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country notes.:' It put the prisoner's name and that of his am-
pioiers' un Mellow*.
James Foy, examined by Mr. A tentarere-1 em a police officer,
and apprehended Oe t's-sooner. le was after the NM Biliember
dtat apprehended him. The prisoner admitted, he had got a
check for twenty pounds from Merle. Fairbeother, and that he
received two ten-pound notes, in payment of h, at the Romford
bank, hut that lie lost them.
Mr. Lawrence, clerk at the Romford honk, proved he bad cashed
the check for the prisoner.
The prisoner being called on for his defence, said he had
drank too much on the day in question, and had no recollectlbn
whatever of having gone into the grace'', shop. He had lost the
money.
The Jury found the prisoner Gorily. •
Jame' IVm. Bryant was intlicteil for having, on the sth of Jan.
1815, stolen 325., a bottle of holland* and'one of gin and a sionista:c-
left sixpence, the property of John Moore, proprietor of the'High-
'ander pttylic.howc, Deamstreet, Soho.
John Moore, the first witness called, Said I keep the Highlander
public-house. The prisoner lodged at irly house. On the 13th inst.
he came home about eleven o'clock. The prisoner asked for a
Welsh rabbit—.l said it was too late. The prisoner Teoraintal in
the room an limn. after I a•kett him to go bed. Ido trot know that
he did go. :11, wife and I fell asleep. My wife awoke me about
one o'clock. I saw the prisoner siantling.near the outer door. Ile
asked for his candle.—l said it was nn the tab*. He retired. I
perceived one of the bottles displaced. I exsutined the till, and
missed 205., at a rough calculation. I relent:lle from having seen
what money was in the till. Defoe I went for a constable
went to his room and found the money in his potlicts„ and the but.
des containing the gin and Haan& under his hed.
This witness, on his cross.examination by Mr. CRESWELL,
said that he bad no mark to know thi money by.
Samuel Windsorohe constable whin arrested the prisoner, corm.
borate(' the evidence of the former witness as far as related to the
things found in the prisoner's room.
John Moore, being recallkd, identified the bottle produced in
Court; he also said he was sure the sixpence was the same that had
been in his till.
The prisoner being asked for his defence addressed the
Court. Ile said he had been to Islington on the day in quits-
turn, to take tea with Mr. Malone, a friend of his, and on
his return be met Mr. Kane, a clerk hi the employ .of Messrs.
3leux and ('o. ; he afterwards went to the •• Horse Shoe,"
in Holborn, where he had some refreshment ; he then went
into n house in St. Giles's, where he honght a bottle of
whisky to make a present to a friend, hut as he slid not think it
would he of any ingwntarce to him he did not sufficiently remark
the house to enable him now to say what house it-was ; the money
he had in his possession he could account for; he had received
15s. from Mr. Robinson the Tuesday before, and 11. from another
gentleman ; he said he was sure the Court and Jury wouid be con.
einced that it was very improbable that he would have displaced
bottles and rummaged drawers in a situation where the prosecutor
and his wife could see hint. and who were likely to awake at the
least noise ; he raid the prosecutor was in the constant habit of
changing his servants, and on the day he (the prisoner) was al.
leged to have stolen the money the prosecutor had dischaged the
bar-maid.
John Moore being again recalled, said the prisoner at first said be
had money.
The prisoner then called witnesses to character.
Henry Robinson, Esq. examined by Mr. CRESWELT--I am
partner in the firm in 'Wright, Selby, and Robinson. lam
acquainted with the prisoner ; lie teaches my family. Ile was most
highly recommended to me by a particular friend. Ilia conduct
has been, since my acquaintance with him, most correct.
James Roche, Esq. of No. 10, Parliament-street, also gave the
prisoner a high character. He had known him for nine or ten
yeas ; he bore an excellent character. From his conduct and edu-
cation, lie should consider the prisoner incapable of the crime he
was charged with.
Mr. illanin O'Brien, dyer, 3, Johmstreet, Borough, gave the
prisoner a goad character.
Iles Floria. bruslimaker and perfumer, 88, Jermyo-street, also
bore testimony to the pawl character of the prisoner.
The Comatose charged the Jury, which consisted
of a brief summary of the evidence.
The Jury, without leaving the box, acquitted the prisoner.
The Court rose about eight o'clock. •