Star.
London, England, 1828-12-17 00:00:00

11400earittahe-EP tables ; they were not seized by the
-01fi4ers, bat the officers seized one hundred pounds,
Which they aftervrards gave up by order of the Magis
Crates; I never was at Greenock, nor do I know the name
of any of the bankers ; when 1 left the Gun I went to live
in the New North Road; that is the high road to Scot.
land; I know Ruthven, the officer ;he apprehended me
for the mail bag robbery; I never spoke tb Hall, the Bir-
• • mingham officer, till 1825; Hall was a fighting man be-
fore he, was made an officer ; I knew Priestly by ping to
fights; I have seen him at fights several times ; I carry
on this prosecution myself; there has not been a sub-
scription of 251. cacti by a patty called "The Family;
I have a family of any own ; l do not know What is
meant by a family man." I knOir Goodman and Gar.'
lick ; I never spoke to Garlick ; I know Bill Canty ; now
1 have heard of Canty and Goodman I still am ignorant
what•are "family men." I have never had ii farthing.
nor have r been promised a farthing, to carry on this
prosecution. When I was acquitted I proved an alibi;
ft was not sworn on that trial that I had a brother very
like me; my brother's name was not mentioned on
that trial.
By Mr. Booms. for Metcalf and Crouch—Dolby
was at my trial at Warwick; he was not called on as a
witness to prove the alibi. He was taken there by me.
but was not examined. It was proved at the trial that
I was at Tiverton, in Devonshire, at the time of the
mail robbery ; I have a family. resemblance to my
brother; I know my brother was at. Tiverton about the
time of the robbers ; I do not know that Crouch trained
Ward for the fight at Warwick; I do not know he bad
• backed Ward; I have heard of a Mr. Hayne backing
pugilists, but I never saw him; I believe Mr. Rayne
backed one of the men ; I never had reason to belie,'
that Crouch had any property in his possession on the
day of the fight; I believe he had not the money ; I
scarcely ever knew him to 'possess 101. at a time; I
looked at my watch. and know that it was a quarter
past three o'clock when I entered the George., and I left
Ist six ; I do not believe I ever swore that I was at the
George till seven o'clock; I left between six and seven
o'clock, but it was not later than half past six; I was
nut at the Castle Tavern. during that day, nor did I see
Hall the officer these; when I went from Warwick to
Cheltenham I was accompanied by a person named Gre-
gory, who promised to be here, but has not arrived ; I was
at Mould, in Flintshire, 2 years ago, but never on a fishing
party; I was at Chester Races, ten miles from Mould,
and Gtegory was there; I saw Dolby at the Races, but
not at Mould; I know where the Bank is situate at
-Mould ; I was at Mould only one day; I was shaved
at Mould, at a barber's shop, which is opposite the
-Bank; I afterwards heard the Bank was robbed. I went
to Mculd because it was the fair, and remained there
one night, and returned to Chester. ,It was two months
afterwards when I heard the robbery was committed on
the fair day at Mould; I did not see the-Mould barber
at Epsom, when the money was seized-by the officers.
Re-examined by Mr. Baopatett— I have seen
Crouch at fights, horse races, and fairs ;-the reason why
I said 1 did not b; neve Crouch had the money at War-
wick, is because be scarcely ever had a:guinea ; he was
. not a housekeeper ; ails .of no business, but lodged at
publications's; I have seen Woolley at fights, and have
betted with him ; my brother is five or six inches taller
the* myself. •
` W. Kipplogl am a emistable of Maidstone; I re.
Member the trial of Nightingale for robbing the maul
it was over between five and six o'clock, and immedi
ately afterwards I was employed to apprehend
iagale r I saw Crouch and Woolley ors (hat occasion
Woolley made some observation, but I do not teeollact
whet it was; Woolley and Crouch went Witlt me and
• Nightingale to-Mr. Argers of and they made their
depositions; Woolley, I think. offered to become
bail
. fur' Nightingale's appearance; I think Crouch made
muse objection to it ; I war present at, Nightingale's
second-examination before Mr. Argal, and-saw Metcalf
examined ; Mr. Woolley made • another deposition;
there-was something said about bail and trial. but I
cannot say what it was; I went to Warwick in copse-
quence.of being bound over to give tmidence on the.
trial 'cf. Nightingale; I heard Woolley say that be
'amid give 501. to bring the charge borne against
Nightingale.
• .o'Kell examined—l was with thg last witness
when Nightingale was apprehended. andut with him
.10 the Star public-house, and also befogs Mr. Argal; I
saw Woolley and Crouch, and they said, 1, it would be
settled before the next Assizes ; they-also said they
Could bring home the robbery to Nightingale, if they
heel a witness (tom Birmingham.
Sleben! Holmes—l was clerk to Mr: Argal, one of
the Magistrates of Maidstone, last year, and was pe-
seta at Nightingale's examination; Nightingale and his
solicitor (Mr. Humphreys) requested' that ICE might be
bailed; Mr. Argal said he did not consider be should
justified in bailing bins, but be might apply to a
Judge. Night:agate said be could ptaduee' a nun -
ber of persons who could prove he was not pest* at
the robbery. ;
Joshua" Hudson estantinad-1 keep the Half Moon in
Leadenhall street; it is only a tap. -I have Wisest prize
battles.
Baron Vaucieran—He deals in top—(Laughter).
• Witness coins' u d—l know the ciefendints; I have
Men Woolley at. fights and :aces 1 I attrnd horse races;
I have seen Grouch at fight; and. races ; I was at
Warwick in July, 1825, when there was a fight be-
tween Ward and Cannon; I know-Nightingale; I have
known-him ten or twelve pears ; sltptat the Castle the
night before the fight, and went these the nett 'day
.4er the fight, and I dined 'with 'Woolley. Abbot,
etark Priestky ; I saw Crouch and Metcalf at the Castle
tit aftetnoon ; Metcalf is a miner; lhave sten. Met-
flag& Crouch, and Woolley repeatedly in conipany' to.
piker ; I the Castle between four add fee o'clock;
left Cs ouch, Metcalf, and Woolley thew' Wottney
had. a private room ; Crouch was quite as w4l as be is
now. when I left; him ; I went from the Castle direct to
the George, in company wit` a man named Mesa; I
found Nightingale at tea wit,' some persons.in *reruns
adjoining the bar, when I entered the George ,•" I bad
sherry and water with Mr. Reeve, Mr..Mois,'ll.lby,
and Jackson, and Nightingale joined us; this was in the
srstroom t I left the-George to consequence of a nub
liallooing 284-hooting. and I. went out to lee %hat
was the matter; this took place about an hour
after I. went into the George; but I don't speak to
certainty as. to time ; Nightingale had never left 'the
boost frost the time 1 went into the George till I
wept out .to see what was the' matter. Wi.en I
wain out I learnt that Crouch had been robbed and
beep licked. I went back to the George and told
*gib naiad Was the natter, and saw Nightingale there;
14;gre a distinct recollection he was there; I and Dalby
le 4e George together, and sent to Crouch, "Ito was
at a littliebodseatihe back of the Hare and Worlds;
will not be positive that I saw Nightingale after, .on
that evesing.; I have known him eleven years; I knew
bias to keep the Black Horse,Wentiorth-sweet,White-
Chattel, and the Gun, at labored; he kept the letter
*ewe at 11126, it the timeatf the fight ; I-wat at the Gun

after the fight, and saWNightingalelthere, and played
skittles with him ; he di4 not 4.4 etiEDiable aithethin;
he was always to be seen at the publit hOuse; rim./ that
Crouch and Nightingale were slightly acsitsainteci4they
were not so familiar as Clouot. Metcalf. and Wo.illey
were; I never saw Woolley or Cr u.ih at the Gun; when
I saw Crouch after he had' been licked, he, did oil say,
who had done it; he did not inention the name of
'Nightingale nor any other person; crouch said he had
been robbed of his all ; I knew Crouch as a trainer of
runners and fighters ; he trained Ward to fight Cannon;
I was at Wat wick in the spring, when Nightingale was
tried and acquitted ; I was called as a witness fur
Nightingale; Mr. Woolley was trot examined; Mr.
Sergeant Denman called upon Woolley to go into the
box to be examined, but he did not go. • '
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I have no license;
I am only half a publican ; I keep a tap ; it was at an or-
dinary at the Castle, at Warwick, that 1 dined with
Woolley ; I went down to Warwick seith Hairy Holt; I
saw Stockman at the Cagle ; I do not know that Crtochi
wss poor; 1 saw he had money when he was at the
Warwick. Arms; I can't say he had much money; he
trained and backed Ward; Crouch pulled but his
pocket-book at the Warwick Arms, to make a bet
with Spring ; I saw D in the George pt.bl.c house;
Dolby and George ( N;ightingale) have been partners in
the E 0 tables far about two years; I do not know that
Wentworth street, Whitechapel, is notorious for thieves
frequenting it; I never go there—(Loud laughter); I'
was not a particular acquaintance of Nightingale's ; 1
never knew he did business in the leather trade ; I be-
lieve that Nightingale kept the Gun for three or tout 1
months after the fiAht at Warwick; I am positive I was
at his house after the fight. .
Mr. Boron Vationait—Why, Sir I
Hudson—l remember it for a particular-Teri:M. At
the time a Parson had got a lodging at the 'house, ma
Nightingale caught him robbing him—(houghterf
Tire Parson got into the house under the cloak 401
religion—(Conttnued laughtet). I lanced the eyes
of Crouch to let the blood out, as he was nearly blind.
Crouch said the 66 row" commenced in the long
room at the Castle • I• believe that Nightingale has
no other means of living except by going to races
and fairs, and keeping public-houses; I have been a
voyage to India, and cannot speak to so far as the last
12 years ; I went to lodia as a butcher, oa board an India
man ; 1 went because it was my own 109'11 bad wit'
the choice of going to sea, or to take- my Vital for killing
a man. I once killed a man in a fight, ind was tried
for it, in this place. Mr. Adolphus was my Counsel
on the occasion, and I was sentenced to six *oaths'

imprisonment.
By Mr. BODKIN-1 wan friend of Ward's at the
fight; I did not ask Crotch the number of the tides;
I did not hear Stockman during the day ask CiosiCh to
give him change for a 51. note. ' • •
--. Reeves—l am a publican at Stratford, in Etats;
I was at the George public house,Warwick, on the day
of the fight; I saw N:ghtingale in the room adjoining
'the bar; about an hour after Nightingale came there
there was a noise iii the market; Jab Hudson went
out to learn the cause, and Nightingale was sitting there
when Hudson came hick, who said Crouch had hien'
ill-us .d end robbed; I never was an intimate acquaint.
ance of Nightingales; I knew hilived at the Gun, at-
Islington, after the fight, and the defendanti might have
found him if they had a cbarge of rubbery to make
against him; I em quite sure that Nightitigaltriever left
the Georgifrom a quarter pOit three till I sase Cronifi
with his eyes 'closed up; I'Vras piesent at the•WarsiriClt.
Assizes when Nightingale was tried rind .aeritlitteds
J. Dolby sworm—l know Nightingale; I base ;kept
an E 0 table with Nightingale; wehave done a little
for eighteen month', but we hare area in partnership
for twelve Mouths only;1 was at fighlat'Weiwick,,
and afterwards I went to the Geotge, the Market.
place, between font and five o'clock. About in hour
after there was a 44 row,, ' and Josh Httdsin ran out to
learn what was the matter; Nightingale was in the room
from the time .1 entered it, and Wat there *hen Josh
Hudson went out ;Josh returned. and Said that Crouch
bad been lobbed and licked; I am satisfied that Nigh.
dark never left the house $ I saw Crotich the same
evening, and I asked him who had used him so? He
replkdb 64 Stnakman did not want chingifOr that.fil.
for nothing." Crouch did not mention the nine
Nightingale.
' Cross ezuninedbylifr.Cceauson—l andNightin&als
kept an vat deux Chip* 'table; we never kept an b. 0
~table; wihadi toilette table; 1 did not hear Hudson
ask Crouch if he knew the numbers of the not. s 'of
which he bad been robbed.
Richard .friestley-1 am a bookseller in Holborn ;
I was at the fight between Ward and Cannon in 1825 ;
I know Crouch, the defendant; I did not on that occa-
sion lend him 2101. irelative of mine lent Crouch some
nsisitty;l think it was about 2004 that was the spm
tbit4as wanted to make a bet ; the money was given
to Clinch iti the street ; I was present ; 1 never beard
Crouch fray that I lent him the money, but I hare bead
-others say so.
Mr. Atunruns—That is my case.
Mr. CLAltistiti—DoSs yen, Loidship think there is
eaidenee against my client, Woolley; to go to a Joey ?
Mr. Berosiltattauan—.Why,. yes, I think there is;
but certainly it is not so strong as against the other two,
def. ndants: • '
Mr. CLAlttsom addressed- the Jury for
He directed their attention to the• Charge in the pl-
dietment, *kith was that 'Mr.. WOollei 'had coninired,
to chaser the prosecutor with capital .ogence,
knowing !Abet he was innocent. In &fending
elit:pg kola so atrocious a crime, it would ill become
hint, and it'woufd not at • all satire' his Silent, if be
were to contend that he • bad improved hit chirtster
-.if be ever bad One—by associating' with 'stle,h per-
soaS as' thirie who bad been ezemined ip support of this
prosecutitro i but he felt confi !ent that no Jury ever etrild
convict upon the testimony of stitch diigiareful Iritnersest
whose only modept 'ivies was by the itinititif
Lion of the law. The proseSntor' had •Inr feats leen
notoriously a bid shiirietet, and tbeitiuresseas he his 4
called were little better. than binselfs. It bed been
found that Crouch wai dreathally &Men. soil that be
hadi Considerable soul orniesiet lent to him, and not
a tittle of proof 6iidbeea girine that Woolley knew the.
charge made by, Crouch` Was not framdfd Infect. Quit
Sirsbnistanie in favour or Wdqffifirlis, that' talk*
did he wish io press thii ptoseinikft tiiainst Nightin-
gale, that 'he actually acted to tiail hint. He (Mt.
Clarkson)•confidatilly'espictra at the hands of the sletri
:'verdict of acquittal: • '
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Mr. Boeeui. for*Orouch and Alqcalc, addrease,4 tbs
Jar:, an 4 am/44nd that ifiey 14441 140 indicted for
io Itiraeillietanw, if they bad ilyco!n what was untrue
they ininWt have been indiSted. for pylori, and hue
hod theleneft of tbs evictetCs .ottiscb 9aier. As irgetOs
toe charge 11.14,1a,4 airetat. he QA4 never interferet
,in the prone
.tOn long afki,i,ft charge war made
bY Citric!' t and theit..Ait 3tirg.. woht Its 0 Opinion
that Nighilugali Ot ;pit* ro4r,ry ypou hies,
jet If 0,00 *44001 e41bat.1440%.V4+ It*.!
the Min who battubbed bus and .:had not (itthout