The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-29 00:00:00

OLD BA .4EY

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Yesterday-Joseph gitis, alias.lrcdd, was indicted
for robbing !miles 'll.litithews, of af2oi. and two lot,
notes, his property,- The prosecutor and the pri-
. soner, it appeared; had been dining together at
hn eating,-house in 'Mych-street ; after dinner
Matthews went one,*but missing his pocket-hook 1,
returned, when he found it lying on the floor.—
He slept at a friend's house that night, to whom
he gave his pocket-book in charge ; be did .not 1
• miss the note till next morning.- The. constable
swore, than he apprehended the prisoner, upon
whom he. found several notes; the :prosecutor
,could not identify'thein, except onera ten pound
note, which he supposed to he his, because it was
welt torn, like the one ‘vhich be lost.
Lord ELLENeoaouon conceived the evidenee.to_
be iusutlicieut,. and the Jury acluitted the pri`-
sOner.
Joseph Fergus (black) Was,:inaiated for a high,.
way robbery. Mrs.Trevitt, the to4,..,;:utrix, said,
that oo the evening 'of the. fob'4iy, as she was
walking down Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, a man
passed by her, and snatched a small muslin bag
from her hand ; she could not see of what Colour
he was: the maa,ran away, and, within
,five mi-
nutes, a man
.wai'brought to her by the watch-
man, with the bag, containing, the same articles
Which were in her bug : she.. had no doubt• that
the bag was her's but she.could not identify the ;
.prisoner. James France heard 'a. cry of "stop
thief;" saw the prisoner'running towards him at
about the distance of 12 yards, and some persoils .
behind him ; the witness stood still himself to
wait till he should come up, .but the prisoner turn-
ed short and ran down St.SlTotd-street, with one
band confined, as it holding something; witness
pursued and caught him by the collar ; and at. this
moment some person crjed out: .that the prisoner.
had dropped something ;' he looked and saw a•
bag, which was picked up by the constable ; he
saw that the man whom he seized was a black man.
Ralph Gallia, coining by, saw the witness sei Ze
the prisener, and saw the* bag drop; he obseiwod
that the man was a black.

"he Watchtmin heard the Cl)' of'' stop thief,"
and saw a man running, and afterwards taken ; is
sure the prisoner is the same man.
Several respectable witnesses, who had known
the prisoner from childhood, gave him an excel-
lent character; he was equally well spoken of.hy
two model-lots, and a fife-major of the Coldstream
Guards, in which. rqiinent. he had' been as one of,
the band for the last 18 nionths.
Mr. Baron TnouPsotrdireeted the Jury to ac-
quit the prisoner of the capital part of the offence
as there wits no proof of rfolence. '
The Jury brought in a verdict of " stealing
front the person Only."
.batitt Griffith and John Durham Were indicted
for putting Peter Ryan in bodily fear, and steal-
ing from his person a watch, value 3t..
Peter Ityan deposed, that on the e'..cning of the
Bth Of September, as' he was going through White.
• chapel with his wit, and carrying some halfpence
in one hand, and a basket in the other, he was
met by the two prisoners and a woinan : the wo-
Man pushed hint, and knocked the liallpen'ee out
of his band, which induced him to :illovo her aff:
the men then came up and struck hint, and knock—
ecl him 'down : while he, was on the ground, he
felt Griffith deals, the watch front his .pocket.
When be recovered hithself, he went to theLain-*
'bolt Police Of and took: the prisoners at a
public-house in Wentworth-street. '
Miller; the 'olice-Officer, deposed to.the apne—f
!tension of the prisoners. Nit watch was tutted,.
.
upon either of them.

err their defence, the prisoners alleged 0)14 elle
persecutor had run against a woman Who
company with them, as she was going.6tit of ftte
puidic-house, but kVbil,shc yet ,in it z that in
conicquence, a quarrel and fight ensued between
them Alter which the prosecutor went away, imt
did not for'soine tune afterW'ards say 4 word thout
his watch, A little While afterwards they wort,
both apprehended.
The statement was corroborated by, tunr wit-
nesses who were on' the spot. The Jury gave ere-.
slit to their testimony, and acquitted the prisoners