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London, England, 1826-07-08 00:00:00

HOMR CIRCUIT.

HERTFORD, JULY 7.
Danitl Ilollinestearth, Ri. hat(' (-ha's, and Joseph Chapp.^l,
were indicted for a burglary in the dwelllng.hnure of Pinebe Driver.
at Stocking Pelham, in the night time of the &h May last, and
stealing therein a silver watch, four hams, and two pigs' faces, her
ro pperty ; a purse, containing five sovereigns. the property of Sarah
Salmon, and a fowling-piece, the property of Charles Salmon.
Mr. ANDREWS conducted the prosecution; and Mr. ItytarrD
the defence.

The cue for the prosecution rested maialy on the testimony of an
approver, Samuel Ricketts. a youth of 17. It appeared that the
prosecutrix is a respectable elderly woman, occupying alone house,
in the palish of Stocking Pelham, her family consisting of a grand-
son and granddaughter, and servants. About one in the morning
of the 11th May, the house was beset by four men, who effected an
entry by means of breaking open the brewhouse window. After
making a light, they proceeded to the bedchamber of the faintly,
and demanded their money, using abusive langusge, but offering no
violence. They obtained from the prosecutor's granddaughter a
purse containing four sovereigns, and after rifling the house of the
other property. mentioned in the indictment, they decamped. The
booty was afterwards divided among them. Next day the prisoner
Hollingsworth was apprehended, and the others in a few days after.
wards, when Ricketts made a voluntary confession, implicating the
prisoners. None of the stolen properly was found upon any of the
prisoners. According to the evidence of the accomplice, the pri-
ioner Hollingsworth had planned the robbery; at his house the
others met on the night of the robbery, and had some beer. In the
details of the circumstances of the robbery there was some varia-
tion betwee the account given of it by the accomplice and that
by the other witnesses. He stated that the purse containing the
sovereigns was delivered to his companions by Sarah Salmon,
whereas the witness, Charles Salmon, stated that he had given it,
having received it from his sister. e was, however, confirmed in
other particulars of his evidence.
Mr. Justice Hoeaovo summed up the case minutely.
The Jury deliberated about ball as hour, and found all the pri.
soners Guilty.
Sentence of death was recorded.
John Parsons, h mewl,' en of remectableappearanch was in-
dicted for stealthy, at Hoddesdon, on the 31st of May, a valuable
horse, the property of Simon Allen, Esq. of Doctors' Commons.
Mr. PRICE conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. LAW the
defence.

It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor's groom, tfiat on
the 29th of May he left Brighton with the horse in question, with
directions from his master to take it into Hertfordshire. He stopped
in the afternoon of the 31st, at the Black Horse Inn, at Hoddesdon,
to take some refreshment. He there met the prisoner, who ad-
mired the horse very much. Soon afterwards he sent the horse to
a blacksmith's, to be shod. Having occasion to go to a neighbour-
ing village, he went away for about two hours, and on his return he
found that the horse had been taken away by the prisoner. Pur-
suit was instantly made, and at eleven at night he was traced to his
lodgings, in Sawbtidgworth, and in consequence of what passed
between him and the constable, he restored the horse, pleading
drunkenness as an excuse far his conduct, and that he had in-
tended to bring back the animal to the owner.
Witnesses were called to the prisoner's character, and it ap-
peared that he was a young man of good expectations, and enti-
tled to freehold property to the amount of two thousand pounds on
coming of age.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the pri-
soner Not Guilty.