OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.—William Johnson was capitally indicted for colouring a

half-crown and a shilling. Limbrick, an officer of Hatton-garden, employed by the Mint, in consequence of information and instructions from Mr. Powell, Solicitor of the Mint, proceeded with Reynolds, another officer, on the 27th December last, to No. 10, Little Earl-street, Seven-dials, and broke open the door of a garret four stories high, where they found Johnson sitting before a fire rubbing half-a-crown with apiece of rag and silver colour- ing. Johnson, ill alarm, dropped the money, exclaiming " Oh, God !. Oh, God ! I am trepanned." Reynolds picked up the counterfeit half-crown. On the table were a pipkin containing silver colouring, a piece of sand-paper, and a paper containing cream of tartar. A piece of iron hoop was in the fire, one end of which was red hot. On Johnson being searched at Hatton-garden, a bad shilling was found in his coat pocket. The prisoner, in his defence, said that an individual called on him on Boxing-day, and asked him to go and drink with him. On the following morning, the man called at his lodgings, before he was up, and brought with him the bad half-crown, the sand-paper, and liquid. At that time the prisoner had not a single halfpenny in the house, and the man said he would go out and buy some silver and cream of tartar, as he expected a person he should meet to pay him some money. The man was absent about twenty minutes, and he went out a second time to buy more stuff, because that which he had got, he said, was not strong enough. When

he left the room, he said he should be absent tea minutes, and he locked the

room-door and took the key with him, and in a few minutes afterwards the officers broke into his room. As to the charge of coining, he could only say that he was ignorant of the process, aad never till that morning, when the articles produced were brought to his room by the man (who was in the service of the Mint) did he ever see anything of the kind. The pris souer received a very' good character from several witnesses. The Jury evi- dently believing that he had been entrapped by the informer for the sake of the blood-money, returned a verdict of " not guilty," and the audience re. ceived the verdict with marked approbation.

James Steward was put upon his trial for the murder of James Soppet, at Teddington, by wilfully driving a cart against the right side of his head. The deceased was crossing'front one foot-path to another, when the horse knocked him down ; but this, it appeared, was not so much owing to the carelessness of the driver, as to the horse having taken fright at some white-painted tomb- stones in Teddington churchyard. After the accident, the prisoner seemed anxious that the deceased should have immediate medical aid ; but none of the persons who assembled would go with him for a surgeon. Mr. Justice Park said, that under all the circumstances, of the case, it would be dan- gerous to find even a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner. He was acquitted.

Robert Barton was charged with three separate acts of forgery. He was tried upon the charge of having given a forged check for 101. to Mr. Paul, clerk at "an establishment known as the King's College, in Parliament-street." The prisoner pretended that he had been ordered by a Mr. Robert Grant, re- siding at St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, to pay a donation of 5/. to the fund for building King's College ; and on presenting the check, he received the difference, five sovereigns, from Mr. Paul. The JuiT found him guilty; and the prisoner spontaneously pleaded guilty to the other two indictments. Mr. Justice Park told him, that with three such convictions he could not ex- pect much mercy.

Hannah Goodman was found guilty of bigamy. In her defence she stated that her first husband had a wife, by whom he had two children, living in London at the time she married Eagles; and she therefore conceived that she had a right to marry again.

Frederick Byrne, a young man of respectable appearance, was capitally indicted for having stolen a gold watch value 8/. in the house of Mrs. Poole. The prisoner entered the house on the pretence oi looking after furnished lodgings ; and during the absence of the landlady, he took the watch from a dressing-case. He was found guilty of stealing under 5/. The prisoner was also found guilty on another indictment of a similar robbery. The watch in this case was valued at 10/.; and the efforts of the prisoner's counsel were directed to convince the Jury that its true value was under 5/. The Jury found a verdict of guilty; and the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged. There were three other indictments against him for similar offences.

Benjamin Barrup, the young man who was on Friday tried for the murder of Mary Mortlock, and Acquitted, was placed at the bar, on a second in- dictment, charging him with maliciously shooting at the said Mary Mortlock, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The evidence was the same as that given on the former trial. In his defence, the prisoner said, that for some time previous to the fatal event, his mind had been so distracted, in consequence of family quarrels and pecuniary embarrassments, that he had fre- quently meditated on committing suicide. He was intoxicated when he fired the pistol, which was done from some irresistible impulse; but his object was to shoot himself, and not to injure Mary Mortlock. Witnesses were called to speak to the state of the prisoner's mind, previous to his committing the deed; but in the opinion of Mr. Justice Park, they did not establish a case of insanity. The Jury found a verdict of guilty.

John Osborne, a sailor with one arm, was charged with stabbing Mary Murrell, with the intent to murder her. The Jury acquitted him.

Charles Blades, a boy, was convicted of having stolen a coat and other articles from on board a vessel into which the captain had taken him from compassion at his destitute condition.

Three youths under seventeen years of age, were found guilty of having

stolen a piece youths, value 254, and were all sentenced to be transported for seven years.

Orlando Douglas Talver was found guilty of having embezzled several sums of money, the property of his master. The prisoner appeared contrite, and was recommended to mercy by the prosecutor and the Jury. The Recorder, for these reasons, limited his punishment to three months' imprisonment.

John Jones was convicted of stealing a parcel from a coach-yard, value 4/. 15s. He pleaded hard for mercy, on account of his wife and family ; but the sentence of the Court was seven years' transportation. Two females, convicted of an act of theft, were sentenced to seven years' transportation. Two young men, found guilty of two acts of robbery, were sentenced to seven years' transportation for each offence. The trials finished on Wednesday with the conviction of some other petty thieves. The Re- Order then passed sentence on the following convicts.

Death—John Callaghan,Ifor stealing property above the value of 5/. in a dwell. ing-house ; John Donovan, the like oNence ; Thomas Mulvey, ditto; Frederick Byrne, ditto ; John Forrester, house-breaking; Henry Wood, ditto ; John Goodi- son, ditto ; William Jennings, ditto ; George Childs alias Giles, ditto; Josh. Burn- ham, ditto ; Esther Shaw, ditto ; William Richardson, burglary ; Joseph Page, ditto ; George Robinson, highway robbery ; Robert Barton, forgery; Benjamin Barrup, feloniously shooting Mary Mortlock. Transportation for Life—Edward Russell, W. Parsons, Benjamin Holland.

For Fourteen Years—Thomas Wood, Eliza Rivers, Charles Trew, John Paddy, Mary steptos, or Belford, Joseph Adams, William Deddross, Thomas William, Elizabeth Sugden. For Seven Years—Michael Nolan, Wm. Ray, alias Reading, Charles Butters, Jos. Ferguson, John Williams, Wm. Green, Wm. Lindsay, Jos. Jones, Jos. Haynes, Mary Rice, W. Holmes, Robert Sausum, Charles White, Francis Nicholls, Thos. Bankes, Jos. Pickering, J. Steptoe alias Belford, Daniel Heath alias John Lloyd, George Gardener, Robt. Newman, John Walbrook, Jas. Merley, Wm. Hancock and John Hancock (brothers), John Perkins, Joseph Sibley, John Smith, Mary Sweet, Joseph Edeson, Mary Jordan, Mary Fox. John Eaton, John Barton, John Francis, James Dillon, Hannah Goodman, Wm. Yardley (convicted on two indictments, and sentenced to seven years each) ; W. Pearce, George Phillips, Charles Dalton, Ilenry Radford, John Grady, James Farrell, John Donovan, John Cummins, Thomas Jones, John Newell, otherwise T. Y. Yardley, John Williams, Joseph Cutler, Louisa Palmer' Owen Evans, William Carlisle, Thomas Rockley, John Green, James Ceder, Charles Smith, Robert Richardson, Henry Perry, Henry Adams, Thomas Turner, Joseph Chisley, Jeremiah Lloyd, John Rudge, Daniel Legrove, Charles Lewin, Margaret Jenkins, Ann May, John Corlfield, George Donald, John Bristow, George Taylor, Charles Tapps, William Topping, Henry Simmons and John Mac- donald.

A number of prisoners were sentenced to various periods of imprisonment, to whipping, Sze.