Star.
London, England, 1828-04-17 00:00:00

OLD• BAILEY SESSIONS; APRIL 16.

OLD COURT.
Michael Connor, alias Comb's, and :Mantas 73urn,
were indicted for a rape. • .
Connor applied to-have his trial postponed till the'
nezi &miens, on the ground of the absence of material
witnesses. He was directed to make an affidavit of the
fact,.upon citing whiCh the case was ordered to stand
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over till the fist day.Of next
. Mary Murphy, aged 18, was indicted for: stealing, on
• the 14th of Al ril, nine shillings in silver, from the house
.of Letch.im. The money had all been marked, and
righ; shillings'of it was found in her box after it had
tern missed. The prisoner, who had lived servant with
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*lodger in the prosectitot's house, wept bitterly during
• the while trial, and said nothing in &fence.
The Jury•founi bet Guilty, but recommended her to
mercy, on account of her previous good character.
The LearnedJuncrx expressed his satisfaction at their
recommendation, and intimated to her friends, that if
they would take her into their care she would be
niently dealt with.
.Catharine Dunkley and Robert Hull were indicted
for stealing rewatch and appendages, the property of
James Thompson, on the sth instant.
The prosecutor was drunk, in High-street, Shadwell,
at about eight o'clock on the above night. He fell in
with two women, and was followed by one of them into

a public house. lie was so drunk that he could not re.
collect that woman. He walked on; he saw the woman
following him. fie then either slipped or was trippe I
down. The male prisonei*Pieked hini up, and offered
to see hini hon.e. The man took him to another public

• house and plied •him with more liquor ; thny then de
•:oparted for Thompson's ItOuse, but the liquor deprived
lam" of his senses, and he was perfectly unconscious of
, ishathapplaied ifterWards. Saw his nach and the
Mete prisoner in: custody on Sunday last. Thompson
did'not know:him ar4ist, as he was sitting down with
a banditti-Chid ded.tutindhisbead, among several other
'prisoners, bat hi recognizeAl him as soon as' he was
brought out; he. was also dressed iliffe:ently ; be be.
lieved that the woman who followed him into t!:e house
and out again was :ike the female prironer, but he could
not swear to ter. He wool& not swear that he had his
va:Ch, money, and handkerchief, when he 1 ft the
public house, where he was,taitding amongseveral other
pet-ions. -
J. Trtiois saw the male. prisoner and the prosecutor
togetl,er, Wine they art i wed at die second public house.'
W. Green. the landlord, saw Thompson with tall
stout niatt,.bitt Could not swear that it was the prisoner.
Thompson was coveted with'mucl, andappeared to have
fallen down. The tall man c flied for water to clean
himself; and enc.:erect to behave kindly to him.
Benjamin Grady, an officer, went to the female pri•
soner's lodings on some other busineis, and saw the
watch, &c. which had been described at the Thames
Police Office. He took that and her into custody. The
male prisoner appeared to have been cohabiting with
the, female: .
The prisoners both denied all knowledge of each
other, or the robbery.
The Reconvert summed up the evidence, and the
Jury,. after a few minutes-deliberation,. found a verdict
of Na Guilty for the female, but found lt:bert Hull
He was immediately sentenced to transportation for life.
2/teems Burin was indiited for embezzling 4%
.ind 204.- 14... CI. the monies of John Scott, his master.
. After' the p.isone• had pleaded not guilty, be ohjected.to
tbeevitlente being received, and to the trial comuteucing.
Radonipza--On what grounds?
Prisoner--Why) Sir, 1 was tried on this charge at die
New Court, and acquitted. 1 therefore' am entitled by
law 'not to be put upon my trial again.
itittantsrlett—How comes this? This certainly is ex-
traordinary,. • •
. MrsoilfittimPa—My Lord, I am Counsel for. the pro.
ecution, and I will explain this circumstance to you,
Ottliatorday, the prisoner was put on his trial in the
..olhar•Cotitt. I was present. but was not. ab!c to bring
.firstehard any evident*, Mr. Scott, the prosecutor, being
bild;.theptisosses.wawconsequently acquitted. We
hive new a bill cf indictment against his: for enbiz '

sling from the same person,saly.fehave made the value
of the litanies less. ' •
Raton is—That is not material, and the prisoner
must be acquitted.
Peter Alexander Simpson stood indicted for stealing
one shirt, and five handkerchiefs from Frederick De
Seie deur. .
Mr. PIaILLIP3 stated the case for the prosecution, and
called the following witnesses:
Frederick De Seigneur—l live at a Mrs. Simpson%
(the prisoner's mother), No. 11, Henrietta-srrect, Covent
Garden. I lost a shirt and some handkei chief s, On
Monday, as I was coming down stairs, I saw .the pri-
soner, and 1 immediately• found that he had on ,his
person my shirt. The way that I came to knoiv it was
by a very particular seam in the front. I taxed him
with it, u hen after a few minutes he owned it was
mine. I then gave him into the custody of an cffi-zer.
His mother has only been a widow the last five weeks,
and he lives in the same house.

John Hughes, a Bow-street patrol, deposed to taking
the primer into custody.
Verdict—Gtriley.
The prisoner was then called up for judgment, and
sentenced by the Court to seven.years transportation..