Star.
London, England, 1819-11-04 00:00:00

SO?R117 SESSIONS.

'Manday Mr. TORTOitOade application to the 1
Court. for the discharie of the Baron de WNRCTO,
from the King's Bench Prison, in which he had been
confined upwards of ten years. The Baron had been
formerly arrested for the sum of L 1,200, and ten
yens ago he petitioned to be discharged under the
Insolvent Act. One of his principal creditors, how-
ever, brought forward evidence to prove that 'the
Baron had obtained goods under false pretences; the
consequence was, the insolveni was remanded, ac-
cording to the Statute, which enacts, that any insol-
vent guilty of having obtained goods under false pre.
tences shall not be liberated until he shall have been
in prison ten years. Mr. Tunrox called a witness to
prove that the Baron had remained in prison that
term of years, and the Court expressed their opinion
that the insolvent was entitled to his discharge. He
seemed to rejoice at the prospect of liberty, although
apparently upon the verge of 'the grave from years
and debility.

MAtrstos-House.—Yesterday, Brookes, Broome,
Harrison, and Stewart, were again examined upon
the charge of robbing the warehouse of Messrs.
Longman and Co. of Paternoster-row.
Mr. Carlisle, the bookseller, identified the Bill for
£23, which he had given to Brookes for some copies
of Todd's Johnson.
Mr. Castle, clerk in a distillery, stated that he
knew Broome, and had had some transactions with
him, in the course of which he received Mr. Car-
lisle's Bill from him for wine and spirits. At the
time he took the Bill, he asked who Mr. Brookes
was ? in whose favour the Bill had been di awn.—
Broome said, that Mr. Brookes had nothing to do
with the payment of the Bill, but that he' (Brookes)
had sold certain goods for him amongst the book-
sellers, as lie could get more for books than many
others, in consequence of his, acquaintance with
the trade.

Thomas Potter, clerk to Mr. Brown, bookseller,
stated, that he took money to Old-street-road, to
take up a Bill which had been given for Todd's John-
son, sold by Brookes to Mr. Brown. When he took
the Bill he saw Harrison, who wrote a receipt.
Thomas Martin, a bookbinder, in St. Martin's-1e-
Gtatid, stated, that he had been employed to bind
two sets of Todd's Johnson. They were brought to
him by a porter, to be bound for a Mr. Robinson.—
iWitness's own boy took the order, and was told by
the 'porter that they were to be bound in common
tag; for Mr. Robinson, and taken to Mr. Broome,
in*Clothiair, where the money was to be given to
him immediately.
Mr. HARMER—Was there any written direction
left with the books?--I rather think there was a writ-
ten direction.

Lon') Mmton—Have you got that direction?-4
am afraid the direction is lost.

LORD
.IslAvoa—Can you lay your hands_upon it ?
—I fear not, because I was in great trouble at the
time, and do not remember where I laid it.—EHere
the witness hesitated ; but being pressed for.an ex-
planation, he said he had an execution in his house
at the time.]
Lone MAYO —Can you recollect the purport of
the written direction ?—.lt was no more thaa a cora-
l' Iton order to bind, and I laid it aside as at no con-
sequence,.
Loap,Mxvoa—Have you had any conversation
with Stewart since the warehouse was broken open?
• Witness replied in the negative; but in answer to
the question whether he knew Stewart ? he replied
that be did, having met him frequently at Broome's
house. He also knew Harrison' and had seen him
e' at Brooms, where he likewise had seen Brookes.—
Stewart and Harrison seemed to be intimately ac-
quainted with Broome.
Mr. 11moms-I:lave you had any conversation
with Mr. Huntsman as.to the mode of payment ?—I
told Mr. Huntsman the same as I tell you.
On his cross-examination witness said, his great
trouble it the time prevented him from recollecting
whether he had told Mr. Huntsman that he had re-
ceived' the monerat thebar or not.
Mr. Hitaramt-:—Did yotailot say to Mr. Mintsman
that Stewart wonld'he suspected ?--.No, I never said
so to Mr. Huntsman.
Mr.' Huntsman here declared that the witness had
said so to him. •

. Stephen Mills' a fellow-porter of Stewart's, in the
employment-of Messrs. Longman and Co. said, he
saw Stewart. four months ago take an octavo book •,
but, inconsequence of witness remonstrating with
.him, he (Stewart) put it back again. Witness after-
wards saw him under saspicieus circumstances, and
told his master, wlib discharged him.
Mr. Ilitawyt—Had Stewart any opportunity of
getting the key of the warehouse ?—Yes, his employ-
ment partly lying in the counting-house where the
key was.
Brookes here prochiced a blue bag, and said he
bad evidence to prove that that was the only bag he
.hltd-ever carried, and that he was not out till half-
post- nine o'clock on the day of the robbery. The
witness bad, he said, stated the robbery-to have taken
place at an early hour, and that he had a green bag.
His LORDSHIP said, he did not wish to decide
prematurely upon the subject, but he was of opinion
that he should commit Brookes. As for Stewart, if
the complainants had no objection, he should be dis-
charged, there appearing nothing to implicate him.
Mr. HARMSR said, it was probable that evidence
might be brought forviard to justify the committal
of Stewart. All the prisoners were then remanded.
• It was observed, in the course of the investigation,
that no blame whatever was attached to the book-
sellers who purchased the books, Brookes having
been 20 years known amongst the most respectable
of them as a dealer in books.
MARLBOROUGH-sTastT.---Confession af a Horrid
Minder.—Thomas Woods % who was once a private in
the-85th Regiment of not, was brought up from
St. Anne's watch-house, charged, upon his own con-
fession, with the murder of Sarah Lee, in Scotland,
by stabbing her in the breast,- and afterward*
throwing her into the sea. The prisoner' from cosn-
panctiou of conscience, acknowledged his guilt at
the George, in Princes-street, on Tuesday evening,
and he gave his testimony with muck deliberation.
before the Magistrate, as follows, after stating, in an-
swer to a question put by Mr. raNANT, that uneasi-
ness of mind produced the confession :--He had
knowts the deceased iboat two years, who lived