Star.
London, England, 1818-10-01 00:00:00

'OLD BAILEY SEigSMS.

Yesterday Richard Geriing, a grey-headedold
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man, 74 years of age, wasindicted for stealing 45
pounds of fat, the property of John Jackson.
'the prosecutor keeps a slaughter-house in Mar-
shal-street, Cartiaby-market, and carries on a very
'extensive bud:lbs. The prisoner used formerly to
sell cat's meat' abent the streets, but had latterly
worked in slaeghter-houses. On the morning of the
25th of July, Mr. Jackson saw the prisoner in Broad-
street, Catnab'y-market, with something like a sack
upon his shoulders; but he afterwards discovered that
it was a round frock, usually worn by butchers, with
the sleeves tied up. Through one of the holes in the
frock he plainly saw some rat oozing out. The pri-
soner deposited the fat at Mr. Brind s melting-house,
in Wardour-street, and received a paper from a clerk
in attendance, authorising him to receive Cl. Is. 4d.
(the value of the fat deposited) at Mr. Brind's shop,
in Oxford-street. The prosecutor followed the pri-
soner, having previously obtained an officer, to Ox-
ford-street, and took him into custody in the act of
presenting the paper in the shop. Plank. the officer)
said to him, " My friend, where did you get that fat.
from? how did you come by it?" " Come by it," re-
pcated the prisoner, " why how should come by
it? I bought it to be sure." The prisoner afterwards
lowered his tone as lie waszoing to the watch-house,
and told Mr. Jackson he would tell him how he came
by it. " Why, to tell you the truth," he said, " I did
not buy the fat, but I had it of two men at the Maiden-
head public-house, who gave it me to dispose of."
In consequence of this information, the pixisecutor
and the officer went to the Maidenhead public-house
just by, and say: two men, who, the prisoner, said
were the two from whom he had received the fat.
They were the next morning all three taken before a
Magistrate, and the prisoner then declared that these
were not the two men he meant. The Magistrate in
consequence did not detain them, and they were or-
dered to appear on the next examination of the priso-
ner. At the subsequent examination one of the men
did appear, but the other absconded.
Mr. AD3LPIIUS here concluded the case on the part
of the prosecution.
The prisoner.—l must have all the witnesses called ;
there is one I wish to be examined.
Mr. ADOLPHus.—What is his name ?

The Prisoner—O, d—n the man, I don't know his
name, but here he is (pointing to him) wich a bald head.
This witness being called, stated, that he was in
the Maidenhead public house when the prisoner
called for a bundle, and at the same time saw two men
with him. He could not tell what was in the sack,
or what size it was, or what colour. A man of the
name of Bailey helped the prisoner up with it, and
then he did observe its size and colour. He knew
nothing more of the transaction.
The Jury found the prisoftr-Guilty, after a short
consultation.

The officer told the Jury that the prisoner was a
notoriously bad character,
The RECORDER.-Oh yes, Gentlemen, I have tried
him before ; I recollect him well.
The RECORDER then dismissed the Jury, with thmks
fur their unremitting attention.
Mr. Armstrong, one of the Jurymen, wished to
take this opportunity of applying to the Court in be-
half of Samuel Mason, a little boy, who had been
tried and convicted, on Friday last, of picking poc-
kets. He had inquired into hi, case, and had found
out several circumstances which would go much in
mitigation of punishment. The sister of the unfortu-
nate lad was at present in his service, and if the
Court would discharge the boy. he had no objection
to take him into his service at all risks.
The RECORDER observed, that it had been found
necessary to punish those found guilty of picking
pockets very severely, because the number of &fen
ders in that particular branch of infamy had so much
increased. Transportation was generally the punish-
ment for such criminals, and the reason why so many
were sent out of the country was, that having lost
their character here, an opportunity was given to
them to begin (as it were) a new life in a foreign
country. The grand fault was, that this was not
made a capital offence. He would certainly attend
to the recommendation.

The Juryman was ordered to attend to-morrow
morning at nine o'clock.
'the whole of the trials having been.gone through,
the RECORDER proceeded to pass sentence upon the
several prisoners :
Dr. Lawrence Halloran, who had been convicted
of forging a frank in the name of Sir William G2T-
row, M. P. was, among other prisoners, brought up
to the bar to receive the sentence of the law.

Mr. Shelton, the Clerk of the Arraigns, having de-
manded in the usual form whether any of the priso-
ners had any thing to say why sentence should not
be passed upon them, •
Lawrence Halloran stepped forward, and humbly
begged permission to address the Court for a few
minutes. He spoke nearly in these words :
" I beg leave most respectfully to suggest to the
Court, that the present prosecution against me is the
first that has taken place under the Statute: and,
although I profess not to dcveiope the motives by
which this prosecution may have been influenced,
yet, I hope I may be permitted to advert for a mo-
ment to the cruel and unjust sufferings I have ex-
perienced, and which, I humbly submit, have been
more than were equitably proportioned to the offence
' committed. They have, indeed, been to me more
distressing and dreadfully appalling than even death
itself. Under the supposition of having couaterfeited
a frank, by which the Post-office has been derranded.
I have been torn from my home, from the bosom of
my family, and have been incarcerated for more
than three months in a dungeon, among the refuse
of mankind: and although the warrant of the Magi-
strate extended only to the apprehension of my per-
son, my lodgings were searched, my trunks were,
rifled, and my papers were seized and carried away ,
by an officer : although, indeed, some of them have
been returned, others-have been still withheld, which
have no reference to the charge in question. I hum-
bly hope that the Court will be pleased to restore
these documents. For the violent manner in which
the officer, with five or six attendants, burst into my
apartments, an ample justification .has been afforded
by the false and malicious statements placed in his
mouth by the promoter of this infamous prosecution,
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representing me as a dangerous character, always
carrying loaded pistols about my person ; whereas,

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on the kontrary, I haie not hail a pair of pistols in I
tty possession for twelve months prior to my arrest.
These malicious motives could not, however, be con- ,
cealed, and the subsequent conduct of the ()Ricer did
honour to his feelings aid character as an officer of
justice. I stand here greatly injured in heal:11, in
reputation, and in circumstances, and the sole charge 1
against me is, that of having defrauder! the Po:1-
office of 10d. This is the accusation a( most M 2,
after having gone through an active andt;,t_ful li:i:
of more.than .50 years, during which I have given
very considerable sums to private and public chat i- '
ties. The greater part of my existence has been de-
voted
to religious and classical instructio.;—with ,
what credit and success it does not become me to
declare ; but I hold in my hand testimonials of my
moral character for more than twenty years, which
I am extremely desirous of subm'tting to your Lord-
ships consideration. The authenticity of these testi-
monials cannot for a moment be doubted, and I
hope they will have some influence on the Court, in
mitigation of the punishment to be inflicted. I hope
I may also be allowed to state, that many gentlemen,
educated by me, now fill the most respectable situa-
tions in the army, in the law, and other professions.
The present Solicitor General, Sir Robert Gifford,
was for nine years my. pupil, and received from me
the whole of his school education. I have also wholly
formed the minds of many gentlemen who are now
an ornament to the various situations which they fill.
The frank, which it has been alledged was forged by
me, is dated January 9, 1817, and I beg leave to
state, that it would have lain dormant, and not a
syllable would have been know-it of this transaction,
had not an unfortunate quarrel with my Rector in-
troduced.it to the notice of the public. The death
of the only person who could have proved my inno-
cence, the total ruin of my circumstances, my long
confinement, and the u:ljti,t detention of a conside-
rable portion of my stipend by the promoter of this
prosecution, having tkprired me of an opportunity
of engaging a legal adviser, I felt that I had no other
alternative than to allow judgment to be recorded
against me. But I entreat most humbly the alum-
tion of his Lordship to this single consideration—the
improbability that a man, not in a state of actual
infatuation, would voluntarily commit such an offence
as that which is now laid to my charge, for the sake
of tenpence, and that tenpence not to pass into hi-
own pocket, but into that of the promoter of this
'prosecution. Having said thus much, I feel the fullest
confidence that the judgment which awaits me will
be regulated by the mot strict and impartial justice.
ad,it
- Regula, peccatis Tax pangs irroget mquas;
Ike scutica dignurn horribili seetare dagalo.
" It now only remains respectfully to bow to the
judgment of the Court, which I hope I shall be
enabled to meet with the fortitude of a man, and the
resignation of a prisoner."
The RECORDER —a Your address might have been
very properly applied to the Court at the time of your
trial. In the present stage of the proceeding, it only
remains for me to pass the sentence which the law
awards to offences like yours. The Legislature has
fixed the measure of punishment, and 1 have only to
pronounce its sentence upon you accordingly. That
sentence it only remains for me to pass, which is—
that you, Lawrence Hynes Halloran, be transported
to such place beyond seas as his Majesty, by the ad-
vice of his Privy Council, shall appoint and direct,
for the term of seven years."
The Prisoner—" My Lord, may I earnestly im-
plore you to recommend my case to the clemenc4 of
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in order to
prevent the dreadful separation of a parent from a
numerous and unprotected family—a separation
which, if once decided upon, I feel too sensibly -I
shall never have power to survive !"
The RECORDER—a Any appeal for the clemency
of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent must be
made through the medium of his Royal Highness's
Ministers."

The prisoner was dressed as when brought up for
trial, when he pleaded Guilty, in black clothes, and
his hair powdered. lie is a very respectable looking
man, about 63 years of age. He bowed respectfully
to the Court, on being removed from the.bar.
The RECORDER then, in an impressive manner,pro-
nounced the awful sentence of Death on

William Gracey, George Gracey, John Jones, RicharJ Ben_
'nett, Robert Driscoll, Wirdam Weller, George (.7ashman. John
flood, Thomas William Smith, William kin!, Sarah Ware..
Jeremiah Brier., and Flizabcth Brookes.

The above thirteen prisoners were severally con-
victed of uttering Forged Bank Notes, knowing them
to be forged.
Speak Ward, a good looking young woman, with
a child at her breast, fell on her knees, and in till_
greatest agOny, implored the mercy of the Court of
to bereave her helpless children of a parent.
Elizabeth Brooks, in the most piteous terms, de-
clared she had four young children depending on her
for support ; and that she received the note from a
gentleman in the street.

In addition to the above, the Rrconoint also passed
sentence of Death on the following prisoners :

Jamei I liggins, and William Mitchell: for burglary ; David
Digland, for stealing two pounds in a dwelling house ; Edward
Fletcher, for stealing £24 in a dwelling hous: ; 'Jerry Alcamo
for stealing XX in a dwelling home ; Hobert Freeman Thomp-
son, for horse-stealing ; Isaac Simpson and William Sauuders,
for stealing in a dwelling house ; James Nokes and Thomas
Webb, for sheep-stealing ; James White, Elizabeth Jones, and
S.,rah Dutcher, fur stea!ing in a dwelling house ; James
rence, George Burgess, Margaret Heading, R..becca Gould,
Mary Saunders, and Richard Harper, for stealing in shops a^d
in a dwelling house ; J. T. L. Burton Williams and Hugh
Lynch, fur burglaries ; and Edmund Jackson, fur privately
stealing in a shop.

Thus making, in the wtole, thirty-five 1i-sons con-
demned to death !

- The Court, this day, presented a scene beyond all
former precedent—there was scarcely a dry eye in it;
and the situation of the female convicts, coupled with
that of the spectators in the gallery, many of whom
fainted, rendered the whole one of 'the most awful
spectacles ever witnessed. The Court was extremuly
crowded.

The following were sentenced to transportation :
For life—William Jones.

For seven years—Samuel Dukes, John Jones, Joseph
Saun-
ders, Lydia Green, Lyon Levi, and Lawrence 'Jaynes ran.
Joseph Maywood, Maki Sathrrland,and Joseph Knox, w,•re
sentenced to three months imprisonment in the !louse c. C.•r-
rection, and to hard labour ; J.unc Cor. and John Evans, to
similar puniatanst for two month* Joh% Word aud Thoth

Perrir. to bt well whipped in jail, art then dig,
to two years in in the Man
and hard labour; Georse IJ, Jo, 'ph St,
mesa Screen, toslx months imprisoLmmt ut the
rection and hard lahotr ; Anthony Lewis ar.,i
one year's impriannment in the !love of Cotter
publicly aria/pad; nisabeth Jests, 61:4 year
and hard labour ; W illam lia.-ris three month-.
in the Kane of Correct:An, and to be ptiMicly
A number of other pri 'otter: remain to
to-murrove, ;rhea the present Sessiors ni

Tuesday sennight, Jvh n Grieu4ade,
in the employ of Mr. Wm. Sparkes, in
Exeter, was apprehended far stealing s.
from the shop and ware-room( of his in
the following Wednesdav was fully c(
trial 3t the neat Qcarter Stissions.--Th
the property stolen, which has ahead;
vered, is said to be from C. 2,10 to .0 AO.
of his wages at his employers, the pi
the receipt of Is. per day as a pensioner,
sequence of his good behaviour darin;
that he served as a soldier in the East 1.
he was continued as a Corporal on the
Regiment, with the-pay of Ss. 2d. per
HATTON-0/11DEN.—Yesterday (1 ert
Leonora, his wife, were brought heft,
strates of Hatton-garden Police-office,
cruelty to their own child, a very
consequence of an anonymous hater ad,
Magistrates of Hatton-garden, fiend, c
lice-officers, was sent to search the hoe
soners inTisher-street, Red Liu.fll guar
found the boy naked in a garret, and
post by a leather belt fastened round ld
evidence of the lodgers proved that
been kept in that -state for several rn
bread and water, and frequently beitca
The parish having undertaken to prolci
nesses were bound over to appear (z th:
the prisoners were committed to Clcri
until they found good-and sufficient b.;
was ordered that 21 hours notice shall!

CORONER'S IIiQUEST.—.-Yesterday an
held at the Spread Eagle, Sc. Giles's,' on
Joanna Duggin, a child, whose death sr
by strong liquors given to het by a sv
Ellen Bryan. It appeared from the et
parents and sister a the deceaml, tha
the child out about half past seven on
ning, and returned about nine o'clock.
down ths child it could not stars. Br:
what she had done and the child sa
drank two glasses of gin, one of rum, at
ment, and a share of tsvo pots of porter
~trew very ill, and died in the course
l yan had betort taken her out and may
in consequence of which she had been
body of the child was opened, and the
found to be greatly inflamed. The Jut
verdict of—Wilful Murder.

DIVIDENDS to be made zt GUILD

Oct. Mt B. Pellowe, Falmouth, mercer. ate.
S. Morand, Deanotreet, Finsbury-square, mere
Oct. 17, A. L. Pfeil and E. A. Van Voor.t. K.
Within, merchants, at en. Ort. 31, J. NlAsea
Chambers, Leadenhall-street, merchant, at ter
Scholefield and T. W. Kershaw, Greenwich, I
tea. Oct. 30, F. Kelly, Black Lion.lanc, P.. 1
at tea. Oct. 30, W. Bolliag and J. Seliwood,
linen-drapers, at ten.
DID 101;NDS to be made in the MC

Oct. 27, W. Alien, Westgate, near NC•V
nursery and seedsman, at eleven, at the Ge.
upon-Tyne. Oct.aa, J. Eccles, Penkridge, S.
cer, at eleven, at the George, Stafford. Oct.
mon, Birmingham, pencil-maker, at twelve, at
Birmingham. Oet. 21, It. Broughall, Sturm
eleven, at tPe Talbot, Shrewsbury. Oct. 21, J.
bary, Ilaz-spinner, at eleven, at the Talbot, SW
22, W. Love, Huddersfield, shop-iteefer, at ti
lington, Huddersfield. Oct. 20, J. lrevor ar
Whittharcts, Salop. 54:,kers, at eleven, at the I.
cluirch. Oct. 20, It..llnni, East Holey, lie
at ten, at the King's Head, Thatchnn. 0:
Thatcham, Berkshire, Ina-keeper, a: ten, at ri
Tbatcham. Oct. 20, R. Adman, jun. I...ekba
'aldre,, fanner, at eleven, at the Kir's Head, TI
110, W. Adman, Harwell, Btrk.hire,
King's Head, Th.nch.m. Oct. 21, J. Holna
brazier, at ten, at the White Bear, ?lateen v;
Pitts, Thorpe Abbott% Na folk, mcrchar.t, a, 2.•
Inn, &a.. Oct. 24, W. B^.!•n1, Birmißha
twelve, at the White llotge Ittrairkkam. 0.
Bradshaw, Lancaster, tallinv-chandlers,
Anne., Lancaster.
CERTIFICATr _S __roars SD.

C. Jenden' NVorthinr, sad.l..r. I'. tiricv
Strand, dialer. T. Spencer, :tit -.cheater, au
J. Quint, Tooky-strcut,cvirr ar.d bnirit-:nereL:.!
Stockport, Plallauturcr. J. iluiford,
monger.
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNF!'

F. C. Barrow And ro. London. ard J.
ham, brass-founders. J. Salomon and T. F:-.
J. kinkier acd J. Scotland, Newcattle-upor.-T%
T. Fletcher and Co. Wapping Walt, r

ltrnaks and &lam, Manchester, eorr.-dt... -t.
beast, llridi;north, mercers. in:! all E-.!
Cleshire, bleachers. Moore and Selby, Ilvsri(
Croak. and Armstrong, traioncr-otreet, • •

MUTH&
The Lady of Captain Rosen, E. D. T:3777.1'
Dior.day, at Woolwich, the Lady at Maj
tiikry, of a sot.
Saturd:.y. at Pendleton, the Lady of lb
Gay, of a son

MARRIED.

On the egth of September, by the Rcv.
George's, Hanover-square, 31r. James Wig
ouly daughter of John Wildey, Esc.
county of Sov.thaiopt4o. . _ _

Sept. 22, at St. Aary-la-bocne Cht.sch, F":
to }tartlet, second daughter of the Lae IL
Cas:lc, so the county of Nottim.

DIED.
Frfdav,:n an advane. d age, at 19yntont!•
the Royal 11Lrines.

Last week, :11r. Barret, portrait ard
eccentric c%+tacter, a m2i of oaroral taro:, ra
the oeichhccrEonal c.f I'l-north some yer.rs f
moor and zoo:. nature; h, calEht a cold by g
we, which brought him to hi, gray: after a

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