The National Register.
London, England, 1822-07-15 00:00:00

•LD BAILEY SESSIONS.

MONDAY, JULY B.—Stisannah Mills, 64 years of age.
WaS Meileleti for stealing a piece of primed cotton, some
bobbin-net, and other articles, the property of Thomas
Gardner, linen draper, of Norton Falgate.
The prisoner was employed by Mrs. Gardner to mike
up some bed furniture, at the rate of 2s. a day for wages,
besides her hoard. She had been in that employ about
six weeks, when Mrs. G. having occasion one morning
to leave the room where the prisoner was at work, on
her return observed the prisoner in rather a hurried man-
ner endeavouring to conceal soinetlimg; and presently
afterwards missing three sovereigns out of her drawers,
she went down stairs and fetched up her housekeeper,
and, searching the prisoner, found on her person sonic
bobbru•uet males and a small piece of the printed nitita-
tore, which she knew to be her property. A constable
was then sent for, who accoinpanied the prisoner to her
lodgings, and, searching them, utind there a small quail-
lily of babbitt-net and several yards of Inruiture prints,
which she was charged by Mrs. G. with having stolen
from her.
The articles were produced in Court ; they had no
mark, and appeared to be of different suits, arid riot to
accord in colour and quality with a pattern shown by
Mr•. Gardner of her furniture, to which site supposed
them to have belonged.
The prisoner, in her defence, said she had worked
many years in the upholstery business, chiefly nl jobbing
for private families,and had never yet any imputation on
her character. She affirmed that the articles found at
her lodgings were her own property, and had never been
in Mrs Gariltier's possession.
Several very respectable persona spoke to the character
of the prisoner, whom they had known for many years
as art honest, steady, and tiard-working, woman.
Toe Recorder summed up the evidence, and the Jury
acquitted the prisoner.
Ciarles Meredith, a very respectable young man, was
tried on a charae of stealing a quantity of libUJnik and
cetier articles, the property of Mess s. Todd, Morrison,
and Cope, haberdashers, his employers.
An anouynlnuv letter WaSilropped in the area, couched
in the following terms:—" Mr. C. Meredith, you are
strongly suspected of robbing your employers, Messrs.
Todd and Co. 1 overheard Mr.T. in conversation with
one of the officers, and one of the housemaids is iniph-
cited." Tina letter was addr,ssed to the ctiok, %elm, upon
seeing its t (intents, gave it to the prisoner, by %vomit it
was shower to Mr. Cope. The prisoner's box was then
searched, and a small parcel, contaiiiiii4 several whole
pieces of ribbon, the subject of the present charge, eras
found therein. . .

Mr. Cope admitted that it was a general practiee in
their house for the young men to supply their friet.th.
with goods from their warehouse, without regularly en-
tering them in the book ; and he knew the primmer had
a sister who kept a shop at Wultoa, for WHOM he said
he had made up that parcel, as well as four parasols
which were also Motel iu the box, and had been regu-
larly entered in the book.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he had sent the
ribbons iu question to his sister at IValum, by whom
they had been returned as not suiting her, and it was his
intention to have replaced them in the warehouse when
he had time to look out others.

‘l,lMani Wiggins, a young man, also in the employ
of the prosecutuu s, and 'saving lriends at Walton,
deposed to having brought up front the prisoner's sistet
a parcel of the same size and appearance as that found
in the prisoner's box.
Several witnesses gave the prisoner a most excellent
character for honesty.
The Jury retired for ahout 15 minutes, and returned
with a verdict of Not