The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-30 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.OcTurEa

Charlotte Appleton With indicted for 6ie:l :•12. •'7
yenta of printed cotton, the property of E. Collis,
im.v;orle is his 1.111)11-.
The Pro.eviitor $-teteil flint lie way a linen-draper,
the 1-t of Ut--
tuber the l'iistmer .111111. !is rtrii.ittl
to cull for a umall cmmit). of fl nutrl. 11'11de he
was serving Iwo vtistomerti, Who h.(' preVIIIII•ly
come in, lie olperved the Prisoner taike
nod one of his bliopmen .topprd hee, NMI took t
property mentioned iu the Imin:tint-tit f wider
her bilatm.
The Pritinier, in her defence, grid she me-rt
took the cotton to look st tt by die light, at tint
door, mid not with tioy ioliro.tioni or bteisling it.
Verdict.-..--Gui/tir of stealing, but taut prinstAy
in a bhuir.
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Peter Fligwe and Miry Steeemit were indicted
for burglatiourly brvaking and entering the dwrf-
liogrhotoie 'of tatherhie Willer, wed stealing therein
a carpet, and okhev attacks, on the 'light GI the Oda
of October, at Poplar.
Catherine IViller stated, that on the night of
Tuts(lay, the Gib of -October, she locked her aloof,
and tell the house ois bushiest.. 011 her retorts
home she found her door open ; the'e war no merit
of violence, ato the the door must have Cwt.'s opened
by Si 'fah it key. She immediately misses( the car-
'Pet, and ion apron, which were in the parlour when
she went out in the eveitiog.
.1. Belcher was an apprentice to Nfr. Price, the
pawnbroker, et Whiterhapel. 11e produced a car-
pet which Was brought to shop and
pawned, about eight o'clock on Toesday night, the
'fitly of October, by the fefnale Plisoiter.
It was afterwards pro'ved that the male ()harmer
had uttered the duplicate of the carpet fur sale to
aisittlier pawnbroker.
Verehrt—Gaiq, but the Prisoners wrre
teCuttt-
meudrtl to mercy.
Before this verdict was recorded—

Alr. Baron GAItEIOW begged to upon what
grounds 'hi recommended the to isit rev.
as it Would be necessary 111 %tate the reit•Olif, its the
proper quarter, winds induced the Jury to make
Una recommendation.
The Foreman replied; that the Jury bad had uo
proof of the burglary having been itctuuhly (1141-•
miited by the Prisoners, though there was suffi-
cient evidence of the stolen properly Ititing beta
found in their.possession.
Mr. [Won GARROW obserVed, that if that were
their view of the case, perhaps they hail better re-
consider their verdict, for the indictment wiir for
burglary, and nut for knowingly
.14V1114 1411!eli pro-
perty in their possession. When 'wile, Were rounit
possessed of stolen property, at the 111i...c10t itlitio.t
of its having been carried tat said where they could
give sin rational acc.Putit of the to vhich
they bad uttaitiell it, the law 'title: ri,(l that they
were the real thieves, and of course had takru away
the property in the instiller in which it appeared to
have beets stolen. The Jury should al,O bur its
Initid, that a key, which when tried, opeuell the.
door of the house of the Pros'ecuti ix, Wilh found ur
the apartineut occupied by the Primmer..
The Jury reconsidered their,..veithcf, and after
about a quarter of an hour's consult.ttins, foiihd
the mule Prisoner Guilty, and acquitted tl e It male.

51r. Baron GARROW said; that he I..toiroirio) it
this verdict. It was intim/o.ode in grt rid or the
evidence against the man, :trill it was Inutnmr. and
charitable to vuppose that the willllllll, with
h appeared he cohabited, had acted under hat in-
fluence.