Star.
London, England, 1801-03-19 00:00:00

ASSIZES.

At Northampton, the following prifoners re-
ceived fentence of death, six. J. Marfden, G. Wil-
kins, S. Faulkner, and W. Beaumont, for honfe-
breaking ; W. Jones and J. Taylor, for highway
robbery ; T. Partridge, for horfe-Healing ; R. Ellis
and G. Farmer, for &cep-Healing ; and G. Abbot,
for Healing a heifer : they were all reprieved.
At Aylefbury, J. WiMn, for horfe-Healing ; J.
Duncombe, for highway robbery ; W. Newens,
W. Eyres, W. Bignell, H. Humphrey, T.'perry,
H. Benyon, and J. Pearce, for 'keep-Healing • re-
ceived fentence of death. A. Dean, for foaling
poultry ; J. Towers, for Healing hemp ; J. Wotton,
for honfebreaking ; and S. Hutton, for felony ;
were fcntcnccd to be tranfported. Wilton, Ben-
yon, and Dancomb, were left for execution ; the
Others are reprieved.
Can ■it MG e.—Our Affixes ended on Tuefday on
the Crown fide; the moll prominent caufe was
one for college burglary, wherein Henry Cohen
was tried upon a charge as " aceefrary before the
fie," for aiding and affilling Richard Kidman in
Healing plate from King's College to avail amount.
The cafe being opened as far as related to the
pleadings, by the Junior Counfel for the Crown,
Serjeant Sutton Hated it in detail to the Court
and Jury.
It appeared that the Chapel ofCaius College,and
King's College, have recently been plundered of
plate, to the amount of upwards oft i,oool.
that a perfon of the name of Richard Kidman, a
refident in Cambridge, had been apprehended for
the fame :—that to accomplifh there burglaries, it
became nectlfary to pick the locks of feveral doors,
which was arcomplifhed, till, in fan, the robbery
to the extent mentioned was committed.
Richard Kidman when he was apprehended con-
feffed his guilt ; and to preferve his life, and under
the promife of pardon, dikes cm! h 4 accomplice,
the above Henry Cohen, who is alto refident of
Cambridge, a Jew and a filverfmith, generally
underftood to pollbfs a conliderable property. •
Kidman was firth put on his trial, and pleaded
galley : the cited whereof was, that although he
could not appear as a winters againfl Cohen, yet
his wife could, which accordingly took place and
Hie was examined as a witnefs to that effeit, as
were feveral collateral witneftes.

The cafe being ended on the part of the prole-
cation,
Mr. At try, who went down fpecially for the
!tritons!. Cohen, made leveral objeaions to the
whole of the proceedings againa Cohen—to the
eircumaance of the other prtfoner Kidman having
been inantited to plead guilty, for the purpofe of
confiituting his wife a legal witnefs againa Cohen.
his client, on which he animadverted with unutual
feverity, and on other points he commented with
tuperinr ingenuity ; and then finding the Conrt in-
cline. to ober-rule his objeftions, proceeded to
trots-examine the *inane% for the profecittion, the
refult of which was, the mon glaring contradic-
tions that ever teemed to appear in a criminal
Court ; .in the courie of which the Learned Gen-
tleman excited not a little the furprize and appro.
bation of a crowded Court. The confequence
whereof was, that after a very impartial and up-
right charge from the Judge, the Jury brought tn.,
a verdict—Net Guilty.
The pritimer was detained on other indiaments
charging him with being an acceiEtry after the
faa, with facrilege and with receiving ; and he
was remanded on thcfc fercral indiements, to be
tried at the next of sizes.
The Heads of the feveral Colleges were kated
on the bench, •And the Court was crowded with
Students of the IJuivettsty, and pistons of all ranks
and deferiptions. The trial commenced at &yen
in the morning, and did not cad till four in the
afternoon.