Star.
London, England, 1804-09-18 00:00:00

OLD gAiL Er.

Yefterday 2+ prifoneis were tried, one of whom
was capitally convißed, viz.
jabs Kemp was intilßed for a capital felony, in
being at large before the time of his tranfportation on
a former conviction had expifed.
James Haiti; in, a tervaor to the keeper of New
gate drpofed, that the prifor,er tind been ennviaed
ef a• burglary in Febnuary Seffions t that he had him
under his care afterwards. and that he was 'cent.-
Wined to fee him almoft every day. His lenience of
death being changed into trantportationohe witucfs
went down with flirts in a waggon to Portfmouth,
along with a cumber of other pritoners who were to
be put on board there, in a fh:p dettined for New
South Wales. On the way the pot ifoner made his ef
cape, and he law him no more till lately.
William Blackman, a Bow-greet Officer, having
received information concerning the prifuner, went
to a haute its St. Gilt 's where he was told the pri.
Cotter lodged. It was early. in the morning. He
broke open the door and found the prifoner aftleep
with a young woman. He drew his cutlers, rind
Rood with this fitepended over him while be awaken-
ed him, as he had heard that he always carried a
brace of pails about him. He then handcuffed him,
laud upon examining about the bed, he found an iron
crow, two wax candles, and fume phofphorus. The
prifoner, while he was putting up theft things, hap-
pened to get rid of the hand-cuffs, feized a poker.
and aimed a blow at his bead, which be warded off

with his arm. His arm was, however, much cut
before he could feeure him. The ,record of the
Court was produced to thew that the Kilmer had
been formerly convided.
• Mr. Kwoweas, the Common Serjeant, in fam-
ish% up the evidence, obferved, that had the pri-
&ler been dictate/rid with any appearance of having
itppliad bhafelf to a lawful calling, he might have
tbotight that he would be a proper objed of mercy,
bat he was lorry to find that he was till-covered with
4rry appearance of having returned to his old vi•
Muss "habits.--Guifty—Deatb.
-Twelve were convicted of felony; viz.—bfary
Rani Men, for Reeling (beet, the property of W.
Williams, and was fined ts. and difcharged ; Ann
Clegg. An healing a Ibeet, the property .of J. Pur- ,
Cdij. Smith, (or IlealinS a man's hat, the ;meaty
of J.• Steel; Efiher Evanii, for (haling, a man's bat.
thiproperty of D. Pedder4 J. Foley, for Railing a
bay, the property of R., Clemente. 'was ordered to be;
faveately-whipped and difcbarged ; J. Williams, for
*eating tlt yards of black tam, the property of W.
`Rltli; R. &Aid. for Realists is. the property of
J.Williams; Mary William % for Reeling a tea-ket
, the property of C. Cliff ; S. Ne#wrne for
Reeling 181 b. of brafs, the property of C. H.Tur-
set. ; J. Brown, for healing a 11.. note, the property
of J. Wither.

jAvy sadth was int:lifted' Pr Ilealin; fume printed
ciliet,e, the property of William Porter, privately
his amp. -
It appeared Mon the evidence that the prifoner had
called at the Profecutor's lbnp in Cranboutne alley,
sthd Abed for a piece to match a pattern which the
bad in her hand, while looking at liveral pieces, the
took an opportunity to flip one under her atm, and
made off. The hop-hop leek% her go out in a hurry,
be followed her and infilled fhe &mild go back.-
17pon her return to the atop, the calicos in que&ion
was found in her poirallion.
Several witsteitha gave her a good charafter.—

Ad*, trit'aY •
lel
Mary Hewed who was inditted for (haling :6 yards
of printed cotton, the property of John Fairweather.
The cotton mentioned in the indiament, had been
placed on a chair at the door of the fliop of the pro.
fecstor. No. 34, Osford.road, on the 3 ft of Aug. •
lath The faa of flcaling was clearly made out, and
the cotton was taken Irons the pcifoner before the had
gene far from the door. She was found—Guilty.
The Common Serjeaat ohkreed to the fhopman
Of the prole:cuter, (the prokeutor himfelf not being
is:Coate) that he thought the pratlice of expoling
goods on chairs outfide (hop-doors, was A very im-
proper way of forcing a trade ; it threw prong temp.
tattoos in the way of the idle and and he
hoped it would be difenntiossed.
And eleven were acquitted, among whom
Thomas ?girt was iiidiaed for a highway robbery,
ie 'Faulting Joba Mario'. a butcher, in Whitecha-
pel, and robbing him of his hat.
The profecuto; (wore that he met the prifoner and
another man as he was going to Whitechapel market;
he was knocked down by them, and 101 l his hat. On
his calling for Alliance the prifoner was teemed, but
the other man efcaped. It did not appear from the
evidence which of the two men had knocked down
the profeeutur, nor that it was done with an intent to
rob him, as nothing was laid by either of them.—
The Jury therefore acquitted the prifoner.
'James Murky, alias Pratt, alias the Hem. Mr. Lis,
was indiaed for healing a fdver pencil cafe, a pair
of fciffars, and a hirer thimble, the property of Mrs.
Elizabeth Elvcy. prufeentrix (laced, that (be
was a pocket book maker and jeweller. No. 9, New
bond-Orem On the loth of January laa, the prifo-
ner came to her thop, and looked not a number of ar
tides to the amount cf eiAlit pounds and fixpenCe,
which he deleted to be directed to the Honourable
Mr. Letlie, to be fcnt t; Coined Lillie's, Stable-yard,
St. Janne,'s ; he took in his pocket the pencil cafe
and other articles mentioned in the indiament, and
ordered that the hill might be feat with the sell of
the articles, exaely at F.,e o',:ock, as the faea;ly al-
ways dined at that boor.
When the prifoner was atked ssibetl,:i he vroulsl
tut any qtselltons th s;te 1.6:na1? he ar,17...r..,J, t:
knew nothing about the lady, and Lad NitncLies
19 contraso her eller titan.
brichael loglefield, who was fervent to Mrs. F.l.
it], and palest at the tranfaaion, corroborated her
Ippusway ; be, further added, that he went home
with the artiekt as dirsacd. but could not find any
rush ; be then enquired at the haufes of the
Lswides of Oarence, Ktnt, and Cumberland, and at
1411 faapd. that General Leflie lived in Duke. ftreet,
St. James's lie went there, hut they knew no fuck
per n.., lie could pafitivelr (wear to the perfon of
t vaguer, as be took particular notice of him I at
that dress w as not the fame; be had a °tab-
by cat Otis bait hall powdered, and he were foidias

gaiters. It Oruck him as a rematkable thing that a {
perfon of his name, and who had given fuel an or-
der. fhould be Co meanly dreffed.
Mr. George Cumming Rated, that on the IR of
September intim, the prifoner at the bar came to
Mrs. 'fukey's (hop, in Bond-Itreet, to purchafe Come
jewellery, which he ordered home. Mys. Tukey.
having come fufpicion, carried the goods along with
the prifoner, While the witnefs walked at Come dif-
tance behind. When the prifoner difcovered him, he
ran away, and witnef. puifued aad apprehended him.
During the purfuit, the prifoner dropped his Owe,
which Mr. Cumming produced in Court. It had
three cuts, in the centre of the role, which evidently
appeared to have been made for the purpofe of con-
cealing fusel articles. The reafon the prifoner af-
figned for its being cut was, that one of his feet was
larger than the other, as his great toe had once been
broken, and projected out far beyond the refl.
On the part of the prifoner, William Ryder Rated,
that he was feevant to Sit Richard Nation. the Lieu-
tenant Governor of Greenwich College, he had been
Lieutenant's Mate on board his Majetty's (hip ke.
pulfe, commanded by the Honourable Capt. Lake ;
he knew the prifoner perfedly well, his name was
James Johnfion, and he was for a length of time the
witnefs's Otipmate. When the wiuseis left the (hip
prifoner fueceeded him as Lieutenant's Mate. He
pofitively (wore, that the prifoner was never once over
the (hip's fide to go to land, from the month sf Sep.
tember, iSo3, to the latter end of March lag ; that
about Chtillmas they failed from the Afore for the
Not* Seas. and did not return until March lag
all ;
all that time he never 101 l fight of the prifoner.
Edward Mountain, a tailor. living at 140. 4, Car-
borne-areet. Fitzroy-1-quart, laid, that he had read
letters from the prifoner, to a Lady refiding in
Titchfield-Areet but who was then in Wales, dated
at lea. in the month .of January tall.
The prifourr was then 'Biked, had he any more wit.
nefes ? he replied, that his father's brother attended:
he could not produce his father himfelf, as he was a
very infirm old man, and he willed to keep the bufi-
nets a profound ken' front him.
Mrs. Eivey and laglefield were again called, and
(wore pofitively as to the perfon of the prifoner.
The prifoner then declared, he was willing to be
detained until a certificate of his charafter, and the
time at which he was on board, could be procured
form Capt. Lake.
The jury retired, and after a aunt o:lnculcation ac-
quitted the partner. '

jihrhe day fentence WSJ peed, when
Jobe Kamp, Jofeph Lloyd, Robert Drown Prentke, alas John
Thomas Slater, Thomas Webb. alias Dear, John Tibbs,
tfase Tibbs, and • orris Cormix.--Deatis.
John Other. George Woodford, John lunar, John Bryce,
Mary Evans, Kim Groom, William Modes, Mold Sothetiand,
ti dams HIV, Charles Comity, John Lucy. Folmsrd
Davia, Dodd Myers, William Symonds.ohn Bolton, Ella.
Harbert. John Connor, Richard Sinful& and John Brown were
fewerally ordered to be tranfpurted for datum of fovea years.
cuty.four were ordered to be Imprifoned in the Hoofs of
Corm:Deo at Clerkeowell.

Five were ordered to be impriroated in Margate; tat were or,
tiered to be privately, and two publicly whipped.
The Salons woe then adjourned tai the 34th of
Odober seat.

MIDDLESEX AESSION6.

In oar paper of yenerday we Rated the circum-
(lances of the cafe of Harriet Browne. It will be re-
cnlleavd that Mr. Jniliee Cs, assay recommended
not gnaw inert the proofs wader their diarnent at the
Old Bailey, but directed the July to acquit her of
t be &ailing, nod ordered the prifoner to be de-
tained for trial under another indictment. in con-
fequetce of this order, a new Bill was preferred,
which was found by the Grand juty.for:Middlefer,
and the was yeilesday tried at the Court at Cktken-
well. The
_proofs of her guijt were ratified by her
own confe&n i the prifuner was fentenced to a year's
imprifonment in the Houk of Correction. The Chair-
, man accompanied the renitence with feversd Inntt Ju-
dicious obfet vations, lamenting that fa young a girl
%fluid have been guilty of a crime of fuch magni-
tude. He lirougly impreffesi on her the propriety of
following a decent and bonen courfe of lite The
girl's appearance was altogether one of the molt in-
, terefting we have for a long time witneffed.
Demi: lef'.ettosanJohot Dew, R. Cads*, and others,
were indicted for rimouflystrembling in the parifh.of
St. Giles's, in the Fields, and alfo for two air:sults
on Captain Shaw and Dennis Moult. Our Readirs
will recollect, a confiderable tumult had been occa-
(sorted in St. Giles's, on Sunday fennight, in conic-
quence of an attempt to refine one John johnfon, a
deferter from the 23d regiment of Fufileets.
Lieutenant Shaw, or the 81A re,..,imeut, has lately,
under the new Aft, railed a number of men, and in
April haft was nominated by his Royal Highnefs the
Commander in Chief, to receive the rank of Captain
in his Majefty's Service. One of the men who had
received the bounty had abandoned him, and was ac-
cidentally difenvered drinking with the prifuners, at
the llorfe Shoe, in St. Giles',; Hewes therefore
kited by the recruiting party, but not before he had
made Inch a defperate refinance as contirained the
Serjeant to draw his (word and lacerate him in a
(hocking manner. The relent Defendants not only
joined to the affray in the public houfe, but when
overpowered by the military, ran into the nreet, col-
leted a prodlgintis multitude, and returned armed
with brickbats, from an adjoining houte under repair,
to renew the contra. A regally liege was commute-
ed, the windows were broken, the door was forced,'
and Captain Shaw, with his party, after an ineffec-
' final effort to fopprefs the rbst, was obliged to break
an aperture through a wall in the back of the public
home, to drape with his prifoner from the fury of
, the nfrailants. They, however, form acquired infor-
mation of the retreat, and pittrfned (he guard. By this
' time Captain Shaw had procured t reinforcement.
but not of Jo fficient ftrength to intimidate the rioters,
who vociferated, 66 We will have your livens You
bloody backs," and were proceeding to penetrate the
ranks and (cite the ti,ldiery. le this fituation the
! ((ricer commanded his men to face about, and plate
' , thengel vet in the attiznde olchai sting with the bayo-
! ' net. The firm omintenance of the party ocealinned
l 1 the populace to retire, and the tabors were nom*.
I ted to proceeL: to the Blue Pont, in Tottentuuri-cnnrt-
I 1 road, where, in eonfequenee of the increafe of refill-
r met from the loud cr yof 66 Crimps," and other inn 4 rll-
- Inatalry WLa Lb% they wLte again Lblired to take Shel-
ter. ifisoth-r reioinrccosent was then ebee6•444.61x4
the delcster was falili !.algid in piifon.

Mr. Ait ay, on the pert of the Otoreention,
mended highly the moderation with which the fol•
diers had conclutted themlelves, and produced in evi-
dence the Commanding Officer, and the ferjeant and
privates who had been prefent during dick treaties
Lions. -
Numerous wirnefres were called, by Mr. Guam iv,
on behalf of the prifoners ; and the defence endea-
voured to be let up by all of them was, an al& Some
coniradiftions in the witneffes were eafily detefied by
the Counfel on the oppofite fide ; and, after a km&
comment on the nature and circumfiances of the tef-
timony by the Learned CHCIIMAM. a verdia of—
Guilty, was found againfl all the prifoners, who were
ordered to be brought up again on Thutfday to re-
ceive lenience.