Star.
London, England, 1828-10-18 00:00:00

M l SD EM AMOUR.S

Benjamin Binelon was indicted for attempting to steal
a handterchief, the property of John Wright.
A witness deposed that he was walking up Drury-
lane, in company with Mr. Wright, a few evenings ago,
when the latter suddenly turned round upon the pri.
loner, who was attempting to pick his pocket.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to six weeks imprisonment in the House of
Correction.

Joseph Smith, a boy about 16, was charged with
stealing a handkerchief, the property of John Rogers,
on the 10th instant.

The prosecutor had purchased four handkerchiefs at
an auction room in King-street, Covent Garden, on the
rlay in question, and put one of them in his pocket,
which he soon afterwards missed, and the prisoner
having bren pointed out as the thief, he had him taken
into custody.
A witness deposed to having seen the handkerchief
in the prisoner's band..after be had taken it from the
prosecutor's pocket.
A very re-pectable looking young woman gave the
prisoner an excellent character. His master also strongly
recommended bim.

The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty.

SURREY SESSIONS.

KINGSTON, OcT. 17.

William Sandford, a resi.eciable looking lad, aged
14 years, was put to the bar, charged with having, on
the 11th of October, stolen an ivory brx and counters,
with the alphabet on them, value lea. the property. of
'James Kingman, an ivory turner residing at Lambeth.
The prosecutor, who turns articles in ivory, and sells
them at different fairs in the country, stated that he had
a booth at Leatherhead Fair on the day in question, and
had the box exposed for sale, with other articles; he
did not miss it until it was brought to him by an
officer on the following day. He knew this box, because'
• it was the only one of Ow kind he had at the time; he
admiuesi that be bad made several of the kind for
. shop keepers.
James Razzell, a boy of about twelve years of age,
stated that he met the prisoner at the fair, and • bought
the box from him tor a pot of ale; they drank the ale
• .together; he afterwards gave the box to Hill the con-
stable. He denied having been applied to by the psi-
boner's father or mother for the box. .
Two boys, named Cottington and Edwards, corrobo-
rated the statement of this witness as to the purchase of
the box ; they all four partook of ibe ale; the prisoner
said be had bought the box from a mass who went round
the fair with a basket.

The constable deposed that he had received she box
from the boy Razzell.
Sandford, the prisoner's father, stated, that in
consequence of something he had heard, he went to the
house of the witness Razzell's father, and inquired if
the boy had got a boz, or any other article of the kind ?
he denied. that he had any suAi thing; his mother pro-
duced his clothes, and said his pockets contained only a
few halfpence. The boy Razzell afterwards west to
the constable, and gave up the box.
The Jury acquitted she prisoner.
The same prisoner was again put to the bar, charged
with haring, on the same day, stolen at Leatherhead,
. four tortoiseshell boxes. an ivory tablet, a pea box, a
smelling bottle, and a purse, the whole valued at 355.
the Property of John Frazer, a watchmaker residing at
Peckham. It appeared from the evidence, that the pri-
soner was seized in the art of taking the greater part of
the articles; the rem.ining articles were found upon a
boy named Bolting, who gave them to the constable
(a witness in the last case), who, in giving his evidence
en t is occasion, deflated that he knew nothing about
. them.
• The prisoner, in his defence, said he had got intoxi-
cated at the fair, and that the other boys had stood
between him and the owners of the booths while he took
the aiticle..

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. and the Court
sentenced him to six months' hard labour in the House
Of CM section, and to be twice privately whipped.
hams F inceut, alias William Edwards, was put to
the ba►, charged with having, on the 9ih of Octuber,
stolen from the dwelling house of John Blackman, a
labourer at Croydon, a writing desk, value 123. his

• property.
Mary Blackman, the wife of the prosecutor, stated,
that en the day in question the desk was on a table in
the lower room; sha had occasion to go up stairs, but
hearing a noise at she door she came down again, and
inure .iately missed the desk; she ran out, and saw a
=an running up a field with a sack upon his back ; she
gave an alarm and pursued the prisoner, accompanied
by a neighbour named Lane; they found the sack in
some bushes, and close by lay the prisoner concealed
under a bank ; in the sack she found the writing desk.
Mr. Tusistinn (who conducted the prosecution)—
Mrs. Blackman, is that desk your husband's property ?
Mrs. Blackman (a fascinating • _male of forty, and
with on eye)—Why, Sir, I bought that desk for the
We of him and me.
Mr. Tuatimaas....Well, you know, that makes it hit

property. You seem unwilling to admit shit your hus-
band is tie master.

Mrs. Blackman—Why, I slots% like un' to be quite
master, neither—(A laugh).
Why, Madam, the law very uncourteously says
and unfortunately, I am afraid. you insist abide by it.
Another witness proved having seen the prisoner run
ning away with a sack on his back.
The prisoner said he was intoxicated, and had gone
to sleep in a field, when hearing some one run by him.
he looked up, and was immediately taken ii.to custody.
The record of a tiriner conviction for larceny was
put in and read. Verdict, Guilty.
The ptisener was sentenced to be transported for life.

WARWICK SESSIONS, Ocr. 16.

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William Parr Pope, the younger. was indicted for;
having falsely pretended to Mr. Davis, of Atherstone,
that he was the agent of Mr. F. C. Westley, of ti e
Strand. London, and that he had called upon the
said Mr. Davis for the amount of an account due t the
said Mr. Westley, by means of which he obtained from
Mr. Davis a SI. note. There were several counts in the
indictment, varying the same charge.
The prisoner, on being arraigned, pleaded .\ot Guilty.
The evidence was then gone into, which clearly provcJ
the offence charged against the prisoner.
Mr. REYNOLDS (Counsel for the prisoner) urged twu
objections against the form of the indictment, but they
were overruled by the Court. He then in an ingenious
speech attempted to work upon the feelings of the Jury,
but called ire witnesses, and did nut throw any discredit
npon the testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution,
who swore most positively to the person of the prisoner.
Guilts—sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment.
' There was a second indictment against the prisoner
for a similar offence, but it was not gone into, in hope,
that the punishment awarded to him on the first may
have the effect of reforming him.