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London, England, 1822-01-10 00:00:00

HORSE STEALING.

Sausage! Howe was indicted for stealing lfrii mares, sel•e
SO/. the property of David Gettiog ; •ad Wilheas Smith
Cutts with receiving the same, toes/lag thews to have ►eew
stolen.

The Prosecutor is a farmer at Geddes., in the errant, of
Surrey, and in the night of the 13th December haat, the
mares is question were mulen from a field into which they
bad been turned to great by his direction', without
ahues, and with their hoof, pared down, in the hope of
thereby preventing their eeIMORAL to say distaste", without
The seat morning. the progress of the seawalls
'ravine been traced by the foot-marks in the direction of
London, the Prosecutor came to town, and gluier the cir-
enmstance of the loss of the mares to Rice, the °Ater, of
Union Hall, was accompanied by him to arrrecal horse.
dealers at Islington and other places round !Amine. Al
length they found two stables belonging to the Prisoner Cutts
in a yard at Paddington, or looking into one of which the
Prosecutor saw an animal'which he instantly recognised as
one of hit Nat mares. Doom inquiring for the owner of the
stables they were introduced to Cults, ooder the name of
Smith; sod the Prosecutor expressing a desire to purchase a -
boree,was 'hewn by him into a stable where aloud live hum.,
of Foch of which i.e disapproved, sod no offer beteg mode.
of showing the other stable, he asked the Prisoner whether'
it belonged to him, and was answered in the alfirmatiire.
He then asked whether be bad molting there, and the-
Prisooer said " only one lame egg belonging tg. a
Gentleman, and two culls that have
"wither of which will suit you." The Prosecutor then
pressed for a sight of 'bens as be sometimes Ismegir
cults, and after some hesitation the Prisoner opened
the stable, where the Prosecutor seeing his two mom, said,
" these will suit me well enough; they are both mine, and
have beets stolen from me." The officer told the Piiestiter
that he must take him into custody, sad the latter exclaim-
, eft, "God blew, me! why I'll take you to the man floor whom
I had them. I hope you will give me an opportune,' of fit-
ting my money back egsiti." He then led them towards a
public-house, from which, as they approached the dour, the
Prisoner Hunt came nut, and Celts pointing to him, noose.
diatcly said, " That is the man from whom 1 had thorn. "
They were then bush taken into custody, and the sext'.dny'
examined at Union-Hall. The story told by Cutts 'wait,'
that the mares were bronght to his stable the night before
by Hone and soother man, who had previously engaged Ibet
stable, and with them a truss of bay, and they were left in
his keeping. The other Prisoner, Hone, who was sow idea.
tined by the ostler of the Blue Archer at Godstone, es bay-
ing been at that home in company with another man on the
evening of the 13th December, from six till eleven o'clock,
when they went away, having stated that it was their inten.
lion to go on to the next tow, to sleep, acknowledged before
the Magistrate that he stole the marry in company with ,as.
other man whom he described, and by whom he afterwatcla
told the officer he had been persuaded to assist in steelier
them, as he knew a man who would take two Inch horses of
them. The man so referred to has absconded, and elided
the *vilest* of the police.
The case for the prosecution, of which the above is the
sobstance,baring been closed—
Mr. Justice BURROW:4H told the Jury, that although, they
had beard of a eoofession by Hone of the fact of hie having
stolen the mares, in Surrey, yet its the law required that s
moo should sot be convicted except mono clear peouf of the
charge upon which he was tried, and no evidence having
been produced to shew that be ever bad the mares its his p.s.
session in the county of Middlesex, se charged in the present
iadictrnent, ►e was booed to direct dim to acquit both the
Prisoners.
♦ verdict of Not Otsilly was accordingly entered; hut
upon the application of Mr. ADOLIMUS, for the prueetutiim,
Hone was ordered to be detained fur trial its the comely of
Surrey. Cutts was discharged.

litivre (he COlll/1011 SIR/ tiorr and a Lewd,* Jury.
Abraham) Afezander was hulloed fur etraliog from Ohs-
penult of Mies !globe Ch.reh, a reticule and other prowl's-
therein cuutained, value 40s. and upwards.
The Prosecutrix, an interesting )oettig lady, stated, thab
eke .0 parsing through Buthopegate-ettert about etx o'clock
us the evcolog of the 4th Instant, and when near corner