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charged with having robbed Sir John Lade's
stables. at Hendon, and stealing divers articles of
harmiss therefrom.
sir Joho Lade stated, that, on the first, second,
or third night of dilly, his stables at Hendon were
broken open. the locks all smashed, and a cart
harness, which was produced, stolen, with several
other articles. He never heard any thing farther of
the articles in question, until last Thursday, when
a Mr Robinson, a neighbour of his, who had been '
in London, and saw the harness at an old iron shop,
in Islington Road, acquainted him that he knew
where his harness was. Sir John Lade immediately
ordered the carriage. and came to London, accom•
panied by Mr. Roninson, and found his harness at
an old iron shop, in Islington Road, kept by one
Perry. Sir John further stated, that the Prisoner
last year mowed his meadows for him, assisted by
another ; man they slept at Hendon, and used to
come to Lon Jon every Saturday evening, and re-
turn again to Hendon nn Sunday, and sometimes
nor until Monday morning ; after they had finished
the mewing, Sir John set them to clean out some
reel,, and not having any more work for them,
they left Hendon. and Sir John did not again see the
Prisoner, until the day he was taken into custody. Sir
John's servant informed him, that before the rob-
bery took place. the Prisoner was at Hendon, and
asked for the mowing.
Mr !iz iehen Robinson stated, that last Thurs-
day. a, h • was passing through Islington. he saw
the c- t :artless, produced in Court. at the shop of a
person of the name of Petry, who keeps an old iron
ship, in Islington ; he immediately recognised the
harness to be Sir John Lade's ; part of the harness
had I, en his, but he sold it to Sir John at the time
he disposed of the taint to him. He told Perry
canoe no account whatsoever to sell the harness, as
he knew the owner of it.
Witham Perry stated, he is a harness and collar
maker, and lives at No. 71, Islington Road ; his wife
keeps an old iron shop, and endeavours to gain is
penny by it in an honest way, as his trade does not
keep him constantly employed. On Monday last
the Prisoner came to him and asked him to sell a
cart bar mess for him; witness believes he had asked
some oth:r person to sell it for him before he
brought it to him ; he consented, and on Tuesday
he went with the Prisoner to a stable in a row oppo-
site Islington Green (but the name of which row
the witness was ignorant of). where the Prisoner
kept a horse and cart ; a boy belonging to the s•ab!e
had the key, and he wes absent, so the witness did
not see the harness that day ; the next day he went
for the harness, and brought it to his own house ;
the Prisoner told him not to sell it fur less than two
pouimds, for which he was to have two shillings ;
but if he got more for the harness than two pounds,
ke was to keen it : h- generally left it to the
genernsity of the persons wh-n he sold any
theog in that way. Oa Tonismlay morning he
exposed the hethe•s for sale, the day tin' o
Ni. Robinson sew it ; there had been a har-
ness maker lo •L e.g at it before Mr. Robinson ; as
soon as sir. Robin-on told lean he knew the owner,
he rent • d the harness. %Veen Sir John Lade
and Mr. Robinson came to him, and Sir
John told him the harness was his, and called
upon him to find the man for whom he was
to sell it ; he went in company with Sir John, and
Mr. Robinson, and a Mr. Brown, a constable. to
the house of a Mr. Newberry, Vineyard, St. John.
street, where the Prisoner worked ; he did not the n
know the Prisoner's name, but inquired if any per-
son worked there who kept a horse and cart at Is-
lington' be was answered in the affirmative, and
told his name was Lloyd ; be let him know, that a
person wished to speak to him about the harness;
when he came out, and was asked how he came by
the harness ? he answered " honestly ;" but as soon
as Sir John asked him, how long was it since he had
cleaned his ponds ? he was very much cast down.
He was taken into custody, and brought to this Of.
ice, but it being after office hours, be was left in
the custody of Stanton, one of the Officers.
Stanton locked him up, arid went and searched
his lodgings, in Cross-street, Islington, where he
found a girth, which belonged to the harness pro-
duc-d.
The Prisoner being called on for his defence, said,
le bouifht the harness in Smithfield.
jail Mess, gen. Bec,m, Sena Nyasa, and Frank
Alsiler, were brought up and discharged, the Ma-
gistrates not thinking the evidence of Trott suffi-
cient to justly them in detaining them. Before they
left the bar, they we. • riocenmeimsled by the Ma.
gistrates to behave better for the future.

GUILDHALL.