The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-18 00:00:00

laid by his fellow Tri;onin. T.lrca persons gave
BOUrke a very good. charaeler.
After an' excellent summing up and address from
Mr.;l3Stlce HEATH to
.the Jury, in the course of
which he 'forcibly represented the evil cOnSequences.
and danger to society of such insidious and precon-
certed confederacies, in ,brder to defraud and plunder
theAmwary they cousulfed for a few minutes, and
returned a verdia.of--Gailty.
• Bourke said, on being asked, as us,tial, on a verdia
of guilty, respeaing his age, that, he was 29. He
appeared to be about:five teet eleven; well made, but
featured.very hard feared. Throughout he appeared corn-
posed, and firm, patticulorly in his short address to
the Court. :.He was well dressed, and on the whole
appeared much genteeler than the greater number
of our Celebrated bruisers. ' _;

James 418er yeas capitally indiEtcd for stealing in
the day-time, and privately, from the person of W.
Burrell, Esq. a pocket-booL-, containing 401. in Bank
notes.

On the ' 17th of, June last the Prosecutor • was
walking up Bond street, When Mr. Christie,- of
James's-street,' walking on the opposite 'side; ob-
served the Pris Oner, and three other Well-dressed•
men, folloWing the PrcSecutOr Very closely.; one of
them frequently put his hand into the Prosecutor's
coat-pocket, and at last he saw him take out the
pocket-book in question. He-imr,iediately
.apprised
-the Prosecutor of wh'at had occurred, and they'
agreed to follbw the pick-pockets; when crossing'
Hanover-square, into Swallow-street; Mr. Christie
went forward to Marlborough-street, to get an
Officer, leaVing the Prosecutor to watch the motions'.
of the gang. He-had not long followed them 'when
he perceived a red poaket-book, like his, handed
from the man who had taken it, to the Prisoner';
they then separated, knd when the Prisoner. observed
the Prosecutor following him close, he 'ran off, and
was overtaken• about forty 'yards distance. The
PrOsecutot accused him of having his pocket-book,'
which he at first denied, but afterwards confessed.
The liearned Judge (LE.BLANC) observed, that
it could not be wondered at that these offences 'sd
oftn occurred, when it was the fashion of the day
to hold out temptation, by carrying things Of value
in coat pockets. 'The• prisoner was certainly not
guilty of the capital pate of the offence charged, as
his was not the hand which a6tually took the pocket.;
boOk ; but, as-an accessary, there was sufficient evis
deOce to find him guilty.
The Jitry immgdiately'retutned a verdi6t of Guilty.
of stealing, buc not privately.
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Jane Raffry alias Holden, was capitally coiiviacd
of uttering a base and counterfeit half-crown, having
been before convided of a similar offence.

This woman, it was stated, was first convi&ed of
these sort, of pratiice4- in the :kat* 179.5; and has
been found guilty of similar offences-five'differerit
'times since.

Thomas Donovan and Thomas Evans were capi-
tally inditted" for burglariously breaking and enter-
ing the dwelling-house of Richard. Kendal, and
stealing thereout seventeen living pigs, the property
of W. Kendal. - -

There ,Was no dire& proof of the Prisoner's' ac:-
tually taking the pigs; but from the - evidence 'of
one Chesterman, who stated himself to be a butcher
who killed pigs by commission,, it appear&d, that
Evans always exercised the right of ownership over
them, and Donovan assisted in driving them—
They could give no account tif how they came by
them, The Jury found Evans Guilty, but acquitted.
Donovan.

Soma Brittini was capitally ineii&ed for bUrgla-
riously breaking and entering the dwelling-house
of William Wagstaff, in the day-time, and stealing
thereout a quantity of silver spoons and other articles.
, The ProSeentor was a little farmer, residing tear
Aslitbn, and. had emplOyed The Prisoneras-a field
labourer. One day, while be and his wife were out
in the &ldi, the Prisoner went away on'pretence of
getting hiS wooden leg repaired, but 'never returned.
Several of the articles, when he was apprehended,
were. found upon his person; Some -of them wrapped
about his neck under his:Cravitt--GuiltyDeatii.
Willicuti Lee, a SailOr,*was capitally indiCted for
stealing privately from the person Of James Kirk, his-
brother messmate, four one-pound Bank nOtes.
-The-Prisoner was found Guilty if stealing, but
naprivately.•

BEFORE THE RECORDER AN.D A LO.NbOk JURY.

:Edmund-Copps was indiEted fpr steeling in the
dwelling-house of Sir. 4. Carr Glyn,. Charles Mills,
,Thomas Hallifax, and, Henry Parry, an order for the
payment of fool: on Messrs, Marsh, Sihbald; and Co:
signed Wade, Stables, and Wilson, and dated July
26, 1.806. This trial 'occupied the ',Court until
nearly nine o'clock in the evening, but the circum-
stances' may be /shortly stated. , The :Prisoner, a
young man
.of very genteel appearance, was a ju7
nior Clerk in the House of Glyn and Co. His salary
was twenty-five pounds-a.year, and his board. Qn
Saturday, the 26th of August, Mr. Bannister, one of
the outdbor clerks, -had delivered to him A num-
ber of checks and bills, 'of which he was to receive
payment on the Monday following... He put up the
bills in a parcel, with a paper cover, and left it in a
drawer, to which all the clerks had access-, his name
being 'written on the parcel to distinguish it from
others. When Mr. Bannister • took his parcel out
of the drawer in the Mornino-, ho - observed that the
cover was a little torn, but he did not then suspect
that any thing had been-taken out of it. 'On return-
ing, however; after he had gone his round tocollea
payMents, 'he-found, upon. examining his account,
that he was 1001.. deficient, and having discovered'
that he had lost the cheque mentioned in the in-
dia-ment, he went to stop the payment of it, but
arrived too late.

Mr. Bannister, and two other clerks, thought they
had reason .to suspe6l ate Prisoner to have stolen the
cheque, andin consequence of that suspicion broke
open a closet which was appropriated to his rise;
there they found three 51. notes, which were proved
by the. Clerk of Messrs. Marsh and Sibbald to be
three of ;the 11Wes which he had paid-:in discharge
of the cheque in question On the 28th of July. .Fle
did. not, pay the money to the Prisoner,_ bat to a
man in the dress of a labourer.
Mr.,GuRNE.Y,•who was Counsel for the Prisoner,
started.an.objettion .in . point of law. -.1-1e observed,
that the At of Parliathent which imposed a stamp