeared in the N , he waited upon him in order toostate
e chi sh
that the case of thould be prosecuted. by her own family,
and that of course the kind interference of the parish, so far as pe-!
cuniary cheumstancn were concerned, was no longer necessary.—
The Gentian= mentioned to Mr. Canness that the parents of,
Louisa Lemont were extremely • temeptoblet bet were non on the'
Continent, and wholly unconscion of the sufferings of the poor'
child, and that her other relations and friends were equally strangers
to the odious system of cruelty by which she bad been persecuted,
until they saw the ankle under the bead' Union Hall. Me then!
requested that Mr. CSAMBZIS would give him AM order .on the,
of Clapham, who had acted wish such prompt hu-
Cult; gittwanging the case before the •Maeistrates, to Oliver up
Olin to her grandmother, a %resident of Sussex, Whose anxiety
to have the child under her care was as great as a ieelvo could en-
tertain. The applicant added, that upon reading the account, he
ordered his carriage, and drove to town front a considerable dis-
tame, and upon inquiring at the school, kited that eke chat was'
under the care of the parish-affects . .
Mr. CIAMIXILII immediately complied with the request, but ob-
served that it was necessary the Gentleman should enter into re-
for the appearance of his niece to prosecute the defend-
OwntiliaLaw Lydia Scattergood Kemp, at the next Quarter Sessions,
to which that Lady had traversed the ease.—This was accordingly
done, and the little girl was given up to her owls
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• MARY-LA-BONNE. • -- '' "'
G. Mama charged with brutally beating his wife, far adeasked
in pregnancy. The defendant said, he inot merely chaeffsid hn
with a switch, but he would not do so again, if .the did not again'
aggravate him. The Magistrate was about to commit Wrti, when
his Wife, bitterly, said she wished not to halt hint. If,
said the you will my you need' no proceeded •fmm me,
I :fin discharge Mm. This she could not do. sad Os Ivakaccord
ingly atnunitted.
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Love an JlLlZeetr ; 014 'Tapia Waft Ansa • Ditaamoos.--
Yesterday a gentlemanly looking Man, mho mid, be was an officer
in the army, was brought before the Sitting Magistrate,
charged
with assaulting his wife, and gide, Mr a trennisubsiss black eye. •
The Lady stated to the Magistrate -.,be Egadiusen".Ople mashed
three weeks to the prisoner; previosly she was a et, and had
no acquaintance with him until she Wet Mmit Cis where she
coil
went to see some *film Commissioneti *llse Bond. poi bbusiness.He was very kind to her the int week, but the . -week his
behrtinur manned a dialling ..nainCts andel. intl did not Wok.
Mate to strike her, which practice he afterwards tinned, until at
'last he beat her most violently, kodelied Mk dowu usmoncifully, and
probably would have murdered her, Int lintimslitimmeer of the
house wherein she lodged.
The prisoner, in defence, iiiid,. Me duty amylest at nlghse,
Atensionaffy, and he was informed a man vieltht her nfitafa4
absence, which he thought imkkepen • ' Me-Wiet hiabeetk, i 3
to admit himself in the wrong for striking her. " Bat," said he,
bolding out his hand tether, , Iwilltain,herhonse; I love her ; and 1
I promise, upon my honour, never again to strike you, mEdetir•'!
The Wife turned towards the Mite,-and said, "nen I can-
not trust to the honour of a man "once guilty • of such base-cruilty,
hod I trust you will call upon. bids te•find bail, or smooths: sear,
pity for hi. good -conduct, as I carton trust my life witisi.)s
The Magistrate said, he doubted pot bat that a Wan Apgar
knit respectability could readily And' safeties. for keepingth peace.
Ordered to End bail accordingly. - ' ' .
QUEEN-SQUARE.
i J. Hosting, an attoeuey's clerk, and Mary, his wife, were charged
With robbing Elizabeth Mortimer, a Cyprian, of as nt* sod netn-
ews pawn2relters' duplicates. •He had accompanied thressielals-
met home, and after his departure she Mend Mr trunk.
.beljeatak
I=4 and dre Properly aanitn• Sonic of the doplicaenwere
on theletnale panne when' she was stoppedin 'Pledging&
Oast of Mentrines,• and on 'the male prisoner was found the WM.
Igeheinee;pish" The • knee was comandued, • bare she wits 'Was i
L A MBEVII-STREEt. '
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.T. 'thin:4w and ---11011. WendCw " Pr. Pods tom, In.
• tford, wets Sued WM for le elf lirikhich alley lit
l• indiestita tO the gel ' 3/41. the 'reel*. West par-
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PUNISHMEAT'OP ft;VPRIED PER
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The following proceedta gs have latelytakee
the above subject, in thvr-.North
Tuesday, the 15thAPtteber, at the $
Northallerton, Mr. Stapilton:hairing the prey
in the private room, Wed, in his. endeavours
an immediate discussion on the subject of r
to put untried prisoners, to; the treadmill, de
ot.en Court the following
,Oresentment. It was
be read, but was depositerCssitirthe Cletk of t
To the Magistrates of the North Riding of
sembled in their Sessions at. Northallerron, Oçt
1, Alartin Stapylton, one of hi! Majesty's Jul!
Peace, for the said !tiding, having discovered an abuse ii
of Correction, namely, that prisoners committed far
pelled to work on the Tread-mill, and that such pan
been inflicted on untried jatisoaers during the la,t week,
or misapprehension of the Act of Parliament for. ri
Prisons, the 4th of Geo. 4. cap. 64, which was to take
Ist day of September last, and'which ereFessly orders
ment of such untried prisoner!i' with their own -cons
hereby report this compuliory employment and punish
gal, and according to the s-2venti.2esith section of the afar
demand that this abuse betalien Otto immediate consido
rectified. . t..th Ala IN STAY
" October 14, 1.823." .• -

Mr. Stapylton informed the prisoners in tlu
Correction, with due caution, that no untried
could be legally put to the Tread-mill. AI
subsequent discussions with his Brothel Magi,
pressed his determination to move the Court
Bench for a criminal information.

FATAL PUGILIS3L

CORONER'S IKQUEST.—Y'e'sterday evening,
o'clock, a respectable Jury assembled before
LING, the Coroner, at the Prince of Brunswic
White Ccinduit-fields, to inquire into the cal
death of Mr. Sidney Seidler, a printer, who s
tunately killed in a pugilistic; contest on Moi
Mr. James Simmons, a compositor of an
newspaper (not the STAR), stated that the ui
deceased was also a compositor of the same n
and upon many occasions was' inclined to b
some, and caused frequent disputes in the offii
singled out the Thursday in last s.erk. for
and offered some insult to some other comF
,the office, finally "calling John Watts " a t
used other opprobrious terma, and challetigii
fight on Monday. Watts received the chalk
accepted it. The-deceased, from that time u
day, made a joke of the business, which led
ness to suppose he did not 'intend to apps
ever, on Monday, the deceased said to Witt
in custody, that he should meet him in
Conduit-fields, at four o'clock. Watts,. witi
his friends, and 'the ‘ witness, ~`aCCOrdingly
at the White Conduit House, and after Nail
time the deceased and his friends came np;
proceeded to the field, and stripped to 'fight.
second is named P#Sou—tie,de&ea.sed's se
a stranger to. the witness. They .fought abou
rounds in faionr of ' the .dceased. The .wi
not particularly obseryF each round, but ilea!
ceased's brother,. wb4 elieves was hii se
his brother should not he S
fight•any more. Watt
on his clothes, and_went• up to the deceased,
lying on the ground apparently insensible, a
him by the hand, saying,. ii I hope we will nom
friends than ever." . The last round lasted tow
The witness left the ground with Watts, will
hear of the deceased's death until nest day.
thought he was dead.* . ..
By the Jury.—The witness only imagined i
sensible from the effects of the round.
John Walker, of Vittoria-street, carpenti
sworn, stated that he was present at the fii•
fought nearly half an beur ; the deceased hat
vantage, until within the lastlwa rounds; it
round he came up in a kind of stupor, and rev
blows, one on the throat, very carelessly delive
deceased then fell,. and-Watts stook -hands I
then, and quitted the Eeld. ' . ' -
By the ..furv4-,Wittig'f' Were, did nett 0
he had injurecl'illal thi.ni and thionglinet.
fought in aitnialY Way', seemingly,` havlaj.r
towards theyleitaied: •
Mr. Bent ibillionbeler ;Rolls, of 54, Penton•sti
gepty stated' bevies called uk'on on Monday
..set five Cedlbek'steiatiend upon the tkeased
placed in a 'chair hi Me Oubtie-hotiselpite di
opened a vein la pith. arm, !incl. then Ake teen
eery. Oil opening 'die bOdy, le fo'utid the ni
blow (net a ~*ille)toti‘theleftiide.; ;,o4' tt openbig
he found thaVeittdbfithe sertitcel the brain'
tured, and "1 ',Orin elfusioi 'it blobd,.. Which 1
dered •produled ilpoplet y''' ''' l''',"-'(' ' ''' • ' '
Corortee.Did titat *tare' proceed Prom a likgit
Witness.—. 4 is ialaieebis to say-.k aright have peed
elhipsy; twylesioaeosite bate Produid She mot OttI .furor —Would the bloymPlyhe jill!PsOluce #9O?
1 ' WitnersNo eenly • ;
,the y wai la i vlry hs
OA they having 'fought on' , 1 taw factined'to &Jul
)waslairsed by apopkity..J.!:. 4.1 ,4 • • .
1 1/14*, John Christopher Light, of Finsbury-p
vas,
•„Oon, examioetthebody with Mr. Rolls, and
*ante:opinion, fair to %he cease of the yoling Ma
,Thii-baiag tbeiwhole of:the essidenee, the tatl
fortenate.,•deteased *idled ir to. be underst
the Rght w,aystbt Tor incthey:
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TheJury.abeasetired to view the :hody, •
some cli4Cleltikeli - irtUrneti •the following vi
The deceased died from -apoplexy, caused
Wan of mind in fighting." - ' •
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1 A few:days since, a• person called at a. hoe•
Oeigitbourhood of Cockermouth, and found los
ihrpe of whom we're knitting; and the Other. wai
arholdi'arfitea' ages were 910 yeari.
, 78afsifclaY afternoon, 'the river' Tay rose to
gitfish It had torte for these many yeirs, oierikiiikii,_
stvihiphig arweelrything within iti,/tuch. - 'LalPral