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Allrisewbarik, whilst he drew the watch out with the other. The
*mhos reursikssett.y. Witnesa,rodAto the glglst Bella .pin, and
had describing. It man. Some lumen west
:bsjAin,7ol • end 'eh *tutor 300 footsteps just by the plate
,zirte;tinliobV . web ~ Thee
_Tettind was took and bore a "is-
Irktir and
'eh
I gh of the moon enabled him to
1110jilecoleuir 0 t Lit was boiwnt and the same as Goa had
ort'llhen he aherwa br him in custody. Ile believed then,
•vrnlitirts how, that Cott is the mem. Be had nevetseen his watch
rtse.
• .t. thoket, a covetable, deposed that he raw the prisoner going
home ,t postiep erclecir ; he would hare to pass the Bells on his
wee hbeie ?Mtn the spot where he saw him ; witness apprehended i
hem the same night • , he found the prisoner in bed at has father's.,
iiiilii; 'it was threiftenrs elm the robbery : witness found a pair
of Ima a which the prisonereetnnwledged to he his ; they were old
*hoes that had been mended ; he went with alight to the sere wbete
:thltrbery wee committed. and found the shoes exited, fitted the
mak made in the ground ; all the nails fitted exactly ; the prose.
omettlfir burrow was close to the spot.
Ameliar eonstsblesemfirmed the evidence of the tut witness.
404 Priontwr, n'., being called trpon for hit defence, denied all
-icreerhidge of :...:e robbery, and asserted that he was in bed by a
:Ishii et ~eb.
—feCs:4, the prisoner's mother, WWI called to support this defence.
.fievestent to bed at te^ o'clock, end her son came in sonn atter.
s urds i pretties ten minutes or A a :latter of an hour ; she believes
lea Vent to bed directly he came iu ; she was aura !tint he came
lumesourthin half an hour after she went to bed ; the Light Bella
Tailtuasouse is ebout 109 yards from her hours..
• )44,11erireakt AUADTX then summed up, and the Jill', after
setnetwinst ration, wished to know which way the ptison who rob.
tellitre afterwards ran.

• 211•Troaceutor, on be;ng recalled, ata.ed that the person ran to.
•wasals Usbeinge, in the dire:lion of the prisoner's hnme.
• lb* Jury then again emigrated, and in abort ten minutes re.
Smiled a verdict of Na
fat fog was ao extremely der.se that the Court was obliged to be
istssod up as at night.
Smith, aged 17. and Thensas DhPurchtie, aged 17, were
sisdiotad for stealing three rabbits, the property of John Green.
Mrs pessicutar and several witnesses proved the identity of the
rails, *bids were produced alive in Court, and which were found
ttlllloposooreion of the prhoopers.
As 111110fltri in their defence said they bought the rabbits in
Zferrgate-osarket, and gave half-a-ernwn a-meee for them.
&Med witnesses appeared to the character of the prisoners.
, _

'Elbe Jury found h;,:h tbr prisoner. Vo► Guilty. but tbry were
tvainetl on (ho toHowing eberge—for steeling three pip, the pro-
ve* bf Jerensiah f'^mpton.

Tweedie•, eonsiablr or StLnkes, swore that hr went to

No. 3, iedmond'a•pinre, and found the prisoners. Ile was wont.
ponied by Mr. Cfllllroll, the prosecutor. and on opening a window
of the house, they discovered n pig. half-acalded, and two others
lying on the floor, the one deed, and the other not. The prisoners,
at inn, said they did not know how the pigs came there, but after•
rink, that a man had driven them there, and was to call for them
nelfl o'elock. On handcuffing the prisoners he tour.il their bands
Est", and* pail of water standing by was much discoloured with
Onto& H. found a pirkleck.l..ey and ■ hammer. the latter of
♦.hich enmpor.dcd al:h the marks on the head of the pigs ; he
o.4mcsed the pigs had been stunr.ed with a Wow front the hammer,
ancleirat then their three 4 were cut.

Ill;tiss..examinett—The pigs were in the lower room, and the
peingmers were found up stairs; -stunning pigs and then cutting
nen throats is the C1i111171,81 way of killing pigs; the *otter die-
ollared •413 blood was found in the same room iu which the
p-*sciaers .vre re.
john Rat:en proved going with the former witness. anti tilt-
etrseered the hammer. and mut a key which fitted the dem of the
preiWoutor's chaise-house, from whence the pigs were stolen—the
lot_ v ma secreted under the floor.
'lira Sister swore, that on the morning of the :Ist of December
shrt.sew smith, from her winddir, in Turk's rlead.rourt, driving
eanopigs; it *mg about a quarter before seven in the morning.
.iseyrsret Comet saw one of the prisoners (Dimsdnle) standing
at **door of It's lodging in Edmonds-court, and shortly after
wed*, Smith drove three pigs up the osurt, and they both drove
than 1/VBD the house.

AirsandOr Moc . a constable, prodoced a saddle which was
round in the none premises with the pip, and which wu sworn to
bca Or .0 his property.
• Seith.. in Ms derence, said that the people below, in the house,
asMM•bins VD got in their pie, and he did so.
alosadala laud that the witness Sisters brother had been taken
area shesame charge. and that she had said that, in order to save
Tr brother. she would conviet them.

. The taut; Emir INAtow charged the Jury at considerable
cad they found both the prisoners Geilty.
1111441 Weirs gay newt charged with itealilig nine watches and four -
rearsh.cases, value 301. the property of Edward Kest.
.•Ths prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been in his employ
ft r six years. On the 27th of December he missed several watches
:.rut watch-ease.. He desired the prisoner to put down on paper
we particulars orthe properly they wee missing, and he did so, and
he (the preseason) desired the prisoner to find them or make them
Jetted. He then left the premises so look lot them, and returned In
the tfternoon and told prosecutor he suspected they were to the
:besets of some or dwelhrr workmen. Ile then left the prosecutor
andreturneel on the following morning, and still denied any know.
.-dge,as IP where the property war. Prosecutor followed him down
leild'rete prisoner let'' tic premises. Prosecutor went to Hat.
roe-garden °thee, And got a search warrant ; on Satunlay he pro.
Maid-rl with the offiters to prisoner's lodgings in Charlotte's.terrace,
w.eitst, Lambeth, where they found the prisoner, who confessed
• s had pawned the property in question, and gave up the names of
rheteliflkeent pawnbrokers where he had pledged it, but said that he
hod destroyed the duplicate/. On searching hint, the piece of pa.
pert eras found, describing the property lost, which he had vrittten
t y direction of the prosecutor, and which corresponded exactly
midi the number of watches now produced.
William eluney, asestent to Mr. Ramsey, pawnbroker. of
:juuorpond.street, knew the prisoner ; he pledged on the 11th Osc-
rohe a silver watch, on a kich he retched 305., and on the 10th
Netertinbes prieoner pledged a similar one, on which he received the
name amount. They wzre not worth more than 21.
The prosecutor atria they cost Sim 31. and 31. 10s. each.
-William Palmer, apprentice to Mrs. Armstrong, Baldwin's.
Friosor, Greyji Inn-Line, knew the prisoner for lour years. On
tot
.2.11 Septutolter prisoner pledged two silver watchcases fee one
swops; on the Ibin October he pledged a meat watch Mr St. ; on
illikJith be pledged two more ; and on various dess several other
retches.

ar• AUltift I'AAX oliAerved that be thought more caution should
141 *Nerved in nic taking property on pledge. These watches were
Omer, and ought to have excited suspicion.
r William Sharp, apprentice to file. Reeves, pawnbroker in Red.
woos-crest, thil not know the prisoner's person. A silver watch
moused bon pledged with witness for 11. 10a. 'f he duplicate was
4u
,1, of Jain Thompson ; believes the prisoner to be the
4,1, ad, the oftetr, inf Ilatton-garden, produced a list made out by
tlia.pyinerrir of pawrilltokera' names with whom the property was
;:lsrized, which tallied with the watches then missing, and now
J4l44trail'
1...n0rs ShrTlierd, pawnbrorrr of Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell:
s.ebd &antra Mintieg•eratch was pawned with him on the llith Oe.
rApran which be advanced It. 11s. 6d. ; also ono on the et
(....tober, on which he advanced 21. Is.
Ppecatuor said that toe of the above watches was marked off is
As prisoner's hook as deliteresl to him (the prosecutor), but that
Lejmiseatisfied it had never been sold.
ani*oober demisted making any defence.
misoner received a most excellent character from a number
o? ryy, respec:able persons.
Juinice PALL charged the Jury, who immediately found
trtejuilaurer Guilty. The learned Judge said that the rase was a
very serous one. The apprentice of :Vim Armstrong bed swots
famine hmi known the prisoner for four years in the way of business,
.ssd therefore there war 1111'.6 reason to tear that the prisoner had
innintained &false cite/act/tin the world. lie (Mr. Justice Park)
-.sad not recommend the prisoner to be very sanguine in his hope
‘l4 ; the relations bulletin waster and fp:treat sere of that
ferwfbi empons;bility„ as to require that any breech of confidence
elq**4 Wet with the punishment the law had provided. Mercy
reeled. however. with the Crown. and the prosecutor hartng joined
le ties amlieation far the extension of it to the prisoner, it was his
Awn" sfrxriard the application to the proper quarter ; but it was
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