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he stated, that he understood the prisoner had been a
brewer, and had sold his master several casks, for which
prisoner received a bill at two months,valere 251. 111 s. 7,1.
which bill prosecutor had paid at two different times—
the last payment kad heen made in February.
Henry 'foose said he hail paid the 4s. 6 I. In question,
and produced the receipt; had known the prisoner seve-
ral years when in his own trade ; owed hint a balance
now (or that account.
Mr. Ralph Lindsay, deploy bailiff of Southwark, and
two other gentlemen, gave the prisoner an excellent dia.
racier fur honesty, sobriety, and industry.
The Judge, on summing up, laid the evidence before
the Jury. with reference to toe prisoner's character, and
the possession of property to the amount of V 51., leaving
it for them to consider, under these circumstances, whe-
ther the ptisoner could be guilty of embezzling so mull
a slim as 4s. fiel --Not Guilty.
Joshua Reed was indicted fur stealing 21 sovereigns,
two guineas, and other monies, in the dwelling house of
Thomas Reid, his father. Gtolt,—Death.
Henry John Naylor, George Adams, Edward Ward,
and John Anson, were indicted for tenglariously break.
ing and entering the dwelling house of W.Condell,Esq.
anti stealing therein a clock, three silver forks, foul dozen
of knives and forks, and other property.
A great number of witnesses were called, from whose
testimony the following facts were elicited Ceti-
dell has a country house at Greenford, on the Uxbridge
road, and about two o'clock in the morning of the ;10,6
of February, Mr. Platt, who happened to be sleeping
there, was awoke by the barking of a dog, and tile open-
ing and shutting of doors in the house—he got out of
le:d, and taking with him a double-barrelled gun, went
cautiously dowel stairs, and saw, by a light from a lan.
tern, the figutes of two or three men, moving in a passage
leading towards Mr. Condell's study. Ile immediately
fired at them, and they ran into the study, anti jumped
front a window which opened upon the lawn in trout of
the house. Ile pursued, and as he saw them rutinitig he
pulled the trigger of the other barrel, but it missed gre.
lle then saw three men distinctly, and pursuing very
closely, drove them to a quick-set bedge,and they forced
their way through it. As Mr. Platt was returning to the
house, he stumbled over a pair of shoes and a hat, upon
the lawn. He roused the servants of the house, sent for
King, a constable, and on examining the premises, it
found that the thleves had entered by taking out a piece
from a shutter of one of the windows. Among the small
quantity stolen were four dozen of common knives and
torks, a clod:, three silver forks, and some silver castor
tops. Mr. Platt despatched King and the gardener of
Mr. Condell Mope direction, and went himself in another
on horseback. King and the gardener came up with the
prisoners Adams and Naylor within about a mile and a
half of the house, and Adams was tvalkmg without shoes
or stockings. The gardener took Naylor into custody
without opposition, but Ad ems, on I);:itig seical by King,
made a violent resistance, and attempted to take a pistol
from his breeches pocket. After severely wounding King
on the head, he succeeded iu getting away, but was taken
the same morning, aid a loaded pistol, printed sill
cocked, found in his pocket by Plank, the .Marlborot;,:h.
street officer, who, on ex conning lit hands, found 'bent
much scratched, and there were several shot-holes in the
skirts of his coat. lie was still without shoes, and those
found by Mr. Platt fitted him. When Naylor was
searched, three silver forks and some castor tops, part of
the stolen property, were found. About half an hour
alter the robbery, the prisoners Anson and Ward were
seen at the Old Hats public house, on the Uxbridge
road, and employed a man to procure some liquor and
refusing themselves to get into the house. Their
faces were partially concealed. They then bargained
with the di leer of a bay cart to ride to town, hut were
overtaken at Notting-hill, and a centre-bit, which exactly
fitted the marks tin the shutter at Mr. Comlell's house,
was found stuffed into one of the trusses.of hay. Ttleir
clothes had go. co marks upon them, and wero tery
'nudely, . and their hands also were scratched. It was
proved to addition, that all the four prisoners were seen
on the read together the evening ;actions to the bur-
glary.
Naylor cite! Adams received a good character front se-
veral witnesses.
Mr. Justice Park summed op the evidence, and tile
Jury foood all the prisoners guilty—.. Death.
THURODAY, APRIL 18.-WRI. Tilley was indicted
for stealing, a mare, the property of J. Mullins, at Ted-
&ileum —Verdict guilty, death.
G. Adams was indicted for stealing a watch, chain
and seals, the property of J. Spencer, in his dwelling-
house.—The pr ,sectuor keeps the George and Vultore,
at I loximt. Ou the night of the :tits of March, the
prisoner came and asked for a bed, tor which he paid
He then asked the latest hour at which the house was
open, and being told eleten o'clock, he returned at that
hour, got a light and went up to his rootn. In akw
minutes lie cattle down again, and saying he would re.
turn in a halt an hour, went out, but never returned.
In conseqnence of a report in a newspaper, theyrose-
color went to Guildhall, and saw his watch in the
hands of an officer, who had the prisoner in custody,
for stealing three sheets from another house. The watch
was stolen from toe room in which the prisoner was to
have slept.—Verdict, guilty of ',waling to the value of

394.
Henry Leonard was indicted for stealing 33 silver
spoons, and 3a gold sovereigns, the property of %Wham
Slade, in his dwelling-house.—Verdict, guilty, death --
The prosecutor recommended him to mercy, on the
ground of his having left 4.1. in notes, which Weft
tying in the closet untouched.
John Eden was capitally indicted for stealing a sold
watch, the property of Grurge Tomlinson, and a gold
pin the property of George Flack, in the dwelling-hoot e
of the latter.—Verdict guilty of stealing, but not in the
dwelling-house of George Flack.
Richard Smith was capitally indicted for cutting and
stabbing Elias Duke, with intent to kill and molder
hint. There were the other u3tial counts, charging tile
intent to be to dtvable, or do some gr:evous bodily harm

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to the said Elias Duke. It appeared by the evidence of
the prosecutor and another witness, that they were all
drinktn4 together at a public-house, and a quarrel aris-
ing between them, the prosecutor struck the prisoner.
They were parted by their friends, but they continued
squabbling fur ahant ten minutes, when the prisoner
struck the prosecutor a blow on the thigh, and inflicted
a deep wound with a knife, which he had in his hand.
The prosecutor on being q iestioned by the court, ad-
mitted that there was no occasion of the squabble, from
the moment the first blow was struck until he was
wounded in the thighs.
Mr. Justice liorrough upon this evidence directed th"
Jury to acquit the prisoner, observing that in order to
support this iudictinent, the proof must be such as, in
case death had ensued, would have made the crime
amount to murder. In his opinion, if death had been
the count:gm:ire of the mammal here, the crime would
have beets manslaughter only. The prisoner was ac-
quitted.
Henry Richards and John Francis were indicted for
steallisg eight planes and other roomy, Itelonging to
Isaac Darby; four planes, kc. belonging to William
Curphay, and five planes, belonging to John Sims.—
The case was completely established in evidence, and
the Jury (timid the prisoner guilty.
Anne Smith was indicted for stealing two sovereigns,
the property of Joseph Woods, front his person. It ap-
peared that the prosecutor was a Chelsea pensioner, alit'
on the day in question went to that place to receive his
pension. On Its return he met with the prisoner ill
Westminster, and after taking some refreshment toge-
ther, they went out to buy some eggs and bacon, and she
prevailed upon him in treat her to a new bonnet, rib-
bons, and lilting. lie then accompanied her home,
where in about tell minutes, as he swore, she picked
his pocket of Iwo sovereigns, and absconded.
Tne prisoner cross-examined the prosecutor as to Isis
being drunk, awl fill-ng down and breaking a window.
lie denied being drunk, but said he had been drinking
a little. The Jury Pound the prisoner not guilty.
James 1.0fi111311. aged Mile year% was indicted for
stealing a half crown and a shilling, the property of J.
Gadland. Tnis case exhibited a singular instance of
youthful depravity. The prisoner's father was in the
service of a respectable currier in Moor's-yard, St. Mar-
tin's-lane, and some lime ago considerable quantities of
leather were missed front the premises. Tnis boy was
detected in stealing some, and to save hi.naelf from pu-
nishment, he preferred an accusation against a patrole
of St. Martin's parish, for having incited him to the
robbery, who was committed to Newgate, but on his
trial last sessions his itmczence was made completely
manifest, and he was acquitted. Subsequently to that
the present prosecutor, who was a workman at the same
place. missed sonic money from his jacket, which he
had left itt the woikshop consequence of tvhich, he
the next day, marked a half-crown and a shilling. and
having put them in the pocket of his jacket, which lie
placed in the shop, he hid himself, and saw the prisoner
walk in and take out the money. Verdict guilty.
FRIDAY, Apart. Ig.—Joseph Bennett, a very respect-
able looking mari, the driver of the Gosport coach. was
Illd icial for having caused the death ofJoint liedgecock,
a waggoner, oil the 18th of March, at Hounslow.
Atter the Court had beets occupied three hours with
the examination of witnesses, in order to establish the
charge, the evidence of Isaac Carter was adduced, who
had received the declaration of the unfortunate deceased,
when believing himself in a dying state :—The poor man
stated to this witness, " that he firmly believed his own
horse haul knocked him down, and that nobody was to
blame, hut the affair was altogether an accident.
The learned Judge (Burroughs) said he would read
the whole evidence over if the Jury wished ; but they
immediately replied it was unnecessary, and acquitted
the prisoner.
El jab Gooch, a middle aged man of decent appear-
ance, was iumcted for the wilful murder of Barnard
Downes. The circumstance of the case, the itivesugatiou
of which occupied the court for several hours,ware proved
by the tohlow•ing witnesses :
George Pepys swore, that he was a waterman on the
hackney-coact) stand al the corner of Vere-streei3Oxfoid-
street. Oa the morning of the 25th of February, he saw
toe prisoner (Iris ing towards Tyburn Turnpike in a light
cart with nothing its it. Ile was driving with reins at a
last trot, and witness called UM to him, " hallo , are you
going to run over ust" Ile went on a little way, and
then turned back. lie was not going very fast at that
time ; he stood a short time, and then turned hack again
towards Tyburn Turopike. lie went quite away, and
was gone about an hour and a half, worn witness saw
him return at full gallop, using Isis whip all the way he
went. Witness called out to Inns, " for God's sake don't
go so fast; you'll be over somebody." The prisoner
made no auswer, but went on still whipping his liorse.
Willlen knew the deceased, who swept the crossing
from Bond-street to Vere-street. Ile was a man much
advanced in years. Wilma, saw the prisoner drive u%er
time deceased, and he did out stop, but continued his
coutse at a furious rate. Witness did not hear the people
call out to the prisoner.
John Obey, a hackney coachman, swore that he saw
the primmer driving at a Mil gallop, and whipping Ins
horse under the belly. Ile called out to hen mot to gut
so fast. Tile deceased, at the moment witness called out,
was in the middle of the crossing, going towards the
pavement, to get out of the way. Ile turned sideways,
aril the shaft of toe cart and the shoulders of the hotae
struck him on the head and sides, 'lire deceased arts.
maven about a yard and a half and fell, and the word
iii the cart driven by the prisoner went over his body.—
I lie prisoner immediately whipped on his horse still
snore toriously, its order in let away, but he was mopped
Williant Thorium, anouier C 0461111111, confirmed the
evidence of the forego itg witnesees. 'file deceased was
taken to Nlsdalesex Hospital.
Mr. Sweetman, surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital,
remembered the deceased having been brought there on
the day in question. His r ght thigh was broken, and
be had received very severe injuries about the head. 'lo