The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-11 00:00:00

VRIVATELY STEALING.

George Bays and "Ilexamder Stewart were in-
dictrot on suspicion of pf ivately stealing in the sloop
of Cheats Tap, a glg harness, value 40e. and
upwaothi, and Mary Stokes for receiving the same,
knowing it to be violris.
It appeared iii evidence that the stolen articles
were found concealed under a bed in the apart-
ment of the Prisoner Stewart. and the Plifootorr
Bays void he found the property in the street, and
earned it to Stewart'.. The female Prisoner raid
that all she knew of the articles was their being
brought to her boom by the Poisoner Bays.
air. 'Jowl.* G, who %% as Counsel for the Priso-
ners, ',slalomed 60111)e witiirshes who gave Stewart,
who was a sleep, a g I character.
Verdict—Guilty against B ,y 1 of stealing to the
value of 395. 00). Alaly Stokes dud Stewart, Not
The Prisoners were again indicted. ihr two men
for stealing a ha 11111 l er-cloth, two side glaspes of a
roach, and two cosi 1111 l no, the property 4.1 William,
Earl of Denbigh, value 5.. and upwards, and the
female for receiviog the same known% them to be
stolen. _

•U r. Baton' stated ease to the Jury.
David Iti►•bards wi►l, that he wa► a coas•hntan in
the rn►ployntrnt of Lord Denbigh, and had I Kitt
Isis master home at tau o'clock 1/11 the mormaig of
the t,;6sh May lost ; 6r slit 11 put up Isis coaeli and
horses in Ilse stable. and left every dung secure in
the mews in Park-I:►to•. At six o'clock tin the saute
summing be diseoes r►d, on going to the stable, that
the Isatutner-clisill, side plat glsoasro, and cushions,
err. rat-lied oft:

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The utouttfactuter of the hosnmer-cluth and
enblitotis ist• teal Ilsot lie wade theta for 1.1“11 Deo-
Ligh.
Speiolluve propel float the Pt i.ourr
11.3. applied to I to lot y the atotru pruperiy, autl
cotird Into to „lair it o. a co xeoled in the lard of

.
Mary Stokes, wlO 'WA. there ot the time, and
peed the things from tinder the r lollies.
P;tv, the officer, apprehended the Prisoners., and
found the property in the place described by the
1641 witness, and also a bundle of skeleton and other
kevs.

The Prisoners were rolled npon for their defence.
—6lloys paid, thornt the thingo were given to him by
• person whom he knew.
The other two I'oi•nnrr• denied any knowtedge
of the except fluor the &mole Paw them to
the room. into which ni% a I ght them.

There was sin erialru.re to prove whist was the
Christian name of the Earl of Denbigh. which led
V., a legal objection by Mr. Dowt.tua.
The benefit of this, tlw COURT said. should be
fewrved for the Prisoners, if necessary.
Verdict—frailly ottoonst Hope and Mary Stokes ;
and Stewart Not Guitiv. _ _

Isaac Sampson. is German Jew. was indicted for
stealing a silver milk-pet, a sine strainer, a table-
spoon, and Pugiar tong•. header three silk scarfs, a
silk dress, and shovel, the.property of George Bur-
ling, privately in Isis dwelling-house, on the 28th
July list.
George Boding slid, he lived in Bnuhill-row,
St. Luke's. The Pri•otser came to his house on
the morning of the 48th Jnly, and said he wanted
to hire apartments; they agreed upon the price.
The Prisoner gave a reference to a man in Bishop'-
gate-street, who was Lot to he found. On the 3 lit
witness met the Prisoner near Worship-street Office.
The latter ran away on /wring him.
June Burling, the wife of the last witness, corro-
borated his st.liament reletive to the Prisoner's
coming to their house in lionhill-row. Ile came a
second time. entered the honk.. and witness mow him
converse with her servant, and soon slier rots out
of the house very fast. Shortly afterwards she dis-
covered that snow plate had been carried uhf from
the side-hoard, and some silk articles of dress from
the drawer of a hook-case near it.

Hannah King was a sersaut to Nlr. furling ; she
remembered the Prisoner coming to the house on
the 28th July; she 'hewed him up stairs on Isis
first call, and remetnlsertd hoc coming ug tin at
about a quarter of au hour after. and saying he met
her master in Finsbury-square, who desired him to
return to the house and wait there until he return-
ed; she then slowed him up stairs into the first
floor; he asked if she was mistress of the house;
she replied, " No ;" that she was only a lemma;
he said he would reward her if the was attentive
to him while he lodged there; he spoke in perfectly
plain English.—[The evidence on the trial was ex-
plained to the Prisoner by en interpreter, as he
said lie did not sufficiently understand the Eng.
lists lasoguisge.]—The Prisoutr then remained in the
rom, and she came down. In about five tes
afterward. she heard him coming down and ad-
vancing near the front door; she asked him what
he waisted, he suit some snuff; she offered to go
and get it for him, but he said he'd get it hit's-
self. lie scrordingly went out, and co looking
into the street after him, she saw that he was run-
ning very fast. On going up stairs and looking in•
to the room where site bad just left the Prisoner, she
found that lie had carried off the plate. When she
.hewed loins into the room the plate was certainly on
the sideboard, and nobody else had been its the
room before it was missed.

Joshua Armstrong, en officer, apprehended the
Prisoner, and found upon his person several du-
plicates ahieli lie now produced; among them were
duplicates of the stolen property. The Prisoner
said to witness that the articles were all his own.

The pawnbroker produced the wine-strainer,
milk-pot, table-•poou, and tongs. which were
pledged on the eve oo itt g of the 48th July by a
yeoman.

Mr. Burling proved these articles of plate to be
his property, and worth about 31.
Another pawnbroker produced the silk articles
which were pawned at his shop by a woman on the
28th and 29th July. These articles Mrs. Burling
identified as being her property.
'flie Prisoner, in his defence, which he addressed
to the Court through ■n interpreter, said, that he
went to look fur lodgings for a Mend, just arrived
from Hamburgh, hut came away from Mr. Bur-
ling's house, thinking the lodgings too dear. The
articles now in Court were certainly in his posses-
, butt they were merely given to him by a
friend, now abroad, fur the purpose of being sold
in the best manner he could.

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Mr. Justice Be RBOU G H summed up the evidence
to the Jury. who immediately returned a verdict of
Guilty.
COARGE OF FORGERY.
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Before the i.. lon Jury was called, Mr. BARRY
applied to the Cou►t for leave to postpone until
next Sessions the trial of Air. Adams, the ship-
builder, who stands charged with forging some bills
of exchange.
The Learned Counsel stated, that the Prosecu-
tors in the case. as well as the Prisoner, were anxi-
ous to have this apFlicatiots fur postponement ac-
ceded to.

The COURT, under such circumstances, assented
to the application for postponing the trial until
next Sessions.

Before the CO2IIIOII SKILISANT wed a London
whey, last night.

PICK. POCKETS.

Census,' Davis se- seSlstdictesl fur steeling from the
Person of Thomas Williams a pncket.book, value
611. containing 141. in Sauk of England notes, on
the 14th July.
The case was clearly proved in evidence, and the
Prisoner found
The COMIION SERJEANT then informed the
Prisoner. that in all cases where depredations were
committed on the public by gangs of pickpockets
in this manner, the Court would v►sit such a sen-
tence on those convicted, us would effectually pre-
vent a recurrence of their offence, at least in this
country. The Prisoner had therefore only to in-
form such of his colleagues in picking pockets, as
should lumpy's to visit hint while in prison, before
lie was ►ent IA that on conviction fur similar of-
relict,, they bud most assuredly to expect the tame
patois:meta which now awaited him, which was
transportation beyond the seas for the term of his
natural life.

The Prisoner, who was • well looking young
foshionobly dressed, coolly replicil, ow
•ery much olillgtd to you, toy Lord."