Star.
London, England, 1824-12-04 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, DECEMBER S.

Lot Cartlidge was indicted for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of amid Jones, in Leather-lane, Hol-
born, and stealing therein a quantity of ribands, sad
other articles, value £5, his property.
The prosecutor's shop was robbed on the evening of
Sunday, the 17th of October, during Mrs. Jones's ab-
sence, at about six o'clock, and some of the property
was found in the prisoner's possession next day. He
said that he purchased the property at a public-house,
but offered no evidence of that fact. He, however,
called witnesses, who swore to an alibi.
The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty
of stealing in a dwelling-house to the value of 403.
There was another charge of burglary in the calendar against the
same prisoner ; but be was not put on his trial for it.
OPINION OP TIM TWELVE JUDGES, JR TUE MATTER
OF ROBERT BALL

This prisoner was tried and found guilty of the crime
of arson at the last sessions, he having been ploved to
have set fire to a house described as the dwelling-house
of Mr. Fearn, of the Strand. On that occasion the
Learned Counsel for the prisoner star ted the objection,
that Mr. Fearn having taken the benefit of the Insol-
vent Debtors' Act, had assigned over his property,
amongst which was the lease of the house in question, to
the provisional assignee of the Court, in whom the legal
possession was vested, and consequently the house ought
to have been described as the property of the assignee,
and not of Mr. Fearn. This objection Mr. Justice Gatelee
submitted to the Judges, who having maturely consi.
dered the same, declared it to be insupportable, and
it was accordingly overruled. This being the case,
the prisoner will receive sentence of Death at the end
of the Sessions.
Mary Ams Hycroft was capitally indicted for stealing
in the dwelling-house of J. Clark, property to a very
considerable amount, on the 12th of November last.—
The facts of the case were conclusive against the pri-
soner, and the Jury found her Gouty—Death.
TRIAL Or SAM.DEVALL, FOR AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

On the COMMON SERJEANT taking his seat, the pri-
soner was arraigned for attempting, on the 30th of Oc-
tober last, to kill and murder Mary his wife, by shooting
at her with a pistol.
On the witnesses being called, the wife came into
Court, and the prisoner immediately fixed his . eyes
on her with a peculiar fire, and uttered a most
dreadful oath, accusing her of inconstancy and perjury.
He was, however, stopped by the clficers, and the wit-
nesses for the prosecution were then called.
The prosecutrix was then sworn, and deposed to the
circumstances that occurred on the occasion in questit3,
in the same way that appeared in our reports of the In-
quiries on the different examinations. In addition, it'
appeared that the unfortunate man had twice attempted
his own life.

The COMMON SZILIZANT here suggested to the Jury,
whether it would be necessary to go on further P at the
same time intimating to them, if they had the least doubt,
of the propriety of proceeding;
The Jury consulted for some moments, and then
found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity.
This verdict having been recorded, tile prisoner bowed
and left the Court ; he will, of course, be continued in
custody until the pleasure of his M ijesty is known.

NEW COURT-OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY.
ROBBING FURNISHED LODGINGS.

Jobs Callen, and Grace Culins his wife, were indicted for stealing
various articles of bed-linen, &c. on the 10th of November last, trona
their ready-furnished lodgings, at East Smithfield, in the parish of
St. John. Wapping.
Sarah Simpson, the prosecutrir, deposed, that she was a widow
woman; the two prisoners lodged with her for some time • they
occapied a furnished room ; having missed several articles of linen,
she caused them to be apprehended.
Ail officer proved taking the prisoners into custody : thee said
the property was in pledge, and that the female had done it by the
request of her husband.
A pawnbroker, with whom a sheet had been pledged, proved that
be received it from the female prisoner.
Cullen; in his defence, did not deny the charge, and admitted
that his wife had pledged the articles by his desire ; it was distress
at the time, and hit intention was to have redeemed them before
be left the lodgings.
The COMMON-SW/ANT summed up the evidence to the Jury,
who pronounced a verdict of Gail's against John Cullen, and aro.
quitted Grace his wife.
Patrick 111•Cee was convicted for stealing 401bs. weight of lead,
the property of James Nichol, his master. The prisoner was sen-
tenced to be publicly whipped, and confined one month in the
House of Correction.

As the Earl of SuArresouni was, on Wednesday,
leaving Dorchester, in his traveller carriage, one of the Witless
fell at the bottom of the town, and the postbny under. Fortu-
na:cly no injury was sustained, except by the horse' and that was
Another horse Living been prosured, his Lordship pro-
cettled on hie journey.

Earl Cowper.
. it will berecollected that at the last Summer Assizes
for this county, three men, named Davis, Harris, and
Green, wee convicted as Parties to the•robbery abve
mentioned. Since then it haJ been discovered, through
the 'active exertions of Mr. T. Nicholson, the under=
S' ei that Green and Harris were not actually con-
cerned in the robbery, and in consequence of some
doubt entertained as to the case of • Davis, the awful
•sentence of the law as to him was respited until the 3d
of January next. The present prisoners were now put
upon their trial, charged with being two of the gang of
eight persons concerned in the desperate robbery in
question. The case excited considerable interest, and
during the trial the Court was crowded to excess.
Mr. BOLLA ND (with whom was Mr. DOWLING)
stated the case for the prosecution. The circumstances
under which the robbery vas effected were fully de-
tail's] on the last trial, and the principal interest in the
case, arose from the evidence adduced to implicate the
men charged by the present indictment.
• Benjamin Jacobs, an accomplice, was called.—He
stated that he was a baker by trait, and had resided at
Hampton Wick. For some time previous to the rob-
bery, he had been in the habit of frequenting a public-
house, known by the sign of the Horseshoe and Wheat
Sheaf, in Mellor-street, Bermondsey, where he met
Davis (now under sentence of death), and the prisoners
Jones and Weaver. On the 9th of June he met the pri-
- sorters Weaver and Jones, and five other persons, at this
house, when it was agreed that they should commit the
robbery in question. Two of the men set out early in
the afternoon to walk, leaving the rest to follow in two
ca ts. About two or three hours after those two were
gone, Jones, Weaver, 'And witness set out in his (wit-
ness's) cart, and took the road by Southgate, and on ar-
riving at the sixteen mile-stone, they found the other
five men waiting for them with another cart. Four then
got into each cart, and proceeded on to a bane near Mr.
Haines's house; they stopped, and fastening the horses
to two trees, they went on to Cole-green. After sur-
veying the house in every direction, a ladder was pro-
cured, and placed against a first-floor window. The
prisoner Jones went up first, and broke a hole in the
window and opened it. He then came down, and told
• the rest to take off their shoes. A candle was then lighted
in a dark lantern by means of a phosphortmobox.—
Jones then ascended, got in at the window, and was
followed.by witness, Weaver, and four' others, leaving
the eighth man to watch below. He then detailed the
circumstances under which the robbery was committed,
as described by Mr: -and Mrs. Haines and their son.
Being disturbed, as already mentioned, they retreated,
and in their return they had a desperate scuffle with
three farming men. The prisoner Weaver lost his hat,
and a pistol was also left beliVed. They then returned
to the carts, four getting into each, and drove off as
fast as they could for London, but by a different route
from that they had come. In their way they bad to
piss a turnpike, which was locked. They aroused. the toll
collector who demandorl eightpence toll, for the two
carts. The men in the first cart gave him a shilling,
and both carts pushed on without waiting for the change.
When they reached London they separated, but all met
again, with the exception of one of the party, at the
Horse Shoe and Wheatsheaf, in Bermondsey, for the
purpose of dividing the plunder. They went into a room
up stairs, where a man named Dudfield came to them
for the purpose of purchasing the bank-notes. The
whole amount of the cash and bank-notes was about
1,0061. Dudfield, after a good deal of bargaining,
agreed to give 750/. fur the notes. Witness went along
with Dudheld to his house, for the money. lie received
but mot. then, Dudfield promising to bring the re-
mainder
in about an hour and a half tothe public-house,
bud he never came, and itness believed that the re-
mainder of the money was not paid.
Mr. Jessop, who conducted the defence, cross-
examined this witness at considerable length, to shew
the infamy of his character. He had been in two or
three gaols, and had once suffered six months' impris
sonment for felony. Ile expected to save his ownneck
by the evidence lie gave against the prisoners. The
Leaned Counsel, however, could not shake the consis-
tency of his story. This witness said he knew Green
and Harris, who were convicted at the last Assizes; but
he positively said they were not concerned in the affair.
fo confirm some parts of the accomplice's evidence,
the following witnesses were called:—
Jane Watson, whose husband kept the horse-Shoe
and WheaoSheaf (but is since dead), proved that the
two prisoners, Jacobs, Davis, and four other men, met
at her husband's house in the afternoon of the 9th of
June, and drank together. They had all quitted the
house about seven in the evening. These men had been
in the habit of frequenting the house before. When she
got up next morning, about eight o'clock, she found
that seven of them were in an upttairs room of the
house. She saw a strange man leave the room in which
they were, and come down stairs. This man she had
never seen before. She had seen him since in Horse-
monger-lane jail, and believed his name to be Dudfield,
as she had been .subseattently informed. The men had
afterwards beef-steaks or muttonchops for breakfast.
Her husband had had an iron crow-bar in his skittle-
gr ound ever since they had come to tine house, namely,
for
.about six months. She had seen the crow•har in
the skittle-ground our the Bth, hut missed it on the 10th
of June, ansl had never- seen it since. Looking at the
.cr •ss sbar which had been picked hp on Mr. Haines's
rremi-es on the morning of tLe 10d), she Fray be-
lieved it to be that which had belonged to herhusband.
it was exactly similar in every respect.
William B:idd, a toll-gate keeper, proved that
about two o'clock on the morning of the 10th of June,
he was mow., to open the gate for two carts, which ap-
peared to conic from the direction of Her tines), dbury.
He unlocked the gate, and the man in the first cart
asked what was the toll ? He answered Bd. for the two
carts. He received a shilling, and both carts imme-
diately drove on at a rapid rate, in a direction towards
London, without waiting for the change. There were
but four men in the two carts, that he ob-erved.
(The accomplice had said that two or three men had
got down when they cattle to the gate, and walked
through the .thicket.: AnOther'was at the bottom of
one of the Car ts.—Thii.was tine casefor the prosecution.
The prisoners being called upon for -their defence,