Star.
London, England, 1819-01-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEE ,INCU.IRY 20.

'George Tomlinson, a private soldier ir. file ^..1 Re-
giment of Life Guards, stood indictel for stealing, a
portmanteau, containing a sabre•sash, pouch, and
belt, the goods of Charles Webb Dance, Esq. Colonel
in that Vegiment.
It appeared by the evidence; that the portmanteau
in question was placed in the Itiding-house at :)0.1:-
man Barracks, and the key was hung up in the Or
derby-room, to which the prisoner had acre „1 cr. the
;tight of the robbery. Shortly tatter the portmanteau
had been missed, a search was commenced, and it
was found concealed in a hayloft iu Seymour-Mews,
over a stable entrusted to the card: of the prisoner.

Munday, a watchman, had observed a soldier car-
rying a portmanteau, on die night of the robbery ;
but he could not swear that the prisoner WAS the per-
son. About five minutes afterwards he raw the pri-
soner coming in a contrary direction, and believing
him to be the same person he had bef,re seen, he
asked him what he was doing with it? and the pri-
soner then pretended to be in great haste, and said
he was going to convey it to Windsor.
Mr. WALFORD called several respectable witnes-
ses, who were in the Regiment, who gave the prise-
ner a good character ; and Robett'Masters, coachman
to Lord Tynernouth,-stated that Chere were two keys
to the stable door, and that other soldiers had taken
horses out of it on the night of the robbery.
In his defence the prisoner said, that his parents
and connections were respectable, at Derby, and un-
til he was 18 years of age he had been an agricul-
tural servant. He then joined the Life Guard', and
immediately volunteered for foreign service. He had
been in the Regiment seven years, and had accom-
panied them through Portugal, Spain. HAland, and
France ; and he would dire any person to say. his
character had ever been tainted until n.nv. Ile was
innocent, and he should rest confidently on the laws
of his country, and the decision of the Jury.
The COMMON SERJEANT summed up, and the
Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
Not Guilty.
William Carr, who a few days ago was tried eapi:
tally for shooting at William Billingsley, with intent
to kill him, and who was found guilty of levelling
the piece, was now again put •to the bar, charged
with having 'stolen a variety of carpenters' tools froni
a work-shop in the nursery-grounds of Messrs. Col-
ville and Co. in the King's-road.
Robert Perrot was the fizst witness called. He
proved that on Saturday, the Bth of the present
month, he left bag of carpenters' tools at f•dessrs.
Colville's nursery-grounds, in the work-shop.
William Billingsley was next called, and stated,
that he was appointed to guard Messrs. Colville's
grounds, and for that purpose slept in a room ad-
joining the work-shop. On the morning of Monday,
the 10th, he heard a noise in the work-shop between
two and three o'clock. He got up, and saw the pri-
soner in the shop. Witness immediately levelled a
blunderbuss loaded with slugs at him. The prisoner,
however, seized Billingsley by the throat with one
hand, and pushed the muzzle of the piece aside with
the other. A scefile ensued, and the prisoner suc-
ceeded in getting possession of the blunderbuss. He
then deliberately levelled the piece at witness, and
pulled the trigger, but it fortunately missed fire,
The prisoner then ran away, and was pursued by
witness. On coming to some railings, the prisoner
threw the piece over them. After anotherl desperate
struggle, the prisoner was ultimately secured.
The blunderbuss was found by a watchman on
Monday morning.'
Alaybank, a watch-house keeper, searched the
prisoner, and found upon him a crow-bar, which,
upon examination, exactly fitted the place' where the
work-shop door was broken open.
The Jury found the prkoner—Cuilty.
The COMMON SERJEANT told the prisoner that he
was much too bad a character to remain in this
country.

The prisoner having been.tried capitally on a for-
mer day for shooting, with intent to kill, and a
point having been reserved for the •opinion of the
Judges, thejudgment on the present conviction will
be of course postponed until the decision of the
Judges is known.
- Wiggins was convicted of stealing 2.7.01 b. of
potatoes, the property of William White, Esq. of
Essex farm, near Edmonton.

Saturday night a porter employed by Mr. Shaw,
landlord of the Tower, in Tower-street, Westminster-
road, placed Eome baskets at his master's ,h,or, con-
tain:ng three dozen of wine ready for conveying to a
Gentleman's house in the neighbourhood ; while he
went. in to his master three fellows carried off the
wine and escaped with it.
Wozsme-srattsr.—Yesterday the following informations were

received at this (Mee:—As J. Mendenhall, apprentice to Mr.
Manche*, wearier, in Craubrook-street, Bethnal-greett, was at
work on Tuesday evening, a man entered the premises, and, Pre-
senting a pistol, swore be would blew his head off if he made the
least Alarm Another fellow then put his hand over infot taaett's
face ; they next tied a towel over his eyes, and his hatali to a
chair, threatening instant death if he made any 312/111. 'They
then cut a piece of figured lustre front the roll, and decamped
with the property, leaving informant •in the situation they hail
planed him, and in which he was found by his master.
Serweetom—lnformation being reeeived at. Unieluh all, that
two females, aged 15 and 17 years, had been seduced from' the
house of their relations, in Oxford-street, by two viVains, who
pass for Officers in his Majesty's service, a I'olice ()Meer we
dispatched to searek for these unfortunate victiuts of folly athi
depravity: In company nith their brother, the officer proceeded
to sorre notorious house in liarron's-buildings, 'where the fueis
dyes were discovered; forsaken by their base betrayers. The
I Yowler girl, it appears, was renders d iustreible by some strong
ingredients, which, when mixed with stoke, she unsuspectingly
drank, and then became the victim. Thei agonized friends have
generously received them again under their protection.
POLITICAL Mopes-i 1 !—At a late Sitting of the'
French Chamber of Deputies, the President read a
letter limn M. Thor6-Cohendel, complaining, that in
spite of his own wishes and mcst earnest protestations,
the Electors of the Department of the Sarthe had
eersisted in returning h;m as their Itepresentative—
" How is it possible," he says, 4, that I who ha,'e been
devoted from my yce.t:: to commncial affairs can
have acc,tiired the ki.owledge necet.sary to form a
N-rni and useful Deputy My conscience would
reproach me for holding lite. place of some mar
better fitted for the bottnessriesteles, riy sight is so
weak that Z c.awa4t ria4.int stn &flit at a time, so
that I vrild not even tave-the advantage of •profit
ing by I.o,f.g)lti‘of .others.r-141 that alt
and fat' citiar.ccruorties, Its•
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