Star.
London, England, 1803-04-27 00:00:00

vLD BAILET.

Yerlerday feventeen ptifon:rs were tried, two cf
whom w,i.e capitally conviaed, Vir•
San 11 hnrytlatiiidly entering the
dwelling houli: of Benjamin Weil, lifq. elident
of the Royal Acidemy, and Ilizaling vat ions arti-
cles rsf wearing apparel, his pi ripeity. It appeared
Oat ill the 19111 of Apt il tile lemons of the prole.
c.i:or we: e alarmed, at hi, !wore in Newmamitreet,
Oxford road, by finding that ionic perfon had Ihut
the garret door without the knowledge of the fa-
miiy. A footman went to an adjoining home, and
from its gartet window proceeded to the prolecu-
t,t',. On entering the garret, he found the room
h ;• - t completely (hipped. A looking glafs
and a it.crlketchief were lying on the top of the
and the key of the room door was found on
the ri or. .shout five o'clock on the morning fol-
kWin4, the prilnner was obferved by a watchman
to c--me out of Lumber-court, near the Seven
Dials uith a large bag—and on her giving a fuf-
rici.nis ace not of herie!f, he concluded her to the
watch hiade ; (he was there fearched, and a bottle
containing photp:lorns, an it on bat, a falfe key,
and a dark lanthorn, were found in her poffelfion.
The bag was found to contain the whole of the
clothes and other articles, ltolen from the prole-
cutor's hnufe, and on their being produced in
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Court, were identified by Mr. el.l's Cervants. It
was proved by several witneffes, that at 7 o'clock
on the evening on which the robbery was commit-
ted, the windows of the garret weie fecuted.
ptitinter appeared to he an infirm old wo•
man, upwards of -o years old, it was therefore
contended by her Counfel, that the could not have
committed the offence. _ _ .

The defence the made for having been found
with the property in her poffsffion was, that (he re-
ceived it from her hilfband, to carry to a public
hook in the Seven Dials, and in her progrefs there
the had been (topped. She :ailed no evidence to
[import her affertions ;—the Jury therefore found
her—Guilty—Death.
rdmund Smith alias 7 hompron, for sealing a geld-
ing and a mare, the property of John Hall, a Li
very Stable keeper, at Kenfington. One of thefe
belonged to Charles Holland Dundas, Efq. and
the other to a Mr. Chopping, and had been kept
in the Rabies of Mr. Hall, whole fervant (wore, that
the horfe and the mare wee there on the night
of the toth of March, and that early the next
morning he mitred them out of the tlables. Mr.
Hall immediately fent off two perfons in search of
them ; one of thole overtook the prifoner about
twelve o'clock, on the toth, within eight miles of
Oxford, with the !torte and the mare in his pallet--
hon. At &LI he refufed to give any account of
them, laying, they were his own; but when taken
before a Magifirate at Oxford, he faid he had pur-
chafed them that morning of a Mr. Ward, at
High Wycombe. Neither Mr. Ward, nor any other
witnefs was called on behalf of the prifoner.
Mr. COMMON Ssataaar obferved, that the
horfes having been Rolen during the night of the
1 9th, and found the next day in the polreffion of
the prifoner, at the dillance of about fifty miles
from London, it was incumbent on the prifoner to
thew how he came by them—and if ne had pur-
chafed them from Mr. Ward, who was well
known asa dealer in hor les, he might have brought
him forward to prove that fad. But there was no
evidence whatever for the prifoner, except his own
:Oration. The Jury, without retiring, found him
Guilty—Death.
Three were conviaed of mifdemeannrs, viz.
7. Brown, for uttering a counterfeit half guinea.
7. Ilallienny and R. Joyce, for uttering a coun-
terfeit Drilling.
Six were conviEted of felony, viz.
yojip6 ElliJ and William Imo for haling a quan-
tity of coffee, of the value of 61. on the River
Thames, the property of Anthony Schick, Efq.
Mr. KNAPP faid, the prifoners were capitally
indiCted cn a late flature, which made it a capital
offence to Real, on a navigable river, property
above the value of 401. a Ratute which was ren-
dered highly necetfary to proteCt the merchants of
this coun.ry, and particularly of London, from I
the extenfive depredations that were conliantly
committed on their property.
It appeared by the evidence, that feveral calks
of coffee had been fent in a long boat from the
warehoufes of the Weft India Dock Company, in
order to be put on board a veffel for Hamburgh ;1
and that the prifoner Ellis had been entrufted with
the care of the boat. It alfo appeared, that on
the morning of the 4th of February, the prifoners
were teen in a wherry, dole to the long boat ;1
that they lay alongfide of the ;Tire!, on board of
which the goods were to be (hipped. After going'
away from the veffel, they were purfued by tome
Thames Police Officers, who law Amos throw into I
the water a quantity of fomethibg tied up in a
handkerchief, and pufh it down, in order to fink
it. Ellis alfo threw fomething into the water.—
When they were taken and fearched, there was
found in thc pocket of Ellis a quantity of coffee,
amounting to 21b. together with a gimlet, a ham-
mer, and forne other inflruments for breaking
open calks of coffee. When thc calks of coffee in
the long boat were afterwards examined, there
appeared a great deficiency in one of them, which
hid been broke open, and the coffee found on
Ellis was of the fame quality with that in thc calk
which had been fit broken. Om weighing the calk,
there was a deficiency of 721 b. After the print-
:lets were apprehended, Amos. alluding to the
Police Officers who took them, hsid, "I)—n their
eyes, they can only take forty (billings from each
of us." The prifoner Ellis was fervant to the
Ligiverman. %A lan Icnt the goods to be put on board
the Hear krt.' tor Hamburg!), and he had the care
of the 1 o.g boat which contained the coffee. The
!nog boat mad been lying all night by the veffel,
Witii•oat the coffee br :.g pot r,n board.
Mr. Coo MON Sr R
.11,A T Anted the Lighterman
why the goods had 1)-(11 pia on board the fhip
as lo .r as they came Alt i.gfiate? The anly:cr was,
that other g..tods been there before, and
that lighter. iteciitewly I.ly a whole week in the
fame v ay, without utc goi,ds being put un board
the firps.

Mr. COMMON Se RJEANT oblerved, that it was a
pity loch things Ihould happen.
Mr. Com mom SERJEANT then addreffed the Jury,
and fiid, the capital part of the charge mull be
lett out of the cafe, becaufe, although there might
be a deficiency in the calk of coffee above the va.
hie of forty (billings, yet there was no evidence to
Thew that the prifoners (tole.coffee to that amount.
A great many perfons gave the prifoners, who
were young men,a very good charaFter for honefty.
The Jury retired for Come time, and found them
both—Guilty of Larceny. .

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gam White, for robbing on the highway a young
lad, named John Monteno, who laid his father
was a print-feller, in Pall-Mall : that on the even-
ing of Saturday the ifith, as he was trolling over
Mar y-la-bonne-arect, near Vine-fireet,
the prifoner came up to him and fnatched the
watch out of his pocket; the young lad then called
out, " Stop thief." The prifoner was purfued, and
knocked doWn by another perfon, and the watch
found under him. He did not arike, or fay a
word to the lad, before he fnatched the watch.
Mr. COMMON SERJEANT laid, that as the prole-
cutor was not put in fear before the taking of the
property, and as his life was not endangered, the
prifoner's offence did not amount to a highway
robbery.
The Jury found him—Guilty of Larceny. This
prifoner was only fifteen years of age ; and a Con.
!table laid, that about a week before the robbery,
he had been difcharged from Cltrkenwell prifon.
M. Loan:, for (leafing a filver watch, the pro.
petty of James Stone Gibbs.
Elizabeth Hill, for !leafing a coat and other ar-
ticles, the property of W. Reynolds, ordered to
pay a fine of ts. and be difcharged.
Mary Lomax, for !leafing a guinea and other ar-
ticles, the property of David Jennings.
And fit were acquitted, viz.
A. Phillip:, Elizabeth Phillip, 7 de Coo/a, Mary
Aim (01, and

Mary t.hambere and Elizabeth Grier, who were
indicted for burglarionfly breaking and entering
the dwelling-houfe of William Taylor, and ftealing
therein a quantity of tea, fugar, and other articles.
Mr. Taylor (aid, he was a grocer and cheefe.
monger refiding on Great Saffron hill. On the
night of the tall: of March he vtab the laft perfon
up in his houfe, and went to bed between twelve
and one, after fattening his doors and windows.—
At fix o'clock next morning he was called by a
perfon who lodged in his houfe, and told he was
robbed. When he went down, he found the doors
at the back part of the houfe had been broke open;
and difcovered he had loft 20 loaves of fugar,
toolbs. of mitt fugar, 4°1115. of tea, five filver tea
fpoons, one table fpoon, and two (hit ts. All the
fugar and tea were in the lhop ; the fpoons were
in the parlour. His lodger was not in Court; be
did not think it neceffary to Common him.
A watchman laid, that about five o'clock in the
morning of the ssd of March, he law the two
prifoners make a ftand oppofite St. Andrew's
church, and go into Shoe-lane ; be, and another
watchman, took them into cuftody, and found on
each two loaves of fugar, which they Paid they had
bought at Iflin.ton. The profecutor (wore to the
four loaves of fugar being his property : he knew
them byfome marks on them.
The prifoners laid, they were unfortunate
women, and had picked the fugar up. They were
both acquitted.

Thofe who with to know that our easaT Casa-
TOR is merciful u he is omnipotent, and that he
never intended to torture ma.&kind with diforders
of extreme pain without putting it in their power
to relieve themfelves, are requelled to attend at
Copenhagen Houle, on Monday next, at s o'clock,
where a game at Fives will be played by to men,
all of whom have been cured by the Gueftonian
Medicines, after they had been returned from the
London Hofpitals as being incurable. The atten-
dance of any Medical Gentlemen belonging to thefe
faid Hofpitals, will be efttemed a favour conferred
on their moll obedient fervant, MNITT GUEST.
No. 9, Great Stony-ttrect.