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London, England, 1829-03-16 00:00:00

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HOME CIRCUIT.--CHELMSFORD, %Wen 13.

Mary Stone, Robert Allen, and John Allen, his son,
were charged with conspiring, with other persons, to
defraud Mr. BenjaminJoscelyne, Mr. John Clench, and
others, of various articles of householi furniture.

Mr. Knox and Mr. LAW conductei the prosecution.
Mr. PATTISON appeared for the two male prisoners;
Mr. Dow Lam frr the female.

The circumstances proved by the witnesses were
these :—The female prisoner, Stone, on the 12th of Ja.
unary, had come to the shop of Mr. Joseelyne, who is
a very respectable cabinet maker and upholsterer at
Chelmsford, and told him she wanted some ait;sles of
furniture for her brother's house. Her name, she said,
was Stevens; that her brr•ther would want a good deal
more furniture hereafter, but he was rather economical.
A considerable quantity of furniture was, on this, sent
to the residence of her supposed brother, Stevens, at
Waltham. There the prisoner appeared as his sister,
and assumed the management of her brother's house.
S evens told Mr. Joscelyne that he had been recom-
mended to him by Mr. Clayton. a customer of his, and
that he might as well value the fixtures on the pie-
mises which he had taken. At this time the younger
male prisoner was at the house at Waltham. In the
house the witnesses saw a great number of parcels, ap-
parently fresh, from different tradesmen. A supply of
furniture was also obtained from a Mr. Clench, an up-
holsterer at Chelmsford, by Stevens, and sent to Walt
ham. On the 29th of January all the goods were re-
moved, and the elder Allen was employed for this pur-
pose with a cart. A few chairs, of little or no value, were
left near the window, so that an ordinary observe: might
imagine the house was still furnished. Stevens took
snottier house at Shelley, and there he assumed the
name of Allen, and introduced Mary Stone as his sister,
by the name of Allen. It soon became necessary for
them to fly, and no traces could be found of them. At
length, by means of an intercepted letter, the address
of the female paisither was found, and she was appre-
hended in Harrison-street, Gray's Inn-road. She, along
with the other two prisoners, were now indicted for
conspiring with Stevens, who was not in custody, to de-
fraud .the abovementioned persons.
Mr. Baron GARROW thought there was nothing to
affect the two male prisoners in this evidence.
Mr. Downitan then -addressed the Jury for Mary
Stone, and contended that there was nothing inconsis-
tent on this evidence with his client's being an innocent
instrument in the hands cf a designing man ; and that
was not sufficient to constitute the offence of conspiracy
with which she now stood charged.
Mr. Daunts GA itaow summed up, and the Jury found
the prison, r Guilty.
Mr. Baron Wallow, with some remarks on the clan-
: germ); nature of the pi isono's offence, senscnced her to
sir months imprisonment and hard labour.
Tile prison:sr is a fresh coloured innocent looking
girl, with no a•f penance of :it about hcr.
MIDLAND eIItCUIT.-O.IKHAM, Malta' 13.
Charles Crowson was indicted for the manslaughter
of Francis Bingham. It appeared that the prisoner's
wife was in an unfortunate state of mind, and was in
Oakham wofkhouse. The prisoner endeavoured tore-
cover her from them, and Bingham was sent for to pre-
•ent his carrying his intention into effect. The prisoner,
however, struck the constable a severe blow near the
breast, and he fell down and soon after died. While he
was in the act of falling, the prisoner said. " Curse you,
k's a just judgment upon you."
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to twelve months' imptisonment.
There was but one felon for trial. It was a prosecu-
tion instituted by a Clergyman of this county against
the prisoner. for reading a piece of coal value four-
pence. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and he was fined
one shilling.—A substantial-looking farmer here rose,
and said. My Lord, I've known the man from a child
—he was always an honest hard-woe king man. lie is
in great distress, my Lord." The Cuter Jusrice—
Then. in that case, Sir, perhaps you will pay the shilling
for Lim. The farmer immediately paid the shilling.—
The Judge refused to allow the expenses of the pro.
*Matron.