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London, England, 1821-09-20 00:00:00

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filltiot Mr. lorries RlCllSltisdik.
WA:Sift-dint altid ea. was espiterty indkud
tor *trilling six sheep, value to?. the property of
Thomas Billisige.
The ease wee provlel by the following eirirteiree7-..
Thomas Billings'. the Prosecutor, stated, that on
• the Sth July last he had twenty-two sheep in a
field neat Mill.hill: o.i the following Saturday
he mined sit of them. and on the Monday follow-
ing he saw them at Smithfield in the possession of
a boy named Abrahams.
—.— Ahrahnnts Owed that he is employed by
the drovers at Smithfield; on Friday the 7th July
he saw the sheep in question in Seitithfield in the
possession of the Prisoner, and on the Monday fol-
lowing witness was sent by Mr. Cox, a drover, to
Hackney. to drive these sheep to Smithfield. He
can swear by the mask, that the sheep he saw at
Hackney en Monday. were the same he saw at
Smithfield on the Friday.
-- Tilby, H drover, purchased six of the sheep
or the Prisoner on Friday the 7th, and the Prisoner
drove them to Hackney for the witness. On the Mon-
day witness employed the boy Abrahams to drive
them to Smithfield, where he saw Mr. Billing,.
and on his claiming the sheep, witness Feu them
lap. Ile had never seen the Prisoner nil the day
he had purchased the sheep, but he was certain of
his person. He did not pay Tor the sheep till Moo-
day ; the Prisoner was not anxious to have the
money on Friday ; witness gave RN. * hoed for the
p, which was a fair price. " .4.' .
Thomas Stennage, a butcher's boy, met the
• ron Friday in the Greenslanes, between
Hoemsev and Hackney; he had six sheep with him
Zoe
and employed winners to assist in driving them to
Smithfield ; this was about four o'clock in the
morning. On the Monday night following witness
saw the same sheep in the possession of Mr. Billinge.
Witness had never seen the Prisoner before, but was
certain as to his identity.
Thomas Austin, a constable. assisted to appre-
hending the Prisoner on the Wednesday. at Winch-
more-hill. where he lived. Wetness went about
three o'clock Ito the morning, bat could not get ad-
mittance. About half past seven o'clock, having
been repeatedly refused admittance, he broke the
door open; on entering there mes a person in the
kitchen dressed in woman's clothes. Witness went
Sp stairs and searched the bed-room ; Prisoner's
wire was there, but the Prisoner was not to be
!mod; when a person who accompanied the witness
um after called oat thst he had apprehended the
Prisoner in woman', clothes.
-- Wager accompanied the last witness. The
woman who sat io the kitchen gat up and quitted
the house, accompanied by the Prisoner's son. She
held a handkerchief to her face, mid seemed to be
crying. Vt'llen they got a few yards from the door
salons cob d the spearent woman had got
isao's shoes on : this excited his suspicion, and, on
taking the handkerchief from her face, he disco-
vered that the supposed woman had a long beard,
and. hi fact, that it was the Prisoner.
The Prisoner, in his defence, put in a written
statement of the manner in which the sheep came
into his possession. He mid he purchased the time
sheep of a man named Thomas, and on his road to
Smithfield sold three of them to a butcher at the •
price of 11. 7s. 6J. each. He then took the remain-
ing six IV Smithfield, and put them in a public
prim. and sold them es stated by the witnem. He .
gave la for the nine sheep. and,had no idea that
they were disbonertly come by. He huh attended
Smithfield market, and had always maintained o
good character. He hoped the circumstance of
los having waited six hours in the public market,
sod then selling them for credit, would weigh with .
the Jurs. He was induced to put on wornso's •
clothes as he was is debt,.and fretful of being se. I
rested. . • i
The Prisoner called a labouring man, nougat
Now. He 'suited that be was on the day in questitiax
on the road to London, sod when near the throw 1
Jolly Butcher,. on this side of Enfield, be saw Me::
Prisoner and. soother man bargairdug for mene.i
sheep. and heard them agree that..pbe .Priassms4
should have nine for 121. Ins. Wifiasas sionstraiiiitis '
ward in consequence of bearing ikotbarislassibmis
been take,, up far buying stolosshaop os issilik. s
field road.
John Dixon. a labouring moo, staled that he Alio.
in compliiy ,with the last tritest's, on .the Fent*, a
morning in qeestiou, they were 'looking out .frir ,
work together; they had beta sleeping node!the .
hedge on the road side, and were awoke by the Nieto
of sheep and two men, one of whom was !Attaining r
for the sheep. The witness thee. proceeded to give a
so) remount of himself and the lass witness, vatyitti i 1..
iu many meticulous from How's account.
Several uthet winnows were called, who gave the',
Prisoner a good character. • i
Mr. Justice Bicitaittieow *unused up the evi...l
dence to the Jury, who foiled time Pritionsr Gat/tyro(
The Prisoner was again put to the bar, an *a '
charge of 54404 tin sheep, the property tor Jarhal
King, Esq. of Edmonton, on the 27th Jude: • 0
The evidence which affected the Plasmic.r related.,
to one ewe, which was found in his itossursiost..-i 1 es
..The Jury found him Not Guilty. •>.'.: 1
John Smith was eapitat'y indicted for retnrnhii
from transportation before the time was expire'', .
It spppeared that the Prisoner had been capitally a •
convicted of a burglary, but his punishment was ,
commuted so transportation for life. On being NI"- ,
terwards found at large, he was indicted for it before s
a London Jury, sad the indiettnent then charged 'i
that he was at large in this kingdom, to wit, in theal
City of London ; on that occasion the Jury sc.
quitted him, and he was now twain indicted before
a Middlesex Jerry, and charged with being at large
in Middlesex. The Prisoner had pleaded ilia '
he had been before tried for the seas*'' •
offence and acquitted, to which a replication was '.l.
made that the offence was not the same, and on tbit .1•
issue was joined. Evidence of the Prisoner's idens .1
city was given, and John Bartow, problican, of Ger- 4
well-street, proved having seen the Prisoner at Isrge a
on the 17th April last in Goewell-street-road, which
is in the county of Middlesex. -
Mr. Justice HICHARDIIOIII 016.erVeli to the Jury,
that he lord great doubts ma the subject, and if
- it was . in•


The they footed mistrial the Prisoner, it was her intro-
oble lion to ontentit the poi,* to the ether Judger.
The• Jory, after deliberoting some time, found
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