Star.
London, England, 1820-12-13 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, DECEMBER 12.

A. Hemingway was indicted for breaking into the
Church of Enfield, and stealing 40 yards of black
cloth, the property of the Executors of the late Earl
of Lisburne, and a surplice, the property of the
Churchwardens.—(T. Webb was executed yesterday
se'nnight, for being a partaker in the same offence).
The prisoner was apprehended subsequently. In his,
defence, he declared that he was innocent, and at-
tempted to prove an alibi, but failed. A number of
witnesses gave him a good character. The Jury,
after retiring for a quarter of an hour, pronounced
a verdict of Guilty—Death.

Caroline 111‘Donald, aged only 17, waz tiied for
stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel, the pro-
perty of John Williams, in a dwelling-house.—
Guilty—Death. The Jury recommended her strongly
to mercy. _ _ _

Mr. Justice BAYLEY—" I will take care the recom-
mendation shall have every effect given to it ; and I
have no doubt that the Royal mercy will be extended
to this unhappy girl."
Catherine and Mary Baker, two profligate women,'
were • indicted for assaulting F. W. Pickering, in a
dwelling-house, and taking a hat and half a crown
from his person. The prosecutor, a miserable-looking
man, was dragged by one of the prisoners. into an
infamous house, in Vine-street, Chandos-street, where
she was joined by the other prisoner, and he was
severely beaten, plundered of his hat and money,
and precipitated from a window on the second floor
into the street. The hurts that he received were so
severe, that his life was for some time in danger.—
When called upon to speak to the identity of the,
prisoners, the prosecutor declared, that in conse-
quence of the bruises on his head, his senses had been
so confused, that he could not, at this period, speak
positively to the prisoners. His recollection had
alniost entirely failed him, 'Elie, prisoners were of
course acquitted; and Mr. Justice BAYLEY refused to

allow the prosecutor his expenses. It shonld be
stated, that the prosecutor, when at the Polk( e,
in Bow-street, swore most positively to the pi itottcz

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday the Court was occupied dining a great
part of the day in trying cases of petty larceny.
John Littleton was indicted for an assault on Tho-
mas Ashfield, the owner of some cottages in d:e
Edgeware-:.oad.—The defendant in this car! Was a
craftsman in the lowly walk of a cobbler. lie
tended lustily that he ought not to be tiled upea
charge, inasmuch as be had been brout op before
for the same offence, and discharged, a flaw havitz
been found in the indictment. His ob:ection,_he-
ever, was over-ruled by the Court, and h Vas •'!!:;g'•
to await the decree of justice.—The .
that in an evil hour Le had the misfortur,e to le:. c:

of his cottages to the defendant, who rimed cot -
most refractory tenant, refusing to pay h:s
resign the premises. Finding, howeve-, that z!.e
plaintiff was determined to eject him, Crisrix
reso3.ved not to be taken by surptize, 2.nd navii
fortis:-4.. his dw,.:ling with all the art *- an expel
encea tactician, challenged the landlord'to itfte..'.. '-
open at his peril, exclaiming from one 'of his "or-
kolcst, " D—n you, I'll let you see that every
lishman's house is his cantle, I will, you twonlytr--.
In order that he might not suffer in h:s tiaL:e .x!-I.!e
barricadoed, his next stop was to take three p:wc, rt
glass out of the uindow, and any person were, stool
in need of his services had only to thrust in his
while the frail shoe or boot being thus conveyc..t to
the cobbler,. the customer tcmained outside till z.::e
job was dyne. lle had certain out-scout:, who re.,-;n-
lady apprized him of the movements of the enemy,
and procured hint provisions. Insthis manner he con-
tinued for some time to laugh at his landlord, and
crack jokes nt his expme with every passing stranger
whom he hailed to his window ; but, at length, the
vigilance of the plaintiff procured him admission,
and the audacious cobbler was obliged to capitulate,
though not before he effected tremendous execution
within the walls of his fortress. The moment he
found himself surprized, he seized the landlord by
the legs, and threw him sprawling on the floor, with-
out waiting to see the warrant that sanctioned his in-
trusion. He then took his hammer, and began to
break all his furniture in pieces, lest it should be sold
in discharge of his.l cot.; and the havoc among plates,
platters, and other culinary utensils, will not soon be
forgotten in the neighbourhood. The landlord fin-
ing the work of destruction going on, even to the
most minute article, resolved to lend a hand himself,
from a feeling of indignant vengeance against his.
unruly tenant. He therefore seized a broom-stick,
and soon demolished everything that had escaped
the enraged cobbler. Some persons then interfered,
and both parties quitted the scene of action, each ex-
ulting at his own prowess.
The cobbler, in his defence, denied'altogether the
fact of the assault, but the Jury found bim Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN said, that under all th 2 circum-
stances of the case, the Court felt disposed to deal
leniently with him, taking into consideration what
he had already suffered in having been brought up
last Sessions upon a charge connected with the pre-
sent indictment. The sentence upon him therefore
was, that he be fined one shilling and discharged,
having previously entered into recognizances in the
amount of-1210," to keep the peace towards the plain-
tiff. The cobbler then paid the shilling, and sh.e king
his red head at the Court, as an apology for a Low,
retired from the Bar.