The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-05 00:00:00

ROBBERS P miHiNDK n.

The public in the neighbourhood of Spalding
will learn with satisfaction, that the persons guilty
of the recent robbery and violence on the premises
of Mrs. Culy, a respectable widow, at W1181,1°1.6
Fen Endo, are discovered, and will shortly be
brought to condign punishment. It will be recol-
lected that when the robbers, after having entered
Mrs. Culy's in the evening of the 30th ult. dis-
covered their intention of plundering the house
(they having been at first mistaken for moult!.
dancers, or persons whose interment was haunters.),
a servant of Mrs. Culy, named Gro. Ling, bravely
defended his mistreses property as long as he caitiff,
and had a violent scuffle with the robbers. Dur-
ing the scuffle, it seems, a letter, which was after-
wards found, dropped from the pocket of one of
the men; and from this circumstance a due was
obtained to the full discovery of then,. The letter
was written by Mary Hunsworth, at Manchester,
to Isaac Hutisworth; and it was remembered that
during the last summer a man of that name, and
another of the name of Handley, hid come into
the neighbourhood of Spalding for harvest-work,
and had lodged at the house of John Parish, shep-
herd to Mr. Woolley, of Moulton Marsh, whose
farm adjoins Mrs. Culy's. l,r consequence, Mr.
Campion, the constable of Spalding, accompanied
by George Ling, was on the 13th instant tbs.
patched by the Magistrates to Manchester; and
on his communicatiog the circumstance at the
Police-office there, it was found that the suspected
men were well known by the entries of their mimes
in the police registers, and a warrant was granted
fur their apprehension. James Hindley was slims
secured ; and on his person was found 701. or 801.
in gold and bank notes, part of what had been
stolen from Mrs. Culy's. (The total sum stolen
was upwards of 9001.) The offeoder, thus secured,
and confounded by the proofs of guilt found upon
him, immediately made a full disclosure of the
whole affair, impeaching a man named David
Booth (who was immediately apprehended in Man-
chester), as well as two brothers of the name of
Hunsvrorth (who are not yet taken, and are be-
lieved to leave lately sailed for America). Hindley
and Booth were labourers at Manchester, and asso-
ciates of the Hunswortha, who absconded from
Manchester last summer in consequence of a oar-
rant being out against them for uttering forged
notes, and resorted to Spalding .for harvest-work.
It was whilst lodging with Parish at that time,
that they learned fruits hitn (Parish) that Mrs. Culy
was a woman of property. aod was in the habit
of keeping large SUMS of money in her house. A
correspondence subsequently took place between
Parish and them; and it was by Parish that the
rubbery was planned, and the trine of it filed.
kr letters wi.ich he wrote on the subject to
Hadley were exhibited to Mr. Campiost—who.
in consequence. returned immediately to Spalding,
and on Monday last apprehended John Parish at
his house in Moulton, where he was living with a
wife and six children, respected as an extreihely
honest man! He is SO years of age; is a twit-
siouer (receiving as such Is. a day), and kart 1'2..
a week its Mr. Woolley'r shepherd. Finding that
bin villaiuy was discovered. he, like the other per-
sons appithendrd, immediately began to make dis-
closures, and directed the constables to search in
hie preen, where. buried in a blacking bottle.
were foctiel nine 301. bank notes and :25gs, lc gold,
either putt of what has been stolen trout Mrs. Culy.
Having thus secured Parish, Mr. Campion on
Turialry set of again for Manchester. to Ptch
Hula y and Booth. that they, with Parish. may
be committed to Lincoln Castle.