The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-18 00:00:00

A BURGLAR SHOT.

Qu FEN-S(111AR T.17-6;$;1;71:1;;JO;pAflroodltcad, a notorious
character, who stands committed for threatening the life of Sophia
Surgey, a witness ct the late Guildford Assizes against a compa-
nion of the prisoner's, was brought up, charged with a burglary in
the house of John beach Bennett, Esq.
The prosecutor deposal that he resides at Merton, in Surrey. On
the night of the 21:,.h ult., his house was fastened up at the usual
time, and about half-past three o'clock in the morning he was
alarmed by the springing of an alarm bell ; he instantly rose from
his bed, took up a fowling-piece, and expecting that the robbers
would cross the lawn, he fired the piece low, which had been loaded
with powder and from 10 to 12 slugs. The distance might be from
15 to 20 yards from where he saw two persons. He examined the
house, and ascertained that the premises had been entered by the
kitchen, the robbers having forced the window-shutter with a cen-
tre-bit. There was a metal watch stolen, and at day.light he found
a lantern under a hedge which had been broken down.
William Herring said lie mended the lantern now produced for
the prisoner.
John Levies; No. 27, Charles.street, Westminster, surgeon to
Thothill-fields prison,traid the prisoner was placed in the sick ward
on the 30th of August ; he told him lie had been shot. On exami-
nation he discovered three wounds on his back ; two were grazed,
and the other was about an inch and a half deep. The latter wound
ran in the direction downwards, towards the spine, from the left
shoulder. On first seeing his back lie said the wounds bad been
dressed at the Hospital ; from the appearance of them they had not
been recently done ; he closely examined the deep wound, but could
not find say shot.
George Poole, an officer, said dist on the 211th ult, he appre-
hended the prisoner on a peace-warrant, for threatening the life of
Sophia Surgey, who gave evidence at the late Guildford Assizes
against an intimate acquaintance of the prisoner's, tried for bur-
glary. A few diva afterwards he understood that the prisoner had
been shot hi the back, in consequence of which he, with Cooper, a
brother officer, instantly ecmmenced an inquiry, suspecting he was
concerned in some robbery, and very soon after ascertained that two
persons were shot in committing a burglary at Merton, in Surrey.
Suspecting his clothes were shot through, witness examined his
waistcoat, which he found bloody, also two shot-holes in it, the
size of the balls produced.
He was fully 'committed.
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New Srsctes or Rosa RRY.—On Friday night, or early
on Saturday morning, Brydges-strest, Charles-street, and
other thoroughfares in the neighbourhood of Covent-gar-
den, were visited by some thieves, whose depredations con-
sisted in depriving almost all the houses in the vicinity
of the various brass plates attached to the doors. Mr.
W. West, the comedian, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Kinsela, the
tailor, 1)ow, bootmaker, and the doors of a variety of
other inhabitants, were divested of these useful and neces-
sary appendages, with which the plunderer escaped un- i
"discovered.