Star. — 1802-08-04 (London, England)

CNIET BARON.  Anthony Bridgen Was indiaed for the murder of William Hammond at Duncomhe, in the .Count) of Suifex, by giving him feveral blows, and throwing him down, which caufed a violent and mortal concuflion of the brain. This ssai merely a box ing match which took place between the parties, and in which the prifoner had been highly proyoked—the Jury found him guilty of mantlaughter, and the Judge fined him one fhilling, and ordered him to be difcharged. Andrew yam was indiaed for a highway rob; bery, by forcibly taking from Richard Brown the rum of 6s. 3d. on the sth May lA, in the parifh of Hitching. R. Brown, the profecotor, gave the following account of the tranfadion :—On the 6th May he laid he had been to take his wages; on returning home between nine and ten near Cat's-head Bar, a perfon came up to him—he law his face, and he knew it to be the .prifoner, and demanded his money, at the fame time holding a knife to his throat; there was an.ither man behind him, but he could not fwear to him, as he did not fee his face. The prifoner .bid him deliver his money—he faid he had none. The prifoner replied it was a lie, and he would cut his throat if he did not deliver it : the other man behind him put his hands into his wallies:at pocket and took it out. He had ken the prifoner feveral times before, and knew his fate— he was one who travelled about the country.  The prifoner in his defence fet up an Au, and to fupport it called two women—the firn, Ann' Rexhall, laid the WAS one. who travelled about the country felling cabbage nets, knit gloves, &c. On the sth May laft The was at Horned Canes—the prifoner had his tent there. As the had a great way to go the flopped there alto. She fair-the pri• timer in bed, and fnoring at ten o'clock ; the fat up to.wolk —Horned Canes was about a mile from cat's-head Bar, but the- prifoner went to bed at eight o'clock, and had not nirred at ten ; had tea, bread and butter for flipper, betides her there was another woman, Dane Coates, there. Dame Coates was next called, and the gave the tame tellimony, except that the laid the prifoner had potatoes boiled in a kettle for nipper. The Jury found the prifoner Guilty ; raying they did not belieie the witnefres for the defence. Bnt as the women were confirmed in fame refpeds by the conflable who apprehended the man, the Chief Baron humanely advifed them to reconfider .heir vcrdid ; but as they said they were of opi• ition that th; women ought not to be believed, the verdia of guilty was recorded. One of the old women (for they were both aged) who gave teflimony for the prifoner, having flared a convedation between her and the connable, which the latter denied ; but it appearing in the coutfe of the examination, that the had miflaken the c...nflable for his fun, and there were ftrong teafons to believe that the fat was true, though the had miftaken the perfon, his Lordfhir defer. red pronouncing fentence, and mon mercifully diretied, before he did it, that the fon thottld be fent for that night, in order that be fright fee him, to know if the fad was as the witnefs had reprefcnted. A bill was prefcnted againfl a young man aged nineteen, of the name of Davey. for a forgery on the Brighton Bank, which was thrown out.