Star.
London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

OLD 3.411.EY SESVONS, SEPTEMBER 20.

Geary Pennon Was vet (ff.)! torying and eritit-
terfeitirig a seamed vs tad. r tin the payment of
with ham to &Woad Wi:liams, Moffat, and Co.
hanky is, of Nathan" 1 Atclits./n.
Johu Itobins.in deposed, that he is a clerk to
Wtl-
lititins and C He remembered the prisoner coming
to their house in Dirchin-lane, on the '2d of August,
• avid presented a check for iC22.5, which witness did
nut think was Mr. tltcheson's writing, and asked him
%there he got liceajd a gentleman came to Mr.
Davison's, his employer, , and asked him to get the 1
stoney for it. Witness then showed the check ;to
Mr. isni gess, one of the partners in the house, satin'
desired the prisoner,to wills. into the countitig.hou'sei
which he did. ‘Viintes-isroved that the draft shewn
to him was that presented by the prisoner. The sig.
nature to it was tint in Mr. AtCheSoll'i hatid.writing •
it w.ts o t.'-e like it. I:e
prieniet sh• te. Li II • 1., ii to run away.
Mr. Burgess, it partner in the banking.liou,e, re.
Mende led the prieiper presenting the check in
lion; witness desired him to walk into the counting.
house, arid there told him it was a forged check, and'
asked where he got it? he said he was stanchly at
his master's door, and a person came by, who told
him he owed his master some neiney ; that he had
got a check on a banker's in the city, end wished the
prisoner to go and receive it hit bins. Witness then
asked where he was to meet this man ? and lie said in
snine street just by. Witness asked in what street
and after a great deal of hesii Alton and contusion, he
seid its Nocholas-lane, he believed. Witness sent ler
a constable ; and when he came, lie desired the pri.
sower to descrine the dress of the man, which he did ;
and the constable went to see it he could find any
One ut that description, but returned unsuccessful.
J. 1). Smith, a constable, deposed that the prisoner
said a Man, about witness's height, but not so stout,
with a black coat and blue Wellington pantaloons,
gave him the check, anti that he had left the man i.l
a publis:bouse at the bottom of the lane, where he
was to wait for him. Prisoner said he did not know
the name of the house. Witness went to look for :he
wan, but lie saw-no one answering the description
given him by the prisoner. He then took the pri.
sorter to the public-house, snd shelved him a gentie-
stun (the only one in it) dressed ali inblack, but the
prisoner said be was not the man who bad given Isim
the check.

S. S. Lambert, a clerletblMr. Atcheson, did not'
believe the signature to tbs...check to be Mr. A.'s
hand writing. Mr. AseasFdoyeti Davison, the pri-
Boner's master, as his printer.
1). MiGregor, Ilrand-boirt to Mr. Davison, of 'AM.
has d- .t. vet, Whi tc i .rs, received two letters from last
with. kb, and delivered them as they were directed.
Mr. D or. hut A work to print, called the " Pic-
ture of Paris," On the morning be was taken the
prisoner sent witness to 33, Charing-cross, with a let-
ter to Mr. Deka'', who sent a message back, that the
prisoner must say which road he meant to take to
Cambray, prime ne could get a 1346614,M
The prisoner's detente was to the same effect as
the account h.: gave to Mr. Burgess of the manner
Vie e.t.a Caine mu/ his po4eisson.
Baron Guanam summed up the evidence ; and the
Spry retired tor halt an hour, and they returned a
verdict ut—Guilty, Death.

When the verdict was given in, the prisoner clap-
ped his hand to ins beast; and said. in a twukca Vice,
gel am not

• Alm ?Parsee was indicted for forging and uttering a
cluck f.,► £4t4), with intent to defraud John beech-
bey, C. Becket, and George Rich; and Williams,
birff It; And Co.
Mr. Rich deposed, that he is a partner in the
Gravesend Bank. in which the prisoner was a clerk.
On the sth of August witness directed him. to write
letter to Wllliait.s's house. which, when he had
dice, witness signed it I, and then delivered it back
to lm. At .bat time there was not in the letter as
sow—a also R. Klee, Lieut. 4400, whose signature
Tint have above." That4airrof the letter was en the
pilioner's hand.writingv...oo the Bth of August the
pilotage, was missing from the house, and never re-
turned till he was brought backis custody.

Edward H. Sreeetham Is-ilia in the country de-
virru..in et Wiltia banking.house, in Birchio-
UM. The letter tit oduced came troll. the Gravesend
but. On the 6th bt Augob. a person came to the
(Ake. and inquired whether they bad an order 'tom
thg,Grairesert isa,,k to pay tfl4oo to Lieut. Mate.—
Hi believed the prisoner to be the man, bat be would
not positively swear to hen.. Witness saw there was
sub an order; and turning to the letter, he wilted
chi privates it his name was Lieut. lace,• to which
he answered, yes. Witness then filled the sody tit a
cheek, and the prisoner signed it. Ye Anus compared
it with the signature " R. Masi" in tha letter,, and
the check was paid.
George Bishop, cashier in Williams's house, paid
the check in a £3OO and a 4100 note. lie had no
Treollesuon of the person to whom he paid it.
:Blehop.- a Bow-street-eikor; went in eon
sequence-to Abbelville, in France. where he appre-
hended the prisoner on the *ld of August. end told
him what be took Wailer. He admitted that he had
received the' four hundred poondsin OIISOO and a
reloo' note. Witness asked obese the notes were ?
be'said he had changed the £3OO one at the Bank of
England, for small mites, and gave up the £lOO
note to witness. In his trunk witness found rlllO ip
small notes, and a gold' watch, chain, and seals,
which he raid he had purchased with part of the
stoney. The number of the £lOO note which the
primmer gave up to witness corresponded with that'
paid to him at Williams's. • •
Mr.' Attar, for the prisoner, contended that this
automated only to a fraud, in personating a fictitious
individual ; not to a forgery, accordmg to.the statute.
' Mr. justice Houtourseids his brother Judges and
Nureli had nn dobbt of this being a forgery, suppos-
ing
_the facts proved. .
ilk. Rich, and a •nunther of witnesses, gave the
prisoner a most excellent character.
mr. Juke Houton) summed, up the facts of the
case► and` the Jury, atter a very short consultation;
found the posouer-- Guilty, Death ; but most Oro- gly
tecommea.ted him to the =rota consideration of
sot Judges, on account of his youth, be being only
19 Years o 4 art Mid his iOnna go9d ail/dutch Air.
•

R;ch rose to address hiroslf to their Lordships. but'
was overpowered by tit acuteness of his feelings.
Mr. Justice Hot.aco.b begged hint not to hurry
Alter considerable time Le was enabled to
State, that to hoped every possible mercy would 1)e
extended to him, particularly upon ttie consideration
of his youth, inexperience, and unexceptrothible cha-
racter up the time of the unit rtunate
Mr. Justice HoLROYD assured him that the recom-
mendations ►hould be attended to. _

Mr. Rich was so deeply affected that it was found
necessary to convey him out of Court, and cnnsidera•
ble sympathy was excited throughout the Court by
the circumstance.

Ldevard Coa was indicted upon t e Coroner's in-
quisition. for having killed and slayed Elisabeth
ltedgrave.
The cir:timsrances of the cases are these t—The
prisoner was driving a dray down Sencoal-lane on
Wednesda y last, about twelve o'clock, rather rapidly,
and the child was in the street. A woman who saw
the dray being so dtiven, called to the mother of the
deceas,,d, and the mother being much alarmed at the
situat.:on Of her inf nt, ran to its assistance unfurtu-
natt ly, ho sever, by an over anxiety to save its life,
she pushed'it nearer the wheel, which carne in con.
tact with the child's head, and in fractured it, that it
survived only a few minutes after being conveyed to
St. Bailioiomew's Hospital.
Mi. Baron GRAHAM, in summing up the evidence
to the Jury, observed. that if they should be of opi-
nion that it was purely accidental, ta.ey must acquit
the prisoner. There did, however, appear a degree
of carelessness which rendered his conduct highly
culpable, particularly in driving a vehicle of that de-
scription so hastily in a street which was so narrow
as to admit only one cart at a time to pass.
The Jury feund, the prisoner—Guilty.

.1-dward Dixon, • a buy aged fifteen years, was
indicted for s:ealing a silver snuffers tray, two LI
notes, and s.inist silver, in the dwelling•house of Ed-
ward Sawyer, being part of the property of Mr.
Sawyer, and part of that of his servant girl:
Mr. ALLEY stated :he CAW for the prosecution, and
alluded to the prohaide mikippreliension with respect
to the law applicable to these cases which had induced
the Grand Jury to throw out the bill ureter red against
an accumplice of the prisoner, a chimney-sweeper.
who appeared to have been on the watch whilst this
young person enured the house, and whose guilt was
perhaps still greater. Reluctant as the Jury might
be to pronounce a prisoner of so youthful an appear.
I ance guilty of a capital offence, be was afraid that
the value of the property stolen would be made
too clearly manifest to leave the possibility of a doubt
as to his having committed it.
Sarah Wood deposed. that 'she lived servant to
Mr. Sawyer. On the 20th of August last she was
engaged in cleaning the kitchen, and was standing
with her back towards the area, when, as she turned
suddenly round, she saw the prisoner run out of the
kitchen up the arra steps. Her own pocket-book,
containing al 6s. bad lain on the t.ble. together with
!her watch, and a silver tray belonging to her nsastax.
She perceived that they had been all taken away.
She ran out alter the boy, and at the same moment
SAW a sweep, who also ran away immediately. She
gave the alarm. and after following them down the
adjoining Mews, without losing sight of them, ex-
' cep' for a minute, whisst they turned the corner. saw
them both taken into custody. She was quite certain
the i.risonsr was the boy whom she saw in the kitchen.
John Wilkinson stated, that hearing the cry of
" Stop Thad I" raised by the List witness, he went
in pursuit the prisoner, and overtook him aver
miming about 100 Yards.
Charlotte Wdki son, the daughter of the last wit-
'nese, saw the prisoner, during the pursuit, use that
action of the arm which made him appear to be
throwing something from him.
Thomas Dowsey and James Wood proved that
they picked up the articles stated in the indictment
near the spot where the prisoner was taken, and
these were subsequently identified by the servant.
Verdict—Guilty. with a recommendation to mercy
on account of the tender years of the prisoner.
The Recommit observed, that be never tailed to
inquire into all tie circumstances attending cases of
this description, because he was sure that Juries were
frequently imposed on. This boy had been three
times at that bar already.

Mary Clasairrt —The report which has appeared in
several papers, stating that this unfortunate woman
died in Newgate, so"n after the tr:al on Friday, is
unfounded. She is in health, though much dejected
on account of the fatal event.

Tuesday evening last, as Mr. GARD:qua, a respect-
able farmer in :he -neighbourhood of St. Alban's,
was riding from Redburn to Market-street, lie was
stoppi d by a single footpad, who demanded his
money. Mr. GAnoweit refused to give him any
thing, but knocked the robber down with the handle
01 his whip. The villain, while down, pulled out A
pistol and shot at Mr. Get mom but failing in his
horrid meat, he drew out another. fired, and wounded
Mr. G. in the face. He then pulled the watch out
of his fob, and.made hts•eseape, leaving his unfortu-
.nate victim in a stale of insensibility. Mr. Oanest.a
was Afterwards found on die road and conveyed home.
Dr. Suaitows, of Gower.street, having, on Thurs
day, visited an insane lady, in the country, whom it
was judged expedient immediately to remove to town.
to be under his care, she was placed between two
female attendants in a post chaise, which preceded
another, in which were the Doctor. accompanied by
a rehttive of the unhappy patient. Pauifig through
arttertmofields. about ten o'clock, the first chaise,
the night being vet y dark, got the start of the second;
when it was stopped by. some footpads Suddenly
Iwo of them, one at each door, presented pistols, and
with violent imprecations demanded. the mem, &c.
of the passieg#, while another fellow stood at the
horses' head,. —lle insane lady. wilt) is of masculine
form, having her feet at liberty, with a ref.ernent
voice and gesture, instantly bounded out of the open
door, and in her k..p overthrew the robber on that
side the chaise. The suddenness of the action, the
strange figure and vociferation of the patient, ch..
shrieking of the female attendants, and, perhaps, th.
coming'• up at this moment of the other chaise, 1.
disconcixted rind alarmed the footpads, that they
promptly uecansped without effecting their purpose ;
rand; the lady being replaced in security, the party
roceedcd withouciurther mokstatlym