The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-18 00:00:00

R ESC RR ECTION ME'.

Yesterday Michela trued, Petrick iferphy, and
/Yi/d, were brought to the office, and underwent an exami-
nation, charred with robbing the burying-groom, of the
parish of Si. Clement DAMN in ['urinal-street, Lincoln's
lint of a number of dead bodies.
Joseph Crouch loafed, th.tt on Monday morning last,
shout two o'clock, he saw all the Prisoners enter the hury-
ing.ground is Portugal-street, Lincohis.lun• field*, by a
wiek.-1 gate, and afirrwards lie watched them, having no
doubt ulna their object was, when be saw a large sack
thrown over the wall, which lie had uo doubt cohlaineel
two bodies, and they brought not a small 'ark thimigh the
wicket gate, which Ire bad no doubt contained our body.--
Both the slant were put into a hackney coach which was
uniting. and drove away by the Prisurser Wood, whom be
knew to he a hackney•coachrnan ; the P.isoners IVild and
Murphy rude its the coach with the sacks. He followed the
coach to St.Thumaa's Hospital, in the Borough, where the
sacks were taken in. the the follua nig day he gave infix.
matins to the parish officers of St. Clensent D..eres, of what
be had seen, when air examinstion of the barying.ground
look place, and was ascertained that the bodice of three old
people, whirl' had been interred on the Sunday, bad been
slob n; one of theirs was eighty-two years of age, and the
youngest seventy-14m; they were tw.. woman and a man.
thity the bodies were *skeet, thee:olEom and shrouds :ernaiiied.
A number of other bodies, it area asccrteisied bad been stolen,
particularly in whit was called the poor vault. Applica-
tion was made at Union Hall Police-office for a warrant to
tem* St. Thomas's Hospital fir: the stalest bodies, which
was granted, sad the grave-digger of the parish of St.
Clement Dane*, and his assistant, were taken into ensiody,
on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. The three
bsditat were not found at the hospital, but a number
of surgeons were there, with aprons and dresses for
diseecting, a number of bodies with then. heads cut of,
limbs and intestines laying about the room like a slaughter.
bosse, and a similar appearance iu a yard.
Mr.Gurne), the rector of the parish, attended yesterday,
and complained of not having n echoed proper assistance at
Vision-hall police office. The vestry clerk sad sexton of the
parish also attended.
The Prisoners denied the charge, and set up a defence of
an alibi, and recimissated upon the witness Crouch, whom
they charged with having brought forward the charge against
them through spite or disappointment, be being a resurrsc.
thou Mall, or body snatcher, as they are termed, and that lie
had been such from a child, and they hail no doubt but that
be had gone to St. Clement Danes burying-ground for the
purpose of robbing it, but finding that the ground bad
been worked and the coffins empty he was angry, because
somebody had liven there before hue.
The Prisoners were ordered to tied bail, or be committed
for the offence. The grave-digger and his assistant were
discharged.

N ATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday Joke Baker, George ran, and Young,
lads about 20 years of age, and foppishly dressed, were
brought up in the custody of William and Edward Read,
officers, sod pot to the bar on the follursiug charge :
William Read deposed, that in coast-queue. of having re-
ceived private information that the Prisoners had engaged
a chaise, in which they intended to go yesterday morning to
Windsor, with the intention of passing forged Barak of Eng-
land notes, and of *bleb be understood they had • consi-
derable quantity in their possession, be and his brother Ed-
ward were on he watch for them; •bout seven o'clock
yesterday morniug they saw the Prisoner Young get
into • single-horse chaise, *kith he had hired i• Hat-
ton-wall to go to %Yin(herr, be drove up to t.eather.l•ne,
at the corner of which the Prisoner Fun got into the chaise,
end drove into Holborn, where they took up the Prisoner
Baler, • lio was there in waiting for them. They then drove
on very fast, and witness been afraid hr should lose sight
of them, got into a hackuey coact', and ordered the coachman
to follow and get before Itilectraitie if possible. At Hide Park.
corner the coach gut before the chaise ; witness and his
brother got mit., and one proceeded on each side of the
chaise, and iisiniedintely secured the Prisoners. On search-
ing them hr found the four one pound mites then produced,
on the person of ♦Ytlliant Young, and uu George Fair he
found the two other ons pound times then produced; and
each of them he (nand • large quantity •f good silver mo-
usy. On the Prisouet Baker, they found nothing.
A Gentleman frown the Bank proved the stoles produced
to he a forgery in every respect.
William Bead further deposed that be Imil reason to sits-
peel that the Prisoners were titterers of foyer Bank of Eng-
land notes, loud that he expected several charges to that
effect to be brought against them.
This charge being taken, the Prisoners were committed
fur further ehantioation.

NARLROROUGR STREET.
STEALING PLATE

A youth noosed Collet, was charges; with stealing a quan-
tity of silver spumes, the property of Mr. Nicholson, nicht.
ter t, of Loudua-street, Tottenham-court-road.
The Prisoner, who is 15 years of age, mud an apprentice
to a hair.dreaser in Tottenham court-road, dressed and
shaved tlw Prosecutor for se 1 werks. On being closely
pressed, he confessed having stolen the six spoons, and he
pointed out one to his master, which he had concreted he.
twreu the waniscoat sad the "mil in the wash-house, and
the others he said be bad given to another youth, minted
Stephenson, whuse face Mr. Farraut recognised SS an old
acquaintance.
Stephenson denied shot Collet -bad given him spoons to
dispose of, and much rogireish recriminutios took place be.
mein diem. It turned pal that the former had offered to
pay fur 'Wipes. tf ►e were let gu , he was remanded, but
'Collet 'was fully committed for trial, and he was charged
with seducing tins other Psisoaer lobo crime.