Star.
London, England, 1814-11-03 00:00:00

OLb PAILEr.

Yesterday Thomas Wall, William Andrew:, and Wil-
haml coley, were indicted for stealing a silver watch,
the property of Rite Ives, from his person, on the
20th of October.

Prosecutor deposed, that as he was retnrning home
to Otfor.l.street, he met the three prisoners, with five
or six others ; was bugled by them, but first by An•
drews, who was much in liquor, and who, by stag.
Bering against him, drove him more into the group.
One of the men took the watch, whom witness struck,

and in consequence he dropt the watch, which prose-
.cutor could have recovered, but was prevented br
prisoner Wall, whom he seized, and called watch ;
when a watchman came up, and witness gave Wall
in charge, and he was taken to the watch-house.
Pearce and Fenton, two watchmen, confirmed the
last witness in having called watch ; and Pearce said
when he came up, prosecutor had hold of Wall, told
witness he had been robbed of his watch, and these
men were of the gang; witness sprung his rattle, and
was immediately joined by Fenton, who assisted in
Liking Wall to the watch-house. Andrews and Tooley
followed, and when they were within the door, prose-
tutor charged them also as being accomplices.
The prisoner Wall, in his defence, declared, the
other two were perfect strangers to him, and that he
had no concern in the robbery. The other prisoners
declared their innocence generally. They called se.
veral witnesses to their character. Wall was a boot-

closer, had lately worked for a shop at Charing-
cross, and could earn s()s. a-week ; Andrews was a
bricklayer ; and the third prisoner was a baker ; they
ill received excellent characters.
The COMMON SERJEANT summed up the evidence,
and observed, that character could only weigh in
doubtful cases. If the Jury believed the evidence of
Mr. Ives, who was in kis perfect senses when he was
robbed, the charge of robbery was clearly bro'ight
home to all the prisoners.—Verdict—Guilty.
Mr. COMMON SERJEANT then addressed the priso-
toners as follows Prisoners, in consequence
either of the leniency of the prosecutor, or some mis-
take on the part of the person who drew up the in-
dictment, you have not been charged as you ought to
have been, with a highway robbery ; instead of that,
you were indicted for an offence which is not capital.
You formed a part of a desperate gang who went
about at midnight disturbing and committing depre-
dations on the public ; you made a violent attack
upon a peaceable inhabitant, and assisted in robbing
him of his property ; therefore, had the indictment
-been laid capitally, and you had been convicted of
the same, you should suffer for your offences by your
lives ; it being absolutely necessary in the present
state of the metropolis to suppress those gangs of
ruffians who go about at night disturbing, terrifying,
and robbing honest industrious people. You were
not content with your weekly earnings, but you wan-
ted to increase the same by robberies of this kind.—
Your crime is therefore the greater on that account.
I am not now about to pass sentence on you, but I
think fit to inform you that your punishment shall go
to the utmost extent which the law can inflict. You
shall be sent out of the kingdom, never to return
again; orit you do, it shall be at the risk of your lives."
Turning to the prosecutor, Mr. COMMON SERJEANT
said—" Mr. Ives, you shall have the whole of your
expences. You have acted throughout this business
with great propriety and spirit ; and the public is
bighl, indebted to you for what you havedone. The
watchmen, also, have done their duty well, and they
shall be allowed their expences."
John Day was indicted for stealing a looking glasr,
the property of W. Hare.
The prosecutor is a broker in Drury-lane ; while
he was out of his shop, leaving no one but a boy seven
,ears of age, the prisoner stole the glass. The child
immediately gave the alarm, and a neighbour took
him in Stanhope-street, with the glass in his posse-
ion.—Guilty.
T.Johluca was indicted for stealing a hat, the pro-
perty of J. Boag. The prosecutor is a sailor, lodging
at the Rose and Crown, Dartmouth-street. On the
7th ult. he went out to work, and on his return found
his room door open, and his hat stolen. It was traced
to a sale-shop in Monmouth-street, where the prisoner,
a soldier in the Ist regiment of Guards, exchanged it
for a waistcoat.—Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.
Martha Rich, for stealing a watch ; P. Dowland, for
stealing a quantity of oil and spirits of turpentine ;
W. Sotherby, for stealing two pieces of scarlet cloth;
T. Levis, for wilfully cutting out and defacing the
broad arrow in certain casks, the property of his Ma-
jesty ; Sarah Sloat, for stealing a watch, &c. ; J.
M'Dermont, for stealing two pieces of ribbon ; G.
Carter, for stealing a truck ; S. Conliff and J. Cooper,
for stealing 601bs. of cheese ; T. Burgess for stealing
two bridles ; W. Smith, for stealing an arm-chair ;
Elisabeth Cox, for stealing certain goods ; Harriet
pevt:nport, for stealing a watch ; J. Neal, for re.
ceiving the same ; J. Hayley, for stealing two waist-
coat-pieces ; J. Richardson, for stealing 201bs. of
bacon ; Sarah Hook, for stealing an 18d. piece ; and
Louisa Johnson, for stealing a spencer. And seven
were acquitted:

CRUELTY-At, the last Quarter Sessions at Beyer.
rey, the folio:. ing case of cruelty came belcre the con-
sideration of the Court. George Clark, and Eliza-
beth his wife were indicted for an assault on their ser-
vant, a boy of eight or nine years of age. The partial
were chimney-sweepers at Cottingham,' and had'
bonAlit the'child of a travelling tinker for Gs. and a
pair of shoes. From the commencement of the service,
under this bargain and sale, they had treated him
with continued cruelty. Several witnesses deposed to
seeing the boy tied up in a stable by both his wrists,
and there suffcred to hang for a long time. One even-
ing, in particul,r, when he was in this situation, Clark
was told of it by his neighblors, when he answered,
*, that there he should hang until he had finished his
supper." Another mode of ingenious treatment to
which this unfortunate creature was subjected, con-
silted in tying his leg to a horses leg, and by this
Intik, preventing 860) from making their escape.—
•As the horse moved for sake of pasture, he dragged
compani• n after him ; and by these and other
means I,is back was dreadfully bruised and lacerated.
roth dtftntlasts were convicted on the deafest evi-
dense, and the hu• band WAS sentenced to imprison-
ment and hard labour for see Yu"; and the wife for
'Om ram*.