Star.
London, England, 1817-07-28 00:00:00

LINCOLN.

Flizoleth Warrintr was indicted for the murder of
J. Warriner, her step-son, at Stu-neck by adminis•
tering poison. 'l' lie prisoner is the second wife of a
f2rmer. The deceased was his son by a former mar-
riage, about 12 year. of age. Frond tLe period of
her mart lave, the prisoner treated the with great
cruelty. On various occasi.lns she was beard to say
she w .uld be the death of him. At length, on the
morning stated in the indictment, the boy, immedi.
ately afer breakfast, which consisted of bread And
milk, was taken ill. Medical aid was call:3 in, but
he breathed his last in the course of the day. The
hndy was opened by a surgeon, when the stomach
and intestines were found to exhibit all the appearance
of arsenic having been administered. It was afterwards
ascertained th ,t a quantity of arsenic was in the pos-
session of the father, who used it for sc.tre lithbandry
purpose, to which the prisoner had vcct-.s. It fnr
ther turned nut, that a small quantity was found in the
basin from which he had eaten his breakfast, and that
the prisoner had given him his breakfast in that basin.
This circumstance, added to s variety of others,
which, in the course of the examination of the wit.
nesse,, seven in number, came out, led to the conclu-
sion, that the prisoner administered the poison.
Mr. Justice Hot.noYo summed up the evidence, and
the Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death.
The Judge proceeded to pass sentence in the most
impressive manner, and directed that the prisoner
should be executed on Saturday.

The moment she heard that her fife was to be for-
feited, she jumped up from the floor is the greatest
agony, wrung her hands, and exhibited other syrop
toms of distraction.

POLICE.

Bow-senerr.—On Saturday evening an applica-
tion was made at the Office for the discharge of some
men who wtre smugglers, and who stand committed
to Newgate on a charge of the willul murder of
some Customhouse officers on board a revenue cut-
ter, in resisting the capture of the Government offi-
cers. The Gentleman applying stated, that he was
author:zed by the Solicitors to the Customhouse to
make the application, they • having taken the opinion
of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals as to the case
which they had against the prisoners ; and tl.ey were
of opinion that the men could not be convicted upon
the evidence which they had, and they bad no means
of procuring any other. The Sitting Magistrate,
Mr. liters, happened to be the committing Magi-
, straw : he inquired in what respect the evidence was
discovered to be so defective d Ile was an-Avered,
that they could not prove for the prosecution that the
King's flag was flying on board the revenue cutttr ;
and as it was only an engagement between the crews
of two boats, great doubts were entertained if the
offence they had committed would amount to mur-
der ; and, therefore, it was wished that they should
be admitted to bail, as they were now clowly con-
fined in Newg:tte on a charge of murder, and must
remain so for a considerable time, as it was very un-
certain .Area another Admiralty Session would be
held. The Magistrate doubted whether he had the
power to admit them to bail, or to discharge them ;
as having committed them for trial on a charge of
murder, he considered that he had done with them.
The Gentleman who applied said, he would apply to
Lord Ellenborough that evening, who was then ex-
pected in town from.the Home Circuit. It his Lord.
ship should refuse to interfere, the opinion of the
Attorney and Solicitor Generals should be laid be.
fore the Magistrate, kc. This is considered a no.
vel case.

MANSION Houss.—Saturday J. !Faller, a mendi-
cant, who was found begging, was sent to Bridewell
for a month, to receive the correction of the home,
as an impostor, it being proved that he had a pen-
sion of 2. fis. annually from Government.
A. Sonia; was also charged with the same offence,
and received a similar sentence ; when searched R 2.
.ss. in silver, 7s. in copper, and a silver watch were
found upon him.

QUEIN-&QUARC.—Saturday .1. Conrcn and Sarah
lilizeta, apprehended at Hammersmith, on a charge
of uttering counterfeit silver coin, were re-examined,
and fully committed.
MAautonntan•sraetrr.—Saturday a journeyman
to Mr. Davis, baker, in George-street, l'ot tman-
square, was charged with stealing a gold watch, the
property of a Lady, a native of Lisbon. About two
o'clock on Saturday morning, the complainant was
passing by the house of Mr. Davis, on her way home
to Cavendish-square ; she had lost he:self, and sat
down at the door to look at the bakers at work. At
this time she had occasion to look at her watelf,
which the prisoner perceiving, he said he should like
to have such a one. The complainant sz.lel he should
not have that,and immediately put it in her glove, and
put them both into her pocket. The prisoner then
came up to the area window, and puffing his hand
through the bars, was endeavouring to find her
pocket. About three o'clock she went away, with au
intention of going home. but when she had got to
Vere-street, she put her hand into her pocket, but it
went through a hole; the glove had been cut open as
well as her pocket, and the watch gone. She term-
,
ned to the baker's, and taxed the men with Navin„
taken it, which they denied ; 14t when the watch-
' men came to take them into cuaody, the pti.toner put
his hand through the bars, and said—" Here's your
watch ;" giving one to the prosecutrix. The area
gate was opened to let them in, when the ptisater
ran into the garret, followed by the watchmen, to
whom Le acknowledged having taken the watch, anal
begged very hard to be liberated. The Magistrate
said the conduct of the prosecutrix was that of a mad
woman ; and as she had been all the, night there,
talking and drinking with she prisoner and his asso-
ciates, it was a clatter of difficulty to determine
whether the watch was taken with a feloniotia
He should, therefore, discharge the irrisc.:lct.