Star.
London, England, 1817-04-28 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Saturday Thema ;rder: was indicted for stealing
a square lace veil from the person of Ann Coleman.
The prosecutrix deposed that she was passing the
top of Charles.street, City Road, when the prisoner
snatched the veil from her bonnet—be was stopped'
with the property—Guilty.
George Crew, Jobs Gorse', and Was. Greenwood, were
indicted for stealing 601bs. weight of silk, value
£l5O, the property of Isabella and Francis Desanges,
of Spafields. Crew and Gurney were found Guilty,
and Was. Greenwood -was acquitted.
The following were aseleted of felonies, viz.-1. Oliver, for
stealing a teakettle and candlestick; B. Jones, for stealing three
pair of trowsers Ana ;minim, for stealing aillver watch and a
Ai rate; S. Dynes, for stealing an oak plank ; It. Carpenter,
for stealing a copper, Ike. Value 110 s. ; J. Cbesbunt, for stealing
24 panes of glass • B. Beatoog, for stealing handkerelikf; I. R.
Yeoman, for stealing a qv* ; Mary Taylor, for sWalkg a sliver
watch, a emr, ate. I. Roberts, for stealing a band-saw, Re. ; W.
I Ross, for staling tour glass cruets. with sliver tops ; Joseph
Nash, fur stealing four Inaba' of barley meal and one sack; and
J. Rift, for stsaUng a nsanotandost book sad a silk beaker.
etileE—The following were acquitted, Mu. Joseph Bell, G. Hall,
1 B. Cosgrove, B. Conolly; Mary l.onsaz, C. Smith, C. TitisirtU,
G. Steward; W. Thompson, J.TII , J. Robinson, Markus
Jones, W. Smith, G. Nash, and P. u.-

0/won, who was tried and .cquitted at Bristol As.
sizes, has, for the last seven years. been the terror ofl
all Bristol, Gloucestershire, and Somersetshire : he
has organised and trained a desperate gang, to assist
him in every act of infamy and delinquency ; and
although he has bees often tried, he has invariably
been acquitted upon some legal or technical infer.
mality. His boast Is, that he will not be hung until
he arrives at the age of forty. On the nightlefore,
his trial he published the following couplet :
• Ornery Greve, has nothing to her
44 From Bocabaset or Konsrame
Upon being questioned some time since about the
distress of the times, he observed...." Ah s they are'
very great ; I have dipped into a hundred and fifty
farmers' pockets and have not found a shilling."
Previous to Grootr's trial, Joke Jaime was ca.
pitally convicted of a burglary, and stealing 350
yards of woollen cloth, ana a man of the name of
Tensor was also found guilty of receiving the same.
Twelve witnesses were called to prove the guilt of
the prisoners—one of these, Mary Cribb, a woman
who cohabited with Groves, was cross-examined by
Mr. Serjeant PALL, when she made a confession to
the following effect
Mary Cribb—" I live with Mr. Groves.i.
• Mr. Serjeant Pati.—N Who is Mr. Groves t"--A,
I believe he gets his living by picking pockets."
series/a paLs,...ie And how do you get your
living?"-A. "By travelling with him and his wife."
Serjeant PaLs.-44 How long have you got your
living by accompanying.n ickpockets I be-
lieve about two years.

As Mr. Johnson, of Paddington, was toming
along the Kent-road on Friday night, about eight
o'clock, he was stopped by two men, who presented a
pistol at his breast, and demanded his money ; this
Mr. Johnson refused to comply with, and a desperate
scuffle ensued, during which the pistol went off, and
wounded OM of the villains in the arm j the ruffians
at last :unneeded in overpowering Mr. Johnson, and
robbing him of £lO in Bank of England notes, and
some Aver' with his silk handkerchief and glove')
with which they made off towards London.
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Friday night the house of Mr. Burgin:, of James-
street, Christchurch, was entered at the back (by
means of-wrenching. off the locks). and robbed of a
new copper, a large haunch of mutton, and several
other articles.

Thursday evening, as Mr. Nelson, of the Edin-
burgh Cas, near Farnbridge Wharf, was returning
from the London Tavern, be was robbed of great
part of his clothes, with his watch and appendages, in
Wellclose-square.
On the same evening the cabin of the ship Nancy,
lyirg in. the River, was broke open, and robbed of a
gold watch and appendages, and a Bank of Englind
note of five pounds.
Bow-arsterr-On Satprday Masai Fuller alias
Sharp, underwent an rumination, charged with horse
stealing. He was committed for further examination.
Gtauswasr.•—Saturday two young men of respec-
tabilit* were charged with stealing from the stand at
Blackfriars, a. hackney-coach, together with horses,
harness, Ike. The prisoners pleaded intoalcation, and
the Magistrate being of opinion that no theft was in-
tended, they were merely fused for the misdemeanor
Ind ordered to pay erpences, which, however, amount.
ing to wpwards of 60s. the genilensep paid rather
reluctantly, considering that their folic was nwifeest-
pensive than Qat times would admit. They were of
muse discharged. - ' •
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