Star.
London, England, 1817-04-17 00:00:00

OLD sdnEr.

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The Baskin.
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,yysterdar before Ilfr'.
Baron WooD, Mr. JOSO 0 SAM, the LOUD MOOR.
the RECORDER, iO4 `sever' `. dermen. There are
upwards of 200 Middlesex a, and tl.irty nom- I
tem.
mitted frOm the City of London.
George ran aged 18, Jaw: Gregory, aged 137,
Henry Koine nj;ed 20, were charged with burglary in
the house pf Thomas Want, and stealing a metal
watch, five £lO Banknotes, and other property, and
Margaret Carey with receiving pact of the property,
knowing it to have beat stolen.
Thomas Want said he lived in Swallnw.sireet, St.
James's. He was in partnership with M. Richard-
son, who, on the 4tb of April, paid hini ten aelo
Bank-notes, which were tanning numbers. He took
them home on the Saturday night preceding the rob.
bay, and gave them to Mrs. War.t, who put them
into a box up stairs in their bed-room. These notes
had been obtained by a check upon Coutts's Bank.
On the 4th April he and his wife were np rater than
usual ;it was past one o'clock. On going into the
bed.rooni, Mrs. Want said, 44 We are robbed!" He
looked at the box, which had been broken open, and
five ill 0 notes' bad been taken out—the other five
had been 'previously paid away by witness. Wit-
hes. called Thomas Phillips, his apprentice, up, and
said, as I have been robbed, get on to the root, and i
set if there is any body there." Nobody was found
upon the premises, and the suspicion of witness was'
excited against the appentice himself, who was taken
into custoiy. . .
.. .
John Richardson Aldo, he was partner with Mr.
Want. lie received la cheek for £295. 17s. 6d. for
work done to the Opeill'House: He handed ten £lO
notes of the suns he received Irons Omits to his part
nor, Mr. Want.

Mrs. 'Want particularized the articles that had
been stolen, among which were a silver waiter,' which
she said must hare been win eh 'more that 40i. silver
tea spoons, silver salts which might have, been worth
Sits. a pelisse worth £4, and a metal watch worth
£3. All these things were taken frotta the bed-room,
and she had teen all the property in the bed-room in
the course of the day before the robbery.
Thomas Phillips ithe accomplice) said, be was an
apprentice to Mr. Want. He knew the three men
at the bar ; 'he' had known George *Yates about sir
weeks, and the otherptisoners tiro or three days be-
fore the robb_ry. About fur Meeks before the rob-
bery, George Yaw asked -him to go to one Walker's,
a public-house id Wild-street, where Yates talked
him about robbing his master, and enqisired where
the property lay isrllis master's house ? Witness told
him, in the back-room, and said there was sometimes
;wore property than at others. The afFair• was drnp-
ped then.. He afterwards met the prisoners, and
they agreed to do the robbery on Thursday night.e-
Ortsonen took two ladders, which were to be fastened
together for the porpoie of getting'intothr.house, but
they were disturbed by the watchman. They then
agreed to do the robbery on the next night, when
witness was valet Atte into the house. Witness ac-
cordingly met them, and • open' his return home the
amount opened the door- to him, and he told her he'
would shut it. The prisoners were all three to come
is, and he left the dboiopen for that purpose. Ho,
saw Rouse in the house, but did not know whether
the others were actually in the house or not. Wls-
Iless. in about theee quarters of an hour afterwardi,
went to bed, and was Called up by his master abode'
One-o'clock, who, after some time, charged him with
knowing of the robbery, and he ea length confessed-
who was a patty in it. He told his master he was te.
meet the prisoners at the White Hart, in White Hat
Yard. He was allowed to go to *mint themi-Ifiri
his master • and a Constable went with him, and
' waited up stairs, Yates and Gregory were lithe
White Hart, and said to witness, .o you had better,
Dave your share of the money ;" upon which the Con-
;sable came in and took the two prisonersinto custody.
'He afterwards. went' to the Three Wan, in MO*,
stmt. Soho. *bee they found the other Orbit*
who -was also takes' into custody.
• Upon woetaniination.• he said be frequented the
public-house where he met the prisoners, but it was'
not he who proposed to-rob Ms chaster, it was George
Yates who proposed it to hien. Ho: master had never
accused him of =Awaiting. snooty. His hands were
tied before him *heft be confissed to his master. He
said he *ow Came to give evidence from the have of
jostler, and twisty, hatiself.
Daniel Bishop, the Officer who took Greiner total
evsevdi. found a gild brooch on him. •
James &hitt), ah orator; searched Yates, ind
on hiani else 410 not* led feiti ill notes. •
-George Oddly, ea *Seer, 'went with Last witness to
apjaebead Roast, aatlbund 'some notes and a watch
on

Mrs. Want identified' the-brcioch and watch as the
poverty of her husband, fled also some of the notes
' isms& on aka priseseim, bf their numbers. - ..
Was. Reading; a watchman in Drury-lane, stopped
the female prisoner. with a bundle, alter 12 o'clock
oaths night of the robbery. He took, the woman to
the watch-home, and the bundle was opened, in which
were sr petiste and other articles. When the woman
'was' finctaken, She said the bundle, contained 'her
thiags—when at the watch-house, she said she found
the, bundle in DrOry-lane. The bundle wAs now pro.
dead, and Mrs. Want identified its COOttllti as the.
Igropesty of her husband.
• llse LWOW Judge,t. justice DALLAA, summedltp the evident, to ' y, who returned a verdict
of Guilty, Math, igainit the three snito;.and acquit,,
fled the wale prisoner.
.IfrraDgoif VerCS Mdieted for stealing 1311)1. weight
sit-Cheshire ilk**, the property of J. C. Bakes, 'pri-
iam4 is hit shop. ' The prisoner came into the shop,
iliml AID of the aromas asked her what the wanted 1
he'd* Made him no answer. White he wai serving
4 illelliaiet she -with.* to various parts of the shop
4041 then wenit dot. Being' suspected, he pursued
t-:R isiod itifew.rmilifrOM'the shop he took her, and
' 'she theme 101 l from under her cloak. Guilty—;
; boa seeps mmoded to mercy by she Jury.
GMT. Mikh, ratbyr.ploateel looking Young man,:
0•001 indictoidlor pittikte4 Melding from the. hnstso 'if:,
ill
AAR'S Mani thsmipeens of Suffolk..street, Chafing..
coMp..aneat articles 43 f furniture, . ether
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. took two rosiOsis Iwo pollen the Ath ii-Ja.
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211111,..ilith$/tlt.lloliCes sad 41It Missed ;as
assdiately-after leis departure *.
Willies Gun proved. that he lodged in the house
• ,Airs. Thompson at the • tame 4ime with the priso-
ner. He had occasion to lean, town for one or two
days, and left his porarnanteau. containing a variety
of wearing apparel, together with a gold watch, value
£l5, in the care of Mts. Thompson. They were
left in the room above that occupied by :he pris•orer.
He came to town on the 10th, and found his property
where he left it. He went again to the cinntry, add
found, opt n his return, that the portmanteau . and its
contents were taken away. On the 27th of February
he went to Bow-street. The prisoner was stripped
there and examined. and there was tolind upon him'
one pair of flannel drawers and one flannel waistcoat,
which the witness identified as his property.
Robert Shepherd, a watchman, said, that he ap,
prehended the prisoner on the 19th of February last,
in Mercer-street, Long-acre. The prisoner was run-
ning very fast, and said he was making his escape
,from a girl of the town, who waircryiog id Thief 1"
aftershim. Witness knocked him down with a blow.
of a stick, and then collared bim..' Immediately after
a girl came tip and said that the prisoner had robbed
a house ; upon which witness tbok the prisoner into
cu.stedy.
Emy Bates being swt.!in, said, that she lived ser-
vant With Mrs. Thompson at the time the robbery
was committed. She did not see the prisoner until
-stout six weeks after when she met him in New.
street, Covent-garden. and called out Sup thief 1°
The prisoner was nen stopped, as stated by the for-
mer witness.—Guilty.
Eight were convicted of felony, viz.
T. Sullivan, for stealing two pair of breeciseis.
1. Joni.soo for stealing a tub of butter.
. Catherine Butler, for stealing seven AI Bank-notes.
R. White, for stealing a piece of timber.
J. Splaiti, for stealing two pair of breeches.
3. Wilmot, for .testing a quantity di wire.
And 3. Holmes, for stealing Lail a cheese.
Juha Jones was indicted for a highway robbery
upon Mr. David Jones, clerk in the Engrossing Office
, in the House of Commons, and taking from his person
a valuable gold watch chronometer, gold chain and
seals. his property. It was stated in evideoce that
Mr. Jones hid been dining in the city, and was on
Iris way home along the Strand, al ~tit eleven o'clock
at night, 'when two men ran against him and knocked
him down, of whom the prosecutor ()chewed the pri-
soner to be one. The other m.iti escaped, but the pro.
sectstor laid hold of the prisoner, anl, with the assis.
lance of the watchman, took him to the watchhouse.
The watch was not found upon the prisoner, nor has
it since been.discuvered. The prosecutor admitted
that he had not looked at his watch since he was in
company in the city, and that. it was a mile and a
hall from whew lie had been dining to where he was
knocked down. lie also admitted that lie was mitt's
elevated with wine, but said he was in perfect pos-
session of his recollection. Nettleton, the constable
of the night. considered the prosecutor not so tar in
liquor as not to know perfectly what he was doing.
He (the constable) next morning said to the ;Ain-
um" Corot, Jones, this is a valuable watch ; you
may as well tell us wllefe it is, that theowner may
get it again ;" to which the prisoner replied, No,
that won't do," or 64 that will never do."—lva geilt.y.
Lydia Chaftorss, who appeared at the bar with an
Infant. at her breast, was indicted for stealing from
the .shop of William Christmas, of Oxford-street, one
pair of women's ;hoes, value 7s. 6d.
The evidence not being sufficiently strong, and the
prisoner having remind an excellent character from
the person with whom she and her husband lodged
for tight years. and also from a tallow.chandl,r in
the .neighbouthood, she was Acquitted. Immediately
on haring che.bu the poor woman fainted.
Wawa Aliks was indicted for robbing H. J. S:ed-
man of a gold:sratch. The prosecutor was attacked
by a gang of six er seven persons in Holborn, on the
night of the 4tli tit Maich. and be swore pcsitiirely to
the prisoner being the man who held him against a
shutter, and, robbed him of iii. property. The watch
was found on the step of a door by which the Fists•
ner had passed running. when secured by the wa
men. Several persons gave the prisoner an excellent
character, and the Jury; after a short consultation,
returned a verdict--Not
J. Thornton. J. Wdri, and.P. Wood, three boys, were
indicted for. breaking sndnetering the dwelling-house
of G. Paul, and stealing a pistol and a Rote, his pro.
pasty. On the morning of the 12th of February, the
prosecutor's apprentice was sitting at work, when he
heard the glass of the window broken, and on looking
up. he saw the prisoner Thbriason's hand in the win-
dow. He immediately ran out, and Thomson made
off. Witness missed the pistol and flute hon.' the
window ; and Thomson was taken in an hour, but
nothing was found an him. Webb and Woad were
that morning seen in company with Thomson. Ver-
dia--Ner•Gaiky—against aU the prisoners.
The following were .alsoactreitted, viz. J. Plumb,
J. &nett, and- Margaret Casey.

Bow-srasst—Cmitass or Munoca.--Yesterday
tiro man and a boy, who were brought to London
from Chatham a kw days since, by Pearkes, 'one of
the principal officers; on -a charge of the murder of
three men employed on board a revenue cutter off
Whitby, and wounding several others. usderWent a
private examination. Captain Sayers, the Captain
of the revenue cutter, attended so give his evidence,
in which be detailed the particulars of the whole of
the hoirld'end bloody conflict. They were oldered
M remain in custody.
ha? mar Pointless was charged with bigamy, in
parrying Maria Hall on the 9th of January, 1916,
MSi, 4unstan's, Fleet:street,. when he had. a wife
ing, to whom be' as married in the month of Fe.
briar', 1807, at Kendal, in. Westmorland. It ap.
peered, that mites tl.e prisoner's departure from Ken.
dal his wife heard he was married to another woman,
end was contented till he sliecoatinued making her re-
*Pittances to support her children.; she then followed
Sim to London, and, oa account.of his still retusiagi
aloe had him apprehended. His second wife fainted
aliernal times while giving bet evidence. The priap-
ism was committed.
A.Ssaisoca Auk—Satarday night an ass, the pro-'
y of. S. Fletcher, milkman, at Islington, was•
. from a, field ; but returned home early on.
y morning..)oaded
tr with a saki containing a
owaellinif copper, beaten, together ; a quantity of
1 -pipe, cut up into pieces ; a quantity of sheet.
lead. sada pallet. Who the thieves were, or how
she as escisped.trom them, is unknown.