The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY

Wednesday the Sessions of Oyer and Terminef and
of Gaol Delivery, ter the City of London and Coun-
ty of Middlesex, commenced at Justice Flail, in the
Ola Bailey,- before the Hots. Mr. Justice LE th.ANc
and Mr. Justice BASLE.---The Calendar contains'
Upwards of 140 cases, but there is none of any par-
ticular enormity.
John Smith, Sarah Lefevre, and Catherine
.Giles,
were indicted, for assaulting John Wilts, on the
King's highway, putting hiM its -fear, and taking
froth his person a silk handkerctief, value 75.
The account given of the transaction by the Pro-
secutor was as follows :---That on the 30th of July,
about ten o'clock at night, be met the Le:
feVre, who asked him to give her a glass of 'liquor.
He- replied, a glass-of liquor was no object, and- if
she was going his way he would give her one. He
aftdrwards was induced to accompany her to her
lodgings, which were in Spitatfields; and he staid
with her until twelve o'clock : when he carne out
he found he had been robbed), and he- therefore
waited in the street until some watchman should
pass by ; he waited until near two in . the morning,
and then he saw the Prisoner Lefevre, accompanied
by Smith ansl Cat herine Giles,..Come out-of the house.
He went up to Lefevre and accused her of having
robbed him. Smith, the man, his, eyes,
and.said the woman was his wife. The Prosecutor
-replied, he did not care who she .was, she should be
brought to justice. Upon which Lefevre exclaimed,
" D—n him, take his handkerchief from him."
He immediately received a blow, which knocked
him down, and they untied the silk handkerchief
which he wore about his neck, 'and went off with
it. He knew the Prisoner, Lefevre, before that
time, and he said he recognised the Prisoner, Shlith,
afterwards among his fellow-labourers in the India
Company's warehouse. •
For the prisoners, a witness of -the name of Smith,
stated, that going about twelve o'clock to look for
her husband, she saw. the ProSecistor standing at
that time without any handkerchief round his neck,
and she added that Smith, the prisoner, aid Le Fevre,
were both . bed before two o'clock.-,--The Jury
found the prisoners—Not Guilty,

Andrew Kingdom was inditied for breaking and
entering the dWelling-house of Thomas Mann, in
the day time, no person being therein, and stealing
several articles of silver plate. The prosecutor; Who
lives in .Redcross-street, \Vhitechapel, stated, that
on the 21st of July he went out early in the morn-
ing before six o'clock, leaving no one at home. He
returned about six o'clock with intent to open his
shop. He found his key'would not turn in the door,
and lifting up, the latCh the door opened. ImMe-
diately he entered the. shop two persuu' rushed past
him, of which the prisoner was one ; he held a pis-
tol in his hand, but did' not offer him any violence.
In rushing past him he was thrown down ; he called
out, stop thieves," when the-other man gave him
a blow on the head. - • He heard afterwards that the
prisoner was stopped, and v.hen he went to the
watch-house, he recognized him. Upon going into
his houSe, he found the several artiCleS stated in the
indiament had been taken out of the drawers, :Ind
put upon the contaiar ready for taking away.
The tarts of the two men being seen to go into
the house, was corroborated by two woinun neigh-
bouri, and a man deposed that be stopped the pri-
soner, on a cry of stop •thiel,Verdiet Guilty,
Sarah-Forecast was inditted for stealing several
articles of wearing apparel from the apartments of
Thomas Stone.—The evidence in this case amount:-
ed only to' a case of suspicion, and the Jury ac-
quitted the prisoner. She was a very decent wo-
man in appearance, and faradranced,in pregnancy;
while Mr. Justice BAILEY was summing up. she tell,
into violent convulsion 'fits.,. which continued for a
long time.