Star.
London, England, 1817-01-27 00:00:00

OLD DAILEY.

Saturday Lewis Laurence was indicted for stealing
four lace veils, the property of Mrs. Yates.

Mrs. Yates is a dealer in lace arid lace veils. The
prisoner called on her, and ;old her he had an order
from his mother to purchase four veils. la conse-
quence of that Mrs. Yates sent Celia Brown, one if
her assistants, with the prisoner and the veils. The
prisoner tuok her first to his sister's, in Wild.street,
where he left her in the passage. He cum returned
to hcr, and said he would take her to the lady who I
had ordered the veils of his mother. When they got
to the corner of Phcsaix-court, Long-acre, he hinted
to the young lady that the person who wanted to
purchase lived at a house of the description 'which a!
moiest young Inman wOuld not enter ; she therefore
suffered theprisoner to take the veils, and waited fori
an hour in the court, but the prisoner did not return.
In consequence of her inforrnation the prisoner was
apprehended in a public-house in Bow-street, and oit
searching him a duplicate of the veils was found op
bins. In his defence he said he pledged the veils to
make up the amount of a bill, but that he meant to
return them to Mrs. Yates the nest day.—Guilty.
The CohltillON SELICANT told him he might be as-
sured that, as the only means of saving him from the
gallows, he should never see this country again. .
Patrick Dun shin was charged upon two indict-
ments, the one with assaulting Robert Barton, the
younger, and putting him in fear, and taking from
his person and against his will one shilling,and four-
p,:nce his money ; the other with having btirglariously
broken and entered the dwelling-house of Robert
Barron, the elder, near Wilsden Green, in the county
of Middlesex, with intent to steal.

Toe prosecutor stated, that on the night of the 6th
December last, about eight o'clock, a gang of per-
sons, sir or seven in number, surrounded his house,
and that his son, Peter. Barton, the younger, happen-
ing to be at the well, about forty yards off, where his
mother had sent him for water, seeing the men ap-
proach 'the doer, cried out to his mother to shut it,
and on the alarm being given, the door was instantly
closed and barricadoeci. This did not deter the de-
predatots ; they fired off a blunderbuss, the charge
from which penetrated the door ; another was fired,
and when they found that no entrance was to be ob-
tained at the door, they attempted the window, where
for some time the prosecutor defended himself with
a poker, and wounded one of the assailants, when one
of them (the prisoner) immediately discharged a pis-
tol at him, which grazed hip elbow, but did hot drain I
any Wood, and then they entered, and having btoke
open the bed-room door and made other disturbance,i
he got out of the house, leaving them behind, and
they then went away, but took no property with
them.

Robert Barber, his son, deposed to each of the
foregoing facts, and added, that oar of the despera-
does (the prisoner). attempted -to discharge a blun-
derbois.at hiM, but it did 'not go off, and with the
butt.end of it knocked him doyen, and tying his
bands and feet, kept him on the ground till the
booie was broken into, when be untied the cords that
bound his feet, and he walked into the house. •
Mr.' Barter, for the prisoner; cross.examined all
the witnesses at extraordinary length, and a number
of singular variances took place in the testimony
given, too numerous to detail:- But otle'd the most
singular circumstances • that appeared on the cross.
intimidation was in the testimony given by T. Foy,'
the OffiCer, who said that be' was seat down by Mr.
Auer, The Magistrate,lo inspect the premises of the
pititedttir; abd make bit report thereon; and being
'asked *hat that repositlias, hit answer war, that he
was *finial di* sehdle,'lras* Talsritasillit''of the
?roe:eclat%
Mt 'BOttr thin sense's' treat number of reipec-
tablepersons to the character 91 die.prisoiekamorig
whom • was Mr. Hilteittill,„*The paving contrietoi 'OF
the unfted'Oiriibes of Se. Gibyar thelMartyr and St.;
, Andrew's, his muster, iriviho4 'employMent be,' a 4
been 111 teatiVriehtilneW 'Mitt fourteen' feet‘,Sith
ether witnesses; who bad buOvrti hint thrftriefils;*
Of whom_ gave hide a awe excellent-tharactee. He
also carted/Mr: Barra :tough, a publiCan in' Berwick-
sueet.'tihri meet thithe lets in hii house from six
rn the ebinidg bn the dermas-
boned in the indicrtmeot. and, that he never Quitted it
senlpillllt•t dui NA
.Y. 6 *bile of that time.
The'Coaoul benteitir timgeed op the evidence
with suitable eotialuenti; and*Jury, retired.'anfl at
past' *tre'elvi; O'clock brought • a virdigt •of n..t
Gdiltyblo.eitdeoee..wris offered .on theiotber:
di invent, and p verdict of 'Nei Guilty wategiv.en on
tbat./l'wai needy one o'clock before the proceed-
ings ended, fleeing lasted eight hours. •
The following were eotivicted of Monies, viz. J.
*Wien; kir 'stealing hie live rabbits, the proper., of
J. Mont ; T. Johnson, for steeling it hancia pork;
the property of 1. Roach ; Hunt, By stealing a
pair of shoes, the property of W. Clapp; W. Davis.
for stealing• a silver tea spoon, the property of G.
k Button ;G. Worthy and Fry, foe stealing a hair-
broom, the property of J..ltathhone ; Mary Fen-
Chain, for stealing a silver watch, the property of C.
taint A. Dimling. for stealing a silk haadker-
-01)41, the property of ,J, P. 'Bevan ; C. 13. Tandems,
ter stealing' twslve lire pigs, the property of J.
13.4ery &cam for stealing a quant:ty of lead.
the goods of A, Nathcroft.• Ailed to, his dwelling-
house ; M. Christian, for stealing several ..pewter..
pots,' the property f W. Calvert ;T. Raton, for
seuittifig it hat, the property' of G. Williams ;
MdfsHall, lot stealing a pair Of pistols; the', property
of Mesita. Crowther and Blaney ; Mary Pheaps, fur
stealing& pair of top bpoth the propet:iiir of Rt. Math;
W. Tailor, for stealing. a cotton gown, the property

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of Ann Taylor ; Williao MIND. for stealing a
watch, chain, and seals the prozpstty-of J. W. Pau-
lin ; and Rogers, for stealing it quantity of prated
cottons and &Omni, the property of Jaw said
Thomas Poole.

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MURDER OF pIEVANANT JOHNSON.
THAMES POLICE 01/11C11.••Neithe; Of the prisoners
upon this charge was brought up ou Saturday :
Mr. Kiss:men, however, ordered Giskistar • t.) be
brought berme him, and mentioned the soostance of
the evidence of the preceding Saturday in his preteOce.
Giddons said he knew Mrs. Potter to be a prating
mischievous woman. His wrist, he observed, could
nut have been injured in a fair way, for he would
have had it set.
Mr. Ktosisteu.." Do you still continue to charge
those men with the murder? I beg that you wail
consider. with all the awe so natural upon such an
occasion, the effect of year words."
Giddons.—" I still persist in what I have slid."
Mt. KIMNA/RD.—" 1 hope you are not so benight-
ed as to aggravate your guilt by a tepresentation
calca/ated to do you eternal injury. It is of very
little consequence to poor Hatton whether 01.: charge
11 be established or not, as he will probably suffer upon'
the lite verdict : but it will be of infinite satisfaction
to the public wind to have it determined." I
Giddons.—" What I have said is true. Yon have
found it to be so, .aid every body has found it to be
so. There are a good many things yet to come for-
ward, and I shall tell truth then too." -
Giddons made this reply in a saucy tone, and
seemed astonished. that his word should be doubted.
Mr. Knimanto told him that his anger could not give
any t ice to his veracity, and that humility would
have been much more decorous.
Mr. KINNAIND has received the affidavit of a man
named Geodwin, who was sworn in JBll. It
states, that a man named Nightingale, who was for.
merly•in thedVosver Hamlets Militia, had proposed
to the deponent to commit robberies; and upon hear-
' g one night the name of Lientenato Johnson, had
Mentioned that "he had his watch." In consequence
him
of this affidavit, Mr; KINNAIRD asked Giddons who-
' ther he remembered a mast of that name ? to which
a reply in the negative was given ; Giddods at the
same time stating, that the stranger who was with
them wore a jacket.
Saturday aeat'was appointed for a final examina-
tion. Giddons -hit been frequently informed. that
notwithstanding all the statements he has made, he
must stand his trial for stealing tea out of the Grave.
send luggage-boat, lapin which charge he was appre-
hended on the Sd of Noverilber. There is a charge
of highway robbeiy also against him. •
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Bow-sragev.— Saturday, Joseph Follett and Charles
Follett, two youths, who wete committed a few clays
since on several charges of uttering forged Bank of
England notes, were brought to the Office, and un-
derwent another examination. ' Another charge was
made against them' of uttering a forged one pound
note to Mr. Bell, a shoemaker, in Middle-row, Broad-
street, St. Giles's.—The prisoners were again com-
mitted.
fie Dosuag, who is charged with having rob-
bed a number of homes of spoons and other propene,
which be has entered under a pretence of •
barlgingsantiderweat another examination. A .qinnher
of; -pawnbrokers attended. and produced a great
riety of articles the' sorer bad pledged, many of
which were no; The Most covet charge pre-
ferred aglinst hi* w s *it of sterling a great cost
from Mr. ,Evans, law ii a prisoner in the' King's
Bench Prison, with WO* be had been to dine, and
bad played with hiM et-vackets...Rensanded.-
Mr. Fteteicrt,- who, beinpine a set of chambers its,
Johnstreet,'Adaphi,haviktggoni hiFrance for come
time, had left his clreatiseta in aster, of .Mr: bray,
of the PaeltetOffice; ExeterGisattgetleith instructions
to let them if he could sltiring bia.alsence, but with-
out the use of the closets, he beflni locked them. op
with some private property **tn. Mr. Bray, in
consequence, frequently heat to tlie-shambers to air
them. Friday, on going as usual, he found the cles-
sets had been broke open, several things missing, and
a variety of articles packed up ready fur carrying
of e, be in consequence gave, information at the
Office. when Perry the coostabio, and a party ot.the
palmier were nationed.to watch ihapeensises. Boon
after dark they saw a man enter thirttaircase leading
to the chambers; they waitecrtnike him bring out
property. He, however. inimediately.after came out
' faster than he went in, having stepped upon and
tumbled'aver a large Newfoundland -dogs• lYing at
the door of another set of chambers. Perry stopped
'him, and on searching bins' • fauna a skeleton key,
wbkb opened the door et Mr. Franco's chainbers
with moth greater ease than the:itinlar key. He-
was • brought to the Office ; be said- hit name wit
John Goatee, and that be had been sent by a satin of
the name of Brown to fetch the property away from
Mr. Franco's chatibers. He was committed for
isilither examination.

Saturday week, Thaws: 'who was kin&
guilty at -the. Shropshire Canty Sessions, of inhu-'
manly beating's' *lid only five' years old, was loggol,
in the inarketiqUare of Shrewsbury.
Thursday night, a portable writing-desk, coolant,
ing jewollery, plate, and ether valuable articles, is
the amount of 4500, was stolen oat of the dwelling;
house of lir. Alexander Mitchell, No. 2, liVirks
Tower-streer.
On Friday night between. the hours of nine and
twelve, the Auction-room of Mr. Gasaga4 141.0: 17,1
• Picket-street, was rubbed by some person, who, it is
supposed, got into the ceILW daring the time of the
lode, and concealed himself till every'one had quince
the piesnisei.--.4.5 in naes, tad (.itftr property to the
amount otaboot et% were taken ado.
Saturday,' about • twelve o'aock, as Mr.. Monk-
house, of •Winchester-street, was passing through
Princes-street, Soho, he was bustled by stung '14114415,
and rubbed td a letter of Credit itituro hundred pounds
on Perigaux, bankers, at Phiis;alid oilier Fropeity.
-Batusday stunning about' 'two o'clock, a desperate
attempt. war made tobreak into the Waterman's.
Aims public Louse, opposite Shady/ell Dock.2t3ils,
tottsainely thelandlaay's daughter heatd the &pre-
, dittoreupon the root of the tonic. The water :nen
simmutiag the best at the Stairs, with the lissistance
arthe watehma; secured twig the Offendirs.

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