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London, England, 1819-09-18 00:00:00

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llse pot tailor, who, whin 'challenged with the
theft, aden:.tted it, and said he could only account
for his conduct by thinking that the devil must
have beteg busy with him when he committed the
act.
Verdict..-Guilty.
PRIVATELY StE
Ames May was indicted for steeling sevirai
vet spoons., sod other articles, the property of John
Agar, privately in his dwelling-house.
"rhe Prosecutor stated that he kept the Swan
public-house, at Stonweti, in Middlesex, where the
Prisoner came with some others, on the 3d Septrm.
'Nee, to get his di iiii er. He shortly after missed
some spoons, and observing the Prisoner go out
towards the yard, he followed him, and on putting
/6• hand to his waistcoat he felt something hard
like the spawn: almost at the instant he felt some-
ih.fig tall near the water bolt, which he discovered
to he its. bowl of a tablespoon, and some unbroken
ile sent for a constable, but before he came
it citf•weil to release the Prisoner if he retarned the
property. Some whispering theti took place he-
%Vern the l'risoner and one of his companions, when
vir former exclaimed, No ! el—n me if split."
'I lie Prisoner's companion then quitted the room,
:lull brought back the stolen property. Witness,
however, detained the Prisoner in custody.
Crult.e.runtened by Mr. A I.l.EY.—There was har-
vest merry-making in the neighbourhood that day.
Thomas Jackman. a labourer, was in company
";oh ttte Prisoner at the time in question. and saw
two si:ver spoons fall from his left side when the
landlord took hint into Custody.
Sextert a constable, produced four table
and roc teaspoons, which he received from Mrs.
Agar, at the public-house.
Prosecutor proved the spoons to he his pro-
perty, and one of them was the same he saw fall
from the Prisoner near the water-butt, and the rut
were what the Prisoner's companion brought back
when ifs took him into custody.
Verdict—Gwilty of stealing to the value of 395.

WENT END FAIR GANG.
Thantos Brame, a wretched-looking boy, was
restricted of picking a Gentleman's pocket at West
Erd Fair.
finery Lovell, a gipsy lad, 10 years of age, was
Indicted fur assaulting Michael Eildington, at West
End Fair, ou the 27th July. and taking [ruin his
person a hat, a Over snnH box, and Ills. in !floppy.
The Prosecutor stated, that as he was coming out
'of the fair the Prisoner ran up to him and knocked
oft his bat; witness knocked him clown, and the
Primober then called out, " Stall Isere ! stall bete !
—murder him ! cut his throat !" Ile repeatedly
used ihese words, and a gang of about fifty then
rn,!lial at witness, and beat him so dreadfully th it
he was for two days and a half laid up at a siirgeou's
iii I iiiinpstead, one day and a half of this time lie
was ill a state or insensibility.
irrosl.ezaffeined by Mr. DOWLING.--This oc-
curred about twenty minutes past nine 'o'clock,
sand it was dusk at the time, but he certainly Iw-
hewed the Prisoner to be the person who knorkrd
koff. Ile said before the Magistrate that lie
:erciitglit the person he struck must have a mask
front the blow.
Thomas Hunt, • constable, Proved that he took
the Primmer into custody, in a booth at the fair.
at about eleven o'clock, on the night of the of
-July ; nothing was found upon his prison.
Benjamin Harrison, headborougli [lamp-
*lead, said, that before the Prisoner was ,hewn in
Vie Prosecutor, the latter particularly drscrilwit
person, its bring the one who knocked off his
hat.
The Prisoner, in his defence, put in a written
paper, which set forth that his occupation was
plating a drum and tneeth-orgro, both of which
hr lost in * crowd at the fair; he solemnly dented
basing ever attacked or robbed ally body.
Two witnesses gave the Prisoner a good charac-
ter ; lie obtained his living by playing an organ
shout the streets; they knew he had a brother, who
was shout eleven or twelve years of age, and who
ouch resembled him in person.
Verdict=te4 illy.
There were souse other trials in the course of the
dsy, for petty thefts.