The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-26 00:00:00

OLD -1-1-27ILEY, -Uri'. '25 •

Maria a respeayle looking
abollt 69 years of age, .waaltdictiel for steal-
, . .
• ~ea- Taantav of books, par6ineht, piaeres, and
article3'; the property ".-kihn-Parkiiison.
GURNEY,:for the pre.:: seatd, that
was with great rclualie.:e his Client prosecuted the
• oner at the bar, but he was compelled.to do so,
a 7 the purpose Of g,:tttin: at her son, if possible, a
ery idle. .and profligate young Man, throtigh whom
liaito‘teiee: Prisoner was brought to 'her then
7 *le.,- -;iireitien, and who bad been indieled
ree,eeing the articles so stelen, but absconded:
The Prisoner, he allowed', was an obje& of compas-
sion and mercy her lace husband had been a re-
speetable• AttOrney, and a. native' of Ireland; but,
from Seine embarrassment in-his affairs in that coun-
try, was anliged to take shelter in this. The Prose-.
• haeina- some knowledge of him, ahortly
(nes to his death permitted him to deposit,, in a loft
et the topaif his house in Albion-street, Blackfriars,
a b .x, containing- a quantity of deeds and papers.
:4 his loft .was 'iviaeining a-garret,
_whet ein the Prose-
corer had ,several hundred volumes, of valuable
books,,bound and unbound, a quantity of parch-
-leceids, pietures,'Sec. After her husband's death, the
• Prsoner was permitted to have constant access to
t;as lott, where her husband's box and papers had
-4--seen deposited. But, one, day in particular, in the
aienth of June last, she applied to one of
,the ser-
•
eaets to assist in carrying down a box, which ap-;
:eeared very heavy 'A. coach was called;
she . carried away the box. Some short time
;tier this, the Prosecutor was passing by a second-
, hand bookseller's slop, near Clare-market, when,' to
, •
kis great surprise, he- recognized some of his own
books for sale ;- and; upon inquiry, traced the son of
the Prisoner. to bp the persou .who had sold them to
he bookseller ; with the assistance of .a Bow-street
I.Officer; he discovered the son at the Plough public-
:, house, in farey-street, where he then lodged ;. and,
upon searching his apartment, found the supposed
_ box, which had been carried away by the mother,
'containing between forty and fifty, volumes of the
P'rosecutor's roost valuable books.
In the course of the evidence, which was nearly,
as stated by the Learned Counsel, it appeared that
the Prikmer's son had access to the loft where his
father's papers were, as well as_ the mother; he had
been there ten or twelve times, but he never was
observed-to take.any thing away with him. •
• Some evidence
,was about to .be offered respeaing
the prisoner's codfession of the fad, but it appearing.
that she had been indueed to the confession either.
,by threats or, otherwise, the Learned Judge rejected
it The books were identilied,.but none
of the )Witnesses could speak positively as to the
identity_ of the, box, although some • figures were
printed on- one side-of it, which might catch the
eye, or refresh the wolledion.
the part. of, the Prisoner, a very respeaable-
• elooking woman. tivi.t tY whqm she and her daughter
. had lodged upwards of zwd-years; wag called to her
character, and described her to be sober, honest, in-
dustrious, and.in. all respects an excellent woman ;
bat that .she,and.ber.daughter were totally ruined by
ixr.protligaite son.
The Leatned.ludge (the COI\MON* SERJE ANT) told
,:he-Jury,.. that even it the box bad been identified,
.the Prisoner, might not have taken it away with, any
telortioieeintent,, but :merely for the purpose of car-
rying 'her late:, husband's papers e. however, the cir-
cuinstince of :the never having-been known to
take thing 'away from tlee-Prosei,:uter's house,
awl the Fri:ioney Wavh g take.; such, a box as was
,foond at, berSoir's; lodgiegs, made .11.1,e circumstancevery strong age:dist her.. • • .44 • • ,
The Jury, aftere,short consultation, acquitted the
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She,w j
as then indi4led, oinilT with her son,,,for.
.stealing other nooks and articles, the .property.of
the Prosecuvor ;',andalso separately,• tar „sorne-imieles
'found at her lodgings, belonging to the:Prose&tter:
,Upon each of ,which Mr. Gu R Neg? repeated,,t hav the
„sole objeaof
_the Prosectiter being, either to' come
.at her son, or hanish.him :this couptry entirely;,he 7
did not mean. to offeranyevidenceon either of these
,ohurges. The son bad already, been •cOrnii6ted of a
_telony, • and received His Majesty's pardon ; he still
.40,ered to .these sort of habits, and now evadeFthe
,etids of justice by abscondiog.,
The Pril4oner was consequently acquitted on both
tbese Inctiathenp _•
Burwx,Keel,ing:and-Jantes Hatt, two youths.only
10, and 1. I, yeors.-cif, age, were -convicted of stealing
a-:pieeepof printed cotton, the property of Bridge
..affil-04erti4inpt7drapers, Whitechapel, •
_The goods .inquestion' were exposed at the out-.
side of the shop-door, for the purpose of enticiog
the iNis.gengdiN to purchase ; but they unfortunately
enticed the. Prisoners to pilfer, when they- were-
caught in -the fa a of carrying them away. .•
The LEARNED JADGE,observed, that while shop-
keepers held out such temptations for theft, they
must expect to experience such losses. The present
Calendar was full of such otrenCes, and if the prac-
tice was continued; there must,
.in the end,, be a
Special SessiOnS appointed for trying similar crimes.
Joh74`Hall, a hi-Ailey enachinan, was 11.1diaiN 1
for stealinga,red-leather pocketbook, containing an'
invalid certificate, and four dbllars, the property of
Richard Hotrman, a mariner.
The ProSecutch stated, that he had just returned
from an eighteen months. voyage, to and from .
;China, when he hi-Ought his comradetO the India-
House, wherehe received the dollars,in questicm;—
. and would nave a Noyage in a coach' to his destined
port at Mile-end. They accordingly 'hailed the Pri-
-s,oner, and being bound for Mile•end, they dropped
anchor at sortie, public-houses on the, way ; 'add, in
the course of their merriment, gave the coachinan
share. of the grog and biscuit. They finally dropped
anchor at the sign of the Plough, at Mile-end; wen
_the Prosecutor missed hi,. pocket-book, and although
he was vjry groggy at. the time, he perledly recu7l-
- li,avng it when he last went into the .coaeh.
Thejandlord of the pubis-heese said, that ex-..
p iii g=tJ e sailors, he wtts.oh the watch for
tuld when they desired. that: the. coachman :should
the-t,, i.e went to look for him, and folind hint
tile privy ; he looked over the door, and distinct-
v out a red leather 'pocket bcfok, and:
tol,r dollars, which he pht, in his;.w.:istcoat
then threw the bone into the privy.—,

The Witness then feict.ned-a necessity .of visiting the
place, and got the Pum,mer our, when he recovered
the pocket-httok and,its contents. then accused
the Prisoner cif the 'thFr.t; • but lie de!iied it withl
threat.- The dollars;.vere found in his'pLi3e4on.
The; employer Of the Isrlsoner,, \rho had Lkiot.vit
him front his infancy, gave him an excellent charac-
ter;_ but the Jury found' Guilt!! (tfit&ty larceny.
JaV2es Peek wLts indiEted for stealing a bale of
muslins,Coniaining 3 D 2 pieces, the property, of john
• Henry Eccles and John Eccles, Whole Sale Linen
Merchants, in .Cheapside.
The wife of the Prisoner, Hester Peele, had al-
ready been tried and,zcquitted for this offenee. ,
It appeared, that,the.Prosecutors had received the
bale of goods in question; from Manchester, on. the
sth instant, and they lay opposite the warehouse,
while a place to deposit them was preparing. They
were seed before the warehouse about seven o'clock
in the evening, but at eight they were gone.; _Ap-
plication was immediately made to the Oilicers.'at
Worship-street, and they discovered, at the Prisoner's
lodgings, in Mile's-court, Type-street,, thirty-seven
pieces of stolen muslins, concealed between the top
and covering of the bed. His wife was at home, but
the Prisoner was absent. .The Officers, after long
and diligent search, at lass apprehended the Prisoner
on the tBth inst.

The Jury, under all the circumstances, found the
Prisoner Guilty of Petty Lacteal!.
During the whole of the trial, the :Prisoner con.;
ducked himself in the most violent indecent
manner ; every witness who appeared against him
he threatened,. andnccused of false swOrnig s and,
when retiring, 'heturnedto the
-Police Officers, in 4
menacing posture, swearing, that they falsely swore
his life away, and lie Ikoilid be revenged:' He ap-
•peared to tlea young mail; not more than 'twenty-
two years of4ige; - The following Prisoners re&ved
sentence as follows :

Sarah Pitcher annudith Kelly, to be transported
for. fourteen years.
Eleanor &Arnett, WilUam -Bell, Benjamin En-
field, William Hardy, .John Morris, Mary • Ann
Brown; Mary Staiford, Edward Hawkins,-Thomas.
Watson, Robert Burgess, lameis Peele, Joshua
Isaacs, Mary Millan, Charles Field, Elizabeth
Browning, George Ford, Ralph Goodall, Mary
Male, Mary Walker, JOseph Burke, James TraVers;
James Algers, William Lee, :Harriet Haines, Mary.
Ann Deochean, john Bird, Abraham Knight, Cattle-
rine M`Nalty, William klumnfiries, Eleanor Russell,.
Sarah HaYward, Sarah Legouch, Timcithy Coakley,
William teanian, .And Butcher, George, Johnson,
Ann Singer, Moses Evans; John Cureton, ,Frinices
Marticet, David Williams, Henry Farrer, Thomas_
Parkin, and -James 'Ward, to be transported for
seven years.
. John Beal, to•be confined six months in Nevitat-e,
at the expiration of that time to find sureties, him-
self in one hundred pounds, and two sureties infitiy
pounds each. • • . .. •
Thomas Day and' Jimes Saffern, to be whipped in:
• gaol; and, con fl lied one calendar imp th- ia Newpre;
Maw Smith, John Greaves, and Stephen Patker,•
to be fined one and confined one caleadir
month in Newgate..-
Mary, alias Elizabeth Gunton, Elizabeth Bray,
Ann Hudson, Catharine Carey, and Cad-whit.- Wil-
son, to be tined one shilling, and confined one Week
in Newgate.
Matiloa and.. Thomas Miller, to. be fined
one shilling, and confined one year' Newgate.
Hannah Cunoll%', alias C'onnnr, James Madden,
Susannah Taylor, John Gale, Eliza-
beth Smith, and Mary, Doe, to be fined one shilling,
-and confined one year in the Hotoe'nf,Cbt'red,ion. •
'Ilona; Evans;-to be fined is. and c...)utined two.
years-in the House of CorreEtion.
7''.l4,Tary Roach,.-,Mary Wallis, Mary Good, Alike
Bnning, l-larrt I+4.,;leton, Ann Henry, Wun'Ash-
-rnore; Maria Holland, Sarah: Goneher,. Margaret
GrJe'n, :Sarah Burgess; Jatie Ifolland; -Win:Jrne-
lock, and Thornas•Pullinger, to be fined one
and to be 6)llfind six 'Months in the ITOiliSe Cur,-
redion, and kept to hard libour. - 2 - -
Elizabeth Smith and 'Thomas .to be-
..whipped-in gaol and dkeharged. r.
-• John Perry, and 416 Hall—sentence ,respitA.td. •
john Hall„ to be whipped in gaol) ,and,confined
oneyear in the. House of Correction.
Frederick-Detman, to be publi.ely whipped. .

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