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that the ctfiladVai !MOP, thouAA, heinous; did
not come withisthe statute ender witii,b-* Iris in-
dicted. He was therefore entitled to
The jury returned a verdict accordingly.
The prosecutor was an aged man, and the prisoner
a lad about 19.
John Williams was convicted of stealing a piece of
printed cotton, value '39s. from the wharf of Andrew
Laurie, in Lower East Stnithfiekl, on the night of
the:fith inst.
Ann Burnham was capitally indicted for stealing
three table spoons and two desert spoons, in the dwel-
ling house of Mr. Francis Gladwin, at Hanwell, in
the county of Middlesex. The prisoner, it appeared,
lived servant with the wife of the prosecutor, and the
spoons having been enti used to the prisoner, and sub-
stquently missed, an ()nicer was sent for, who chal;
leiq.ed the prisoner with being the thief, which she
confessed, aisd said she had pledged them at Mr.
Nicholls's, the pawnbroker, at l3reutford.—Guilty of
stealing under the value of 40s.
Charim Bulloch, also, . stood capitally indicted for
stealing a leathern bag, containing upwards of £7 in
silver, in the dwelling house of Jonas Bayley, on the
13th of July last. The prosecutor is it publican in
the Tower, and the bag in question was in a drawer
in his bar. He pesitively swore that it contained
eight dollars, five 3s. pieces, six ls. 6d. pieces, Gs.
and other silver to the amount stated in the indict-
ment. On the evening iti question the prisoner 'rat
sitting in the bar. The prosecutor, shortly before
the prisoner came in, saw the bag of silver : having
• occasion to cross the street for a moment, he went
out, leaving the prisoner behind him : and on his re-
turn the prisoner immediately got up and went our,
saying, be would return again. Prosecutor thought
besaw his pocket hang heavily, and immediately sus-
pected his bag had been taken ; and on looking to.
the drawer he missed it. He almost instantly, went
in pursuit of the pi isoner, but he evaded his search.
On the same evening he was seen to place the leathern
bag in *which the silv‘r had been under a sentry-b.ix
in the To er.

1 he Learned Judge (BAILEY) in summing up the
evidence, observed, that under all the circumstances
of the case, he feared the crime aliedged against the
prisoner had been fully substantiated.
The Jury, after a short consideration, acquitted the
prisoner of the capital fe,ony, and found him guilty
of stealing to the value of 395.
Mr. Justice BAILEY having intimated a wish to
know the grounds of this verdict,
The Foreman of the Jury said, that it .was pro-
bable the prosecutor might have mistaken the sum
which was in the bag. •
Mr. Justice Glosa.--On your oaths you believe
that the prosecutor is mistaken ?
FOREMAN, with a smile—Yes, my Lord.
The prisoner, it appeared, had been long acquain-
ted with the prosecutor, who recommended h.m to
mercy in the course of his testimony. The prisoner
himself did not deny his guilt, but threw himself on
the mercy of the Courr.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

VIE KING V. BROWNE.

IVill;am Browne, of Poplar, in the county of Mid-
dlesex, was yesterday indicted for buying naval stores,
under the following circums ances, viz.—The Defen-
dant bought a quantity of nails, which were dug up-
in the rubbish at the bottom of the River near Dept-
' ford, by tl:e workmen of Messrs. Lee, Hug!is, and
Co. Contractors with the N tval Commissioners for
clearing that part of th'e River Thames, who em-
ployed. above 100 men in Lhe business. The men from
time to time sold of these nails to the Dzfendans, to
the amount of two'huidred three quarters and 221bs.
weight, at one penny per pound, some having the
broad arrow, and other Royal marks, and others
without any mark : some new, and others old nails,
whose original I.- ices were three-pence halfpenny, and
two-pence, respectively.
Mr. Summers, Clerk of the Stores at Deptford, de-
posed that the rn..n had consulted him upon the le-
gality of such sale, as perquisites to the labourers,
which they might throw into the River, if not per-
mitted so to dispose of them ; large pieces of ord-
nance or stores being malady returned to the Stores
for some given reward, wh.ch was rarely paid.
Mr. AL►.EY made an ingenious defence for the de-
fendant ; but the case was fully established against
him, and the Jury found a verdict of Guilty. 4
The Chairman, Mr. WATsoN, pronounced sentence
upon the defendant, subjecting him to the fine of one
hundred pounds, and to be imprisoned till such fine
be paid.

THE NING JOIE\• BOWDEN.
This was an assault charged against the defendant.
The prosecutrix, Mrs. Millison Taylor, a poor we-
man, wife of a journeyman smith, swore, that on the
, I Ith June List, the defendant, a'ter seizing for rent,
I of four weeks in arrear, of an unfurnished room which
she 'rented from the defendant, in Red Lion-court,
Charter House-lane, for three years and upwards, at
3s. per week ; had assaulted her barbarously. The
seizure was for 12st only—and under it was the lea-
ther bed and bolster, which were worth £5, taken,
but valued by the appraisers at £l. 13s. BJ. leaving
a balance of only Bd. over their bill or appraisement.
I The defendant came, five hours after the seizure and
1 inventory taken by his keeper, and claimed a steel
fender, which the prosecutrix resisted, as not being
included in the inventory; upon this the defendant
' cut her left hand, or contused it severely ; IT which
he was now tried, and found guilty ; after which the
CHAIRMAN severely animadverted on the conduct of
the defendant, and sentenced him to pay a fine of
five pounds.
John Cole Cooper, Illiratort Henry Cooper, and Richard
I Cooper, were charged with four differedt assault" on
' Rebeaca, the wife of Mr. William Norfolk Johnson.
After Mr. GURNEY had stated the case to the Jury,
' the prosecutor, at the suggestion of the Chairman,
consented to withdraw a Juror, on the defendants
agreeing to enter into securities to keep the peace for
a certain time. -
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A respectable looking woman was, yesterday,
knocked down by the leaders of one of the Richmond
stages, as she Was crosting St. James's-street. The
coach had suddenly stopped tO set down an outside
passenger; and as suddenly drove forward, when the
accident nctutred. The poor woman had both her
legs broken, and wa,s otherwise much bruised.