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London, England, 1819-10-28 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

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Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the
Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Baran WooD,
Mr. Justice PARR, the RRCORDRR, Ste. The Calen-
dar contains a list of 214 prisoners for trial ; among
whom are two for murder, and 22 for uttering For-
ged Notes ; bet the general aspect of the whole
seems in no respect unfavourable, none of the crimes,
as it apluars, being marked by any very serions,ag-
gravation. One-Of the persons for murder, is Loft,
in whose case the Westminster Grand Jury threw
out the Bill.
Emma Davis and Sarah Smith were indicted fog
stealing three £1 Notes, from the person of a Mr.
William Walton. The evidence was clear against
'Davis, who made no defence, but strongly urged the
innocence of Smith. After a short charge from Mr.
Ilaron Woo!), the Jury acquitted Smith, but found
Davis—Guilty.
Ann Pearson, a servant, wa; next put to the bar,
accused of stealing a vast number of articles of silver
plate, shawls, &c. in the house of Mr. Robert Dunell,
in the parish of St. Mary, Islington, on the 28th of
last month.
'Martha Dunell stated, that she resides in Islington,
and Ann Pearson was in her service; but left her
without notice, though she had a good character
with her. She missed several silver spoons, a pep-
per-caster, two watches, a gold ring, and six silk
scarfs and shawls.

Rachael Bnastens lives in Gray's Inn-lane ; had
known the prisoner for three or four years. She
came to witness's house on the 25th of September, in
the afternoon, and asked witness if she would pawn
a table-cloth ? Witness did so at Mr. Beauchamp's.
Prisoner then produced a shawl and scarf, and said
she had some plate, which she wished to sell, which
articles were her husband's- A shawl and scarf were
pawned in Holborn, on a different day, on which she
obtained 18s. and 2s. for the table-cloth. She gave
the product of the articles to the prisoner.
Mr. Dunell was sent for by the prisoner to a pub-
lic-house, who expressed great contrition for what
she ha t done. He had previously held a conversa-
tion with a person who knew prisoner, in which he
stated, if she -would tell who received t 4 property,
be (witness) would forgive her. Witness found some
duplicates on the person of the last witness, and on
going to the pawnbroker's, he found some of his
property.
j. Franklin, Clerk to Mr. Fleming, a pawnbroker,
stated, that a ring was pledged at his shop on the
29th of September ; they were requested to attend
at Worship-street, but did not, because they received
no summons from the Magistrate.
Mr. Justice PARK—You should have attended ;
as an holiest man, you were bound so to do, with or
without a summons. If you do not attend in future,
you may be placed in a situation similar to that of
the prisoner, as the receiver of stolen goods.
The Clerk of another pawnbroker produced the
ticket of the shawl and scarf, which was pledged in
the name of Brown, on the 29th of September. Ile
was requested to attend at Worship-street, but failed
to do so : he having then minuted his reasons ona slip
of paper, which he had subsequently lost, was the
sole motive for his not attending there.
Mr. Justice PARK—For the future you had better
trust to your memory.
The prisoner made no defence.
Mr. Justice PARK recapitulated the evidence ; the
Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a
verdict of—Guilty.

Mr. Dunell strongly recommended the prisoner to
mercy ; and Mr. Justice FIARK said he should attend
to it, although the crime for which she was found
guilty was one of serious concern to.the business of
social life.

fly order of the Court, the pawnbrokers were not
allowed their expenses.
John Davis was indicted for having assaulted Sa-
muel Ward, en the 11th of this month, in the Parish
of St. Paul, Covent-Garden, and taking from his
person a pocket-book, and 7s. 6d. in money.
It appeared from the evidence of Samuel Ward,
the prosecutor, that he was. on the day of the rob-
bery, in company with a fri,nd, in the neighbourhood
of Drury-lane, when he inquired of a woman the
nearest way to Charing-Cross? and two men having
come up at the time, took hold of the witness, one
by each arm, and offered to conduct him ; when he
sAisi that he did not require to be led, and they ac-
cordingly desisted, but urged him to give them
something to drink, and he offered to treat them with
some porter, but the landlord of the public-house re-
fused to let them have any. They then came out of
the public-house, and wanted some gir., but witness
having refused to indulge them with it, they knocked
him down, and the prisoner torrk from his inside-
pockct, which he cut, the pocket-book and the
money. The prisoner then attempted to escape, but
%%as apprehended in Brydges-street, on the cry of—
« Stop Thiel !' bcing raised. Witness was sure the
prisoner :4t the bar was the person, as he never log
Light of him.
Smithers, an officer of Bow-street, deposed to the
facts relating to the apprehension of the prisoner,
who, lien closely pressed, did himself join in the

Mr. Oliver, the Surgeon, corroborated the testi-
mouy of the prosecutor, and stated on his.cross-exa-
fendant had desired the prosecu-
at the time last mentioned.
addressed the Jury with such topics as

the nature of the case suggested, but called no wit-
nesses.
The Learned CHAIRMAN summed up the case with
his usual good sense and discernment, and the Jury
found the defendant—Guilty.
The Court sentenced him to pay a fine of £5, and
I enter into securities to keep the peace for 12 months,
[ himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each.

CRUELTY TO A CHILD.
Mr. BARRY stated, that he appeared on behalf of
the prosecutor, who was in this case a female child,
about eight years old, of the name of Chard. Her
father and mother were some time since separated, and
this little creature, the youngest of four children, was
the only one consigned to his case. There lived with
him, since the separation, a young woman named
Anne• Taylor, in the capacity of house-keeper, and this
person was now indicted for the infliction of the most
barbarous cruelties on the child. The neighbourhood,
continued the Learned Gentleman, had frequently
heard of the treatment of this child ; but it was on the
31st of June last that the cruelty was perpetrated
upon which the present Indictment was founded. On.
that day, the Woman at the Bar had so injured the
little creature, that its screams brought several per-
' sons of the neighbourhood about the house, who were
witnesses of the treatment, which they would shortly
detail. The mother was informed of the cruelty in-
flicted on her child, and it was shortly after brought
before a Magistrate. The present prosecution was
instituted by the Parish.
Mr. ADOLPHUS suggested to his Learned Friend,
that on the strength of the defence he had to make,
it should be very well for his client that an accommo-
dation would take place. He would now propose to
withdraw a Juror.
Mr. BARRY was perfectly willing to accede, and so
was the Solicitor, but the grandmother of the child
refused every such proposal, although it had been re-
peatedly recommended to her.
The case was, therefore, proceeded in. The fol
lowing witnesses were then called :
Esther Chard, the prosecutor, an interesting child,
was put into the box. She was asked her age? -and
quietly replied, eight years of age. Being -asked if
she knew what would become of those hereafter who
told lies? she said she could not tell. As she ap-
peared wholly ignorant of the nature of an oath, she
could not be examined.

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Anne Slater was then called. She saw the woman
at the Bar on the 31st of June throw down the child,
and stamp upon her. She afterwards seized her, and
beat her severely with a small cane—a common ratan.
The child had the 'nark on her for some time.

Cross-examined.—She saw the child next day. She'
witnessed the ill-treatitent close to where it was in-
flicted, the parlour door being half open at the time.
She did not .see the marks of cruelty until the child
wasbrongEt by her grandmother.
Mrs Foster lives opposite to the residence of the wo-
man at the Bar. She herself had the four children of
Mrs. Chard under her care for a year and ten months.
She saw the child the day after the cruelty was com-
mitted ; its little body was more like a cut liver than
flesh. [This drew from the Jury and the Court a
strong expression of horror.]

Or: her cross examination, she said the children
had been taken from her by the father, and she be-
lieved they now lived in Piccadilly. The child Esther
was brought to Shadwell Office on the 9th of Au-
gust, where all the marks of violence were exhibited.
She did not see the mother for some time back.

Eliza Downer lives next door to the residence of
Mr. Chard and the prisoner at the Bar. She accom-
panied the Parish Officers with the child to Shadwell 1
Office. The child was dreadfully bruised; the marks
of violence were shocking to look at.

John Wed, an officer. He presented the child at
the Office. She exhibited a shocking spectacle ; she
was black and blue to the middle, and had a bruise

in the right groin, which compelled the little creature
to walk on her right toe.—Here the case closed.
Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury at considerable
length. He said he should be able to shew, by the
testimony of Chard, that the mother of the child was
now living in a state of prostitution at the west end
of the town, and that the object of the prosecution
was to torture Chard into the execution of a deed of
separation, which would enable her and her mother
to live more comfortably in their abandoned course.
He should shew that the children, when left to the
mother, had been.reduced to a shocking state of mi-
sery and disease, from which the kind treatment of
the woman at the bar had recovered them ; and that
so far from ill-using, she had treated them every way
like a mother. He commented on the evidence, and
very frequently alluded, with the utmost severity, to
the grandmother of the child, who sat in Court.—
At the conclusion of his speech he called
James Chard, but there was no such person in at-
tendance.
The Learned Chairman told the Jury that this was
a case deserving their utmost attention. He was sur-
prised that any Gentleman should have set up such a
defence as that which they had heard ; but as there
was no part of it proved by evidence, they were
bound to dismiss every tittle of it from their minds.
He said, after the full, fair, deliberate testimony that
had been adduced, tit support of the case, it was im-
possible to have a second opinion—at least he felt so.
but it was for the Jury to determine for themselves.
The Jury, in a few moments, returned a verdict of
Guilty, and the woman was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment in the House of Correction.
The sentence gave the .utmost satisfaction to a
crowded Court.
Just before the verdict of the Jury was giVen, one
'of the Magistrates on the Bench (Mr. KINNAIRD),
rose, and alluding to Mr. ADOLPHUS'S Address, said
he thBught it extraordinary that any person should
*ttempt to indulge in such severity of reproof, where
there was not a shadow of evidence to justify it.

SIIOCKINCI ACCIDENT.—Tuesday evening a dread-
ful calamity befel Miss Esrura Hope, of Clarence--
place, Hampstead-road. She was dressing herself
top to the play with a party, another young Lady
being in the room, and when in the act of adjusting
her bonnet by a chimney-glass, her muslin dress
Caught fire, and she was in an instant enveloped in
flames. Her companion alarmed the house by her
shrieks, but her clothing was reduced to tinder be-
fore assistance was afforded her. She lies ui the most
afflicting agony, without hope of recovery.

facts relating to the apprehension of the prisoner, Mr. Oliver, the Surgeon, cot
who, when closely pressed, did himself join in the mouy of the prosecutor, and sta
cry of—" Stop Thief r mination, that the defendant had
The prisoner, who was genteelly dressed, stated tor to take off his hat at the timt
iu his defence, that he had been at the Cobourg- Mr. ALLEY addressed the Jur: