The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-24 00:00:00

'Robatts, Curtis &to., Ate the ankett of our 530-
ciety. Before I -audited the accounts of the Pd-
.
yiner, it was my' pralice tb examine the items con-
tained in the Bankers' hook, to compare them %dill

the other parts of the account-. I never, upon any
occasion, pass Such an account without findi►tg that
the items of the account and the book agree with

one 'another.

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[Here Mr. Bolder° proved the Books produced to
be the Books In which the Prisoner's entries were
all made, as' also the Baea'-_ers'. Book, by which
credit- was given to the Society for the monies ,
from time to time paid in on their account.] , The
.hankers' BOOk is not now as it was when I saw it,
and past the Accounts of the Prisoner, because it
then corresponded with the entry in the Prisoner's
own hand in the Book of the Society, which %vas
for 3811. •ies. '7d.' the sum which I—thought was,
paid into the Bankers', or else
.I;sliould not have
past the Accountas I did. It is nosy altered, in the
Bankers' Book to 811. les. 7d. and there certainly
appears to be an erasure on which that entry of
80. res: 7d. is entered." • . .. !: ~ ,
Mr. Thomas, Cashier in theHouseof Robarts,
Curtis, and Co„ proved that the entry in their
Book of the sum of 811. 1 es. 71. was of his own
hand-writing. ' That he received' that sum on ac_,
.cvnt of the Pelican Life Insurante Company ; and
by a Draft on Measra. Weston and Co. 'Welters;
in the Borough of Southwark, on the i+th of July
last, when this Bodk was in his hand there was no,
erasure in ii ; he was quite sure that he did not:
receive on the ea.th of July, -on -account of the
Pelican Insurance Company, more than 811. 15S. 7d. ,
This corresponded with another entry, made on the
same daf.
A Clerk at the Bankirna-hoUse of Messrs.. Wes-
ton and Co, in the' Borough, 'said, " That the
Prisoner at the Bar, John Macgregor, kept cash at
their house ; that. on the
,Leth of July last, they,
paid a Draft •of' the 'Prisoner's for $.ll. tea. 7d.
on them, to the
,house of Messrs. Robarts, Curtis,
. and Co., and:no other_Draft of the Prisoner's to
that house. on that day.'
-Robert Ward, ene of the Clerks of the Pelican
Insurancp.Office, said, that the' Prisoner was die-
'missed from the Office on the z3d of July," to the
best of his recolleCtion, and came to the Office the
day afterwards.
[This Gentleman went through a long history of
different items in the accounts of the Prisoner, the
result of which was, that at the time of the Pri-
soner's dismissal, he was indebted to the Office in
upwards of 7001. but that shortly afterwards, he
gave a Draft upon his Bankers for 6001. and that at
this moment (taking Bilia for Cash), he_believed
the Prisoner was not in all indebted to the Office
. above got. The custom of the Office he stated to
be, that the Accountant should pay, into their
Bankers always what he had in hand,- whenever it
.
amounted to tool. and to pay in on Friday what-
ever 'he had, whether little or much; Friday being
what is called -a Settling Day with them.] ,
William Mafon, a Porter at the Pelican Insur-
anee Office, proved, that after the Prisoner was
(1-1.-m=”ed. he_ came 'there and ordered him to fetch
hiM the'Bankers' -Book, where the cash carried in
was, entered; that ;le went to the Bankers and
brought it to the Prisoner, who took it with him,
and it eras hot.seen afterwards until the Prisoner
. was apprehended. The Witness, at 'the time he
gave the Prisoner the Bankers,' Book, did not.
that he was dismissed. - • '
,
. . [The -Bankers' Book was.altered after the N.
soner.had it, from 3811. tes. 7d. to 8 il. I es. 7d.]
• ?he Prisoner said, in his defence; that he had
never attempted to make use of any property of the
Office for his owreprofit : and he said, that so far' was
he from owinggnthe Office any thing at this moment,
that he apprehended there was something of a balance
due to him, which 'he could have made apparent to
the Court, if he hid been allowed- an inspection of
. the accounts, which were long and complicated.—
He called sixteen Witnesses, who gave him a good
.charaeter.
-The COMMONSEIEJEANT summed up the whole
of the evidence, and read the Chiuse of the AI of
Parliament as it applied to this Case. " The ques-
tion for the Jury," he said, was " Whether in the
Accounts the Prisoner past to Mr. Bolden:), in
which was an item of 3811. tes. 7d. as paid to
Messrs. Rotarts and Co. for the use of the Office on
the Lath of July, he did not, at the time, secret the
sum of 3001. it appearing that on that day he
aaually did pay in no more than 811..155. 7d.
as appeared by two entries which corresponded in
different Books ? If they thought that he did keep
this Account back, as this evidence .skewed he did,
it would be their duty to find him guilty ; if they
had any reasonable doubt upon that evidence, they
should then throw his charader into the scale, and
acquit him. It had been properly stated in the
opening, that if the offence was once committed,
- no restitution could alter' it ; for, if once a felony
was committed, no subsequent condua of the guilty
Party could alter the character of that ad."
The Jury found the Prisoner' Guilt), but begged
leave to recommend him to mercy, on account, they
said, of his appearing to wish to make restitution—
for they conceived that he wishtd- to make resti-
tution. ,

The COMMON SERJEANT—The good intention
does not appear till after the. detediou. At the
same time, it is sufficient for me to state it, if you
recommend him to mercy. •
The Prisoner's Counsel, Mr. KNOWLYS, Mr.
KNAPP, and Mr. ALLY, then obje4ied! to theln7
diarnent in point
,of law, on account of its not
stating whose.property the 3001. thuS.found to have
been ethbezgled' was. • •
The CommO'N SERJEANT was of opinion against
the objedion.; but said, that the fate of the Pri-
soner should not rest on his opinion only, and,
tl:ereforef-he reserved the point of lv.w for the opi-
nion of the Judges.

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taseley ; aNI 4te latter, tot ,teionidusly receiving'`
the same, .katcwing it to have.bcen stolen. ,
This': case cilts-'anc of considerable intricacy, arid
~
a treat . mass of evidence was gone through in its
investigatioq, of course the attention of the Court
was occupied a
_considerable time : the result was
the acquittal of the Prisoners, and its leading.points
were to the following effeet : .. ,
It appeared that the Prisoneriones was in the
employ of the Prosecutors as Clerk, or Warehouse_.
man, The case against shim ttepended -almost en-,
tirely on the testimony of an accomplice, - one
Bacchant, who was also in the employ of the Prose-
cutors : trorn his evidence we eolleaed,, that the
property
.laid in the IttdiOment had,been taken from
the warehouses of Messrs. Ives and Co. about the
midiSle.of last March, by thz-Prisonerdones,,and in,
some degree; by himself, and, afterwards sold to the
Prisoner Cox, who is. a rag-,merchant in Worcester_
place, Th-ames.:strcet, at rife low rate of is, per lb. ;
that the money Was paid by„Cotictlirough the medium .
of, a bill, - which it was agreed
,the Prisoner Janes
should draw on him. in favour -of Burcham, the Wit.-
' ness alluded. to,, and which was duly accepted by
Cox. , This• bill,. after it had been endorseC by
Burcham, was discounted forthe Prisoner Jones by
a Publican in Bishorgate-street; who .paid him- the
full, amount of the 0rder,,2.91.,.195.,6d. When the
bill became due, it appeared that Cox was not. ready
, to liquidate it, and recourse Was paid to a Notary, in
the ustial way, whose. Clerk proved the existence of
the bili, as above described. Me,,Eaillaz, one
of the Prosecutors, came fOriv-ardiand one or two
of the Clerks, to prove, the loss of the cotton from
their warehouses, which was considerable, but the
quantity of which they could not precisely ascer-
tain; We'understoOd 'Mr. Echillaz ro 'Say, that
the- cotton so sold to Cox fOr is.fer lb, was worth
il. tis.
The Prisoners being Oiled upon, left their de_.
fence to their Counsel. A great number of i esped-
able Witnesses appeared to both their chargers,
-Mr. Comtetox SzajEANT; in charging the Jury,
displayed his usual acumen and .perspicuity. He
described the nature of the testimony of an-accom-
plice, as it stood in the contemplation of the Law,
and. pointed out such parts of the evidence in the
present case as be conceived to corroborate the
statement of Burcham, and-such points as militated
in favour of, the Peisoners, and ,cOncludedby ob.
serving on the eirea of charaeter.
The Jury, after a very ,short conference, found -
•both the Prisoners ;Not Guilty,.
They were detained upon, a.second Indiament,
charging them with. stealing..3slbs„ Witight of Spa 7
nish wool, the property of the same Prosecutors. .
Mr. SYL %TES I'ER stated, to the jury,,that he was
informed by the Counsel for the prosecution,- that
they could noCcarry this case farther than the last,
therefore they would not. trouble the Court - with
hearing evidence ; the. Prisoners must necessarily
be acquitted. Verdia in - consequence—both Not
Giiilly.. - •
Mr. COMMON' SUR J E ANT reprimanded the' rrt,
Goner Jones, los his Very indecent behaviour during
his trial, observing that his • situation was:, still
awful;as there was another Indi4menr against him
fbr which he should be tried next Sessions ; and the
Court,havii* recusca his application to bail, he was
, remanded to Newgate. Ml\ ComNioN SER!EANT
seriously admonished Cox on his futUre Condud:

john Price, and .STohm and El;zlbeth Brown,
wotindifted for a capital offence, burglariously
breaking and entering the dwelling„house of John
White, and stealing therein a variety. of articles,
his property.
The Prosecutor, it appeared, keeps extensive
livery-stables in the vicinity of Moprficlds. On
the night of the 29th of July, one of his stables,
which adjoins his dwelling-house, was broken open,
and the property laid in the Indament stolen
therefrom ; hut-the charge of the burglary against
'the Prisoners, was given up by the Prosecutor's
COUnsel ih the outset of the trial, as he acknow-
ledged he had no evidence to bring it home to
them. With respea .to the charge of their having
stolethe goods, it appeared, that on the 3ist of.
July the Prisoners were obserVed together in a
public-house, and that Price had on his back a coat
belonging to one of the ostlers; which was among
the articles taken away on the night of the 29th ;
the other articles stolen, consisting of a saddle
and some bridles lay in a bundle in the same box
with the Prisoners ; it lay nearer Price than either
of the two others.7—The affair of the robbery of
Mr. White's stables -being well known, in that
neighbourhood, and one of his people being. in the
room, the Prisoners'were charged with the theft ;
they all denied any knowledge of the bundle, they
were however taken into cusrody ; they had much
difficulty in securing Price, who drew a knife upon
the Officer that apprehended them.
One of the Witnesses stated, that he had seen the
,Prisoner come out of a coach I,vit4 the bundle•
and' go into the above mentioned 'public :Ik..ise.,
These were the leading tiecurnstances against the
Prisoners.. The Recorder observedto the Jury,4tliat
in such a case as the, present, they might safely
leave the, woman's case out of their. ,consideration,
The Prisoner Brown. solemnly protested
Cell Ge-; and Priee asserted, he bought the Coat from
:a Jew ; which, however he made no attempt toy'
prove. No WitneSseS appeared_ in their behalf. ,
The property found in the bundle and 'coat to-
gether, were val9ed by the Prosecutor's Wioesses
at iss. 6d. Thus the charge of a Capital felony, as
well as burglary, was done away ; and the Jury,
after shortly deliberating, found Price Gialy, and
acquitted the two other. Prisoners'.'

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