Star.
London, England, 1817-08-16 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

Jame: Barmen was indicted for feloniously assault.
ing Joseph Tomlinson on the King's highway, and
taking from his person a watch, Sm. en the 6th April.
The prosecutor was on his road from Fleet-street,
where he had spent the evening, towards home; when
reaching Dover-street, Blackfriars.road, he was sud-
denly surrounded by about five or six persons, among
whom was the prisoner. The latter first struck him,
and made an attempt to take his watch. He neat
knocked him down and pulled out the watch, which
was handed to one of his companions, who fled. Wit-
ness recovered a little and rose, when he seized the
prisoner, and struggled to hold him for some time.
Ho however got away, but was followed to the Do-
ver Castle public-house, where being identified, he
was secured by an Officer.
An attempt was made to prove that the prisoner
was not one of the party who attacked the prosecu-
tor ; or that the latter had, iu collusion with the Offi-
cer, trumped up the story for the sake of the toward
in ruck a case.

Mr. Justice DALLAS having summed up the evi-
dence, the prisoner was found Guilty—Death.
lienr, ray:or and John Reeve: were capitally indict•
ted for stealing in the dwelling.house of William
Norris, at Camberwell, in this county, ten table-
spoons, fifteen smaller ones, a number of silver forks,
salt cellars, and other articles of plate, on the 18th of
May last, to au immense amount.
The articles in question were stolen from a chest
in the prosecutor's house, on or about the day stated
in the indictment, and the prisoner, Taylor, who was
at that time employed in painting and cleaning the
windows, suddenly absconded, leaving even his wages
uncalled for.

A part of the property bad bees pledged by the

prisoner, Reeves, who disposed of the duplicate; to a
coffee-housekeeper in Blackfriars-road ; and the re.
mainder was pledged with Mr. Turner, a pa ,rn-
broker, whose shopman identified the prisoner, Tui-
'ner. as the person who pledged the late.
Several persons of respectability were called in fa-
vour of the prisoners, who all concurred in stating,
Cant up to the period of• this transaction they bad
bone unimpeachable characters.
Yr. Justice DALLAS observed, that there did not
awar to be sufficient proof to sustain the capital
part cf the charge ; because it was not only necessary
shotld be proved that goods to that amount had
hen stolen, but that [LI had been stolen at the same
time. The circumstances against Reeves were strong,'
but there was no positive proul tl►at l►e had ever been
at the hotse of the prosecutor. or that he had received
the gcod.'tnowingly.
The Jury returned a verdict finOing Tay hr gulty
nt stealing t• the amount of only. and acquitting
Reeves of the charge altogether. The verdict was
accompanied 'ay a strong recommendation to mercy
in favour of Taylor, on account of his youth, the
good character tie had previously borne, and the con-
trition he had siewn since his apprehension. The
prosecutor also strenuously recommended him to the
merciful consideration of the Court.

Mr. Justice DALLAS assured both the prosecutor
and the Jury that their humane recommendation
Should have its due weight.

SI'AFFORDSHIRE.
TRIAL AT THR CROWN SAM
On the trial of Thomas for highway robbery,
and stealing a hat, the property of Thomas Rumbald,
the prosecutor being asked by the Judge what he was ?
and desired to give an account of the transai.rion,
said, .4 I am a bookbinder, my Lord ; and I consider
that, on the night in question, having been at work
late in the evening on some religious backs, which,
the evering being on a Saturday, would be wanted
for the next morning, I went into the Turk's-head,
in IVediiesbury, for some refreshment—that is, to
take a little ale. my Lord; and I consider it was then
about ten minutes after ten o'clock. I sat about two
hours ; I consider it to have been nearly that time,
because they never draw ale atter 12 o'clock. 1 con.'
sider that 1 drank three cups of ale, and I consider my-
self as being sober ; there are three steps at the door,
and not considering that there were so many, I preci/d-
-rated myself rather quickly into the middle of the
street, unto the carriage-way, my Lord ; the prisoner
followed me close out of the house. and immediately
precipitated his hand into my breeches pocket without
ceremony or speaking—(the Judge said that was in-
deed precipitate and unceremonious) ; there was no
money in that pocket, and I consider therefore that he
could take none out; he then put his hand to the
back oh my head, and either by a blow or a violent
push he mei/tussled my head to the ground, took off
my hat, and ran away. I called watch, none an-'
swered, and I returned to the Turk's-head, and in-
quired the name of the man who sat near me, and
followed me out ? they told me it was 4, Ellis." The
prosecutor then described the constable going with
him, and their " lying in ambush " for prisoner; that
he got into his house si imperceptibly" to them; that
when they went he was in bed, and came down stairs
"in disguise, having nothing on but his shirt ;" wife!'
made w knees " to pause and consider," but having
is demanded a candle, which was positively refused
bins in that house. lthosseh then& was a fire g" ha
obtained one from another, and then be a ascertained
the countenance, and pointedly assigned that he was
the man ;" heeensidered the prisoner as having said that
he uus innocent, and not the man; he himself wheii
he first saw him said he was not the man ;—(this ex-
pression seemed to have dropped unawares from the'
prosecutor, who hesitated a good deal when asked by
the Judge as to that expression ; he first denied having
used it, then attempted to explain it away, and appear-
ed a good deal confused in the evidence of what
passed at the prisoner's house)—the hat was brought
to him next morning ; prisoner was in custody that
night.
The constable confirmed prosecutor as to his going
to prisoner's house, and said that at first he had said
prisoner was nut the man.
Mr. Darlaston found the hat the next morning di in
the bed-chamber of a pigstye :"
The Juno; said, that it the books which the prose-
cutor bound contained as great oddities as himself,
they must be odd books; the stranger certainly would
not have precipitated his hand into the breeches
pocket if he had expected to have found it empty ;
in general, too, the assault was before the attempt at
robbery ; here the attempt was said to precede the
assault ; and he must say, lie did not like the manner
in which the prosecutor bad first said the prisoner
was not the man, then hastily retracted the expres-
sion, and told the Court positively, who had all heard
what he said, that be had never said so. Every cir-
cumstance ought to be weighed where there was a
doubt, and the Jury would recollect there was a large
reward in cases of a conviction of a highway robbery;
there was a great deal of oddity about the prosecu-
tor, but that was no ground for disbelief. There were
two things to consider—one, his at first denying him
to be the man, and the other the reward. They had
certainly had a many odd expressions, much consi-
deration, sense precipitation, and a little hesitation ;
they- had been duly conducted to the pig's bed-room.
It was for the Jury to determine on the guilt or in-
nocence of the prisoner. Verdict—Not Guilty.

IRELAND.
ANTRIM ASbIZES, AUGUST 1.

Arthur Mq.aseashan iodic-led for administering
poison to Margaret bl,Clenaghan, his wife, en the
16th of June last, of which she afterwards died, was
acquitted.
Henry .111,11vena was indicted for feloniously assaul-
ting Mary NlGllwane, and violating her person.
Mary Wllwane said, that she was in Portglenone
at a fair on 6th May last, where she was invited by
William Irwin, son to the wan in whose house she
and her mother lodged, to a dance in the house of
one Diamond, publican ; Irwin and others prevaileJl
on her to drink till she was a little tipsey ; that Ir•
win then decoyed her into a bed-room, when he las•
lened the door. and choaked her so that she could
not make sufficient noise to bring assistance, till in
had succeeded in violating her ; that Mrs. Diamond,
hearing her struggling, burst open the door and 'is
cueJ her ; she then sent her to the house cf Sarah
Dubbin, who keeps lodgers; that Irwin, M'llvena
the prisoner, and several others, called t.• Sarah Doh-
' bin to mu her oat the or they would pul

het bottle. down ; that Dobbin endeavoured to pot
her out, but she clung to the door-posts, and prayed
for ,Icsus' sake that aller would let her remain ; but
Dfibbin's son came and itecib!r thrust ber.tint among
the mob, and that Henry Mollvtaa and others car.
tied hi'r away by fi:rce to a t,l •ee called the Dish^p%
Avenue, about a mile from Pnrglenone,siie she ttirl;
all the time for help ; that une took her by the !wad
and one by the feet, and t'irew her over the hedge,
and that M'llvena and miters followed her ; that
there site was again by force throWn doon, and her
rtst,r, vi toted by 11,11vena ; that he then called to
ctilTr, by name to use her in the same manner ;
ill: t then John Nl.Quillian and William WIlla;n did
also violate her by force, 3,,t1 that four otht.r [terser:;
whose names she did not then know, did in man-
ner violate her by force ; she has since heard and be.
!:eves then; to be I tanii I'Denipsy, Charles Diamond,
JAI) i\l'Ateer, and Wi!liant M'Peake ; that from the
injury aid abase she received, she wa: scarcely able
to get borne, and ilia! she obliged for many days
after to keep her bed, and that she is not yt t reco.
vered ; her cliches ware in Court and would shear
(or themtelvea,

Andrew M,Lqiiglilin said, that Nancy
came to his horse about II o'clock, and said sue had
been trying, without success, to give assistance 'o
Mary 111,11 wane, and that s!.e often heard her call's.%
him by name to come to her relief ; that he went
company with another woman to a place called the
Bishop's Avenue ; that he beard her cal!ing aloud
for help long before he came to the (Ave ; Oiat.
coming near the crowd, M.llvena met him. sh,,h'.; hart's
with him, and advised him not to interfere ; that wit.
ness pressing nearer saw several people having hold
of Mary M'llwane (who called to him for help) ;
several of them began pushing Min back, an.' t seat.
ing if he would not be quiet, and go away. t;iat t!,ey
would take his life ; and lie seeing no pr bThility
success. and thinking his life in danger, ret.ired ;
knew Mary by her coming to him with flax to dress ;
he is a hackler.

Ann M'llwane, mother of the prosecutor,ra;rl,lh;t
she came home the morning after her d +rights'. was
abused, when she found her not as well as usual, and
upon inquiry she told her mother what had happened;
s!ie examined her daughter, and found her in a mo,t
deplorable state ;-.her clothes wereall torn to piece•:.
John Kane said, Mary M'llwane and her mother
had lived in his house for three months ; they we,e
very industrious and regular, and never sew either
of them drunk; the reason they left his house ve:a
that he was hampered for room ; they went to lodge
at Irwin's.

The prisoner made no material defence. He pro.
duced a witness to prove Mary M'lltvane to have
been drunk, and to be a pia of bad character, which
was counterbalanced and done away by the character
she had received from her landlord, John Rane, and
the neighbours where she had lived.
The Hon. Justice O,IIORNE then charged the Jury,
recapitulating the evidence, and commenting at some
length on the enormity of the crime, the circum-
stances under which it was committed, and the de.
fence of the prisoner. The Jury, after half an hour's
consideration, found him Guilty.--The Learned
Judge then passed the awful sentence of the law upon
the prisoner, that he be hanged by the neck till dead,
on Saturday, the 50th August.
We understand that the necessary steps have be.n
taken to secure the remainder of the ruffians comer.
ned in this diabolical crime.
LIMERICK, AUGUST 6.
spom Tla: PATRIOT.
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John Clanday, who WAS t4i,-cl And acquitted fo► writ-
ing a letter to Alderman Wilkinson, off-lily to take
away the life of Mr. Tuthill, was.on Saturday brought
"into Court, the Grand Jury having reptesmed him
as a vagabond.
A July was impanaell-d, and Mr. Tieh;ll havipT
been sworn, deposed that he never kttew Clanchy
until the day he was apprehended ; had heard him
described as a bad character; believei that be was
one ; knew the prisoner at the bar to be the -.ame
person who had confessed to have wlittea the lett-r
to Mr. Wilkinson.

Prisoner, on being asked whether he had any ~-ne
to give him a character ? -.aid. he could not call any
one in Court, except Mr. Tinsley, attorney.
Mr. Tinsley said he did not sufficiently know !he
man to take upon him to say what hi: character was;
he knew him to have been in comfortable cireern.
stances, but did not believe that to be the case latterly.
His Lordship then plat the case to the Jary, who
returned a verdict finding for the presentment, and
against the traverser.
The Learned Judge then addressed the prie.ser
"John Clanchy, you were indicted for a most rna.
licious and wicked offence, for which, if yon h id het a
found guilty, you would have received the seetec't
punishment of the law. The sentence of Law is,
that you, Jahn Clanclty, be transported from cheat •
countries beyond the seas, ha. the -.pace of seven yea-s,
unless you can, in a limit that I cannot prenneece
(but which will be directed by the Gavertitnent c 4
which I am the organ), fled and produce tiro osten-
sible persons to bail yon, uhich I think you wili And.
it difficult to do. If, however, yeti can do se, yna
may remain where yen are."
Exec:unosr.—Monday last the dreadft.l sentence
of the law was put ir!rt exccuii:m AI Hairy 14;014
Mows: Clarke, Thriwt Gern;:y. and Thant Ra4cort4
pursuant toltheir witence on Frid fy last. Precisely
at 12 w'clock, Henry Lurke and Tim nias Clarke ape
peered on the fatal drop, attended by their clergyman,
who, we are glad to tied, !LA the happy effect of
bringing their melds w a re,per sense of their awful•
situation, very different to that determined spirit of
revenge exhibited by them in Court, on hearin4 the
awful sentence of death pronounced on them.
deed 13u: ke evinced a depravity of mind even to the
fatal wortzent, that we have never before witnessed on
a like occasion ; both acknowledged they were guilty
of the murder, for nhißh they were justly to ti.rltit
their lives, and in a few moments were launched into
..ternay. At. half-past one, Thomas Germly and
Thomas Rochford were brought out' to suffer the like
sentence ; they arpeared detply penitent and im-
pres,ed with the soirnini.y of their awful state; vifter
•pelittng a few Initiates an prayer, they also were
r.iiiiich.d into eternity. After the bodies were hanged
usual time, they were all pm into a cart. wad ta Ire a
to the County Infirmary in be dissect. J
irezed, I.ur.ustat to the statute t atter which they were
le-conveyed to the gaol-yard for ink: nate:. ••••:14144..
gar Paper.

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