The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-17 00:00:00

0i41) BAILEY.

Yesterday TV, Bland was indicted for stealing'
pound of tea, value seveivlshillings, the pro-.
perty of the LaSt L nin
India CorupacA lie prisoner,.
it impeared; InbOtlrer iCV,TM4OVEtitit India
Coolpiany's having; an License of ;is. a-day
for his serVices.- His lionei•siy:.had never been
' qoeStioned till the present ,oreasion, oaten one of
the Overseers of the Dock-lard having•suspeeted-
hint, stopped him as be was quitting work at
find on searbing hied, in hisltat ; the et own.
of which was unesnallY high, was found 'a bag
‘viti6h had the apnearancepf. being made on por-
pit.T, in which was contanted'u,xpraotity of tea r.
rotifer the•Waistba..nd.of his In;ee,Opet apother bal.;
discoYlreo, }16.0 aPParentlYtainde for the ptir-.
yose of coneeitlan nt; in et hie h t bet e was found a
far quantity of tell.-7-Guilty.
John ,liairlinbon was indicted for stealing '6.1b..
ten, ale propertyrg the Last Iridia.Conipany,.
Thomai #.labotirer in • t Ire serviee of the
,East India company,.,stated., that hn the 21st of.
.AugeSt last,. having observed sonic tea scattered
about on the seat of the priv,.;, l;e, . searching,
..found two bags r.ontaining :tea, banging on a
gimblet under
,the seat of I..steeming
duty to mention the fact to one of the,
oFt:ricers, he did so, in 'consequence of which a
pot,ce Officer was employed to .Wateli.th;.,
The litisoner at the bar, Wits) was a I:lbonret
th • ...t.rvice d.,f 'he (:onipany; was seen to go into
the ;;,s'ta'y iY. qirestion ~ aod coming out • Again,
was fo!ice ed by the Otlicer io a ihed; where a
caravan whiOt he drove•,. was•plreed.. The Officer
watched bin) out of the yard, and then searched
him, when, in the niiseArag of his. _horse 'wel:e,
found t bags, which proved to_he those which
• 'flOof had seen hanging under the seat in the privy.
The prisoner, on heiog asked where he got. them,
. bond them in the privy,. and:
.wished to
God he had not talien theni. t
~it..veral.witnesses gave the prisoner a most ex-
cellent. chararier. . • , •
Mr. Justice 14,1kttn situnnedrup_the evidence„
and the 'hill? impiediately :found- the prisoner;
Guilt
Jataee Cooper was indicted' for borglarionsly
breaking And entering the dwelling-house of
Thomas Wells, in the night of the 21st August,
with, intent to steal, and' stealing therein a quan-
tity of wearing apparel, and other articles, the
Property of the said Titaness Wells ; and Eliza-
beth Cooper, the wife of the said James Cooper,
. vas also indicted fur receiviligHthe,same, know-
ing it to be stolen.
The prosecutor, who lived in Goswell-street,
'proved tlitit on-the night preceding the day of the
robbery being discovered,.he Made every thing se-
cure previous to his and his family's retiring to.
rest ; next moraing; hieever, he found that 'his
house bad been entered, and a v;:riety of articles
had he en stolen, witkli had' been deposited'ovee
, night drit'kver. The tceis prodricett various
in ricks constituting part of' the property stolen,-
and which were fount! on searching the lodg:ngs of
the prisoners. A hot: war> also found,. containing
a number duplicates Of other articles of the prose-
ettiocs properly, 'which the pawnbrokerte proved •
vi*.ere pledge'', by the filmile prisiiner.
'ate.tiee. IlisA,Tit, an suninong up the
deuce, infornajd the Jury that they might tirrOw
out of theii consideration the capital, part of the
charge, there being HO satisfactory proof of the
breaking and. entering iq the niyht time, nor had
city value been put upon cite -property stolen. As •
;to the female prisoner, too, they Would have to-
. cousider whether site might not with propriety he.
acgaitted, as it might, without any great stretch
or prohability, he :inferred, that .she had: acted
onder the inifoenee of herhusband.
• The `'Jury accordingly' found. ,fames COoper
Guilty of stealitig under 'the value of 405.; and
Otioheth (...00per Not fittilty.
L'ooper was tigailt. 'indicted for breaking
and entering the dittelling4oiise of Win. Demp-.
star, the. wile of the said Wirt Dempster being,
within et the time, with intent to steal, atrae-
, tunny stealing a shawl, Value 20s.
Th.., duplicate of the ehsatvl, Vvhieh had been.
phnlged for was found upon. the prisoner. Mrs.
i...)enipsttlr valued it only at the sum for width it
bad been pledged.
The prisoucr, his defence', as he had also al-
tege( whet) W 'as.,lasttakeu into custody, said.
.1
that he purchssed the Thiplicate, for 3s. of u person
. who hail Since gooey) sea.
Justice a left it to thelory to Con-
sider the probability of this story, and they, with=
out hesitation, found the prisoner :
Wolf WAY '
.Barnet Levy and ha
Abrahains were inTheted -
'for felOniously ti
on the King's highwhy,
John Robinson, piittink hitn in' fear; 'and taking
Provo his person and against his:Will, on the evelF.-
ing of the 9tli install:, a gold seal and a metal
chain and Rey,-Of the %%line of 2i;
'Hie prosecutor stoned, that on the evening, n
clue anion; Anon nits. o'elock, as he was po.sing
'Wong lirick-latic.„-Siiiij.hlield, he ,was met by five
-men, two 01 whimi were the prismiers ut the intr.
flar,net Levy ritAied.itpon the pro,,eentor, hit hint
in tilt. thrwit his elbow 01. fist, and ne it
6ii%ingled 16111 getting ale same time,
of the prosecutor's watcn,chain, licit, with the
seal and key,' he' broke' oft from t watch, tont
• then ran away. Tile prosecutor called out stop
thief,", and rail after Barnet Levy. Ile had pur-
sited him for about 150 yards, and was gutting so
near to Levy that • he must have taken him, when
the other prisoner (Abrahams) hit the prosecutor
a blow in the I;,lck of the neck, -which enabled
.L.t'y to escape. The prmeottor did pot. see the
priso4ers tal;en ; but. he :san/..ftlein vtitt the
Wodueday at..Llautbeth-street °dice.
Lle was certain. of Abe mcn, and had known them
both befOre. lie had known theta for several
years, • •
11101el'i tie ()Meer, in consequence of the hi tot'-
FCCeived froni the ploseentor, took tip
tip: prsoners on the ,Monaay after the
He forma nything theft}} entice of rbtoiL
- a number of iv itneti..ies, joys, gave.
both prisoners a goc.)4 character.
• The prosecutor, whO -had said he had known
the pri,.:oners for years,,-wits asked what wa.3 the 4.
-Vbaraetee he had kaQwn.of the prisoner c When

be Si id, be bad known them for the last 41irtr
year, 8 bearing the character of reputed thieves.
'life lather of Levy came forward
,jut is the
Learned Judge (11Eirrit) was aboul to address
.t be 44rYi anti begged to be heard io behalf of his.
sone klis.ohjt Wds to prove, an al.ifl on tht.- part.
of 13arnet1 evy, .by swearipg thai on the evening
'of the rol;hery, the prisoner Levy had been in
company with him, at his house from half-past
seven; t% hen he came home front the
,Synagogue,
till ten, or within a quarter of ten o'clock.
The prosecutor %vas again .called', and statQd,
that propositions had been, to lrin on 'the
part of the hither, tin ongh a pers,m,ol the 'none
o Johnstone, who, if he were present, cont(' also
*prove the fact, of giving hitn gold se;',lN and
if be would not prosecute the present in-
dictment.

Mr. JUStiC6-11E,Mr11 pointed out to the Jury.tbe
improbability of the story told by the father,
‘ihen,eompared With the conduct of the prisoner
himself before the Magistrate, wild, having asked
him. what he had td allege why he should not he
committed for‘ trial, instead of. brinr,ing. forward
his father,' to prove that he liad heal! with hiin at
the time, and therefore could not have,comniitted
Ilitrobbery, stated, that he 3lir,uld rescue what
he had to say till a future occasion.. He did not
then think of an alibi, which,indeed,'it.appeared,
ibeirlte defence set no tyy the other prisougr
Abrahams.

The .lury, without lie•itation;:foUnd both ."the
prisoners Guilly-,—Death.
S'aralt Stevens was indicted ,for stealing"
Bank Of. England note,: two ,Bank dollars . of
value of I Is., and three 3,i. tokens, of thexalueOf
95., the property of Elizabeth- Freeman, in, her
d welling:4loost.
The prosecutrix stated, that on Om 9th olAn-
gust , she placed the note, awl dollars, and tokens,
nvitioned in the *indictment, in, a drawer in the
room, the prisoner, who lodged in her first (Ivor,
being present at the time. Both the .prosecatrix.
and prisoner afters ards went out. Next tiff, the
note, dollars, and tokens, were gone. The pri,
.soner denied all knowledge -of them ; hut., on
searching her, the note and dollars were fotindin
her bosom, and the tokens lying nn her bed. The
prosecutrix could shear to the note and to one of
'token. :It appeared that prosec.ntrix , and
prisoner.. were unfortunate women,
The Jury found the prisoner (ailty,of
_the.sbn-
pie felony, in stealing to the amount of 235.
Samuel 411'Citze and Jamnes. Woodland were in-
dieted for *stettling Et Kink note for 251 two Bank.
tunas. for 201: each, several 51.: and 11. Bank.notes,
two guineas in gold-, a. silver pint pot, and a va-
riety of other articles; the property of John flam 7
moil, in the dwelling-house ot.Alice
It appeared, that the prisoners having overheard
the prosilcutor, about twelve o'clock at' night, in
the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, ask a watch-
man whom he met to procure him lodgings, of-
fered to skew him where
,he conld be, accommo-
dated-, and accordingly took him to a place 'called
Dillon'ii-court, where he remained all night. On
wak;ng at six o'clock in the morning, however;
he discOvered that all his property was gone, with
the exception 018 shirt and pair of stockings.
On each 01 the prisoners, when apprehended, a
consitle.rable stint of money was J'ound, andit was
idso'pi;oved.that thy. had, in company ingetht,r;
made a variety of purchases Of neeessaty :itticks
of dress. To none of the property'foml, how-
ever, oould the proSecinor
.swear; except to one
note for 51„whieh was found Upon the person. of
APQr,ae. -

In these circumstances, the Jury found Samuel
APCilie Guilty, and James Woodland Not Guilty.
The Learned Judge, in the circuinstances of
the case,, refused to allow the prosecutor his ex-
,
reuses.
James Fellows was capitally convicted for as-
saulting Jonathan Whitaker on tl,e King's high—
way, putting him in fear, and taking floor his per-
son, and against his will, a silver watch, and live
3s. Bank tokens, his property.

.IgII)DrAE,S4g, SESIONS, SZVT: IG,

puly'r ER POI'S.

Our readers will recollect, that few flays pg 4
as inforndttion was lodged at the Public O 1 ce,
Row-street, before Mr. Nitres and Mr. RichardsOn
the Magistrates; against Muncell Powell, a publi-
can, for sending beer to. be drank out of hi', house.)
id a VCStiCI belonging to him, containing less than
one gollon,. vie; a quart ports, and, that he was
convicted of the same tinder the I 2th Gen:. I.;c.
sect. 7: in the penalty of -40 s. :Wherettpon he
gaye: notice of, appealing against the said convic-
tiOO to the Sessions'; and this day it was expect-
ed that ,the' subject would have been discussed;
but when the Magistrates came to look into the
Act of Charles-11. tha,t gives jurisdiction mat-
ters of appeal, they found that the person con-
victed could "only appeal to a. General- Qufirter
Session, add this being but an AdjOaroed SesL
sion they could not lifear, it, and -the conviction
therefore remains, unless, at the next SessiOnS;
which will tle the -25th October,- the. Appellant
rnakes' another applicatiotL
In a pauper's ease, It 'was dec.ided,,. that the
hiring of a bed merely to sleep in, without, hay-
iug the entire use of the room, does dot give a
pauper a legal settlement in a parish.

, On Saturday se'linight, as the wife of Mr. Co-
lin Al' Knight, innkeeper, Newtown, 'near Car-
lisle, was proceeding, along Caidew-bridge, 'she
Was alarmed by a horse with a cart, which 'had
taken fright, and was gailoping furiously along.
In her hurry to, avoid this danger, and owing to
the duskiness of the night; she did lint o..,erve
second horse and cart, which, having 4150 taken
fright, closely followed the former. The animal
cometfuently came against her with such vio-
lence, that:she-was precipitated Over the battle-'
nidnt of the hridge, n.arly 20 feet,
into the channel of, the river, .and- wtis taken
with one of her. arms shockingly'fraCturcd;
of her ribs broken, and various seycre briiiseS•
Qn Wednesdays,..Loocs 13everley, a glazier, fell
from a ladder;' at HoddentOeld, a tit,'and
iostantlyThe same day, a boy.was,drowned
near liunslet Sunday yOung-
playing with one of the coal waggons, on Huns-
t Mnor, Was'hilied- by lbe waggon tanning over