The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-31 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, WIDNUDAY, OLTOSta 30.

Thomas rearley, William Whitton, William
Leicester. John Carrie, soul Samuel haven, were
indicted for sealing in the dwelling-house ul James
Currie 16 rovereigna, three watches, cud a Dumber
of other uncles, his property.
The Prosecutor keeps the White Bear, at the
Brentford end of Hounslow. Fearley and Whitton
came to his house on the 18th of September. They
had been there before. They talked about the ewes
at Eglism, end left the house in a gig about three.
They returned between eight and nine, and the
other three came soon afterwards. They were all
in a parlour on the ground floor, and the family of
the Prosecutor were in the bar. The parlour do.s
not enter from the bar, nor from the tap-room.
They requested to have the door of the parlour left
opee no account of the heat. There were ten per-
sons in all. They sung and talked as if they had
hem all ooe company. They remained in the
house about an hour, the 'tortes and gigs in winch
they came standing outside. No part of the
►roperty was missed before they left the house.
Mel sang two song., all chorus.ed, and, as
awe as the lot song was lung. they went off like
a shot, and were in the rond in• a minute. He
warned them that there was danger on account of
n waggon on the road if they went so fast ; but they
did not attend to him. Fentley occasionally walked
up and down the passage. lu the course of ten
minutes after the Prisoners departed. he found
that the door of the room containing the property
hail been picked, and the bureau had been fumed
open by violence. Fie found a small bit of some
steel instrument which had been broken in the
room. Five or six boxes had been opened, as well
as the bureau, and papers were tumbled about on
the bed where his children were asleep. Nine
silver spoons, the bowl of a punch ladle, two snuff-
boxes, three watches. seven rings, arid ■ variety
of other property were gone. There were also three
51. Batik of England note., 16 sovereigns, and other
money ; the whole in fact amounting to nearly
100/. As soon es he discovered his loss he sent for
en officer, and they mounted in two gigs, and found
the present five men at Kensi ngtoth Three limey in
the Marquis of Granby public-house, and the two
others about twenty or thirty yards from the door.
Ile did not see any of theni searched. While they
were in his house there were no other persons on the
side where the stair-case was which led to his bed.
room. He recovered the three 51. Ihnk of Eng.
lam' notes.

Cross-examined by MY. ALLEY.—There were
• good many persons passing from the races ; beet
whole the Prisoners were in the house, there were
none on the same side with the Prisoners. The
people in the house were kept busy. The com-
pany to which the Prisoners belonged left a pint of
ale unpaid, hot the person who left the ale unpaid
was not one of the Prisoners. The door of the
parlour was a-jar, so much so as that he could hear
the voices of the Prisoner.. There is no stair-cue
from the room whence the property was stolen, but
that from the parlour.
Mary Curti., the wife of the preceding witness,
remembered the whole of the Prisoners being at her
house on the evening of the Egham races. She had
been in the bedroom about five minutes before the
Prisoners come to her house. The property was
safe, ■rid she locked the door and kept the key in
her pocket till the time at which the robbery was
discovered. She corroborated her hu►band'a evi-
dence as to the description of the property stolen.—
Fealty came to the house about five inmates after,
aid called for a glass of brandy and water and a
pipe. She did not see the others come in. When
she carried the brandy and water, Fearley and
Leicester were in the room. When she went into
the room 10 minutes after, there a ere seven or eight.
%Vein into the parlour again; some were smoking
and others drinking tea. It is quite customary for the
same party to give wpar.ste orders. No one could
have cosine in and ascended the stairs without being
seen at the bar; sad no one could come out at the
parlour door without being seen, but they could not
be seen going up stairs. She did not sit to the her
while the Prisoners were going out. There were per-
sons in the tap.room, but they could not have come
to the passage without being seen. Three waggoners
went that way to bed up stairs, while the Prisouers
were in the parlour. Fawley was walking up and
down the passage, while the others were in the
passage. She filled his glass, and he kept talking
to her. Her husband was in the parlour then.
When she mixes the liquor she does not turn round.
A servant went up stairs with the lodgers, who slept
on the stairs above the bed-room. Whitton came
to the Isar nerd paid, and Leicester came there for a
pipe. They all went at the ►ame time. It was the
one upon horseback that did not pay his reckoning.
She went to the bed-room in about five minutes after
they were gone. No other person had been in the
house in the interim. She found the lock picked
■nd the door half open. She described the ►tate of
the room in the same manner as had been done by
her husband.

Cross-examined—Could not positively say how
wide the passage is. There is a partition duos in
the paebabre. between the bar door and the parlour
door. The stairs may be more than five yards
horn the parlour door. There were perhaps six
persons in the tap-loom, but there were no persons
there from Egham rvcesi. Persons can pert auto the
tep•ruoto without paving the stairs. The passage
to the tap is on the other side of the house. A
person from the tap must go through two kitcheus
berme hr can get to the staircase.
James Hampton, ostler to Mr. Curtis, recollected
the five Prisoners bring at his master's house. Saw
Futile,/ and Whitton in the morning of the day in
question; and it; the evening there were the five at
the bar and five more. In the evening they all
arrived in four gigs, and one on a saddle•horse. He
staid outside to take care of the !tosses. He saw
' Fearley go in mod out. Where he stood he could
see into the passage, and there was nu person that
entered it hut the Prisoners and the other five.
They all went away as quick es possible, and
appeared to be quite sober. He heard of the rob-
bery immediately, and put the heroes on the horse,
drove' ufr with bin
,russter,,eud saw the Puisonera io
custody et I“.osiegioo, cud also another who was
not now pekotiOt.
Mary Siolimoni sefSekst 'to Mr. Curtis, remem.
ben the 004.14 ekti ih,.-she waited on them
in the odour they wet elf (ten in number) in the
parlour when she entered ; uoue of the others at the

bar sat at the same table with resat,- and Whitton ;
they talked to nee another in general; she heard
singing; the principal ginger was not at the bur;
two of them sung; remembered the three waggoners
steeping in the garret that night ; she sheets(' them
op to bed st the same lime 'eft the candle aith
them. Went to their room after the robbery, aril
found the waggoners in bed and the candle exti, -
guiehed. They were all arleet•. Took nil 110' CC
of her mistress's bed.►oom adobe went up and don
stub's.

John F. Cooke, constable, went in pursuit, lock
a young man with hint, ■od Curtis and his evils,.
followed ; found the Prisoners in Kensington.
Stainer, the patrol, hail stopped Currie and Raven
opposite the Goat public-house, and searched them.
No part of the stolen property was found on' them.
At the Marquis of Granby he found Fearley,
Leicester, Whitton, and another person named
While. They were all in the rime room, and it
wns a small one; told them they should not g-)
without being searched. Fernley asked withers for
his authority. He replied, that a robbery hid been
committed, and that he was a peace officer.
Cross-examined.—They were searched, and no
part of the property was found on them. The Pri-
soners were twice minutely searched, but nothing
was found upon any of them, or in any of the gigs,
which were also searched.
Isaac Staines, patrol at Hounslow, went on horse-
back upon the alarm being given. He saw three
gigs standing at the Marquis of Granby. Olie of
the gigs separated from the others ; he followed and
stopped it. He corroborated Cooke's evidence as
to the apprehending and searching of the Prisoners.
He knew none of the Prisoners before. feartec
said he was very willing to be searched. A-gentle-
man brought him a watch which had been picked
up beside the gig. It was nut claimed by the Pro.
secutor as one of them which he had lost.

Thomas Feailey read • defence. He contended,
that if he had committed • robbery he had many
facilities for making his escape, in consequence of
the cross roads ; and hid he done so he would never
have stopped at another public•house. The house
was mach exposed. He contended that the.cir-
curnstances of the case, the landlady's first search-
ing the waggoners, and many other consideratipos,
rendered it improbable that he could have her%
guilty. He trusted that the circumstance of his
having been committed would not prejtmirce hits in
the opinion of the Jury.
The other Prisoners concurred in this defence.

No witnesses appearing to the Prisoners' cbarac.
less, the Recorder summed up, snd the Joey. after
having retired for about a quarter of an hour, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty against all the Prisoners.