The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-09-27 00:00:00

OLD 11,111-EY. SU'. Luna O.

Slahla Mimi mil Amuse Weir were capitally
indivt.d fur ot..altng 1111,1 table cloth end six shirts,
the pr..wrty John Christian Spledtgerbed. Esq.
value A,.

Mr. Gees Ey slated this case. Ile said the Pro-
secutor was a native of Prussia, but for many years
a resident, and a merchant of great respeenbility,
in lon. The nos trier (Hotion) was his house-
keeper and cook ; and fur four years that she hod
btu its that situation, was respected by her master,
who had ii foil confidence in her honesty, On the
ri,ti of August she g to the Pros cutor warning,
that she iiiteuiled shortly to quit his service. Ou
the 2ntli, alien he tctarned home from 'Change,
he was .Siolllllllt.l to learn that the Prisoner (Hot-
ton) hut absconded ; he was indebted to her two
mooths* tts4es : this, the Learned Ci,onsel,
ett.asril ,ti•pieitpit in the Prosecutor's breast that all
trot ea.,' tight ; li.• caused an inspection to be made
of his ;i'ote, furniture, linen, &c. and he
(Mr. (4414 e%) was sorry to say there war property
snis‘iitg to a conorieralile *mount. It wasuottbe wish
or the iotention of the Prosecutor that she should be
capitelly convicted ; hut if it WAN he, as Corns. I,
was of op.iiion the proof to he adduced would not
justify the Jury in giving a verdict to that titer t ;
fur jOtholgh the property laid in the indictment
ireC anteil to upwards of 405, yet it could not he
proved that to that amouot was taken at one time.
The Pri‘oner Weir stood in a different situstion,
and perhaps aught to be laid out of their consi-
deration. The only evidence against her was,
that site was a constant visitor of the other Pri-
soner, and was pretest when the articles to the hi-
dictment were trawned. It would not become him
to comment on this statement; if it was made out in
evidence, it ass us, offence of a most aggravated
filature : the Prosecutor would lettorin Inc Jury,
that for four yeses he had the highest opinion of
the Prisoner H 'times honesty. It was his wish to
Nab every thing that wan in the favour of the Pri-
soner. Hottoi, did nut abscond whets she left the
Pro-rentor's, she went to the house of her hus.
band's master, General Decker, st Buckingham-
gate, and there she was taken into custody, and its
her pot-ession were found the duplicates of the ar-
ticles

TlO4 sta.eineut was fully made nut in evidence;
and the Jury found Sophia Hotton goilly of steal-
ing to oie value of 395. which does away the capital
pars of the charge : the other prisoner, Anne Weir,
a a- lit pitied.
Tin.y a-re egeiti arraienel for 'redline property
to the amount al 4001. from the Proter. war.

Mr. Gt r fly slated, as Ar.ne 11. non had been
convicted un the first roan Nitta. hr woul.l not
enter into evider.ce against Ise' ; hut Ns to the oil hvr
Prisoner. he would produce 95 displ.eate, that had
been taken frau) her peroon. and ma mall pawn-
beakers that would prove she pledged the articles,
"'lnv,' were the property of the Prusveutor. cod
had the initials of 1-is Payne upon them. This
'terrier), *l'4 also fully made out ra w d ewe, and
Ann Wee Ars ((wad GrYiy. by he Jury of larceny.