Star.
London, England, 1819-09-17 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY sEsirmst.

Yescetaviy Satanist milieu vrafiindicnat
mashing David Maxwell, at Welt-End 8.,-.
from his person a watch, nine shillingspand
.. .1 thief.
r iprosecutor, orb° is a 'errant -to Admiral
*at on the .26th bf July bit, he was
' Fair, from seven till nine o'clock in '
On his return home he was attacked ..,
thieres, who separated him from his friends,
niter beating him severely, robbed hintof
Mentioned rn the indictment. He was so !tanned
else blows which he had received, that he
identify any of the party that robbed him.
__. Mr. Ballantyne, a watchmaker, resichi
Wellclose-square, said, that the prisoner came
ihopwith a watch, on the 28th of July,
lint offered to the witness for sale, but
left it with the witness to be repaired.
wanted repair, from the swivel on the outside
broken, and that evidently by violence.
toner said, he would call for it next day.
did call, Coombs, the officer, gale him i
that the watch had been tikeu at West-End
On the prisoner's calling upon the witness
o'clock,. the next day, witness told him to -
an hour, acid the watch should be ready.
did nQt, however, return till three o'clock
noon. Witness asked him to come into the
the priioner declined, and went away. 1
see prisoner again till the Saturday mornitil
ieg, when he saw him in custody. He deli,.
watch up to the officer.
• ; Cross-examined by Mr. Coftwooo.--Wtness
previously to this badness, prepared
things for the prisoner ; but bad never mended
wataes for him. •
Robert Coombs, a police officer, apprehended
prisoner on the 31st of July, upon information i.
he had received of the watch being left ,
witaests shop, and of its being one of those ,
!violence, at West-End Fair. On the witness
him for what purpose he had apprehended /.
prisoner said, be bad bought the watch
dealt in such things, as might be learned
a certain house in the Minories. This account,
examination, was found to be correct. "
WAS here produced, and recognized by
witness and the prosecutor.
The prisoner being called on for his dell
that he was a dealer in watches, which he
for old clothes with gentlemen's servar
bought this watch in Petticoat-lane, ofa
thirty-five ehilliags.
Mr. Ballantyne, called up again by the .
dared the value of the watch to be between
60s. certainly it was Ttot worth more than '
A witness was called as t• character ; ...„
Mr. Baron GRAHAM rammed up the evidence,
the Jury found a verdict of—Net Guilty.
Janes Lea/'was indicted for stealing a .
note, and a £3O Bank-note, the property
LW, in the housed Mrs. Mary Lewis, of B
It appeared, that during the temporary '
Mrs. Liaffrom Brent&r& her drawers '
open, and she was robbed of the property
she did not know the numbers of the notes,
them out by'application to the persons of ,
received them. Those persons Were not,
hi Court !co prove thirthey had paid away
Wier : !Ad the eenironsence was, that her
conapalled wrest on she circumstance
*blow trace toths prisoner the £3O note,
she recolletted tolave seen the words n W'
niiereliint," inscribed. IbiS fkct wit 'math' '
when, owing to the ablince of the Bank
had *lade the tatty of terrain nests, in
t/I:Bank, the case, on the part of the
-wmplpligecl to close.
r... Ewen ananAm said, that he was very
Ifni it, is the case was one of serious importance.
lelirry, accordingly, by the direction Of' t
Jodge, extqtrieltd ' due prisoner..—The prisoner
I lardtilgrdin-leiw of tlseprosecuter.
W. H. Bond was indicted for stealing
dresses, and other articles, the of
—S. Datres, a publidill at k green,
the takbsg of the article...sand his bier -
pfiaperty to be his...a-Prisoner said, the raison
1141'1°410RIP early on. the morning after t
warehis ben in debt to the landlord. &silty.
J., Anderson and J. - Powell; . for breaking .
tering ttie..
house 'of Mary Harding, and stealing
gold sings, a brooch, Sty. weft also capitally.
"med. .
J. Holdwell and -R. Holland- were indicted
Ltritolft..4,l,Thent_shofil,,,d,
heapyroingPersteeynatrmiarfanNdichnelit:
the list in ' the garden; on which the nightsshirts
ware hailing, andllie propesty was found -
possession..--Holdwell, id his defence, said, Y
Fermok Holland pa the road near the 1-
icl:911,• and Holland said, he picked
in a itch. 'Verdict—Guilty.
The following were also convicted of .
G. *Mimi Srf stealing four brushes; W. Yana& .
jacket and a pal: of trowsers; J. folder, foe stealing
sews; T. Thirwlead and ea blerton,Torstediag v'
of hack wheat and two basis* of beans; P. Gr 4
441h,liandkarehisf; IL klills, for dealing a bass :
fp, staalits a washy of satin.; J. Perkins, for it
kt;:thief; IIL Morton, for welling a gown and
Ana 'PCs.. for stealing two pounds of coffee!
for stealing several militia of amok tail C.
stealing a wadi
A simpler accident happened lately;.,
houses building at. Coats, near Edinburgh
of the masons enipToYed at the front
stories high, was stooping ftimard, a
which had been somewhat raised on the .
behind, fell on his iegs, precipitating him
wall, but holding him, at the same tune,
tannin of the other workmen arrived,
tad him from lila' perilous dtuation.--About
UMW time, a man employed is moor the'
WWII is* fornsingthere, finding some;
*Ova a awn% or air, filled the opening
Itith ohn,Allje. of !fends which haring
cengl4:nre. by spine mss, probably from
stoolkissg. 'he was -nearly suffocated. .
'ben heard bytionileviorltsesen, they went .
. -*---.. sea fdend bias in a state of inseasibili

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