The National Register.
London, England, 1812-01-05 00:00:00

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senessawne.n—
Mr. Thompeoit, •the Superintendent of the Warehnuse, attended on
the part of the Company, and expressed their wish to prosecute in thin
cl,sei. from the timber of, depredations committed of this nature.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, •and the parties being bound
, over to prosecute, he was fully committed for trial.
• • BOW- STREET.
We have to record one of the most premeditated robberies-that ever
Was committed, as well as the greatest perseverance and exertions by
Police Officers, to detect and apprehend robbers. Read, belonging to
~Perry's party of the Patrole, received private information that the house,
No. 4, in Bury-street, St. lames'i, kept by Mrs. Martin. was narked
•to betrobbed by a zangetf thieves who had contrived to know that she
liageneralwentotit every:evening, principally to the play. They arrived
at this-information by the thoughtlessness and imprudent conduct of
her female servant, who had admitted one of them, of the name of Clay-
nin, to visit her, as a, sweetheart, who had got acquainted with ,her by
stratagem, under a false representation that he was a truck-maker,
living in Oxford-street. Monday night se'nnight was the time fixed on
fqr the perpetration of the robbery. Perry, Read, Littiberick, and
others; applied to a neighbour opposite to Mrs. Martin's house, to ac-
commodate them with a room, to watch the proceedings of the night;
they went there ah.nit half-past seven 'o'clock, and in about three quar-
ters of an hour after, three or four men anti two • -women came and
walked up and down in the front of Mrs. Martin's house, and after
nome time, one of the men knocked at Mrs. Martin's door ; the ser-
vant girl answered it ; the man who knocked at the door proved to be
Cliyton, who pretended to be the girl's sweetheart; the others crossed
over the way; Clayton and the girl talked together, h' kissing her.
Clayton expected to be admitted that night,. but the girl was not aide to
fulfil her promise, "tataing to her mistress being unwell; stideonsretiently
did not go out For several nights an intercourse was tarried on be-
tween this girl and Claytoaidunnewhich time Mrs. Martin et as con-
I fined by indisposition. Tuesday night the girl told Clayton that her mis-
tress was so much •recovered -that she expected she• "would be iced
'ebous-b: to go. the following night to the play. On Wednesday night
Nibs. Martin, accompanied by a Peale and female friend, went in a
coach to tbe Theatre. In a few minutes after-tile servant girl catite out,
ar.d-returned shortly after with Clayton, arm-in arm. They talked to-
gether several minutes at the door and then went into
tpe hour_.
In about a quarter of an •hour weer Clayton came outennd returned
in. Moon- five minutes, accompanied by another man. Cleyton knochel
at the door, and the girl °rued- it. She appeared to refuse tuning the
other •man in; but•t layton forced open the door; and the other n:aa
rushed in. The Officers, who had been upon the dose watch every
night, then went over to the house, and heard all three taiklng very
l&ud tithe kitchen. From the noise and what they saw s
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hole, they Er,scertaitieti that the two men were drar ging the girl ue stai etf
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against her with and she wts exclahning 44 Lord have inerty upon me,
what shall I d 0.," One of the men told her if she- made nich a noise he
would blow. her brains out, and presented a pistol to her head, arid kept
it there. They forced- her upstairs, she continuing the above exclama-
tion in ilefiance of their threat' ; the Pikers heard doors broke open, Etc.
and in a few minutes after the other man, whose name is Jenkins,
came down stairseand returned with the kitchen poker; they then
heard other doors break open, but not hearing the noise of the girl con-
tinued, the Officers were afraid she was murdered, and were proceed.
ing to break open the street-door with an iron crow, which the
girl
hearing, eectaimed it was her mistress,. gave a sudden spring, releised
herself from them, ran down stairs, and the robbers atter her; they
pt into the passage jtest as the Officers had broke open the dome and got
into' the passege. Clayton and Jerkins appeared as if nothing bad
happened, and! wanted to get out. Perry and Read seized them : the,
villains made a most desperate resistance, which they were enabled to
do, being very tall, stout, powerful men ; the Officers however, soon
te-
cured them. On searching Clayn n a large claspinife and a bad dorar
were f0w1.% Chi Jenkins were found a pistol, two had damn, &c.
On examining the house, the Officers discovered that a large ittetntiLy
of property had been packed up ready to be carried off. Several rooms
and closets• were broke open, andthey were in the act of breaking open
a chest wie2n they were _disturbed.---1 hursdity Clayton cud Jenkins
underwent an examination, and were committed for further examine-

tior;
Mrs. Martin is the person who was robbed of her gold watch and nine
seals, sonic time :.ince, 14y a grocer's porter, dress -a in big Slluday deaths,
pr,:teading he was a Gentleman, and bad often visited her.