The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

UNION-BALL.

Within the last month several dating burglaries, accompanied
by robberies, have been committed within the limits of this dis-
trict, and yesterday Mr. Chambers, the presiding Magistrate, was
occupied a considerable portion of the day in the investigation of
two cases of the above nature, in which two young men of respects-
hie appearance, named John Edmunds, and Thomas Smith, alias
Atli., with two women, the one Edmunds' wife, the other Ante.
no Marshall, with whom Smith was represented to have cohabited,
were suspected to be implicated.
The. office was very much crowded with spectators, it being
known in the neighbourhood in which the burglaries were commit-
ted that the prisoners were to undergo an examination. The pri-
soners are all, we believe, under twenty years of age.
The first case pine into was that of Mr. Anderson, of No. 2,
Durham-place. Lambeth, for whom Mr. HARMER appeared.
The prosecutor's house, It seems, was forcibly entered on the
night of the 17th inst. (Saturday), or rather at an early hour on
Sunday morning, as the family did not retire to rest until mid.
'sight, and the following morning at day-break the robbery was
discovered to have been effected by wine thieves, believed to be
two in number, who climbed over the back wall into the garden,
and then forced an aperture through a wall eighteen inches thick,
under the parlour window, large enough to admit the body of a
man. It is believed that they must have known the situation and
I condition of tho whole premises. The back door and the
windows were not attempted to be forced. The former was lined
with sheet-iron, and the lstter were well barred. Having obtained
en entrance, the robbers proceeded to a cupboard in the parlour,
in which the plate wail deposited, and having taken out two panels
by means of a centre-bit. they succeeded in carrying away a vast
quantity of silver articles, consisting of silver spoons, mustaad-
pots, &e. They left behind them a chisel and a screw driver,
both of which bore evident marks of having been used in perfo-
rating the brick wall. _

Diana Harley, the prosecutor's servant, wits called to prove that
the hnuse was prnpe4 secured Co the night in question, and
that the burglary was committed when she got down stars the fol-
lowing morning.
. . . •

iHr7Antieran, on being alarmed by the last witness, rift down
stairs and inspected the premises. He said, that on searching the
anlen he dlittlfretly perreived the foasteps of tiro persobit by the
the side of a ditch. He found a small bit of tin, which he delivered
to a constable the following day.
The articles found on the premises, consisting of a screw-driver,
a chisel, and the piece of tin were here prosfitced, and identified by
the prosecutor as the same which he picked up.

Mrs. Anderson confirmed the girl's testimony respecting the
house being secured on the family retiring to bed, and her hits.
band's, as to the alarm given the following morning. This lady
enumerated the articles which were stolen trot the cupboard, and
described the manner in which the panels of the door had been
cut. She was asked to look at the prisoners to see if she knew
them. After hooking at them a few moments she recognised Ed-
munds, whom she had seen before, he having come after a servant
of hers, who was now in custody for theft, having been discharged
a short time before the rohhery.--[Since the burglary the youog
woman just alluded to, has been apprehended, and son.e pots of
ornery!' and a silver snuff-box belonging to her master were found
in her possessionA—The other prisoners, Mrs. Anderson said, she
was not aware of ever having seen.
A tradesman named Lund, who keeps a shop for the sale of
tools in the London-road, on being shown the chisel found on the
prosecutor's premises., mated, that it had been purchased at his
shop, having upon It his private mark.
Emma Cook, a young girl who served in Mr. Lund's shop was
examined, it being understood that she could positively speak to the
person who purchased the chisel. She was desired to look at the
prisoners and say if she knew them. She said that she had often
seen the two male prisoners. They were in the habit of purchasing
articles at the shop of the lest witness. She was questioned about
ma prisoner Ddmunds ss te whether she could undertake to swear
that he bought the chisel, but she could not. Belmont's now put
on his hat and great coat at the desire of the Magistrate; and she
having again Minutely looked at. his person, would not swear posh.
deity that he was rho individual. The person, she said, who
pumNised the chisel bad curls on his face.
Keyes, the constable through whose exartionsehlsay the prison.
srs hare been apptshendad, now said that the prisoner bad ends

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