The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-19 00:00:00

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ter; i went on the 14th August and searched at
the house in Surrey-street; I saw the desk of Capt.
Drewe, the lock had been forced. Isearched the
boxes and rooms, and the persons of Mrs. Cotterell
and the servant's but found nothing. I then sent
up Mrs. Cotterell, and afterwards went bp myself,
to the Prisoner's room. I found in the top drawer
of • chest of drawers, three parcels of money,
sealed up. In tile first paper was 00 sovereigns, in
the other paper was 40 shillings in sil►er, in another
paper was 10 shillings in silver, and in another 10
sixpences: there were loose two sovereigns and four
Shillings. The Prisoner
.was present. I forind a
Pocket-book clasp also. I proceeded in my search
and left the room, whilst Mrs. Cotterell searched
the Prisoner. 1 was then culled into the room again,
and searched the bed;furniture; I pressed the
rosettes at the bottom, and felt something rattle;
I pressed against the other, and Mrs. Cotterell then
mid, what is that rattling? and put her hand to it.
I took oat two 5/. notes; these are the notes [the
notes produced]. I asked the Prisoner if she k..ew
how they came there ? She said she knew nothing
of them. The moory she said was her's ; she had
had it by her three weeks or • month. Afterwards,
on the 2711, of August, another I. note came into
my hands, and I went with Mr. Price, a surgeon of
Kensington, to see the Prisoner in Tothill-fields•
where she then was, _ _

Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—The Prisoner
stated before the Justice that the money was sealed
ep for the purpose of paying her expenses to
France.
Francis Newcomb, clerk to Prescott, Grote, and
Co. proved the numbers, dates, and amount of
notes paid to Captain Drewe. The notes were all
dated June 19, lin% and the numbers ran rept-
I.irly, awl in that regular order they were given to
Captain Drewe.
Captain Drewe recalled.—Fle took the notes,
and paid them regularly in the order he received
them, and never mixed or transposed them, so that
the lowest numbers of Potts were those he paid
away.
. . _

Jones Price examined.-1 am a surgeon and
chemist in Kensington ; on Sunday, the 11th of
August, I sold a bottle of laveuder.water to the
Prisoner, between seven and eight o'clock ; she
paid for it by a SI. note [the note produced]; this
is the note; the address she gave I wrote on it,
No. 8, St. James's-place ; she said she had the note
from Mrs. Grey, the lady who keeps • school at
Brook Green. It was a remarkable bottle that had
the lavender-water—[the bottle produced]—that is
it. I went with Ellis, the officer, and saw the Pri-
soner at Tuthill-firlds; it is painful to me to state
it, hut the Prisoner is the person I am sure.
Ellis stated, that he received the lavender bottle
from Mr. and Mrs. Cotterell ; he saw it taken from
the mantle of the dming-room.
Horatio Curtis, assistant to Mr. Price, chemist,
at Kensington, recollected seeing the Prisoner at
the letter end of the month of August.
Win. Syers, a pastry-cook, at Kensington, recol-
lected the Prisoner being in his shop on Sunday,
the 11Th August. She wanted change of a 5/ note,
which he could not give her. Si. her only fur a
short time, but thinks the Prisoner was the person.
Ann Gray keeps • school at Brook Green, fur
persons of the Romish persuasion. She had not
seen this Prisoner at the bar for seven years bet.re
the 10th A upset ; she never lent or paid her a I.
Bank of England note.
_

-- Hodges. bootmaker, at 152, Piccadilly—
The Prisoner lodged with him ; she came on the
12th July, and left the id August; she told birn
she was going, but she did not pay her reut.
The case fur the Prosecution being closed, the
Prisoner was asked what she had to say in her de-
fence. She rose and stood for a short period, and
then requested permission to address the Jury from
her seat. which being granted, she proceeded, look-
ing occasionally at a paper, iii a voice at first nearly
inaudible, but gathering strength, she went on.
She argued on the danger of forming a judgment
adverse to her from circumstances which might
bear another and more favourable construction. She
gave as a reason why she had not disclosed the name
of the person from whom she had actually received
the money, that it would he compromising the
peace of a family. to which nothing could induce
her to consent, though she could prove that she had
received some money within three or four weeks of
the time when she was apprehended. She conclud-
ed in • broken voice with • pathetic appeal to the
Court and Jury on the forlorn, fnendltss, and des-
titute situation in which she stood.

Joseph Singleton, r porter, was then called, who
Mated, that he had brought from Boodle's club-
house a letter for the Pri►oner, which, from the
feel of it, he thought contained money and bank-
notes. It was about a month or five weeks op.
Mr. Justice KtcHARDBOX summed up the evi-
dence to the Jury with his accustomed clearness.
His Lordship charged them to acquit the Prisoner
of the capital part of the cha►ge, on account of the
mistake in the name of Mr. Cotterell.

After $ short deliberation the Jury returned a
verdict of guilty of stealing, but recommended her
to mercy, in which the Prosecutor joined.
The Prisoner retired from the bar in great agi.
tation.

Williams Reading was indicted fir stealing in the
direlling•house of Robert ‘Vesiwood 200 watches
end various other articles of jewellery to the value
of 1,0001. and six soverrigns, and Benjamin Solo-
mon* was indicted as an 'Fernery. . _

Mr. CUIIWOOD stated the care to the Jury, and
culled

It. Westwood, who said, I am n jeweller, resid-
ing io Princes- eeeee t, Soho. On Sunday the 28th
Jol7 1 left my.house with no one in it ; I double-
locked the door ; I returned about half-past eight
o'clock on the same evening and found the door on
• single lock ; I found all !hegira. casesopen and all
the smirches ta ken out ; there were shout 200 watt hes,
ism then 10 seals, • great number of gold pin.,
geed ear-rings, silver thimbles, and other articles of
jewellery. There were also six sovereigns in the
till ; two of them were marked, so that 1 could know
them.

Cross-examined by Mr. ALLF.Y.—On the Tues-
day Reeding was searched in custody ; he bed e
watch in hie fob, but I did not claim it as mine.
In the advertisement which I published, I did not
vete the lobs of the sovereigns, because it would
hove been witless, unless I had advertised my pri-
vate.mark. I generally mark the sovereigns which
1 take, to try whether they are gold. • 1 went down

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