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Reo Arran. Mr. ..1414 re La.,,BLA:tiC, Ale.- .14tais,‘
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Wail its (711141 was pot to the hat, ear-hods ha-
dieed; for feloniously steali.e,
of Wilhite), kart of Manifirt A, situated ot' 4*(14 '-
place, in the parish of rlayyhoise, an, g.,;41-ene•hely
led snuff-box, c•intai •ing in the lid, the mo
picture of the •••e I*.raperor .1040,ph 11. um Gemini*,
set round wirh brilliants; talkie laid at MS •
Mr. Aibev .tited the case on the parr orlhe
Prosecution. observing, that the Prtshners her, bean
a confidential servant in the fames y of the' 11,44 eQ
Mansfield. Bei ~fr from the set eier,i he
returned to hes Lodship's house, when the family
were out of town, and, having gone 1.120 stairs, for
the purpose. h. s aid, of getting some clodses of his
which were there, he sent thee, houtekecp. r, who we,
tlw only person in the home with him, to a di-tint
part of it, for the perpose. of gettew two mugs,
which belonged to him. Bating this tam it wits
supposed that the robbery ,eta. committed ; ha it
Was not dtscovered, until the Prisoner offered mire-
roil pieces of wild, component parts of the box', Ma
Mr. Dohree, a pawnbroker, in Oxfoini-sreeet, in
change for a gold elsain, which he offered to par.
chase from bins. Mr. Donsee, sospeerog Thar the
property was not honestly come by, -told th• •
soner his optn.c.n, who instaidly s ltd rap she e.old
and the chain, and made off wirh it. Pertunavely.
he WAS overtaken in a very short time, bod, Wing
brought before a Magistrate at Marlhoigugh.stvett.
he wit committed for Mil. The Learned Gentle-
man went over the whole of the case, and concluded
by saying. Lisa when the Jury would hear the eel-
dence he had to lay before them, he had no &mot
of their being convinced of the guilt of the Pri-
soner.
The Countess of Mansfield, who sat on the
Bench, was then sworn, and deposed, that shthad
received from the Earl of Mansfield, a smart box.
It was a gold snuff-box, richly worked or chased, is
the middle of the lid was a pia ere of the gatLiror
Joseith 11. set round with brilliants. She kept i$
in a cabinet, in a room called the organ-room, in
her house, in Portland place Her Ladyship re.
membered having looked it it in Sving ; it was
then in the cabinet. On the 6th of June last, she
left town for her se..t in the country, and believes
it was in the May before that, she POW Olt 'bar.
The Prist.r.er was chiefly in her service a, groom of
the chamber, but she could not exarfalvON Ledasbe
lent her service, it was between the gbh a d $O.ll of
July. The Prisoner, when in her sertriti.-, had seem
-to this apattrn nut, and she was sate be mug have
known that the box was kept in the eableset, as he
often handed her pens, and other articles. mu of
Her Ladyship said, she d d nor knot" the boa wxs
missing, u:dil she received a letter lions the Ma-
gistrate. At that time she was at Ramsgate, and,
when she returned to town, she did not ex..rdine.the
cabinet to see if the box was there, as it VMS stifima
to h-r in its broken state.
'l'4) a gnenion put by Mr. Guenev, se °Wheel
for the Prisoner, bier Ladyship said, rig' Ohs •Pri.
soner hid lived six years in her service. auderell al-
ways, during that time, coo6ientueo oteisseed by
her.
Joseph Dobree depme 1, that Ws trade kept a
pawnbroker's and silvrtrioih., ship. in Oxford-
street. On the I.sth of August 144, be was 'nut
shout some business, and, wh-n he came vote the
shop, the Prisoner was tiargiiiettoe al..- Ow ibeyasan,
fora gold chain. The Prisoner at • length agreed
to give him a curtain price for one et the • chains;
and asked him whether it vretetusuyl to take old
gold in exchange, us he had ,erne which h, wished
to dispose of ? The Witness told hien it was aria!,
and that.he was willing to take it, ant einsetim the
diierence,
the p:ir-
from I
peered
product
the Witness
pieces of '
been

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diferist
counter, ior
caner melee.
The Wii

chaiu, and mate out of the WNW* egotist ant hes pos-
sitsly could He instantly porsui*d itIM, Infitt 'over-
him shout 50 or 60 yardstrom the do;or. Wien
he siege.' the Pa ironer by the collar, the Psiaonet
said. Don't collar me. lam oo thief.'' On searching
the Prisoner, neither the pieces of gold he hadsaken
from the counter. nor the gold chain, *ire to is(
about him. The Pt isomer was then couvettiotio Marl-
borough street. lie said, he lodged at 41, fLLnver•
rreet ; the Witness went there in company wish some
officers. The room whit!) belonged to the Prisoner
was a garret ; in searching it, in it drawer was found
a piece of gold similat to one of those in the pewession
of the Prisoner. In another drawee was fousJosmall
red leather case, with twelve brilliants, and some trin-
kets. Part of a miniature-pit:tore was found under
the grate among the ashes, ranch injured by the
tire, and the glass which coveted it was lowsid in
another part of the room. Ala obese things,. Witness
believes, have ever since bag in the possession of
the rifficers. •
Jahn Foy.an officer of Marlhoreugh-street, search.
td the Piiinr.idt's room, and produced the p ece of
gold, the remains of the mhsotitre-rieure. and
the glass which covered it. When the Plisotier was
first brought to the office, he starched him, and found
in his pocket one piece of gold. similar to those pro.
duced by Mr. Dobtee.
Lovet, another officer, produced the diamonds
found in the Prisoner's room.
Catherine Luffman, housekeeper to the Earl of
Ilisasacid, deposed. that the Poisoner quitted his
Lordship's service on the 29th of July, and, on the
2d of August, be came to the house in Portland-
place. and said, he wanted nit clothes. Before he
went up stairs, he took of his shies As she bad
never txfore seen him taking of his shoes, she
thought it odd, and told him there was no necossity
for his doing it. He said, he did not know in *bat

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rice, ll' he had gold to 4 greater amount chart
price of the chain. 'I he Prisoped Itten took
Ilia pocket several pieces of soil. which ap-
,l to have beettparts of a VD; (§ . i!!pere
need some of them). On Fit.inuti 4 Iltsnl,
Attalr.
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Vitness atked the 10:, 'saes ow be F the
of 'cold. iifilpiloeite 0- - are
tench mhre valuelt 4t y tto
itt. in their orightia” ape The Pr • said
~ot them' front ii fervent. ,Thc Wiicrtold
tfiebeott cottfir not be ,AhA prtz yol a
int • and said,'l4 belicial. he ha (Min it.
different pieces of Old hoere ellen lel* Mt the
tot, together with the goad chain, and the PI I.
, endeavoured to rattief +ell tte.'fts 11141 band.
Witness turned tonna' to get 'his teas the
ose of taking the Prisoner before a DWAsittiAte,
t he seiz:d part of the gold aad.deabasatcl.-