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done with the silk, gbe sourer lie mule was, siat
tae would toll all shout it if he gave loin • horde of
wine! G..lligue went with Mr. Lawrence to Lan-
don, to point nut where tlw silk wee-;. rod, eosins
informatigns, the isobbins were found at lite home
of * woodens receives of stolen goods, flow in New..
Kate—Galllgoe, Not Guilty; Grill,—
Seven years' transportation.
Edmond lioltetworth was indicted for felonious-
ly stealing, op the 23d of Nlay, • silver weir's, value
2/. the property of Andrew Anderson, hum his
pPISOII.
it eppeared that the Prosecutor actually took the
Prisnuer in the fact of stealing hie watch. .43 the•
Clay in the indictment, at Woodford Fair. Ile felt
his watch go, and immediately found it io the
Prisoner'. hand. Several constable* the,. came to
his assistance, and a toast desperate &tempt wan
made by hie associates to rescue him, but is. Casio.—
Guiliy—Tratuported for life.
Edward Marlin was indicted for felimioucly
stealing, on the 20th of May, a wafter ',beep,
the property of John Fennel, at Little Clacton.
The witnesses fur the prosecution proved that the
sheep in question wits safe anon% inhere, in r tield
of the Proireentor's, on the Hight of the day men.
tioned in the indictment, Nod was missed the next
looming, some footsteps were ohaerved over untie
chalk in a directing' *floods the house of tile Pri-
colwr. On the 241. his house was watched, awl
there a Icrge quantity of mutton, in a cooked state,
was found, and the akin of the sheep in queetiois
concealed under a dungshill.—Gullty—Deuth.
Joseph Tilmusise war indicted for stealing a yellow
don pony, the property of James Hewetwo.
It appeared that the pony in quelition had been
turned out on Nozeisig Common, as lung ago as
last Christmas twelvemonth, whence it was shortly
afterward* stolen, and mold by the Pristmer to a per-
son named Young, who oIJ it to a third person.
The Loan CIIIEF JUSTICE. in charging the
Jury, informed them, that the offence charged in
this case was not capital, as the property millets was
described to be a yellow dun pony. If it had been
described according to its sex the offence tlwri would
have come within the operation of a statute, which
rendered it capital—Gni/Iyd larceny—Ti ansport-
ed fur seven years.
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Sarah Chippe7feld. was indicted for stealing, on
the Bth of April, at Clavering, two pieces of bacon
and a piece of cheese.
The Prosecutor proved that he lost the property
in question from his shop, on the day ment►oned in
the indictment. Some cheese and some bacon weir
found by the Prosecutor's porter in the Prisoner's
garden ; but there was no proof that these were the
property of the Prosecutor.
The LEARNED JUDGE. in directing the Jury to
acquit the Prisoner. reprobated the indiscretion by
which this unfortunate woman lied been kept in the
common gaol ever since April, for a charge like the
present, which might have torn so long ago dos-
posed of at the Sedsious, and when, his Lordship
should have thought. that our dale punishment
would have been sufficient, under all the cirr•um-
stauces of the case.

John Challis was indicted for feloniously break-
ing anal entering the dwrlling.l or of John Bew-
rs., at Little Tinhorn, about the hour of sloe in
the might of the 11th of June, no person briog
thcrein, said stealing a watch, val.tte YO,. his pro-
perty. _ _ _

The Prisoner, who was the nephew of Mrs. Bew.
era, and had hero brought up under the fostering
care of his Uncle and aunt rhis earliest itifaiscy,
came from the house of his master. and spent the day
tambour(' in the indictment, being Sabbath Day,
(stilt them. In the eveffine all went out together, his
uncle and emit to a plaice Of worship, and hr ap-
pioetitly tovra(ds his master** for the night. 0.5
their return from nieenng, however, they Nand the
house open, rod from a cupboard within the watch
In question had been take!). Oto the Monday the
Prisotier sold the watch to a arum' at Tulleslinut
()dicey fair, fur six shillitv and a pint of nuts.
The eloquent Gentleman remarked, that the
Prisoner's conduct did not evince hardened traits of
matured iistquity, but probably the luxuries, or de-
itraVlll4.ll, as they ought suture properly to be called,
at a fair, had bets tiofortuttatrly rufficient to over-
turn his stator. Ile had evinced, however, every
tuouifestaitots of contrition since the commission of
tbr offence. These farts were proved, but so much
toss Mn.l Brewers stfected, that she could not give
her evidence, sod the capital part of the charge was
thus ibitscl(nted„ 'as the fastening of the house was
sot proved. 1

The Jury found him Guilty of larceny.
The Cuter JUSTICE, in passing sentence, cont•
mented.oh the miquity of the Prisoner's conduct.
but trusting that this ear his first offence, sod
homng that he might still become an useful member
of soromty, hr sentenced him only to one montler
noprisonment in the /loose of Correction.

Jahn Manning was; indicted for burglariously
lire:king and reneging the dwelling-house of C.
NeWillall. EN. at Meuul BUNN tit the night of
the 18th of March. and steeling therein a silver
*mei), a quantity of silver costs, and two
PO1,113(1 'Witt/t [us property. The proarcutima was
•.
siipported by the following facts :—The bowie of
the PfgalVellef Was secured on the night mentioned
is the .iirdicrment, the property in question being
safely deposited in a closet. where the Prisoner,
wliki V'l4 in tire Prosecutor's service, was well aware
Ire 4rpt. his, money. „ The neat morning the house
was fistrod briskets °pee, the•lock of the closet also
forced, and the property irequestion gone. On the
4911 i of March. the •Prisoner•was found st Col-
chester, opt riding money in" an extravagant manner,
iii,coroparly of outwit of the town; and in his pos.
session the
,Prosecettri's was found. Girth,
John 411erchant and John•Welford were capitally
indicted fur bergl.irinusly breekiog awl entering
the dwelling,,hoose of GeMge Smith, at !range. iv
thia.county. shout the hiter.of twelve its the eight
of the torn of July, end steeling thereto sixteen
stone of pork. twenty pounds of tobacco, sie
pound* of ire, twelve pounds of plates, one leaf
Of lump ringer. a quantity of cheese, , boner. au...
tard. pepper., end moot seges,..einteral bottles of
piretrr.•4slss pot. of • *muff. a ,mime of wrier,
pair of align- breaker*, .a svekihg big, en apron,
end • Isiesltait., the peopei.ty. of ilia said peorgf
•
Ou the,yort of the ponaverstise. it 'typesets& that
the house of the Ptoareatoe.:teue-sieciseed end fain.
riled at hate. 'R11411.11.9 e'clork. Os 'the Alen to trews