Star.
London, England, 1803-01-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY'.

Yeterday fixteen prifoners were' tried, three of
whom were capitally convicted, viz.
Rickard Holford, yarn Copular, Wiliam Minis, and
Benjamin James were indiaed for burglarioufly
breaking and entering the houfe of Henry Wright,
with intent to (teal, and (haling therein a boat-
cloak his property.
Captain Wright raid, he has a houfe in the pa-
rills of Stepney, where he lives with his family ;
there is a garden behind it, which opens into the
fields; at a (mall diftance from the houfe is a
chaife houfe ; this is within the fence, and here one
of his fervants peeps.
Jane Ether, the maid fervant, (wore, that on the
evening of Sunday, 12th December laft, (he (hat
the door of the chaife houfe. and made it complete-
ly faft. Next morning the found it opus; ; it
teemed to have been broke open during the night.
Captain Wright's coachman gave in evidence,
that on Sunday, rath December, he drove his
mater to the country, he is certain that he left the
boat-cloak in the chaife•houfc.

A Negro boy was then called, who Paid, that in
the end of December he few all the four prifoners
at Minis's lodgings, in Denmark•fireet ; they were
all lying down except Benjamin James; James
laid they mull go and fell Tome flockings they had
Bolen, adding, " We likewife took a boat cloak,
which would have fetched half a guinea, but we
were obliged to throw it away in the fields."
John Brown, an accomplice, admitted King's
evidence, came next. He fwore that on the Sun-
day night he and the four priioners affembled to go
upon a thieving excurfion ; they fet out between
twelve and one, and loon got into the fields ; after
croffing feveral fences they came to a houfe from
which they tore off feveral leaden pipes ;—they
then entered a garden; here they found eight pair
of fiockings upon the currant bufhes, which they
Role; advancing they arrived at a coach houfe;
they immediately broke open the door ; upon go-
ing in they difcovered a large boat cloak, made
of brown cantle, lined with green baize ; this they
(tole ; but, going near the gardener's houfe, they
heard Tome one cry " holloa !,' they inflantly
made off, thinking they were purfued ; they had
not got far when, to (peed their flight, they threw
away the cloak in a ploughed field.-
William 011iver dated, that on the morning of
the ,sth December he went to plough a field of his
near Captain Wright's; in this field he found a
large boat cloak; he took it to Captain Wright,
thinking it might be his.
Captain Wright being again called up, fwore
that the cloak was his property ,• he had it made
for putting on when lie is upon the water ; he does
not recollea any particular marks about it, but
from its general appearance is Pure that it is his.
A Police officer Poke of the prifoners being ap-
prehended ; there was nothing found upon them.
The prifoners Paid nothing in their defence, and
salted no witoeffes.

Mr. Junice LAWRIMCS obferved, that the prifo.
um were indifted for burglary. The definition
of this crime was breaking a dwelling houfe with
intent to commit felony in the night time. If
the prifoners had broken open this chaife houfe,
they were unquellionably guilty of the offence laid
to their charge. Being near the dwelling houfe,
within die pales, and part of the family fleeping in
it. the law confidered as a portion of the dwelling.
houfe. The Jury would, therefore, have to con-
Uzr what credit was due to the witneflis. Au

accomplice was not to be believed but in as far as
he was confirmed by other evidence ; but the
of the three prifoners Hoiford, Connor, and Minis
refted upon the teltimony of &own alone.
The Jury, after a (hart cnnfultation, fend R.
Holford, J. Connor, and W. Minis Not Guilty ;
and 13. James Guilty—Death.
Benjamin James and Wm. Minis were a.ga in put
to the bar, upon another indidment, charging tilt ni
with having ftnlen two laws and other articles,
frornthe honfe of Phinneas Kindread ; and Richard
Baker Was indided for receiving the laid goods,
knowing them to he Rohn.
The trial had fearcely begun when a fl tw was
difcovered in the indiammt. The Frrofecutot's
name is there fpelt Kindred, whereas he Rated
that he fpells it with an a between the e and the d
Kindread.

The Lord Chief Baron laid the prifoners mull
be acquitted, but another indidment lhould hepre-
ferred againfl them.
France: Elliott, a fafhinnahle lady of the town,
was capitally indicted for Healing a fur tippet, va.
lue three guineas, privately, in the !hop of Wil-
liam Church Morhali, a furrier, in Hay's-court,
Newport-market.
The profecutor Rated, that the prifoner had
been in his (hop on the ill of December ; that he
afterwards miffed the article contained in the in-
diament. The following day, about noon, he raw
the prifoner walking along by the Piazzas at Co-
vent-Garden, and immediately knew the tippet
which the had on her at the time to he the fame
that was Rulers from him. Not wiffiing to make
any difturbance, or draw a mob about him, he
went up quietly to her, and Paid, " My dear, will
you come along with me?" She anfwered, "Yes,'
I will ; where are you going to take me to ?" He
concluded her along the Piazzas, through Great
Ruffell-greet ; and when be came to the corner of
Bow-flreet, the laid, " Lord, Sir, where are you
going with me ?" He Rill proceeded towards the
Public Office, when, appearing to be in a flight,
(he exclaimed, "Good GOD, Sir, yon alarm me!"
The profecutor then told her where he was going
to, and what his objed was in taking her there.
The Magiftrates were not then titling. and it was
with fomedifficuity he could make the Officers take
charge of the prifoner. She denied having Role
the tippet ; laid (he had purch tied it that morning
from a woman for a guinea and a half; and told
the profecutor, if it was his, he might take it back
again, and the would put up with the lots of the
money the had paid for it. Before this, the afked
him if he had any thing to fay to her, why might
they not fettle it quietly ? She next aflted him
what the value of the tippet Was ? He ftid three
guineas to a furrier; upon which file took three
guineas from her pocket, and offered them to him.
But he refufed to take them, obferving, that he
would not compound a felony. She afterwards
defired to fpeak with the profecutor in private; but
he perfifled in delivering her lip to juftice.
Mils Morhall, the filter of the profecutor, who
ferved in his (hop, laid, the prifoner ufed fre-
quently to come there, and by that means (he was
well acquainted with her perfon. On the evening
of the t ft of December the prifoner, accompanied
by an old woman, whom (he called her fervart,
and whom the witnefs had often fern before, came
into the Mop, and alked to look at Tome velvet
hats. The witnefs took them up (lairs into an
apartment, whic'a was alfo a !hop ; where the
looked at feveral bats, but made choice of none.—
They then came down, and the prifoner bought
an inferior chip hat, which the had rejelted before.
On the counter, in the (hop up (lairs, there were
three tippets, which the witnefs had made that
day; they were there when the women came in,
and no other perfons but they were there, from
that time until the miffed one of them. When they
were up hits, the old woman flood near where
the tippets lay, and the prifoner Rood between her
and the witnefs, at whom the looked ftedfatily, as
if with a defign of arreßing her attention. Upon
coming down !lairs, they Teemed is a great hurry
to be gone, the prifoner ezpreffing her fears that
the thould be too late for the play. The witnefs•
(wore to the identity of the tippet.
When the prifoner was called on for her de-
fence, the addreffed the Court in a moll earnea
and nnembarraffed manner. She Paid, that Sarah
Moore, the old woman who accompanied her into
the (hop, had been, but was not then her (errant.
She called her, however, by that name, (he never
took the tippet,. nor knew of (uch a thing having
been Rolm ; but on the following morning, Sarah
Moore, who lived (errant with another Ludy.
called on her with the tippet claimed by the pro.
fecutor, Paid, her miftreft had, the day before,
received it as a prefent from a Gentleman, that
the gave it to her (Moore), who then offered to
fell it to the prifoner at a reafonable price. The
prifoner then Paid, the gave this old woman, who
could not lime be found or heard of, a guinea and
a half for it. After making this porthole, the put
it on, together with the hat the had bought the
day before, and wore it publicly in the greet,
which it was not likely the would have done, had
the been confcious of guilt. She appealed to Goo
as her Judge, if what the had juft (aid, was not a
true Rory.
The profecutor and his filler took occafion to
inform the Court, that the prifoner ufed to call
Sarah Moore her mother.

As foon as the prifoner beard this nbfervatinn,
the exclaimed—"Oh! no, no—fie! fie! for flame!

I might have addrefed her by the name of Aletber
Moerr; but could any one imagine that fuch a vile
low wretch as the was my mother!!"
The Judge, in the courfe of his charge, obfer•ed,
that if the prifoner, by endeavouring to arrett the
attention of the (hop•woman, had de6gnedly. af-
forded her companion a better opportunity of
ttealing the property, the was equally guilty with
her.

The Jury, after foam deliberation. found the
prifoner Guilty—Death.
Upon hearing the vent& the fainted in the
arms of the attendant. She is a good•looking
young woman, 23 years of age, and appeared to
be a woman of information.

• Seven were cam v Vied of Felony, viz.
Edward After? 7, for (haling a rack, contain-

ing a 0,11111;4y *of wheat, the property of John
Shepperd F.:Hick; Thom: Sedgaciici, for ftealing
part of a dit.ll7.:d ham, the property of James
George Gann ; William Parer.. , fir Dealing a
copper, the property of T. Pane 71-‘::?er Rrwe,
for ittmling fix filk handkerchief;, the property
of Daniel ; Richard Richard: and
.7ofeph
ilealing a pair of boots, the property of
Steplren Kimpton ; and Joha Bolder, for flealing
73 lbs. weight of beef, the property of John Mel-
lerifh.

Ann Browne was indiaed for (leafing a watch,
value 21. the property of John Jolhua Moring, in
the dwelhog•lionfe of John Williams.
Sofa:lo.th Williams fititi, the kept a chandler's
(hop on Lambeth-hill, Dodors' Commons, and
that, on tile 24th of November lafl, the prifoner
Came in, pointing to her mouth and her ear, to
fignify tint the was deaf and dumb. She then
pulled a printed paper out of her pocket, which
Ilated her to be a native of Bolton, in America ;
that fire was the feventh daughter of the jitunib fun,
and could perform wonders in the bet:fins-art. The
witnefs bad no occaflon to make trial of her ficill
on her own account, but called down a lodger,
who had three children, one of them very much
afiliaed with fome difiemper. The prifoner looked
at the child, and wrote on the table, with chalh,
that the would undertake the cure for ire fii/-
five. Tie parties made fome helitation as to the
price, and offered three thillings; but, after a little
confederation, they acceded to the terms offered
by the prifoner, who minded to return with the
einfi in about a couple of hours. As the
went, the looked round the room, as if with an
intention to fleal fomething. The watch was then
hanging by the fire-fide. She returned at the fiated
time, and put down her phial near to the place
where the watch hung. The witnefs called down
he:. friend, and the pretended pupil of .tElculapius
wrote a long prefcription in chalk, as to the man-
ner of treating the child. She then fignified a
dellre to be alone with the witnefs ; and after a
little further communication in chalk, was taking
her leave, when the fon of the witnefs entering,
the prifoner wrote on the door, " That is your
fon." This confirmed the opinion of her (kill, for
the witnefs thought that it was impo.ple fhe could
know that without infPiration. During this occur-
rence, feveral perfons came into the fhop,and were
ferved by the witnefs. The watch was loon miffed,
but the prifoner was not feen till three weeks after-
wards, when (he was met by the fon, in Giallo-
clurt, Mutton-hill : by that time fhe had found
her tongue, and denied any knowledge of the tranf-
aaion.

The R E COR DI it here obferved it was anneceffary
to proceed any farther with the evidence, as the
watch had not beeen miffed till fome time after
the ptifoner was gone ; other perfons had been in
the lbop, and no poffelEon had been proved; it
was therefore extremely unfafe for a Jury to con.
vii under tech circumstances ; and he had met
with fuch ilrange and unaccountable things in the
lofing of property, that the evidence fhould in all
cafes be clear Snd unequivocal.
The prifoner was immediately acquitted: Ihe was
a very decent young woman, about as years old,
and had a fine child- in her arms during the trial.