Star.
London, England, 1803-10-21 00:00:00

IVESTMIASTEK SES,SIQNS.

Yetlerday the above Stti-ions commenced Lefnre
Mr. MaIi:WARING and a numerous bench of magif-
trates.

George Girton, a Box-place•keeper at Covent• Ga-
rden Theatre, was indiaed for violently alfaulting
ISAAC SAMUELS A foreign Jcw, on the night of the
28th of March lad. The pmfecntor dated, that on
the above night he went to the theatre, accompanied
by his wife and a young lady, to lee the comedy of
yobs BuP, and perceiving the slats in the door of the
blx No. 48 broke, he looked into the box, and ob-
ct-iving nobody in it, he concluded it was not taken,
and put 13it fund through the hole to open the door,
there being no boa•keeper near; and having opened
the door, he was about lifting up the back feat to go
in, when the pr toner came from the next box, and
pulhed him away, frying he timid not come in, and
forced him and the ladies nut of the box, and ;mail-
ed him u it:, a deal of abufive language .into the lob-
by, and gave h;m 7. moll violent blow under his right
eye, whir.: caufcd the blood to Oh out of hi. nide,
and he bled for a confiderable time, and the next day
his eye was doled and vel y

John tdwards faid, he was in the lobby of Covent-
Garden theatre on the laid night, and hearing the
fcreams of two females, he went to the fpot from
whence it proceeded, when he found the prifoner in
the lobby making ufe of the moll abutive language,
and the ladies appeared extremely terrified ; the pro-
fecutor's wife begged of the prifoner not to ufe 11.:r
hatband ill, but on his remunfiratiom v.;th him on the
impropriety of his conduCt, he abufed him and at
length gave th.: profecutor a moil dreadful blow, Wi,2l
the molt favage ferocity, under his sight eve ; upon
which, a very great difcharge of blood came from his
nofe ; this clofed the eye of the profecutor.

On the part of the defendant, Mr. Brandon, the
box and houfe-keeper, a gentleman defervedly and
univerfally eneemed, was called, who proved that the
whole of the box which the profecutor endeavoured
to enter on the above night was taken.
JohnlWilfon a place kecper (aid, he was keeping the
box Po. 47, and the prifoner, while keeping No. 48,
fat on the back feat, fo that no perfon looking through
the glafs, could dillingnint any perfon in it ; and he
law the profecutor put his hand throagh the hole ; the
prifoner remonfirated, hut the profecutor petalled,
and at length opened the door, when the pritancr told
him the box was taken and he -could not come in,
this did nut deter the profecutor from entering and
putting up the feat, when the prifoner, who flood at
the door, put up his arm to prevent him, and the pro-
fecutor gave him a violent blow; he denied that the
prifoner made ufe of any abdive language, and af.
ferted, that he concluded himfelf with the greaten
propriety.

Ralph Walls, a box-keeper, raid, he employed the
ptifoner to keep the box No. 48, and that the whole
of the box was taken by one party ; he did not know
any thing of the origin of the dirpute, but acknow.
kdged he few the ptifoner give the profccutor the
blow on the eye : upon which he was stilted by the
Court why ht did not take him into coliody ? to which
he anfwered, be did not take any notice of it. as dir.
plates were fu common in the theatre. He was like•
wife sifted by the Court, if he heard the women
feream ? he laid he did ; but the fcreams of women
were Co frequent iu the lobby, that be did sot no.
rice them.

The Cmatastlll9 in fumming up the evidence, nb.
terved, that this trial was of Come importance to the
public, as it regarded the management of a theatre,
to which all deferiptions of perlons retorted ; and it
ought to be condi:lied in the moll chafe and orderly
manner: and he lamented be could not fay that was
the cafe with our public places of amufement in ge-
neral. When profecutions came from the theatres to
punifh offenders for improper condo& the Court al
ways punithed with a heavy hand, as it ought to do;
as any difturbance at pl.tces, where numbers of perfons
*trembled, was extremely daoverous to the public
peace ; and doled with ohferving, that although the
evidence had, in tome degree, been contra,ii..:Ty,
with refpc& to the blow being given by the peace°.
tor to the prifoner, yet fuppofing that to be the cafe,
the prifoner was not junitied in followinl him into
the lobby, and tliiking him, for then he was taking
the law into his own hands; or, if the profecutor had
ftruck him, why was a profecution not inflittited ?
The Jury found him and he was ientenced
to pay a fine of tol. to the King.

Isam Swart, the elder, and friPiew Swart. the
younger, were inditted for aaTaulting Elizabeth War-
ren, in Crown-court. St. James, in September lath
The profecutrie it the wife of a man who had 101 l a
leg in the ferrice of his country, and who coakquest-

ly was neither to able or Olive in the defence or his
wife as he would have otherwife been. The ?eon-
dams appeareJ, from fume unaccountable cOns44 to
have entertained confiderable rancour and animfity
againit the profecutrix. On the day metitioned in the
indittment, the heard one of her childiea cry in the
court ; the went down, and law the junio'n defendant
who had been beating the child. She eked what
had happened ? He raid he would Lrve the perc-
ent& m the fame manner. He ihch gave her reve-
re, blows, and in this brutal condet he was comfort-
ed and encouraged by his father. The ;adult was
farther proved by Mrs. Dungan, a very large woman,•
whom the Learned Ct,unfel (fated to be a great W., c.f
evidence. She ['wore that the law Matter Smart Its ike
and kick the child attic profecutrix, and that on her
remonftrating with him, he allo Struck the profecu-
trix, his father cheering him all the time, by laying,
" beat her brains out."

Mr. CONST addreffed the Jury in behalf of the de-
fenJarts : be fail it was inipt bibis to fet up any de-
fence againft an affetilt tworn fo very pofitively as the
prelent. Were he, however, to draw any inference
from the app.zarance of the proTerutrix, he amnia
fay that (he seas not inacceffible to terms of morn-
mndaticn. Neither of the partici., he believed, could
afford much in O.: way of law, and certainly they
ought to have adjulled matters among themfelvcs,
and nut have come before a Jury with To fiivoirrts
charge.
,The jury found William Smart, fen. Not
Guilty ; and found William Smart, the younger,
Guilty. The Court fentenced him to pay a fine of
fix guineas.
George Allen was next put to the Bar, charged with
Reeling two Slyer table fpoons, the property of Fran..
cis Molyneux Omilly,Efq. on the 22d of September
14.

It appeared in this cafe, that the prifoner was the
fervant of Mr. Omilly. When the fpoons were taken
away by him, the profecutor lived with his brother.
in-law. The fpoons and other articles of plate were
in the prifoner's cultody. The piofecutor had gone
' out of town on the day mentioned in the indiament,
and on his return next monling he miffed the fpoons.
The manner in which the prifoner was flopped was
fomewhat fingular. He took the fpoons to the (hip
of Mr. Gordon, pawnbroker, in St. Martin'ilane.—
Mr. Gordon was in the country ; but the lad in the
(hop, on taking the fpoons from him, was afraid they
were not his own. He was confirmed in this fitfpicion.
by obferving a crell on the handle of the fpoons, and
the initial letters of Mr. Omilly's name. He afked
the prifoner whether the fpoons were his? He replied
they were not, but the property of a man who lived
in the fame houfe with him. The lad was not fatis.
fled with this reply, and preffed him farther. He
then (aid they were his own, and after equivocating
farther, Paid they were the propel ty of his mailer.—
The young man detained him, and fent fur a conga.
Lie, who took him into cullo3y.
The prifoner made no defence aoainli the material
part of the charge. He admitted having offered the
fpoons to pawn, but urged in extenuation of his of.
fence, that he had that evening been called on by a
friend from the country. That he was dcilitute of
money wherewith to treat this friend, and that he had
meant to raife a trifle by pawning his Mailer's fpoons;
which he pofitively meant to redeem next day. By
the humanity of the Mailer, the value had been re-
duced to tod.—The jury found him Guilty. Sen-
tence was not palled on this delinquent.
The Chairman highly prai(ed the atlivity and in-
telligence of the pawnbroker's young man.
Lathering Irferri4 was incli&ed 1. :scaling two
pound weight of feathers, the property of James
Beasley. living in Difee-flreet, Wellmintler.
Mr. Beazley is an army accoutrement maker. and
Mrs. Beazley is a military feather.maker. She had
employed the prifoner in that capacity, both bygiving
her work to do at home, and keeping her an her
honk. A woman named Hooper, who alto worked
for the profecutriz, in the month of Augnft,
a quantity of fcarlet and green feathers, which Mrs.
Beazley put afide by themfelves. Early to September
Mrs. litxper took down this parcel, and obferving
a great deficiency, Aced her miflrefs if the had ufed
any of the feathers, as a great number were gone.—
Stifpicion arofe in Mrs. Ntazley's mind againft both
Hooper and Merrick, and the m.ide them deliver the
keys of their reipettive apartment,. In that of Mer.
rick the feathers were found. Mrs. Beetle), fwore
pofitively to the bags in which they were contained,
as being her own handwork. The feathers fire alfo
raid were her's. They were of a peculiar kind, called
via ?t&rres. The prifoner acknowledged Realiog them
when taken to Marlborough flreet. Mr.. Beazley
added, much to her honour and humanity, that the
was not aanated by any malice or ill will againft the
prifoner. She rather believed that didrefs had urged
her to the commiflion of the offence, as the had an
aged father depending on her for esiltence. She had
been very intimate with tome foldiers and drummers
who live in Weftminfter, and it was more then pro-
habit, in Mrs. Beazley's opinion. that the brad been
ft:mutated by them to commit the theft. The Jury
found her guilty,but recommended her to mercy. The
Court fentenced her to be imprifoned for (even days.
Antiroji Fernier and laitiektb Rigzs, were indiatd
for Reaping a quart pewter pot, the property of John
Franks, of Brook-fireet.

The Profccutor Rated that the prifoners called for
a pint of beer at his honk, which they drank and
paid for. He did not mite any thing ; ►ut they were
purfued in confequence of fome porous fafireding
they had ft4lers a bundle of muffin, which til' had
with them.

The prifoners were taken to Mattrawonghltreet
Office, charged with Reeling fome muffin, and on
fearching a bundle which they had, the cu tit go*
was found, and they were proved to have been in
Mr. Franks's bottle in the courfe of the day.
The prifoner 17, rtune is a Frenchman : he (aid he
had been is years in the fervice of the E.tr: of Et-t!.
keit!). and that that Noble Lc knew Fieli:y.
Since he left his Lnrdthip he had lived in Sablunier's
Hotel, in Leicefter•Cquare and had always born an
konefl charaaer. The prifoner Riggs is an Englifh.
woman, and her fituation excited the pity of a
crowded Court ; The lived a fellow fervant with For.
tune, and flcioJ at the birorerwhelmed in tears, with
a child at her breall which the had by Fortune; the
ackowledged her folly in cohabiting with him.
Fortune caUed a Dutch woman to give him a the-
raZtcr.—They were lab farad reiV.
They are to be tried at the Old Bailey for Aealing
the trn.sitirs.

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