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London, England, 1826-04-11 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCIIEQUFft,

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OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, Aram 10.
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(Before Mr. Sergeant AZABIN.)
STEALING IN A DWELLING HOUSE.

Sarah Forward, aged 20, was indicted for stealing eight sove-
reigns and three half sovereigns, the property of Clara Eves, Let
mistress, in her dwelling-house.
The prosecutrix hies in Sloane-square. Chelsea; the prisoner
had lived in her service a fortnight before the day of the robbery,
which happened on the 23th of March ; when she left she gave no
notice that she was going to leave her service ; soon after she was
gone witness examined her bureau, and found eight sovereigns and
three half sovereigns, out of 21.11. f gold and silver, which was safe
there late the preceding evening ; did not ace her again for a fort-
night. The prisoner acknowledged that she took them for the pm-
poscnf being sent nut of the country.
A watchman in Duke-street, St. James's. stated that the prisoner
came to him one night, and surrendered herself to him, saying she
was a thief, and had rubbed her mistress, whose name and address
she gave correctly.
Mr. Sergeant A aannr said, the case was very extraordinary, but
from its clearness there could be no doubt of the prisoner's guilt,
as her own confession bore out the testimony of the prosecutrix.—
Verdict—Guilty, Death.
(Before Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Baron GARROW.)
DESPERATE II WAY ROBBERY.

William Leach, aged 23, and Peter Naden, aged 20, were in-
dicted for assaulting John Moulton on the Kings highway, put.
tins him in fear, and taking from his person two sovereigns and
fifteen shillings, his moneys.
The prosecutor lives at Friem Barnet : on the 11th of March he
seas at Colney Hatch. and left a public-house about half-past ele-
ven,: had been there about seven or eight hours, but not drinking
all the time ; was perfectly sober when he left w proceed home ; oft
his way the second prisoner overtook him, and Haden said he went
to Joff's to get some beer; Joff is not a Welshman, but is the
landlord of the Orange Tree 4 he said, I have been down to meet
some sheep, but they are not yet come up ; this conversation took
place in a retired road between Colney Hatch and :Howell lull ;
they kept a little before him for three or four furlongs ; they then
turned round and began to beat him about the head with bludgeons,
like two men threshing wheat ; they repeated their blows until wit-
ness fell on his back ; witness said, For God's sake spare my
life, for the sake of my wife and six children." One of them then
lrested his thumb upon his throat, and put his other hand in the
eft-hand pocket, in which was 155., and two sovereigns in the
right • they both rifled the pockets at one time. They then felt
round band of his breeches, and inquired for his watch ; they
said if he would not give it up they would shoot.pini ; witness had
no witch ; they then left him fur delta and Wilked deliherately
away ; witness got up and followed them, but he saw at the dis-
tance of one hundred yards that they got over a gate and went into'
a field. Witness then wept back to the village and informed Mr.
Heell and another friend of what had happened, and described the
prisoners.
The prisoners nettle no defence; but several witnesses who were
called stated that Nadal had borne an uniformly good character for
honps:y.
Mr. Justice rang summed up the evidence with great perapi-
miry and the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of
Guiky—Death.