Star. — 1821-10-26 (London, England)

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday, E. 11111, aged seventeen, was indicted for stealing a £5 note, and several articles el jeweller.(, the property of J. B. Monis. . The prosecutor is a surgeon in Mary-la"-Bonne, and the prisoner was his servant. For some time he conducted himself with integrity ; at length, however, Mr. Morris found that valuable articles were continually missing, and among other things a £5 note, and suspected the prisoner. Among other property was a quantity of spirits, which were taken at different times from the sideboard. A warrant was procured to search the house of the prisoner's father, and there a quantity of rum, brandy, Sic. were found.— Being anxious to secure the more valuable portion of the property, Mr. Monis promised he would not prosecute the prisoner, if he informed him where he had deposited the jewellery. Upon this promise he confessed that he had stolen a pair of valuable ear-rings, and some other articles of inferior amount. These were found at the shops of different pawnbrokers, and which he declared were all he had taken ; but Mr. Morris, convinced that he had robbed him to a much greater amount, made farther inquiry, and discovered that he had disposed of a gold chain, of ten feet long, a seal, some silk stockings, and numerous other articles at different shops, and upon farther search of his father's house, a purse containing a 17s. in money, and several gold buttons, were found under a stair-case. The father found these things and brought them to Mr. Morris, who identified the buttons and purse. He then gave the prisoner in custody. By the testimony of a boy named Hargreave, it appeared that the prisoner was in ale habit of dis.  posing of articles at the shops of Jew salesmen and pawnbrokers; and that he several times employed witness to sell things for him. The prisoner did not deny his own guilt, but accused a respectable tradesman, who had given evidence against him, of having excited him to rob his master. This the tradesman solemnly denied. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death—bot recommended him to mercy on account of his youth. Mary Anne Sullivan, Anne Turner, Rachad Simmons, and Eliza Kelly, were indicted for assaulting and robbing Lewis Baptiste. The prosecutor and another man accompanied Turner and Sullivan to a house in Swan-yard, Strand, kept by Simmons, where they had only been a few moments, when they were assaulted by all the prisoners, and the prosecutor was robbed of 14s. 6d. • The assault was accompanied by threats to murder the prosecutor, and throw him out of the window. He and his friend at length escaped, and gave information at Bow-street, and in a few minutes after the prisoners were taken into custody. The prosecutor's friend, on attempting to go to his assistance, was seized -by the throat by Kelly, who swore if he attempted to stir she would tear his liver out. Four witnesses were called to give Mrs. Simmons a character, and they all concurred in swearing that she was a very honest, upright woman !!! Mr. Justice PARKR, in summing up, said it was really painful to the feelings of the Court—it was a melancholy consideration—that four men could be found to come upon their solemn oaths to declare a woman to be a fair and honest character, who, by her own confession, was the keeper of a common brothel, and was living upon the wages of iniquity, earned by the prostitution of the unhappy young creatures now at the Bar with her. The Jury found Turner and Sullivan Guilty, and acquitted Simmons and Kelly.. The Jury begged strongly to recommend the two convicts to mercy, on account of their extreme youth (sixteen years), and the bad example held out to them by the other prisoners, especially Simmons. T. French, for stealing in the dwelling-house of Ann Sitzler, several articles of wearing apparel, was also capitally convicted. The following were convicted of felonies, viz. A. Donnell, for stealing a watch; I. Penn, for stealing a gold se l ; T. Cook, for stealing a metal watch ; Rebecca Bissell, for stealing four tea spoons ; Barbara lianinwnd, for stealing 9s. 6d. .1. Lane, for stealing 561bs. of paper ; J. Smith, for stealing a silk handkerchief; Clutton, for stealing 50 ounces of tea; J. Fenner, for stealing a pair of shoes ; J. King, for stealing a cloth coat ; W. Francis and J. !goring, fur stealing an umbrella; J. llopkins, for stealing nine yarL • of nankeen ; and G. Green, for embezzling is. ld. The following were acquitted, viz. W. 111A%on, J. Weedon, Mary Williams, Ann Gordon, T. Ramsay, and S. Hall.