Star.
London, England, 1828-09-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Sirr. 15.

Before tae Comeau tearsessee and a Middlesex Jury.
7*oraes Davis, a water man, was indicted fur stealing
io the dwelling-house of Jdnathan Sharpe, a-publican.
at Itiesrorrb, OA in sovereigns and silver, on the 28th
of July last.
Two witnesses deptised to seeing the prisoner near
tire house in question. (the Coach and Horses public-
haw at Weworth), about nine o'clock on the evening
question ; and rue of them said he (the prisoner) was
in company with a man named Bamford. Another
witness spoke to having seen the prisoner twice, in the
Paselle of the Coach and Horses, about. nine o'clock
tiP tile semenveoing, and also to having seen him about
half an hour afterwards get out of the bed-room win-
dow of the prosecutor's. house. The nest morning, bc-
Went ise and silt o'clock. the prisoner was seen in
lianunersarith..in company with a young woman; and
offfie some day he came to London, and, accompanied
by the young woman, bought,at a shop in Fleet-street,
several articles of dress, for which he paid between 81.
Nut% and on the mine evening. at another shop, be
panchased a Leghorn bonnet for the young woman, for
which a sumof 21. was paid. The prisoner and the woman
e(;e7,wards proceeded to Hounslow on their retina home,
and at a public-house there the prisoner was appre.l
handed. A bundle and a busdboz, were found in his
possession, with IS sovariens end abalf sovereign.
On the part of the prisoner several witnesses were
called to prove an Ws. One.of them deposed to see;
ing the prisoner at Richmond on the eighths question,
shortly after seven o'clock; and another said, he saw
trim there at a quarter before ten, and that he stayed
*inking in the Talbot tap.there till .half•past eleven.
A,porter in a chynsist's shop .at Richmond stated, that
he„Sass. the prisonee on the sameevening at five minutes
past ten o'clock. at,the foot 01.1tichmots4-bridge.
,Several other,witoesses were called,atid they proved
that Bansfmd, writhe night ia question, was in their,
compaay attbe,Coaeb and Horses public. house Erma
eight. &cluck untillsetween.twelve and one, and that thq
posonirr was natthere dining any part of that time.
.:rhe piiinnea s sister stated that, the prisoner was with
her. at ffichmondsaartbe.aight in question, from nine to
ten o'clock. •
.4:U."4-examination site Admitted that the prisoner,
bird no motley. at.that,tiOue,and Oak sheisave him 2d.
The jury deliberated A short time, nod then pro-
npuncedshe ,prisoner Net Guilty.
•. : +nano the AMR&
J'.awec young .span, was iadietscl for,
bre.king.,aod entering the dwelling-house
:of Samuel
Avila. a pawnbroker at Stepney, and stealiogithere.
frons tbtee gold watches.
The prosecutor's apprentice stated, that on the snortl-.
leg of the SOO of july last, he opened his master's shop,
at seven o'clock. While putting away.the shutters be
.soddenly heard a crash.:ot glass, and on eearnining the-
shop window,he missed three gold watches.
john Hitths, a,carman, who was in the street ,at the,
time, beard the crash of glass, an 4 immediately saw a'
man who. was dressed in a short blue jacket, striped
waistcoat, blue trousers, and ba.ots, ;on twin the Win'
tiow ',crops the road.; witness afterwards saw a perm%
et the Lambeth-street,Police..o(fic, la a dress
tp.that srornby the .mss whops tbe, 'row run from the
trOdors. andhelieatal that person to lre•the time.
Another person, *sassed Adiford, deposedva twin
srmatthe prisoneriashomise had lisowe farsenen years)
looking f ato .the within, of the proSecutoessbcrp.abouf
ten *runes pelt weep on the ntAnsiOS•in•Roststion.,—
This winless ipoke to prisoner's,dress as being similar
tp that *Scribed ,Isy the .catman:Witness saw
tits ritnitlx * sane .evening 01 a different 41sess. its
qwtilkanY with a Yormg woman.
Howard Lewis. a clotheasab*man, residing ist Cable.
street, sastrd it* the ptionet calocto hi. shop on the
anpraos in ocke.tione ,betweess tight and nine o'clock
and *d Olathe wa'sited topnrchase some clotbei, as
lee arils going to sea. After- selectutg clothes, to this
value 910. .141..he;prodecei i gold-watch, and cdreredii
tor dispose °fit.* 101. 4ehiggilipcis that if he wonld
froclne,hint.that inni. be woolo pay, tor the clotites out
of it. Witness took the witch to aperson of the name
ofisev.ol dealer in leo-eller7i in..tbe neighbourhood, to
whom heseld for-11,4 apdsrecarivedfrom Levi two 81.
Utiles altd a greeseign• The dotes were endorsed by
Levi. On goitig hack to the peisoner, he desired witness
to give.hita the two motes. and said be would pay hirn
fps the chnn!...s. .Witness *onodniseif the notes with
11is pop oarne.and g.ore 'hemp. the ripsaw, tetaining
the sovereign for changing thenatv. l'beßrisoner Oren
PrAdteetuluelpthorgol4witts*, and prop•aadtthar witness
5114$4!slAke it in ParrlWA for the clodtes. ihritneSea
suspicions beComing arousqd. be declined to take the
secnud watch, and the 'psiscuetthen left the shop in
teste.saying itevrouldaaliasais‘aadint-forebeclothes.
ills sever stunned. •
411 a stossnassninatiee by Mr. Assotamas. tbe.witness
stated, abat fie ~brad 'been stied at the bar of this Coast,
haterant ,ten 110doeirsell fen= tee but had been ac.',
*sod I, bet Amdahl) been.teiedhatmeen •sis sad seven
paws ago at Tor amoolising swim goods..
madaras acquitted Odin ohmage-Asa ,
411 officer ot aim LaisbasbuseetsPerbee, who appre.r
bonded she prisoner at die Addax Arms pablic•tesise,l
ia,gdward..treet, en rise swain of sheds, ia.question„.
stated shat the prisoner was tbeninthe dress described,
by die witness Adeford; .but on seaselliag his lodgings
be tweed clothes similar to those described by Woks.,
mad ea hie penes be fused a 51.note.tight seeeseigns..
taco half sovereigns, and •some sillier. The note was.
endorsed 44 A. Levi. Pell-street; and ss H. Lewis, 4.i
Cabl,,treetf' The prisoner stated that the note was'
paid to him iu June, 1827', by a Captain at a vessel
with whom he had been to sea. On looking at the note,
wham lowed it tn. be dated is January, 1828. The
totbreaer said be bed saved it up to purchase a hawker's
Nome* with.
The .pri.osser said nothing in his defence, but his
Counsel called Abash.= Levi, who declared that he
bad never .bad •any de bags with Howard Lewis
as/ sant bought it gold watch of bins for 111. Th;
estormilleat be the. nose produced was in witness's
bes4weiting ; the note had been in witness's possession,
and be had ais doubt be petted with it while be lived
le Pellitsmt.
At the request of *nen( the Jury, Howard Lewis was
Detailed, and swore positively that he disposed of the
weeds so Levi as Wore stated.
After some deliberation, the Jury found the prisoner
Guilty.
Itah n Farrow and Awes Crow Wee indicted for a
burglary in the dwelling bum of James Hatfield, at
Old Orcesiton. The proneetoel hoes. was enure st by
a window on the nightof the 294, or morning of the
Sitth efJoly last, and a variety of anicles were s olen
thetafrops. 'De primates were wen en the eighboerhood
Amity afterwards, and On an astempt made to spine-
heed them they ran easy. Farrow was taken with cer-
tain ispiensemts dhotis, breakiog in his possession. •
-Thaler, (sued him GaAs, and acquitted the other
leedee.

Wore the Canoe flatansirt and London Juries.
John Raft was convicted of stealing, on the 22d J..ly
last. ten ounces of tea, the .property of the Ea,t India
Compel's', at one cf their warehouses, *here he was
employed.
Atte Clark. an old man, who bad been in the ser•
vice of the East India Company upwards of 23 years,
was convicted of a similar offence.