The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-10 00:00:00

SMUGGLERS.,

funies, Teal and 11 illiaut Butcher were charged'-,
'with unlawfully assembling, with divers others,'
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armedwith
°fire arms and :deadly weapons; and ob-
structing Ilevenne Officers in the exechtion.of their
duty, contrary to the. At of the 19th Of King
George H. •
• - Ann Payne; about '.twenty-six ,years of 'age, 'of
)Dartford,: in Kent,. stated; that she had cohabited
With it man of the name of -.Cahn Sisley about tt.ti
'years, who got his. living- principally by.smuggling,
and. that she used*to dress in man's•clothes, and go
our. with him to assist in the smuggling of liquor,
• she rode on horseback as a man, and used to be
armed With pistols. A few days previous.. to-
Christnas, _ Went- on. horseback, dressed-as a
Man, in company - with John: Sisley, John Doe, a
than who was 'called Old Tom, and the 'Prisoners,
in order la smuggle. forty-eight 'kegs' cif Hollands
gin from.-Shepherd's, at Deal, The-kegs 'were gut.
safe on. shore in the night, she had threekegs•put
upon her horse to take care of, .and ;the men. had-
three.kegs each on the•herse they rode, and each-of
them,led a .horse, which carried .six kegs:
They proceeded safe son their _ journey, withotit
any interruption, till the following night, near Hol-
liogbourn„ in Kent, when they were met by4WO
Excise. Officers,. named Duly and Cocks, who'e•-•
sired them to " fall down" their. goods.. Sisley an=
swered, they aid not mean to lose theft ;
Sisley' made an
„attack upon Duly, the Officer,
and struck his horse a violent blow ~with, a stick,
,which.knocked the animal down, and on its recover-
ing itself, ran away.full speed.' The Officer, of
course. was" hrown froM his horse, and Sisley struck
him while he was down. Sisley and' the Prisoner
Butcher had pistols, brit they did not use them ; the
others had -large sticks, such as are generally carried
by stouggle:s. The Witness and Old Tom rode, oit
and made their esCape with fhe liquor, -While' the
Officers'were. engaged in the affray with the others-.
few days after the Prisoner Butcher Cache to SiS:- •
ley's house at Dartford; and told Sisley, in her pre-
:since, that the Officers' had cut Off John Doe's
.straps and stirrups, and threw the kegs over a hidgei
,arid that he went -again that night to the spot, and
recovered most of the kegs, and -concealed them in
Sione Wood, near Dariford, till a favourdble Oppor-
tunity *offered to convey them home': The Prisoner,
Butcher,: received a severe hloW on the leg front the
Otlieer6; and the _Prisoner, Jeal, had part 'of one of
'his ears cut off; and John Doe had t piece of one of
his.'elhows cut o • •

Daly anti Cocks, the Officers, _confirmed that pall.-
,
of her .stater with --resped. to their attack at.
2,1 r. GLEAD, the Bairister, attended for the Pri-
soners, and requested. that the infoirnation she had
given on. a 'former day inight.be read; which be-.
iitg &Ale, it appeared that she then sWore;that all
'she knew of the business was told her by Sisley, the
man she lived' with. - • : . .

Mr. READ asked her which account she tl eant to
abide by. ? , • • •
• Slid replied, the account she had then given.
Mr. GLLAP then contended, that as the'Witness
wAs an accomplice, and there was no corroboration
ofhertestimony of .the Prisoners and their compa-
nions beiu6 armed; .the Charge' could not 'stand. ' •
Mr. Rrr:D, however, "considered 'the-evidence of
the Officers corroboration of her testimony, and
ilthuld, therefore, send. them to trial fora Jury to
decide.: •

I\IIItI.BOIIOWGII-STREET.—Yesterday Henry Dicks,
the-hackney-coachman yho stood charged with be-
ing an accomplice in a burglary, in the house of Mr:
Hann-net, near LaMbeth Church, in the afternobri of
•Siniday'se'nnight, under Went a final examination.
'lt has been stated that.linen.:drapery goods, to the
amount of 5001.. were stolen-froth the house, and
that-the prisoner wAte.seen front three -o'clock until-
past five waiting with a hackney-coach near the
'treatises; Four witnesses swore positively, that the
prisoner' was waiting two hours at the Bell public-
house, Church-street, near to 'where the. burglary
was committed, and that he was joined by two other
men, .with "%horn he ate and drank. • Previous to the
departure of the prisoner, a fourth persoh entered,
the-tap-room with a bundle; whore the prisoner, fol-
lowed ont,- The coach, NO. 11.77, 'which 'the pri-
sOiter drove, the witnesses' described tO'be a green
hodicd.. one. I.ri. .his defence,' the • prisoner: denied
hivingleen across the Water on the Sunday;- and
three witnesses swore to haVing seen•hiWwith, his
hac4ney-COach, which" was 'of an oratige-coloured
bOdy; at Knightsbridge, at five and half past seven
O'Clock, Which was about the time heiwas said to
have been seen at Larnbeth;.ind other were ready
to substantiate the alibi ; but the' Nagislrate thought
the evidence for the .prosectltion Sufficiently strong,'
and7theprisoner was committed for trial.. •

bn
Ihefolli use in 4'alliarnentr.fteet.'l)t,'s
fin,lfte Lady of Lietttenant-,Colonel S4:rxison, of a.
Oh Thursday, at Aihfcird; in Kent, the Larifiif Pr. Wil-:
mot,.of a Son.
On Friday last. at Chatham Lines, Kent, the Lady' 01.
Captain Fyers, of the Royal Frtgineets, of a lion.` •
- • The same day, at Havant, the.. Lady of Major Craufurct,
of a Daughter. ,
Lately, if his hotiSeirigerkeley"-squart, the Lady gfir fic-
rpas'Buckler Lethriidge, P. of a DaugiNT.:..;.:. -‘
• On the,9th inst. Mrs. Shcpe, of Bedfocri-row, of a pgugu'!:.

On SundaY morning, the Lady of B. C. Stephenteii; Esq•
of+lertford-street, of & P,alieliter.
. The same day, in 13edrord:r&N,. Files Lad}' of 't tin P:avict:
son, Esq. of i•Son. 7, " • • :.
—Lately-, the Lady. t:if Charles. pay,. glq. of Nest
~CoNycgr!
in the Isle of Wight, of.; §on.

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