Star.
London, England, 1819-12-02 00:00:00

OLD-BAILEY.

Yesterday the above Sessions commenced before
the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, Mr.Juitice
BAYLEY, Mr. Barcn GARROW, the Rczonnza, &c.

Two respectable young men, Solicitors, and two
other persons, were indicted for stealing a bill of ex-
change for £lOO, the property of J. Crawley.
The defendants, who had been out on bail, soma-.
dered in' Coat, and took their place at theßir„ When
Mr. Banter stated the cask for the prosecution.—
The *circumstances of the. case were slidrafthise:
the prosecutor 'had obtained from a person since de-
ceased a bill of exchange for £lOO, and to whiekhy
some undue Means, the signature of one of the dden.
dants had been affixed. The original' holder .Of .the,
bill was an uncertified bankrupt. When the prose-
' cut or presented the bill at the house of the two Soli-
cit Ors; those Gentlemen, not having received the
slightest consideration for'it, got hold ,of the instru-
ment and burnt it. In. the struggle to effect this,
the t*o other defendants, who were clerks to them,
took a part. , Nothing whatever arose its the course
of the proceedings to warrant the Jury to come to
the conclusion of felony, and, under the directioU of
the Court, the defendants were all honourably ac•
quitted, and discharged instantly. The trial lasted
several hours.
JaYncs Davis. was indicted for stealing two £4O
Bank notes, the property of Anthow: Pratt, in his
du ell; ng-lion sc. G Itilty—Dca th.
Jahn Smith, aged 17, and William Moore, aged 16,
were indicted for burglariously breaking and enter-
ing the dwelling...house of Robert Gregory Dendy,
at Hampton, on the evening of the 13th of Novem-
ber, and stealing.a large quantity of cords, woollens;
flannels, &c. his property. Guilty—Death.
RoLert Miles, Bat. Phillipps, and Henry Town,
were indicted for burglar ious-ly breaking and enter-
ing the dwelling-house of Thtianas Dtiuglas Forrest,
Sloane-street, Chelsea, on the night of the 12th of
November, and stealing therein nine gallons of
brandy, a quantity of rum, and other articles of pro.
perty. . Guilty—Death.
James Tomkins aged only 15, was indicted for as-.
iaulting Elisabeth Pedley, on the 7th of November,
putting her in fear, and taking
.from her person a
shawl, her property. The prosecutrix stated, that on.
Sunday evening, the 7th of Noiember, she was on
her way to Chapel, in Clifton-street, Shorediteir, when
she was assailed by a group of boys, who' attacked
and knocked her down.. One cf the gang. made a
forcible snatch at her shawl, and succeeded la carry-
ing it off; but he was pursued. Her brother, a youth
who accompanied her, identified the-prisoner as the
party who had seized the shawl, and who was, soon,
'after the robbery, secured. The prisoner was found
Guilty.7Death.
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A few days ago a forged £lOO Bank-note, was
paid into HANLEY'S Banking-house. The forgery
was not detected till the note was sent to the Bank.
It was the first forgery on the Bank to that amount
ever detected. It was traced back to several highly.
respectable Houses, and has occasioned great alarm,
for the impression is most skilfully executed ; and in
the opinion of the most judicious, the plate is the
work of a Frenchman.
DUBLIN, NOVEMBER 26.—Saturday night, five men
entered the house of Mr. LARKIN, a farmer, at Got,-
manstown. On their entrance, a female servant fled,
with intent to alarm the neighbourhood, at Which the
villains were so exasperated, that they fired upon the
'defenceless inmates. Mr. LAnKIN received the con-
tents of a pistol in the groin, which •coasioaeed his
death on the following day. His brother was shot in
the shoulder; and their servant-man was wounded.