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London, England, 1819-09-23 00:00:00

Monrht, ihe %Ilih•Soly. and at week Tor witness,
who 'AR lie never Irft his home until nine o'clock.
whets the Prisoner shut up 'his shop.. He war posi.
live he liven home in his allay the whole of Monday
rveilingi bu the Thursday following lie sent Min
.rut to ilelieer souse chimney ormintents4ist lir
Trion's* Plurner`a, and woe surprised at.recetvingio
meisage from Brew-street that bewail in monody otr 4
that istilicei he went immediately. there. but Am . ,
*the lad had heel, coturnittea before his aorittar - a
the boy as taken up on the Thursday. for ab
(artier alleged to have been committed owatilettni.i
cerliiig Monday,
,risowitovio, of course, beg"' to in* .
be * ;
et wnether 'the Pawner had been omen Made ;
• and was positive he was not. . .- • - " " i
Mr. Raphael's daughter corroborated her father :
Aidener es to the 'circumstance of the Mimosa' 1
'bring at t'ot'e disritig the whole of the Monde
evening in goestion. The reason why she rectal
hinted the particular evening was,. that at the Inn
her mother and sisters had gone .to the Siirre
Theatre, and she was alone at home looking ahe4
the !dace. • • 1
Mary Moore, servant to Mr. Raphael, alsarswj is
to the fact of the Prisoner's being at home .ff
whole of that evening • site helped him to his tea at
eight o'clock ; lie had dined at four o'clock. and
srss never absent between dinner and tea;
he
was
I
therisdeessed in his working locket. . t
"Lewis Moses, •in Attorney, knew the Prisoner-for I
several years. and had apprenticed him to Mr.
Raphael, and he believed him to be truly holiest
nod industrious : be would place iu him any coil&
drove.
J. Goodwin, who lived next door to Mr, Ra-
iitiatl's, void he knitted fur twenty years in Great .
ittemell-street. and was s poulterer. He had served
the whole of the Judges with poultry. He also saw
the Prisoner in his master's shop at sx o'clock ou
the Monday evening.
The Jury instantly returned a verdict of Nat
Guilty. .
.Mr. Justice RICHARDION remarked, that the
Prosecutor might have been mistaken in his recol-
lection of the Prisoner, without at all meaning to
give ouy wilful misrepresentation.
Henry Hancock, a boy, 16 years of age, was in•
dir•ted for aaaaulting and robbing Edmond Oakes of
his list, on the 26th of July. at West; End Fair.
The Prosecutor, who is a Lieutesniut in the Navy,
described that he was violently assaulted by a nu.
Inertia* gang at the fair, his mouth stopped, and his
hat taken forcibly from his head. He afterwards
took shelter from the gang in a booth. He was
positive that the Prisoner was one of the gang who
followed him to the booth after he lost his hat. He
met the Prisoner at Bow-street on the next or se.
court day after, and instantly recognised him as
one of the gang. He could not say whether the
Prisoner was with them when they attacked him ;
hr certainly was afterwards.
Walter Oakes, brother of the last witness, cor-
roborated his testimony as to the robbery, but
could not swear positively as to the identity of the
Prisoner.
Devi*. a Bow.greet officer, who was at West
End Fair. saw the Prisoner picking pockets there
,n the 26.10 of July.
Reed, a constable at Hampstead, apprehended
the Prisoner among the gang at the fair.
The Prisoner denied the charge, and said he had
nothing to do with the robbery.
Mr. Justice Burr observed to the Jury, that
though it appeared the Prisoner was in the gang
alter the robbery was committed, yet the Prosecu-
tor could not poeitively swear to his being with
them at the identical time the rubbery took place.
—Verdict—Not Cathy.
Mr. Justice BM warned the Prisoner how he
again associated with such a desperate gang us that
which committed the outrages at the fair. It was
clear lie was among them, but the Jury mercifully
considered that he might not have been there when
the hat was taken.
Was. Lowndes was convicted of stealing two
writing desks and other property, belonging to
John Jones. privately in his dwelling-house.
'Else property was found on the Prisoner. He
had lived as a servant with the Prosecutor, and
bore a good character, which induced the Jury to
rekominend him to mercy. ,