The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1815-12-14 00:00:00

OLD B IILEY, DEC. 13.

(*honks Sharrait was -iielicted for Atealiilg, on
the of November, fifty-t►to glass bottles, the
property of Eilwaril Brno• Jones and % Atkin-
son --mil George IVentiteriziot was indicted fur re-
eel% nig the alone, knowing thein'to have been stolen.
W. Denson. cellurdiati to the Proseent•'rs, who
are wiite-inerelnints, deposed, t hut the Prisoner,
Slouratt, was emt►loyed by them, as carman—lie
eras in the I►alnt of earryinq out wine, and bringing
house returned bottles. Messrs..lones and Co. ear-
rirsl on at No. 54, Mark-lane. On the
16th or N ove m her Sharratt was sent with two dozen
of wine to a Mrs. Raise:haw, in Bolstrode-street,
and a like quantity to General Darling, Nu. 21,
Crawford-street.

Mr. lli. H. Jrsuert stated-, that the nritoner, Shar-
ratt, was his servant. rearsoo to slispect that
he was golog on dishonestly, witness laid it Phil
with a Mr. Parker, of Holborn, fur his detection.
When Sharratt wits goiKr oat, Oil the toornitl4 of
the Rills of November, Ire gave him a letter, which
was to be delivered to Mr. Parker. This WWI the
sis.rtitil for him to watch the Prisoner. He saw the
Prisoner about a quarter after roar o'clock. Ile
brought no empty boaters home with him. When
wilts. was sent out, the bottles were paid fir, in the
first instanct—and if ufterwards returned, credit
was given for the in.
Mr. W. Parker deposed, that, inconsequence of
what passed between hilts and the Prosecutor, he
applied to Godfrey, u police officer, who attended
at his house on the morstiog of the Itita of Nov.
The Prisoner, Sliarratt, called about hall-past
twelve, and left a letter. He had his cart with him,
and in it were two pickles, containiug bottles of
wine. NVliett the Prisoner went away, Witness mid
Godfrey followed him. Ile first proceeded to Bill-
strode-street, where lie delivered one of the pickles,
and he received ;t small hamper, packed :tad corded.
then went to No. 21, Crawford-street, where lie
delivered the second picl,le. Witness looked do.vn
into the area, and observed the Prisoner examining
some empty bottles in the kitchen. Ile shortly after
came up with the pickle from which the full bottles
had been taken, and which appeared to be filled
with empty bottles. He put it in the cart—from
which he took the pickle, thecontents of which lie had
emptied ttt rasistrode-street, mid again went down
the urea, but soon returned, with au additional num-
ber of etfisity bottles. After this he drove away,
but was followed by Witness and Godfrey, who saw
him stop the cart in Plicenix-street, atith take from
it a pickle fall of bottles, which lie carried to the
shop of Ill'aitiwright (who is a dealer in bottles), who
lived in Comptou-street, within it few yards of the
soot. There he proceeded to unpack the bottles.
The bottles were placed Close beside the counter,
and witness heard Sharratt speak to some person—
he supposed, from the voice, .n man. When Shar-
ratt went away, witness entered the shop, and saw
Wainwright in the parlour. He demanded what he
had done with the bottles which the porter had just
brought iu ? Wainwright denied any k ledge
of the transaction. Witness desired Godfrey to
take lain into custody, while he went for a seareh-
warrant. NVairawright, from the position of the
parlour, must have seen all that passed in the shop.
Godfrey, the officer, corroborated Mr. Parker's
statement. NVltile he was waitiog for the return of
Mr. Parker, Wainwright informed him, that a man
had called to hell hem some bottles, but, as lie had
no change to pay him, Its took them away again. lie
expressed himself perfectly willing to permit his
house to be searched.

Mrs. Staineliffe, at whose house (letieral Darling
resided, proved the delivery to Sharritt of a num-
ber of empty bottles, on the 16th of NII %.,
Jane Butler, who was in IViiiiiwriglit's shop
during the whole of the transactioll, utterly denied
that WHS iu the parlour hen Sharratt
brought in the bottles. lie wits, at the time, oc-
cupied in putting up a clothes-press on the landing-
place.
i%lr. ANDREW% CA ,ti !NCI Cll. Sharron, here 111"
gueil, that this iiiilietinent, lit Common Law, could
not be sustaiiied.—het:ause the property was de-
scribed as belongiiig to Messrs. Jones nod Co.
whereas, in fart, it appertained to General
Dar-
ling, by whom it had been purchased; and it could
not he consiilered as the property of Jones and
Co. until it was flinty placed iii their premises,
and credit given for it. They had uo interest iu
the property which could support them in a prose-
cution for larceny.

Mr. A ELEV. ler the prorevution, contended, that
the moment the bottles were placed in the curt or
Messrs. Josies nod Co. they became flair property
us lunch as if they were .towed in their warehouses
When the bottles were once intrusted, in the usual
course of business, to the servants of the Prosecu-
tors, they became responsible fur their value, and
might be sued for it, if they were broken or carried

fur COMMON SERJEANT held that the property
was sufficiently in Messrv. Jones and Co. for the
purl ooes of the indictment.
The Prisoner, Wainwright, put in a written de
fence, in which he totally disclaimed, not only a
guilty knowledge, but any knowledge whatever, of
the transaction, until the arrivul of Mr. Parker.

Several w•itneev gave Sharma an excellent
chalacttr.

A number of hottle-dealers deposed to the mode
in which the purchase of bottles was effected.—
From their evidence it api,eared, that question's
were very nirely asked of those who came to sell
bottles, as to the in.inner in which they were nb-
tuitird—n mode of proceeding which the Camino?'
SERJEANT strongly reprobated.
An immense number of most respectable •wit-
nesse., chiefly wine-intrehains and medical gentle-
men, who hail been in the habit of purchasing bot-
tles, for many years, from IVanownght, spoke in
the highest terms of his character.
Time Jure, after a 'short consult:dim), returned a
venlo•t of irhri/ty a6ntittat Sharratt, and 4r/quitted
Wainwright.

Exr.etrtoN.—Thettteenti 4444 of !rm. BredArd,
for u forgery of eG9t. f).. Gd. 011 .Irk VtetuwlinK
Board, took place .d Ate Out !holey ht.t iso.rotot4.
The ptagdrt ii,seinbleil to view the awful o Irot.nty
*vete fewer in nutnlwr khan tasted on visch ..eta.
pious. After rrinsiuntt at few uunnetiut in ina)er,
be was humelattl tutu ettrauty.

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