Star.
London, England, 1817-07-25 00:00:00


IRELAND.

At Wicklow Assizes,OniCe 14th instant, P. Smith,
a pretended lanatic, was tried for the murder of
Hannah Gorman and Heiler Doyle, in March last.
Smith had been supported in the house of the de.
ceased's husband for some time ; he had a dispute
with the deceased, because he gave meat to a dog,
tor which she found fault with him : the dead of
the night he took a knife and mangled the bodies of
Hannah Gorman and Hester Doyle, of which wounds
they died in a few hours. He also desperately
wounded Mary Gorman, having inflicted nine wounds
on her body. His conduct during his trial was most
hardened. He had a large piece of bread, which he
continued to eat, laughing, whistling, and endeavour-
ing to affect a carelessness in his manner. He was
found guilty, after a most patient trial, and ordered
for execution on the 17th instant : Now/an was
found guilty of highway robbery, near Baltinglass,
in April last, and received sentence of death.

Bow-rrazz.r...-Rkhatd Keene was brought to this
Office, yesterday, by Joseph Mann, one of the police
officers of the city of Gloucester, charge.l with hay.
ing committed a felony ; and upon an investigation
it appeared, that a few days ago the prisoner was in
the city of Gloucester, in a state of intoxication, and
became very turbulent and unmanageable at an
eating house, at which time he confessed to having
committed a robbery in Luntlon, about.twelve months
ago ; on examining the Hue and Cry, an advertise-
ment was found, describing the robbery he had men-
tioned, and containing a description of his person.—
He was, therefore, brought to London, and yester-
day an investigation took place, from which it ap-
peared, that he had been a servant to Mr. William
Jones, an apothecary in Little Argyll-street, and on
the `26th of July last, the prisoner during the time his
master was gone to the Opera with a friend, took the
opportunity of breaking open a desk, and absconding
with bank notes to the Amount of £6O ; and also
v. ith three watches and a gold ring, the property of
Ms. Green, the occupier of another part of the Seine
t.ooAik The prisoner was committed for trial.
MARLRORCCGM IiTRFET.-••• Colonel Datisusodi Cap-
tain Ba keley, and Mr. Crippe, were yesterday brought
up by several watchmen, charged under the following
circumstances :—About twelve o'clock, on Wednes-
day night, they were standing at a door ih St. James's-
street, having with them a girl of the town, very
genteelly dressed, in an intoxicated state, and whom
they exposed in a mincer too indecent to describe.—i"
The switchman endeavoured to remonstrate with
them a to the impropriety of their conduct, but his
interference availed but little, they bursting out in a
loud laugh, and saying, 44 they were watchmen on
the beat." One of the Gentlemen (Mt. Dash wood)
then began loudly to vociferate the hour, 4‘ past 12
o'clock." A second (Captain Berkeley) followed
him, by crying, N half past one o'clock 47 and idr.
Cripps gave the same time. One of tikaGeatielisen
farther said, that if it satisfied hins.4AboY would
soar out like a bull." 1.1. e watchman then became
indignant at their conduct, sprang his rattle fur
assie-
lance, and took them to the watch-house:—Captain
'..Berkeley now stepped forward and gave a very diffe-
rent account of the transaction. He said be was
coming along Sr. James's-street, with four Gentlemen
(who were present) ; Colonel Dash wood met a lady
to whom he was speaking ; some of the Gentlemen
stood near; but he went upwards of 30 yards off,
and saw that during the whole transaction no act of
the least impropriety took place; but when the watch-
man spoke they were certainly guilty of a great noise,
which he did not mean to justify. only lie thought
the watchman extremely petulant.—The Magistrate
ordered them .to pay a shilling each for their dis-
charge, and advised the watchman to be very circum-
spect in interfering with any one quietly talking in
the streets, but those whom he knew to be improper
objects.—The prisoners were then discharged.
IMPORTANT Dammam—Mr. J. IiROOKZ3, an opu-
lent cow-keeper, and proprietor of a faun at Harrow,
was charged with unlawfully refusing to lend a wag-
gon for the removal of military stores and baggage,
contrary to the provisions cf tor Act, &c. It ap-
peased that the waggon was pressed in town, but the
horses were at Harrow, from whet:ce the defendant
refused to fetch them, but offered his a aggon. The
Magistrate having read the whole of the clause of the
Act relating to the subject, declared 1w could not in-
flect a penalty in such a case, and dismissed the charge.
SNADWILLL Dania.—Edward Baldaek was, yester-
day, brought up, charged with returning from trans.
portation. It
.appeared that the prison's. was ap-
prehended on Wednesday right ; he had been tried
about fourteen years ago at Maidstone Assizes, for a
robbery on the River, when he was found guilty, and
cast for death, but was respited.. The prisoner, in
his defence, said, he acknowledged having been con-
victed with a man named Grant, and sentenced to
suffer death. He was afterwards respited 4 and
when the convicts were sent off for transporattion be
was not includedin the list, instead of which be was
either to wee in his Majesty's land or sea service,
and was accordingly entered on board tbeinspectiog
ship Melpomene, where he remained-about-eleven
months, and was invalided from Malta. He pro-
duced kis &Khania true the Queok Q 41110104 wimp

UNION, HA LL. ••••EXTRAORAINAIIY CH A ItGE,•-•.A n
ancient damsel, who stated herself to be upwards of
BS, applied on Tuesday to the Sitting Magiarate,
charging her master, a young man about 30, with
violating her person. To obtain the warrant, she
made oath that she was at work in a bean field, when
her master came suddenly upon her, and, notwith-
standing her resistance,accomplished her ruin. Upon
this information a warrant was granted, and put into
the hands of May, the officer, who apprehended the
defendant, and he was yesterday brought up for a
hearing. In the interval, however, the spirit of
mercy and forgiveness had supplanted all feelings of
vengeance in the old lady's breast, and she now ap-
plied to the Magistrates to have the watrant dis-
charged, and her master liberated. On being re-
minded that public justice demanded she should pro.
ceed, it her charge was well founde 1, she nbscavech
she was well aware what public justice demanded and
what it did not demand. it did not demand that
she should sacrifice public decency or private mo-
desty, and her modesty would not allow her to state
in a public Court what had pasted between her and
her master. As sloe persevered in kaeping silent,
there being no clairgt against the defendant, he was
discharged. .
George Freid:r was charged with stealing a number
of brass cocks and some wet linen. It appeared that
the'prisoner was apprehended by Collingbourn and
Wortley as they were coming from Vauxhall, about
half past three in the morning, with the ptoperty.
Two unfortunate little wretches, in the garb of
chimney-sweepers, but in a most wiser:o3le plight,
were brought before Mrs Seijeant &Laos, the crest
Of them not more than seven years or age. They
were found wandering about the Borough in a star-
ving condition, and now stated, that they we: e ap
prenticesto a chimney-sweeper in the City, who had
beaten them, and used them most cruelly, in conse-
quence of which they ;had run away. Tile Worthy
Magistrate ordered that their inimedi.re neaessiet;
should be relieved, and that they sheuld ba sent to
the Lour) MAYOR, which was done.
WOLISHIP Sl'l TA LFI PI ns WRAC MM.
—This was an information laid against Mr. laaac
Cooper, a master silk-weaver in Spicaltielt!,., by WI
ham Mitcham,, a journeyman in his employ, under
the 13th of George 111. c. 68, for not paying his
journeymen the wages allowed by law. Mr.Graeoan
and Mr. MAINWA 11 MG were upon :he Lend), aial
Mr. ALLEY attended to support the information.
William hliccham, the complainant, sworn. He
deposed, that in last October, the defendant employe
ed him to work a piece of silk serge, about 1039
yards long, 49 inches in width, 2100 courts in the
lee, and two treads in the lech ; having finished the
work, he took it home, about five weeks ago, and
defendant only paid him Is. per yard. Soon after-
wards he made application for the difference ; but
instead of paying, defendant abused him. Com-
plainaht called with two fr;ends afterwards, and de.
lendenc said, if he paid him Is. 61. per yard, every
man he had employed fur seven years would claim
the same. Complainant met bim in the street on
'Tuesday, and be then said, he would give him £l5
it he made a flaw in the informatiOn.

Mr. ALLEY here observed, that the rejection of
thi► offer saved him (defendant) from the pillory ;
and ordered his client to produce a sample of the
work, on order to chew that it was such work as the
Sessions allowed ls. 6d: per yard for.
This being done, several journeymen weavers
proved it to be the kind pt work specified in the in-
formation.

Mr. G IFFORD addressed the defendant at conside-
rable length, in which he observed that, according to
his own declaration, every journeyman who had the
misfortune to be employed by him within the last
seven years, were sufferers as well as the complainant,
which certainly aggravated the present case. There
were no body of men conducted themselves more
peaceably and orderly, notwithstanding the pressure;
of the times, and the well known distress uhder which
they laboured, than the Spitalfields weavers. He
regretted not having the power of awarding the dif-
ference of wages due to the complainant, which
amounted to £l4, but he could recover it in another
Court. The Bench, however, adjudged him (defen-
dant), to pay a fine of NA but he could appeal
against it it, be chose. Defendant not having appeal-
ed, he was informed, unless the fine was paid before
evening, that a distress would be put iazo his house.
. HATTON•G A RDEN.••• -D FE R A U D. ----Yesterd y, 11/1/-
firm Mercer and Titoism Kibblirg, hoise.dvalers, were
brought up by Limbrick. the officer, and examined,
being charged by Rehm Penny, Esq. with defraud-
ing him of 413. Is. in the tramming manner. The
prosecutor stated, that seeing a few days since an ad
vertisement in a paper.. of a valuable 11:4-se to be
sold, the property of Mr. Willis, residing at Staines,
to be seen at Mr. Mercer's, corn-chandler, in Church-
street, Whiteclerprl, and wanting a horse, went to
the above place to see it, when the prisoner Kibbling
rhewed it to sertness, and asked 50 guineas for him,
saying he was groom to Mr. Willis, and was antho-,
ribed to sell the same.' Witness thinking the sum too
much, offered 40 guineas, it warranted to be sound,
and wished to be satisfied if Kibbling was justified in
wiling the horse; upon which prisoner, Kibbling,
desired witness to enquire of Mr. Mercer whether he
did not know his master very well ? Mercer replied
to witness in the affirmative, saying he bcorght his
corn of him, upon which witness gave prisoner, Kib-
bling, a draft for ins. is. upon Messrs. Drummonds,
bankers, one guinea being for Kibbling, who was not
to take the draft to the bankers until he had wrote to
his master to know whether he might take that sum
for the horse or no; but was to hold the draft as a
security for the horse. Witness then took the horse,
away and had him examined ; the horse proved to
be broken-winded, and not worth more than Al.—
Witness went immediately to the bankers to stop
payment of the draft, but discovered that it had been
paid in half an hour after witness had taken the hcrse
away. Witness immediately took a professional,
Gentleman with him to the prisoner Mercer'; house,i
and desiped him to tell him where to find the groom,
when he strongly denied knowing any of the parties,
rut *awards said to witness and the other gentle-
man, Oat if they would not hurt him, he would find
um which* took thee itvp the liozotialk,

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