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London, England, 1804-10-26 00:00:00

OLD BAILBT, O:T. e 3.

!erne Et.utmaotiounit, Baron THOMPSON, the
I. 'D 4.%vua, kitCOADC4, ALDEILME.N., and City
ghficei s.

" STEALING IN A nwt:LLING HOUSE.
.TourL Licit ab capitally indieted for felonious-
one 21. and a 11. Batik note, the property
7 William Ka

It appeara in evidence, that on the night of the
of (Moller, the Prosecutor slept at the Yorkshire
fray Inn, Whitechapel, and the Prisoner lay in the
tme'roetn : on going to bed, he had one 21. and a
I. Rank note in his breeches pocket ; when he arose
rat morning, he missed the notes, and the Prisoner
ad disappeared ; the Prisoner went to the Rose and
room pu in Ratcliff Highway, when he
Iced the Landlord to give him change for a ponnd
to ; he had but three dollars, which the Prisoner
)k, left the note, and said he wound call in the
rse or the day for the resuatnder of the change.
:hen proceeded to the Cannon public-house, in
'-')ourhood, and calling fir some gin
:oduced a 21. note, and asked the
the amount of it was 1 she told him :
in, gave a dollar in payment, and
the rousse of the day Ile was appre-
dice Officer, to whom he acknow-
had changed one of the notes.
id Gallo of stealing.
a black sailor, was capitally in-
ig a t nl. Bank note, the property of
oonald, in the dwelling of Michael

rot Laughlin hf‘Donald stated, that
ins{ man, and on Tuesday night, the
rept at the house of MichaelhVGar-
room with the Prisoner, and two
a which room there were three beds :
bed, the Prisoner observed, he had
.halfpenny in his pocket, and must take
put the Prosecutor in mind of look-
n presence of the Prisoner, and
ten, he took a 101. Bank note out of
-ket, orapp.d it up in an old ballad,
us waistcoat pocket, which he then
pillow and went to bed. In the
.t he awoke, the Prisoner was up, arid
baliad on the Boor, bin the note was
discovered his loss, he asked the Pri-
id he knew nothing of it ; he then
immediately after, he and the other
a pursuit of him, and got a Police
c him.
'nest of the Primer, he was asked,
said any thing about a girl having
the night heftee ? This he denied.
:plum, a sailor, stated, that he slept in
with the Prisoner on the night in ott-s-
Iwnhe in the middle of it by the Pit-
, on him :he asked what was the mat-
the Prisoner answered he thought he was
house; app.aring to have been in a dream,
itv his Oeep. In the morning be heard
roe say tte had lost the note, and the
_r denied having seen it; he afterwards as-
in the put suit of the Prioner.
The Prisoner then irptested the Court would ask
is witness, whether Fe rad not heard the Prosecu-
te say he had lost the n,te the night before, and
as done out of it by a girl in the street? Hts an-
ver was, that he had not heard any such thing.
le was then asked, whether he had not seen two
hind notes with the Prisoner on the Saturday

,r,rioos to the transaCtion in question and having
mlney, eras he not supported by tile Prisoner
ik ansivetc,l that he had received wile money and
kink from the Prisoner ; but it sv.:t Anne time
ore that transisaion.
One of the Police Officers stated di2t, ::Ivint• re-

reived information, he apprehended the Prison :•r,
sod found i 1 his breeches pocket S one pound notes,
inc seven shilling piece, three s'iillinzs ia silver, five
. •ypenee,., and tourprnce halfpenny in halfpence ;
he other officer who wart along with him, upon
earthing him, found a silver watch in his waistcoat
wicket ; at first he refused to answer any interroga-
cries, but, atter some time, he said he hail received
he notes from vnneGreeks abo had been on board
'he same ship with him : they each had given him a
pre pound note, and one of them gave him his
watch to get repaired
Mr. Newton, of Eavt-Smithfield, deposed, that
On the 3d of Oetelser, he received the 101. note in
ptestion, from Mi. Muses, the Jew cloathianan, in
!liner East-Smithfield, to whom he gave the change
if it, in one-pound notes, two of which were pro-
:need in Court, as taken from the Prisoner, which
tie witness identified as part of those he had given to
doses in charge.
Bernard Moses, a Jew, was then examined. Ile
lid he was acloathsman, dealt in a variety of arti-
les, watches, jewellery, &c. and resided at No.
7, Tipper East Smithfield. A black man came to
is ship, or. the 5d of 011ober, but he would not
wear the Prisoner at the Bar was the person ; he
elicved he was a head less than the Prisoner ; he
liked if he wanted cloaths ? and the other answered
e wanted something else; he then chewed him some
~atches, and the black man chose an old silver one,
yr which he was to pay hint two guineas: the man
ioduced a ten podnd note : he had nit the change,
tit his neighbour, Mr. Newton, gave him small
totes for it. Ile would not swear, that the watch
roduced in Court was the same he had sold to the
tack man ; he was no watchmaker, and therefore
Fuld not swear positively; he had got the watch
p sold the black man, about two days before s he
aye the black man seven single notes, and after he
l'ent out, his wife sold him eighteen shillings worth
• cloadis, vie. a waistcoat and a handkerchief
;hey were then produced); be was in the habit of
tiling such, but would not swear to thou; and
"wen if they had been stolen from him, he would not
wear they were his. Here rine of the Police Officers
eerie forward, and declared, that Mr. Moses ac-
p uwlcdged the watch had been bought from him;
tit when again questioned by the Court, he would
at swear positively, but bciieved it might be the
latch. He was again eautior.ed, before he answered,
.Icl be then declared, he would Dot swear he had
aid so.
' The Prisoner, when called upon for his defence,
aid, he had received the mosey and the watch from
.1e Greeks, who lived then in East Smithfield. On
ae Saturday before the Prosecutor lost his note, he

himself h.td lost his jacket and waistcoat. and one
of the Greeks gave him the one produced in Court.
AN/11m asked whether he had any witneses. or whe-
ther those Greeks he had mentioned attended in his
heli.tlf ? he answered, they did not, as be could not
know where to find them.

Lord I.LLENIIOROVOII, in summing up the evi-
dence, and charging the duty, observed hue' very
material it was to the Prisoner'sdefence, that he
should have called those Greeks to corroborate the
account he had given. The offence he was charged
with was a capital one ; but the question was, whe-
ther he had stolen the property in the house or not
The Jury foUnd the Prisoner Guilty, but retool-
mended him to mercy.
Lord Eu.tvisuaouon observed, they ought to
have • rated on what grounds they had recommend-
ed him; but, not having specified that, the recom-
mendation fell to the ground.

lie then proceeded to
he same neigabourhoc
nd water, he produces
ar-maid what the am
e drank his gin, ga,
ent away ; in the cou
ended by a Police 0
dged where he had c
He was found Gad
Janus Frocks, a /A:
tSited for stealing a IC
.aughlin M'Donald,
iGarry.
1 The erosecutor Lau
pae was a seafaring ma
LI instant, be slept at
0, in the same room
Wser persons, in which
paten going it, bed, th
kot twopence-halfpenn
,are
of it ; this put th
hi{ sharp, and in the p
e twe o..he - men, he
is trowsers pocket, a,
land put it inta his was
Laid under his pillow
morning when hr awe
he found the ballad on
gone; when he discos
inner, who said he '
trent away, and is me
sow. went in pursi
Dulcet to mitt him.
Er
By the request of
hether he had said at
taken his note the nigh
George Ferguson, a
pe same bed with the
oi% and was awoke in
Sinner's leaping on him
cer ? and the Prisoner
sot in the house; appe
'lr walking itv his sleeg
the Prosecutor say St
:41isonet denied havin