Star.
London, England, 1829-01-17 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Joseph ChMey was indicted for sealing three fur caps,
the property of Joseph Parker, a schuolmastee, residing
at S:okr N ninglem. It appeared from the evidence
of the pro ecistsir that the phoner scaled a will, and
gist ii.to the play room. l om whence he abstracted the
Ise rerty in questims; hut htfose he could decamp the
pig menu,: brought him to by a shot irons a ft,a ling
piece vil.ich ve As I.lleed w ii h 5, ot, some of which lodged
in the phones's back.—The Jesy found the pis•mei
Gaiity

lln,tha tininps o as indtcted f. r stealing a watch, the
proptaty ot Middleton. Flom the evidence if
the prosecutor, it appem est he was importuned by the
isuner to give her something to drink; and although
. he dld not know her. it being I. Christmas time he
brought her into a public house. and gave ter doer
glasses of .hrub, alter which she took her leave. nit
before, howevrr, taking wi h
,her his silver watch as a,
token of remeiribra. ce.—The Jury returned a verdict
of Net Gnilty.
Jeremiah 4.10 yd was indicted for s;eiling, in the
palish of St. Clement Dines, a coat, pair of trowsers,
and a waistcoat, the pp•perty of Thomas Prince.
The prosecutor, a porter, deposed
,that the prisoner
slept in the same room with him, and on the 13th
December last, at about three o'clock in the morning,
. he missed his clothes, and subsequently he indentaified
him as the person. who stole the property.
The pawnbroker identified the prisoner as the paw*
who pleJged the property produced.
The prisoner, whose respectable appearance ken*,
the Learned. Sergeant to inquire what be was, denial
. stealing the ct ,thes in question.
The prosecutor said the prisoner was a ittiwilcar.
be believed, but we, cf such dissolute habits that be
never went out before serest o'clock at night,. and
„ Awned at three. or fi ur o'clock in the mornio whichg, at which
bout he w4s, taken into custody ; be lived with
laii_f4Cher and mothet..,. .
• ;XIII' jut y returnelisa verdict of geikg.
Jantes'ilall pleaded Guilty to an more-went charging
hi ir with robbing his empl ,)4ts.4lesers. kik, and Co.
ot 4tve!al carpe;{ and hegth rargst
Daniel Evansclatged with seceivins the same, well

ltnowing Wit 1411 e *aria. Guilty;
but, atter a caution from -Mr.ll.•nteant ARAZIN that bis
plea wool 1 not pperitte in mit ignrion 'of punishment,
th,. prisoner retracted his plea of guilty, and pleaded
Not Guilty.
The prosecutor stated that he and his partner had
been .übject for a length of time to a regular system of
plunder by their servants ; he then deposed to facts c•
fleeted with the case that 1 ft no doubt of the prisoner's
guilty knowledge, and the Jury, without hea,ation,
returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN immedia.ely ordered both the
prisoners to be brought up for jiidgment, and sentenced
them to transportation for fourteen years.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS, who conducted the prosecution,
said, the conduct of the prisoners was of so profligate a
nature, that Messrs. Riley, found it impossible to re-
commend them to mercy.
Thomas Woods was indicted for embezzling the sum
of 3s. 6d. the moneys of his employer, a Mr. Palliser, a
whip manufacturer.
Mr Palliser said the prisoner bad, for a length of
time, filled it confidential situation in his employ, but cf
late his conduct became rather suspicious; he (Mr.
Pallister) therefote, got a Friend to rurchase two whips,
for which he paid 11.45. I ut the prisoner only accounted
I.r 11.05.6 d.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIH summed up, and the Jury
found the prisoner Guilty.
He was again put to the bar, and convicted on another
indictment, charging him with embezzling the sum of
I Is. rind. r similar circumstances. •
Mr. C. PHILLIPS, for the prisoner, asked if orte pound
and sixpence was not a lair price for the whips P Pray,
Sir, said Mr. Phillips, what might they cost?
Mr P•illiser—Why, really, whips bear so pond a pro-
fit, that I do not wis. it to Rain publici.y—(LaUghtet).
Mr. PHILLIPS—ShouI.i you, at .the arm the.prisoner
accounted for, have ;tot .fi:ty per cent.?
Witness—l think that I should—(Laughter).
MIDDLEStX SESSIONS, JAMMU' 16.

Militias Barrett and Job* North were indicted, for
is body snatching."
From the evidence of two watchmen rd St. George's'
parish, Middlesex, named King and Briggs. it ippeated
that the prisoners, who had some slight acquaintance
with, them, called urn them, and sounded them as to
their inclination to assist in extracting dead b .el es '
from the parish churchyard. The prisoners. to induce
the witnesses to accede to their wishes, alluied to t..e
great advantages to be derived from even one night's
work, which they 'Aim* ed as calculated to prirclu• e
no less a sum than To!. The *finesses apparently
agreed to the prisoners propi,sition, and it was ultimately
arranged. that they should all proceed to the church.
yard the same night, from. which they were to take
fr tureen bodies, for each of which they were to allow
the watchmen 51. The latt r. however, determined to
frustrate the prisoner's attempt, and gave information
on the subject to the parish authorities.
At night the prisoners and two assistant, and the
watchman, were punctual to their appointment, and II
came provided with all the implements necessary for
the proecalion of nefarious pen rise; they passed
over a wall 14 feet high, surmounted by a cheveaux
jrize of iron ; they tl.en proceeded ti open two or three
.graves, but met with nothing that suited their purpose;
they next epened a grave. from which they took the
b dy of a female child, about nine years old; they
alter wards opened` several other graves; a signal which
had been previnusly agreed upon was now given by the
watchman, and some persons who were stationed in an
adjoining building, rushed rut and secured the pa.
loners; the two assistants effected their
N-rth complained to the Court of having been very
mach ill used by the mob *hen he was taken; and in
mitigation of punishment observed, that he had been
in pillion five weeks. _ _ _

the prisoners sere found Guilty, and sentenced to
nine months imprisonment and hard labour.

SURREY SESSIONS, JAL IS.

Elisabeth Lewis. and. Ann Corder (her daughter) were
put to the bare charged, the former with having stolen,
and the latter with having received, four teen glass cruets,
some wine glasses, and other articles, the property of
Reber' l'assenget,'ot St. Saviour's, Southwark.
It tppeated us eviderce that the elder poisoner was
employed in the statehouse uf the prosecutor. a wholes
sic dealer in glass, a. d had, from time to time, taken
the articles in question, and conveyed them to her
daughter, who sold them in the neighbourhood.
The facts heing proved a verdict of guilty was recorded
against both the prisoners.
The mother was sentenced to seven years transporta•
Lion, and the daughter to two months imprisonment in
the co,tivty gaol.
Phillip tees was indicted for stealing ei,thty panes of
glass, of the value of Sl. the pi °petty if John. Barham,
between the 231 and 29th December last. _

The prosecutor, upon discovering his loss, went to
Mr. Farmer. a glazier, in order to have the glass te-
pl,ced. In cons* que, ce Cf some info. oration which he
received hum him he was induced to apply to an officer,
in order to have the prisoner's premises searched. Was
told by Levi that the glass had teen disposed of.*Went
to a Mr. foster's. and found thirty panes of the stolen
glass, which he and the officer took back to the pri-
soner'. shop, from whence Foster had recently purchased
them.

The fact of the stolen property being by this means
establislied,it kemiined tube proved whether the prisoner
had stole it, or had purchased it with the knowledge
of its having been stolen? neither of which appeared
in evidence. The prisoner. received an excellent clot-
. racier, after which the J ury. after a short consultation,
returned a verdict of Noe. Gaily.
IVatinore, a gardener by trade, but out of
,employment, was eurged with haying stolen forty
pounds weight of iron trum an unfinished house, the
property of James Henry, near Kenningtun•oval„ on the
29th of November last. The offence having been proved,"
'the ptistiner pleaded distiess and .wart of employ-
ment ; that he had applied
.for relief to
.the parish'
autl citties of Lambeth, who had only allowed him two,
shillings a %ea, a sum so inadequate fur his mainte-
nance, that he had been obliged to part with everything
he possessed..
Several witnesses gave 'the prisoner .a respectable.
character pievious to the commission tUthe present
offence.
Toe Jury having iettirped WYeisdici of Ousts.
The prosecutor.recommended him to the merciful
consideration 4 f he Court.
The C IVA IRNI A N. after smokable a d moniecki, sent, riced
hiai [o urge' week's &id libtotti iti tote
•
House of i;cirrectio •
f/A .
' liferdersirr-Liy*g. and John. 6 am, the forme tweliue
iip'd thilitter yegati ol *se, •werefllndicted fur.
stealing a 40; into a -i'abbliAhe* Propfity.pf Nicholai'
Mahon, proprietOr of a matigbrie olieis **titan scale;
on the 19 h of December last. . .
The i fee t! bawlog been played, the ee4tileases• of is
isOinst Moth the 6,l94deit
i;ipaaJ to no lea by the dal of the your:. • .

The Jury luting Meted] :fielldadt against'
truth the ptisoners,
The Ctratitslaw. in passing sentence, observed that
the lenient sentence pa..ed upon them when previnusly
convicted appe'ared to have bad no effect in reclaiming
either of them ; that. in coder to c.it off all intercourse,
with their guilty associates .n this country, and in all,
pronatsility to save them from 411 ignominious end, it
now !wean,' ihe duty of Os Cent to sentence them to
trans,uutation for the space of kesen yesrs.
The prism:els, upon Leing clidt.cted from the bar,
behaved in the m-st otyragenus manner, upon ia hkh
the Chairman obsei ved to 'tie Governor of the prisms,
that he (the ChArnim) trus:ed t. eir conduct at that bet
would be representeJ to the Secrttary of State, who, in
ail probabilty, would alter the sentence to 14. yea's'
transportation.
John Wood, a silly-looking boy, films years of age,,
oho had been previ. usly c ,nvicted, was Indicted
stealing a shirr, the property of Mary Clarke.
The case having bten fully proved, a vadict 01
'Guilty was recorded.
CHAInMAN, of er an impressive admonition, s r-
termed the Entwines to seven Teats transpOttatiOn.