Star.
London, England, 1820-01-29 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.

• These Sessions commenced • yesterday at the Old 1
Bailey. At nine o'clock precisely Sir WILLIAM. SCOTT
(the Judge of the COurt) took his .seat ou the Bench,
attended by several Civilians. The Commission for
holding the Court was read in the usual-form, and'
the Grand Jury were sworn. They returned into
,Court at, eleven o'clock, with a true bill against Lilly
and Wood. -
Sir Wt LLIAM Sour? resumed hilt seat on the Bend),
assisted, by Mr. JUStiCC PARK and Mr. Justice Him
Ifilliam Lilly and Al:a:oder Wood were arraigned
for stealing a quantity of beef from on hoard the
rig Mary,. of Carnarron, Robert Williams master,
while she was stranded on the Goodwin Sandi, Off
the coast.of Kent, on the list December, 18114
Mr. Aitisats read the indictment, and' Mr.*Bot.-
LAND opened the case, and detailed the ciscom•
stances of- i: as they were subsequently disclosed in
evidence. lie said the offence was a capital one.
The brig was proceeding from Limerick to Corm.-
Von with a cargo of beef. butter, pork, and bacon,
value C. 7000, when; in A'storm, she got wrecked On

the Goodwin Sands. Several hardyseamen went to
give astistanco from the contiguous port in about. 40
boat:, and be was way to say ' that among them
were a number of men whose sole object was plan, ,
der, and who coadueted theivorls of destructiolt so
completely, that they carried off the whole of the
rigging and materials, as well.as the, cargo...AS*sMß
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them were the prisoners at the bar.
The.prisimers, on being called upon for their de.
fence, merely said, they used the bad' for their own
family.---Mr. Justice. PARK summed up the ev'
dance—Verdict—Guilty of Larceny.
DAZADTUL CASS-01, 1111USIDEIL

James Rater, a man apparently 60 years-of age,
was indicted for the wilful warder of bit brother,
John Pater, on the 14th of 'November, on board a
vessel called the.Aurorai lying about two miles o
Dungeness, in the. county of Kent. !lore was no
Couasel for the prosecution.
Wm. Ronsey, a youth, stated, that he was cabin-
bay on board the Aurora. smack, of which the pri-
soner was the master. One night of some day (which
he could not recollect) before. Christmas last, the
vessel was off the coast of Dungeness, and lie was
lying in bed in the cabin,- when he heard a noise,
something like a tumble. He looked out of bed,
and saw that it was John Paterwho had fallen down.
The prisoner stood oven him, and was beating him
over the head and body with the. bellows. Tbesde-
', ceased kept crying out, 44 My dear brother Jaws,
pray leave off." The -prisoker soon after desired
witness to get a bundle of straw, for that some one
had brought the dead body of a•man on board. The
prisoner and the deceased were both. in liquor, and
witness saw the former wash the . face •f the latter
with liquor.' The prisoner soon after dragged wit-
ness out of bed, and repeated his order to get a bun-
dle of straw, as he wished to make an alarin and sar
a dead man.was on board.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—Prisoner had
some wounds in his head, and was often mad. A
person named Richardson, just before the transac-
tion, had a smack belonging to the prisoner, and be.
was much enraged against him. When the prisoner
met a smuggling vessel at seal, he became quite de-
ranged. While beating his brother, he constantly,
cried out, " Richardson, lam giving it to you." He
had always, previously, been kind both to the deceased
and witness.
Churchill Meadows said, that he was also onboard
the Aurora, at the time mentioned. Witness and de-
ceased had that morning gone on board a smuggling
vessel and got some liquor. They all drank again
however after dinner, and-the prisoner stripped and
got across the table to fight. Witnesi fled for fear,
but the prisoner pursued, crying out, 66 You are.tilp