Star.
London, England, 1828-03-06 00:00:00

THE RECORDER'S REPORT.

The RECORDER of LONDON yesterday made a Repott
to the Knee in Council Of the following prisoners under sentence of
death in Newgate, namely—William Baker, aged 24, James Har-
riett!, 19, John Cavannah, 19—for highway robbery ; Robert Wil-
liams. 29, Juhn h &Minster, 18, Charles Stanley, 17, Michael Rut-
sell, 16, Richard Hart, la, and John Rook, 22—for stealing in a
dwelling house to the value of five pounds and upwards; Henry
Walton, 24, Thomas Edwards, 23, Jeremiah Crawley, 15, Mat•
tin Blaney, 16, Maria Smith. 22, William Longman, 22, and
Thomas Hough, 19—for housebreaking ; Richard Richardson, 22
—for *cutting and maiming ; Thomas Chapman (alias Derrick),
28, William Johnson (alias Carter), 30, and George Newman,
19—for horse stealing; Edward Perdey 22—for returning from
transportation ; James Foggutter, 24. and Thomas 31illgrovs Shep-
Ord, 24—for burglary; convicted at the December Sessions.—
Also. Matthew *Greta, 21, Wm. Godfrey, 33, and Thomas New-
man, vAl—tor horse-stealing ;. Charles Nleiford, 17, Wm. Melford,
21, and Jeremiah Sullivan, 28—for housebreaking and robbery;
John Lantaff Darney, 20..f0r forgery; Daniel XPCarthy, 17, Henry
Sutton, 22, and Anthony Bernard, 28—for stealing in a dwelling-
house to the value of £5 and upwards ; Wet. Allkin, 24, Robert
Ryan, 24, Samuel &fink, 23., Thomas Floodgate, 19, Michael An-
drews, 27, Henry Nicholls, 20, and Richard. Jones, 47—for house-
breaking ; Nicholas Henigan, 60, for shooting at a person with a
loaded pistol, with intent to do hint some grievous bodily harm ;
Thomas ['Mikan, 22, for burglary ; and James Tomlinson; 29, Fur
cattle stealing—convicted at the January Sessions. All •of whom
his Majesty was graciously pleased to consumed should be respited
during his Royal pleasure, excepting Thomas Chapman, alias Der-
rick, and Wm. Johnson, alias Carter, for horse stealing ; and Chas.
Melford, Wm. IN chord, and Jeremiah Sullivan, for house-breaking,
upon whom t►e law is left to take its course, arul they are ordered
for execution on Wednesday next.

AS SIZE INTELLIGENCE:.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NORTHAMPTON, MARCa 4.

The commission having been opened here on Satur.
day, the business of the Assizes commenced yesterday
The calendar is unusually heavy. It contains the names
of 55 prisoners for trial, of whom a large number are
charged with sheep-stealing, and several with offences
against the game laws.
John .Spittle, 1 homes Hatweil, and Richard Haynes,
were indicted for stealing. on the 15th of October last,
at the parish of Brackley St Peter, in this county, from
out of the mail.cart running from Oxford to Northamp-
ton, certain bags of letters, the property of his Ma-
jesty's Postmaster• General.
Richard Haynes also stood indicted for felonionslrre-
ceiving eel rain promissory notes, batik notes, and bills
of exchange, which had been contained in such letters,
knowing them to have been stolen.
In consideration of Haynes pleading Guilty to the
minor offence, no evidence was offered against him on
the capital charge, of which he was therefore acquitted.
From the evidence ad.luced against the other pri.
soirees. it appeared that the post.boy started from Ox-
ford, with four hags in his cart, and having occasion to
put a bundle into it at the Middleton turnpike, he then
saw that the bags were. all safe. .He stopped at Mrs.
Dymoke's, the post-mistress at Buckley, and.while there
the prisoners Spittle and Hatwell were observed to
come out of a public.bouse opposite, and Spittle was
afterwards seen lurking about Mrs. Dymoke's door.
When the post-boy was about setting off with his
cart, he found that the horse collar was turned
the wrong way, and the reins were knotted in a
manner that caused him some minutes additional delay
in setting them right before he could start. Upon sub-
beque n tl y examining the cart, the bags in question,
containing letters with money to the amount of 701. or
I 801. were missing. Suspicion having immediately fallen
on the prisoners, they were taken up, and .Spittle
ulti-
mately confessed the robber?, stating how he and
Haynes had disposed of some of the notes, and concealed
' the others in the thatch of a house, where they were
I found according to his statement. The evidence against
• Hatwell, however, was extremely slight,, it being con-
•tfined to the circumstance of his having been, at the
time above-mentioned, in Spittle's company, and say-
ing before the Justices, that it was being in bad com-
pany that had brought him there.—The Jury acquitted
Hatwell, and found Spittle Guilty.
• George Coleman, John Tarry, Lecnui Hotuard, and
Ciarlts King, were indicted for a burglary in the house
of Misses Wakefidds, respectable Ladies in the town.
This was a case of !stately circumstantial evidence, but
was clearly brought home to the prisoners, principally
from their shoes, all of which had something peculiar,
exactly fitting the foot-marks left by the robbers in the
, rear of the premises, and in the mould that surrounded
a tea tree, under the window, where they had entered
the house. It also appeared from a quantity of soot
scattered about the kitchen floor, and a basin of water,
that the robbers had blacked their faces after they had
got in; and the prisoners were seen at an early hour in
the following morning washing their faces at a pump,
the shirt-collars of some of them being extremely black.
The Jury fouled them all Guilty, and sentence of
death was recordeskagainst them.