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request. Johnsen said nothlag, that Wheel eithdt 1
to the watch-housekeeper or any one else, about Ms
sending a young man into the house.
Cross examined.—Then had been a great deal of
conversation between the prisoner and the watch-
house.keeper, which he did not kear. He was era-
mined in Court on the day of the conviction of Bax-
ter, and confirmed Johnson's statement. On the day
in question, Johnson asked witness to aid him. He
said he had been looking after a desperate gang, and
he added, If you do not mind, one of them carries
a knife up his sleeve, and he will give it you in your
eye or your heart."—On the conviction of Baxter, lie
received the reward of £lO.

The Learned Judge ( Houton)), in summing up
the evidence, strongly recommended to the Jury to
weigh exactly and minutely all the testimony which
had been given to guard their minds against any
prejudice or unfavourable impression which the pre-
sent charge, from its nature, was calculated to excite,
and to determine alone from what had been proved
bellore them. His Lordship then recapitulated the
testimony of the several witnesses, and told the Jury,
that, in point of law, if they believed the prisoner at
the bar was present at the commission of the felony,
aiding and advising Baxter, they ought to find him
guilty ; if not, they were bound to acquit him.
The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found
the prisoner Guilty of the whole of the charge.
The prisoner appeared very much agitated through-
out the trial, but when the verdict was returned, he
bowed very low, and in a composed manner thus ad• i
dressed the Court :—" My Lord, I do not impute
any blame to the Jury for bringing me in guilty—l
belies% they have acted conscientiously--but there is
a just GOD above that knows that many persons have
ptijured themselves in this case. I acksou ledge I
was with the young man; and I suffered him to
commit the robbery, that, as was my duly, I might
bring au offender to justice, who had been guilty of
many depredations. I hope, my Lord, if lam to
die, that you will take me out of my suffering as soon
as pessible—for I have suffered so much in the House
of Correction and Newgate, that I am unable to en-
dure more."

The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and
the Court adjourned.

M IDDLESEX SESSIONS. SEPTEMBER 24.

Yesterday Sarah Scott was put to the bar charged
with cruelty towards her infant stepdaughter, a child
under four years of age. The child had been treated
with every species of cruelty, and, when discovered
by the neighbours, was in a most emaciated state,
nearly starved, and covered with wounds and bruises.
The present prosecution was instituted and carried on
by the parish officers of St. Giles's. The Jury now
found her guilty, and the Court sentenced her to one
year's imprisonment in the House of Correction.
Charlene Mitchell, a girl of 13 years of age, was in-
dicted for fraudulently obtaining seven pair of shoes,
the property of William Peart, of Charleton-street,
;;others Town. It appea:ed, from the statement of
Mrs. Peart, that on the day mentioned in the indict-
ment, the ►,risoner went to the prosecutor's shop, and
represented that she came from Mrs. Trelawney, a
Lady under whose protection she was, and who had
sent her tor seven pair of shoes of different sizes. The
shoes were accordingly delivered to her, and she went
away. It afterwards appeared that Mrs. Trelawney
wan entirely ignorant of the circumstance. Upon this
evidence the Jury found her Guilty.
Mrs. Trelawney, who is a lady of fortune, residing
in Somers town, and well known for her charities in
that neighbourhood, was in Court, and, in answer to
the questions put to her from the Bench, stated, that
the prisoner, and three sisters and a brother, had been
left fatherless, and with a mother whose conduct ren-
dered her unworthy that name. The girls were all
'Danger than the prisoner ; the boy was older. Mrs.
Trelawney, from motives of charity, had taken them
all under her care : the boy was a youth of excellent
disposition, aed with the conduct of the younger chil-
dren she was perfectly satisfied. The conduct of the
prisoner had, however, given her much trouble ; her
mother had taken frequent opportunities of seeing her,
and Mrs. 'frelawney suspected, bad invariably given
her bad advice; and there was reason to believe, that
on the day in question, the mother was in waiting to
receive the shoe; which the piiboner obtained from
Mrs. Peart.

The CHAIRMAN expressed hit regret that the Court
had not the mother now before them, and that they
had not the power of punishing her. It was become
necessary, however, that the Court should do all it
could do to preserve the prisoner from the erects of
her own conduct, and to prevent her bad example
' contaminating her infant sisters. To effect this, if
possible, the sentence of the Court was, that she
should be transported for seven years.
Thomas liaghse was convicted of an assault on Mary
Ann Price, a child of six years of age, with an intent
to violate her person.
John Gran and Catherine Boman were committed
to the House of Correction, for having presented at
the War Office forged certificates, for the purpose of
procuring passes to enable them to receive the allow.
antes granted by Act of Parliament to soldiers' wives
and children travelling to their homes.

Sunday, as Mr. GRIMM/alb one of the officers of
the Customs, Worthing, was eating his dinner. he
was seized with a violent pain in his stomach, and
just as he complained, he fell from 'his chair, and
instantly expired.
Monday evening an Inquisitiir was held at the
George, Bast Harding-street, Gough-square, on the
body of Mr. Roger Lee, who was found• dead in his
bed between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday mor-
ning. The deceased was 60 years of age, and kept
a shop in Fleet Market for the sale of physical herbs.
Verdict—Died of an Apoplostic Fit.
ROBBEKL—Monday night last, the house of Lord
MACDONALD, No. 20, Duke street, Westminster, was
I entered by some villains at the back part of the house,
facing the Park. It is supposed that they got over
the Park wall, and with a ladder, which had been
left on the premises by the bricklayers, (the house
undergoing repairs) they got through the balcony
window, and got into a sitting room, by breaking
open a sash frame. The articles were bat trifling
which were taken by the depredators ; they consisted
chiefly of bed linen, chair covers, bolsters, and other
articles : a box was broke open and a false key wpr
left in it ; nothing was taken out of the box, and it
is supposed they were disturbed and made a precipi.
tate mow