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London, England, 1819-01-15 00:00:00

OLD RAMEY, JANEARY 14.

Inn. Carr was indicted for attempting to f..t
:W. Billingsley, a blunderbuss, with latex.
him, or with intent.to do him grievous 1x;+!.1.71:7.„...:
W. Billingsley %CIS in the employment
Colville, nurserymen, in the King's-road, Che
was witness's busines to protect the..propery/pf
nursery. On Monday, tire 11 th instant, he
ins; in the nursery ; he had a blunderbuss, which
had charged with powder and shot. Abosit tiAt
o'clock in the morning he heard a noise in ti:o
penter's shop, and he got up, took the bluudei-b:.,
his hand, and mi.-. the prisoner at the door; took kin
by the collar, and told him to stop, for if lie. did
witness would shoot him. The prisoner seized
' of the blunderbuss with one hand, and
with the i,ther, and they both fell down together,
the prisoner got the blunderbuss from him. LI
stepped back a few paces, levelled the blunderbra! 4
witness, pulled the. ti igger, and it flashed in the p 3 z,
The prisoner then turned and ran :ma). Witnel
pursued him, telling him to throW dorm the
derbuss. . lie tan until he came to same pales.
. The prisoner, in his defence, said. he had 6;)
tion to do the prosecutor any injury, and that
trigger of the blunderbuss aseideLtally snapped :4
the scuffle. .He ran away with it to prevent the Ft,
secutor from doing any further injury.
Mr. Justice HOLROYD recupitulated the e.:ie.c7.if,
and the Jury retired, and on their return, lean'.
prisoner Guilty of levelling the piece at the prrse:;•

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ior, but that the piece was not primed.—Jvatgrae4
respited for the opinion of the Twelve Jadge.. '
J. I)oxding, for bvrglariously breaking and eattr.
ing the dwelling-house of I. Joseph, and
gold rings, &c.; V. Riasell, for steaiin a
sheep, the property of J. Tomlinson; J. Mika; :4
'J. linker, for burglariously breaking and enters
the dwelling-house of E. Wheatley, and steaf.r.;: a
cushion and 50 gold pins; and D. Sharp, for
60 yards of sarsnet, the property of G. Harris,
dwelling-house, were also capitally convicted.
D. RoGini, an Italian, was indicted for steadies a
1/. note, the property of Load Beresford. •
The prosecutor proved, that on the Bth of Decent.
ber he had reason to suspect the prisoner, who was
valet, and had been so since the retreat of our Army
at Corunna ; and he placed ten £1 notes in his wain.
coat, having previously taken the number of each.
On his Lordship patting it on, ha discovered th.a
one of the notes was missing, and he sent for For,
upon whose arrival the Alarsl,ltl asked him if he had
any money ? He said, " None but some Portugal
pieces." He charged him to speak the :ruth, and Me
prisoner repeated his asset tion. was then ordered
to take out all the money he had, and he placed :11
Portuguese pieces on the table. Foy searched him,
and in his breeches pocket four.d the £1 note, t'st
number of which corresponded with the numba. ei
that which the prosecutor Lad taken.
Mr. ADo t.ru t;:t took an objection to the indictment,
upon the ground that it set forth that the prope-?y
was stolen from Lord Beresford, without stating'-.:s
Lordship's Christian name; but it was over-ruled.
Guilty.
The following were also convicted of felony, viz.
li. -;:w,11, for stealing three silver spoons and otha ;
E. Stepit.atson and E. (:harslet, for stealing a box ef case.o ;
T. Gillett, for stealing 10Olbs. Weight of roFe, take F..
Jackain, for stealing a cask and 35lbs. weight d • wragra-.1; 71.
Kinslei, for stealing a book, value 65.; T. llolfor;;, f.t stn ih.g
a silk handkerchief at the time of an execution lathe Oltl-Bglri,
on the 15tli of December last; D. neva, for et;lbtat,l7g
£i.s. 7s. O. of his ,osployer ; J. Knight, for stea::le a Sat::.[
7,8165. shutter; and IL Hart, for stealing a tr-intit) of papa.