Star.
London, England, 1826-04-13 00:00:00

dLD BAILEY—THIS DAY.

. The Court did not* u.ntil ten o'clock this morning.
wl.en the liecoeogh took his seat oh' tSißench, and 23
males and 14 females were discharged by proclamation.
Abraham Hollings and 7 homers Braphaw, who stood
indicted for conspiracy, were put ro the her. The pri-
soner Hollings had been in custody, and Brayshaw sur-
rendered this morning. The Jury having been charged,
the prosecutor, John 13 oth, was called, but he did not
answer, and the REC •RDER directed the Jury to acquit
them both.
John Callaghan was put to the bar, on an• iniictment
charging him with feloniously uttering, as true, certain
pieces of base coin, well knowing them to he forged
and counterfeited.
Ann Percival, of No. 44, Houndsditch, sworn, stated
that on the 18th of March the prisoner ten feted to her,
a base piece of money, purportinv to be a shilling, and
went away ; he returned some time after, and tendered
another, which was refused.
' Mr. J .hn Compton, also resident in Houadsditch,
also proved the prisoner to have passed a bal shilling
to him, and his also returning, between one and two
o'clock. •In the mean time, Mrs. Percival had informed
witness of the conduct of the prisoner, who was secured.
Forrest, the officer, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and
receiving a had half.crown and two shillings, which the prisoner
had disposed of.
Mr.-Johnson, a Gentleman who happened to he at the hosts* of
Mr. Compton, proved to the same effect as that Gentleman.
Mr. Field, of the Mint, proved each of the pieces of coin to be

counterfeit.
The Recount& summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found
the prisoner Guilty. •
HIS LORDSHIP immediately ordered him up for judgment, and
sentenced him to be imprisoned for one year and to be kept to hard
labour; the Act of Parliament not allowing any farther period.
Mr. BORLAND intimated, that the prisoner bad been three times
before convicted of similar offences.
The RECORDED said, he wished it to be intimated to the Mint,
that the Court considered it imperative on them to proceed capitally
in such cases.
John Edward liakleyealias John Edwards, aged 19,
was put to the bar, on an indictment charging him
with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling.
house of Mary Charles of Cox court, Whitecross-street,
on the 4th of March last, and stealing therein a quantity
of linen and wearing apparel, her property.
Tbe prosecutrix.stated, that on the evening in ques-
tion she left her residence, which contained a very large
quantity of linen, some wet and some dry, about eight
o'clock in the evening, and was absent about an hour,
when she returned and found nearly the whole, with
every moveable article, had been stolen.
Bradford, the officer, stated that on the evening in
question he met the prisoner with the property, and
secured him. On being taken to the watch-house, he said
he had been employed by a person whom he did not
know, to carry the bundle to the sign of the Merry
Carpenters, in Old street, and on being called on for.
his defence, he repeated the same story.
The Common Sitanwer summed up the evidence to the Jury,
who found the prisoner Guilty—Death. •
Yesterday, William Hubbard stood indicted for the
wilful murder of David Garrett.
Francis Groom stated, that on the 4th instant he saw
the prisoner and the deceased in the Kensington road;
they were each driving a.cart ; the prisoner was fore-
most, and the deceased was trying to get by him. A
dispute arose, and they whipped each other until their
whips became entangled, when the deceased fell from
his cart, and the wheel went over him, which caused
his dew h.
William Goddard confi.med the above statement.
and added, that the prisoner after wards trotted of.
Witness was in his chaise, and trotted after and over-
took him near B leer's floor-cloth manufactory.
Witnesses were called for the prisoner, and were about
to be examined, when Mr. Justice ?ASK suggested that
there was no evidence that the deceased's name was
David Garrett, and in consequence be directed au
acquittal.
The Learned JUDGE then warned the prisoner as to
his future conduct, and told him, that if a conviction of
manslaughter even had taken place, he should have
passed sentence of transportation on him.
Susan Jamieson was indicted for inveigling a simple
fellow into Love Arbour Court, and robbing him of
Ur. For better security she placed 6s. in her bosom,
where they remained snug enough from all observation,
but putting the other xis in her mouth, her " woman's
tongue" blabbed the silver secret in an unutterable
manner. The sequel of the story, for the honour of
both parties, had better remain " unknown to fame."
The Jury showed their gallantry by acquitting Susan, who testi-
fied her high sense of their verdict by lustily claiming her own in..
The prosecutor was also a rival in this Skit, and demanded the
money as his property.
" Your property !" aid the contemptuous Susan, " Why my
Lord and the Jury know that the money is not your's but mine, as
my innocence shows."
Susan got the money, and went away weeping for joy and M-
inis. at her good luck.
. William Jones, aged 20, cabinet-maker, stood capi-
tally indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of
the Hon. Henry Wm. Stanhope, and stealing two pair
of gold eat...rings, a garnet cross, and several other articles
of jewellery, and a large quantity of wearing apparel, in
the whole value more than 1001. his property.
Charlotte Groves stated that she was in the employ
of the prosecutor, who lives in Hans-place, Chelsea, on
the evening of the Bth of March. She had occasion to
go up to the second floor, and heard footsteps in the
garret, as if persons were passing from one room to
another ; she went dowh stairs to another servant in the
parlour, they went into the street and called the watch.
The nest house was an empty house ; they observed that
the door was open, a man came out and ran off, he was
pursued and taken. The witness had seen pan of the
property in the course of the day, and described the par-
ticulars of it: it a as packed up ready for taking away.
Several other witnesses corroborated this evidence.
The Hon. Mr. Stanhope.—The ornaments stolen he
had seen the day bef4e. They were left in Indian boxes
on the toilet table, Mrs. Stanhope having them in use.
None of the jewels have been found. Two necklaces
were worth 201. two pair of ear-rings were worth 151.
These, as well as a garnet cross, two pair of bracelets,
and two breast-pins, were all undervalued.
Tim prisoner, in his defence, said he was iturocent of the robbery.
A number of respectable persons, who had known the prisoner
nearly the whole of his life, gave him a good character.
'Fite Recounts went through the whole of the evidence, com-
menting on the prominent parts of the case.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death.

Yesterday Prince EtiTIMMAZY, the Austrian Ambas-
sador, transacted business at the Foreign Office..

" VIVIAN GREY," which is shortly expected to
appear, is understood to be a work of a very extraordinary kind.
Wo know not easctly in what its singularity consists; but we are
enabled to state, that numerous individuals, at present figuring in
ikidtionitile sbcrety, are made to Sourish, with different degrees of
honour, buns 'ages.
A• itteacitid tumult took place in the {t al school of
Chalons on the 2d inst.; the scholars neatly destroyed
the school.