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treutcd. They fat drinking for fame time ; there were feveral other perfims in the tap room, and a general noise and tumult took place among them all ; in this the prifaners were the moil aaive ; they went out in a riotous manner into the fireet, where the prifoners farrounded the profecutor, Thatched his watch, and in doing fo, broke the chain in pieces, tore away the pocket of his coat, whiil contained a five pound bank note, two Half Guineas, and about nineteen thillings in filvcr. _ _ _ Several foldiers in the Foot Guards, who had been drinking in the houfe, and witnelled this rio tous proceeding, corroborated the profccutor's teflimonyagainlt all the prifoners,except Kitchener. The Jury retired for about ten minutes, and re turned with a verdia, by which they acquitted litchener, and found the others Guilty—Death. In the courfe of this trial the profecutor anfwer ed tome quellions in rather a curious manner. He, was ailed by Mr. Jutlice HEATH, whether at the time the robbery wascommittcd he was quite fo ber ? ‘‘ I was, pleafe your Lordillip, as fobcr a Judge," was the anfwer of the witncfs. Mr. Janice HIIA*TH.— , -gi How much had you drank at this timer' Pleafe your Lordthip, I had not drank above eight glaffes all the day." This anfwer of courfe excited great aftonilh ment, and a good deal of laughter. The dialogue proceeded Mr. Juatce HEATH.—" Was not this fufficient to make you drunk ?" Witnefs." No, pleafe your Lordfhip ; nor twice as much." _ _ _ The effc of this anfwer was fuch as might be expeeed. A burg of laughter fucceeded. Eleven were convilted of felony, viz. 7. FrarJsa and 7. White, for Realing a• handkerchief, the property of W. Archer. W. ;Wick:, for Realing two cloth drefres, the property of J. Waller. Jonas, for Realing a quantity of lead, the property of W. Felton and S. Page. M. Connor and 7. Kelly, for Realing two coats and other articles, the property of T. Harrington. 7. sieves:, for haling a pair of nankeen gaiters, the property of J. Luke. And E. Be*, for healing a coat and other ar ticles, the property of J. Farrer. , tau &pi-a and Thomas Holders were indicted capitally, the &ft for felling at a lefs price than the current value, a counterfeit coin refembling a tbilling ; the fecond for advifing, aiding, and abet ting her in this aftion. Mr. Kwow LES Rated the cafe for the profecution, which was fupported by the following evidence : John Watfon, a journeyman gold•beater, hav ing previous notice that the prifoners fold coun terfeit money, went on the loth September IA to their houfe, No. s, Plumtree-court, Shoe-lane, in company with one Meyers (who had been con viaed lately), and diced the prifoner Holden if he had any bobs (meaning bad fhillings) to fell ; the prifoner, Thomas Holden, then called the other prifoner, who, he Paid, was his wife, and told her the might let them have what they wanted : he then left the room, and the wife fold each of them a counterfeit fhilling, for which they paid each of them fixpence. On the loth of September he returned to the houfe, in company with (even police officers, who examined the houfe, and found a great many other articles, which they were now in the Court to prove. john Clark, one of the officers, went with a fearch warrant to the prifoner's houfe on the totb of September, found a file on the Hoot, a bottle of aqua fortis, and tome cream of tartar: he knows that thole things are neceffary for colouring and forming thofe counterfeit fhillings. Cartwright, another of the police officers, at the time of their entering the houfe, taw a pair of breeches thrown out ofa one pair of Rairs window, in a room where Thomas Holden was afterwards found fitting. In the room where that prifoner was, there were feveral pieces of metal found, and fome filver ; he afterwards went down to the room, where Jane Raftra was, and Peeing that the appeared to have fomething in her mouth, he forced her to open it, and found a bad W. ling in it. Thomas Lawrence, another of the police offi cers, produced the breeches which had been men tkned by the lalt witnefs, as having been thrown not of the window; in the pockets were found forty Millings and forty fixpences, all,papered up fo as to prevent them from rubbing. Eldha Crabt., in fearching the peifon of the pri foner, found a plate of flyer in his left waißCoat pocket. Mr. Read ftw the prifoner thrufl fomething tin der a piece of Morocco leather on their entering the room. On fearching he found there fixteen bad (billings, all wrapt up in a paper ; on fearch ing the room farther, they found fome more bad Millings and fixpence-, as well as pieces of copper and flyer. John Reeve, another of the party, fearched the female prifuner, and found upon her a leather b:ig, with twenty.five (billings, all bad ; they were ali all wrapt up in paler. He alto found in a box in the room a bad half guinea, and Come more bad raver. Thomas Simplon found a 21. Bank note in tilt. wl►rre this n►an prilmer was, and alto a bottle, containing aqua fortis, which he then pro duced. Samuel lA(ley, of the Mint, looked at the Chil ling purchafed from the woman prifoner by the firli wieners, Watfon (and which Chnling was the fubjeCt of this indielment.). He Paid that it was a counterfeit. All the other (billings fo found having been alto (hewn him, he declared they were all counterfeit. The cafe was then clofed on the part of the Crown. Mr. Att.t.r, for the prifoners, fubmitted, that this w,ic a cafe which could not go to the Jury.— In tlic filli.placc, a %%inlet's fwore, that the pri foncrs were luaband and wife ; and, therefore, idiatevci the did, muff in law be confidered as his att, fhe afting under his influence, and of courfe '~-- principal, and he charged as an acceffary, he could not be found guilty if lhe was not previoufty conviaed. But fitppofing the woman was not his wik, in that cafe the man could not be charged as an acceffary, there being no evidence of any previous concert having taken place between them. Mr. COMMON SERJEANT laid, it was for the Jury to deter mine firlt, whether the prifoners were married ? and next, whether they had concerted together as to the means of palling off the bad money found in their lodging? The Jury found both the prifoners Guilty. John Staight was tried upon the capital charge of burglariouily breaking and entering the dwell houfe of Meffrs. John Morris and William Mor b 1 is, and stealing therein eleven cotton gowns, va lue upwards of five pounds. The account given by one of the Meirrs. Morris was, that he was a pawnbroker, and in par tnerthip with his brother,. in Rofe-ftreet, St. Ann's ; that he slept in the back room on the firft floor, and between one and two o'clock in the morning of Sunday the loth of October, he heard fomebody walking in the room above him ; as he was pre paring to get up, he heard the watchman's rattle, on which he went into the adjoining room, and opening one of the windows enquired of the watch man what was the matter, who informed him there was a ladder upon the leads over his flop window; his wife at that inftant called out the was fure they were attempting to efcape backwards: on which he took up a piflol, and hearing fomething fall, attempted to let off the piflol, but it miffed fire. The profecutor then took another piftol in his hand, went back to the front room, put the lad der down from the leads, and bade fome of the watchmen come up by it; two of them did fo, and then they went up Hairs to fearch the houfe ; the window of the front room on the fecond floor appeared to have been pufhed up, Mr. Morris having left it a little open juft before he went to bed, and to this window the ladder had been placed. On the floor there were ten gowns placed upon one another, fpread out evidently for the purpofe of tying them up as a bundle, and which gowns had been picked out from a number of others regular ly placed in the room. Finding no perfon above ftairs, they proceeded to the yard, where, upon opening the door, they found the prifoner lying on his back. Mr. Morris took hold of him with his left hand, and prefenting his piftol at him with his right raid, 41 If he did not tell him where the others were he would blow his head off." The profecutor's brother called out of the window, 66 Shoot him." The watchman laid," No, don't thorn him ;" to which the profecutor replied, that he did not intend it ; nor indeed, as the prifoner was then fafe, he had not the leaft intention of In doing; but his piftol accidentally went off; the powder fcorched the prifoner's face, and the (lugs fortunately paired a little above his head ; on the prifoner's crying out, " 0 LORD !" he thought he had altually thot him. The prifoner then told them that he had broke his arm, which, on being examined, did not prove to be exaCtly the cafe, for, although his shoulder was dreadfully wrench. ed, there were no bones broken. The prifoner was 'then taken to the watch-houfe, and acknowledged that he had brought the ladder from a place which the profecutor afterwards found to be Vigo-lane. When Mr. Morris had concluded his evidence, the Judge . enquired of the prifoner i from his not having any Counfel, Whether he writhed to a& the profecutor any queftions ? He replied, " My Lord, I don't will to give the Court any further trouble, as lam guilty of ,the fad." Of this the Court, however, took no notice, but proceeded in the ex amination of the watchman ; and having taken the whole evidence, in relating it to the Jury, told them, that, from the profecutor's having left the window open, there might be a doubt in - law whe ther a burglary had been committed; but the having removed the articles, made it as complete a felony as if they had been at:Wally carried off, and they being above the value of 4os. it was f ill a capital offence. Oa this the Jury acquitted the prifoner of the burglary, and found him Guilty of ftealing in a dwelling•houre to the value of Five Pound:. And fix were acquitted, among whom John yowl, a Gentleman of a vecy rerpeetable appearance, was capitally indieted• for affaulting Samuel Wilkinfon on the King's highway, putting him in fear of his life, and robbing him of a frlver watch and other articles, on the i i th of Oetober !aft. The profecutor in this cafe was a Gentleman's Servant. He depofed that on the t Ith of 061. he was going up to Hampflead by the way of Prim role hill, and his wife was then with him. It was then about eight o'clock in the evening. He had get to a Rile, over which he was in the atf of pa ing when he heard a voice calling out, " Stop, flop : I want you." The witnefs turned round, and he did not then perceive that the perfon who addrefr:d him had a piflol in his hand. The pri foner had the appearance of a Gentleman ; and, as the witnefs had often before Peen him in the fields I.e had not the frnallell apprehenfioa of a iobbery. He was foon undeceived by feeing the prifoner hold out a piftol to him, and demand his money from him, with a threat, that he would blow his brains out in cafe of refufal. The wit nefs accordir.gly gave him his watch, a fhagreen ca.e, and two fhillings and fixpence in filver . — I laving obtained this booty, the prifoner turned round to the wife of the %inlet's, and aiked her what the had got ? The witnefs could not (late di tlinetly what further paired, but he heard the pri. liner fay. '6 1 won't take that !" He then left them Paying, " Don't look what way I go, for if you do I will blow your brains out." Ilothing more was feen of the prifoner till the t Bth, when the witnefs met him accidentally at Knightfbi idge, and had him fecured. At the time when Mr. Jones . s committed, the profecutor had no doubt of his being the perfon by whom he was robbed. Since that time, he had feen reafon to be fume what dubious of the prifoner's identity. The wife of the profecutor, who was the next wit nefs, was pofitive that the prifoner was the perfon who had robbed her hufband. He had pallid them twice in the fields, and the witnefs had paid par- ticular attention to his appearance. Slaneluaus-the-1i deuce for the profecution the care•prefented. But the nature of the defence was fuck as to place the innocence of Mr. Jones beyond even the poffibilit y of a doubt. He left his defence with Mr. KNA►P and Mr. ALLEY, who were his Counfel. By the witnc(f s! whom they called, an alibi was motl clearly . eilab— Mrs. Sarah Poole Rated, that Mr. Jones was a 1 medical gentleman of relpeCtability. On the day when the rubbery was committed he came to her houfe at one o'clock, dined, then drank tea, fpent the evening, and did not go away till eleven o'clock at night. During all this time Mr. Jones was ne ver abfent fur a moment, and the evening was patted in converfation and reading. A Mr.Dowie, and her daughter Catharine Poole were prefent when Mr- Jones firft came into the hook. Mr. Dowie went out in the.courfe of the afternoon, but returned a little after four, He never left tht honk again all the evening till Mr. Jones went' away at the time already mentioned. Mifs Poole and Mr. Dowie fully corroborated the ilatement which Mrs. Poole had given. Nothing calked which could induce a doubt of the credibility ofthofe witneifes, and therefore no doubt could exialn any man's mind of Mr. Jones's innocence. Judge, Jury, and fpeetators were of one mind—A Verdia of Acquittal was itotantly pronounced. Mr. Jones behaved during the trial with fuit able decorum. .Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas, ThorougAzobd, was charged with felonioufly healing fix napkins, value 6s. laid as the property of the Owners of the London Tavern. It appeared, that latterly a variety of things have been miffed from the London Tavern : the concern being very extenfive, and the number of perfons employed therein great, this was not con fidered as very extraordinary ; but at the period the napkins in quellion were loft, a degree of fuf picion attached to the hufband of the Prifoner, who was occafionally employed about the tavern. In confequence of this, Mr. Farley, one of the Proprietors, obtained a fearch warrant, and took Wray, the Officer, with him to the houfe where the Prifoner lived ; they could not find the huf band, but on their coming in they obrved the Prifoner, who was a laundrefs, and was wattling in a back-yard, 'looping down, and on their com ing up, appeared to be very much alarmed. The Officer fearched about the fpot, and on removing a loofe (tone, they found, in a kind of drain, or gully hole, the napkins in queftion. On this dif covery the feemed very much difirefred, and repeatedly exclaimed, 46 Tommy (meaning her hnfband) knows nothing of them," and other words to that effect. She faid fhe put the napkins there herfelf. The articles were identified by Mr. Farley ; they were marked with the names of the proprietors of the London Tavern. No other material evidence tranfpired to affect the Prifoner. Mr. Baron THOMPSON delivered a very able and difcriminating Charge, and noticed how far the indidment, which charged the Prifoner with Healing the articles, was borne out by the evi dence. The Jury, after fhortly conferring, acquit ted the Prifoner. Edward Chacilry was indicted for healing, on the 27th of September, a gold ring, value ios. and two cod fills, value 6d. the property of Valentine. Some of the circumftances of the cafe, which entirely relied on the refpeetive credit of the Pro fecutor and Prifoner, were rather curious. - Mr. Valentine Rated, in his firft examination, that he is a Shoemaker, and lives in Bethnal Green ; that on the evening of the day laid in the indkiment, he was returning home from Alderf gate-Ilreet ; he had bought fome fifh in Bifhopi gate.ftreet in his way : farther on he called at the houfe of a friend in Webb-fquare, where it ap peared the prifoner lcdged ; he had fome liquor there, about a pint of beer, and a (hare of a half pint of gin, which was drank between the com pany that were affembled, which confifted of five or fix perfons. When he got up to go home, the prifoner, who it appeared had been in the room, got up alfo, and infifled on accompanying him a part of the way, and upon carrying his fifh for him. The witnefs faid he was perfectly fober at the time. ,He at firft declined the offer of the pri loner, faying there was no neceffity for his troub ling himfelf—but the prifoner, in the language of the witnefs, over-prefied him, and they walked to gether accordingly. The prifoner carried the filh. When they had got as. far as the Goldin Key Pub lic-houfe, which may be about 3 or 4cio yards from Webb-fquare, he told the prifoner he had better go no further. He then took him into the Golden Key and gave him a glafs of peppermint to pay for this he changed a feven (billings piece, which, oh being oblerved by the prilomr, he told him (the witnefs) he was in very great diftrefs ; that the woman he lived with was then in prifon for an affault ; that he was out of bread himfelf, and had nothing to fubfift on. He gave him a out of the change, and b;il him good night ; the prifoner iufifted, however, upon ac companying him farther, as he laid, he was " a good hearted fellow !" He thanked him for his offer, but wifhed to decline it, told him he was welcome to forriething more to drink if he wifhed it, but that he, (the witnefs), wifhed him to re turn home. They had got at this time near the di.or.of the Cornwallis Public-houfe, into which the witnefs wifhed to go, as he ufed the houfe.— The prifoner then feemed willing to depart, but begged he might be permitted to iltake hands with him ; the profecutor readily confented—vdien the moment the prifoner got the profecutor's hand within his he twilled off his ring, by main force, from his finger, and ran away. It being dark, the pr Wooer coon got out of his fight : he took away the fifh with him. The witnefs cried out, " Stop thief," and got a perfon to join him in the purfuit, but it was then without cilia. The next night he faw the prifoner in the watch houfe, when he re nularly made the charge againft him. On the fol lowing day the prifoner was tatten before a trate. He never law his ring fine; it was a large fa.mlimg anc had colt lint i4s. On being lot.ighr'thal'i tilhet..lle3Wkialinsewore it on the little f•• 6-. q' ell he fail, thgeihurrianengdistw:a,,,rd..iti.:,atstenn 1 tor hinr, but had been handed in - m;( 4 with ten degree le of re I f f, o force le,:..ixivvi alluded el c t d i n f ettnu ' i ri: . 1 , . ,.. ~liel t t k ,d i ei , a e rm p tteao it ocgfro t e i t g :iit l ti t ttt , ehrot: l l tio ,r (o u /a i ..,‘. of 4 l v ii i s a l i e a t n r l 1 1 1 , a a n tt d e . nhow, Profecutor, as joining him in thc• 1)101(14 . i . 1 "t Prifoner, hated that .he knew 0 I „ faw him that night near the door of t h e ( 2 ', r ' e wallis ;he heard him cry out, ~ fl 1• f , '':op t Ile , ' •,.114 fay he was rot)l)cd. Th..:y went t/0:.,:0er it lilt of the Prifoner as far as the 11( r :tile in IV . ' 6l . fquare, where he lodged. He knew nr ti • t '- , nog rus e of the a ff air. The Prifoner being called upon, entered e.- , 1.• & defence, which was circtimitantial, and, as ,4: ; • 5 airertion went, met the Profecutor' • 1 1 • .. s a. egations 41. almolt every point. He laid, that the ho'ultt alive they firft law each . other, was frequented by two gthilrelrseofhtinhlef.toor7 n—Titiheait)rionf‘eirceubtob,-.fgrucgaruee—netid).,h.ll:l,,h:.:doe bring a pot of beer, which he did—after that a f.. it ; h an a d f t e i v ie en ot fi; cond, and then a third ; he afterwards a pint of gin. The two girls then aged the m , c , go and drink at the Twelve Cocks, gin-fhop, a the corner of Code-lane : they did in ; cel icn t h. Profecutor flatbed a g g o t o i : t d ed ea t l h u em . lings piece, a guinea, and a gold ring, held in his hand. He never law the ring aft er ._ One of the girls tll,ll accompanied him and Mr. Valentine to the Gol den Key ; from thence they went h ri to the G,.,, 01 Gate public houfe, when Mr. Valentine be7:iii :D dance along with a pal cel of men and woute! Lit fold fifh. He had no liquor there, htcauic he was already drunk. The Profecutor at this place laid hold of his arm, and had neatly chag !;edlitm down. When he got up, he laid he niii . ,:d h:s ring, on which he offered to go back to where he had been dancing, and to inquire for the ring. The Profecutor then Aced him to take his fith for him, hut which he declined, and alfo refufed to go any farther. The Prifoner had no Witneffes to call. The Profecutor was then called up, and re. examined as to forne points of the cafe, in conf2.' quence of what the Prifoner had aliened. He laid he knew of no woman of the town frequenting the houfe in Webbfquare, except the one the Prifoner cohabited with : her profeflion he came fince to underhand, and that fhe had only that day come out of prifon. His friend, who lived in the houfe, was a Mr. Greenwood, a Carver and Gilder, and who had formerly been in the itationery line : he had drank nh more at Webb fquare than what he faid—of this he was certain. They went in thaight to the Golden Key, and did not call at any inter mediate public houfe. He then recollected that Mr. Greenwood walked with them as far as the Golden Key, and partook of a glafs of liquor with them—he never (hewed or mentioned his ring ; it ,was in the entry of the houfe, and on coming out he gave the prifoner the chilling. The affair of the robbery took place farther on, near the door cf the Cornwallis. Mr. Baron - TROMPSON recapitulated the evi. deuce, of which the above is a circumilantial ac. count, and chiefly obferved, that the cafe in a great degree relied on the credit :0 be given to the ac. counts of the refpestive parties. The Jury, after fhortly conferring, pronounced a Verdi& of—Not Guilty—and the Profecutor, en applying Jury, refuted for his expenses, byht e Judge, was, l , io difed after i the a Verdict cf the to keep better company in future. POLICE. S F LL.—Yeaerday a coachman attended:it the fuit of a Gentleman, who timed, that he hind him in Hans-plae,- Sloan-lireet, and that when he alighted from the coach, he offered to him his re gular fare, but he demanded a confiderable deal more, and not being fatisfied he bellowed the fouleit language upon the Qentleman. He was adjudge& to pay the penalty pi - 4os. but the Gentleman in terceding for hien x it, was mitigated to 205. Utitcue-H'att: 4 —Arifterday an information was heard at confiderable length againfl an eminent coal merchant on Bankfide, - for felling a chaldron of coals to Mr. Barton, in Pitt.fireet, St. George's fields, deficient in measure one buihel and upwards.. The buyer proved the purchafe on the 27th of 061oher lail, for 21. 18s. which he paid, and tcc , k a receipt. On the 28th, the neat day, the coals were fent in ; having fome realm to doubt the. mealure, he gave notice to the feller, and t o ih.a Meter's Of fi ce, to have them re meafured, they were, in prefence of the feller, and by his own meafttre. A great number of legal olije6lions were taken as-to the information, both as to the averments and proofs, all which were over-ruk - dt and the Magiltrate conviaed the feller in the re nalty of 51. The parties being diffatisfied , notice of their intention to appeal at the next neral (tarter SetTions for the county. A pawnbroker w: , s charged with mlking al improper ufe of articles pledged with h im ; 4;'d on the c fe being made out, was ordered to nuke a realonable compenfation to the parties, in i!ef.:lllt whereof the Magillrate would con vid him in the penalty of iol. as the law dire is. Compenlativa was made. A genteel looking young man, apprehended I.dt night by Wortley, the Officer, with a c iroluty of raw coffee, rum, and wine in his polkli:s,o, ""s fined 4os. and coils. On the 3oth of (Moller, the Lady of the Rig' t OT u - - able and Reverend Lord Charles Aynfley , o f a daughter H , Lordthip's feat, LittMarie 'Power, 'n Nurthunihirlata. _ MARRIED. This morning at St. Mary-lc-bonne Chur.h, by thc Real r George Ch;.mberlaine, Captain G. H. 'f ur ry, of the Ro Navy, to Mils Chamber Line, danliter of Gcoig: Chain( wine Efq. of Ociamithire-jilac HIGH WA I ER Al LONDON BRIIX;F 1 0-I‘IORRO W. 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