The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-05 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

' WSDNE'sDAY, APRIL 1.
the lierakor oonseteoced thi• iidy, before Lord Chief Justice El-
lesion:nigh and Mr—Noire Delhi-.
Seim Allillaood war indicted for feloniously stealing front the
vt lorsley 3 Voir. tad a great eutiiav rot' ot'ier
•veariug siva/els...Le property of Alajor Gtsecral Bate-
,tan.
Tire prosecutor is a Mier-tlerteral In the seisvier.M' the rest Lelia
t".:orapanY.- , his omedetrti:ll mats ant. and iiad been
13:Mall with t'u tie bureaus And trunks belonging to
uoster. Uri the tat) Nlonit last, the mo.ermor lived to the hoitse
el Jam NIOT-14:V. In 11131101;t3+WIlwre. and the first
intiriatton he l tad of h.• robbery was the prising.. 's scariu,. Lib •
pion:cult r'.4 linen. Set ens! ''.ltres he asked the proyoer for the key's,
but lie un- no..ble to ohtisic them for a consider...le, time; the prt-
souerant en!), r itrossested or prevaricated at every appThiatiou which
wasin:'. le- The Grotto! wad at la obliged to w.i,irife.r aeon-table,
atalthe prisoner was liken into.custcriy. Upon helug searched. not
le'ath.tn33tlupheatea weretfoand upon his pei..on. .ati tong them
was a ditplic.tte of .t can. plcriged on 9th Mareli,a coat which had
been pledged for 31. and M. h 1 been taken upon another article,
which had been !slava on the .tine day.
The Jury found a verdict of guilty of steinitt to eae value or
'fhe pawahroker made appheation to the Court tot hts elk IP.u4L.:.
but Mr. Justice Dallas toi.t bun, that a pawnbroker who alloss • ci
t.erson to pledge at his shit- so many articles from Chi.... to time,
without inquirmg into the matter, would never have hi. mtpeuses
given to him.
The prosecutor observing that he should have a difficulty in obtain-
ing his property from the pawnbroker, asked the Court whether he
could obtain a restitution. Lord Ellenborough Let him keep
sham at his peril."
John Perkins, Henry Singer, and John Elmhurst, were convicted
of a highway rubbery upon the peon of deihua Colledge, a mariner,
and stealing from him ha hat, and some silver, which they took
from his pocket.
THURSDAY.
Lawrence Leary, aged 15, was indicted for picking the pocket 0.
Va. George Batt, of a pocket hanakerchief.—Found Guilty, buts!
commended to mercy.
Samuel Crouch. aged 27, and /lames Ball, aged 24, were. Indicted
far stealing. a flute, value 3L rf Charles Wheatstme,,ptivately, in
his 440p..—Yerdict, Samuel Crouch, Guilty ; James Ball, Not
Two ragged boys, William II dteltins and Jame: Hutaiins, were
iadictcd for stealing, in the day time, a sheet,ooduc 10s. the property
of William Dunason, Esq. in his ilwelling-hbuse..near the New-road,
several persons being in the said house at that tine. Thcyoun,gest
eifeader was seer to have effected the robbery. by goieg down -the
n.a, and takioe the sheet from before the fire, where it had been
wring. and to have afterwards trig :,.."erred it to the t. der. They were
asthma hesitation found Guilty- -Death; aged 15 years,
and James only 12.
. Henry Gee, aged i 6. Ras lathe Led for stealing 211. in Bank-notes,
and various other artidas of silver plate, the property of John Dean.
The prosecutor, who had lately reared from the business of a pm-
darter, had left. hiarroperty in th e dwelling-house of his son ink'',
Wistatly. 'Moore hi. returil to the house, the prisoner had AI,-
'corded, and left the house to si .; care of the prosecutor's grand-
astighaer, a little girl only beset n It and 13 years of age. By the
asissmocc of a constable, he ,wi s discovered the same night in a
.oublio-house, among thieves soil prostitute, and when deetted by
his master, was found with his ar nis round a prostitute's nett. The
10!. tote and 11. note were found in his neckcloth.
Several respectable trailesnien„ in whose service the prisoner had
been previous to his apprenticeship, bore testimony to his regularity
and honesty at the several periods at which he had been in their em-
ploy.—lierdiet, Death.
after tie vcrdiet was returned, the prosecutor stood up, arid said he
nested his Lordship would recominend the prisoner to mercy•