Star.
London, England, 1805-07-13 00:00:00

OLD BtilLitr.

Yeflerday eight prifoners were tried, one of whom
was capitally convicted. viz.
Maly Parnell was indifted for tittering a forged 51.
note, with intent to defraud the Governor and Com-
pany of the Bank of England.
The prifoner went to :he flop of Mr. Ballady, a
fhoemaker in the Strand, on the evening of the 9(11 of
March, and purchafed a pair of (hoes, when fhe ten.
dered the note in queflion to Smith the thopmar,
who took it backwards to his matter, who requelled
the prifoner to write her name on the back, but fire
Paid the could not write, and from thi- and fame other
circumfbrces-the profecutor fulpeeted the note to be
bad. Tire prifoner contented to leat•c it till the
Monday following, this being on the Saturdly. She,
however, never called again. A number of notes of
firuilar fabrication ',dog in circulation, the officers
of the Bank were alert, and no lefs than fix of thefe,
it appeared, had been naffed by the prif tier in a few
days. She was taken to Bowlireet, u!.rere the
tradefmen who had been impoled upon identified her.
Guilty Death.—Three Were convicted of felony, siz.
W. Mafon, for healing feveral great coats, toe
property of various perfons, front the Stock Ex-
change Coffee Houfe; J. Pouncenhy, for Realing two
iron laws, the property of T. Itobinfon ; T. Bray,
for putting rff to It. Coleman ten counterfeit half-
crowns.—Pour were acquitted, among whom were
Nafh, who was indicted for Realing bills from a
letter; and

Thomar indifled for the wilful murder of
Anne, his wife, by (hooting her through the head.
Stifannah Burlelton depofed, that the prifoner was
a gun l:,ck-fmith, and lived at No. +3, Mount
Plcafaut, Gray's inn•lane. She lodged in the' houfe,
and on the 3d of June, at five o'clock in the even-
ing, was thinking tea with the deccaled: A perfon
came to the window and broke a pane of Oafs; the
fame sperlon then came to the door, which WAS
bolted, and :liked for the key of the (hop. The
decealed handed it out to him and bolted the door;
a lhort time after this the prifoner came to the par-
lour door, and finding it was locked, cried out—
" Wo'n't you let me in ?" This the dectared refuted,
and the prifoner attempted' to force it open, but
could nor. Ile then went away, and thortly alter
the heard a pylon go up !fairs, come down again,
and go into the yard. The window of the hack
room was then opened, and the deceafed 'vent into
the room to fliut it. Immediately after the wieners
heard a (hot filed, and rot hearing Mrs. Faber air,
concluded the was gr'ne to hid: ; but the fil:nce
continuing the went into the room and found it full
of frnoke. The dcceafcd was lying on the ground
apparently dead.
On her crofs-examinatioa, fie raid the prifoner
was often, to all appearance, out cf his mind ; but
had not been in that [late for a fortnight berme this
happened.
Jofeph Underwood lives in Boathe's Bnildinrts,
Mount Pleafant. On the 3d of June, between five
and fix in the evening, he was alarmed by a child,
who told him what had happened. He went imme-
diately to Fifhet's houfe, and on etrering the front
parlour, he law the prifoner fitting in the corner;
.he then looked into the back room, the deceafed lay
behind the door, about two yards from the window;
her left eye was fufpended on her left Temple, being
forced out of the locket ; a great quantity of blood
ilfued from her head, and (he was to all appearance
dead. He then left the room, and, having gone a
little way from the prifenet'e honfe, met an officer of
the name of Rice, whom he brought hack with him;
the prifoner was then in the fame place he left him.
Rice fearched him, but nothing of any conlequense
was found on him. A perfon who was in the room
laid to him, " Fifher, I never thought you would
bare done oh ;" and the prifoner anfwered, " but
I have done it." The wieners, and an officer of the
name of Wood, went into the back (hop, and, after
fearching for a confiderable time, found two piliols
at the fartheiend of it, among tome fcraps of iron :
one t 4 them appeared to have been lately stifeharged,
inOild blood on it ; the other Was loaded, but he
could not fay whether it was primed or not. On
crofs•examinati•ln, he Paid the prifoner feemed much
agitated ; his eyes were. darting cut of his head, but
he did not think he was intoxica:ed.
Thomas White, an officer of Haunts Garden, in
cordequence of information, went with Wood, a bro-
ther officer, to the prifoner's honfe, and having ap-
ptehended him, took him to fiatton Garden. On
the way, he ailced him, why he was guilty of fuch •
a rafh aEt ? and the prifoner Paid it was done in the
heat of paflion.
George Wood, the other officer, gave the fame
teflimony ; and further Rated, that he had found the
piaols, and that one of them, when the charge was
drawn before the Coroner, was loaded with a ball.'
Thomas Rice gave much the fame evidence as the
former witnact ; and farther hated, that he alkcd

the prifoner why he was gulf), of Coat a borrid:
crime? He anfwerect. " It was the aggravation oft
the moment."

.Sarah Brumly tellified to the fituation of the dc-
ceafed ; and, on her (7as-examination, faid, the
prifoner bad been, for a confiderable timc back, often
in a deranged (late.'
Vigo Armflrong, a furgeon, law the deceafed
fhortly after fhe was murdered, lying in the back
parlour, with a quantity of blood about her. The
left eye was forced nut of the locket by a ball from
a pillol or fame Inch weapon ; the ball entered at the
inlide corner of the left eye, and thatteted the bone
in a dreadful manner; the deceafed was deld, and
the wound the received was undoubtedly ,7e caufe
of her death. He opened the head before the Co-
roner, and it appeared that the ball bad pallid
through her brain.
The Prifoner being then a(ked, what he had to
fay in his defence ? laid, in In low a tone, that one
of the Clerks was obliged to repeat his words to the
Court—

My Lord-1 have frequently been put part my Liles from the
ill ufage of my wife and inns; they put nut in psifon about three
months ago—l took my two eldeft lons into partncrfhip, and my
wife would have an agreement drawn up that they Ihould have
part of the tools, part of the flock, and part of the houfehold fur-
niture, and leafe of the houfe; the alfo Mfifted on having all the
out-flandlng debts. I was willing to agree to all this, but that
would nut fatisfy them. The agreement was not (troop enough
to keep them; they wanted to leave me and take part of the pods
to themfelves; though, by the agreement, they were bound to
carry on bufincfs at No. t 3, Mount Pleafant. My wife wined
them to go front me, and alfo to leave me herfelf—and, bccaufe I
would nut agree to this, they were always upon me, and drove me
beyond any (cafes, fo that I was often guilty of improper aets"
George Barclay, a froith, faid he ferved his ap-
prenticethip to the prifoner, and continued with him
for ten year!, for the &ft five or fix of which he was
a ve►y good mailer; but, in i7t:9. he, by accident,
received a blow of a fledge hammer on the top of
the head, as he was !looping to his work, from a
man of the name of Plumby. When he received the
blow, he fell, and lay fenfelefs for two or three days.
From this time, he old not conduct himfelf is he did
before, but would often give him orders, and next
moment forget he gave them, and would then talk
in the moll incoherent manner, running from one fub-
jc.9 to another.
Thomas Cnnflable ferved his apprenticefl4 to the
Pt lamer, and remained with him fourteen years,chir-
ing which co -le the Pt ifoner's condita was not regu•
ha,. often teen him working from fix in the
morning until nitie, and then (lopping foidenly and i
remain for a ennfiderabletime, opening and !hutting:
his mouth, then flaring about and looking wildly,,
leaving the iron he was working in the fire until it
was compictely fpoiled. Sometimes lie would he
Pinging, then talking fenfibly, then on politics, then
nn Motes, Aaron, and Jacob, without any connec-
tion, and in the mina ludicrous manner. He at one
time met him Itanding in the !}feet, with his back
againft a poll, and his limes in his hand, with a great
many guineas in each ; it was with difficulty he could
get him to put them on and go home ; in fhort, his
coodufl, at times, appeared to him t.: be that of a
madman.

Twcnty-feven witneffes, confilling of gonfmiths,
pertons wito had ferved an appreinicethip to the pri-
loner, and others who retitled near him, were called
to prove infinity. They all agreed that the prifoner
laboured under mental deringcritent, tince he had re-
ceived a blow on the head with a 11:Jge hammer 14
years ago. He would frequently give orders to his
men in go about a piece of work, and in a few mi.
nines after, he would abide them for fo doing, and
deny his order. He would alto aft irrationally in the
fhop while at work, infomuch that he was long known
in the trade by the name of Mad Tons. Amongtl his
neighbours, he would at intervals talk gravely on po-
litics, and mime fcripture paffages, and at the fame
moment he would burft forth into a laugh, or ling
ridiculous fongs, run np and down the houfe with a
loaded gun, which the neighbours were obliged to
take from him by force; running through the ltteets
with his eyes flaring.
were
two lattice Lawasy es ohferved, that these were
two things for the confederation of the Jury:. The
firtt of there was, whether the prifoner had commit-
ted the murder ? and feconily, whether he was fo
far himfeif as to be capable of judging right from
wrong? Theevidence of his apprentices and others
:hewed in a great meafure that he was not a rational
being- It was not ever); unaccountable humour a
man was ruble& to, that would be an excufe, provid-
ed he was not continually in a (late of inanity, fo
as not to know good from evil. There was no evi-
dence to prove conllant drunkennefs, which would
not apply in this cafe, it being voluntary inadnefs.
The Jury retired, and, in about ten minutes, re-
turned a verdia of—Acquittal.
Mr. Jutlice LAWRENCE afked the Foreman, whe-
ther it was on the ground of inanity the Jury had
pronounced their verdiel ? Being anfwered in the af-
firmative, he defired that the prifoner (hould be de-
tained and taken care of.

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J.tne Taylor, aged thirty-four, broke ont, four
years ago, in a large blotch on her left kg. It con.
tinned fpreading, till it arrived about the knee. Its
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lour ; much hear, and a tormenting itching, which
daroyed her peep. At this time an khoroug
water was djfcharged ; her legs (welling In as to pre•
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ous applications were flied with no good effna. She
thenday recommendation, refolved to take Spilibury'.
Patent Antilcorbutic Drops. She perfeveted for lie
months, when the became entirely well.
JANsTAYLOK.
16, Upper Clevelmd-Ctreet. JAWIFS TAYLnIt•
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wrapper ; the !lamp alt.() (the ing's duty) is printed
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On Wedritf I4t, the Counsels of Saltily, et a fon g
I.ordthip's hence in Spring Gardens.
Same day, hi Clifford.itreet, the Lady cf Geis. B. Alainvratit-.
Efq. of a fon.
titi the lsth instant, in Georre•ltrect, Mancli-fier-fqu-ry
Lady of the Rev Richard William Wake, of a (on.

SUnday fall. in South- treat, Lady Catharine Stewart, of a fix.
At the Duchrfa Dowager of Rutland's, SackTille-Rroct,
Elizabeth Norman, of a daughter.
Friday latt, the Right Hon. Lady Ann Wombwril,da ttfil-bea
child. •