The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-20 00:00:00

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Testeeley Abe ?Nes was limns& Is Ike burr by Leiser,
add bawl, of the hone patsy*, and duelmirent as resold.
salmis before J E. roamer. the 'liaise Magistrate, charm.'
with robbing Deuiel Litchfield, as aged snail, patting him
in fear, sad inkiest from his penult m hag, con-
taining about 11.125. in silver, sad hie walking mils.
The Prusecidor stated himself le be a labouring emu, re.
Riding at Hooky Hill., in the parish of Gravely; um
Stevenage. in Ile. tfurashire; null relation of his bring
deed who resided ins London, hr lrft his resideuce early un
Saturday touruingou be persist at kis relative's fuistrel.
About three o'clock. oho hie • arrival within a few miles of
Baran, heard with the Prisoner, who appeared to be walk•
isig in Ike same course as he was, and said hr was going to
Loarlau,nial would juie his ceilpaily, ill which be answered,
eke Prlloster wee a strung young was, earl his pace wort.'
not suit him ; however, be assured him it would, aid eun-
•liaised walking with him; they proceeded together through
Barnet and Wheststuise, and at ahowt sects o'clock, as
War as he could owes, whet. they Mit opposite to a laws
an the left side of the road, Her Prisoner übservra to him
diet be thew that there was a very good public.house
down that lane, called the Orange Tree, where they could
get well accommodated, sad at remonahle ehargrs, which be
wee glad to bear of, as he had gut very tired, haviNg walked
twenty•sevra miles, and would he glad to lay down. 'lle
lane proved lu 1w a new wad since the swimmers of Finchley
'Croimmon, leading lo Southgate and Culney Hatch. They con.
(issued their walk down the mail a much touter Mammy than
• thlit'Prisotwe reprelented the Orange Tree public. hosier ea he,
which caused hula to observe, nut even seeing she pu bloc. house
then, that if he had booms it was au fir et, they might as
well have mane on to Highgate, anti kept DU the mobs road,
as so much walking on the cruse-road *out.' be lost ; to
which the Prisoner replied, they might Sliest pi to Highgate,
and the ground they had gone over on the new would
be very little out of their way. as he knew a path across the
counts), which would briar them to Highgate a near way,
and which he preferred sluing. They smut raise to the
path, in which they 'hurt'', reached a gate, in getting over
which he unfortunately fell over eta his back ; whether
the Prisoner was the cause, or whether it woe by
&Magi he could not tell, be culled out to the Prisoner to
Wens bin that be was very much hurt, however the Pri-
miser was Modestly over the gate sfterlitin,and gut upon his
hoilnim;y ;soar •lectrailrneife..l:biltenhre twirl:so:or
ininurcrihr, !"frotimr
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feel* of his full, and so much scared, that be was not posi-
tive which of the cepriesiuse the Primmer made use of; be
tilt the Prisoner pet his baud into Lis breeches-pocket
and take out his canvass bag, cuntainisig shout IL 12s.
in silver; but be could nut be positive es to the
exact suns; he knew he had 350. fla. when be left his
Lome in the moruing. He had five pilots of beer on the
road, and some bread, and purchased a pocket-handkerchief
of the Prisoner fur a shilling. As loon as the Primate had
taken his him curtaining his mousy, he ran off; he took his
large stick with loins which he was walking with, end left his
own. As soots as he recovered himself • little, he crawled
into the male road, when the first permit be met with to tell
his robbery and ill-treatment to, fortoundely proved to be
Jobs bor, one of the burse-patrule belonging to the Office,
to wheldrbe hold his tale of woe, having been robbed of his
ell, are having given a full description of the rubber.
Jobs' Rice stated, that within a few minutes of seven
• leo Saturday evening, be was shoed ■ quarter of a
mile Woad theorems mile stone use Fitieloley Common, in
msgepemy with Wm. Ford and another of the horse patrol',
gall ow the dismounted pirate belonging t.r the Once,
girialidlepagabey assemble every evening for about ten tsi-
Solesi the Prosecutor came to him and described the
.partiesshire of his rubbery which had just taken place, and
ter a description of the rubber's penc), and the road
IWO pursued when be ran away, whew he and his brother
gopile, Win. Fora, set off mid galloped at full speed Juan
• in the directive he was "apposed to have guise,
• they met with Mr. Lance, their colorimeter, who they
bappened, and that 1 bey were pending
r. r, Lance informed diem he had ores a an
~es the footpath answering the desclittstie of the robber, par-
. ettiug his course towards London. They, in community.,
continued their pace it full gallop, and when they came
within about ISO yards of Highgate Hill, uear the
too public-husise' they fame up with a man full biz fret high,
and who answered the descriptive given of the tubber, who
proved to be she Prisoner. He asked him where he had
bees, sad where be was going? The Prisouer replied he
had bent to St. Albans, and was walking to Loudon.
The Primmer had a handle under his arm ' • be asked him
what was 111 his Labiate; lie replied Ida clothes. He asked
him whet he had been doing joist before in the road leading
to Colary Hatch; he denied that he had been there. He
told him be suspected be bad robbed an old man, which hi
dewed, and mid he had nu property but his own; sal
tobeerviiig him put his hand to hie packet, it being moonlight
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be told hien if he attempted to "lake auy thing out of hit
pocket he weald shout him, and instautly jumped off his;
gem, mod seised him. William Fwd, Vie other patrZ
jumped oft his horse, anti seised hem us the other side,.
they condoned bits to the Wellington public-house, where
they kept him in she parlour till Mr. Lent', the condsdee,
arrived, when lie was rearciaidl and isterrogated. The
bundle be had only proved to be a smock-fruck tied up is.
a bausikerchief This was so doubt to disguise bioneeif is can.
of being paraded, he Iselin • samelpfrorek us when he sag.
milted the rubbery, and had taker it off afterwards mama
• beitig allied. A cameos hag sostaining in silver 11. tins, Bd.
Mot fusuil upon kiwi. The bag proved to be double. La
llsidiSeovery the Prisoser appeon d to 'Ault, bat smile ga
alliervatioa which Is material, 'stylus they would's. 11111111014.
maa's hag was single. The silver found in it, however, estes
both as to coini mud the animist with that of which,
the lei was robbed. 'Fie ?stamen tiocusnled for:
having en mach silver by saying be cis:wired a 11. fella* ewe,
at St. Albans, but mild sot assign a reason for changing it
'when be had so much silver without it. The Prisoner was
walking with a large thick crook walking-stick when he
bas taken. It was some time before the Prosecutor could
be (mad after the Prisoner was taken, Gu his being take.' la
Bet Wellington public-house, he identified the Priestlier
number of others. He previously described his
'Making-stick, sad on'ereisig that the Primmer was walking
with it, be also identified that.
The dove statement was confirmed by Mr. Lance, the
Plei , and Wm. Ford, the patinae.
rreisesser, us bring asked if be had any thing tu say
Ala to the ;barge, answered in the Negative.
ifbe Illrueeester was heissaii.ever to prosecute at the text
Ohl Bailey Seabee. The pour old man asked Who was to
parade expenses, end was informed there was uu provision
fee list.

AGGRAVATED CON PIRACY.

A case of •---most diabolical itatirie was heard at this of.
Ace us Saturday ought. A an oared Jones, who had been
committed for *eves days for begging, charred Jortlima,
rousiabie of it. Giles's, witb robbing him of a bundle and
coupons*, which Jones said be bad left in his care. Ms
story was ianocently told, tad bad 100 much the appearance
of Stet, that Mears. poker sod larruwes were mach in.
dieted to credit is, netwithatmoding the positive assertion of

innocence 011 the part of the roZitelll;. The teat Wile or-
dered toatsud UVIT until Saturday next, and Jordas'e curd
was takes to appear ; bat in lb* Wall time be conseuted so
Mee bit apart's:sits searched without a warrant ; and
Plank, a very diligent slicer, undertook to make full in-
quiries into the mysterious ease, and the whole turned unt
to be a ISOM diabolical fabrication is curry respect.
Plank being sworn, stated, that be had nook every in-
quiry, sad that Jones, who bad enlisted into she 46111 regi-
meat of foot, and was afterwards discharged, had neither •
If .sole nor • bundle, as the recruiting pull/ who brought
him to Loaders were at Moil to prove; and be bad ako
traced Jones to where he slept every night, aud he was prov-
ed to have bees peunyless, and without a beadle, and con-
'quad
',Nook brought him back to the Ohre.
Jones here confessed his monstrous villainy to Flask, and
stated that a man omitted Richards bad advised bon to aik
eetaia in the presence of Jordan, 4bs would take him into
y, and shit after Ida release be should charge hint with
tie alleged robbery.
Vbla Jones tosolYssad ono his bates beep 4he nagiatrates