The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-29 00:00:00

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Thomas Dooley, who was negnitted at the Ohl"
o:n Thiirsaay, of the robbery its Bedfout-
lane, was. yi's!.s.-fdtty brought- up by rearke3 and
Bishop, onithe•charge of another footpad:rob-:
ben, , when a Minn raj the name of agave .attemlet,'
and stated, that on the morning of the I.2th
sciou after out; Weluck, as he-was returning frOan
Leatheillead to hi, residence at Ewell, he was
alarmaby the voices of'seVeral persOns approach-.
ing-towards him ; they appeared:to-be going the
Same Way as he was, which induced- him to call to
them; they CAME; up. to 1.630, and asked hint where
l►© was •going;" he replied, to it.9,om. They
walked and talked together for aeonsiderable way,
when one. of the men stepped forward; and the
two others .walked behind,; this circumstance
alarmed him ; for although he sonletimes -walked-
in sometimes onthe footpath, they.
pc.rsisted, in; keeping) to the sante arrangemant.. He
had frequent couvemation- with theta, and' a WI
view of their persons. Suspecting they intended
to, rob haa, lie ;told them he was. a journeyman
pbstert.ir, and had been to Lpatherhead: to receive
some money, hut.. as. disappointed. whcu they.
got to the end of a lane, 'one -of the Inca, who he
had no doubt was the prisoner, and wjlpA he saw
on Thursday tried at the-Old I?kailey, sOited hint
by, the throat,. and told him be should. go no fur-
ther tint he gave him what money he had. The
prisoner. told. hat he would murder- hint if he
resisted., and held a bludgeon over his bead with
one hand, while he held his throat with the other.
One ofhis comp,a ions called to the prisoner, and
desired .ltim not, to murder hijn. He then, took
from his pocket a dollar muta4hilling, and. de-
livered them, to the prisoner. One of the other
men, who he had trio :doubt was. the man tried,
with the prisoner at. the Old bailey, called to the
prisoner, and desired that, he might• be searched,
to.ascertain if he bad got,a watch or other pro-
perty worth taking, ,but hg had none. The .pri-
soners and his companions then dragged him across
the road, and were endeavouring to pull him through
a gap in the hedge, but he iutreated their mercy.—.-.,
Dooley said, ilite make noise he Nvoultl murder him,
and i wilted and made hint take off his coat, and waist-
coat. The prisoner then took of his hat and searched
it, and returned it ; they then made hint take off his
shoes, and one man tried if they' would lit him.
He then supposing Dooley was artrred .with
knife, and was going to stab lam, offered them
all his clothes to spare-his life. Anderson called
to the prisoner, and desired that he would not
hurt him. The prisoner replied, with horrid oaths,
and said he made more disturbance than the man
they were robbing. ilirisoner then took hint to a
place in the held, whe:.t he threatened Iliac if he
moved.froun that, place, or made the least alarm,
for a certain length of time, they shoidd return
and murder him. He rtnia led in that posi-jon
and place a considerable awe, when hearing Wale

voiceg in the road, he began to naive, and loon'
his great coat anal shoes.
The Officers produced. a comb and other pro
perty- which tllcv,fonnd upon. prisoner,.and hie.;
Mr. Hoare i:lentified.—Committcd for trial al
the ensuing Assizes for Snrrey.
The benevolent Mr. Weh4 is so„rnuelt ,besot
tiul annoyed with a„gang sturdy o(1u that:
hi Solicitor has eivagcd a Police Constable t:
trr.end in Grosvenor-street to protect hint. 0,,
l'hursdavr the Officer.. observed -a boy. ivith
pocket-busk in his hand, waiting-
.for Mr. Webb.
It was traced to be the prOpertv of a Mr. Brown,
of Pheenix-street, Lambeth. TheOilleer brought
the, boy to :the Office, when a woman attended,
who ,remembered seeing him .go out. of
,the shop
on Thursday:morning. She missed, the :iiocket-
book, which had been taken Ont a tu
Committed for trial.,