Star.
London, England, 1817-09-26 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SkeTE.I:I;I:It '25.

j we: Miami r ohlictzd for stealing a gelding,
the property of J R ff.
Eltliam, !server of Bushey Perk, stated,
that ne had the care at gelding belonging to the
prosecutor, which was put into the Park on the 'lst
of Juiy, And stnien on the Bth of Augnit last. The
gelding was Found in Mr. Aldridge's stables, in St.
on the 1.1 of September.
William Finch. kto Mr. Aldridge, stated, that
the prisoner brought a brown gelding there and gave
the name of John Johnson, of Cobham ; he wished
the gelding to be sat by witness. It was warranted
sound. It was eter wards :ern by Mr. Ruff and Me.
Eltham. The prisonr himself boldit to a Mr. Dul-
a. for dl2.

Edward Duffill purchased the gelding on Wednes.
day the 6th of Aug sit, frosts a person whrmi he be.
lieved t.s t e the prisoner at the har.—Nut Guilty.
'rho same man was again indicted for stealing
another horse from Bushey Park. Verdict—Guilty.
The Court expressed their petfect approbatiott of
this ver,•ict.
Bawl OM, aged 17. was indicted for stealing a
child of the age of three mamba. with the intent to
deprive its parents of the possession ce such child.
Mr. ADicenua stated the case for the prosecution.
Sophia Canning, on the 16•11 of August, was out
in the street at Kensington ; while she was out a little
gill came up to her, and after that the prisoner came
to her and said, 44 Let us see, what is your name ?
Can ?" and she added, that the witness's mother
would be glad to see her ; she desired the witness to
run and tell her, and that, as the witness cou!sl goo
faster than she, she would take care of the child and
go rate, her ; she said her nsme was Miss Hoes; she
took the child from the witness. Witness went to her
mother, and when she came back the child and woman
were gone. She was absent about a quarter of an
hour. Witness had observed the prisoner to have
been pitted with the small pox, and had a defect in
one of her eyes.
William Jones, shopman to Mr. Roger., in Ken.
sineton, stated, that in consequence of an inquiry
about a child, he recollected he had seen the prisoner
truss the roast in the morning; she looked up at the
house, and her face was so remarkable he could not
forget it ; he observed her walking up and down for
about five minutes; he afterwards saw her speaking
to two girls in the street, and in a few minutes he
saw her with a child in her arms; site was giving
bread to the infant. The parents, in about a quarter
cf an hour, came to inquire about the child.
Saran Canning, mother of the child, stated, that
In August last the 6hild was three months old; when
her daughter came to ;Morin her about the strange
woman, and was without the child, she went illiOn•
Chattily to look for her child. She had never seen the
prisoner before. This witness had the child in her ,
arms, • fine little boy.
• William .I.•seph Canning, the husband of the last
witness, stated, that when he heard his child was
missing he sent in pursuit of it; the child was taken
away on Saturday, on Tuesday he went in pursuit
of it II Atrasturd. The Officer who was previously
stet in put suit brought the prisoner and the child to a
pulslic•house there ; he saw the child in her arms;
knew it td be his own; it was almost fam.sited ; his
' daughter Sophia was with him, and knew the pit.
saner to be the same woman who took the child.
George &sheen, an Officer of Bow-street, stated,
that he was sent to Alrestord ; be went to West Dis.
out Common, about six miles farther on ; there he
saw the prisoner; when be saw her he said, " Well,
Elias, bow is the child ?" she answered," Very well;"
be' asked her it she tackled the child ? she said no,
her' milk was gone ; he asked her why she took it
sway from its parents ? she said she did not, it w.s
*lee Own. Going a little further, she said to bins,
'O. It it is nut mine, whose is it?' She began to sus.
'pest be knew something about it; he told her she
'took it from Kensington she said," Yes, 1 did;
have not hurt the child, and hope its parents will not
bin me." He then tools her into custody. The fa-
Sher knew the child instantly. The child looked very
lad. The girl knew the prisoner.
The prisoner said in her defence, that she merely
'asked for the child, and it was given her. She called
Ito witness; she had employed no Counsel. The
prisoner Was dressed in a poor cotton gown; a large
handkerchief was thrown over het shoulders, and she
iippeared herself to be far advaticed in pregnancy.
. 'the Jury, without any hesitation, found the pri-
t oner —Guilty.
um/ IF/tire was indicted for burglationsly break-
keg and entering the house of Peter Cloney, in Wind-1
mill-street. in the parish of St.
with an intent to steal.
' Jane Bans ord remembered the night of the 12th
M July last. she had locked the doors of Cloney's
house, and shut the window shutters at seven o'clock.
She bad occasion to go up stairs again at tin o'clock;
Ale had a light in her hand ; she tried to open tie
door of one of the memo, and attempted tu put the
hey into the lock. but in vain. She went don u stairs
lord came up again with bet mistress. Witness then
tut the prisoner coming out of the room, it was a
bed-room, and he ran down stairs. Witness called
outs end tried to stop him, but he pushed her before
him into the street.
Reramised by Mr. !luny.—Witness stated, that
theriiiner Was in the habit of frequenting the house,
it was a public.house, she kept the key of the room
bet4sr stairs; the, outer dour el the house was gene-
rally kept Open till .a
late boar. Nothing was stolen,
nor any thing missed from the room.
'TlicimisCloney, son of the prosecutor, stated, that
about ten o'clock on the night of the I`2th of July, he
Was in his father's house; be heard an alarm about
tea o'clock, and was told there was come person in
hit father's sleeping•roons. He went to the passage
' from , StairSaill to the street, and saw
; the girl. He west after him,
something away, and then ran
and overtook him, and with
actinism, brought him back.—
* the key of the parlour door,
ironer in, and placed him in a
rom under the chair where pri-
instrument, he then delivered
of the constable.
..as sitting in the house on the night
of din traseaction, in the tap-toom, he did not see the
~„nlinsi a the lickse that night, while ha was there,
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if the prisoner had teen drinking there, witness should
have seen him. The first time he saw the prisoner
that night, was when he saw him push the girl into
the street; he then pureed him, and saw him throw
something out of his pocket, he could not then tell
what, but he afterwards taw that what he threw away.
was a bundle of skeleton keys. When the prisoner
was taken, witness went into the parl.mr, he there saw
him take something from wider his coat, and throw
it under the chair. He then called to the last wit-
ness to see what it was, and they found under the
chair an iron crowbar; be had seen the prisoner fre-
quently in the public-house before.
John Colley, a watchman, stated, that on the
night in question he was near Cloney's door; he caw
a man run out of the house, and several others fol-
lowed him; he remained to protect the door; the
prisoner was brought to the watch-house. Nest
morning, between three and four o'clock, witness
found in the street foor skeleton keys, within are or
six y..rds oh the place where the prisoner was sopped
the night before.
Thomas Solute, Captain of the patrole belonging
to St .1 imes's, Westminster. merely stated that he got
tot skt lonn keys from the last witness.
Robert Boswell was constable of the night. He
prod .iced the keys and the t►n bar. He tried the
crow bar to the fracture of the door, and it did not fit.
Thomas Cloney called again, stated that an attempt
had b-en made on the same door nine weeks before.

The prisoner, in his defente; svited, tf►at he was a
printer ; that an execution had been issued against
his person for a debt which he owed ; that on the
night in question he was passing Clnney's house,
which he frequented, and he saw the officer, who
had the execution in his hand, and fearing an arrest,
he retired into the house. and went up the stairs. which
was perfectly dark ; that the servant-maid shortly
atter came up, and thus occutted the ttansaction
which was sworn to be a turglat y.
B iron GRAHAM summed up the evidence to the
Jury. He eths,:ived that it was left in doubt by the '
'evidence whether the prisoner had broken and entered
the house before the day closed. Theie was a con-
siderable interval of day-lielit between seven and tea
o'clock, and it was not ascertained whether lie had
got in before night. It was for the Jury, therefore.!
to decide whether the prisoner was or was nut guilty
of the burglary.
The Jury cuusulted for about five minutes, and re-
turned a verdict of —Not Guilty.
The prisoner bowed to the Jury, and withdrew.
Mary Taylor, aged 47, was indicted for stealing
I ten yards ot calico, value 7s. the property of John
Biro, privately in his shop.
John Dirt, a shopkeeper, living in the parish of St.
Martin in the Fields, stated, that he served the pri-
soner on the 10th of August last with several small
articles ; it was about two o'clock in the afternoon;
she paid for the articles she had often been in his
shop before, and when she came there she was in the
habit of taking a chair; on the day above stated she
,placed the chair opposite the doorway of the c,iunter.
lUnder this door-way in the counter there were many
parcels of articles put by, which had been bought
by other pe-ple, but were not yet paid for. While
be was giving the prisoner her change out of the
money she had paid, for what she bought, witness
saw a parcel fall from under the doer-way; he'
suspected all was not right; prisoner was still sit.'
6114 ; witness looked over the counter and saw her
stoop, and pushing something into a basket, he took
the basket from her, and upon examining it, found
she had a parcel in it which he knew to have been
placed before under the counter, and which had been
sold to another person. While she was sitting she
had a full view of the parcels under the counter; he
sent for an Officer and gave her into custody. Pri.
toiler was very impudent to him.
Lewis Lewis. an ►•fscer, stated that he took charge
of the prisoner; she had a basket in her hand. (the
basket was produced), the basket was covered, there
were in it a parcel and other small articles of muslin;
he had the basket in his cdstody ever since.
John Dirt called again, stated that the cartel was
his property, it contained ten yards of calico, which
were worth at least 7s.

The prisoner denied the charge. She called no wit-
ness. Verdict—Guilty of stealing, but not privately.
.ufari &haw, aged 17, was indicted for robbing
John Grimble on the high-way of a silver watch.
John Grimble, on the `16,1i•.f July Last, was in Brick-
lane with his wife; as they were walking along, four
men pressed against them, the prisoner pressed against
with particularly hard in front. When they all
drew beck, his wife said to him that he had lost his
watch he looked for his watch and found it was
gone. Witness then endeavoured to seize the prisoner,
the four men then separated, the prisoner was about
two yards fr.•m him and ran away s witness cried
out 66 stop thiel." he was stopped immediately after.
Hannah Grimble, wife of the prosecutor, was with
him on the evening of the 26th of July. She coo.
firmed the account given by the prosecutor.
John !fallen was it Brick-lane on the evening of
the 26th of July, he saw the prisoner running away,
and afterwards saw him taken.

William Nicholson was also in the street on the'
um* evening. be saw the prisoner running very last,
Jeffries stopped him, but he escaped. Witness then'
pursued him, caught hold of him, and both tell down
together. Jeffries then came to his assistance, and the
prisoner was secured.
Thomas Jegries stated that when he heard the cry
" stop thief," he pursued the poisoner and tried to
stop him, he however passed him, he afterwards as?
sisted in securing him. Upon the spot where he se-
cured the prisoner, he found a watch lying, he tool• it
'up and brought et to the watch-house. and delivered
it to the ►officer of the night.
Thomas Hart, 4U officer, stated, that on the atilt
of the 26th 04 July, Jeffries delivered to him a watch
(the watch was now produced).
John Grisnble calked again, stated that the watch
was his property.—The prisoner made no defence.
David Barnard and another witness gave the pri-
soner an honest character.

The Jury, without any hesitation, found the pri-
soner—Guilty.
James Mead was capitally convicted of breaking
and entering the dwelling.housit of Mr. Gardner, of
Holborn Bridge, and stealing therefrom an immense
quantity a wearing apparel.
?hamar Hoe* aged 18, was indicted for stealing
pan of a gold watch, chain, seal, and key. on the
Ling's highway, from the persoli of Rich. Penwick•

The pellecntor is a cordwainer, residing at N.;. 36,1
Water-lane; is a journeyman. ,On the 31st tf Att
gust, between nine and ten o'clock, at the end of
Fleet Market, the prisoner and two nu er men push-d
against the witness, to seize him by the um ; the
prisoner took a gold-seal, a geld watch, key, and I
part of a geld chain, from his person s he pulled it
from him; prisoner then made his escape. On Tues-
day evening, between seven and eight o'clock, wit-
ness saw the prisoner go into a public-house ; witness
followed him in, and told him he was his prisoner ;
he then delivered him to Daniel Turner, the officer ;
the property was not found ;' never knew the prisoner
before; the robbery was not above a minute in com-
mitting;—while the prisoner was wrenching the
watch from his person, he observed the person of a
mulatto man, as well as that of the prisoner; witness
was too agitated to call out, yet could clearly observe
the persons who were robbing him ; was afraid of
losing his hat. Witness, in answer to a question put
to him by one of the Jury, said the prisoner was not
then dressed as he was at the h tr.
limes Lewis, a porter at No. 16, Holborn, was
coming down Ludgite.hill, on the night specified in
the indictment ' • went ever the way to go to Fleet-
mat ket from Ludgate-hill ; saw three young men go
up to the prosecutor; two laid hold of his arm, while
the other took his chain and seals, and then ran down
the market; knows the prisoner to have been one,
because he has seen him once or twice before about
Fleet-market; did not offer any assistauce to the pro-
secutor, though he saw the prosecutor's watch, chain,
and seals; ran after them a few yards; told the pro-
secutor lie knevi one of them; it was a very light night;
the robbers could see him as well as he could see them.
Samuel Turner, an officer, said the prosecutor came
to him, and said he had been robbed, and if he would
go with him, he would chew him the man that had
robbed him ; he took him to the top of Fleet.in irket,
and delivered the pristine, into his convicts,.
The pris iner put in a written defence, 'denying the
charge. Verdict—Not Guilty.
MI ion Smith, aged IS, was indicted for stealing a
gold snuff-box, a fruit knife with a silver blade, and
13s. in silver, value together about 810, in the dwel-
ling house of Agnes Merray.
Agnes Merray lives at No. '/G, Cheapside, in the
parish i'f St. Mary-le-Bow ; she us a widow, and keeps
a boarding and lodging-house; site missed, on the
21st of July. t gold snuff-box, a fruit knife with a silver
blade, and les. in money ; they all belonged to Mr.
Alexander Black, except the fruit knife. The pri.
soner was her servant; be lived with her a fortnight;
he absconded on the 21st of July, and immediately
after the property WWI missed. She then sent an
officer in pursuit of him; he was brought back to her
house the neat day; she afterwards found part of her
property at the Black Bear, in Piccadilly, and pan
of it at a pawnbroker's in Tottenham Court-mad ;
the prisoner owned the property was so disposed of.
Smith, a Waterman, stated, Mrs. Merray de-
sired him to go in search of the prisoner on the 21st
July ; he went and found him behind a hackney coach
at Vauxhall, together with three or four other per-
sons; he took him into custody and brought him to
Mrs. Merray. Witness told prisoner if he would an-
fess where the property was so that it might be come
at, that he was authorised by Mrs. Merray to say be
might go about his business, and would not be prose-,
cured ; prisoner then told where the property was.
Agnes Merray called again—denied having given
any such authority,
Smith called egetn-orepeated the part of his
evidence. Agnes Merray positively denied it again.
Pierce lives with a pawnbroker; en the 21st
of July the prisoner pawned with him the fruit knife,
open which be gave him 2s.
Cozater, book-keeper at the 11l *k Bear in Pic.
eadilly. The prisoner was accustomed to be among
hackney coachmen ; prisoner told itim that, oa the
Wednesday previous, he had been driving a hackney
j coach, and that he found in it a gold snuff-box ; wit-
ness asked him to let him look at it ; be looked at it,
I saw it was very valuable, and asked if he knew whe-
ther it was advertised ? prisoner said he had looked at
the papers and found none; prisoner asked witness
if be would give him five guineas for it ; witness said
he would not buy it at all; prisoner then asked him
to lend him live shillings, on it ; witness said he would
have nothing to do with it ; prisoner after asked three
shillings upon it; witness gave him three shillings.
and kept the box. The next day prosecutrix enquired
of the witness about the box ; he told her he bad it,
and he gave it up to her immediately.
The prisoner made no defence.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Guilty.
The prosecutrix recommended him to the mercy
of the C..urr.

Lawrace Simms& was indicted for embezzling the
sum of 3s. pin of ,e 5.3.. which he received on
account of his master, Isaac Genesee.

Isaac Geaesse, an auctioneer, stated, that he lived
at 17, in Pickett-street; he has a shop in Fish-street-
hill ; here also he carried on the business of an auc-
tioneer, and sold goods on commission. The prisoner
was employed by him to take the money in this shop
for the goods sold; to bring him an account every
evening, and the key of the premises. On the 16th
of July, prosecutor went to take stock at the shop;
prisoner mentioned to him that the model of a ship
was left for sale by John Barret, of Greenwich Hospi-
tal. The prisoner, on the 19th, told prosecutor that
he had sold the model for ,£; prosecutor said lie had
sold it tinder its value. desired him w g-t the buyer's
address before he delivered it, in order to satisfy the
person to whom it belonged. The next day he re-
ceived the money. Oa the -kh of August prosecutor
had the prisoner apprehended.
David Ross, keeper of the AhercrcniYe Tavern in
Lombard-street, stated, that he purchased from the
prisoner the model of a ship, for which he gave him
al Ss. Witness thought, from the best of his rec,:l-
- ion, that he bought the model about the 16th July.
Sampson Genesse, brother to the prosecutor, stated,
that on the 18th of July he received from the prisoner
£3 in single note?, which he said he received for the
model of the ship ; the notes he handed over to his
brother.

John Buret a Greenwich pensioner, stated, that
be had a model of a si:ip to sell ; that Le lett it at the
shop in Fish•s:reet•hill about a fortnight before it was
sold; when he heard the maciel nits sold he itpplied
for the money, and he received from h4,Ac
in all £4 1:h. *I.

The RECORDER summed ete. and the Jury, tvitl•Jut
hi‘itstion, :Mad him—Guilty.

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James Bruce was OM