Star.
London, England, 1828-10-17 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

KINGSTON, OCT. 16.
This day the Bench et Magistrates was again divided.
The CHAIRMAN sitting in the Criminal Court, tiling
prisoners; while Mi. SIMMS sat to hear uppeais in the
Nisi Prins Court. None of the latter contained any
matter of the slightest public interest.
John Reed and John Weston were put to the Bar,
charged with having, on the 18th of September, stolen
a quantity of wheat, the property of Mr. Daniel Tye, a
firmer, at Carsbalton, in whose service they were em-
ployed as labourers.
It appeared from the statements of the witnes.es called,
that Weston had been two years in the employ of Mr.
Tye, during which time he had received good wages,
and that the prisoner Heed had been taken into the pro.
secutor's employ at his recommendation. Both prisoners
had been employed in threshing; and while so employed
the prosecutor missed considerable quantities of grain
at different times. On the evening of the day charged
in the indictment, the prisoners were seen leaving t;.e
prosecutor's premises, each carrying a bag, which, upon
being questioned, they said contained only chaff. The
prisoners were detained; and a constable being sent for,
11 the sacks were searched, and found to contain about
six pecks of corn.
The prisoners were placed in custody, and while so
confined, the constable heard them conversing together,
and mutually confessing their guilt, and expressing
their apprehension of punishment.
The Jury immediately found the prisoners Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN said, the very great extent to wnich
robberies of this description had been committed upon
masters by their servants, rendered it necessary that the
severest punishment should be inflicted, as an example
to others. Both the prisoners were sentenced to four.
teen years' transportation.
A diminutive hardened looking litt'e.vagabond, not
twelve years of age, was convicted upon tsso separate
charges of picking pockets of silk handkerchiefs. at
Croydon Fair. The young culprit heard each sentence
of Guilty pronounced without manifesting the slightest
feeling.
The gaoler, when questioned on tide subject, said the
prisoner had been repeatedly in custody at Kingston
before. Indeed, it a,peared that he had been an inmate
of almost every prison in the county, and perf ctly un-
derstood the nature of the punishment likely to await
these his latest offences ; for this morning, before leav-
ing the prison, he addressed one of the officers who had
had him in custody previously, and in a j icular manner
requested him to present his compliments to Ali. Green,
the Governor of the House of Con ection •at Brixton,
and tell him he was sorry he should not be able lodine
with him on Christmas day, as he was already una-
voidably engaged to another party.
The CHAIRMAN, in order to protect the boy from
the consequences of still greater crime, sentenced him
to be transported for seven years.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, Oct. 16.

George Andrews, alias Thompson, alias Johnson, was
tried on three indictments, for obtaining woollen cloths
to a considerable amount, from Messrs. LongstatF and
Co. of St. Mat tin's. lane; Messrs. Robarts, of Bedford-
street, Covent-garden ; and Messrs.. Brown And Co. of
Vigo-street, Regent-street. The prisoner pleaded Guilty.
Richard Laurence, shopman to hlessrs. Longstaff,
stated, that on the sth of Amgen the piscine' came to
Messrs Longstaff's warehouse and presented a card of
Mr. Cooke's, tailor, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's inn•
fields, and inquired if the cloth, of the pattern on the
card, had been sert to Mr. Cooke, according to that
person's directions? Witness replied, that Mr. Cooke,
who was one of their customers, had not been rupplied
with the cloth the prisoner mentioned, and the prisoner
then said be would take the cloth, which consisted of
six yards, with him, as the men were waiting for it.—
Witness gave him the cloth, ind shortly afterwards he
found he bad been imposed upon.
Mr. Cooke, jun. of Great Queen-street, proved that
the prisoner was never authorised by him to procure
the cloth from Messrs: Longstaff 's, although he had
applied to them to make him some clothes previous to
his °Whin the goods from Messrs. Longstaff.

The prisoner was then tried on the two other indict
meats, for obtaining cloth from the other parties abort,
mentioned, the full particulars of which have before
appeared in this Paper in the Police Reports.
- The Jury having found the prisoner Gailty of all
the charges, the Court sentenced him to seven years

Julio Coffsekl, a woman about five and-twenty, was.
indicted for stealing three sovereigns. one half-sovereign,
..nd a piece of foreign coin, from the person of Joseph
Warner, on the 22J of September last.
The prosecutor deposed that he was a clerk in the
Bank of England. and on his retain from South Lam•
both, about twelve o'clock on the night in question, he
met the prisoner at Chering-troshand aceompaniedher
to a house. Prosecutor did not stay with the prisoner
above ten minutes, and when be was about to leave the
house he missed his property in question, and instantly
called a watchman, who took the prisoner into custody.
Mr. CONANT—••Were you sober?
Prosecutor—Oh, yes. Sir, quite sober enough to know
that I had lost my money.
The watchman who took the prisonea into custody,
when called upon by the prosecutor, deposed to that
fact. Witness searched her, but found nothing upon her.
The prisoner, in her defence, denied all knowledge of
the rcbbery, and said, that as the prosecutor was very
much intoxicated at the time, he must have lost the
money before the saw him.
Mr. CONST told the Jury, that the fact of not finding
the property upon the prisoner's person was of no ma-
terial consequence, as she might have had an opportu
pity or making assay with it; and they must judge of
tne probability of her guilt from the evidence. The
Chairman censured the conduct of the watchman
in severe terms, as it appeared that when the cry of
I, watch was heard, he refused to go and •te what
was the matter, until he liad been his round-, alleging as
a reason, that many frivolous alarms were nightly made.
The Jury. after some ciassideration, found the pri-
soner Not Guilty.:
When the verdict was given, the watchman explained
that his orders were never to go into a house unless
there was a cry of either a fire" or murder."

The prosecutor applied for his exprnses, but Mr.
Corrar said he was astonished at such an application,
as they could not encourage any thing 4,f the kind,
much less pay him for going to such a house. Mr.
CONST told the prosecutor he would be more explicit
if he %ished it ; upon which the latter stood dots n, and
°or of the Magistiates said, Yuu bad better retire;
you were guilty ut tuo offences--,etting drunk, and
going to a bad house." Tile pimento' lett the Court,
evidently n.uch chagrined.
A boy, nanieJ INbert Campbell, was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment in the House of Coriectsun, lut
stealing right pound, of potati.es.
The prisoner said lie was di iv en to the act by distress,
as he had not eaten anything fur the two preceding days.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILUHALL

Pis. Bedlam, who was yesterday charged by his motet, Mr.
Evans, of Holborn-hill, with robbing him, was again brought before
Sir I'. Lerma and fully committed for trial on the first charge.
Flrdersch Gardner was ordered to find bail fur assaulting Ann
Bingham, in West-street, Satithfiekl. From the prosecuirix's
statement it appeared that the fellow knocked her down senstles•
' in the street, without provocation.
A hackney coachman was charged by 'John Throsby and John
Judd, officers of the Society for Trevention of Cruelty to
with cruelly whipping his horses in Newgate-street. on Saturday
last. Sir P. LAURIE highly commended the officer Tlirosby for his
exertions in bringing this case before him. but thought it was no'
quite sufficient so convict him, but gave him a severe reprimand,
and made bins pay the costs.