The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-10-30 00:00:00

OLD BA I LEY.—Wtos

Eliza Mills, Caroline IFittiams, Edward Haynes, and
• Sarah Collins. were put to the bar on an indictment,
charging Mills and Williams with stealing from the
• person of Georee Abel a par e and nine sovereigns, and
Haynes and Collins with receiving and harbouring thew,
knowing these to have committed the felony.
It appeared that the prosecutor, though a married man,
accompanied two women of the town to one of the most
infamous haunts of vice in the purlieus of Drury Lane,
where he was robbed of the property in question.
These was nothing in the case to warrant a report of tile
disensting detail it exhibited.
The prisoners Mills. Williams, and Edward Haynes, were
found thrifty, and Collins acqiiitted.
SELLING BASF. COIN.
Is Win. Nash and Ann his wife, alias Ann Smith, spinster,
were indieted for selling. ham coin.
Jane Bertram, a. woman residing in White.Lioo Street,
Seven Dials, stated that Avis, an officer of Bow Street,
Whom she bad known some time, applied to Iser to discover
.same sellers of base cue. lu consequence of this appli-
.cation witness accompanied a woman, named Fidler, to
William Street, Spa Fields. She received half-a-crown
from Avis, who marked it before he gave it to witness. On
the 11th she went alone to the. hoose at Spa Fields. where
the prisoners lived. She tapped at the window, and the
frisoner William Nash came to the door, Witness saw
the female prisoner sitting rubbing half crowns with a
•cork. • (in her right hand side there was some white stuff
lying, and on her left a sort of liquid. She asked witness
bow many she wanted.. Witness said three ; upon which
Abe other polled out four half crowns; the male prisoner
was in the room the whole time. The female prisoner
gave witness three half crowns, for which she paid
1e..6d. As the witnesss was, going out, the officers entered,
and took. the counterfeit money from her. Witness then
pointed• oot the female prisoner as the person she had'
received it from.
Avis, the officer corroborated- the evidence of the last
witness, and stated that he had found on the premises
thirty-three half crown' coloured, twenty uncoloured, and
ko a drawer apart from the rest, five shillings and a six-
pence, which he thought were also bail.
Taunton, another officer, gave evidence to the same
effect.
The Deputy Solicitor to the Mint proved the coin found
Ilt the residence of the prisoners to be counterfeit.
The II ecnerna stated to the Jury, that the female pri-
soner must be acquitted on this indictment, as she was de-
signated in it as the' wife of the scale prisoner; and as the
latter was present at the time, the law presumed that she
was acting. under his controul.
The Jury without hesitation found the male prisoner
Cluiity, and acquittedthe female, on the ground of the legal
informality in the indictment.
The Recommit told the prisoner Nash, that if ever again
be was brought to the bar for the sane offence, it would
certainly cod him his life, as he would not be allowed the
benefit of clergy a second tiler.
The female prisoner was then put to the hie, on anather
Indictment, charging her with. having sold base money to
the .same woman. on a certain Jay, :viten it appeared the
Male prisoner was not lament.
The facts of the case were clearly proved, and the pri-
est:ter found Guilty.
The [tacos's:ma gave her the same admonition as lie had
Victuals) prisoner, telling her that if she was ever again
brought up fbr the same offence, she smut be prepared to
suffer death. -
Michael Sullivan was indicted for stealing several
cruets, glasses, Fze.,, the property of his master, and Geo.
Wooer for receiving the same, knowing them to he stolen.
Mr. Attest stated the case on the pat of the prosecu-
tion. He said the prieoner Sullivan was a boy who was in
the habit of stealing articles of glass to a -considerable
amount from his theater; and he should prove that they
had been received by the other prisoner, Mover, who kept
one. of those.ensportucus of stolen property,cetled a marine-
mord-ahmti
• Nalliantel Solomon-44d be was a glass-cntter in Chit.
Well'Street. In consequence Weenie information he re-
ceived, be wait to the shop of Glover, a dealer in Marine
stores, and there saw exisoard go• sale three- crueti, which
he knew to be his property. frle asked the price, and pro•
posed tot purchase them. fie cause back again, and aske,l
for some dram glasses. The prisoner showed him some,
and-said be 'timid have nuns the next day, and Gould
make up the quentitv the witness Wanted. Witness went'
boare,,pnt atT itrsteliedri glasses in a partien!ar place, des
ere, Sy:thrift to shut op theWarehonie, and go away for
the night' ~Ht. gave some dliectioris to an Milner, went
aarikesnd,w4iitifta came back, witness, missed a quantity
tfag of
divas skis's. At;• when he asketi Glover to
let•ltha. *ate sNot dozen of'd‘ans glasses, he said lie had
esey ow dozen, but espeeted seine from the country rest
Say. The next morainic witness went to Glover, and asked
tato. for some cruets twilit oestaiweasters which. he saw
tkis -slop. • 010Tet 1114-bo should get agate to lit, When