The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-21 00:00:00

.OLD 11,11 L EY.

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MONDAY, .1 AN VARY 20.
, - Vivant. Owens 'Was indieted for derquaing Mrs.
I crousher, of Brompton, of:a gold Watch add a five
ir Roland Rank note.
Mrs. Crottshei, a Lady between 60 and 70
years
of ige,' de)oied, that on the 3d of Detenibeilast,
at the corner of Hyde Park, she was accosted by
i, tlt PriiOner, who a appered to be a respectable

farmer; he expressed'his- tiurpriseat the improve=
nients since he was last in London, •abont. 7 yearS
ago. (The length of absence Was a fa&, as.he was
Just returned from transportation.) • He.said tie had'
a son, who kept a grocer's shop, •No. 13, Breath'
street, Cheapside, but he, the Prisoner, would not
liyu in the city tf any one would give him-ahouse
for nothing asked. if she knew' whose house
that was ?' pointing to a honse'; She -answered,
she believed it WAS the- Ranger's.. He immedi-.
ately stooped deWn, :and picked_ up a parcel in
lirowW paper, saying to the Witness, as von :ire
in company, you, are entitled .to' half; 'Witness -
answered, that shewished the right ow;ner had it
be replied, " so do f, but if I had not picked it up;.
some one else. would." He waitsoing to put it "in
his pocket, when the Witness expressed a wish to.
know what it Contained, seas the right owner might
be found. They were then 'opposite the Green
Park, .and the. Prisoner proposed they should{ go
into the PaUt and, examine it,
,as it was a private
Place.: They accordingly did, and , sat down on
One 'of the benches, When the Prisoner opened the'
brown paper, and produced a'red `Morsieco pocket.;
hopk, 'from which lie took a' piece of, paper, and
handed it to a stranger to reed; it was a receipt for
2101. for a di and cros-i; he then took out a
small_ red MproMO case, and teas going to
.o,pen it,
when the stranger said, he thought they had bet
ter retire to soMe house and settle the besineSS;
and he would accompany ;them to see the. old
-Lady • righted„ lo which they acquiesced: the
Prisoner Said, he 'thought it Would 'not answer
to go into a Cetlee-house, but they had 'better
go to ssitne small public-house, They crossed the
Parl.:, and brought the Witt)* to a public-house
in piike-street, St. Jaines'a; they got a private
ream, and the Prisoner Shewed'a cross, apparently
a diamond one;. The Witness proposed that the right
owner slinuld be found Out, and it' returned' to
The stranger Said it Would be vet), wrong, is
some person would own.' it that . did not tiekOng
to, and the owner would certainly have if advertised
in the' newspapers next day. He then obierved,
that 'the Prisoner ought to leave thirty or forty
pounds with the • 'Winless, as a security for her
share in the cross, until the next rhoming,
which thiy'Prisoner acquiesced,' and said he. had
a friend in'Pall-Mall who Ah,,ecrhipa 501— arid 'he..
would go and get 401. of it. He went, and left.
the Stranger and the :Witness, together:- hi about
halt an hour the Prisoper returned, -apparently quite
vexed, and said #te coUld'not get the money, as-hili
friend was not at borne. The Stranger then •pro-,
posed for the Witness' to take' the cross,' until ten
o'clock next Morning, and to leaVe sem:M(3llo'
with the Prisoner ;' Witness • said she had but a 51. -
note about her; the Stranger then said .had.a.::
watch, and as she appeired a lady of so muolvre-
speetability, he could not think the Prisoner could
have any objection in "entrusting her with the cross.
She then gave' the Prisoner her gold wateli,• and.
a 44 Bank Note, and lie • handed her the cress,
telling her that she &alit' delivt.r up the cross'at,
ten o'clock in the morning; when Ile called for
it, and then it should `be valued, if not advertised.
Hetook her address-, and gaVe tier his address in re-
{ turd; -Viz. •Mr. 'Wright, No. 15, Bread-iireet.—
The Stranger also gave her his, 'Mr. Jones, No. t 5,
Sohn-street; and-advised her"to go home, and lock
the cross Up, before she went into the city,' lest
she should lose it. On tits not morning. the Pris
sorter not calling,on her, as •he promised, .she made
some inquiries ax to the value or the trois,s- and was
informed it was net worth One pound, 'it being
paste. She itreuediataly applied "at- Bow-street
Oilice, and, on giving a description-of the Prisoner;
an Officer intionted her, if she Went& entrUit her-
‘elf with' him to Leiceiter-fields; he would find
him; 'and that his name' 'was not • Wright, but
Owens, who had juseteturned from trahsportation,
hb haVing been. transported for the same kind of
crime bethre, and suppoSed he had begun his old
tricks again.. 'Stie went, .accompanied the'Offi-
cer, to Leicester-fields, where she saw`the -Priioner,
and pointed' hum out to the Officer, whetook,him
into custody. •
. ,Charles Humphries, a Bow-street .01tieer, de-
posed;:• that on the 4th of December, he, took the
Prisoner into Custody, hlrs. Crousher having point—
ed.him out. The Prisoner said-he knew what, the
Lady wanted, it, was a .gold' watch ; Waness an,
swered, :lie leagot,what he intact], andl he must
go along with/ Min brought hitri to the Brown
Zen public-laouse, 'in Bow-street,7, and searched
found-a silver vetch, two
.Bank notes for hi.
-each, • five for
.for it. five guineas, -and.
seven shillings in silver•:, he then brnoght him be-
fore the Magistrate, who committed him ; went
round 'to the paw n-brokera in •search of the ‘valch,l
had a suspicion that it was at-.Benthatn's, the yawn-
'broker at the, -top of Holborn I called there twice;
but he denies it ;, called a •third time :and,, found.-4t.
The Witness•produced a•goldwateh, a 6)..880,4a0te,
a•red:Morocco-pocket-lxvk,- and a cross, hi case.
Mr. John Wilkinson, jeWel)er,',deposed, thai.the
cross,night
,have cost a guinea,. •but the sAeoe kind
could new be perchased
lgr,,Thoinas. clerk to q Navy 2Vger,
deposed, that he paid the 3). note to PA. De
field., on the Ath,of (giober., .
Ccsl, Da, Boraii4ol4 cippose4, dept he p 414 it to:lgti.
rou4her,. ,
111% bronpholr, identifiedthewatch.
ho'4'l4/114 41lacIA.nO,flehrtee,'
The Jury, without hesitation, found hi% -Cryiky.

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trot: littiviins, both Heat' and durpb,;.7.vris iadieted
for stetiling it 1411ver witch,ti",a.tsteolti,
a pair' O gloy‘..s, and a pile -stopper," the! kopsrty of,
'rbornas Woo1.111:t11, in the", Coach and Higies public
home, Nit4tret, in tide parish'of St. Luke's, •Be
was routltiG:iiity of rig to the value Of 395.
Nicho',l4, aos)tarit tt.;itchei to the urnane
Institution lor he of Deaf and bomb, attend-
ed as inttirir,-,-Vr. It ,was sOrprising; with what