Star.
London, England, 1827-09-20 00:00:00

GLASGOW, &n. 16.

Sintlay morning, between three and four (Mock,
the watchman on duty tin thk wet end of the wriadollt
wharf, Broomall*, observed a considerable
of smoke issuing from about the engine
hottom of the funnel of one of the si
lying at that part of the h trbonr. The
loused up the hands that mere sleeping on
well as thole of the boat which was lying a.
and communicated the intelligence to his Reis
watchmen, •hoturned nut the rest of the hands
ing to the steam boats in the harbour, through
prompt exertions the Ca was got under in Osnot *ball
an h..ur, without doing much damage to the boar. It
is not correctly ascertained how the fire to k place, but
is generally believed that it arose from the ashes drawn
from the turnace, on arrival in the hoboes. IA being
completely quenched.
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OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. SIPT.I9.
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ifilwe Mr. Judea Gums; Mr. Baron V•usgmr, sod • Lauda
• • • Jury.

irostwerr.
George Haig, aged 18, stood indicted for forging
and uttering a check upon Messrs. Coutts and Co.
bankers, in the Strand, for the payment OE3OI. with in-
tent to chest and defraud Henry Baldwin, a tailor, re-
siding in Cheapside.
Henry Baldwin—ls a tailor and drag-r. residing in
Cheapside-; knows the pi ironer at the bar ; remembers
Iris coming into the shop between two and three o'clock.
He said he wanted a Greek uniform made by the next
day; he gave witness's f•reman directions to go and
I" see the pattern at Mr. Curt ie's, Regent-street; be paid
down 51. and left 151. in his (Mr. Baldwin s) care, say-
ing he did not wish to take it with him into the city;
he soon after went away ; he returned a little after nine,
o'clock to the shop, and requested the 151. to. be re
turned to him. He called again on the 24th or 25th
of the same month, about siz o'clock, to settle his ac-
count; witness then presented prisoner his account; be
said he should require discount; he produced a check
for 801.; witness and prisoner were in the countlng-
house ; prisoner having endorsed Ms name on the cheek,
he (Mr. Baldwin) gave him the balance, reserving the
. discount ; prisoner then demanded the deposit, and wit-
ness gave him a 51. note; the prisoner was about to
leave the shop, but perceiving that it was raining, he
requested the loan of an umbrella, saying be would re-
turn it the next morning; he never again called. 'The \
clothes were all ready ; be did not task to take them ;
never saw him after that day till be was in custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. Baonesticx —Has two per-
, oils in his shop; they are both bore; the prisoner called
ieyeral times at the shop; had the deposit a long time
in his hands; the prisoner did not ask for the uniform,
nor desire it to be sent any where; the uniform might
cost g 0 :guineas; there was no other person present
when 'Prisoner gave him the check ; prisoner did not
say that he had cashed tbat check; believes be remem-
bers all that was said at that time ; prisoner said that
through the interest of Colonel Stanhope he was in ex-
pectation of obtaining an appointment under Lord
Cochrane.
Francis Blanchard—ls foreman to the last witness ;
jkas frequently seen the prisoner in his master's shop;
Measured him for a midshipman's uniform in the Greek •
,arrvice on the 14th of May last ; received direction's
frost prisoner to go to Carrie's, in Begeot-street, to see
the regulation uniforms. Witness accordingly went
titiere,.but could obtain no information. First saw the
..afbeck now produced in Court the day after his master
And received it. 'Believes it was on the 25th of May'.
~IPreiented it the same day at Messrs. Centre; received
no money for it ; did not see prisoner until he accident-
ally met him in Bucklersbury on the 4th of September
hot. He immediately identified him, and Charged-bilis
with having defrauded his master. Prisoner then said,
Pooh, it s not me," and ran off behind the-Mansion
' - Noose. Witness pursued him, calling out " Stop thief r
eventually came up with him, seized him by the collar,
took him into the Mansion House, and gave him into
the custody of Turnpenny, an officer.
Cross-examined by Mr. Baca/gator—He slackened
his pace when he heard cries of " Stop thief r
George Mack—ls in the employ of Mr. Baldwin.
H.V. frequently seen the prisoner in his Master's shop.
Has attended before the Lord Mayor. Never beard
any promise or threat held out to hint. Heard the pri-
snner say, in 'the presence of his master, Turnpenny,
and hiinself, that be was sorry for what be had done;
he intended to have called and paid Mr. Baletwin.
Turnpenny said it was a•forgery. Prisoner said it, was
no such thing ; be bad a witness who could prOve that
he had not written it, but received it from a parson who
bad gone to France, and of whom he went in pursuit,
in the hopes of meeting with him.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRODZEICI...as ante he said
-be bad been to France.
. • Ricfsard Minshull—ls clerk in the banking house of
Reins.Coutts. Has a customer named Stanhope—.
!Unita the Dowager Countess•of Stanhope.. The check
i. not in her handwriting.
James Powell,—ls clerk in the office of Messrs. Green.
wood 'and' Cos, Craig's• Court. Has several customers
of the name of Stanhope. There are only two whose
Christian names-commence with the ktter•L—Colouels
Leicester and Lincoln. The check is not in the hand-
writing of either of them.
'Cross-easmined—There are several of the name of
Stanhope customers in the office of his emplOyers; does
not know the handy' iting of all the Stadhopes who
transact business at Messrs. Greenwood and Cox 's ; hate
seen the handwriting of Colonel Leicester Stanhope;
never saw, to the be.t of his knowledge, the handwriting
of COlor.el Lincoln Stanhope.
' T. Turnpenny is an officer belonging to the Mansion
Heine; The prisoner was given into his custody on the
Ist of September ; beard him say that he did not write
the cheek, but received it from a person who had since
gone to France.
• "The' prisoner, in his , defence, observed, that from
pectiliar circumstances be was unable to procure a wit-
,ssess who could prove that he gave cash for the check;
be therefore should throw himself upon the mercy of
' the Court. He would, however, further observe, that
• lie was in the habit of attending a gambling house at
the west end of the town, where he met a young man
irk= be understood to be a nephew of Colonel Leices-
ter Stanhope; and this individual having last a sum of
• money be (the prisoner) 'cashed the check' in question
for him, and had never seen liim
Two witnesses attended on his behalf, and stated that
he was of most respectable connections and-hitherto
bad borne an irreproadhable character.
Mr. Justice Gasznire recapitulated the evidence mi-
nutely, and summed up at considerable length, when
the Jury found the-prisoner Guilty, but strongly recom-
mended him to mercy, on the ground' of his youth and
foriner good character; in which recommendation the
prosecutor joined.
Janes Coast, aged 23, was capitally indicted for
committing a rape on' the body of Susannah Poole, in
the parish of Stepney, on the 26th July; and Joseph
Coltman, a watchman, was indicted for'aidsug and abet-
tins Const in the commission of the crime.
C..Putimee Conducted the prosecution; and
Sesati.Raftenuii and Sionnicx the defence.
C. Ppio,ups stated the'crise to the Jury. Coast
'lnes the keeper of the toil gate at Stepney, and the pro
• ,ieceitifx. was the daughter of a respectable mechanic.
gif age Was 44.. • .
• •.`Su.sonah Poole, a delicate and respectable looking
' girl; Ids:Scribed the cotnmissicui of the crime, in a veil
clear; and diitinif Manner; She stated that she was
going from the house of her shit: to that of hes mother,

on the night in question, and passed the prisoner's toll-
bar, when he dragged her in and commuted the offence.
She screamed, and cried " Murder." and the other pri-
soner came to the door, but did not interfere to protect
ber. She fully proved the facts set forth in the indict-
&teat, into which we, of course, avoid entering. Her
cross•examination by Mr. ADOLPHUS was conducted
1 with great minuteness, but led to no material dis-
crepancy.
Wm. Thos. Collinder, headborough of the Hamlet
of Ratcliffe, said. that he saw the two prisoners and the,
prat sentor standing near the toll gate on the rvening
in question. Prosecutor said to the watchman, " You
brute and villain, if you had come to assist nit-when
you heard me cry murder, you would have saved. me."
Witness followed her to see her home, and :hewed her
Ibis staff, when she consented to go with him. Het
iffathes were mach disordered, and she appeaTed vety
Melancholy. She was notable to adjust her dress her-
lalf. She cpuld not lift her arms to her head. He kft
the prosecutrlx at home, and then went to the toll gate,
bet-could not get admission. Saw the prisoner Colt-
an, who said that Const wanted to see witness, and
d, that it was a bad job, and6they should both lose
their places. Coltman opened the door of the toll gate,
sod Coast was there. Coltman said to Coast, "Itis a
bid job, and we shall lose our places." Coast replied,
" Aye, and something worse than that." Const rhea
said he had not hurt the girl ; witness said he knew
better. Const then said, "We are all young men, and
I'll tell you"—and then detailed to witness the particu.
lars,of the transaction, which we, of course, withheld
from publication.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRODEIHCZ—Thompson,
Obethar brad-borough, was with him, but he did not say
tit Thompson, .. She is a bad one, but we'll go and have
some fun with Coast;" bet he did say, " We'll go and
Coast." When witness offered to take the
into custody, the girl said, she didn't want to
flt:
isit him, but such a fellow ought not to go unpunished:-
the would tell her friends, and let them act.
Mrs. Poole, mother of the prosecutriz, was called to
'prove that the daughter, on coming home, complained
ip her of having been very ill-used. Her dress was nearly
off her back. Her daughter was very ill afterwards.
. Ann Elizabeth Parker, sister to the prosecutriz, de-
posed to tbeProsectitrie informing her of the particulars
the treat:sedan, the state of her dress, &c. and also
going the next day to the toll gate, to identify the
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prisoner. The prosecutriz did not say to the prisoner
that be had not accomplished his purpose.
Tbs evidence of Elizabeth Parker was corroboratedl
by Mrs. Sumner.
• Coast, when called upon for his defence, protested his
innocence, and trusted that it would be proved by the
witnesses he was about to call.

' Coltman put in a written paper, bates Kr. Baron
VAUGHAN wai of opinion that there was no' evidence
tigainst him it was not read.
For the defence, E. Miller, an officer, was called.
He depoied that he passed by the toll holies on the night
to question, between ten and eleven o'clock, bat heard
no cries for help. Witoess was speaking to Coast out-
side; the door of the toll-gate was open, so that any
body !night have come out and claimed protection ;
was outside the gate about twomicutes.
William ThompsonAeadborough of Ratcliffe, era-
mined--Was at the tollgate on the 27th July, in com-
pany with Collinder; saw the . prosecutris outside the
gate; went ko her mother's house with:her ; saw a man
and woman sitting there. The girl said she had been
very ill pied. On coming out Col finder shook his head,
said she was a loose woman; and be thought he had seen
her about the road ; said he would go to Coast, and
base some fun with him.; they then went to the gate ;
saw Cone, having been• previously told by the swatch-
!man that Coast Wanted to see them. Coast said thegirl
ictosted hint' with 01 dear Jem," or some such term.
Colander said a good deal to him, to which witness did
not attend, and concluded by saying " Coast mast sand
a bit of supper r witness pressed Const to so' to' the
girl's house to see if there was any truth in the'inguars-
tion. Collinder did not wish to go, but ConstiAid. The,
girl appeared as if she was drunk by her manner arid
lciok ; witness told her So, end the said she had taken
issithing but what was force's! down her. thod, which
we. ram and shrub:

Henry Hammond said, he was at the toll-gate on the
Saturday. when the girl and her siSter came and asked
where Coast was. She was told, and west away skip-
[piag as if sbe was going to a play.
" 'Cross-examined—When she first came she looked ra-
tAet and her sister was shedding tears.
&on Pope. sister to the last witness, gave the same
statement, but denied that either of the two women
shed tears.
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GeOrge Adams deposed that he was at the toll-gate
josh= the women came to look for Const. The sister
mud to Coast, u What a shocking thing it would have
Own if you had ruined the girl: When the girl her-
said, " No, he did not accomplish his purpose."—
girl appeared in very good spitits.
• Allen Cleveland, an apothecary and accoucheur, de-
• das to the absence of bruises from the person f the
utrix, on the following Tuesday. Several wit-
' ses were called to the character of Coast.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN then proceeded to sow up the
evidence. He entered minutely into the nature of the
Offence, and detailed the evidence at considerable length,
which occupied two hours.
At a quarter before nice o'clock the Jury retired to'
deliberate on their verdict. After an absence of abWit
arthour, the Jury returned and gave in a verdieclif
illy against Const and Ger/milord Cohman, but 0.1
commended Const to mercy, on the ground of his'
youth and•his having a family.
The prisoner Const, who had listened with apparent
defence during the trial, now appeared to feel the
awful natuse of his situation. He bent forward and
thanked the Jury for their recommendation, and do-
.red his innocence of the crime of which they had
found him guilty. •

NEW COURT.
Before the Conies SeamAtm

Goodman Saunders and Joshua Lyon were tried for
having robbed General George Russeicif a gold watch.
General Russel deposed, that he had his watch on
the 11th of July last, in Fair-street; that he saw the
prisoners-on that day and in that .neighbourhood, and
.soon after missed his watch. The prisoners f &owed
him about, offering lemons to sell. The prisoner Saun-
ders pushed him about seseral times.
' Abraham Cohen said, he saw the prisoners *at even-
ing dispose of a watch to a third person; sad i'receive
money lot is. Verdict (both)—.Guiky.'
The moment the verdict was pronounced a woman
lin the gallery fell into convulsive fits, and wars with'
much chlbr.ulty borne away shrieking. Two other

*omen, friends also of the prisouers, fainted away, and 1
were removed from the Cosr t in a senseless state. '
J.kis smith was put 'on his trial for having broken
the dwelling-house of a builder in Walham Green, and
I having stolen therefrom sons* carpenters' tools.
The testimony for the.prosecution proved the finding
of the tools on the prisoner, and the prosecutor's pro-
perty in them.
The prisoner adasitteclthe stealing, but denied the
burglary. His motive was to obtain some money on
the articles stolen, in order to relieve his extreme dis-
tress. He had no friends in the world, nor means of
subsistence. He threw himself on the mercy of the
Learned Judge. Verdict—Guilty of stealing, Not
Guilty of the burglary.
James I.eaghais was tried on a charge of robbery.—
Win. Comsat, the prosecutor, stated, that the prisoner
struck and knocked him down in a-public-house, near
Berwick-street, and robbed him during the scuffle of,
his watch. The watch had not been seen since. Other
witnesses deposed to the stale between the parties.
Cooke, an officer, proved that the prisoner told him,
if he (Cooke) went to the ptiseser's father, he should
hear of the prosecutor's watch. The prisoner had pie-
vionsly denied that he had been in the public house at
all that night. Verdict Gorily.
Lather Mullen was tried on a capital charge of rob-
bery in a dwelling house. The prosecutor had met the
woman in Regent-street; took her to several public
houses, gave her drink, took her home to his lodgings,
undressed, went to bed, fell asleep, and when he a*oke
in the morning he missed his clothes and the female.
Common SERGIRADIT--Some female who was sleeping
with you?
Prosecutor—l don't know whether she was sleeping
or not; but I know t was sleeping—(a laugh). He
could not swear whether the prisoner was the woman,
as he took no particular notice of her.
Some officers proved the finding the prosecutor's
clothes on the prisoner's person that night.
The prisoner said in bee defence, that the prosecu-
tor having had no money to give her, had authorised
her to take the clothes. The prosecutor contradicted
this assertion.

The prisoner was found Guilty of stealing the arti-
cles, but acquitted of the capital part of the offence,
namely, having stolen them in a dwelling house.
John Norris, a seaman, was tried on a charge of
having stolen a watch.
The prosecutor, a bucksterman, stated, that the prs.
soner came into his parlour to inquire after his wife,
who enjoyed bad health; the visit was in themoraiegi
prosecutor went out to the shop to serve a emosoner,l
leaving the pri.orier and the watch in the parlour ;
so der loon after left the parlour, and passed out through
the shop. being pleased to wish the prosecutor a good
morning as he passed; the prosecutor instantly missing
the watch left the customer and Providence in the shop
together, and following prisoner overtook him, and his
watch Also. The prisoner was in the act of going, and
se was the watch, but with the difference that the watch
was going right, and the prisoner going the wrong way
with it. Prosecutor knew no snore of the prisoner than
having come home with him Ma ship which was sem
out to Newfoundland to stop there for ever, and then.
after that, to sail back to Deptford ! He bad bought
the watch 19 years ago for.
Tile prisoner admitted the fact, but ascribed it to a
wish to relieve his wife and children from extreme dis.
tress. Verdict—Guilty of stealing under five pounds.

POLICE.: INTELLIGENCE.

ODILf/HALL.
The three use,, who were charged wit=l..bllllll 10111 a Pa-
trick Desmond, were Woo* re op for .
Mr. Hoarraaera, who appeared for the rilleiers. aft, lhlt the
Ite, whether a fraud War iotooded, depend midis
stirdio bill which had hem *es to the prosecutor for dibe.
ea the mdleinsci id the and whether it. were Milhaud;
honoured: There was no shavelog that Mr.• Palma was
net A verlionsible men. • '
Sir P. LAW= esMelme bet siddied the prosecutor did not give
up the poiabselos df W herte betaximange for the-bill.
Sounmos—l *MIS well say nay client has Dot parted with the
poissiOdoWMl I as Inforwd the bill is i Valuable one, but
if yiih MOMS Moir It, we will take it back, and— •
Paisiv—th. We have too many parties before us noW.I
Mr Pewit then read the copy of au advertisement in George's
pockia•liook, wadi*. that a handsaw &Nucor would be given for
tho Ulm of 1501. for a mouth, and•secorides of the value of 7001.
Weed be lodged with the banker in the interim. The Alderman
*Utilise re question George on the subject, but the solicitor a:1-
,18,4'kb. prlsoost to be silent.
Mr. Daniels, a bill broker, produced a bill of exchange for 451.
ids. 4d. drawn by Byers 'on Wm. Palmer, (the two parties to the
bill given teethe horse), which came to maturity In Jelly, but hid
neverbeen'pald. Mr. Daideia- added, that liar* rood the Pegg
report,tressie fenrir4lll dirwthat Byers .01Pati/iiirwerelikke
neenAl ars*. ' • • •
:di Pam Lamaureetwtbts that much lad bees odd of the
tell of publishing such bildrelter, was tuoNneed ouch
pobileadotts were of Itttliebe advent* ISO the seruiMbilli and
here -was a sulking biolaMi of it. BM! Alp • the poillaty given to
the ant exatnination, they would not• have bated the Important
statement jest made by Mr. Daniels. "
• • Palmer disavowed his deflators to the 111. bill.—The prisoners
were then Wounded till Saturday.