Star.
London, England, 1829-06-17 00:00:00

.the dsfead•ats.
ADUIRALTT COURT, Tart 16.

iss StOUNTIRUAIIer IBLPIUSISTOWIL—WAOII3.
This was a snit protaited by a mariner, named Ste-
phenson, against the owner of die ship Mountstuart
Slphinstone, for abidance of wages due on an agree•
meat for a voyage to the East ladies and China. out
and home, which lasted two years, during which the
'mariner was steward of the ship. in that capacity he
bad the charge of the plate. coltish% of upwards of
!OD ounces; and it was agreed 'brewers the owoer and
• the steward. that if any part of the plate ihoold be
missing through the latter's fraud or negligence, he
should make it good. On the return of the ship, in
April last. it was alleged that several" small articles,
animating to 24 ounces. were mining, for which Ste-
phenson did not account. The owner, therefore, de-
ducted the sum from.his amount of wages; which
lance the mariner now sought to recover.
Sir C. Ronsuson said that the law, no doubt, held
per-ons in the seaman's situation bound to the hoses
discharge of their duty; an 4 they could not, when their
conduct was essentially impeached, tome to this Court
fee the recovery of their wages. 'Such was the principle
of the law ; but the Court should be nudists bow it
eppired it, because if it encouraged constant disputes on
email matters which might be lost or missing, it not
only raised a presumption against the' moral character
-of one party, but threw the costs Of Ming on the owner,
lesidesbriaging the proceedings of.the Court into dis-
credit. ' With respect to the particular case 'before the
Coen, it was not possible for less to be stated to give
effect-to the principle of , the law. These was neither.
fraud nut negligence charged against the individual;.
Oat articles missing were trilling, and such as cameinto
cosecant use. 1t was. the duty of the Coors to reject
the allegitiqt, and thereby stop the suit in Maine.
It was stated that the owner in this cue seas 'owner
of 'meal other vessels, in which a similar contract was,
moved into, and 'he was desirous of mean the point
of imponstidlity on The part Oldie stewards.

OLTI ISAILEt, 3this
Akre ebe c_ imam
Rideterinir wassapially indorsed far Aseskiagand
antariwg she bowie et Gt drab Faults*. esamo.
draper and silk enclose Little Rusall.thr at, ,Cinveak
gardawvaad stealing`th;thia. eight rolls of alt. vase
*beet 84)1.
It appeared that the premises wale/webs iato ea the,
secees4 of the 10th of May lasts as the following
secestag a boa. costaining the silk is tpmealee. was
Onsered 'by -a pester W the riatreer's loftier. in
Thery.lawee FIOOI heferniatiet seeeived towettaet
Offioa, a search warrant was *wisest Mk the .Ilth inst.
and Ellis and Tyrrell, two of the •416:011 of that
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ponied by thefrosecnter's inn • they towod4e. prisoner
soloed, and open mear4ties the rooladiscowereed la bos
nWledaghtewoothring :afibt pima/ sellt, trll ofsthich
wore.itienrifteebby Ms. &tames ltistatheres Ferrer.
A opaatieratelaplitraes 1111911 uheksid is arick.n.
- beak belonging .to tbeiwiseeter, gar milks •pledgell et
narieas pswebrolten. lb.. adios -were -pradeted is
Ohunisaad identified by the poseentettstha ; suites

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the evidence of tbespaupbrpkers, it appeared that the.
goods were pledged by the prisoner.-
The prisoner in his defence, stated that be purchased
the silica for sa from a young man at the house of
Rowbottorn, James-street, Covent.garden, on the
morning of the 'lst of May. He, however, produced
no evidence to that effect, and called no witnesses to

character.
• The Cunt harms • summed up the evidence with
great clearness, and the Jury :cursed a verdict of
Guilty—Death.
Edward Turner; aged 19, Thorne: Crowther, aged
18, end Meg Stevens, widow, aged 19, were capitally
indicted for assaulting Thomas Davis, on the King's
highway, and stealing from his person a watch and'
other articles his property. .
T. Davis, the prosecutor, deposed that he was a linen-
aper, sad lived in Seyinour-place, On the night of
Mtn 6th of May he met the female prisoner, and was in
aced to accompany her to a public house, where there
was metric and dancing. She desired the fiddler to
*strike up,". and after remaining here for some time,
theywent ant together, and the female prisoner brought'
him to the end of a building near the New-road. Here
the coughed, sad in an instant he (the prosecutor) was
knocked down by roar or five men. While on the
nd, two men, whom he believed to be the prisoners,
Id him down, and prevented him trout crying out;
the night was dark, and there was no lamp near the
spot; the two men who held him doWn were in the
doom where the dancing was, and left it helots be (the
prosecutor) and the female prisoner went away ; one of
the other men held a knife to him. and he said, I. du not
injure me, and I will give you all I have." The men
then took from his person his hat and pocket handker
chief. a sovereign and a half, a metal watch, and gad
/Much ring, three knives; and a pair of scissors. The
men remained upon his person for several minutes until
they were alarmed by a creaking noise, like the raising
of a window sash ; the men then ran away, and one of
them before be went kicked him violentlroo the bead
the female prisoner went away as soon as the men
CAIN up.
In his cross.esamination by Mr. Pmissea, the piss.'
SOCOtOr said that he could not swear to the prisoners,•
except the woman. The two men at the bar were taken
intoessudy soon after the robbery; but no part of his
property ,was found upon them. He (the prosecutor)
bad been drinking that evening at the Yorkshire Stingo,
and's' ether houses. He could not say whit quantity
of gin, and ale be drank at those houses; but he was
quite sober at the time he was robbed.
John Ray deposed. that be lived in Noith street,Lis-
son grove. About 11 o'clock on the night in question
witness was looking from his window, and saw the pro-
secutor and a female pass beneath ; they turned the
corner and went oat of sight; the two male prisoners
followed them; witness then pulled down the window,
and upon looking through the blind saw the female who
accompanied the persecutor run away ; is a minute re
two after witness raised the window, upon which he saw
' four or five nsenoone of whom held a bat, running away.
Witness followed the nun as far as Nightingale street,
where the two prisoners went into a house; witness
waited until they came out, and then accosted them.
ntiying 44Yon are the two men I want?' Witness then
gavethem in charge of a watchman; the knees of the
breeches of the prisoner Turner were covered with clay,
as if he bad been kneeling.
Cross-examined by Mr. Pnts.ttre—l prosecuted a
girl named Ann Smith at the Old Bailey, bat no bill
was found against her. I received a sovereign not to
prosecute the girl. and put my mask to a document
consenting to forego proceedings.
The wife of the last witness confirmed her husband's
testimony with respect to the identity of the men, to
whose faces she swore positively; but, being cross-ex-
amined, she could not say whether one of the prisoners
wore a bat or cap.
The watchman to whom the two male prisoners-were
given in charge, deposed that be saw them in company
with three other men about 10 minutes before 11 o'clock.
They were proceeding in the direction of North-street.
Birnie, sergeant of .the watch. and Webster, a police
officer, proved that they compared the shoes of both
prisoners with the marks that were left is the ground
where the robbery took place. The shoes of the pri-
mmer Turner appeared to fit SOON masks of footsteps.
in the earth on the spot where the prosecutor was at.
tacked. Webster deposed that he took the prisoner.
Mary Stevens into custody as she was going with some.
food to the prisonersiafter they were taken into custody::
Tais was the case for the prosecution. •
On behalf of the prisoners Crowther 'and Tattler, se-
veral
,respectable witnesses were called, who concurred
in giving them a good character up to the commence-i
went of the present year.
Mr. llama HULLOCIC charged the Joey, and told:
them that there was no evidence to prove that the:
female prisoner was concerned in the perpetration off
the robbery, whatever part she might have saltea
planning it. With respect to the male prisoners. if thel
Jury were satisfied of their guilt from theevidence they
bad heard, it would be their ditty to find them guilty,
although the consequences of that verdict would, in all
human probability, consign them to an ignominious
death. The Learned Judge then went over the whole
of thee vidence, and after minutely - commenting upon
it, left the coursed:a Jury.
The Jury, aher ashen constitution. found the three'
prisoners brill, but recommended Mary Stevens 401
mercy as the ground :het she email on the spot wheal
the subbase, was, sommitted.
The Racoon= told the Jury that they mutt rectini
side: their amdiet. If they believed that the lemalei
priboner was not present at the robbery, nor remained,
near the spot while it was committed. the was "aided
to an acquittal upon this indictment, although the aright
will be indiered m en accessory before *elan.
The Jury having recoosidered their vend*, 'Ening!
Slaty &ems tisitts.
Thu Itstinutualaimediately directed the .oos/cigar
re Jr belore tbel,rand Jiity. to :prefer an indietinest
sauna 3144 pawns as an accessory before the Teti.
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• Mire Itr. Casuaterimmase.
TNS 71RS J 7 70* 711A5AAR IN cizeonssasnart.
Mew Beal. a Imputable hankies, Middle seal'
women. was indicted for studios twocaacy wort bone;
nine es. sit plutothiont, value 'Ulf a crow*, anon,
aurtnisermaaai Inwha the paver" ad Misdeal resesse.l
who kept litoospiterin Riles bower is es. 0441111141,10..;
.14161, the Imo fns.
Miss Geetae depared•drat the ectwipletl a sonata .W
die late bait tar; mad had mitfosinostety mask/ bst all
her sea of Niers./ ornasweesl work byttleurdestrue-
'live fire on the OM Whim°. When the fire was trat
r eiseevered the puma eintfrationiareailed, cradle was
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Mits Mary Ann Watkins stated, that when the fire,
was bilging. she wet so the voristaece of Miss Geese.,
and helped her to remove as Wad 4,lter stock as she
could. Amongst other things.eire the fancy articles
now produced, the whole of which she, for safety. ewe•
ried to her fatheewhoese, in Maddox street, bet he not
being at home she deposited them in the hands of the
prisoner, who occupied an apartment therein. In the
course of the day the prisoner was taken into candid,
r offering to pawn some of the property at the shopof
r. Perry, a pawnbroker in the neighbourhood.
Mr. Tholes Donders,Perry, the pay/Moister. said.
that the prisoner brought the articles tamed in the in'.
dictosest to* hif house, and regimend a lose of money
epee them; he instantly stspectethhe had become die-
honestly possessed of them, and sent for an officer, into
whose hands be delivered her. She said she had been
induced to take the articles to purchase bread for her
family, who were In the greatest want, her husband
being oat of employmeet.
The prisoner put in a written defence, in which she
represented the distressed state she was in, and .hat she
had a family of four children. and with ,ut the least
means of supporting them. She admittA taking the
articles, but intended to restore them to the prosecuti
the first opportunity.
The Jirry without hesitation found her
George Haynes, a labouring man, aged 42. was its-
dieted for committing a rape upon Hannah Harris, a
young girl of 14 years of age.
The prosecutrix, an ill looking girl. etatT.d, that she
lived at a hamlet about two miles lions thloidge; on
the 13th of April she was standing at her cousin's door
at Uxbridge, when the prisoner came up and invited
her to go to the Kid Lion,pablic house with him ; to
this she assented, and after drinking some beer they
walked together on the Uxbridge road ; after they had
got some distance they had to cross a field. in which
the prisoner threw her down. and began to act very in.
delicately; witness attempted so cry murder, but the
prisoner put his hand on her moods, and'prevemed her;
she struggled as much as possible, and es ied murder
once, bat no one wet within hearipg.-7he protection
here detailed minutely the prisoner's ndect, which
went to prove the capital part of the charge.
The prosecutrix was cross-examined at great length
by the prisoner, who kept continually cautioning her
" not to tell a story." He tried hard to convince the Jury
that he was the seduced, and not the seducer; he solar
succeeded as to show that they were together for a long
time, and that she did not tell her father or mother what
had transpired nntit the nest day. She, however. posi-
tively declared it was against her consent. The pritoner
displayed a great deal of cunning in the manner he
shaped his questions.
-- James, landlord of the Castle, at Uxbridge,
stated that he saw the prisoner and prosecotrix tosethet
on the morning of the 13th of April. It appeared to
him that thyf girl 'had been drinking, and held our
strong Temptations to the prisoner.
Harriet Harris, mother of the prosecutrix, stated that
on the 18th of April she sent her daughter to Uxbridge,
about nine o'clock in the morning. Sne returned about
three o'clock; a short distance before she got to the
door she fell down in the road, and exclaimed several
times, g• Oh my mother ! Where is nay mother ?" She
appeared very faint and exhausted, but certainly was
ant tipsy; she told witness that she had been ill used by
George Haynes, but not the particular nature of it until
the next day ; her clothes at the time she came home
Were very wet and dirty, and witness advised her, to
go to bed.
By the prisoner—My husband did ant beat the pen.
tecutrix when she came home; he might h.se struck her
Once, but that was before be knew what was the matter.
William Harris, husband of the last witness, gave
similar evidence.
The prisoner, in his defence, pot in a long written
statement, which filled two sheets of foolscap- paper;
he did not attempt to deny having had a connection
with the pro:semen, but declared is. was with her con-
sent. He called no witnesses. .
'Mr. Baron H ULLOCIC recapitelated the evidence.
TbeJery, atter a few minutes' consideration, returned
a verdict of not frrihy.
SURREY SESSIONS, Just 16.

Thomas Siemens was indicted for having feloniously
stolen, from the perion of Eliza Keely, a shawl, oq the
16th of May.
The prrisecutriz stated, that she «as walking in New-
ington-causeway, accompanied by her husband, at
eleven o'clock of the evening speci6ed, when she felt
her shawl suddenly pulled from her shoulders by' a
person behind, who ran off in the &minis of Onion-
street. Her husband followed, and with the assistance
of the watchman succeeded in stopping the prisoner, and
recovering the property.
The facts were substantiated by the evidence of the
husband and watchman.
Tke July, without hesitation, returned a verdict of
aniley.—The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be trans-
ported for life. •
:thaws:Vies and Charles Standin were Ch arted
with having stolen nine sacks of malt from the ptemises
of Messrs. William and James Russell, inalisters of

Croydon.
J. Holliday, a watchman, deposed that as he was
going his rounds on the 4th of May, he observed the
prisoner Scandin on the opposite side of the hedge with
* light can. Upon challenging him be ran away; and
be then discovered that the cart contained malt, Gen
racks tit .which were deposited in a corner Of the fields',
Ile took the property to Messrs. Russell's realises, and
the prisoner Jeffries, -who was in their employ. gas.
great assistance by going over the premises, which ap.
pared to have been entered by some one., well se.
'anointed with them.
William Russell examined—. The sample of malt
produced the no doubt was his property. He bad
missed tome quantity previously, but Intd not been able
to -detect the depredator. Could not positively swear
that the sample formed at any time part of his stock.
J.fffiog. who was implicated in the robbery, but bad
been :Waisted as evidence, swore that the prisoner
Jeffries asked him to carry some sacks of 'malt for him
m a field near the premises of Mesas. Russell. He had
received ss. for the jolt, and that Studio placed the
poverty is a light cart:
Theptiseneve madam' defence, and alter a short de-
notation the Jury pronounced a verdict of Gail y.
The Conn sentenced &Irks to be transported for 14
•yeareond the prisoner Studio seven lean.
•
Issottlems. Dumas' Coyote—Yesterday Bedtime
woe", Rig. appeared before the Court to take the be
erefugif the Act; and was opposed on behalf of Messrs.
Pallas sod Farthing. Mr. Heath objected to his being
inapt gm his peesewt listitioo. on the ground that be had
gat *dike billet' his former attorney, Mr. Sheppard:
The insolvent said that Mr. Sheppard was in &niters,
wed had sent big 'bill id only within the last few days.
11be:ctstigt anima the insolvent to be resesplied tin be
ter sigh Mr. llhepparglorhen be will be broOghtnp,
'maid giongreeitien to his oetrilitort itneentlettgas