4 JULY 1931, Page 24

A Hundred Years Ago

THE " SPECTATOR," JULY 2ND, 1831.

OLD BAILEY.

These Sessions commenced on Thursday with' a calendar of 342 prisoners. Buglary 2, forgery 2, housebreaking 12, highway robbery 3, horse-stealing 2, stealing in dwelling-houses 11, cutting and maiming 3, embezzlement 1, stealing from the person 83, receiving stolen goods 3, larceny 225, uttering counterfeit coin 2, uttering a forged order 1, manslaughter 1, having in possession counterfeit coin 4. None of the trials have presented any thing novel or interesting.