Star.
London, England, 1803-09-21 00:00:00

OLD BAD AT.

On Monday 7 banal Edward:, Mary his wife, and
.11fary Broomfield, were indifted fur a eonfpiracy to
del rand Ell Lynes out of al.
Mr. ALLEY, fur the profecutioh Rated, that the
defendants were informers upon the Lottery Atts
againli thofe perfons who kept what were called La-
th Gee.—And in the intlance before the Court they
had extorted money from the protecutrix. by threat-
ening to inform againti her tiller for (rich an offence,
by which the would forfeit tool. The pidfecutrix
being terrified at this threat, was induced to give
them al.—By the evidence it appeared, that on the
3111 of January lift the prifoner, Mary Edwards, went
to the honk of Mrs. Lynes, and told her, if the did
not give her Ss. to relieve Edwaids, her hulband,
from a diflrefs, that it would be wade for her or
fome of het's.—The profeeutrix refuted, and on the
pd of February following Thomas Edwards laid an
information againft Mrs. Booker, the filler of Mrs.
LI nes for keeping a Little Go. The Magittrate at
Worthip-firett granted his warrant to apprehend
Mrs. Booker, but Edwards kept it and did not
execute it. On the 6th of February Mrs. Broom.
field, the third prifoner, went to Mrs. Lynew
and told her that a warrant was out againß
her lifter, and advifed her to go to Edwards
and compound the matter with him.—He went
the neat day, being alarmed, the (aid, lett her
filler, who was a refpedlable woman, wife to an
enameller in Clcrkenwell, fhould be brought into dif.
grace ; and having met Edwards, be infilted oa five
Ode (guineas) to fettle the bulinefi : at tall be agreed
to take sl. which was paid him. Mrs. Booker, the
perfon againft whom •the Information was laid by
Edwards, was called as a witnefs, and fwore that the
had never in any intlance been concerned in a &lege.
Mr. Knapp addreled the Jury on behalf of Mrs.
Booker.

The prifoner Edwards being called upon for his
defence, retorted the accnfati•m of a confpiracy upon
his profecutors, laying that they %sere all concerned
in illegal lottery tranfaeions, and that they indicted
Lim becaufe he had frequently detected them.
The Ricer' ova, in Cumming up, directed the Jury
to acquit the wife of Edwards, as Ilse steed, by pre-
fumption of law, under the coercion of her hulband.
The Jury accordingly acquitted Mary 4dwards, but
found the other two Guilty, recommending Broom-
field to mercy ; in which recommendation, Mr.
ALLY, for the profeention, alfo joined. •
Yellerday fifteen • prifoner• were tried,• three of
whom were capitally stonvieed. •
jobs Sionerent, yobs Kepler, Harris Tillman and jars
Kublonar, were indicted for felonioufly foaling a3lbs.
weight of nutmegs, and 361bs. of indigo, the proper.
ty of Swithert Janfen, front on beard a fhip in the
navigable river Thames.
Mr. KNArr, on the part of the protecution, fisted
the cafe to the Jury, and obferved that all the pars-
nets were foreigners, strho had conic on board the Ihip
the day before the robbery ; and Simmons was mate
of the relief.

Mr. lEN•PT then called witnefres to prove, that the
nods from which depredations had been made, were
in July lett (hipped on board the Hoop, a Pruffian
fbip, to which the prifinters belonged. It was alfo
proved, that the chells in which the property was
packed had been broke open, and the whole were
found to be deficient in weight.
Thomas Walker, a Thames Police Surveyor, raid,
that he was in a boat belonging to the Office, on the
evening of the 7th of July, off Wapping. He raw
Simmons and Kopper in a boat, coming from the
Hoop, which was lying between Wapping Old
Stairs and New Stairs. Simmons held oust his pro-
teaion, and Paid he was a Pruffien. The 'rimers
'raid he did not want to fee his proteition, but to fee
1 what he had concealed tinder his jacket. The wit-
,' Wets then went into the boat, lurched and found a
quantity of nutmegs upon him. On John Lipper he
•?entnd a quantity of nutmegs between his Thin and
his body. He found the fame on another man nam-
ed ;Clipper, who had turned King'} evidence. When
Ire a(ked where they got them ? they Paid they had
'them from a prize it Cape Francois, and that they
'were taking them onttore to bur/eel, (which moot
••ittuals): Kopper knew Engliflt very well, but at
Gra he would not (peak it. They were all taken to
the Police Office.

Mr. Acter, in crofs-ezaminatinn, aped this wit-
nefs if there were not many fmugglers on the River
Thames? He anfwered there were ; but laid he,—
" " There are a great many more thieves than (mug-
glers."
A perfon. who is Surveyor to the Thstmes Police,
(aid, he went on board the Hoop otithe night of the
7th of July. Here be law the prifoner Tilman, and
defined bins to fetch the bag of nutmegs he had Rolm,
and which were concealed on the fore peak. He
went up the ladder, and shortly returned with a bag
of nutmegs, weighing rclbs. The next day the Police
Officers went on board the nail, and examined a
cafe of nutmegs, and a cafe of indigo, which appear.
ed to have been broke open, and a quantity of goods
taken from them. In feveral parts of the flip they
found more nutmegs concealed, together with parcels
of indigo.
Henry John Kopper. who (poke Englifh as well As
a native of this country. Paid he was a Praia), and
u'as on board the (hip Hoop in July tag. The pri•
loners were (crying, on board te !hip on the day
they were taken in the boat. They hoitled up a
cane of tobacco by the diretion of Simmons. Kuhl-
rlan then pointed out a cheß of nutmegs; this cheß
was opened, and Kuhlman and Me witnefs took fe.
vcral nutmegs. He handed them to John Tilman,
lull be again handed them tip the hatchway to Kup.
p-n. The witnets after this heard Simmons ordering
;;I,lllman to break open the diet of indigo. Sim-
mons next ordered the witnef, to empty a bowl of
indigo iiite'a pair of trowfers, which he did. He,
Kopper, and Simmons, then went into a boat. in or.
et.r to go on (bore, and in their pafrage they were
• Vooped by the Police Officer. The witnefs, on eroti-
c • amination, Paid, be had aged according to the di-
:. `lion of Simmons, who was at the time commander
•.t .he velfel. He had for many years ferved in a.••
i: its capacities on board Britifh (hips, and men of
.. 4r, ar.d nn filch accident ever happened to him be-
! .; ! Simmons made a fort of defence in broken
..• .ifh. The other prifoners did the fame by means
.i inrcrpreter, on which otcafion it appeared that
. , ...ere not Germans. but Dutehmine.

The Jury found Simmons and Kupper Guilty, an cl
acquittcd the other two.
kilinnah Doubtfre was capitally inditled for &Aim
flyer watch, Tour 511. notes, feventeen al. and one
11. all notes of the Bank of England, the property of
Richard Chapman, in the bottle of Robert Harris, in
Glufter.llreet, Honors, on the r 3th init.
John Reltiofed and Norotoh.his wife were indieted
for receiving the fame, knowing them. to be &len.
The profecutor, an infirm poor man, tinted that no
petl,n was in the hook except the prifoner Doubt.
fire and himfelf when the property was gone. He
had gone into the garden. --His property was late
when he went down, and he mitred it as form as he
came up. He communicated the circumllance to
a Mr. Spy agg, who lived in the neighbourhood.
Mary Church, 3 s years old, niece to Mrs. Robin.
fon, depofed that on the evening preceding, Sulam
nab Doubtfire called to fee her aunt. The nest day
the was fent by her aunt for a then to Mr. Harris's,
which the got and brought home. Her annt.then
fent her out with the young child for about an hour.
On her return, the was fent for her mailer to the

place where he worked, and he returned with her.—
Her uncle returned to his *GA, her aunt then went
nut by halal, and returned with fome muflin, ca•
licn, flannel, and floc sug, which the Paid the had
bought.

When his wife was apprehended, (he repeated twice
,g 4 That it was the who had done every thing, her
hufband was not prefent, and (he hoped that he
would not be hurt for it." She gate up the new
elings (he hid brught ; bot (aid, on being alked for
the remainder of the notes, that they went
.in the
workfhop where her hatband was.
The profectror xould not fwear to the notes; hat
did politively to the watch, which had colt him 71
guineas about twenty years ago, and which he fuppof
ed to be now worth about two guineas.
Two Conde.' were employed'for the hufband, but
none for the wife or the other female prifoner.
Verdia—Sufannah D mbtfire, guilty of fleeting to
the amount of 395.—Hannah Robinfon, guilty of re-
ceiving—John Itol.infen Not Guilty.
Four were convifted 'if felony, viz.
William DougW, who fined himfelf to be a
Lieutenant in the Royal Nivy, was put to the Bar
on a capital charge of (lealing a watch, the property
of David Price.

The Prifoner applied to have his trial put off to
next Salons, and prefented an'affid.ivit in which he
Rated that Lieut. Trotter of the navy, who was now
at Plymouth, was a material withers in his behalf,
and that during the prefent Sellions he could not pro•
cure his attendance.

The Court, after enquiring what were the points
which this.vritnefs could (peak to, did not confider
him as a witnefs of fuch importance as to warrant
the poksonernent of the trial.
Mr. Price was then called.—He laid he was an
Officer in the 6th battalion of Referve attached to
the Sill regiment. He laid, that on the ad of Au
gull he loft a watch at the Cannon Coffee houfe,
Charing Crnfs. He had it with him that morning
when he Bth awoke : it was lying on a table in his
bedroom. He then unbolted the room-door, as it
was his cufiom every morning, that the man might
comein to take his hoots and clean them. When he
got up the fccond time, which was between (even and
eight, the door was open and he miffed his watch.—
The boots were not taken away. His money was on a
dreffing table in the room, but that was not touched.
A pawn broker's man laid, that on the 2cl of Au.
gull, about ft: o'clock in the evening, the prifoner
brought the witch to pawn, and wanted three gui-
neas and a half upon it. Having at the time had a
hand hall from Bow-Sheer. giving a dcfcription of a
match., he found the watch which the prifoner offered
aufwered that &Seri p6on.• The nsan slaked the prifoner
his name? he raid it was Duncan Pigott, of Chatham
Barracks. 'me wienas defired hits to walk in, as he
had something to fay to him about the watch. The
prifoner pretended he was willing to come in, but
laid he wanted to (peak to a peruses a few doors off.
The wieners went round and prevented him from
going away; he then came in, and in the converfa•
Lion concerning the watch and the notice from Bow.
freer, the prifoner Paid he had found the watch in
the privy. An officer was fent for, and he WAS taken
into cuflody.
Mr. Green, who keeps the Cannon Coffee-houfe,
laid, the prifoner flept at his houfe on the night of
the tft of Augull, in the room over that where Mr.
Price hod zed.
fire prifoner in his defend (aid he had found the
watch in the privy of the coffee-houfe :—that he af-
terwards went down to Deptford about private butt.
nes of his own : that when be conic back to town he
was in want of fume money, and took the watch to
pawn ; bin that as loon as he was told it was enquir•
ea after, he gave it up readily, and did not attempt
to go away. He wilhed to put it to the Jury, who.
titer it was not very unlikely that if he was inclined
to commit a theft, he would not have taken the mo.
ney which lay on Mr. Price's dreffing table as well
as his watch ? He Paid he was a Lieutenant in the
navy, had ferved his King and Country for ten years,
and could produce incontehlibk proof of good chit-
rafter. He did not, however, call any witnefes.
Mr. Price was again called, and queflioned as to
the place where hia money lay ; he laid it was on a
(mall table different from that on which the watch
lay ; that this table was near his bed fide, and a pa-
rrot] to come at it mull have gone round his bed.—
The table on which the watch lay was oppofite the
room door. _ _

The Jury found the prifoner Guilty of Reeling to
the amount of 395. which did away the capital part
of the charge.
Calk:rine Ryas Was charged with breaking into the
dwelling-houle of Mary Donovan, and &shag there.
in vsriour articles. her property.
Mary Donovan. on her examination. declared that
the was married, but Paid that Iscr halbAnd cohabited
with another woman.

The learned Judge, on hearing this, declared, that
the trial could not proceed further, becaufe the pro-
fecutor could have no property independent of her
hufband, and that the indictment was erroneous in
that particular. The prifoster was accordingly ac-
quitted._

Ira. Smith was capitally indilled for forging arid
uttering as true a receipt, purporting to be granted
by Thomas Hallie, an out-pentioner of Chelfea Hof.
pital, for a halfle.tr's penfmn of 31. Iss. sid. with an
intent to defraud John Smith, Efq. agent for dr'
out-peal:4oas of ih*t bofpitah •

Wm. Patin, the Pay Clerk hs Mr. ISMAthl's Office,
epofed, that Thomas Haflie was an out-penfionet of
hellea Hofpital, and had belonged to the 78th Re-
iment of Foot. On the 25th of June the laid pen-
sioner was entitled to a half year's penfiun ; and Inch
renfions were generally paid on the 15th or sift of
luly. Oa the 15th of June a woman cams to the
Office for a blank receipt, Paying that flue was Mrs.
Hattie. -and that her hatband was unable to come.
himfelf. A Few days afterwards a letter cans to the
Office informing of Thomas Hattie's death, on the
isch June. The woman did not return for the mo
ney ; but the prifoner cams and prefented the receipt.
The witnefs laid, " I do not think this is Haffie's
hand writing." The prifoner infiffed that it was,
and pretended that he had teen Hattie write it about
a week or ten days before. On hearing this the witnefs.
had the prifoner immediately teemed. The witnefs
identified the receipt, which was (hewn him : it was
marked with his initials, and he was certain it was
not Hattie's hand-writing, he having had occafiort to
be well acquainted with it.
Thos. Morgan, Overfeer of St. Bride's erorkhoufe,
Paid be remembered Thomas Hattie being in that
houfe. and that he underftood him-to have been an
o.e.pentioner of Chelfea Hotpital s deputed, that
the ugnature on the receipt which was (hewn to him
was not Hattie's hand writing, it being neither (pelt
nor written in the manner he was accuftomed to do.
Samuel King, mailer of St. Bride's workhonfe,
laid he remembered Hattie, knew him to be an
laßout-penfioner, and that be died on the isth of June

The prifoner faid. in his defence. that hehad met a
woman in Shoe-Line, who gave him film papers, and
promifed to reward him if he would take them to Mr.
Smith's office, and procure what tkefe papers would
entitle him to.

Emma Heywood hid that the prifoner had lodged
in her honk for three years, during all which time
he hid condueled himfelf honeilly, and had kept very
regular hours—Verdi& Not Guilty.