The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-06 00:00:00

C O.XIAT OF jury 4.

OLD BAILEY:

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- THE Sittings in Weittninster Hall terminated
there were but three CIItISCS tried. Nothing that
appeared in either ,was of the least importance 'to
the 'Public.

On IVlonany- Lord Krti.Yort goes to Guildhall,
where the Sittings are expeet,d to be of aniiinusual
length.

DA'i-SATVRDAY, 143,-LY 4,

Robert Austin and Mary Denham were irtdiled
for feloniously stealing on the zzd of May, two
ivory combs, four squares of soap, a gold snap, a
bracelet, buckles, and other articles, the property
of William Dewdneyl

It appeared- in: the course of tie e.ritlenee, the
investigation of Which took up a codsiderable time,
that the Prisoner, Mary Denham, lived as a ser-
vant with Mr. Dewdney, perfumer arid toyman, in
Fleet-street.
,MY. Dewdney being ill at Battersea,
the Prosecutisr; as well as his sons, used frequently
to be absent from the honse inFleet-street ; -having
had a good charaCter with the Prisoneq he thought
her perfectly mist.....vorthy, and the care of the
house was sometime ;, in a great degree, confided to
her ; the prisoner Austin used frequently to visit
this woman, he passed for :her brother. TheProse-
cator having missed articles from time to time, at
length susp:Eted 'Mary Denham, and gave*hi'r Warn-
ing; shortly after' her
.departure, the articles laid
in the indiarnent .were iniSsed, arid. in a few days
time the Prisoners were traced out. In the. apart-
ments of Robert Austin, at Cow-cross, was found a
bag containing. sorne of the articles 'charged. ',The
woman was apprehended in St. George's.:fields, end
iti-her pocket was bound the gold snap' abovemen-
timed, two penknives-'. were also, found in her pos_.
session, some duplicates and other things ;- -the arti-
cles charged were:produced in Court, and duly iden-
tified by the. Prosecutor as his property.
- In her defence, the Prisoner, Mary Denham,•ad-
dressed .the Court at some, length, and stated.a va-
riety•of circumstances relative to the deanestic
&c. of the Prosecutor's family (but 'which
Mr. Dewdney'solemnly averred to be unfounded);
and
-protested her innocence of the charge, saying,
the articles found in her possession were her own
property, &c.
--- Austin stated, that being an old acquaint_‘
ante ofthe wonaan,he occasionally visited her : the
day before her leaving Mr. Dewdney's service she
requested him to take the hag which was found in
his possession home to his lodgings, ;and -keep it till
the should send for it ; he never once opened it,
nor had he the-- least knowledge of its contents.—
No Witnesses appeared in their behalf.
• The-RECORDER, who tried the Case, summed up
the Evidence with much ability, pointing out such
parts thereOf as did not apply, and those which af_.
feaed the Prisoner ; he chiefly dweleon the case of
the woman. 'With respea to what -she al:edged in
her defence, respefting the family concerns of the
Prosecutor, it was no sort of excuse for her con_
duet. If she had 'not liked the place, she had her-
remedy in quitting it ; besides, she could have sub-
pcenata any part of the family in'support of her al-
legations. In Considering of their verdiet, one.
material point in the
-ease .before the Jury- was:the
.question-of identity, whether the Prosecutor had
clearly proved the articles to he his pTperty.
The Jury were more than half an hour in making
up their minds, when they-pronounced Mary Den-
ham—,Guilty, Robert Austin,--Not Guilty.
. The Prisoner, Mary. Denham; applied to the
Court to order the -restoration of these articles
-which were found'on her, and hot laid in the In,
diament, and which, she asserted, were her pro,
,petty. On which, • ••
The RECORDER stated, that, being a convicted
Felon, she had no property-'--that effect making a
part ofi the punishment. .
John Gain, a'boy between 12 and 13. years old,
was indiaed for feloniously stealing, on the z3dof
June, a metal- watch, chain,
,and key, . the property
of Thomas Hinton. .

. _ .
The Prosecutor, it appeared, keeps a green grocer's
shop, in Little "Moorefields, and the Prisoner lived
with him for some time as art errand-boy. . On the
above day, when 'the
_Prosecutor came home from
market, he, the Prisoner, Was not.. to be -found ;
shOrtly after.the watch was gone, ,and examin-
ing, about . four shillings worth of halfpence were
missed. He heard no more of the. affair till between
seven and eight.o'clock that' .ve*ning, when the
Prisoner was brottght.to_his houie by an Officer from
Barking, in Essex. It appeared that he had been
seen in that neighbourhood; by oneSalkeld, an Officer
of the Sheriff of Essex, sittin,gdown by the road
side and examining the watch ; he- immediately
questioned him about it, and not liking the account
he gave, took him into custody.
The unfortunate boy could 'make no defence, and
the Jury on evidence to the-above effel, were con-
strained to find him Guilty. The Prosecutor, much
to his credit;.stated-that he never observed any dis-
honesty:in the boy before, and the Jury on account
of his tender age, recommended him to mercy. _
Charles Meyrick was indicted for stealing, on the
p9th of June, ten quires of paper, value il. pos. the
goods of, Messrs. Gardner and Co. Stationers.
This, affair it appeared took place berWeen twelve
and one o'clock on the day abovementioned.—The
Prisoner was seen to go into the shop of the Prose-
eutors, who are Stationers in Bishopsgate-street,
and.take out the parcel of paper with which he run
off; but being-immediately pursued, he dropt the
paper at no great distance from the shop, and was
shortly after. secured
In questioning the Witnesses for the Prosecution,
respcaing their having lost sight of him durflig the
pursuit, the Prioner evinced no small share of
nutty ; but Mr. Gardner, one of the Prosecutors
swearing 'positively to his person, as well as one of
the Shopmen, the Jury found hini—Guilty. •

Ann ,G44-thr_ was found• Guilty of stealing, on
the 21st of May, a quantity, of children's wearing
apparel, the property of John Sliaw.

April,.
t: pewter quart/pdti valued at tad.
the property of John Appleton.
Ann Parker was indicted for. stealing a black silk
Cloak, and other articWs the Property of Catherine.
Martin, and

Mary Farrell, for.feloniOu4 receiving the Same
knOwing them to have been stolen. In this casc, it
shortly appeared,: that the Prisoner, Ann Parker,
had lodged with the Prosedutrix, and that she con;
f;essed she had given -the_ articles laid ,in the Indid-
ment to her fellow-Prisoner, agaihst whom, "howe-
ver, the vidence adduced was such, aS, joined to a
very good charaaer given her by a number of re,•
spettable WitneSses, determined the Jury to acquit
her. 'Ann Parker was foOnd—Gtiilty.

indiled
Thomas Rewg-er and Daniel Gwynn weret
for stealing seven fineering Mahogany boards, the
property of Messrs.. Holmes, Coachmakers, in
-Long Acre. . .
It appeared that'the 'first mentioned Prisoner went
to the Timberyard of a Mr. Hodges, in Crox6i-
streer, with a pretended written order from the. Pro- I
secutors • for the hoards 'in question. In conse-
quence of which they were delivered, but some sus-
picions arising in the minds of 'Mr. Hodges' People,
he was followed-from--that quarter, and shortly after
being Observed to take a mite different from that to
Ling Acre, they interferediand had him taken into
ctitody.. The Prisoner Gwynn, it appeared was •
• with him, but he took no aaive part in the trans-
aCtion. On "vidence to this etfe6t, the jtity found
Ranger--Giii/ty, but acquitted Gwynn.
Sarah Saunders was indided for feloniouSly steal,
ing on the 20th of June, a cotton frock, and other
armlet of children's apparel, : the property of,
Thbmas Worcester.

. This appeared to be one of those highly criminal
cases, which ire generally knOWn by the appellation
of Chi/Lstea/ing. The. Prisoner was seen by one
of the Witnesses to go into a passage leading to a
public house in Bethnal Green, with a child in her
arms, and not long after to return without the
child. - Sfie was at the same time observed to ha-vc
something bulky in' her apron ; Immediately after
a child of abotit two years and an half old, - Was
found in the passage nearly strips of all its cloths.
By the inquiries which were of course set on foo't,
it was found the child was stolen froM its nurse in
a Court in Bishopgate:.street. The.. clothes were
proved to have been pawned by the Prisoner at a
Pawnbroker's near. Bethnal Green shortly after the
fa:a was comtnitted.--:The clothes' were duly proved
to be the property of the ,Prosecutor, 'and onEvi;
dence to- this c£~ct`t, the jury found the Prisoper
. ad,
Guild;,

SUMMER BEVERAGE.

His Bs, Wine arid Brandy Merchant, gratefully
acknowledges the- Favours of the Public, and re-
slieafully aSsures them, that his Shrubs 'are at this
time in the highest state of perfeiliond They are
absolutely prepared with the choicet olcl Spirits,
and their Acid is drawn solely from that very grate-
ful Antiscorbulie Fruit, the "Seville Orange of the
present Importation. Sold,..in any quantity, not
less thin Two Gallons,- of either Rum Shrub Or
Brandy Shrub, at his Warehouse, IVlOnumefit.:Yard,
London. .

*** Also, Suer Tor 'Foreign Wines, in full Quart
Bottles, Twelve of which will contain Three Gal.:
dons of Wine, making thereby a-considerable Saving
in quantity to the Purchaser.
41- Some real Batavia Arrack, from the East
India Company's Warehouses. ‘. _ _ _

.011 HI 131idS profits 'not. being calculated upon
terms retinisite to sustain the losses of long credit,
bad debts, &c. he respeOfully requests that all or-
ders, from the Country, may contain remittances
for the amount, or reference for payment in Town.

SHIP NEWS,

livEaroox, jimy Y.Z.

Arrived—the. Cicero, Crosbie ; Alersey, Benson ; Mercury,
Mthilaster, and Barton, Chambers, from ijoincrara.; Kitty,
Redman-, from St. Christopher's ; Liana; . Ramsay, from
Barbado,es;, Alice, Syers, from. Montser4tt ; and •Gip6ey,
Towers, from Trinidad.
Sailed-‘-the ProvidenCe, Elliot, for Hamburgh ; South
Carolina, German, for Philadelphia; and Twv. Sisters, Bur-
ineisty, for Dantzic.
. •

GRAVESEND* JULY, 3.

Passed hy=the Bailey; Willson, from Lisbon eAmclia,
Guiriber, from Stockholm Cerds, Reed, from Cork
Ulyssus, Ferguson, trbin Charlestown;
• Sailed—,-the Sir A. Hammond, Thorppson,.. for Jamaica ;
Anna Jdlia►ia, Gross, for Dantzie;.Major Samuel, ,
for Bremen; and Louisa, Okken,ior Rotterdam.