The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-01 00:00:00

BURGLARY AT HAMPTON-COURT.

Samuel Robert: and John Lowe were capitally indicted tO r'
breaking and entering the apartments of John Young, in the
palace of Hampton-court, and stealing therein various articles
of linen, his property. The particulars of this case were last
week detailed in the police reports.
John Young; the prosecutor, stated, that he occupies apart-
ments in the palace of Hampton-court, and has occupied them
for the last thirty years. The apartments are in a detached
building called Tennis-court-lane. Witness holds the apart:
ments by permission of the Lord Chamberlain. On the `.l3d
of October, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, wit-
ness was in his sitting room, when he heard the bell sharply
pulled. He looked through the window and saw two men whom
he did not know. He, did not like to go down stairs. About
five minutes afterwards he heard the bell ring again, but he
did not answer. He soon after heard a noise as if somebody
endeavouring to break into the house. lie then went-softly
to the door at the head of the landing', and found the key on the
outside. lie put it inside and drew the bolt. 11e did the same-by
the room door, and soon after the landing door was forced open,
when he saw an instrument like a chisel placed against the edge
of his door, and a skeleton key placed in the lock. The door was
at length burst open, and witness having rushed into the passage
saw the prisoner Lowe,, whom he asked what he did there.?
Lowe ran oil immediately, as also did Roberts, from a little
room behind where Lowe was standing. They ran towards the
barracks, witness pursuing them all the time. Lowe stopped.
and doubling his fist; said that witness should not pass. Wit-
ness, however, did pass, and gave the alarm. The prisoners
did not strike him. Witness asked the soldiers to seize the pri-
soners, but they declined to interfere. Witness passed through
Hampton-court-gate. He had no doubt whatever that the pri-
soners were the persons who had made the forcible entry. They
'-were soon after taken into custody, and on his return to his
apartments, lie found that some of the articles were removed
from the place where they had been.left.
Cross-examined.—He did not raise an alarm in the first in-
stance, for nobody could hear him, and he was afraid. The
prisoners laughed at him as they went down the parade. He
was greatly agitated. The linen, which was taken from a small
box, lay by the side of it, but was not packed up. It was quite
worn out, and not worth taking away.
John Adams corroborated this evidence, and identified the
prisoners, _

Thomas Green deposed to his having pursued the prisoners
from Hampton Court-gate till they were taken. On Roberts
were found a crow-bar, a phosphorons-box, and skeleton-keys.
John Phillips, a constable at Moulsey, produced the house-
breaking implements, &c. which were found on the prisoners.
The prisoners said they would leave their defence entirely to
their Counsel.
Baron (iAnnow, in his charge to the Jury, said that a point
of law had arisen in the case, which the Court would leave to
the consideration of the Twelve Judges. John Young had
sworn distinctly that he was alone in the house, wlsile the in-
dictment said that he and others were in it. How this tillers.
panty had occurred he could'not imagine,' but sheuld it vitiate
the indictment, the prisoners would have the benefit of it.
Both .the prisoners were found—Guitty, Dedih, subject to•
the opinion of the Twelve Judges.
[For the ProCeedings in the New Bailey Court of yesterday.
see the fourth page.l

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