Star.
London, England, 1829-01-19 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, JAN. 17.

'Before Mr. hied!! PA K, Mr. BMWS VA/lOWAN, and a 3114ktkolia
Jury.
William Swig WAS indicted for the violation of Jane
Byrne on the 29 h of N ,vember last.
Mc. ALLEY, Mr. C. PHILLIPS, and Mr. BARRY, con-
ducted t e defence.

Jane Byrne, the prosecutrix, being called, dcp,sed
that she lived with Mr. Smith on the 29th tai November
lass, and had been in his .service about three months.
The prisoner kept two female servants and a boy;
*linen aka housemaid; Mr. Smith's bed-room was on
she second Boor ; about half past three o'.lock witness
wasin-Mr. Smith's room. and had been there about an
'Mut cleaning it ; her master, usually came h.tme about
tour .o'clotk; while witness was their, on the day
inliserstion, the,prisonet cishe in; the dons was open.
He Rocked the door, came behind her, pulled her arms,
and threw her on the bed. Witness was stooping down
in the act of cleaning the grate; the bed was quite
close to the rate; the Witness went on to state, that
she called out, but no one came to her assistance; the
ptisoner left witness olhis own accord, and did not say
a word the whole time he was with her, until just be-
fore he went away, when he told her she might go to
Witness saw 'theprisoner again ;theist a quarter
of an hour after, but did not speak to hats ; he came
down into the kitchen, and witness *Ai she would quit
the hcuse immediately ; he wits.iitthe habit of coining
down into the kitchen; the prisoner said that witness
ringlet do as she pleased about leaving 'the house; a
shots time after Mr. Smith went out and •fesched his
stable keeper, and tttey.both went into the.parlour ; he
offered, witness and the cook their wages, but witness
claimed more thin he wOird'give, and the money *46
left upooliterAble; vrd ells 'cook irilfat had
happened toiler, Miiliheyleth left the house the same
&ening ahotit seven ectokk; the torsos tehere the of-'
tepee was committed was three snot kifilbove the.ki (Chen:
Wisoessira.-19 Issas efoge.
•Citssitgamitsinati.hy Mr.iliisort•Atase show toloid
-tied Write t 'Wesit'te'oloollltst it Windsor ; been,
apprititixed 40 allies Siege. lady Caroline Wortley
had put her apprentice to dstat Lady.; was brought tip
bylitelCirsrattathelonlyter,,Mr. Mansfield; Was sent to
tbaltafege -'flo•ttNe Thhtitute fbr 'a Matte Ihisb ; Mrs.
'ffbediabibiroirshro‘.. While iliiners 11/Ed, 'obi Wiwi
into liircOplek *to igtdr if Itet,"bliittess tolake it,
Witsieso'had 'objeilfy. charged with having
and io t•ts o&uce. acid this was abet the witnemi
!Wily a file taint, Whin witness left 'the lie.
114tecor tbopobtituto sue went to live with the' rsss.
/14.giiters an 4 was a ieh that about two years and is
hilt; was then sbogti Itiarteen; said atlhe PON.
OlSCithit'ske'fiaiisivielkWieh.kiscei Smite!, at
,lie
'al/10r 'hips, 110.0 the eight in vestier. Had outai.
tßis ititeneoffristily in ire (Ate. Mid it wad. t tfue.
Did becalt 'Miss lassie:lo sir it was ; 'wrote' to'

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them f. r tbrtt ppw~rpm's; the priso. es had then been es
aminett/at ith&oentiglwisrent ; sake the Misses &veil
of the Sir 'f arta. destaitt trdr *fault' dtem-tach
thing; did not state that if they wpuld but say that fur
her it would make her fortune; asked them w'tat be
came of *er-lettee.; Ositastett 'net swear ,she did not
ask if the letter hadt ern seen py S,t.iths party ; and
that shrehadtint said if if Writ would ipet eve's, thing:
Might have said so; witness would he sett,. to swear she
had not ; ilitMissesßegstet I /tasked bow she could heed
presumed to ask then to iell a falsehood ; they retitled to
dbit (A tenet; seas here sliowa to witness, wh;ch sire ate
' nowledged had been *settee by her to the Mists/. 13.) The
letter stated that witness was in gseat distress, and re
quested thefts to say she had lived with them.till the
9th of Septembet, as it would make her fortnne ; usu shy
slept in the back attic while its Mr. Smith's service;
witness's fellow servant slept wiih he! ; had never slept',
in Mr. Smith's bed; the stable boy slept nit the same
floor with witness; on her oath. never slept with him
every night till within four dsys berme she vim's,:
had never lain ill the bed without sleeping ; ail not
knot* whether Mr. Smith wa. partied or tkit ; there
were only two women in the house; did not hear Mr.
Smith lock the door when he came into the moot, hot
heard hint unlock it; had no power to witch Mr.
Smith. bdt would have done it if she could; was dot so
strong as she looked; first saw Mr. Smith in his own
house. Never said she waited on him in consesiu.nce
of an advertisement in The Times. Mr. South did not
pick up witness in the New-road ; never met him in
the street at all. Her first interview' wit% him was nut
'in the street; never walked its the street with him; on
her solemn oath was never picked up in the trees.--
'Never walked the New-told; did not know the (itch
?•1.411 nor the Fa. thing Pte-house in the I'Olll4A-road ;
was not there in November; knew the Orange tree;
was never in a public house in or near Po. tlankf-%tiett
with a Gentleman; was never al'owed to go out ; was
neither there with a Joan nor a Gentlemun; never said
her uncle lived where Mr. Smith resided. nor gave that-
address to toy man; never went to a house inWinslow-
street, Oefotd-street. with a man..

Eliziloth Roebuck deposed, that she had lived in
Mr. Sviith's from the 2%d of August to Novemher 21.
Was at hon., ass the 29th of N.ivember, when her ICU..
ter came in, and opened t' e door for him. The wi -
ness went on to depOe to having !mod screams proceed!
from an upper room, and th t hes master had struck
her *bile in the passage, oithotit she least provocation,
and told her to quit the house; Is id seess Jsnei Byrne
with her clothe: nearly torn oil, and the latter had told
her she had teen ruined, but altar,* did ant ask h-r
any questions; witness left the hou e with the pio.ecu•
tire in consequence.
0.1 h.r cross•e:asuination by Mr. C. Pitrwra oho
asked her if she had ever been mai rse.f most. thall
ihe witness replied, 0 Not that she knew
The Learned JUDGE r:lsi tared her in eery indiosa t
terms for this flippant answer, and t.•fd let be %out,
send her to Newgate if •h•• did oat t eke
The "Attie., then said, that she hall tfeen marks! once
before to a man named Krisi..se, and had gone by t..e,
names of Rubiestsoo and King.
The Learned Junoe here told the s itness t's take care
of herself, as she was in great jeopardy.
EliMillillloll resumed.—RobiliSoll was the same
person as Roebuck ; did not think of this before, or she
should have said it; had never applied for a house to
keep as a brothel; never had the means; the proo ca.
trix had never said to oarless that she wished to make
the matter up; Jane Byrne always skl t with witness ;
and on her oaths she did not know that she hoe ever
slept with Mr. Smith.
The case for the prosecation being closed, the pri-
soner was called on for his ddence, and I.e said te
should leave it to Isis Counsel.

Miss Sagster, a chess-maker, in Tottenhatn-court-
road, depa4i that the, pr. secturix had not been in her
Wyse since Al-411 May last. After the alleged of-
fence had been committed, sbe received a letter from
the prosecuttis requesting bet to state that she the
prosecuttis) had livid in her house up to t'.e eine 4
her entering into Mr. Smith's service, wheels she said
would be the making of her. The prosecotrix
wards called upon her,- and said that if the letter had
been seen by any of the opposite patty, it would upset
Vie whole case. She wanted to destroy tie letter.
' Mr. Ju•t ce Pant, addressing the Jury, observe.',
that this was a charge which demanded the *uttno.t
attention on the part of those who weir to sickle upt.n
it. That attention had beets bully eleicised in the pre-
sent case; and he now wished to know whether the Juts y
considered it necessary to proceed furthest It had been
observed, that too many persons were disposed to view
this crime with indulgence; that, however, was not he
case with respect to him. He considered the clime of
rape to be one-of the mmt dreadful that could be cons.
twitted, and had the proot been clear against the prisoner
he would certainly have left him for esecution, as he
would do in all similar cases. Wren, however. the
penalty was so gteat and so certain, it was necessary
that the evidence should be such as wAuld sati%fy the
minds of impartial men cf the prisoner'sguilt ; but he
put it to the Jury whether they could convict the pri-
soner on the evidence before them?

The Jury haviog declined that they w ere not yet
satisfied. the case piocrejed forth. r.
Miss"H. Bitter corroborate) her sitter'svaidence with
respect to the letter written by the pawner, and her
conversation about it.

The prisoner's stable-keeper deposed that he was pre-
sent when the prisoner aimed the prosecutriz and Mrs.
Roebuck nut of the house. on *hick occasion they sa
nothing aboutlhe alleged rape.
Jones deposed. that the pr %tout, ix accosted him
one evening in the New-road. He accompanied her to
the •Faithing Pie-house, where they had something to
think, and Irons thence they went to a brothel in Wins-
low-Wok. She told him she lived sit Mr. Smith's, in
Euston crescent.

House deposed that the prisoner also accosted
him in the New-road ; she gave him her address at'
'Mr. Smith's, Whose niece she ',id she was. He called
at Mr Smith's, and spoke to Mrs. Roebuck in the area;
'Mts. Roebuck asked hPfl to get over the rails.
The Jury now declared themselves satisfied, and re-
turned a verdiet of Not Guilty.
Mr. Justice PARIC asked Ur. Alley whether he had
any Thing to move?
Mr. ALr.RY moved that the 'peosecurris and Mrs.
.Roebuck be committed to tale their trial for perjury.;
The COURT immediately Aranted the motion, and
they were accordingly committed.

CITY P ocroz.—Mr.-Secretary Past., in.pursuance df
his *laudable resolution to advance the adininibtratioss
of justice, and increase the means
,of detesting and
ri4bing.public offenders, has,addtessrd a strong re-
.preser.ka wn to the Court of Aldermen, relative to the
osecutionof war rams irribio the City of L:ndoni when
grantod 'by ihose'whdhave not.llithetto had the power
t r Itzneic4e such,jurrsdittion. this laktet is to taken
into cod;idetation it 'the Court 'of lildirmen to be !old
kite Ofro'iv. - -

POLICE 1NT1,7.1:1-K: ENV&
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[Lila% LI;
lAA Panwski, wit sr-astsoltuti diangia tliiti
,ebrissitog his head theungh she rdeandariltdbyr St lie. Piallree.
pieweller. on Ludgate-hill. on Thursday evening. and sicaliag
cushion of brilliant pihs, value £4O.
A patrol of Sc Bride's prenled thet the prbotter was die rid/
'poses: swat she window it Ow hammer she peneswrs smashed.
TintprisoPes declined making any defence. and was consmitted
forbergliriousfy bieaking and entering the premises.
James Marlin. charged with stealing a hull, and Menem Veg.
ores4A readeislig is. were lirnighr op ter be bead
The Alderman (Waco arid Peasants) csessidering that Marti'
;night be tried epos an Indianian effecting his life, hied the
ansoilat at 1140, themselves fit S• 1041 flick', and two sureties
1100 oath. for oath prisoner.
Two penmen offered shenesOres as sureties. bee were rejected.
after short examined.* by Mt. Weelee, fa the proseentstrond
the prisoners were finally committed for want of sureties.
Tea driver of a hackney coach was charged with wantonly and
crueliferbipping one of his horses in Plre:.strett, on Milne*,
!last. Tbe case was proved by two officers belonging to the
' for Preventing Cruelty to Animals, and the defending was
tam 'and cods.
now &num'.
flatUrday an (Maly' man was brought up. charged by a
complexioned. coachman like perano:ige. with Is, vhig robbed hint
of £9O. On the matter being inquired into, k appeared that the
prosecutor was intimate with the p.i.oner's wife. The presseutat
offered to say quits, if the prison. r would say nothing shoot vials
cos damages, Ike. To this the prisoner consented, only stipulating
that the prosecutor should maintain the lady.

liAll'ON-G A ItIMN.
Saturday Rabat nonage was chart-d with burglarious,' esu
tering the dwelliig.hoase of George Norman, Pap of Bromley
Common, and stealing thervout a harp, worth £lO9. and three
Swedish coins, commcinorative of the coronation of the King of
Sweden. From the ratement of Robert Crisicher, Mr. Slorman's
busier, it apywared_that about sic o'clock ,sti the inoriein; of the
12th of December last, the hour of th, h..' been
majored by silvans of the library window ; the shutters were forted.
and the bars dislodged; a harp and three coins of Or ohm:reale-
acripstio were carded O.—Several suspicious circumstances ap..
peered again* the prisoner, who was committed fur trial.

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MARY-LA BONNE.
Saturday Eliteteh &lees was charged with robbing her matter,
Mr. Edwards, a linen-draper, of a variety of sands, aufilient, as
Ile. Edwards declared, hi set her up in the same line of hush's%
as hißuelf.-.Sbe was committed far trial.
QUERN—SQUARE-
Saturday rm. llesm, a bald Isc..ded, sanctified, undertalter's
page, was fined Si. for getting drunk at a funeral. siamolog his
muter, and •palling s Menus pruccstion. In default of payment
he was locked up.

LAM ORTII—STRRET.
Saturday Eliza Cale. a good looking ynune girl, wad brought up
itt cii.tody of Stone the boodle of Miie Said (11l T..erii, in order's
bar affiliating a child. of which she was then pregnant.
&one said, that the prisoner belotig,4 to their hamlet, and being
Ammo give birth to a Mild. the Over•eers. in order to Meats
themselves from the beriberi of her e.olinement. anti the maim,.
nance of her infant, were desirous art having its father awnrn to.
On the prisosser's being swern.the Margis•rate, asked her to name
the person by whom she was pregnant.
The prisoner—l cannot. your Worship.
Magirrate—l'ma casinot! this is rather extraordinary!
The prisoner—lt m.y be so. For ; bus yet Mot /111.1 e so than tiree.
I am bad ettuueh .Ir•ady; but I wool not farstvev myself.
Alagistrite—Expliin your.eil, young W. 1.111116
The pri-otter (in rears)-- I will. Air, though I shame myself by
doing so—it is better than tellii:g a he. lam an unfortunate el,
and I hive met wi.h so many d ITere:l Gentlemen. that I cassia
tell who is the father or my child—iiidetd I cansuit.
Magistrate—This is probable, if your story be correct; sod you
Jewel: credit for your conscientious scruples.
Prisoner—indeed, Sir, it is but rip correct.
Two of the afictrs, Norris and Shelssvell, spoke to their know
ledge of the prisoner be ng on the town for some time past ; adding
their belief, that if she had the opportunity she would gladly, its
this. b ore abandoned her wretched course of life.
The Magistrate saki, that under the circumstances, he could not
think of proving the poor girl to affiliate the child ; and regueited
that she might betaken boo the workhouse until after her comer*.
mint, when perhaps something might be dune for her.

UNION—HALL
A good dealt)? amusement was afforded at this Me, on Tatar.
day, in consequence of the attendance of a Dwarf, to make a cow
plaint against a person who employed bias. This dloniautive pen a,
whose height does not exceed two feet ten (aches, advandag to the
Magistrates' table, up to which his head scarcely reached. ststril
that a person named ihapheason. engaged him, some time aille
to exhibit at fairs, dm at a salary of ante shilling, a week,
and his diet and lodging. His employer had a caravan for this
purpose, in which his wife and a equalling family of
children, together with applicant and the Pig.Aaced lady, all
together. Theft were disagreeable situations to be placed. in;
but as fate (militia It, and it was his lot, he would not have
grumbled, bad not his character been degraded be being p
wt an equality with that of the Pig.faerd Lolly. This Pig.
faced Lady, as Ike was called, was neither more nor Jess due
a shaved beat. dressed up la woman's clothes, and altangsble
this animal b.* wa. obliged to sit cheek by jowl fur twain monitor;
this was uncomfortable. and more particularly PO when Brain's ap.
peace was keen, as on those occasions he was very tunanAscamas ;
and the cravings of hunger had such an effect on the beast that be
would attack all who approached him. The pour little appbcaet
was entering into further details of his mode of life, when the
Pffigistrate at length stopped him, on ascertaining that the object of
his application was fur the purpose of taking out a summons is '
' compel his employer to pay him him thirteen shillings, which sou )
he alleged was due to him.
The AJagiigrate told him he eat sorry he could not asslit him,
and recommended himlo apply at the Court of Requests, where
he would, no doubt, obtain the redress he sought.
The Dwarf having clouted the Magistrate for the advice, bowed
and retired from the ace, followed along the streets by a ton.
course of spectators.

HRBDOMADARY.
TM, DAY..—Venits ekes 51 minutes past five in the morning......
Ciudad -Rodrigo taken, 1812. The daisy and chickweed begin
to sprint le the wayside with their starry blossotite.
To Moßaow—Feblan, the 19. h Bishop of Rome, a startle in the
Dcti3ll persecution. From the 90th to the 30th of this mood+.
with Raphael, in her prophecies for 1529, " female will do well
to avoid marri age or intrigues of any description." Austrailie
colonised 1788. Full moon 13 minutes past twelve at night.
Sun rises three quarters after seven ; and sets a quarter after 4.
Wtoussnay—Agnes, a beautiful damsel, who was beheaded at the
age of thirteen by order of Diuelesian. figural in opposition te
she Sun at tbree-quarters past two in the morning—a awl
frightful event in the eyes of believers in astrology. Sateen site
arils in the morning. Louis XVI. guillotined, 1793. Day is-
creases 48 minute... TMs is noted in the Mahometan Caliedd
as * The day of victory." This is also a festival with the Jets%
and the same mentioned in Judges std. tr. 21.
Touasuar —Vincent, a Deacon of a Church in Spain, a mantel
the Dieeleslanpeisocution. The Meal in apogee.
Fewer—Hilary Term begins. Right Hon. Wm. Pitt died, Iso6.
SA —Mercury rats b I minutes past four in the afternoon.--
The Lutig Parliament dissolved, 1679.