Star.
London, England, 1816-07-05 00:00:00

WESTMINSFER SESSIONS, JULY 4.

Daniel APHenry was put to the b.tr, charged with.
indecently exposing himself to Sophia Riley, on the
13th of March last. After much contrad.ctory evi•
dente, the defendant was acquitted.
Esther AP Henry, wife of the above defendant, and
Elisabeth Mgifahon were next put to the bar, charged
with committing a violent assault on Sophia Riley,
the plaintiff in the last case. "They were found guilty.
Esther /*Henry to enter into recognizance jointly
with her husband in the sum of 420 to keep the
peace, and Elizabeth WM:Jinn fined ls.
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Amelia Davi: was indicted for keeping a disorderly
house in Russell-place, Drury.lane. It appeared,
that since this prosecution had been commenced, the
husband of the defendant had died, and that she had
removed from the parish altogether. The defendant
was o►dered to enter into recognizance, Lerself in the
sum of A:100, and tied two sureties of ing each.

Faauu.•—Mary R*Lerte was next pot to the Dar,
charged with obtaining, under false pretences, the
sum of ‘96 from the ll:►ard for the Payment of Pen-
sions to the Widows of Warrant Officers. It ap-
peared that in one instance, alter she had received
R3O from the Admiralty as the wife of Thomas
Smith, she, within oae month, applied to the India
House, and received the pe:ision as the wife of
Roberts, her former husband ; aha that she had false
sworn more than five or six times that slie was the
wife of -- Smith, at the Aiintiralty, and at the
India House that she was the wite of Roberts. The
defendant put in a written defence, having no Coun-
sel; 'and the Jury, without hesitation, found a ver-
dict—Guilty. _ _

The Worthy CHAIRMAN, after expatiating at some
length on the enormity of the crime the prisoner had
been guiity of, sentenced her to 7 ye ars' transportktion.

POLICE.

BOW-STREST.•••COINERS--,Jfe-Sterday Mary Mitchell,
Mary Mitchell the younger, Elizabeth Mahryfiy, Jame:
Mahafiy, and Jahn 411, Milian, were brought to this
Office, by Collier, the constable of St. Pancras, and
others, charged with coining counterfeit money in
that parish, and also with being common utterers.—
They were committed for further examination.
HATTON GARDEN.—Yesterday Mr. J. S. of Guild-
ford-street, was examined on the following charge :
About five o'clock yesterday morning Read, jun. and
rhistleton, officers, were crossing the fields near
Baghigge-wells, when they met him with a brown
paper parcel under his arm, and suspecting it might
be some stolen property, they insisted on knowing
what it was. He offered them five guineas, on
which they took him unto custody and searched him,
%hen they found a great quantity of gold coin iu his
possession, and a pocket book containing note; and
bills to the amount of 4?3000. Mr. J. S. sent for his
banker and some friends ; when it appeared he had
just arrived from India, and that the parcel contained
al valuable shawl and gowu piece, a present to a young
Lady from a friend in India, and the bills were
drawn on his banker. The goods being prohibited,
were seized on by an exciseman, and the pocket book
and its contents restored to Mr. J. S. and he was dis-
charged.
MAiu.sonouon-irrazzr..---lienry &Hots was charged
with an assault on a Gentleman in Clarges.street
under the following aggravated circumstances : The
complainant had hired the defendant at one of the
Theatres, and a dispute having arisen about the fare
(the coachman having demanded double) the Gen-
denran on entering his house refused to submit to the
extortion, the coachman followed him in and held
him by the collar, and prevented his Lady also pass-
' Magistrate fined the offender 810, in da.
fault of payment of which be was committed to the
Hesse of Correction for two months.
Mansion Housr...—Mr. Dunkin, of Aldersgate-
, street, attended by Mr. Anor..ruus, as
.his Counsel,
applied to the LORD Mnvort, under the gollowit:g
circumstances :—He stated, that, in consequence of
a Meeting being held of several persons in the Ward
of Aldersgate relative to the late fire which had de-
stroyed his premises, various insinuations ut a most
, prejudicial nature bad been thrown out and circu:a-
ted against him. This he felt peculiarly bard, after
the laborious investigations that had already been
made into the circumstance by the LORD MAYOR
himself. -He now felt it necessary, however, in con•
sequence of the reports that had been circulated,
again to come before his Lordship's (as the best)
uibunal, and there answer any charge which migth
be alleged against him.—Mr. ADOLPHUS observed,
that it was both unfair and unjust to calumniate a
man, without being able to bring forward any speci-
fic charge. He Ilion& the best refutation of such
charges would be found in the fact of Mr. Dunkin't
having lost property by the fire tn die amount of ten
thousand pounds, while unfortunately, he had been
insured but fur half daA bum..—Theldpau Maxon

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said, he had already given the matter the funeet
sible consideration ; but he was still equally anal%
and willing to devote even more of his time to an it
vestigation, should he be furnished with such info,
mation as would enable him to institute the jaw/.
It was impossible, he said, for him either to prevent at
take cogniztnce of insinuati ms or reports, hownet
prejudicial. He would now, however, offer to re,
ceive any information or charce, in a proper thlies
if it was in the p•mer of any individual to crinintuni,
cate it. Nearly half an hour having elapsed, and n 4
person appealing kr the purpose in question, me.
Dunkin and his Counsel retired.

Saturday evening a fire broke out in the old ann.
sion.house of ltavelston, near Edinburgh. Before it
Wet got under ne wi of the house was burnt down
Fetday, a wuoman,ng under sentence of banishment,
from the city of Glasgow, leaped from a window on
the third fl. or of the Police Office, and fractured one
of her legs. Site was immediately carried to the fn.
firmary.

A Coroner's Inquest was held on Tuesday, at the
Brov:n Hear, Whitechapel, on the body of a male in.
font found dead. After the examination of several
witnessei, whose evidence was somewhat cant/odic.
tory, the Coroner said he thought the affair ought to
be further investipated before a higher rifiattaLs
Verdict—Wilful Murder against the Mother, Either
Weston.
Yesterday an Inrleest was held at the %glutton,
Wiiitecross.alley, on the body of Mr. Thomattov:
a Midshipman, 36 years of age, just returned helot
from sea. It appeared lie was invited to dine with a
put,- of friends at the tn..use of Mr. Clearfield, and
was in good health and spirits : but just as he tat
down to table lit fell back in his chair and expired,
Verdict—Died by the Visitation of Gnu,

MAKI( i
June is, John Spence, of Tingley, Yorkshire, weaver. aged
61 years, to Hannah Cliff, of the same place, antler, a`,ed 64
years. she was married about 41 years ago, to a perm ut the
name of Cliff, with whom shit lived a furruight; be then sofd
her to a sea captain, with whom she hv,•t tour yeari, wail
he
died; she afterwards became acquainted with Lim Spence, and
has lived with him as a wife fur upwards of 39 yam ; her first
husband, Cliff, died about three weeks ago, and st.e is tum ac-
tually become the of the •aid J•ibn Spence.