Star.
London, England, 1829-06-09 00:00:00

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lowing circumstances—lnethe month of December last,
the detendant,together with Benjamin Burn and several
other persons, were indicted for conspiring together to
utter a certain forged document, purporting to be the
will of Anthony Bond, deceased. There was also a
true bill found against Hall for the capital offence of
forcing the document in question. The trial for the
conspiracy was consequently ordered to stand over
until the other indictment was disposed of. In the fol-
lowing February Sessions Frances Hall was tried
capitally at the Old Bailey, and acquitted. The prose-
cutor, John Baines Bond, has since become a bankrupt,
but absconded ; and not having rendered to his com-
mission, has been outlawed. The defendants had in
vain endeavoured to find him, in order to serve upon
him a notice of trial; and under these circumstances,
as it was not likelybe would ever return to this country,
he trusted the Court would order the recognizances of
the defendants to be discharged.
Mr. CHARMS PHILLIPS addressed-the Court on the
part of one of the defendants, and handed in certain
affidavits to the above effect.,
The CHAI am AN said, that under all the circumstances
the Court would allow the defendant to serve a notice
of trial for the next Sessions, at the prosecutor's last
place of abode; and in the event of his not zppearing,
then the recognizance: should be discharged.
The Learned Counsel expressed themselves satisfied
with this arrangement.
Thomas Rogers and Edward Miffs* were charged
with a anise:lce, in having obstructed the highway by
exhibiting certain prints and caricatures•in a narrow
passage situate in the parish of St. Ann, Soho, and
thereby causing a vrowd to collect AO as to prevent the
free passing and re-passing of passengers.
This case was one of great interest, as involving
qnestion of considerable importance to all traders who
are in the habit of' exposing goods•for sale in their
windows.
Mr. Annuities appeared for the prosecution. He
observed the case was one calling for the particular at-
tention of the Court. It was one raising a' rather novel
question; but he apprehended that the Court would
decide that •those who created an abstraction, or the
cause of an obstruction, were liable for itscousequences.
Mr. Am= here interrupted the Learned Counsel,
and observed, that according to his view of the law,
persons keeping shops were entitled to exhibit any thing
in their oindows, not of an immoral tendency. That
was the red nature of the charge against his clients;
and if a crowd collected, it was not his fault.
The CHAIRMAN said he ,certainly did consider the
stopping up a public way a nuisance.
Mr. ALLEY said if the Cnott decided the present to be
a nuisance, no shopkeeper would be safe from a similar
proceeding.
The Citatemas said such was his decided opinion;
but, as the case was one of importance, he would advise
its removal into the King's Bench.
Mr. ADOLPHUS Objected to this, ens account of the
delay which it would occasion.
Mr Atm, to obviate this objection, offered to take
judgment, as of last Te►m.
Mr. Aootertua still hesitated; and ultimately the
case, by agreement. was allowed to stand over till the
next day.
A man named lifeiodalw was indicted for conspiring
with a Mrs. Cole to defraud a 'tradesman, of the name
of. Macklin, of furniture goods so a considerable amount.
The defendant, it was sworn, represented Mrs. Cole to
be a widow Lady of respectability, and on the faith of
that representation the prosecutor sent 'her 20,1. worth of
goods, he having received an order for upwards of Mt
worth. He soon discovered, however, that the Lady's
husband, although living apart frOm her, was alive; for,
upon his suing her in the Court of Common Pleas for
the 201. she pleaded her connote, proved her husband
was living. and uonsuited the plaintiff. A person of the
name of Hunt swore that Mountain must have known
that the husband was alive, because he had often heard
both Mrs. Cole and him ttlk about the former's hus-
band, who, sbe used to say, bad used her very ill. Upon
cross examination, this witness described himself as
Lord Lansdown's private secretary, and admitted that
although he was a married man, Mrs. Cole's sister had
been living with him, but that was not the case at pre-
sent.—The Jury, after some hesitation, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty.

7...
P SESSIONS, JUNI 8.
onsvnenved ,this morning, before F.
r irsjd a full bench of Magistrates.
LA* applied to the Court to discharge the
'recognizAnces of Frances Hall, widow, under the fol-