Star.
London, England, 1828-09-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, SEPT. 13.

Francis Darling pleaded Guilty to a charge of man-
A4ughter, in killing Ann, the wits of John Par ker, air
h asterei, in Eist-sweet, Manchestei-square, by su ik-
ill: her mall a poker.
John Casten, a dustman, was charged, on the corr.
nei's inquisition, with the wilful nruider nt hiss s• n
William, a lad ten years of age, by striking him on the
heed with a fewer pit. Upon the indictment lout d
by the Grand Jury, the prissier was charged wi.ll the
minor offence of manslaughter.
It appeared by the evisience, that the prisoner was
employed in the yard cf Mr. Sinnot, the dust contrac-
tor, in Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. On the afternoon of
the 15th of August last, the pris•tier and his son were
both at work in the yard, and the boy was drinking tea
from a pewter pot. The pri.oner asked for some, when
the boy handed him tie empty pot, and laughed. The
prisoner, irritated at this treatines t. il,rew the pot at the
boy. it struck him on the light side of his head, and
he fell. T e irisoner, on seeing him fail, jumped off
the dust-h;11 where he was sitting, and picked him up;
sod jointer:lid el> tied a handkerchief round the boy's
head, an I took him to an apothecary in the neighbour.
hood. The wound bled piofusely ; the skull was ex-
tensively fractured, and use braiii protruded. The boy
was afterwards taken by the prisoner to St. Bartholo-
me 'h
Wistital, where be died in the course of six days.
The 'lnstiller, in his defence, said that the boy pro-
voked hint by drinking all his tea, and then giving him
the cavity pit. He intended to tlisisW the
te.r.grounds
at bin., but Ito- pot shNed out or his hand.
The prisoner'. master, Mi. Sinnint, and several other
witnesses, him a'griud cliaiact,r for huruani y ;
and a n • or them stated that the decea.ed was a sery
atid4cious lad, and under vet y little contiou!.
Mr. JUbIICC LITTLEDALS, In %mousing up, remarked

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that no malice appealed to have existed in the father
towards the boy, and he threw the only ihing which
appeared to have given the provocation. in•trad
thing any other instrument of death. If the Juiy
thought that the prisoner had not been actuate) by 171,-
lice prepense, they must acquit him of the charge r t
murder, and find him guilty of man laughter only.
Verdict—Guilty of Manslaughter.
CUTTING ANDNIAIMINU.

Tiomas Higgins, a fishmonger, residing in Walker.,-
court, Hera ick-,treet, Sr. Janiesf, aas indicted tinder
Lord Ell.-nborrig l.'s Act for maliciously cutting and
maiming William Kendillon. •
The persecutor (kend lion). in his capacity of inspec-
tor of nuisatice fur S:. James's parish, had had occasion
twice to ~trninrort the prisoner to Marlborough-street
poli.:e olio., for placing his fish. and other thins oil
the foot pavement, in limit of his shop in Walkeies-
court. On the Ist r f last month, Mr. Kendtilon having
heard that the prisoner had nursed s -me viol,. nt do eat,
against him, went to a public house in the neighbonr-
hool white the prisoner was, and asked him it the sewn t
was ti ue th•itt he had threatened his 1 fe ? .The pr s aier
said it w as, and added with a solemn oath, e. Ll kill
you the
,first opportunity." 'The prosecutor instantly lett
the house, and walked as far as the end of Walker's court,
and there leaned against one of the posts in the atreei,
considering what was the best course for him to adopt
towards the prisontl. In a few minutes the prisoner
came behind him, and wit!u speaking to him,. gave
him a cut on the face with a knife. A person whb
came to the prosecutor's as.irtance said to the prisoner,
Higgins, you have done ti,ebu,iness," and the prisoner
replied that be was so: ry he bad not killed the fellow.
A suigeon who examiped the wound stateJ that it
was our calculated to dofiti,ure but not seriously injure.
the part of the prisoner, witnesses wete calred to
prove that at tie time of committing the offence he was
intoxicated.

The Jury, after deliberating for sometime, found the
prisoner Guilty.

NEW COURT.
ROBBERY Of THE WARWICK MAIL.

William I, yse was indicted fog felottiou,ly reviving
several I ue pound note, of the Stratford upon-Avon
bank, ke tacit knowing the same to have been stolen.
Mr. littouricK and Mr. RYLAND conducted the
case f,4 Abe prmrcution, and the lion. Mr. Law and
Mt. CLARKSON appeared for the prisoner. The pri-
soner was tried for receiving the notes, because, owing
to the tact of his not being. seen about the coach at thy
time of the ichber y, and ci,cuinstances, there wa,
reason to bti.e.e tn.: he was not engagcd in that part
of the tratis,cti u.

Minim y l'argiter depose.!, that he is clerk to Sir
It. C. Glynn and Co. •'! key were agents to Messrs.
Whitehead and Co. who issued 51. and 101. notes of the
Stratford and several vibes bank-. 'foe 101. notes were
matte payable at Messts (Armand Co.'s. Witness had
to count t .e notes [nese' ted for payment, and to sort
them out. lie mar ked tre number of each on the back
of tue outside note. On tle 26th October, 1627, there
were paid itito the banking house thirty-seven 104 notes
of the Stratford bank, and o.irtysnine 51. notes of the
same bank. On the Ist of November there were 5341.
worth of the prosecutor's notes receiveti. On the 19th
6541. and on the 20th 1,1621. Amongst these were
some 11. notes, and others were re:eived previously, to
the amount of 19,5001.
Henry Wellington, another clerk of the banking-
house of Messrs. Glynn aild Co. deposed to receiving
certain notes produced, when paid ir.to the bank on the
20th November.

Cross exanoine2—The pinArd issued after the rob-
bety promised to give to e loombers of the notes iv teed
in a subsequent bill ; but in the subseqatiot bill no num-
bers of one pound notes vete given. They did not take
the number of U. notes, bccause tlu y weie not propel')
payable at their hoUse.
Mt.. Holloway, another cleik to Messrs. Glynn and Co.
corroborated the testimony of Mr. !'argent, and de-
scribed the notes paid into their bank prior to the 29th
of November, which notes be gave to Mr. theenway.
Cross-examined by. Mr. LAW—The notes which were
returned by Messrs. Glynn and Co. to the WArsick
bank were so returtoeo for the purl ose of being again
sent into circulation, and .it WA, tbe ca,e that notes were
thus circulated with Messrs. Glynn and Co.'s marks
Upon them.
Ite•examined—No ore pound notes in black ink
were paid by Messes. Giyion and Co. after the date of
the robbery.
Mr. K. Greenway deposed, that lie is a partner in the
house of Whitehead and Co. On the 21st of Nov. he
'received a parcel from the clerk of Messrs. Glynn and
Co. it was a blue bag. He was stay ing at Furioival's
Inn 0 I':e-house, to winch place i e took the bag ; had
taken his place to go to 11 arssick by that night's mail;
took a paic:l, committing sovereigns, out of the bag;
the evening both bags were !nought down stairs, and
a portmanteau ; the porter took the p ntasanteau; a
tittle before eight the coach came to the door; witness
directed the porter to take the bagi, and put them in,
the seat of the coach ; he dud so, and v ito.ess followed
close to the coach uoin ; a person inside the coach
optued the door, and witness directed the potter to get
in, and put the bags in tl.e seat; he appeared to raise
the bags, and deposit them on the coach floor ; that.
moment a person from the back Ott cf the coach tan
against witness, and Ashen be recovered the' shot k, lie
observed the potter puitirg the bag w.th t'ie sovei egos
into the coach vat ; uitt:eis observed vs him that he
had co: put the blue bag into the seat; he appeared to
search the coach tor It, and declare.. that it was missing ;
witness examined the coach, in which there was a

woman; saw next trsorniog a, person, tab() WAS intro-
duced to hint as the person who ran aganst bini, but
it was tot the prisoner; there was n' I ody o.eie but the-
porter and the woman ; t e bag was missing, and
people then collected.
Cro s examined—Witness then took every means to
make the circumstance known t'► the public, and a
reward of 2001. was offered; the bills stated no one-
pound notes, because they had not the numbers of the
ones; no other one pound notes of the Stratford bank
were afterwards issued in black ink; tittle is no mark
upon the notes produced which could ir i.Orin a strange,
that they are not notes properly in circulation ; there
are now about 4001. ol these black one pound notes
properly in circulation; there were about 12,00.1. and
sitice the robbery no one pound black notes have been
issued; the bank has recovered about 10,0001. ol the notes
itolen, but nohe • f the one pound so ter were recovered.
Robert Dobson; a book keeper to Messrs. W..terhou••e:
Knows the prisoner ; is in the habit of changing cooing;
notes for pertoos that he knows, and charges them a
Milling in tl.O pound; on the s,llJuly she prisoner
tr aught him five one pound notes to be changed; wit-
ness told him that he would tell him on the following
Tuesday whether he would cash them or not ; he called
on the Tuesday and witness cashed them; the two
notes produced are two of those which witness cashed
for the prisoner; a fortnight afterwards the two notes
produced a ere returned to hem; on the evening of the
150 July the prisoner brought ten more one pound

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pates, when witness said, if he cal:ed oh the Thutsday
following he would be able to cash them; the poi o er I
said, "it these notes pass all right. l'ean put. you in the
way of several's more; witness see.t tic notes to Glynn
and Co.. and, to consequence of the Answer he throe g.
he spoke ti. Garen:et. t. e isolke , nice,.
j e carne
here iJentified. ooe f the ten pound notes, upon' wt
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thee was an iiithirseniert at the caner.
The propt:etor of the Bolt-noT,un deptiied to twitt-
ing StrAthot J upon-Avon notes from hli bOokAieper
(Adams), whi..h hr keit in his iroq .hest until 4es the
esansinat.on cf the pr isoner at Bow et, when he gay.e
them ,to Gardiner ; the notes produced ,are, the same
which he received from Adams; two of these notes wen;
the same number as two of those which Lad hero given
by the clerk of Messes. Glynn and Co. to Mr. G een-
way, on the day of the rObhery, and which had been
I subsequently stolen.
Richard Gardiner deposed that the sus notes mu.
duces! %tete those which he had received from D bson.
%Vitaes4 sea chedthe prisoner, but hound nothittg on him.
A former conviction of the prisoner fir being at large,
in Greenwich, alter the se. tore of ttanspoetation had
been passed on him, was read, from which it appeared
that he was sentenced to transpor4tion at frleottor.',
and on being subsequently found at large, lie was con•
victed at Maidstone, and sentenced to death, but IV.
ceived his Majesty's pardon, on condition that he should
be transported for lite to New South Wales.
The prisoner, in his defence, metely pretested his in-
nocence.

Mr.Justice•Gaiscutz charged the Jury at consider.
able length. who returned a verdict of Guiky.
James Wills was int icted for stealing, on the 20di
of June, at Kensington, a bay gelding. value 51. the
property ef Berjantio Carter, the landlord of the George
Inn, at Selsoe, in liedford4lire. In consequence Of the
absence of a material witness, the prisoner w as *pilled
The prisoner was again indicted for having stolen, err
the ‘..)9th of June, a gelding, value 201. the property of
Mr. George George, of Eton-blidge. Kent.
It was proved that the priso ter offered the horse for
sale tt.e next day, at Kennington; and as he could give
no satisfactory account of how it came into his posses-
sion, lie was found Guilty, but recommended to mercy.
Two young men, named Kin„ sloe arid Styring, were
indicted for a buryilary and robbery in the house of Mrs.
Elizabeth Tabitha Tooth, in floston-square, Early in
the mooning of the Bth AuAust, tt.e prisoners mere ob-
served watching near the prosecutliz's house. Styring
at last entered the house, and Kingston was on the look
out to give los companion notice if any one approached.
Styring. after being in the house a short time, came nut
•th a wilting desk, uhich belm.ged to a young Lady
in Abs. Tooth's house. A person riatzerd M,Callsghati,
who observed their movements, folloaed them, and
asked Sts-ring how he ..brained the desk? Szyring im-
mediately threw the desk at Nl.Callaghan,and ran away,
but was taken. On his way to the watch house he threw
away a ilkeleton key, which fitted the street door of
Mrs. Toctles house. On Kingston was found some trin-
kets, which had been it den from the house.—Both
soners siid they found the property in question. They
were found