The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-29 00:00:00

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Thi. morning the Sessions at the Old Batley
commenced before the LORD MA2OII, Mr: Baron
GARRoW, Mr. Justice DALLAS, the RICORDER,
and a Bench of Aldermen.
The following is the state of Neergate
MAW. regale,.
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Convicts soder sentence of Death • 19 ....
Transportation for life
fur fourteen years . .. 9
fir seven yeses
lasprisoainent for felony and inisderneahors 29 .... IR
Prisoners for trial • 202 .... 49

299 113
Total dumber .... 411.

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STEALING IN A QWELLING-HOUSE.
rriuurrri I{ /lilt, aged 17. was indicted for bur-
glarion•ly breaking, and entering, the house ofJoveph
Ince, and struliog therein four silver spoon., * time-
piece, a bottle of wine, and several other articles.
Mr. Lice and his servant proved tile loss of the
property on the slight of the 29th of. September,
from his linos. in Cravelisstritet, mid also that the
kitchen shutters were found broken open when the
family got up in the morning,
Joseph Shepherd, a watchman, saw the Prisoner
close to Mr. love's house early in the morning of the
29th of September. Ile did not (observe hum do
ally thing hot pull his back against the Prosecutor's
door, about sox o'clock in the morning.
Eliaalsrili Clement saw a person resembling the
Prisoner, hut she could not he positive, come from
Mr. lace's door, with a bottle in Ins • hand. She
could nut exactly idtotify the I,erson she saw.
John Mansell, it patvitbroktr'is clerk, knew the
Prisoner, who came to his shop nu the next morning
alter the robbery, and pledged the tea and salt
spoons, and a metal watch, which the witness now
produced. He did nut recollect having seen the
Prisoner before he Mae to pledge those articles ; he
returned again the same evening to pledge • some-
thing else, and was detained, as witness in the
course of the thy Ii hear.' of the robbery.
Mr. Ince pima of the property which had been
pawned to hove h•rti stolen (ruin his house.
John D ices, al officer, took the Prisoner into cus-
tody—the latter said lir got the property from a
young into, who was known by the polite as a well-
known thief, but when this man was brought to be
confronted with bun, lie deviated he was not the
per ton from whom he had got them.
It appeared that the Prisoner had lived as a ser-
vant with Mr. Irrce, and the totter admitted, that
while lie was in his sersice he had no reason to
doubt his honesty.
The Prisoner stated in his defence, that on the
morning of the 2gth of September lie tut a lad in
the street, who haul a bundle in his Inuid, and offered
to sell it—he therefore turgaineol with him for the
things, but had no knowledge at the time of their
being stolen.
Mr. Justice DALLAS slimmed up the evidence
to the Jury, who returned a verrhrt of Gotifry of
stealing to the value of 395. ;.and Nut Guilty of
breaking and entering.
HIGHWAY .ROBBEItY.
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Patrick Ltes;m, aged .5151, was sndicted for as-
saulting Robert Little, on the King's highway, atid
forcibly taking from him a metal watch, seals, &c.
rot the yth of October.

Itob;rt Link stated, that soon after midnight on

the night of the 9th of October, as he was going
from Covent.garden Theatre (where he war one of
the moner-iakeril, towards his house, in company
with his wife, he met the Prisoner, with a crowd of

other persons, standing near the fish shop below
Charing-crofts, on the turn to the Admiralty. The
Prisoner tail at the witness, and snatched his watch;
witness immediately called nut " Watch !" the
watchman came up, and the Prtiamer attempted to
escape through Scotland-yard, where he was taken
in about two minutes. Ile had no doubt the Pri-
soner was the ulna who took his watch, He never
got the watch "ince, but be saw the case with a
watchman.

Henry Betts Nutted, that he was a constable, and
had been in the neighbourhood of Charing-crot.s on
the orght of the 9th; in the confusion to apprehend
the Prisoner a scuffle ensued, and witness was
knocked down, and robbed of a pound note. He
was positive the Prisoner was one of the persons who
hustled both himself and the present Prosecutor.
John Humphreys, a watchman, heard the cry of
o Watch !" and ran to give sysiosiive at the instant;
he saw the Prisoner running di through Scotland-
yard, where he pursued and took hint into custody.
Mr. Little immediately declared that lie was the
man who robbed him of his watch.

Daniel Brewer, another watchman, said, that on
hearing the alarm lie ran up, and or.istrd to secur-
ing the Prisoner isp Scotland.yard. About half-
past five o'clock, on the same entailing. he found a
watch-case in the track passed by the Prisoner.
He produced the case, which the Prosecutor Mtn.
tilled as hips 'property.
The Prisoner stated in his defence, thut as be
was going home on the night in question lie was
hustled by • crowd near Charing-cross, and got
away from them into Scotland-yard, where he was
taken by the waichinan. He knew nothing what.
ever of the robbery.
Mr. Barns GARROW sniumed up the evidence
to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Guilty.

✓ohn Trevor, aged Ile, was indicted for stealing
on the 29th September. in the dwelling-hou►e of
'Messrs. Holden, in the parish of St. Martin-in-the.
Melds, ten bank noire, value one pound each, the
prope►ty of John Morris Hatton,
'Joint 3lorini Hatton stated, that he was an arti-
cled cies la is. Messrs. Holden's, coach.iniikerm, iu
Long-acre. !le knew the Prisoner, who was on the
49th September a carpenter winking in their shop;
he had employed him to get ■ new lock and key for
his box ; about a week before the. Prisoner took riff
the lock, witness had d 4 rioter, oh Si. each. in his
box ; lie load seen the notes to the pot ket-book
when the Prisoner took off the lock, mail lie bad
the numbers of ten of them; lie asceriaiiieil that
four of these notes had been, since he lo►t them,
paid into the Bank. The room where the box was
placed was a sleeping-room, into which three or four
persons had access.
Sophia Burgess said, that her husband kept a
public-honor ; she received a one poutid note from
an unknown person on the 3d September. She