Star.
London, England, 1821-09-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

Yesterday, John Bone, aged 26, and Benjamin
Bone, aged 28, were indicted for cutting and mitim;.
ing James Austin with a sickle, or reaping-hook.
The circumstances were these :—The prisoners
were drinking together at the Robin Hood public-
house, near Barnet, at which place the prosecutor
was servant. The prisoners having regaled them-
selves, wished to get away without paying their
reckoning. They wen; out, and were pursued by
the prosecutor. John Bone warned him not to ap-
proach; but disregarding the caution, the prosecutor
attempted to take away a sickle which John Bone
held in his hand. During the scuffle the prosecutor
was, wounded ; and a young woman deposed, that
the other prisoner, Benjamin Bone, tried out, whilst
his brother was cutting the prosecutor, " Clip away,
clip away !" She could not, however, positively
say that the expression used might not have been
" Get away."
Mr. Justice GRAHAM (before the whole of the evi-
dence had been gone through)expressed strong doubts
whether the charge against the prisoners could be
maintained. He observed, that in order to sustain a
charge of this nature, it was necessary that the cir-
cumstances of the case should have been such, that
if the prosecutor had died in consequence of the
wounds inflicted, the prisoners would have been
guilty of murder. He thought that such would not
have been the case; and if the Jury were of the same
opinion, the prisoners must be discharged on this in-
dictment : they might, however, still be tried for a
violent assault.

The Jury concurred, and the prisoners were both
acquitted.
Ann Davies stood indicted for disposing of and
putting away two one-pound forged notes, with in-
tent to defraud his Majesty's subjects.
Matthew Bloomfield stated, that he was shopman
to Mr. Newland, grocer, No. 11, Charles-street,
Islington. The prisoner came into the shop on the
afternoon of Saturday, the 4th of August, and pur-
chased several articles of tea, sugar, &c. She ten-
dered in payment a one-pound note, which witness
suspected to be forged. Whilst hesitating some time
whether he should take it or not, he determined to
do so, and accordingly gave the prisoner the change,
amounting to sixteen shillings. The prisoner then
went away, having given her address, " Roberts.
Hart-street, Covent-garden ;" she added, that if wit-
ness did not like that address, he might put upon
the note, " Mrs. Norton, 16, Cross•street, Islington,"
as she was then at her house, and had been by her
recommended to the shop ; witness put down both
addresses upon the note, and not being able to get
rid of his suspicion, he desired a boy to follow the
prisoner when she left the shop, to ascertain whether
she went to Cross.street ; witness delivered the note
to Mr. Newland, and on the Tuesday following was
desired to carry it to the Bank ; he did so, and left
the note with a Mr. Fish. On Monday, the 6th of
August, another woman came to the shop, and asked
for some tea and sugar, and change for a one pound
note ; witness recollecting the former note, declined
taking this, but desired the woman to let him look
at it ; she gave it him, and he then suspected it to be
a forgery, as it was the same in all respects as the
one which he had taken the Saturday before; witness
inquired of the woman who the tea and sugar was
for ? She said she did not know who the person was
who had sent her, but that it was a woman who
lodged in Cross-street; witness described the dress
which the prisoner had worn the Saturday before,
and then asked the woman if• that answered the de-
scription of the person who had sent her? The wo-
man said that it did. Witness then told her that the
note was a forgery, and desired her to wait in the
shop until his return. He procured an officer, and
then, accompanied by the woman, went to Cross-
street. The prisoner had then left Cross-street, but
witness saw her pass the shop about two hours after-
wards ; he followed and overtook her ; gave her in
charge, and she was taken to the watch-house. The
second note remained in possession of the witness,
who carried it the next day to the Bank to Mr. Fish,
who marked it in his presence. Witness subsequently
inquired for Mrs. Roberts, Hart-street, Covent-gar-
den (the address given with the first note), but could
not find any such person.
Sarah Leach (the woman who had brought the se-
cond note to Mr. Newland's shop) deposed, that on
Monday, the 6th of August, she saw the prisoner
in Cross-street, Islington. The prisoner requested
the landlady of the house to prdcure her change for
a note, which the landlady refused. Witness said,
that if the note was a good one, she had no objection
to go and get change ; and the prisoner assuring her
that it was a good one, desired her to go to Mr. New-
land's, and purchase her two ounces of tea ; witness
complied, and was detained in the manner described.
illiam Dagley deposed to the apprehension of
the prisoner.
Mr. Fish, a Bank Inspector, proved the notes to be
forgeries.
The prisoner threw herself upon the mercy of the
Court. She described herself to be a friendless woman,
and said that she did not know the notes were forged.
—Guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy.
Joshua Ronhottom was indicted for breaking and
entering the house of Joseph Horcutt, and stealing
therefrom a shawl, two pair of shoes, and a variety
of articles.

watch, &e. The offence was Committed in the
neigh-
bourhood of Hishopsgate, and thti bvidence clearly
proved the assault and robbery.
The COM N:6 ;: S EILli EA Nr, in passing sentence, Ob-
sii-Ved to the priiiarier; that though young in years,
he was not young in offences. Ile had before ap-
peared at the bar 4 the Court ; and had not the
capital part of the charge in the present case been
abandoned, there was but little doubt the law would
have taken its full course; for the repeated and vio-
lent robberies in the neighbourhood where the offence
had been committed, Would perhaps have induced his
Majesty in Council to order the full execution of the
as an example to others. The Learned Judge then
observed, that for the protection of the Public, and
to save the prisoner from an early death on the scaf-
fold, the Court sentenced him to transportation for
the.term of his natural life.

fatties Biggs, aged 21, was indicted for stealing a
gold watch, seals, &c. value £l3, from the person of
Mr. Christopher Crishop, Attorney, Gf Child's-place,
Fleet-street, on the 31st of August.
The prosecutor stated, that on the evening of the
abbve day lie was returning home, and on passing
Johnson's•court, Fleet-street, he observed' the pri-
soner, who, placing his left hand on witness's breast,
took the watch with his right, and ran up Johnson's-11
court, followed by the prosecutor, crying a Stop
thief !" Witness, on running up the court, was crossed
by a man, who, he had no doubt, was an accomplice
of the prisoner. Ile contintltd his pursuit, however,
to Gough-square, where the prisoner was secured;
but the watch was not found.

James Beckiaigton, residing in Johnson's•courr,
stated, that on hearing the htie-an&cry, he pursued
and collared the prisoner in Gough-square, when he
said lam no thief, I have plenty of money," and
pulled out a handful of silver. The prisoner was
taken to the watch-house.

The prisoner, in his defence, said he was passing
through Gough-square, when some persons ran past
him, and immediately he was seized.
In answer to a question, the prisoner said he had
no friends to character.

The COMMON SEHJEANT summed up, and the Jury
pronounced the prisoner—Guilty.
The CoMMON SFUJEANT.—" Prisoner, you have
been here before; it is evident you have got your
living by thieving. You must leave the country."
The Learned Judge observed to the Gentlemen of
the Jury, that what they had seen and heard that
night, gave full proof of the state of the metropolis.
Several pickpockets were convicted.
William Marlin, aged 20, was indicted for stealing
from the person of John Stteek, a bog, containing
sundry valuable articles, the property of Miss Mary
Ann Robinson.

The prosecutor stated, that on the night of the
robbery he was conveying the box in question from
Islington to the Belle Sauvage Inn, for the purpose
of its being forwarded with Mis, Robinson to Farn-
ham next morning, and, while passing through Bar-
tholomew fair, he was surrounded by a gang of per-
sons, who hustled him, pulled the watch from his
pocket, knocked his hat from his head, and a basket
out of his hand. The above articles he recovered, but
the box was stolen. The gang then dispersed. He
could not identify their persons.
Thomas Cadley, a constable, deposed, that on the
night of the robbery he was returning home from
the fair, and observed the prisoner with seven others;
one of hem mentioned his name, and, on his turning
round, they quickened their pace; the prisoner car-
ried the box, which he threw at witness, and then
ran off. He was pursued and taken into custody.
The evidence of the above witness was corrobo-
rated by two others.
Mr. JESSOP, Counsel for the prisoner, raised two
objections to the indictment, but they were over-ruled. 11
The prisoner, in defence, said, he picked up the
box in the fair, as no person owned it, and was carry-
ing it to the watch-house when taken into custody.
The COMMON SFRJEANT summed up the evidence,
and the Jury found the prisoner—Guilty.
The Counv sentenced him to transportation for life.

The prosecutor stated, that he resides at Stanwell ;
about eight o'cicck on the morning of the 13th of
August he left his house, his wife being then there.
Sarah Horcutt, the wife of the last witness, de-
posed, that she left the house about two hours after
her husband, leaving it entirely safe. She fastened
the doors and windows. Upon her return, which was
before that of her husband, she found both the front
and back windows broken open, and that a coat, a
shawl, stockings, handkerchiefs, &c. had been stolen.
She was quite sure that the articles were in the house
when she went away ; a poker was found lying
on the table.

Joseph Horcutt was again called up, and stated,
that when he heard of the robbery, he pursued the
prisoner, and found the property partly on his person
and partly in bundles.

The officer who apprehended the prisoner produced
the articles, and they were identified by the prosecu-
tor. The prisoner was found—Guilty.
mcs Dace,y, a youth of respectable exterior, was
found guilty of assaulting Samuel Lindall, on the
,Kinek highway, and taking from his person a gold

POL1C1•':

m T.a.t veeek J. and ltachfref Aaroni, re•
from 11014nd, were charred with Malini sobbed the warehouse
of Mr. Lester, woollen-draper, its liassnetall-street, o(-a piece
of woollen cloth. It then excited much s,stonishment that she
should be able to secure so large a piece ui goods; bits ais apron,
With ho d.s affisted to it, has Beim subiey aisitl) fotind in ft:e
warehouse, close to where the prisoner stood, so !drifted at to
retain any article that might be attached to it, thourts di e•s'isi-
&Table weight. The prisoners were brought up yesterday tor
a second examination, when rum ster, Miser, sated that
' he had found out the lin!gingS Of Ili,. p:i,oriers,.::f No. 7, Fini-
bitty-marker, wheri• he fottvd it largs a,;ortmen; of silks, shawl,
scarf., and pieces of cotton, with the m,rks obliterated. The
Office was Wird with shopkeepews who had missed goods, but
few of them could recognize the prisoner.. One of them, a
silk manufacturer, identified one of the shawl: fctind at the
sorters' hailing% as his property, and Pad rid doubt that the re.
maindet of the shawls were also his, hat could not Swear to
them, as the masks were taken OE He stated, hovesver, that
since the case had been published in the Newspaper?, a number
of the trade had taken stuck, and had discovered serious deti-
ciencies, which they did not doubt had been occasioned bl thLi
depredations of shoplifters of no ordittary description. The
LORD 111AVOR, thOUgl, that the ch srge made by Mr. Lester
would be sufficient, and on that charge the prisoners fully
committed. On the examination, nearly all the kr, son re-
ceivers of stolen goods in the City were about the avenues, a;-.
such a degree of anxiety upon the case was evinced anoregst
class as induced the Officers to suspect that the case had ester sive
ramifications. When they searched the prison;:rs• lodgings, they
found a card with the addres of " Couldon, 10. 25, Old-
street." Forrester and Forster tmmedi tly weht there and
apprehended J. Coniston, to whore the premise: belonged.—
*1 hey there found one piece of silk isith a taller; this led to the
discovery of the owner; when Sarah Chittam, assistant to Mr.
New, of Paternoster-row, stated, that on the day a man and
woman, who appeared to be foreigners, came to the wAr..houce;
a piece of silk was stolen ; but it was not missed on: il the Po-
lice-officers brought it, when it wis a,eertalned to be the pro-
perty of the house ; she was positive the silk bad not bees sold.
Henry Forster produced the silk, and stated, that he met the
Prisoner's wife coming out of his apartment with the silk; the
prisoner said he knew nothing at all about the property, upon
being first interrogated; but he afterwards said that he had pr.
chased it at an auction. The parties were bound over to prose=
cute Goulston as a receiver.

J. Smith was remanded, charged with having passed a forged
£lO note, at the shop of Mr. Tucker, stationer, of Budge-row.
Bow-STREET.—Yesterday, 1171,7 am Pool. coal-merchant, w
brought before RICHARD Breeze, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, on
a warrant for assaulting and beating William Evans. The com-
plainant, who is butler to Lord Falmouth, stated, that yesterday
morning the defendant, accompanied by two of his porters, came
with a waggon load of coals to the residence of LO d Fat nouthi
in St. James's-square, and was pr seeding to unbad, when the
complainant suspecting, from the cheap rate at wlech they were
to be sold, that some deception as to the nu asurement was prac-
tised, proposed to Mr. Pool that the unloadi-g diauld he de-
layed till an Inspector from the Coal Meter's Office should ar-
rive; Mr. Pool seemed thunderstruck at the pr..pasition, in
which his integrity as a tradesman was doubt d, and refused to
accede to it, saying, that if they did not like to take the CO2i3
on his word, they should not have them at all, and that he
should immediately drive his wagg in away ; the complainant
then told hint plainly, that he would not be suffered to do sd
until the Inspector arrived, and was proceeding with some fur
ther remarks, when Mr. Puol enjoined silence by a severe
blow on the head, which knocked the complainant down, mid
he then ordered his porters to drive the waggon on.—Several
of Lord Falmouth's attendants, who had witnessed the assault
committed on their fellow-servant, came to his assistance, and a
general fight ensued, which terminated, after many severe con-
tusions having been received on both sides, in favour of the de•
fendant, whn drove off his waggon in triumph. (hi measuring
one of the sacks which had been unloaded, it was found to be
deficient in its due measure. Mr. Pool having been called upon
for bis defence, he admitted the assault, but contended that he
was justified by the conduct of the compitinant, who bad no
authority to detain him : he had only given him a geilile
tap on the head, and he had not the least doubt but his fist
had received the greater injury, the head of the complainant
being so " confoundedly lie was ordered to find bail fur
hi, appearance at the Sessions.
QUEFN-SQVARE.—Willittnt Dolton, footman to Mt. Turton, the
Barrister, underwent a final examination, on a charge of robbing
his master's house, on the eth instant, of plate to a large amount.
and about £6O in notes and sovereigns. It was proved, that cri
the morning of the robbery be did not go to bed till f,,ur o'clock,
and Gilmore, the officer, produced six sovereigns, found in the
prisoner's box, which he accounted for, by saying he had ob..
tained them for notes, part of his wages in his former place, front
a Gentleman's butler. Mr. Turton said, he had occasion to pay
a bill on the Friday preceding the robbery, when he had a light
guinea, and asked the prisoner to lend him some silver to make
up the deficiency, when he denied having any money what, oer.
The groom said, he lent the prisoner some silver on the Sunday
preceding the robbery, when be told hint he had no motier.--.
The prisoner's former master gave Wm a most excell..or charac..
ter: he said, he had been in his strike three years, and during
that time prevented the house from being robbed three times,
and shot one of the robbers upon one occasion : the cause of his
leaving the situation, was his desire of getting greater wages.—
Mr. Turton said, he entertained the highest opinion of the pri-
soner's honesty, in consequence of the good character fie had
with him ; but three pair of silk stockings, and other thinr, the
property of him (Mr. Turton), being found in his box, indicated
he was not quite so honest.—The prisoner was fully committed.

.iMURDER AT lIIGIIGATE.—Yesterday being ap-
pointed for the re-examination of Barrett and Isis wife,
they were again brought up from the House of Cor-
rection ; and at nine o clock their examination was re-
SIR ROBERT BAK ER.—A statement of the °nibs•
newed before the Rev. Dr. OWEN, in the Justice-room, tunate affair of the 14th of August having been laid
Highgate. The Court was again excessively crowded, before the KING, his MAJESTY was pleased to ex.
and Messrs. Bust.re and HENsos, jun. were in at- press:his disapprobation of some part of Sir Rosser
tendance, to afford legal assistance. Mr. Hale, the BAKER'S conduct on that day. This was communi.
master Of the deceased, was also present. The pri- catcd to Sir ROBERT, and his resignation as a Magi:.
soner Barret appears not at all to be affected under trate immediately followed as a matter of course..
the heavy charge laid against him ; but his wife ap. Sir ROBERT sat at Bow-street, for the last time, on
pears to be greatly embarrassed, in consequence of Wednesday evening. Yesterday afternoon, the office
her situation, and was very much altered to what she of Chief Magistrate was conferred on RICHARD Bre-
was on the last examination on Tuesday, and she was xt E, Esq. by command of his MAJESTY, through Lord
so very weak that she sat down during best part of SIDNIOUTH. Mr. WHITE, of the Queen-square Police
the time. Nothing material was elicited with re- Office, is to be third Magistrate at Bow-street.
specs to the murder. Several of Mr. Rothschild's On the night of the 16th ult. a set of wretches,
servants identified many articles, both of wearing ap- armed with pistols, assembled at the house of Denis
parel and household furniture, in the possession of the Murray, of Nicholastown, in the County of Kildare,
prisoners. Here Barrett suggested that one of the Ireland, and demanded the immediate surrender of
witnesses should look at a pair of gaiters to identify ; his arms, and on his refusing to give them a shot
but as all the servants had looked at them it was not was fired through the street-door,which passed through
thou ht necessary. Mr. BUTLER proposed, es they his body; the unfortunate man lingered until the fol•
couli go no farther with evidence, in consequence of lowing evening, and then expired in great agony.—
the absence of Miss Percival and other witnesses, an A reward of 4:100 has been subscribed by the iitha•
adjournment for three weeks, which was consented bitants of Nicholastown, for the apprehension of any
to by Dr. OWEN, who requested the witnesses to an- of the parties concerned in this atrocious murder, and
flounce to their mistress that the ends of justice should the most active measures are resorted to which have
be completed, and all the witnesses should positively any likelihood of leading to a discovery.
attend at the appointed time, in order that they might Saturday night, the Ist inst. a man and his wife,
be bound over to prosecute. Mr. HENSON, at the re- who reside near Ancoats, both intoxicated with liquor,
quest of Barrett, applied for the property to be de- went to bed with an infant their child. About five
livered to the prisoner which was not identified, and o'clock on Sunday morning, a lodger in the house
likewise some letters in their possession. Mr. PHILLIPS was alarmed by the cries of the mother. On rising,
had no objection to that part of the property which he found that the wretched parents had, by their
belonged to the prisoner being delivered to him, but own drunkenness, become the destroyer of their child,
be would not consent toany document being delivered by overlaying it. This is the second case of i,.fanti-
to him ; and John Joss, the officer, who searched Bar-
tide, by the same means, which has come before the
sett's lodgings, and found the property stolen there, Coroner within the last fortnight. The Jury, when
received orders to keep the things in his possession they returned their verdict upon this occasion. ex.
until the trial at the next Sessions. The prisoners pressed their deep regret that there was no existing
were then remanded and taken from the bar, on going statute by which the vile parents might be punished.
into the street they were followed by crowds of per- cowl En:HANGS, MEnc-i-tst, SErr. 14.—The wlathLr now
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coach to the House of Correction. The female pri
sons, who remained until they were taken back in a
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fected at an advance of full 2s. cr quarter on Wednesdao
soner, on walking along, complained of something,ipriccs. Bart-y at.d Beans are considerably dearer, and in brit%
and the male prisoner said, " Keep your spirits up, I demand. Grey Peas sold full 2s. per quarter higher than 03
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