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1011, Ca ?, aged V, mariner, was indicted for
feintiy. ,To the utter surprise of all present, wt en he
came into Court. he began singing, waistling, clapping
his frauds, etc• exhibiting at the same time a most jocose
and medley Expression of countenance.-4 Jary was
then sworn to try his sanity. Mr. WONTN BR, the Go-
vernor, and Mr. Bishop, the head turnkey of Newgate,
deposed that they considered him insane ever since
his committal. '!'he Jury returned a vat diet of insanity.
Baring the latter part of the examin4tion, the ptisoner
s!tewed a most pitiable phrenzy, and was with difficulty
restrained by the turnkeys. He was then ordered to
be taken care cf.

POST 071101 ROBSIRIES.
James Sineking, aged 40, a letter•sorter, stood in-
dicted for stealing, on the 9th.day of January, a letter,
containing a five-pound Bank of England note, and a I
one pound note, which had come into his possession as
a letter sorter at the General Post-office. He was fur-
ther charged with stealing a letter torn a person em•
ployed in the Post-office, to which the prisoner (by ad-
vice of his solicitor) pleaded " guilty:' There was a
third indictment, but no evidence was offered on it, nor
on the first, in consequence of the plea of guilty to the

minor charge.
Gwen Dasntry, who was yesterday tried, was put to
the bar.—Mr. (Away said that every search had been
made for the witness Linden, who bad yesterday ab•
seated himself, but without elrect. He therefore could
not safely proceed with the trial of another indictment.—
Mr. Baron HULLOCK ordered the prisoner to be detain-
ed until the next Session.

MANSLAUGHTER.
Was. Broadway, aged 26, was indicted for the man-
slaughter of John Broadway, his brother, on the 29th
of April. It appeared that the prisoner had been struck
by the deceased, which produced a fight; and on the
interference of other persons to separate them, the pri-
soner struck the deceased with a rake, which caused his
death a week afterwards,--Yerdict, Not Guilty, on the
ground of the prisoner having acted in self defence.
PORORRY.
Henry Hilliard, aged 50, was indicted for uttering a
forged bill of exchange for 671. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated
the case for the prosecution, and called several witnesses,i
the particulars of whose evidence have recently appeared
in the public prints. Mr. Baron HULLOCIL said it
would not be proper to put the prisoner on his defence
on the evidence adduced. It was proved that the bill
was a forgery; but there was no proof that the prisoner
bad not been imposed upon, or that he knew the bill to
be forged at the time he uttered it. The Jury accord.
ingly acquitted the prisoner.
Comehut Driscoll and Andrew Morgan were indicted
for forging and uttering a forged will, purporting to
be the will of John M.Donald, a seaman. The pri-
soners were acquitted.
NEW COURT.
The Raccusoza sat in this Court until one o'clock,
when he retired, and the vacant seat on the bench was
Ailed by Mr. Sergeant ARAZIN.
William Hopkinson, a young man of genteel appear-
ance, and whose family was stated to be highly respect.
able, was placed at the bar on a charge of embezzling
an order for the payment of a sum of 191. which he had
received for, and on the account of, his employer, Mr.
John Richards, who was a lioendraper, carryiqg on
business in Oxford-street.
The following witnesses were called by Mr.Cmatnuts
PHILLIPS, to support the prosecution :
Mr. John Richards stated, that on the 14th Aug. last,
the prisoner entered into his service for a probationary
term, previous to becoming an apprentice. He continued
with him till the 29th of March last, during which time
he had always considered him as excessively stupid, and
could never learn to make the private mark. The witness
had, however, been in the habit of sending him out to
collect money. The prisoner bad obtained the 191. from
a Miss Cormick, to whom he had applied without
anthority. That Lady Frigid him the money, for which
he had never accounted.
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—Witness bad
reason to know that the prisoner's parents were respect-
able. They resided at Doncaster, where the prisoner
was apprehended after the robbery was discovered.
Miss Cormick was next called. She resided in Beau-
mont-street. A person called on her from Mr. Richards
for payment of her account, stating that Mr. Richards
wanted the money, and had directed him to call for it.
The amount of the bill was 201. Is. 3d. from which the
discount was deducted on payment. The amount, when
the discount was deducted, was 191. for which witness
gave a check on Messrs. Coutts and Co. She could not
tell whether the prisoner was the person to whom she
had made this payment, nor whether the receipt pro-
duced, which was given when the money was .paid, was
ia his handwriting.
MG Richards, on being recalled, proved this receipt
to.be the prisoner's handwriting. A clerk from Messrs.
Conics and Co. proved the payment of the check; but
could not swear that the prisoner was the person who
presented it.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence; and the
Jury immediately returned a verdict of...Galiity.
The RECORDER then proceeded to pass sentence..
After remarking on the nature of the offence, and the
disgi ace which the prisoner by his conduct had brought
on his respectable family and friends, he said the sen-
tence of the Court was, that he should be transported
beyond the seas for a term of 14 years.
Jacob Parker, who was yesterday convicted of steal-
ing 21 chaldrons of coals, was this morning brought
up to the bar, and sentenced to 7 years transportation.
Joshua White, and two others named Grant, stood
indicted, the former for stealing, and the two latter
for receiving, a quantity of oats, the property of Mr.
St. John, the proprietor of the Fleece, at Edmonton.
A number of witnesses were called for the prosecution,
who fully proved the charge against White and Grant
the younger. No evidence, however, was given, that
in the least implicated the elder Grant, who was
accordingly acqui ted. The two former were found
Guilty, and the younger Grant was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment, during which time he was to be
kept to hard labour.
Joshua White was again placed at the bar, with a
person named Ske. The same party was the prosecutor,
who in this case complained of having been robbed of
about th:ee bushels of oats. White, as in the former,
case, was charged with the ro.rbes y. and Slee as having
received the goods, knowirg them to have been stolen.
Many witne,es having fully p ove.l the facts, the pri-
soners were found Guilty, when White was sentenced to
. seven years' transportation, and :files to six months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.
Charles Chambers was placed .t the bar, charged with
having stolen six guns, valued at 405.; a gun-barrel,