Star.
London, England, 1820-01-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday the Court met for the purpose of passing
sentence on the following prisoners, capitally con-
victed this Session, viz.
John 6reen, for returning From trznsnortation ; William
Frith, far burglry ; Henry Doran and Cbarles Miles, for a
Eke vilrtace ; I lenry \Vicki, William Paley, a"‘.l
Sa.eall Wicks, for tittering forged Bank nntei ; .rihn Lamer,
for 114,1:way ralabery ; Jehn Ridley, George Thomas
Ward, and IG:hard Bradley, for a likc otice; John Jones
and John Pool, for housc-hr.:akhg ; Thomas Iliansgrove and
Richard Hicks, for stealing cattla; and James Robinson, for
lsrse-stealing.
Nine N% ere sen'enced to be Trary)orted for Life, viz. Wil-
Wh,ktelev, John. Em-za•aann, Wii!lam Bond, Joseph 01'16,1
l'rancis Wright, William Wil:iam Iloldsworth, Wil-
liam Jones, and W :man. C"...rk.
Twenty-one for F.:,:rcet:a 7-ars, viz. William Garrett, Vary
Jarn•as Bryan:, Ca!heri::e ".rain, Jacques Alec. Car-
roll, Ale:. Viilzment, Edward Welch, James Wright, Ann
Hall, James Co::nellv, .:a ::es Car-e, Will :am Brown, William
Wo Henry Balk:a:L:1, .Tames :Nielyin, Henry Johnson, John
Williams, Sarah Paley, John Variwis, John Storey, and George

Perry.
Forty-two for Seven Years. •-iz. Charles Knight, Lewli
Constadt, John God Pranri; Lord, Robert Corder/Iy, John
Brown, Joseph Cragg, Francis Morris, Robert Walters, Wil-
liam Clark, Samuel Deane, Francis Rush, Thomas Bowers,
:01.rgacet Hayes, James Ilaywa:d, Esther Hewitt, Williana
Hill, Thomas. Barton, William Brett, William Woodcock,
John Sirett, Duggan Dan:As, Thomas Brown, Edward Plum-
mer, Joseph Wood, Dennis I\l'l'm-thy, Thomas Gostellow,
Nr2diam Hathaway, James Kearney, James DarLl, Michael
Byrne, Antonia Du Coin, Fierheft Scandrett, John Butler,
William N:ichael Mack, Johnson, George Wit-
seu, Thomas Cress, Crizp, Ann Wells, and Robert
Nine were ordered to be imprisoned in Giltspur-street Prison;
Clerkchwell and 11 in Neivgate, for various
seJetral of whom were v.-Li:Ted; three 'judgments were
3-,-spited ; tliree ll.)ed ls. each ; two were privately whipped and
u.u.rharged ; and 35 were discharged by proclamation.
Se:,tons adjca..roed to the 16th. of February.

11,1W•ST REFT.—Yesterday, John Brown and John
two lads, underwent a second examination,
c;:arged with being concerned in robbing Drury-
Lane Theatre of a great variety of articles, including
se Beal hundred weight of lead 'rem the roof of the
Theatre. The prisoner Brown confessed his guilt,
and implicated his fellow-prisoner. He stated, that
he had sold the different articles at an (Id iron shop,
Wild-strete. which Bond, the Constable, starched;
and found a Grecian lamp, with three burners, which
l3rov. n said was sold at the shop for 3s. The maker
of the lamp attended, and said, it cost two guineas
and a paid—Mr. Brasil:, the Sitting Magistrate, la-
mented the ready receptacle this and a similar de-
scription of shops :tilhrded for stolen property, and
declared his determination to have the shop closely
watched; the purcha;,e of •,a-overty from lads was
highly .censurable.—Mr. Elliston, Mr. Ward, and
Mr. Winston attended the examination. Both the
prisoners expressed their contrition. The proof
against Bright was but ; it was principally
from w: at Brown said ; and Mr. Elliston, vreat
humanity, expressed his wish thrt every possible le-
nity might be sliewn him, on account of his widowed
mother, although, he was sorry to say, he had ascer-
tained that lie Lad robbed her. The afflicted mother
appeared in mourning the her husband, and ex-
tremely oppressed with grief.—The Magistrate, after
a suitable admonition, and a warning as to his future.
conduct, and the company he associated with, told
him that he was discharged.—The prisoner and his
mather, with much gratitude, thanked Mr. Liristen
for his lenity.—With regard to the prisoher Brown,
the Magistrate observed, that it Vas but rarely that
a youth of his age continued committing depreda-
tions for the length of time he bad done ; it was
quite different when an act of feleny was committed
for want, or through distress, but he had continued
his depredations for several months, and confesr.ed the
whole with great effiontery.—The prisoner entreated
fur mercy to be shown him, making strong pro-
fessions of repentance, and of :future good conduct.
The Magistrate inquired if his father was present ?
to which Mr. Elliston observed, that his father wa•s
employed by him in the Theatre, and was a very
worthy man ; he, therefore, spat-ed his feelings, by
dispensing with his attendance.—The Magistrate ob-
served, that it would be impossible to let him go at
large in London again.—Mr. Eilistonisaid, as far as
a few pounds would go to get him out of :the way,
he would give ih—The prisoner's sister %. as present,
and she undertook that her father should have a pri-
vate interview with the Magistrate upon the subject
of disposing of him.—in the course of the examina—
tion Mr. Elliston stated, that he had now three hun-
dred and fifty persons employed on salaries, at
Drury-Lane Theatre, and, in addition to them, he
had frequently one hundred and twenty employed as
supernumeraries. lie said be had, just before he
came to the Office, given his Treasurer £ll5O to pay
salaries.
Somer.:4l:e, a Messenger belonging to the Admi-
ralty, and a man of the name of Giles, a journey-
man bookbinder, employed occasionally to bind
Looks in the employ of Mr. Lee, underwent a second
examination, charged with stealing a great number
of log-books, and other official books and papers,
which were said to be as much as would fill a
large zoom, and had been taken away, at different
times, to a man of the name of Ingram, who sold
them to a number cf tradesmen for waste paper, In-
gram receiving a shilling occasionally f( r his trouble,
and he being told that the books and paoers belonged
to ships which had been hired from individuals
during the war, but now not beingwanted, they
were returned to their owner.; and the books and
papers were the per quisites of office.
Finlaysom the Keeper of die Records at the
Admiralty, proved that the books and paners were
occa-sionaliy wanted, and that they were not the
ptrquisites GrilLe.
Mr. Junes, one of the Solicitors to Line Admiralty,
attended to conduct the prosecutiee; and on exa-
mining the books and pavers prodneed by Perry
and DordiLon, tde Constable,, %virich they had
seized by yirtue of a search-n .11rant, he found briefs
and other papers belonging to himself. •
prioncrs were counnitted for further
eza-
bclouded to the Admi•
laity about td enty years, and has a wife and several
children. .
(;ULLI, —Mary Lyneh, a courted:in, and Mary
SiLlry, th. proprietor of a lodging hoarse, were yes-
terday charged, the former withi stealing, and the
latter wi:11 recelving, a valuable gold watch, chain,
stud seas, the property of W. M. Brandon. The pro-
secutor said he resided in Fetter-lane. On Wednes-