Star.
London, England, 1816-10-24 00:00:00

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' • Yesterday Jane &a' k ems nesrricted of stealing
money in a dwelliu&sbouse, and sentenced to three
Months imprisonmetii. .
James Taylor ins critavlited of 'beating John Wis:
kir:tuna brutally. The particulars are too shocking
tor' iniertioe.• • it is sufficient to mention Mr. Wisker
I.alt one eye? and is atpresent in danger of losing the
other. The Court adjudged.lim to twelve months
solitary confinement.
' • • Macy Jones was convicted of stealing some articles
of wearing apparel. Her candid confession of, and
extreme contrition for her Offence, induced the Court
to exercise mercy. Her mother, a very respectable
woman, attended, and, stated, with tears, that 'the
girl was a stria dutiful' and affectionate daughter,
but was the dupe of others. • The mother being well
known, as an industrious, honest woman, the Re-
comma said, be was very happy to hear the honour-
able testimony she had given to, her daughter, and
.he should certainly use every effort to place her in the
Refuge for the Destitute& Meantime he ordered the
girl to be remanded for eight days, and said, that
should be not succeed in getting her an asylum, he
should certainly give her up to her mother. Both
individuals returned him thanks with tears.
Thantai HaMs was convicted of assaulting Wm.
Clark, a sheep's head merchant, while in the act of
retailing his • eatables, at eleven o'clock on Friday
night, October 4:h. The sheep's bead dealer, how-
ever, alter the (ley began,. made a stout resistance,
anb call.:d two s' tunes to prove the assault, one of
shian, the prisoner said, was an adulteress, the other
a tradelei T—Judgrnint re:Liked.
.hope Wren was Corivicted of assaulting Elie.
Simms, an elderly female, in her own house, and
sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
Ba,tbo:wnew Kennelly,', aged SO, was convicted of
stealing re 7 and a quantity, of silver from the person
Of Bryan Riley, a libourer. The money was found
In his possession. He called one witness to character,
who being asked' by the Rztonriatt what he could say
isbout the prisoner's honesty, replied,, Oh, my Lord,
try you that—you're the best judge—l don't know
low to judge about honesty—no honest man comes,
e."—Sentenced to seven years transportation.
Thomas Healy, aged 68, and Daniel Carthy, aged
79, were convicted of stealing a carpet and military
jacket from the house of John Clutton, Esq. The
gods were found in Healy's house, and also forty
seleton keys, thistroight other false keys (one of
which, lately made, fitted Mr. Ciuttoa's door,) three
files, a saw, iron crow, and other implements for
housebreaking. Healy was sentenced to be well
whipped in gaol, and to lie imprisoned 12 months;
`and as the other prisoner was so old, and had also a
minor part in the crime, he, was sentenced to only
three months imprisonment.
Jaws rem, merchant is Whitechapel, a prosecu-
tor, failing to appear, his recognizance was caseated.
The other,
.prisoners were discharged by proclnma.
don. The Grand Jury made their Report of the
Borough Compter,declaring it to be a very unwhole•
sane place for prisoners.—This ended the Sessions.

Yesterday morning the prisoners committed on
charges of felony, were removed from the several jails
in the City of London and County of Middlesex, to
Newgate, preparatory to taking their trials at the en-
suing Sessions at the Old Bailey, which commence
on Wednesday next.
• . The tiessioris for the County of Middlesex begin, at
the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, on Monday next.
QUILBS-SQUARY.-4niOrtriatioll was given at this
Office by James *Donald, a licensed hawker and
Pedlar, againrt a set or common informers and all
ittdrney. Wacrants were granted, and the following
persons'were apprehended and brought before Pa-
take Cotoutiouri, Esq. viz. G!orgs Girber IForceeter,
a discharged officer from the Hawkers and Pedlars
Office ; Joseph h'sy and Jo'/:4 Guy, common intor-1
inert g and Francis Criefs, who acted as sol:citcir upon
the occasion. James Minos:aid said he was a
licensed hawker, and dealt in silk handkerchiefs,
scarfs, and other wearing apparel. in June 1815, the
prisoners seized a quantity of scarfs, handkerchiefs,
and shawls, übaer pretence That 'they were custom-
house offited, and that the articles were of foreign
manufacture which were his property ;` they were of
abciut the value of sli2o, and were of Spitalfields ma-
nufacture r they also took ail 16s. In silver. they said
they should return the goods to the Custom house,
as they usually did in cases of seizure. He (witness)
not hearing of his goods which hid been seized, ap-
plied to the Custom-bowie, where heifitailed the
whdle affair ; he was there info-rased that the priso-
ners were not et all connected with the Customhouse;
and that the Whole was a conspiracy. He therefore
applied to Magistrates at Queen-square, for informa-
tibli hot he should proceed. The prisoners wished
to compromise the allele with the complainant • ;but
diiMatitisrate Would not alibi,/ it, and ordered ;hem
to Aid respOnsilde hill for their appearance .at the
Quarter Sessiblis-4wo 'housekeepers in the soin •Of
£5O eaeb, and themselves in the sum of moo each;
which they found, and wef, set *liberty.
Woxisauk-sxtutwr.---Yesteedity seventeen persons
were 'brought. op by the Officers of Bethnal-green
parish, who found the* on the preceding. bight
sleeping in the brick fields, time of them actually, on'
the kilns which were bongo . They all exhibited a
most itretehed and deplorable appearance, arid were
strictly examined by the Magistrate with regard'to
tileireitze of nativity, the bUimesithey were tuo?ght'
up to, Ste.; they all proved to be discharged tailors.'
whofi.ould get tgo employment, and had tto means of
subsistence i. *rid of them hat! not slept in a bed fOr.,
steeral weeks, and were' almost in a state of • itarva-
don. There was only one foreigner amongst them.. One of the* Said he expected: a ship irininediatelf, he
Was discharged, and the ;eat were committed under.
the Vagrant Att. ' • . -
Maitt:zOttouon-ivriwer,---YesterdeyJero4 Barnami,
an elderly man, was "examined on a thirge'of Obtain-.
ifig a qoainity of japanned goods of Meskri. May and'
Stone, irciritnongers, in Oxford-street, 'under false
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pretenets.., Tbetro•ecuton awed that Of prisoner:
had been in be employ of a Gengeimati who had.
been' their. 'lsstilsnei: U. ieviral, years!: Some tithe agO
' ilia* : algid', isinCe tibia he tilletit the pro-
istr
secabialf ' ' as if ,e 't truster succeeded'
in olt4tiOtreariet•al tea boards, ttittip: 4i A no suspi-.
cion whatever Ilias'entertained, until lie** 4ais ego
theitliattiitailed: Ina iftain'hiP ***Cif klquil
Was clitCoverede—ReteatdetV• ' • "4. •' I' • ''' '
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