Star.
London, England, 1805-10-31 00:00:00

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OLD lAILEr.

Yeller.lay the Stffions commented before Lord
EttaNaottouGH, Mt Baron it omrsoa. Mr. Pace
ltooica, the Logo NIA roe, when fifteen prifo-
nen were tried, three of whom we. e capitally convic-

ted, viz.
Afisaketh MIAs!, for flealing a indow curtains,
fringe, and drapery, &e. the properi y of Merl's. Fle•
ming and Co. of Fenchurch-ltrt et, in their dwelling-
hoar.

• It appeared that the priconer was found running
away from the houfe, apprehended, and the property
wrapped.in her apron, and could not give any ac-
count how the came by filch property ; and now
upon her trial the faid the was in liquor, fu much
that the did not know what the did.

The Itecoant it obferved to the Jnry, that this was
a capitai offence, that of (leafing in a. dwelling hyttfe
Bonds of upwaidi of the value of 405..; and al•
&nigh neither uf the partners lived in the hnufe, yet
their fervant diJ, and that m:tde it as much their
! dwelling as if all the parties raided in it. As to the
amount of the property, he did not think himfelljuf-
tificd in ativifing the Jury to reduce it below the Wm
of 4os. and as that WAS the cafe, the whole charge
was made out againft the priforier, if they believed
.the evidence—if they had any doubt of it, they
would give her the benefit of that doubt. • She laid
.the fu much in liquor that the did not know
What the was (king which was a very filly eicule,
cuirather no mule at
prolecutor laid he believed the ptifontr Was
inliquo4 and for that reaton he wilhed to recom-
mend her to mercy. He knew nothing Of her.
•,The RICORDIR laid he Ihnuld Rate the recommen-
dation to the King in Coancil, but lit himlellhad nit
difcretion in the cafe, as it was a capital offence:

Solomon Wifirnan, for (leafing a quantity of 'Brazil
wood, the proptrty of bleffrs. Lucas and .Co. from
a lighter on the liver Thames. It appeared that the
pritoner was fervant to the prolecutors, who were
bghter men. In the montit of April alca., they be-
ing employed by Mars. Bei miller and Co. fuer-
chantc, to unload a cargo of Brazil wood which lay
down the River, fent klighter, with the priforier in
it, fibi• that purp,fe. A great part of the lugs
Rowed in the lighter, and the temaineci by the fide
of the (hip, for the purpofe of being completely
loaded in the morning, all the hands having left her,
and come on Ilium About ten o'clock at night, Mr.
Lucas's attention was drawn towards the lighter, by
the found of voices, and he Went in a boat towards
it.. When he got near. he dillintlly heard the voice
of the priforier, and alto heard hirn, with the alit-
tante of otheis, moving the logs into a boat; which
lay alungfide. As footi as he boarded the lighter, he
made a cut of a hanger at one of the risen, and, in
attempting to nit: him, fell over fame pieces of
wood, ana they all crewed. blr. Owen; who was
in * !kin near the place, Peeing two men put off from
the lighter, ran his miff ahaard their boat, bolt they
,isothjuarped overboard, and got on there. He was
volitive AS to the perfon and vo.iet of the prifoner.—
A log of wood was then pioditCed and two.n to—
Ishe value ario was puived to be upwards of 4.1.
I The Racoetia" lumped up the evidence, and in-
formed the Jary, that this WAS au inclidnient 'order
ap, which made it a capital offence te neat goods
' to the amount of dos. on a navigable river—if, there-
fore, they *ere of opinion that the prifontr Role the
*wood, they mull convia him capitally ; as it Was in
evidence that the valve of only one of the logs tiolen
anuionted to mare than al.
The len y, after a fhott confederation, finind him
gdilt y.—Death.
Chi;tors for returning ft nm tranfportation.
ihe'eertiticate of the Clerk of the Arraigns being
read, and it being clearly proved that the prifoner
was capitally conviaed of A highway robbery, in the
(Motet Setlions, int, for which offence having re-
ceived featence of death, his blajefty was pleated to
extend his Royal mercy to hint, on condition of his
being tranfported for life to Botany Bay. whither he
was accordingly fent ; his being at large in this king-
& ht was then proved ; and the prifiaser was called
on fur his defence.
He delivered in a paper, which (fated, that he
failed for Botany Bay, and had remained there five
years ; when hearing that there was a war, he got
to the E.,a indiec, from whence he failed for Eng-
land, ard the day after he landed here, he entered
on board the Diana frigate, in which he continued
for a contiderable time ; but, being defiled on a rock,
off Bantry Bay, at the time the French were there,
Ire was fent to an holpital ; and, as loon as.he .was
well, he entered on board another King's (hip, froth
wl.ich being ditcharged. he entered on board the
Lord bielfon, tall Indiaman. In the battle, when
that Ibip was taken, he was wounded in the head, in
the ATM, ittld ill the body and, "'heir Pse was re-
oaken by an Englifli man of war, he WAS fent to the
hofpital ; all his officers being highly pleated with•
his intrepid conduit. As Coon as be got well, he welt,
on board the Lord Nellicti again, to which (hip
belonged, when he was taken up.
Captain William Raven, •Cornmander •of the Bii-'
tantsia,depofed, that about ten year's liiiee,the pi-Wooer
Came on board his thip at. Port Jackton; Irons which'
place he failed for the Eall Indies. He' did not know
he was on board, until three days after the fhifi
- when he was found concealed. He worked AS a fore-
Alan man during the voyage, which continued abouVl
three months, and behaved hinsfelf extremely Welt.
circumflance, in pal dollar, made him take
.tice of his conduit : On the North coati. off Guinea'
the (hip was Mort of provinons. for about three weeks,'
and the pacifier was the only man of the whole
;crew, who did not appear ditcontented. and .almott
Ismotiny. When the Blip arrived at Calcutta, the
pantier left him.
•
bfr. Wallis, mate on board the Lord. Neillin,• de-
pofed to the ptifoner's coming on briars!, about four
years liner, as Q2arter-matter. During the atlion
with the French, he behaved with the greaten intre.-
.
pidity, and was feverely wounded.
Captain Miler, the pratent Commander of the
Lord Nelfim, gave the highett charaCler of the pre-
Toner, and hated that he was recommended to him by
the former Commander, for hts bravery. indunry,
and henefty, which he hindelf found him in every ,
refpeet to be deferving of.
Mr. Baron THossesost went over the whole evi.
dente, and' obterved,.that however favourable the
circumaanseo might be for.the.istifoncr, the only

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point for the confideration of the Jury was. whether
he were found at large in this kingaitoi, altit- being
fentenced to tranfportation for life ? of which he con•
ceived the evidence was fo Ilrong, that it :Could itot
admit of alloubt.

The jury inßantly found him Guil:r; but ftrongly
recommended him to mercy.
Mr. Baron THOM um; affured the Jury their
re-
commendation fbould be attended to.

Nine were conviCted of felonies, among whom were
John Br4lvo, for healing one gold teal, the proper-
ty of the Mott Noble William /lenity Caventlifh
Bentinck, Duke of Porshnd, and fen fmall gold teals,
the property of Lady Mary Bentmck, daughter of
his Grace of Portland.

Nlr. Lane, Grn•ln; of the Chambers at Bulfirode,
the Doke of Portland's feat, in Buckinghatnfhire,
hated, that on the morning of the 3tl of September,
he alcertained that the honk had been robbed. He

miirecl.ten Ilene teals, fet in gold, a. pair of iiitilors,
and a gold thimble, all of which, excepting the
fciirars, which were de?olited in Lady Mary Ben
tinclei work bag, he had. in discharge of his duty,
leen the night befote. What made him fuppofe the
honk had
.been robbed, was tome oil fpilt in the gal.
lery and in the drawing room. He could not by
any•means afceetain how the thief or thieves got into
the bottle.
it Was Rated to the Jury in the opening that the
prifioner and another man had been at the hood.: in
the drefs of failors, begging charity, but it was pre-
luMed•they.had come there no. fo much for that
purpofe, as for that of reconnoitering the houfe.—
It was lrovettLity John George.* fervant of the Duke
of Portland. that either, on the day of the robbery,
or very Moon before it, two perfons, habited like fail•
orb, ca* entreating. charity. He could not, how-
aver, particulat ire. the prifoner as one of there pet lims.
gvidenee wai then adduced to prove, that on the
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9tfk cf: September the prifoner pawned four gold
-fealt-witb Fiench, a pawnbroker, in White-
chapel, i 4 the name of John Brown, living at No.
tB, Burr•ltreat, Wapping. The teals were of done,
fet in gold, and were pledged for three fhilling..
TWO kith were Alfa pawned in Mr, Button's ihop, in
Whitechapel, on the lath of September, by the pti-
loner. in the fame name, for one (haling each, and
'one in the fhop of Mr. Barker, Houodfditch. 611 the
}tit of September, but the lhopman who took in the
pledge, could not identify the man who tendered it.
The fame evidence was given by a journeyman of
Mr. Matthews, pawnbroker, in the Minorias, who ad-
vanced 3s. on tato flonefeals, fet in g(thit on the Ilth
of September.
John Griffith, an officer of Lambeth Brett office,
apprehended the ptifoner co the 4th init. On his
pylon he found a blood (lone feat, with the arms of
Parkland on it, but thefetting had been.taken.cif..L—
..

He Ain • found upon 'him pawnbrokers duplicates,
which era&ly correfponded with thole we have above
detailed, and a piece of dirty paper, mat ked of •
Portland, Bularode." He Aced the prifoner who
he was ? and he replied he was a Color, cotne from
America. Mr. Lane was again called tip, and he
identified the blood Ilone feat, without that-citing, to
be the property of the Duke of Portland, and the
other feals to be the property of Lady Mary Ben-
tinck. Be. was confident they were what he delctib.
es!, as he had Come months ago taken itopreffions of
each on a card, which he produced, and on inlpection
I la the Learued Judge and the jury, they were found
to he corral 'tamps trom the feats.
The prifoner in his defence (*aid, that on the lan
day of Airgoll he had landed at Liverpool, firm
America. On the Iti of September he reached 01.
ford, and proceested•towards London. That about
feven•or. eight miles from town he met a pealant,
whom he offered to fell his watch for two-gbineas—
The countryman laid he could not give two guineas
fru- it; but he would give him a guinea and a half,
and ten Rolle feats, let in gold, which the panne
took. He afterwards pledged the foal; in London.
Mr. Baron THorersom read over the evidence to
the Jury, obferving, that the property being found
on the Prifriner, it remained with him to prove how
he got polfellion of it ; and, if they believed the limy
he told, they Would acquit him, otherwife they would
find him guilty.
. The Jury retired for upwards of half an hour, and
returned with a verdiet of Guilty. •

Mr. liar-on Taub+ sow then Perfeely right,
Gentlemen—l should have been furprifed at any other
vcrdiEt."

Mary Mead, for Realing, in the parifh of St. George
in•the EAR, a gold ring, the property of Alexander •
Duncan,onthe Isoth
James Creifey depoled, that he was an apprentice
to Mr. Duncan, who kept a limp for the fale of Um-
brellas and toys, and was moreover a tilvelfruith,
ro. 45, RAtcliffe Lighway. On the day menti. ned
IV tire. indiement, the prifnner. CAMC into the lop,
I,3nd requelled to be Ilsewn Rune wedding rings. The
witnefs.prnduced feveral on a card, and the prifoner
-tkied. on one, wliich the Paid was too wide. While•
jlie witnefs turned round to procure foam which he
'tho'ught with' fit her, he obferveci her put one of
lijs trtaller's 0 Tina,• into her mouth, and
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7ubiliture'in its place 'a ring which' afterwards turn-
ed ()ft to-,he made of pinchbeck. He was fo con-
'sysinc4cl of the fraud, that he delired her• to return tl.e
gold!ring, thrtratening her with the.infpedlion of it
kNrultable in cafe of refufal. She denied the theft
tinit podtively, but on• the conliable appearing, and
Rurching her mouth, the ring was found hidden, and
.concealed bene,atir her tongue.
prifnner net• only denied but retorted the

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flfaYg4; the laid tlie.ring die put down was a gold
-„Pne,•whereas That found in her month was pinchbeck,
' being the ring (hewn her by the witneis. This, how.
Cver; the. Jury did not believe, as it was not proved,
and of courte found the prilimer guilty.
• Sarah Davir,a nymph About feet high, was tried
,for; dealing a wheel barrow, in the parifh of St.
Livistard't, Shoreditch, the property of a man named
custis,'a ()adman.
..1 Mrs: Curtis, the wife of the proprietor, and herfelf,
in eminent dealer ;11 cat's-meat, dated, that the was
in the habit of deporaing her profeffional eurricle in a
jard belonging to a Mr. Kew, and that the miffed the
'vehicle on the day Hated in the indiament.
' Itnppeared alt.°, from the evidence of Mr. Kew,
that lie faw the prifoner, at a quarter before fix on
the morning dated, coming into.the yard, and in the
• aft of trundling away the barrow ; and that lie would
_have followed her, but that he hard on, the moment,
.nothing but his thin.

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A Mr. Rifely, elf() a dealer in dun, corroborate+
the teilimeniy of the lidnatriefs. ' '• • .
The Jury found the prifoner Guilty.
the R /mune enquired of the Officers of New-
gate. if they had any recollefli:tn of• the partner
and a man ,named the ,principal winker.
Rated, that, about three IttDons lune, the WAS capi-
tall y.convißed, and had receiv.e4 his Majelty's pardon.
JfiflPh Shimell and Benj. flongliton, for tickling
a large quantity of cotton i I diaper, /cc. value
nearly 3001. the property of Me& Sangßer and tit-
kinfon, svarehonfemen, iu Nliik :beet, Cheapfide,
Sunday, the 13th •
It appeared, from the teßimony of Armll,ong,an
tiffie.er of Wruthip-Ilreet t•Rice, th.at un the evening
mentioned in the inftiCtment, be. in company stills
Mafon and Bilhop, brother Ofli:ers, taw a hackney
coach flop at the lower end of Whiteciols-theer, near
Barbican. They taw two men get tut, and Armlliong •
went up and talked to the coachman, who proved
to be the prifoner Houghton. More, the parole, was
preterit when Artnilronf7 opened.the coach door, and
faw large parcels of.tltt articles enumerated in the ••
indiftment lying in the couch. prifoner Shimelt
was foonatterfecured, but not his companion, who had
left the coach with him. Proof was then adduced a
the warehoufe in Milk-tireet havilt been left in a date
of complete feturity on the Saturday night before,
and of the articles having been miffed on the Mon-
day following. It was alto proved, that the coat of
the prillaier Shinsell was cov,ered with lin-, in con-
leguence of his fitting in the Oath with his back to
• the parcels. .
Ths poachnsaivin his defence, Rated, that he was
called elf the Stand., at the end of Newgate•Areet,
by a ybung roan, whoa, he believed to be his fellow ,
prifoner.. He was told he was to convey goods to
the fil!_tays, to be put on board a 111:p going to India,
in which a young gentleman WAS a paffenger. He
*dared that he was wholly unconfcious of any fraud
or theft being committed, but that, as a fervant of ti
the public, he was compelled to obey the call trona
the

Shimell denied the Charge in tchs. and adduced a
number Of witneffes, who gave him an excellent eh*.
matt' Asa fober, Heady watch engraver. .
Houghton had alio feverat witneffes, who defctibed •
him as an honed, hard working fervent.
• Mr. Jolliet ROOKY told the Jury it was but fair •
that Houghton Ihould go out of Court with his fame
onfollied, as thire was nothing in the cafe to impeach. •
his integrity. • With regard to the other prifoner the. -'
cafe was very different—The Jury accordingly ac•
quitted Houghton, and found Shimell guilty.
• Michael Doncughoe was indiaed for forging or utter- •
ing, knowing it to be fotged, a Gain borough Bank
Nate for five guineas.
The ptolicutor, Mr. Hill, brandy merchant, in
Drury lane, dated, that in the month of December latt
the Ranter changed at his (hop the note in queftion:
'he'grOfecutm not having enough of money in the
hoar, firttgave to the prifoner about aos. in change,
and the remainder in four or five days afterwards,
After keeping the mite for tome days, the prolecutor
paid it away to the Colleaing Clerk of Mr. Calvert.
by whom it was re-turned on him, its being a forgery.
The proftentor did not apply for Payivient of the note
either at. Gaintborouglt.or at Meas. Dorfet's and
Co."s, where it, was made payable in London, but he
held a twain hishand,ttating that it was a forgery.
On kis crofs exaroinath») by Mr. GUILMEY, the pro-
fecutOr admitted that he got the milliner apprehend-
ed and cart ied to llowa eet, in January lad, and had
contented that he Mould be difmiffed on a promifito
make good the lofs to the profecutor i but en his W-
ins to do fo, had him indiaed without again taking
lunt,up. • •
1.401'd ELLEMBOROUGH ;the(' if there was any per. •
fon prefent'teprtive that the name of Jobn Rodgers,
thefignature -to thenote in queltion, was not the hand
writing of the Clerk of-Melfrs. Horn(by and Eildale,
iihote fignatute it purported to be? '
* The profecutor offered the letter, which he held In
hand,•as evidence of the forgery. . . .
Lord.Eettriamtooortiaid, that would not do.—
There mutt be time perfon in Court to prove either
that the fignature to the note was,not the hand writ-
ing of John Rodgers, ai it bore to be, or, that there
was no Loch &don a Clerk With Media. Hurray and
•Eifdale.
• In thii deficiency of xvidence. the Jury acquitted
the prifonet.
lanes Mord:. was indifted for being at large before .
the period of his banithment had elapfed.
The Record of the Conviaion of a perfon of this
name, at the September &Mons, ttlot, for haling
various as ticles.in-the dwelling-houfe of a perfon *of.
the name Of Thriftier, was produced, and !worn to;
• and the Governor of the conrias al Woolwich alfo •
.14.)re that the ia ironer had been in his cullocly at that
*..place,• whence he bad etlefted his efea,pe. :No perfon
however, could be found to fwear, that the'prifonFr
•avas itteperfon:a.lto had been conyieted and fentenced •
foe fpecial . crane mentioned- in the Record of
Conviaion; , • .•
14rd liXtEracraoun •declareeititis to be a funda-. •
mental delcd an the proof. .
perlop of the name ',lS:pith then came for ward;
'Alta Ittaietr, that. the prifoner Wad• anima:ally eon- '
rata to him,-tliat he was the perfon who had been
guilt* of the lance-breaking fpecified in the• india-
=itieht, and of Sillith he* had been*chnviacd. The '
witnels then proceeded to particulariie the (Cans of
thecnnfedion, namely, that he had brokeninto the
Satacen"s• Head, Islitate, and had there Itolcu thefts
and other articlei.•
Lord En.ezasoitorica obferved that there.. was
(till a deficiency of proof,
.in fo far as it did not ap- •
pear that the Saracen's Head, which the prifoner
had confelred he had robbed, was kept by a perfon•
of the name. of Freeman, to winch felony alone the
record applied.
The in ifoder was accordingly found—Not Gailty.
An application.was then made tohave ltim detain-
ed in cuitPdy, but *Lord Ett.parioaotica laid that,
,could not he done but. on the, affidavit of foam per- •
fon who Could take on hirofelf to fwear that the pri-
foner was the pet inn who had been conviaed of the
felony Ipecified in the indiament.
Yohn laylor, who infutted a Jew, by pulling him
by the be;rd, was remonal arid with, for the impro-
priety of his conduct, by Mr. Natal', .tbe City
Martha!, isnd Mr. lbtooes, one of the Doorkeepers
of Mc Hal), kiod was brought into Court for *intuiting
thee riltiCirs in the execution of their duty.
ELLEaaoativuH committed him to Neilrgak. •