Star.
London, England, 1813-06-09 00:00:00

OLD 134ILEr.

Monday G. Hammond was capitally indicted for
stealing three silk bed curtains, the property of P.
Denys, Esq. It appeared, from the evidence, that
the curtains, with others, had been token down from
Mr. Denys's slate bed, and deposited in the entice; t-
roqm in his house, for the purpose of being packed lip
to be sent into the country. From this place the
three curseins in question were s. after -found to
have been stolen. The prisoner about the same time
offered them tOr sale to Mr. W. Rees, at the King's
Mews Gate, to £2. Mr. Rees suspected they were
stolen, as they were worth £3O, and he asked him if
there were not more curtains where those came from?
The prisoner said he was a carpenter, in very good
circumstances, hut had a very bad wife. He had,
therefore, parted with her, and they had divided the
furniture between them. But if Mr. Rees had any
saspicion of him, he would take him to where the
curtains had been ()taught from. Mr. Rees accor-
dingly went with him to Westminster, and at the cot-.
tier of Charles-street the prisoner went into an oil-
shop, where I.e staid about ten minutes. When la.
came (nit, lie told Mr. Ries that the per nn at as tea
at borne to whom he was to have referred him tor an
account of the curtains. Mi. Rees then went into the
shop, and at.ked the oilman if he knew the prisoner ?
but he denied all knowledge t..f him. Mr. Rees re-
turned home, and found the prisoner demanding ahe
curtains from his sun, saying, that he and his father
could not agree about them. Mr. Rees sent for a
ceastable, on which the prisoner again made off, but
was secured in the Mews. Verdict—Guilty--Death.
Nord; Muriths, for stealing various articles cf ap-
.parei. the property of .1. Riley, in the dwelling house
of P. Lakey ; and•illary Hod, foi s•caling a £5 bank-
tote, the prope: ry of 61trali Elackburn, in the dwel-
beg house of W. Smith, ware also capitally convicted.
J. kil.ron, IV. Clarke, and F. Smith, were capitally
indicted, for robbinr Sarah Johnson on the highway
.of et watch and seal, her property
Mrs—him:4n and her husband were in Kensington.
Gardens on the day the City Address was carried up
to the nine( of Wales, When near the Palace,
she found her watch 1(1.6* taken from her side ;
and at tl.e time the prisoners, were near her.
Johnson, an officer ot the City, and Wescott, of
Bew-strett, found. Mrs. Johnsoa's Gold watch on
IVilson, after they were taken into custody. Verdica•
Guilty of stealing from the person.
Tha following were also convicted of felony- viz. :
W. Fellows, for stealing two sheets; Brower, for
:stealing three shirts ; J. Davis, for stealing se ;teed
articles of apparel ; D. Stevens, for stealing a quan-
tity of printed and plain paper, and types; Mary
Bradley, for stealing 28 yards of cotton ; Eliz. Sim-
monds, for stealing a tea-kettle ; Maty. Cook, for
stealing two pair ot stockings ; J. Metcalfe, for steal-
ing five silver tea-speons ; G. Beck, for stealing a
pocket-bander-chief ; J. Rees and Sarah Sanders, for
stealing a silk handerchief ; and W. 'Bartlett, for
stealing two pewter quart pots.
lhoteas Parrott was capitally indicted for robbing
J. Flentham of three seels, and a part of a watch-
chain, his property.
The prosecutor stated, that on the 4th of May,
about ten at night, he was going for a pint of beer,
wed at the door of his house, which is in the parish
of Mary-la-Bonne, he found the prisoner lying. The
prisoner, who was very much intoxicated, on being
desired to go away, rose from the ground, and struck
him a severe blow on the collar-bone ; at the same
time he caught hold of his watch chain, which he
broke off. He then insisted on getting his watch also,
and a violent scuffle ensuad ; but the watchman came
up and parted them. He never found his seals again,
and he said the prisoner was a per feet stranger to him.
On his cross-exarrinatien, lie said, he had seen the
prisoner before. A Mrs. Rainbow, that lived in the
same house with the witness, had been indicted titer
keeping a disorderly house, and the prisoner, he ad-
mitted,had been an evidence againsi. her.
The watchman deposed, that he found the prisoner
and Flentham struggling together. He parted them;
ned the prisoner, who was much intoxicated, struck
him also. He was then taken to the watch-house,
Ishere he first heard of the seals beisig lost.
The Jury bete expressed their perfect satisfaction
of the prisoner's innocence ; and Baron GRAIMM
coinciding with them in opinion, he was immediately
acquitted.

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Mr. ALLEY said, he had a number of most respec-
table witnesses to the prisoner's character, who is a
most ingenious and industrious cabinet-maker. A
p y of his indictment was granted him, for the pur-
•4use of Froceeding against his malicious prosecutor.
The following were also acquitted, viz.
• Tiverton, Mary Hall, Ann Williams, Mat y Williams,
G. Rawlins, and W. Brown.

Yester&ty J. Nash was indicted for forging the
:Lime of James Edmonds upon a Bill of Exchange
for £1.89 35." with intent to defraud the Bank of Eng -
Lind. There were various other counts, changing the
lorm of the indictment.

T. Cobb, a grocer, stated, that he had been in the
}::bit of doing business with the prisoner, who was a
giocer in Newgate-street, in partnership with his bro-
ther, by reciprocal accommodation bills. in order
that the credit of neither should be injured by this
practice in the monied market, the prisoner said he
111.1 friend in the country, of the name of Edmonds,
,rho would draw 'won him for his acceptance ; and
t::i‘ practice had been carried on since 1808. Wit-
r.4,.:s Lad asked the prisoner if Edmonds was not a

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young man; in hi‘ thttse ? and he replied in the ne.
gative, and said he was a friend of his in the country;
but witness never could get to see him. The bills
were, generally discounted at the Bank. Witness
looked at the forged bill produced, of his own accep-
tance,'and also indorsed T. and Nash, which was
in the prisoner's hand writting. The bill had been
discounted at the Bank ; bat witness's house having
stopped payment, the home of die prisoner became
embarrassed also, and the bill was not taken up,
which had 'lever before been the casewith other bills
discounted at the Bank. On cross-examination, wit-
ness stated, that he had tendered money for the bill
at the Bank after it was dishonoured ; but it was not
accepted. Witness stated himself to be solvent ; but
sudden events had pressed on him, so as to disable him
from .g ing on. The prisoner generally provided mo-
tley to take up bills discounted by the Bank ;—but
when short of cash, witnes did it, as the bills were
for the mutual accomm idation of both.
A Bank Clerk proved hiving discounted the bill
for Thomas and James Nash; in February.
J. Wyatt, Post-master and Collector of Taxes,
i proved that no such person as J. Edmondf•resided at
Danbury, as the forged 4.i1l p.irported. He did not
know a J. Edmonds, and he had lived 17 years in
rite place.
Mr. Kaye, Solicitor to the Brink, stated, that on
tie hill being dishonoured, b:± was directed to and
the drawer, and be saw Cobb an Co. and the pri-
soner on the subject. Thei e were three bills dis-
counted at the Bank over.cht?, and two not due,
amounting to k7(10. Witi-ess Edmonds lived
at Banhttry ? and the witness replied, he never did
' live there ; but he said he was in the habit of calling
s on him to draw bills, but that he could not give his
address, as he was boon.; to hold him harmless. The
prisoner added, the Bank shwi7d not he initued, and
Ire •eat in the state of his Win stated,
that money had been tendered for the f,rged b;li, but
it could rot be accepted.
Jir defence, the prisoner acknowle4,red his guilt,
and urged that he had a wife and hatr e:liblren de-
pe:alent on hint for sinTott. lie !Totes:ea that he
:lad tau intention of Ir.:act, :tad to honour the
hill, but for sudler, 1071r-11-.1:7 rra s s.
Upwards of v.f.itessc,;, of the fast respectability,
gave the prlsoaer a rak:q irrcpoachai,le character for
honesty, sobriety, and industry ; bi.t the Jury recur-
. net' a verdict —C; ilty —Death.

M. Oilman, for a burglary in the dwdling house
of J. Mills, and stealing ‘lO 6s. a child's frock, and
other articles, his property ; and P. P. Emit, for ut-
tericg and publishing as tine, a bill of exchange for
Avith intent to defraud Messrs. Gill and Tho-
was, were also capitally convicted.
Nine were convicted of felony, viz.—J. Davison,
for stealing a silk handkerchief ; W. Johnson and S.
Etwns, fur stealing a snnff.hox ; J. Harper, for veal-
ing three coppc7.phtes ; Eliz. Arnold, for stealing a
silver watch ; J. thowts, for stealing a pewter quart
port ; Mary Cullen, for stealing a child's stuff petti-
coat, and other a:ticks ; Sarah Reeve, aNar Black-
more, for s±ealing several articles of furniture, in a
lodging room ; and W. Clifton, for stealing :Abs. of
saw silk.

Two were convicted of misdemeanors, viz. T. Gill
and 4. Simmunds, fur (meting counterfeit money.
William Bullets was indicte4 for assaulting Sarah
Gibbs, the
on evening of the 14th of May, with in-
tent to violate her person.
The prosecutrix said site would be fifteen Tears of
age next July ; she.was fatherless and motherless, and
the prisoner was a miller and a married man. She
was returning from Cher:scy fair, in company of John
Stockville, who lived with her aunt, Mrs Walter,
near Halleford, when she was overtaken by the pri-
soner in his chaise, who persuaded her to mount, and
drove away pretty smartly. He made inquiries con-
cerning her father and her mother, till he reached a
lonely lane, when he stopped the horse; it was then
between eight and nine o'clock, anal duskish. Here
he commenced and completed the attempt, the
subject of this prosecut;on. She screamed to him to
let her alone, else she would in:orm John Stockville :
he said, if she would hold her tongue he wetl4: give
her money when they arrived at the mill. She re-
fused any accommodation of their differences.
In her cross-examination by Mr. GURNEY, she said,
there was only one bed in John Stockville's house, in
which John, her aunt, Mrs. Walter, and herself slept.
The miller abused her in- his cart, which was very
small. He held the whip and the reins, for the horse
.was rather spirited, and cried 46 W 0011" to calm his
temper. She cried—she strove—sl.e struggled, yet
the horse of the miller stood still. Her crying was
for the purpose of informing the miller that certainly
she would tell John Stockville. In a few mintues
alter she saw Mr. Goodall and his daughters walk
by ; she told them not of her situation ; she said,
neither laughing nor crying, 44 Good night, Mary
Goodall !"

John Stockville, and the worthy aunt of the prose.
cutrix who accommodated her niece with the share
of her own bed, and John, to whom she was not mar-
ried, were examined, and their evidence was only ma-
to ial in this—that they proved the prosecutrix (141
not make any cotnplaint when she got home ; she
only spoke of the prisoner's rudeness, without going
farther.

The prisoner protested, that as GOD was true, so
was the prosecutrix's story false.
Baron GRAIIANt said, With the gr....atest indulgence
towards the helpless condition of Sarah Gibbs, he
could find nothing in all her tale to criminate the pri-
soner. Her age would have enabled her to make a
lanp,er resistance against an attempt to violate btr
honour, especially in :t vr.hicle that was only 18 inches
by '2B.—Tf.e prisoner was acquitted.
Fr au othci were acquitted, viz. Ann Harper, C.
Marshall, Lliz. Mead, and J. Crick.

sth June.—EyinN has once more the pleasure of
ongruatulating hi; Friends nn that singular good-
ctortne which has so constantly attended purchasers
at his truly fortunate ()Ices. The Lottery finished
yesterday, and the iollou ing Capital Prizes, drawn on
that day, were shared and old by Errol; :

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Ns. 1,32 4 in Ten Share 4 £lO,OOO
8,848 in Sixteen Shares 500
6,92 i• Sixteen Shares • 30b
248 in Five Shares • son
The fortunate holde9 may (as usual) receive their
Plize-Money on Deniand, at ErroN's Oirtces, 'the
Second House in C0r4141) and .IS, Coventry•street,
Haymarket.