Star.
London, England, 1804-10-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNT AND KACE.S AT AYR.
Company attending the Caledonian Hnnt and
, lift week, was numerous. elegant, and fafhion.
Some of the races have been good. Thole on
lay afforded excellent (port, and were keenly

Led.
bionday—ting's Hundred.
A Bellavin's Brandon, 5 yrs old - - 1 1
i Lapton'a C. h. Mountpleafant, 5 yr. ad, - sdr
'uefday. Produce Stakes, 3 yrs. old, five Subfcri-
bers, too Guineas each, one :.mile heat.
... of Hamilon's cheroot colt, by W•luut, - 1
Baird's boy colt, by Overton. . a
I of Calllis chefnut colt, by Overton, . 3
Mink's brown filly, by Scorpion. - - 4
A Cup, value too Guineas, the furpins in fpecie,
Subfcribers, to Guineas each, for Harks bred
d trained in Scotland.
CAW Chancellor, • - - a
1. D. Hampton's ear, - a
Ofarakl's bay bode, - - 3
Sol. Ayr Subfcription.
'opium's bay mare, - . 31 a
Dallis' awneellor, . - 1 3 1
eof Hainittotl'e e. e. by Walnut, • 4a dr
1. Don's bay borfe, - - a dr
'ednefday. Sol. given by the Caledonian Hunt.
rd Belhaven • 611 y Bconingborrow, walked over.
lurfday. Fifty
.Pounds for Hunters, given by the
Caledonian Hunt.

Mr OfWald'e Emmetlor. -
Caereln J. H. Miles Rebel. - -•
Lord Caine* ebeibut horre Sportfman. -
Fifty Pounds, Ladies' Purfe.
Belbayen's bay filly, Benniogbarrow,
. Dun's bay bock. :-
'oturg's grey mare, Mary Grey, -

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OLD BAILEY.

,therday Alice Mahe, Ann Grace and Sufanna Croft,
indieted for haling a filver watch. a pair of
;kings, and a handkerchief of the value of up-
wards of forty (fallings, in the dwelling houfe of
larks Innis, the property of William Pitman.
The Profecutor proved that he is by trade a Tay-
., andilves at No. tt, Boyle's-court, Red Lion-
finue, that on the 16th of Sep:ember tart he had
been at a Hnufe of Call in Wardour-hreet, and had
been drinking until eleven o'clock in the evening, fo
as to be a good deal intoxicated. That about half
pag eleven he met the two prifoners, Mobbs and
Crofs, took them to a houfe No. 6, in Dyott-fireet,
Giles's, with one of whom, Mobbs, he went to
at this time he was Pure be had his watch, and
~e it on the table before he went to bed, which was
about an hour after he came into the houfe. About
half pall five in the morning, he was awoke by the
violent and noify abufe of the prifoner Grace, on
account of his having taken poffetfion of her bed, for
he infitled it belonged to her alone. The prifoner,
biobbs, was then gone. He got up and dreffed him
WE, miffed his watch and (bookings, went out %tido.
t them, borrowed a pair of hockings to go home
,ith ; in two or three hours he returned ; in his
dray back he met a perfon he knew, to whom he re-
lated his lofs and the circumtlances of it, who tearch-
ed for and found the (bookings under the pillows of a
bed belonging to the prifoner, Mobbs, at No. 9, in
the fame &feet. The watch was never found ; nor
was any account given of it. Upon this the three
women were charged with a felony and committed.
The defence was, that he met the prifoiter, Mobbs,
. the greet, went to treat her at a public boufe,
agreed to go home with her; and when they came
in the b dging of the prifoner, Grace, he Paid he had
only four (billings about him, but which the prifoner
Kibbe, laid, was not enough ; on which he laid he
would give her more in the morning, and in the
mean time he would leave his handkerchief, and fome
other articles as a fecurity for his return. That he
rent to bed to both prifoners, Mobbs and Grace.
(Crofs not being in the room) and went to fleep.—
About five he awoke, and laid he was thirfl y. Mobbs
went down (lairs to fetch up fome water for him,
had about half an hour, an when the came up the
gentleman was gone ; Mobbsd took the handkerchief
and fiockings to her own room, and put them tinder
the bolfter of ber bed, intending to return them when
be returned to redeem his pledge, but when he came
he charged them all with the robbery.
Mr. Baron THoMPSON obferved to the Jory, that
this charge, as gated in the indiament, was for a
capital offence againft theft unfortunate women,
(namely, that of healing in a dwelling property above
the value of fifty (billings, but they might relieve
themfelves from any confideration of the capital part,
becaufe the ineliament Rated the dwelling-houfe to
be the dwelling of Charles James : it was new his, I
but at the time when this ad took place, it was the
dwelling hook of his mother, and therefore wrongly
Oared. Indeed, under all the circumflances of this
cafe, of the Profecutor being intoxicated, and the put,
pile for which he went into this hook, it was per-
haps doubtful whether his property could be held to
be under the proteftion of the dwelling, within the
meaning of the Penal Aa of Parliament, upon which
this indiftment was flamed ; but that queftion did
sant arife, fineethe other point difpfed of the capi-
tal offence, and the Jury would confider whether any
or either of the prifoncrs be guilty of a lower deno-
mination of crime, as they felt on the compleftion
of the cafe.
The Jury found all three—Not Guilty.
Yana: Price, a Clerk, was indifted fur healing a
01. Bank Note, in a the property
of Mr. Loughlin M‘Donough.
The Profecutor and his Wineires, as well as
foci, are are failor‘, who all flept in one room, a public
hour*, for the reception of tailors. The Profecittor
had put a col. rule in his waiftenat pocket inclofed
in a ballad, which the prifoner law, and at the fame
time the prifoner laid he had only twopence-half-
penny in his pocket. Some time in the night the
Prifoner's bedfellow heard him get up, and fay, he
had tuft his hook; meaning, he bad ant into a
wrong houfe, and being told it was his right lodging,
lie went to bed again- In the morning the Profecu
tor found his ballad, but miffed his note. He ac-
cored the prifoner of healing it, who laid, he knew
'nothing about it, and went away.
It then appeared that very form afterwards a black
perfon, a Tailor, fuch as the prifuner was, bought a
watch and jacket of a Jew, of the name of Wes, in
LA Smithfield; for the watch he gave two guineas,
and for the jacket eighteen Ihillitigc,acl took change
of a la. note, Out the Jew cithel did not tsigildt

the particulars,
rticulart. Or could net defcriSe the watch ot•
jacket, or affcBed that he could not fo as to identify
either of them, or the prifoner; he rather thought,
he faid, the man who came was a head (hotter than
the prifoner; although one of the conitables who ap-
prehended the prifoner, fwore that, when he went to
Moles, he immediately afterwards admitted the watch
to have been ttolen by him.
The watch and jacket were found in the poffeffion
of the prifoner, as ii!fo feveral 11. note', not one of
which would Mores fay he knew, fince he could nei-
ther write or read.
The pi ifoner faid he had the jacket, and the one
pound notes, of fomc Greeks, who came with him in
the fame (hip. And one of the fame Greeks gave
him the watch in queftion, in order that he might.
have a glaft put in it. Thefe Greeks lived, he faid,
in Eaß.Sinithfield ;—but he did not produce one of
them.
Lord ELLENISOROVGH obferved to the Jury, that
the prefent was a capital offence, if they were fatif-.
fied-the prifoner Role this note ; for this was not like
the lalt cafe where it might have been doubtful, whe-
ther the proteCtion of the dwelling extended to pro.
petty detached from the perfon'of its owner ; it was
a lodging in the nature of an inn—the owner of
which might be anfwcrable for the lots, for the pto-
fecutor was in purfuit of unlawful purpofes, and was
entitled to the pruteetion of the dwelling to his pro-
perty within it.
The Jury found the prifoner Guilty—Death ; but
recommended him to mercy.
His Lordthip defired to know upon what ground
their recommendation was founded?
They laid on account of the evidence being in Tome
meafure defeaive or doubtful.
Lard ELLBPIDOILOUGH laid if they did dot believe
the evidence they would not have found the prifoner
Guilty.
Daniel Thajlon and Jejph Freeman ware indiCted
for Beating a Bank note of the value of t 51. the pro-
perty of Thomas Cole, privately from his perfon.
The profecutor Rated that he is a fei v ant out of
place, that on the 28th of September lalt, about t
o'clock in the morning, he was looking at a window
of a print Mop, in St. James's-ttreet, where there
were a good many peorle, and in a moment Thud-
ton put his hand over his right thouliter, pointed to a
print, and drew his attention to a print in the win-
dow, and (aid, I fuppofe that is meant for Burdett
coming from Bientford, and he faid, he fuppoled
if
was ; he looked at the prifoner, and took full notice
of him, and then went up St. James's. fired. He had
a full view of the prifoner, fo that although he did
not tee the prifoner for a fortnight afterwards, and'
never to his knowledge faw him before, he knew him
again immediately, by a mark on his face, of which
the profecutor toi.k p titular notice. At that time
he did not mifs his go.cket book, nor did he think of
it until he had gone as far as Vere-flreet, near Ox-
ford-road, which was about twenty minutes after-
wards, and then he miffed it, for he had occafton to
take out a letter he had in the fame hook to (hew to
a friend with whom lie was engaged to dine that day.
The letter he regretted very much the lots of, on ac-
count ct its containing a prontife of an allowance to
him of sa. from a family to whom he had been fer-
vent for eighteen years. That on the 24th of Sep-
tennt- he received this 151. bank note of Meffrs.
Applebte, in Parliament Rreet ; but took no account
of the particulars of it. only he obferved in writing
on the back of it, 18th September ; but no other
writing that he took notice of. He was fore lie had it in
his pocket when he entered St. James's-palace, but
*.vas not lure he 101 l it, while he Rood at the winJow
'of the print Blot, in St. James's-ftreet, nor did lie
Ifufpett, at the time, that he did lofe it there, nor in
deed at all, until he law the prifoner Thurlion ini
letiftody. He did not fee Freeman at the window.
Mrs. Applebee gave an account of her having re. I
iceived this note of Mr. Sexon, in the fame ftreet, but''
took none of its particulars.
John Bafenet, who keeps, for his father, a hatter's
(bop in Tothill•ttreet, Weaminfter, Dated, that on the
28th of September laft, about twelve o'clock, the
prifoner, Freeman, with a woman of the name of
Margat et Ward, came to his (hop (jitil about an hour
-after the profecutor had Rated he had Rood by the
window in St. James'.,-tlreet.) The uitnefs fold to
Fi email a hat for liiteen Chitlings, which he paid,
giving hint a bank note of 151. This note the wit-
nefs took to Mr. Welton a baker in the fame beet,
where he got change for it, fourteen one pound
bank notes and the remainder in filver. He did not
obtetve the prifoner Mullion there or any where
about the place. Freeman afterwards complained
the hat was rather too large for him, and the witnefs
faid if he came the next day lie would site: it. Free-
man took his change fur tile 151. and went away. In
three days afterwards Freeman came again to the
fame (hop to alter the hat.
James Welton' baker, in Tothill-ftreet, proved that
the tall witnefs brought him a i5l bank note on the
Bth of September, about a quarter alter i z o'clock,
for which Mrs. Welton gave change, as already Itat•
cd. Mr. Welton in order to know the note again,
tore a piece off the left hand corner of the note, over
the figure of Britannia, and afterwards on the fame
day paid it away to his mealman.
The note in four days came to the Bank from the
Ironic of Smith, Payne, and Co. Bankers.
Mr. Gibfon, a Clerk in the Bank, produced the
note ; the part containing the funs was punched out,
and the fignature cancelled, according to the ulual
praaice of the Bank on payment of its notes.
The profecutor looked at the note and from the
18th September being en the back of it, faid he ve
rily believed it to be the note he 101 l ; and Mr.
Welton believed it to he the note he received of Mr.
Bafenet, and which lie had received of the prifoner,

Freeman.
Margaret Ward defcribed herfelf as living near
I'o hil areet. She (wore, that on Friday the 28th
of September laft, about a quarter before twelve
o'clock, as near as fhe could recolleet, fhe was at
the Union Punch-houfe, Weßminfter. Freeman,
the prifoner was there, and gave her a glair. of gin.
He laid, he was going to buy a hat, and the raid," I
will igo along with you." They went out together ;
the law the other pnb•nrr, Thurilon, in the llrcet : he
followed them to the hook of Mr. Bafenet. Freeman
laid, " I am going to buy a hat," and left Thula, n,
who then laid nothing, walking backwards : nd for•
wards. Freeman gave Mr. Bafenet a 151. Bank note,
and got change for it, after buying a hat fur 1 ys.—
What Die and Freeman sane out of the atop,

Thudlon wa.-, in the Greet, and folloiied them to the
Wehminfter Arms; they all three went in together,
and had fume liquor. She went out for about a mi-
nute, leaving both Thurfton and Freeman together,
and returned, when the law Freeman give to Thur.
Ron fame Bank notes, five one pound Bank notes,
and one zl. note, and fome flyer ; and Thurfton
faid to Freeman, he would fee lam again at four
o'clock. Nothing whatever was faid by either of
them about the money. She then went with Freeman
to buy fume articles. Said the had coaxed him out
of a pair of !hoes and a muffin handkerchief.
William Goodenough, a conhable, gave an ac-
count of his apprehending Freeman on this charge;
who faid at firtt he had a t 31. Bank note fent to him
from his uncle at BriQol, but being told he was
charged with healing a 131. note, lie faid he had it
from an old foldier, who, obferving he had a bad hat,
would give him a new one out et the money if he
would get change fur a 131. Bank note, which lie laid
he did. That a week afterwards he apprehended
Thurfton in Duck-lane, in confequence of info' 'na-
tion from Margaret Ward.
Freeman, in his defence, admitted he had the
note in quellion, and gave the money to Thurflon,
as Margaret Ward had hated, but faid he found the
book in St. James's.ftreet, and by accident met Mul-
lion in St. James's Park ; that he owed him fome
money, and went into a public bode to pay it, and
to lend him zl.
The prifoner, Thuthon, pretended to be quite deaf,
but in one or two inhances betrayed his ar Once by
making obfervations on fomo Frts of the, evidence,
which were delivered in a low tone of voice, which
drew an obfervation from the Bench, that the farce
had been kept up too long.
Mr. Baron THoSIPSON recited the fubflance of the
evidence from his notes, and obferved, among many
other things, to the Jury, that they were to fay whe-
ther firft the note was identified or not ?—for without
that fah the whole cafe would come to nothing.—
Then, if identified, whether the prifoners, or either
of them, Role the pocket-book of the profecutor.—
If they vete convinced of that fait, tl e next queftion
for them would be, Whether they could afcertain '
whole was the hand that took the book from the per 1
fon of the profecutur ? Becaufe, although this was
a capital offence, for which the Benefit of Clergy
was taken away, namely, an offence of healing above
the value of a Chilling privately from the perfon, yet
she conttration which had been put upon the Aft of
Parliament makin it capital, was, that only the
hand which altually picks the pocket was nulled of '
its Clergy ; therefore, it on the evidence the Jury
were fatofied that one or more perfons confederated
with, and were aiding and all-thing the thief to com-
mit the theft, yet no one of them could be found
guilty of the capital part of this crime, namely, the
healing privately from the perfon, not being guilty
to that extent, but the hand that aaually picked the
pocket. If, on the other hand, a number were con
cerned aiding and atlitling to accomplifh fuels an aft,
and it was uncertain which of them was the hand
that aaually picked the pocket, the fafer way in fuch
a cafe would he to find them not gi ilty of healing
ptivily from the perfon, but guilty i f healing only,
otherwife they might deprive of the benefit ci Cler-
gy an offender to whom the law allowed it.
The Jury, after a lhort donfoltatit n, found them
both Nut Guilty.
The Officer of the Court vahlpered in the ear cf
Thurilon, " They have found you Not Guilty," on
which he receives ed his hearing marvelloutly, and re-
tired very cheerfully.
jofeth Leta: was capitally indiBed for felonintrily
healing one 21. and a IL Bank note, the ; ropeity ( f
William Hall.
It appeared in evidence, that en the night of the
td of October, the Prolecutor flept at the Yorkfhire
Grey Inn, Whitechapel, and the prifoner lay in the
fame room : on going to bed, he had one 21. and a
if. Bank note in his breeches pocket ; when he arole
next morning he miffed the notes, and thevPrifuner
had difappeared ; the prifoner went to the Role and
Crown public houfe, in Ratcliff Highway, when he
anted the Landlord to give him change for a pound
note ; he had but three dollars, which the piifoner
took, left she note, and laid he would call in the
courfe of the day for the remait.ier el the change.
He then proceeded to the Cannon public houfe, in
dm fame neighbourhood, and calling for fome gin
and water, he produced a al. note ; and ailed the
bar-maid what the amount of it was ? the told him ;
he drank his gin, gave a dollar in payment, and went
away; in the courfe of the day, he was apprehended
by a Police Officer, to whom he acknowledged it here
he had changed one of the notes.
He was found guilty of healing.
John Reppinglxua, youth of about eighteen, wag Ca-
pitally inditted for forging, counterfeiting, and utter-
ing a certain draft for 131. 171. 6d. purporting to be
the draft of Theophilus Mycroft, on ?delfts. Drum-
mond and Co. Bankers, Charing Crofs, in favour of
the Rev. Dr. Parr, with intent to deli aud Alexander
Rofs, the Elder, of Bifhopfgate.flreet, wigmaker and
hairdreffer.
From the moue of the evidence of Mr. Alexander
Roil, the younger, it appeared that the prifoner had
befpoken a wig to be made at his father's, and that
on the icth of Augult he called and had the wig
fitted on, which approving, he tendered the above
theft for payment, and to receive the char...te. Mi.
Rots did not give him change, but laid he fhould t .
fend the draft in the evening to Marrs. Ds ummonds; I VAL.• s
to which the prifoner agreed, offering to leave the o. "
wig behind, and to call next day for the change.— i,„7l;''
'flits Mt. Rag declined; the prifoner carried away iir, i
the firpenee, but did not afterwards c ill for hi, 1.0:.,
change. 'l'he draft wai lent tor pa‘melit to l'.leirrs. r.' 1.
Drummond, but no fuch perfon kept cal. theie.— • 1 ~."'''
The piifoner was apprehended Ca tseti‘• an erwards 1
tir.n the Chang:, and committed by the I.,ad Ikla} or
for trial.
Mr Ceale, a Clerk of Mr. Drummond',, !k!r. Refs,
l'enior„ and the Ulcer who a ppi clic lids d the pi i
loner, gave their evidence, lost the t ircitrollance., en
evidence not bearing out the charge, the piifoner

AUo ful.

was acquitted.

The unhappy riAleman who Inme time Cnce made
an attempt upon hisown We, and in his phunly made
feretAl attacks urns other prituns near VAtighAll, I,•s
been removed from St. 'fbnmas'e HofpitAlt., a Riad
honk, on account of the delirium itxteifiny, to fuch
a pitch that lie was no longer thought to be a proper
pattatt toe it COMZEII

VFW MA 3tSTRATFt
ft,rper, Fig :s chofrn Mayor., mad Samar', stanifdrit
and William Ew..rt. Elyrs Walla, of the Curfutaci..in ul Luise •
pool, for the year ruled*

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At Cattle Waller. County of lippetary, tlieel.ady of Richard
Waller, of a &wester.

MARRIED.
At bengal, Theaphilus John Metcalf. Ffq. fin of Sir Theoph►.
lus Metcalf, to Mifa.Ruillll. niece to the Hon. Sir Henn; Rufftll.
Walter Sharp, Erg. of Gower-lima, to Mffs SuthirLoul, of
Ru6•ll.fgrare.
Ailillant Suricon Mutt, of the ad hattalloo of the 4;th tee,.
melt, to Mifa Murphy, of ClonmeL
Os ThurfeLty fetit. the Rev. James Plilllott. Tallow of Coe.
mai Chtitil Colley, itltforcl. to Mira Caroline danziater
of Richard Harris. Efq of Eater.
Same day, at Radon Church. Sulliss, the Rev. C. B Pqnfonby
Lo other, of Maithlfard, In the C,unty of Wilt., to Nlifs Eliaa
(41lb:eh, niece of Rear Admiral Str Ifaac Coffiq, Bar.
On Tuefday, at St. George. Church, amover-fquare, Mr.
James Steuart,- Proprietor of the St. James s I LAD, Jetnlyit.ttre,t,
to hlifs Hannah Nag'', niece to Mratlateliett. Hotel. Pro& y.
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