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London, England, 1801-08-01 00:00:00

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jefins and yo/m.-44`tistiis.„, -brothers-,
the Bar on a charge of robbing the Mail)
in the Hastings bag, in JanuarY., ißOoend thre
Ave Mails of Rye; and several contiguous towns,
76th of March last, from both of which they
tained a largehooty, notes to a great amount ittiriht •
teen paidprevious to the discovery of that: by w'it'h
the robbery had. been perpettated. The evidence on
the ilia' consisted merely of u.4etail of the ma!rifleis
in which the 'discovery I.r.as bi'onht
was by .tarring some of the notes fma.petin
stolen to the possession of James Austin; -anti, by
shelving that they could not have been obtained by
him. in a way consistent with honesty. This pre.
sumptive evidence received • strong corroboration
from cirtimistances that occurred at the time of
the alf.ehension of the Prisimets, as disclosed on the
trial. It appeared. that Mr. Holdsworth, , the City
Marshal;
.with fir4er assistants, apprehended the
Prisoners; And on coming doWn starts from the lodg.:
logs where they were,. a bundle of .notes was Eund
which
.the priSoner James had taken occasion to let
fall in his descent. It was proved that the bundle' of
notes consisted of the paper of different Country
Banks; which had been stolen from the mails, and
thus there was no doubt .of the conneuion of this
.Prisoner with the robbery. After all the various
piatofb ofthese faCIS had been -minutely:gone through;
the Jury brought in a verdia aquitting- the Prisoner
John,- but finding .James guilty.--
The Judge immediately_ passed sentence of Death
upon him, and ordered him to be hung in chains at •
LOck's Bottom, between Farnborough and Brothley:
At first he was—obstinate in denying his guilt
but afterthe passing of the sentence, he confessed ,
he vvA concerned in. the robbery, though he was not
the_perSOn who stopped the horse. He at the smite
time confessed having stolen many letters and
parcels, while he was post.boy at Lathberhurst, itt
Kent.

Richard Sinith, alias Jones, was indiaed with
Charlotte Green, for burglariuusly breaking open
and robbing the holise of the Rev. Mr. Jeffries, at
13exley. Smith was conviCted, the w'onlan ac.
quitted. •

Jahn Motky, aged 59, was convidal of stealing
an ewe sheep.

IV;ll;am..W ells was indieled- and found guilty of
a burglary and robbery in the house of Thomas
Wilson..

Feleivard arke,- alias lY.illiam Davis; was ton.
vided 'of breaking and entering the dwelling-house
of Joseph Marsh) at Harbledown; in the day time,
and feloniously. stealing a brown -coat,
,anti a variety
of other property.
Thomas Fever was
of
of stealing a Wetker
lamb, the property- Thornai-• Boucher, of East
Sutton.

William ;ones was convieted of stealing a Wet he r
sheep, the property of - Offin.

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. . .
, . jose,bh Poi/et/ and john jenner were tiled and
found guilty for assaulting Thomas Munn, on the
King's highwah.and-robbing him of a silver watch,
two half-guineas, arid a six-pence, his property.

BEFORE MR. GARROW.

George Mills and Richard Martin 'were indieled
and found guilty of 'sheep-stealing: It appeared
they were the servants of the Prosecutor.

Mr; GARROW adare§sed thein upon the enormity
of the offence of which they had been found guilty,
and in a manner the most impressive, proceeded to
pas's sentence of Death upon them: -

A great numher of the Poisoners were tried by
Mr,; Gmtitow ; the =liner in which he, for the
first time, presided as a Judge, -was precisely that
which might have been expated. from so eminent an
AdvoCate. •

There were fouiteen sentenced to 'Death ; but
they were all respired; before the Judges left• the
town, except James -'Austen, Richard Smith alias
Jones, and Joseph. ?olletr:

' Sunday last zi Most destruaive fire happened at
Leaden hall, in Leaden, Roothing, Essex, at the
farm of Mr. DANIEL ALGAR, occasioned by a boy
letting off a gun near an old haulm wall, which it is
supposed eanght fire froM the wadding. A large
double barn, a single barn and. straw house, a cow_
house' with eleven calves, a calves pen, a hay barn
full of new hay, the stable, with all the going
geers, and a cart-lodge with four 'waggons,. were
entirely consumed. The dwelling-house was seve-
ral times on
,fire, but,was prevented from be'ng
destroyed by the adivity ofthose present, Suet)
was the rapidity of the' flames? that no exertions
could posibly have prevented the destruclion of the
buildings. The engines from punrnow and Falsted
were soon present, but every exertinn was rendered
totally fruitless, and not an atom, of the,buildings
remain to receive the present Corn. ' This is one of
the many accidents which have occurred by the
same imprudent step of firing a gun, near straw,
haulm, or thatched buildings: .
A few days ago,' the wife of a tradesnian, on
searching the waistcoat pockets of her husband, pre.
vious to its being, washed; foUnd a tender billet,
appointing an assignation 'with her spduse, in such
a style as left her Hide reason -to 'doubt of his in..
fidelity to her bed. Stung seith rage against the
unhappy offender, and determintd to satiate her re..;
venge against his fair seducer, slit-hastened to the
spot where the lovers were to'ineet, and to her no
small mortification found them inthilging their amor-
ous flame. Unable to sustain the sight, her fury
vented itself in a violeni attack on the person of the
frail fair one, who proved to be the, wife of &trades-
man in the neighbourhood. A terrible combat en-
sued, and the house not being sufficient to give scope
to their powers, they proceeded to the street, NV twrc,
like true Amazons, they continued the fight. The
unfortunate husband took the opportunity of elFed-
ing his escape.

Thursday three persons were
_apprehended in
Rosemary-lane, and being convited of Mega' in-
.uranee in the Lottery, were all committed to the
House of Corredien.