Star.
London, England, 1829-07-21 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

• Yeitet dav William Smith and Jolts B limed were is
dieted for stealing goods in the shop of Mr. Coopor, L
nen-draper. Ann Clarke, a marine storekeeper, was
indicted fur reo lying the stolen property.
The prosecutor deposed, that on the day in questiol
one of the m:ile prisoners entered his shop, and asks," t,
iook at some silk handkerchiefs. After looking at sera.

ral, he went out without buying any ; and the other pi.
soner, who ww; standing outside, joined him. Sul*.
queutly the stockings were missed ; and instant pursuit
being given to the prisoners, they were traced to the
house of Clarke, the female prisoner; who upon hein
called on to deliver up the property belonging to the pro.
secutor, utter some hesitation produced the stockings,
which were tied up in her apron.
A verdict of Guilty was returned against the three pri
soners, and they were each sentenced to seven vests
transportation. The female prisoner, on hearing the.
sentence, swooned away, and was carried mit of Court..
Two young men, named John Campton and Josepi
Cujipock, were tried, and sentenced to be transported for
seven years each, for *telling a bilk handkerchief freak
the per,on of George Gibbons.
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After eeuteuce had been passed, Campton, on retiring
from the bar, struck Copped: a desperate Wow on the firs
with his fist. The Chairman, being a witness of the out-
rage comm'tted in Court, ordered him to be brought back,
to the bar, and sentenced him to be transported fur life.

BERKSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS.

A SING DON.

James Allen was indicted fur an assault on E:its.
Powers, nt Greenhorn.

Eliza Powers examined.- I live with Mks Canqehl, in
Newbury ; she is a dream-maker. I was sent by her to
Greenhorn about a fortnight ago. I started between
seven and eight o'clock in the evening, to go Ii the
cottago which adjoins the mill. I went down th.? Bach-
lane. There ale not hoses ill down the lane. I met'
the prisoner at the bottom of the Bear-yard; he nslce&
me to take his arm, but I refused. He then asked te
carry my umbrella, but I also refused. He followed
for a long way, and asked me would I go into the iieltli
with him, but I would not. I then went to the house for
some garden stuff. On returning, 1 saw the pris oner
war to a stile in Mr. Green's meadows, on the line of the
canal. He stood out of the pathway. canto to me,
and threw me down. I had just got through the gate. it
was on the meadow where he pushed me down. I toil
him I would tell my mother. I hallooed very mach indeed.
I saw no one, and I don't know that he did—(Witiless
here de.,cribtd the offence). He hit me on the mouth
and said he would kill me. He sat by my side and hail
hold of me. He had irkulted me once before. Two girls
were then coming., and he let me go. He was with ins
a quarter of an hour. I got away, awl weut Weight ea
home. He followed me. He attempted to prevent me
getting up. The two girls were coming from Newbury,
and were about three yards from me. I could not
see them for the bank till I gat up. Before I got
to the Jack of Newbury yard, I met a gentleman
who lives at Mr. Vincent's ; he looked very hard indeed
at me; my frock was very dirty, and much torn. My
mistrals was in the parlour, and the servant seeing me
cry, asked what was the matter? I told her, and she told
her mistress. The gentleman saw me crying very much.
My mistress Came to me, and I told her all that had hap-
pened; she sent for my mother and father ; and Mr.
Coombes came. He is a relation to my mistress.
Cross-examined by Mr. Dundas—He did attempt to
take liberties with my person when he was with we.
Mrs. Powers, the girl's mother, corroborated her
daughter's testimony.
Mr. Shepherd, on behalf of the prisoner, was not in-
structed to say anything in disparagement of the girl's
character ; probably she might be a good girl, and he
hoped she was. He would not attempt to palliate d*
violent—the brutal conduct of the defendant ; but it
could nut be charged that, because a man chooses to sa
lute a woman against her will, it was to be construed into
an attempt to commit one of the grossest offences knows
to civilized society.—Guilty, with intent to commit
a Ile ra .
N 0 Me Chairman said that the case was one of a
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very atrocious nature, and the sentence of the Cdurt was,
that he be imprisoned to hard labour for two years.

BIRTHS.
At Withrahun Temple, CarnbridgeahLo. the Lady of Gear
Jeeps. Bag. of a daughter.
At Faroe. en the 15th hut. the Lady of Hugh Illeemao; Req. of
Aochtyfardle, of a SOIL