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CROWN SIDE.
Reaimam Plummer, Jr/ea 4piale, Charles Sipa,
Geeree•Stilts, and Job* Savage, were charged to the
oaths of the said George Stiles, who was admi,ted
an evidence for the Crown, Edward Anscomb, ans,
whets, with having, in the night of the 12th day of
November last, hurglarionsly and feloniously broke
into and ent.red the dwelling-house of Maigare,
Baldwin, at Wrothatn, and stolen 'herein
artkles of silver plate. ninnies. and other propertt
of the said Margaret Baldwin. This trial evened
vary particular interest: and from the evidence
whit h war produced in Coors; the robbery was at.
tenslei; with the mess unexampled deptaviiy.
It
appeared that it was deliberately planned by Plum.
mer, and his confederates, who met at a punlic•
ht Ilse in Chatham, where it was represented by
Spittle, that it would be a good job, and that they
share 2001. each. On the night of the
robbery, they aejourned to a wood, near Wro-
thrust, where they disguised themselves in blue
and red jackets, and with crapes over their
faces. When they arrived on the premises, the
first 015j..-.1 of their attention was to secu•e the wag-
goner, anottwo lad:, who were in the stables, two of
whom they left with a golard, and proceeded with
the youngest, to the door et the dwelling-house,
desiring him to knock, and answi r to his name.
An unsusp. Ring female servant immediately opened
the door, when they rushed in, each arm •d with a
pistol, and commenced their nefarious depredations.
When they came to the kitchen, they found three
feinale servants, and Mrs. Baldwin, who is an old
lady, upwards of 90 years of age ; the servants
they se.atid in a large chair, and threatened if
they made the least resistance, or intertupted
them, they would instantly blow their brains out.
When a.ked by Mrs B. what they warted ? They
replied, het money and plate t and, under the most
ttasitic a;:preheesiovs, she Vas led from roans to
morn. in order is po:ntinot where her valuable•pro•
piqty vs-,s ti-pt sited ; to cause a greater alarm
to the family, they repeatedly changed their situa-
tions, in that their numbav 'might appear much
greater than it really was. Vhile the old lady was
in.this dreadful suspense, her gown unfortunately
calght Ere, and one of the set. ants, attempting to
extinguish it, was repulsed with the threat of in-
stant dealt, if she dared to trove ; saying, with
other op,siobrious expressions, "Damn the old
h—h, let her burn." After they had remained is
the house an hour and a-bsdf, they departed, ob-
serving they snonld leave a guard to prevent any
alarm lseing made. They then retired into the
iron& is here they resumed their usual dresses, de-
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positing the ut!,eis in a sack, and proceeded to
l'lummei's !mot:, in Chatham ; where they divided
the hooty, amounting to 901 in cash and notes,—
allnwi:nr Savage a part, as sn accomplice, although
he did n •t attend the robbery —Stiles's evidence
disclosed many pastiest! .n; such as Plummer's LA•
ing all the plate, aliiiwing 31, for their shares;
also descrihing a box of sings. which was not to be
shard till the next robbeiy. &e. which fully con.
&me:: the previous testimonies of the family. The
circumstance which led to Plummet's detedtion, was
the iiffering of the Pate to Mr. Solomon, of Chat-
ham, who detained it on suspicion katd he was
taken into custody the next day. as were also his
citsle,lerates, who welt sr...erally sworn to by the
sersants. During the trial, an iron crow and me
of the black veil. were produced in Court, which
the Prisoners had left in the house. The trial lasted
a considerable time, at the conclusion of which, the
Anson-: s made no defence ; and they were each
found Gui../.—a,e fur hist of the burglary, an,:
-Saysge as being .sn accomplice Bell, who was
also an Accessary (and, twartsthe deposition of S Res,
was the most outrageous); has net been taken.
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HORRID eittritote IN THE 111. E OF TIIANET.
Yesterday, .4prieesis behostock, a German, was
tied on an indiStiteid, charging him with the wilful
• murder of Thntnisirr Ward at St. Peter's, in the
Isle ()Inane, on the t6sh of January •
Mr. Gutter, opened the prosecution ; and
was followed, on the same side, by Mr. GAR now,
' who stated the Jai% attending the case to the Jury.
"Mei C inns:4 observed, that the Prisoner was a pd-
. Irate soldirt in the King's German Legion, and the
onfc.rtunate woman who was niurdeted, was at the
'time a shopkeeper of respedtability, residing at St.
Peter's, in the Isle of 1 hanet. She had taken a
walk to Broad:tairs, shout a mile distant from het
pace of residence, and not having arrived back
again tit the time appointed, her husband became
alarmed fer Her safety, and, on watch being
staSe, the body was found in a field, ;show sixty
' yards from the road. It was evident, the Learned
Colima observed, that the unfortunate woman
• had experiencA sneer) violence; her hody was ex-
posed, and her person had been injured. Ihe Pri-
soner, it Would be provest-Ires seen walking a
few yards distance fri.m the Deceased, ashore time
Wore the minder was committed; and it would al-.1
he proved in evidence, that he was absent from his
putt without leave, from seven till ten o'clock ;
Ws shoes were dirty with field dist ; and it would be
proved. that he was found in possession of three
handkerchiefs. the propertrof the deceased, which
had been taken from her. Ott hying questioned
where he was at tine o'clock the l'risontr said, be
was at the Neptune', Hall Public house ; which
would be contradided in evidence; and he said that
the handkerchiels found in his possession had been
given him by a strange:. In another conversation,
the Prisoner had said he saw a man knock

woman d-wn, and it was the same man who gave
him the handkerchiefs. A tibbca was found tied
very tight round the neck of the deceased, and it
wimlit be proved by her husband, that she never
wore an appendage of the kind. It would be stated
by the *iige.in, that by this ribbon the deceased
was strangled. Under the strong circumstances at-
tending the case, ir!,e Jut/ would hays no douot of
the gunk of the Pt i.oner.
Henry Blar..kbut.i, a carpenter, residing at Broad-
Stairs, stated, that he met a soldier in the regimentals
worn by tile German Legion, as ke was returning
home from 't4e village of St. Peter's, about nine
o'clock, on theeveniug of the 16th of January, and
he immediately after met tie deceased, whom he
knew, and with whom he conversed. She was in
good health, and was going home. Witnea could

not swear to the Priscner as be:iig the man whom
l.• met.
Srephen May found the body of the deceased, at
twelve o'clock at inglit, in a field about GO yards
trom the read, where the preceding wither; saw the
deceased. She wai lying on her back, and her ap
perel was in a very dlordered state, it being mostly
torn from her. Her Mouth was ope• , and witness
found a handkerchief lying by her side, which was
wet, and from appearances it had been stuffed into
the mouth of n.. deceased. A ribbon was also
tastened as tig..t possible round her neck. Her
person had sust ei a good deal of injury. There
were tracks of two pel sous having had a SCUiI. flun:
the road to the field.

Mr. From, a Surgeon, at groadstairs, examined
the body of the deceased, hot there were as exter-
nal marks sufficient to cause death. there might
be a concussion of the brain by a fall, or by other
violence, so as not to leave appearance. behind.
Witness had seen the ribbon, which was tied twice
round the neck, and which he believed was the
cause of death. by suffocation.
Fredrick Ritord, a Serjeant belonging to the
German Legion, proved, that on the evening of
the murder, the Prisoner absented himself from the
guard without leave, from seven till ten o'clock.
la consequence of information given at the guard-
room, by a Mr. Barfield, or the murder, a privy
was searched, and two handkerchiefs hound therein,
which were proved to have belonged to the de-
ceased. Another handkerchief, which had also
been taken from the deceased, was found in the
crown of the Prisoner's foraging cap. The Pri-
soner had informed Witness, that the handkerchiefs
were given hint by a stranger whom fie had seen
knock a woman down, after dragging her into a field.
Mr. Robert Barfield, Sub-Deputy of St. Peter's,
gave information of the murder at the guard-house,
in the presence of the Prisoner, who appeared • a
good deal agitated. This gentlerhair corroborated
what was stated by the preceding WlLlit:SSlespeding
the Andlog of the handkerchief, and be also stated,
that the shoes of the Prisoner were covered with
field-dirt.

The testimony of other Witnesses strengthened
the case, so as to leave nn doubt of the guilt of
the Prisoner, and one of them proved that hts•
had lett the Neptuae's-Ball at half past eight.
e'clock. Another Witness proved. that the Pri-
soner had pointed out the spot when: the it:littler
was committed.

Wm, %Vaud, the husband of the deceased, who
appeared deeply atfeaeci, said, that his wife hal
gone to Broadstairs, on the evening of the murder, to
see her daughter. and he proved 11. at the never
wore a ribband round her neck.
Judge HeaTr summed up the evidence. and the
Jury, without hesitation, found the Prisoner C. ni/ri.
He was sentenced to be execu:ed on Saturday.
next, and his body to be dissected.

J.a4 element, was convi, ted of manslaughter, and
rmtenced to pay a fine in btxre ace . He .1d given
a man of the name of Brett. his adversary in a
pitched batik, a brow which caused his