Star.
London, England, 1810-08-28 00:00:00

LEWES, AUGUST 25.

CROWN SlDE.—Sarah Searle was indicted for steal-
ing several articles of plate in the dwelling-house of
the Rev. Mr. Campion, at Westmester, in this coun
ty. The conduct of the prisoner in this case was the
most artful and extraordinary that has lately occurred
in any Court of Justice. Mr. Campion being absent
in London the latter end of May and June last, the
prisoner was the only servant left in the house. For
several days before the robbery she complained to the
gardener and others, that she heard persons about
the house in the night, and expressed her fears that it
was beset by thieves. She even went the length of
getting s man to sleep in the house, and she went to
sleep at his cottage, returning in the morning. One
morning she described a man of suspicious appear-
ance, who she said: had been there enquiring for
Mr. Campion, and she affected to have discovered the
bars of the dairy window, which had been nearly
sawed through at the bottom. At last she said, that
on the morning of the 6th of June, just as she had
got to the house, and was about to light the fire, the
same man rushed from the wash-house, seimi her by
the hair of the head, and dragged her over the house,
compelling her to shew him where the plate was de-
posited, which she was obliged to do ; that he then
took her into the kitchen, and hung her to a nail in
the kitchen, and there left her ; that she by the assist-
ance of another nail in the wall, roised herself, and
was kept from suffocating, until she got a clasp knife
from her pocket, which she opened with her teeth,
and then cut the rope. She immediately fell down,
and, upon recovering herself, she ran out to a neigh-
bour's house, with the rope about her neck, where
she stated the particulars. All these facts she de-
posed before the Magistrates, but suspicions were en-
tertained of their truth; for it was observed that the
window bars had been sawed from withinside of the
house, and, upon search, all the articles of plate were
found in her box.

The Jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced
to seven years transportation.
William Langley was convicted of stealing a cart
horse, the property of E. Hughes, from Ivord, in
Buckinghamshire, and received judgment of death.
James Watford was also convicted on two indict-
ments, for horse-stealing, and received judgment of
death.

Lord ELLENPOROUGII having finished the business
on the Crown side, assisted the LORD CHIEF BARON
in trying Special Jury Causes; and the first was an
information filed by the ATTORNEY-GRNERAL against
one Thomas Moore, a smuggler, of Hastings, for
aiding and assisting two prisoners of war, namely,
General Pillet, in the French service, and Captain
Paollucci, in the Italian navy, to escape from Bishops
Waltham, the place of their confinement, to Fraece.
After the first witness had been examined, the pri-
soner's Counsel informed the Court, tkat his client
j confessed himself guilty of the charge, and-a verdict
1 was given accordingly. The prisoner then addressed
the Judge, and said, that he claimed the benefit of pro-
' mises that had been made him by Government, on
his having made certain discoveries; but the &lid-
, tor to the Admiralty, who conducted the prosecution,
informing his Lordship that no promises had been
made to him, he was ordered from the bar, and will be
brought before the Court of King's Bench in the next
Term to receive his sentence.—lr is no less extraor-
dinary•than true, that General Fillet, who was taken
prisoner by the 50th Regiment of the line, in Portu-
gal. should have been put under their guard at Hast-

ings, where .he eras taken. .and prevente4 eselpin,
from thence to France ; and on his arrival at Lewe:
tc give evidence against Thomas Moore in the abn7;
trial, he met the Officers of the 50th Regiment in that
town, with whom he dined itt their mess ; and the
soldier who happened to wait at table, prcoied to be
the man by whom the General was wounded and
taken prisoner in Portugal.

THE EARL OE ABERSAVENNT v. comm.
This was in form of an action for £36, the value of
some trees ; but, in fact, the question was, whtther
the land on which the trees grew, was a waste fif
manor of Lord Abergavenny's, or on the manor of
Key mar, which belonged to the Defendant ?
Several witnesses were called on the part of the
Plaintiff; who proved that the place in question was
always reputed part of Lord Abergavenny's
nor. The Defendant called no witnesses, and the
Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff.