Star.
London, England, 1817-09-26 00:00:00

CLERICENIVELL SESSIONS, SUTEMiIri.
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Jan Smith rug ineSeted fcr a misJetnetne,y
personating J.:mes Dawes, of H all's. place, 0:d ~a
Luke's, MidJlest-x, carpenter, and epp,.„1:,..,
that name: he fore Mr. Maix waling, the 1,41;:,,...1
on the 19:h rat A t;gißt las:, and entering into
cognizance for the appearance of Thonn,s ilt;eroe,
an indictment Icr buy:r.g. end tectibing nets,
them to be stolen, with intent to obtain bkinnee,
chat ge on ball, and to d. fraud the raid James b,„l,
and to defeat the due course of justice.
Mr. Cheers', who cowtucted the prosecution,
the case, which was proved in evidence. it a;,pra,i
that Mr. William Ammey, of Clapton, hav,r;
son to suspezt that Skinner had beets contemn;
robbing bin. of oats, oLtae•ed a wet rant, and skim
was apprelterlded and committed to the New hi.,
to take his trial for unlawfully buyin7, and rece:e4„
the oats, Imo.; ing them to be stolen. This 's,'
bailable cirence. The defendatit, John Smith, (s
was one of those hired hail who infest the Omni,
the metropolis) in order to obtain Skinner's dischsele
caused several notices of bi:ii to be served en the ;t,
seeutor's attorney, purporting that James Deese:a-
:mother person would appear and beci4nr ban, a•,,!
these notices pm-potted to be signed by a Mr. Clog
ney, an attorney, who attended to prove that
was done wholly without hi; knowledge er enth„,,
The bail was opposed, and on the 19th of Aar.
the prisoner John Smith persisted in pers..ne::
James Dawer, and swore that he was the said Je
Dawes, and that he hJci property to a eoneicier4;
amount. The statement not then being ear:i!:.
centradiction, if e prix niter entered into the Re !.
canoe as being the said Jan:cs Dawes: Int hi, lei:
sentations not being satistactcry to the presecue,
attotney, he imrrediately went to the residt•ice
Dawes, and there to his astonishment sal, rte. a;
James Dawes, who disavowed all knowledge
Smith, and volunteered in immediately retuemigi
t..e M.igisteate, which was accordingly done;
the Magistrate having been informed of the cite,
stances, confronted Dawes with the dclendant,l.
persisted for same time in his frau&tlent retir
tall at length he was compelled to confess his guis
The Jury found him Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that the prosecnainn I
been most properly brought. It was a disgrace
the country to see the number of persons en
Courts of Justice ready to become bail tor ash:
remuneration, and swearing they were worth pro;:
at the same time they were worse than begi.an.
was lucky for the .prisoner he had tatted the oath .
a Police 011I:e, for if 'he had taken it in a Cot.
above, it w,,uld be a capital felony, by an elicit,
Act of Parliament made in the reign of Jane.'
The crime of the prisoner was one of the i,,roa:c
enormity, fe therefare sentenced him to be amp
toned in the House of Correction for tweitie most,
Alan Browne was indicted for receiving forty-alt.
pounds of cheese, the property of Sir John Done
Broughton, Bart. knowing it to be stolen. It appear
that the prosecutor's dairy. attached to hi., h.::
was broken open in February last, and five cl
taken cm.. The ci:ief evidence against the pail,::
was a person of the name of Harding, in et
persons who committed the burglary. He swore.
sold the cheese to the prisoner, and told him it ea ,
stolen. On his cross.e xamination by Mr. Atten'e
acknowledged that he had been a thief all Ills 1i:to.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner.
J. Carey was indicted for an assault on the t 6
taker of Waterloo Bridge, and also for assaulfep
watchman who came to the toll.taker's assistaece.-
The prisoner wanted to force his way along the bite
without paying the toll. He was of course preerrit:l
by the toll.taker, whom he struck several time... A
wine:man interfered, between whom and prisonat
scuffle ensued, in the course of which he bit ner!f
the entire of the top joint off one of his fingers.
Waterman produced the part that had been bitten ;F,
which was preserved in spirits. The prisoner
found Guilty, and sentenced to three months inle•
sonment, and to find security to keep the peace la
three years.
The Court was occupied during a considerN!
part of the day in trying cases of riot and assa?
which had occurred in the neighbourhood of
Giles's. The evidence in all the cases were oft •
same description. and exhibited the most shared
'scenes of drunkenness and depravity et the low:
orders in the above neiebourbood.
Saturday, In tipper Berkeley. street, Portman.equare, eta
of the lion. Alexander Murray, of awn.
At Sorts Manse, on six 14th ss.st. Mrs. Balfour, of a sea.
At Cucitney. in No:tint:a:ll46re, on the 21 lust. the Ltd/ G
Sir George Eyre, K.C.E. of a daughter.
MARRIED.
Tueiday, at Busted, in Essex, Czprain Parlby, of at Ho
East India Company's Bengal flung Artillery, to , •
daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hunker, rector of Rct.!rgae:T, •
DIED.
Want %day, at his house at Kennington, Charluc
aged 60, for many years an Underwriter at Lloyd'.':: t bcvr.
Ft iday, at Weymouth, Samuel Weston, E.q. Alai:cc:A.
Monday, in Hanover-square, aged 79, Sir lames I.:.rie,V•
PALS. Master of the Royal Colter of Surgenip., &c.. Le.
At Edinburgh, on the lath inst. In the 19.1: yr: of Ithr:-,
it (imam Sommers, his Majesty's glax!er for Scotland, insl
&debt Deacon of the fourteen incorporated triples of the ntl4
Edinburgh. Endowed with a most retentive memory, wi.!eals
enjoyed till vientn a few hours of his death, ; A
rat education, and a friendly disposition, be a
and courted companion, a useful acquaintance, and
fiten.l—crho will long be remembered, sod his deatn
by a numerous circle of friends and fellow citizens.
An Inverness, on the 9.12 inst. Jean liti.bertsen.
dinaty character usually emphlyed self its tatlter!,•ll!...".
;hell-lielt' with which she oc, upied her strion in the rt". 1.1
until w,ihin a few days of her 4eatb. Fhe would uetw•e:'-f
take a tr4i to the country to retail tea, and vial net stemma
beg at times; atter her i:earh, upwards of to in tank bali.,l
JES in sihrer were found in her apartment, which she heti
plenty filleti with clothes, provision, and fuel, Ord CO •0
roof, :raving unly about tour fees round the LA p'al'e "'5
spar:, yet the poor wretch appeared uniformly its tt'e p.'.llse
ttred garb uowarat of and is suppe.ei/ to l';,vt ;o'4'
the period to her existence by abstaining front ttw comma. ‘.7
um:ries of
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