Star.
London, England, 1816-07-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

• Yesterday JeAn Roberts. aged SS, stood indicted for
act assault on John Hall, groom to Lord Rivers, with
gn intent to kill and murder, or to do him some
gnieeces bodily hark?. The particulars of the assault
kave‘been already green to the public in the Police
Reports. • 1
The prisoner, upon being pnt to the bar, conducted
himself in the most wild and extravagant manner,
saying. that he was Julius Clear Augustus, and
though he maintained he was not guilty, could not
be induced to say he would be tried by GOD and his'
country,. but would be tried by the Lords of the Privy
&Una!, or by both florists of Parliament. 'rhe
tetra then directed the Jury to try Whether he was
saute from obstinacy, or by the visitation of Goes
other vords, whether be was insane 1
Juhn Edwards, the first witness, had known Ike
prisoner from November, 1813. The witness wool
cook in the family of Lord Mid4letoth where the
prisoner had been under butler. In the spice of three
weeks the prisoner bad been dismissed on account of
insanity. The witness had seen the prisoner three
weeks after he had ,committed the assault, -.but bad
not seen him since be had been in custody. Witness
be him to btinsane.
Joseph Biggest had known the prisoner two years
ago, and he thought him then in a bad state of mind.
. John Palmer.—. The prisoner had lodged with the
witness, and had left the lonic about seven or eight•
weeks ago; had left the house in about three weeks
after he came, witness having. given him warning,
thinking him insane. The prisoner Was constantly
beating his wife 2 and had left his house in May.
William Ratcliffe 'thought the prisoner mad up to
the moment that the assault was chmmitted. Prisoner
was lodging with witness at the time of the accident.
Jane Ratcliffe, wife of the last witness. had always
thought the prisoner mad, 'and wished him to be
confined. Prisoner went out mad the morning of
the assault.

Robert Tate, a coachman, lodged in the nest room
to the prisoner, and believed him to be insane.
Michael Newman, keeper of Newgate, had never
beard the prisoner speak coherently since he had been
confined, but believed bim to be a lunatic, though
harualels, and had, in consequence of that belief, sent
him to the Infirmary.
• William Harris, optician, stated, that for the last
nine months the prisoner had been in the habit of
earning to the shop of the witness three or four times
a week ; had seen the prisoner three days before the
assault had been committed, and had Also seen him
at Marlborough-street. Thought him quite mad,
though at times composed.
Mr. Dot, the surgeon, who had attended the pri-
toner, was unable to attend.

Mr. Justice PARKB summed up the evidence, and
the jury, atter a 'short consultation, rimmed a ver-
dict of Insanity.—The Court then ordered the priso-
ner to be kept in strict custody till his Majesty's
pleasure should be known• _

MA Harrison, aged 2,5, stood indicted for stealing
•bay mare. the property of Willoughby M•Ghie, and
also a saddle. bridle. and a quarters measure. the
property of J. Lund.

W. M'Ghie, the prosecutor, stated, that the mare
was at grass at West End, Hampstead, on the 17th
of last month, and on the Monday, nest day, in con-
sequence of a letter he had received from his brother,
had found her at the White Horse Livery Stables, in

the Olty.road.
T. M'Ghie, brother of the last witness, had seen
the poney at grass on Sunday, about three o'clock in
• the afternoon, and on the Monday had seen her at
half-past nine in the morning, at the White Horse
stables. At that time the prisoner came fcr the
poser, and witness asked where he had got her ?
bisoner told him that he had bought her of a
botcher on the Hampstead road, betwixt five and six
that morning. The witness then said the poney was
his brother's, and prisoner first offered to give her
up, if he should be allowed to keep the saddle and
bridle, and then offned to fetch the butcher, describe
ing the butcher to be a fat man, with a great coat,
but did not know his name ; bad bought the pone,
for six guineas and a half. The prisoner, at his desire,
had stopped till witness's brother came, who said he
would hang him. There were many people in the
yard at the time, who said, let the poor fellow go,
and the witness beckoned him to be off, as he did not
wish him to be hung. The prisoner went away, and
witness knew nothing more ofhim till he heard he bad
been taken.
Samuel Joyce, assistant ostler at the White Horse,
stated, that the prisoner had brought the pone, to the
stables at half-past six in the mosniog, and ordered
him a feed of corn ; came back again at half past ten,
when the younger M'Gbie was there; told witness
that the price of the horse, with saddle and bridle, was
ten guineas, which witness thought about the value.
John Bos, ostler at the White Horse, went.to the
Angel Inn, where he saw the prisoner out in the street,
and an officer took him into custody.. The Inn was
about 100 yards distance from the White Horse. ,

Barnet Read bad seized the prisoner, and told him
the cause ; prisoner said, he had bought the pony
at Primrose-hill, and had paid for horse, saddle, and
bridle, ‘6. lOs. had no receipt; prisoner, when
searched, had a pair of spurs in his coat pocket, and
a few half-pence in his waistcoat.
The prisecutor being called back, stated the price
of the horse to have been 09. ss. •
Mr. Justice ABBOT summed up the evidence, and
the Jury brought in their verdict—Guilty%
The prisoner was recommended to mercy by the
prosecutor, on account of his youth.
Jorelti Let*
•was indicted for stealing two great
coats and a waistcoat, the property of John Stevens'
on the 10th of June, of the value of IS. The maid.
relevant of the prosecutor had seen the prisoner on the
10th, stooping down in the counting -house as if to
take up something ; the coats had then been taken
off a nail,' where the witness had sees them on the
Sunday evening, though she did not see the prisoner
touch them ; prisoner said lie wanted a Mr. Delis,
and witness seized him by the collar ; prisoner forced
himself away, and ran out Of the gate, but was seized
in a minute after.
The evidence of this whiseis was confirmed by that
of Ur. Stevens, and of Sterling, the headborougb.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, he had mistaken
. the house for that of Mr. Davis's but it appeared

dare was no parson diktudini in the nehgtmour-
bood.—The Jury acquitted the primer-
Richard Potato was charged with privately steal-
kg an the 15th of Jittie, two odd shoestvalueas. the
pntty at T. Haylat, shoe-makerdn Saffron-bill.
ptnneu. tor stated the circumstances of the
ea; and the prisoner in his defier. pleaded distress.
The Jury' brought in their verdict, guilty of strai-
lag, but not privately, by whit* tlin capital part of
the charge is done *wit. .
• 77assas Wiser stdoi-indicted for stealing on the
29th of May, due tablespoons and Neural other
articles, the property &limes Buckland.
The prosecutor stated, that he kept a-public-house.
.0n the morning of the 29th of May, hid been awak-
ened by his servant, who informed him there were
thievesin dim house; upon going down stairs, he
found the street door open, and the lock of the bar
picked, as also the till, missed the articles stated in
the indictment, and nine or ten shillings in silver,
halfpence, and farthings; had seen the property safe
at two o'clock that morning • had found a handker-
chief, containing a piece of cheese, a piece of [won,
four pounds of currants, a shirt, a waistcoat, and 12
pair of stockings; the stockingi belonged to the pri-
soner, but riot the other articles ; the handkerchief
was marked with the letters T. C.; the prisoner bad
lodged with him a year and a half, and had left the
house a fortnight before the robbery; the things bad
been found in the passage, and also two bottles ; the
prosecutor gale information 4.MarlbOrough-street,
and in the evening, the prisoner had been appre.
hendedin the City. •
Edward-Barnes, servant to the prosecutor, had
beard a noise about five o'clock in the morning of
the 29th of May, and upon coming into the passage,
had been suuek hypo, man in the face, who asked
him what he wanted, and saw the back of another
man; witness did not know the suite of the person
who struck him, though he knew the voice of the
prisoner, having., slept in the same room with him,
nor did he believe the man whose back be saw, to be
the prisoner ; witness went to call his master, and at
his return the men were gone.
Elizabeth Orcher.—Witness washed for the pri-
soner. and would swear the handkerchief found by
the prosecutor, belonged to the prisoner, from the
peculiar shape of the letter T. On the Sunday
before the robbery, the prisoner had taken away the
handkerchief.

The prosecutor being called back, stated, that he
had never recovered any part of the property. Pri-
soner had left the house a fortnight before the-robbery.
The prisoner in his defence asserted, that he had
no handkerchief in his possession like the one found
by the prosecutor in the passage of his house.
Two witnesses were called to the character of the
prisoner, one of whom had known him for thirteen
years, ten of which he had lived close to him, and
with the other (a female) the prisoner had lodged
three years, and she had been in the habit of seeing
him frequently since he left her. Both gave him an
excellent character.

The Jury deliberated above an hour, and then
returned a ♦erdict of Guilty, but recommended the
prisoner to mercy on account of the good character
he had received.