The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-30 00:00:00

136

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

JUVentLe 'rntievcs.—On Tuesday, George Crawley
and Tamura Head, two boys, were indicted for•stealing a
cloth pelisse, valise 21. and npwards, the property of Char-
lotte Thomas, widow, from the person of Anne Blunt;
and Elisabeth Ward, alias Bray, was indicted for receiv-
ing the same, knowing it to have been stolen.
Anne Blunt, a little girl, aged IS, stated, she was sent
by her mistress with a pelisse to Mrs. Thomas, at Islington,
and when near the road leading to Sadler's Wells, she
observed the two male prisoners following her. She inn-
riled on and lost sight of them, but they had, it appeared,
gone toend a neater way so us to meet her, for as she was
passing the New Riser Head they came in Trout of her,
and snatching the pelisse from her hands, ran oft with it.
A police-officer stated, that having had int4mation of
the robber y, with a description of the thieves, lie appre-
hended the prisoners at the house of the woman Ward, in
Frviug-pan•alley, Islington. He found the stolen pelisse
in the room, anti the two boys were sitting by the fire with
tkeir coats off', singing a flash song. The woman, witch
inestioned about the pelisse, said, the boys brought in
there, but she knew nothing of it.
Crawley and Head were found guilty, and Ward was
acquitted.
The Common Sergeant inquired if the boys were known
The officers said, they were well known. Head, who is
only 11 years of age, having been some time in confine-
ment under sentence of death, but had received a pardon
and Crawley having been tried here before.
The Common Sergeant said, they must both leave the
country. The young delinquents conducted themselves
is the most hardened manner.
Mary Simmunds and Sarah Evans, aged 17 and 18, were
indicted fur stealing a pocket-hook and one 301. one 101.
and ten 11. bank notes, from the peason of W. Salle tt.

It appeared the prosecutor, who is a seafaring man, and
just left his ship for the pnrpose of procuring change fur a
draft on Messrs. Grote and Co. bankers, in Threadneedle-
mutat. He obtained the notes In question, and in the
course of the day went into a public-house in W eta worth-
street.—After remaining a short time he went to a neigh-
bouring shop to purchase some tobacco. While he was
there the prisoner Evans came in and invited him to walk
up stairs: be did so, and saw the prisoner Mary Simmonds
there. Evans then left them together, when Simmonds
took him to a house in George-yard. Evans shortly fol-
ed, and engaged his attention, while Simmonds leaned
over his shoulder and took his pocket-book, and ran away :
he pursued her, but she was out of sight in a moment.
She was taken about ten days after in Shire-lane, Temple-
bar.
8 I very respectable witnesses spoke to the los mer
good character of Simmonds, and said she had only been
about three months in this unhappy course of lite. Before
that, she was an honest and industrious girl. Het ap-
pearance was rather interesting.
The Jery, after some deliberation, found both the pri-
soners Not Guilty.
The Common Sergeant, in very feeling terms, conjures!
the prisoner Simmonds to forsake her present dreadful
course , and return to a life of honest industry.
She cried very much, and assured his Lordship that site
would.

On Wednesday, Thomas Smith was indicted for stealing
120Ibs. weight of lead, the property of James Cromwell,
(rein a certain building to which it was affixed.
Mr. Cromwell, a farmer at Hammersmith, proved that
the le id in question was stolen from one of his barns, on or
about the night of the bull of March.
Tb mas Close swore, that on the night of the Bth ult. he
stopp with a horse and cart at the Chaise and Horses
public-house, at Hammersmith, where the prisoner cant.
in and forced his conveisation upon him, and asked him if
lie would earn live shillings by carrying some lead in his
cart to London, next morning. After some conversation,
witness agreed to the bargain, mid the prisoner then en•
gaged a bed for him of the landlord, He was called at
six o'clock, and then he put his horse in the cart, and
followed the prisoner to an adjacent lane, where the latter
took some lead from a dunghill, and put it into the cart.
Witness then drove Al towards Loudon, and wisest lie
arrived near Kensington, twe officers stopped the cart,
mid took him and the lead into their custody. The pri-
soner at that time was not wills the cart. He had never
seen prisoner before that night.
Mr. Drinkwater, landlord of the Chaise and Horses,
swore that the last witness, when he saw the prisoner at
his house, shook hint by the hand, called kiln by name,
and conversed with him with all the familiarity of an old
acquaintance. In the morning Close went towards the
lane with his horse and cart, but the prisoner was not then
with him. Wittiest saw the cart afterwards drive away
towards London, and lie gave information to the Consta-
ble, as he suspected all was not right. Shortly after-
wards the prisoner came in, and asked if the young man
was gone, and being told he was, walked away towards
Loudon.
The Constables deposed to stopping the cart, and said
they saw the prisouer walking three gnarters of a mile
behind the cart. They took him after to ids at his own
house.
The Jory found him—Guilty.
Close was recalled, and ly reprimanded by the
Court, for his conduct before and at the trial.
On Thursday, William Sack and George Sinillowere
indicted for stealing IoBlbs. of lead, the property of Jas.
Barker, from his dwelling-house.
William Court, sawyer, has the care of Mr. Barker's
house. About nine o'clock on the 16th April, Isis wife
awoke hint, and told him thieves were in the house; he
got up, and saw two men rolling the lead sill the top of
the water closet, he isonnediately pursued them. calling
out stop thieves. Sack was taken in the act of getting
ower the wall. The other prisoer took a different course,
and in his hurry to get away jumped off the wall into a
pond on the other side; lie was seized by a gcntletnan
who was passing, and taken to the watch-house. The
lead was afterwards fitted to the parts cut, and found to
correspond exactly.
George Taylor saw the prisoner in company on the
day stated in the indictment. In const (pence of infor-
illation he received, he went to Smith's lodgings, and
found him in bed. his clothes were wet. Witness
took prisoner's shoes and compared them with the im.
pressions in the garden. They were lontid to tall)
ex~etly.—(; tii Ity.
Michael Mule, • young Luau of sn.kly appearance,