The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-27 00:00:00

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111/iNstoN-BousE.—A,
_young ,wortfan, lamed
SArah Howard, charged
,a hackney coat:lnput with
the loss of her trunk, containing the, .ring app.a-
rel, 'money, and, hi fati,„every thing she had in, the
world. •

The Prosecutrix stated that, on Saturday she ar-
rived in town freneShrewsbury, in the stage coach.
Being desirous to get over to the Borough, the stage
coach stopped with her at the corner of the Old Bai—
ley, whereher baggage, ,consisting of a large trunk,
two baskets, end three; small bundles, were. takea
out, and the Prosecutrix having called a coach, gave ,
therP-in chaige of the hackney,coachman, desiring
hint to convey them, the Prosecetrix, and a girl ,
Who accompanied her, 'to the Boraugh, The coach-
man said, " you have a great deal of luggage, What
do you -think L- will 'ch irge you for it 1" The Pro-
secutrix answered, 'that whatever' he charged he
should be paid it. It was then settled Ural the
coachman, who was the Prisoner at the 'bar,
should receive mss. While the parties were set-
;thug these preliminaries, a man caine up, and •
in the presence of the. chat:thwart laid his hand
en the , large. trunk, belonging to , the Prosecutrix,
asking which was the heaviest The Prosecutrix
answered, that one .was the .heaviest on -which he
l'i4l his hUtid. 'The man preceeded to Move it. in a
dire(tion towards the. cettele tel the Prisoner, el-
!edging that he was .going to teem: The cushions, at'
the saute time left thePrOsecutrix, ho reteji tied to
look after the tithe' parcels. Wlioe PfOst:Ontri.X
.wps about to go into the coach, she :eked the girl
.who accompanied hete'and who hat! at the first gone
.into the coach, it' all the :loggae had been brought,
irn The girl.said, that the large trunk lead pot beep
brought hie, the coach; that she had kept her eye-.
on the trunk, end on every other part oithe legge gee .
till the coachman came up ; asked her what We'
was looking at; desired her to sit farther back; and
putting his foot on the step, reached his body into
the coach, .ley which the girl's view was for soate
• minutes interrupted.. The coachman denied all know,
ledge' of the person who had carried off the trunk,
The Presecetrix, on arriving at the place of Ler des•
tinatiep, tool. the Prisoner's Du:Wier and address,
and had .him Owtrunk
Owe 'hike° into custody. The
contaiped, besides a veriety of wearing epperel, se,
verat articles ot bed and table lieenesilver.selts,
lard-put, spoons, teeernarked S.' ; silverhutions,
large and areal!, marked J. J. ; several remnants; .
pieces of black and white lace ; a elenote, three •
halt guineas in gold, arid some shillin s. '
The girl who eccothpaeied the Prosecutrix com—
pletely ceireborated her statement. The. Coachman
on writing up to her, and observing thet she-,con,
t i need, to look otit of .the coach window, asked what '1
she eves 'poking at, desired her to go to the farther
side, then mounted on the step, petting his hand one:
theeushioes, bat not moving them. lt: the Prisoner
had not caused heteto remove fronethe positron she
occupied, the trunk could net have been carried off
without heepereeivieeeit.
The Prisoner alledged that lie took no charge Of the
leegage. Tbet he knew nothing of the person who, ,
carried. (ache trunk, and could net beeespensible,
weeiebei pQrgi-1114, have cotlw up while
the Proseeutrik and he were die:out-Aug. •
T4.,Loap MaYmt asked, how
ad it happened that the
Prisoner h net been a.: his okkei house during the
night ell which the robbery took place
_ Th,c: Prisoner gave no answer.
Leadbeater,
,the Officer who took the Prisoner in 7
to custody, said that he went, eeo a •to • panic by the
Prosecutrix,_ to the Prisoner's place of residence,
where they saw the Prisoner's wite. They inquired
of her,, what was the: number of his coach • This
she.pretended not to know'; but they already knew it.
She gave them, his master's address, but no such
person was kpown at the place to which they were
direehpd, She inttemed them' that the Prisoner
commonly came botoebet were the nours of Le and
u'clockin the morning, and that the best time for
seeing him was between s and in the tnorpitig.-
Ihey went to his house next morning, about nine
o'clock, and were-informed he had nut been et,hetue
alt night. ,
• It -ppeared, in addition, that the coach had not
been duly entered.
The Loan MAyoa ordered the Prisoner to be re-
tnanded.eill Friday, 'and 1 felleleseription ot the at,
tides contained in the trunk to he made out in the
mean time, and every exertion to be esed,for tracing
teem, • •
Mr..Chaff'ers, who menages the. business of Mr.
Watson,. Pawnbroker, Wetliog-street, charged a
young . non ,of the name
,ot Pearson with, calling
at Mr. WitAgontsShOp,.On S4turthiy 1: eriing, and of,
ferieg. in pledge nine yards of White *ice, which
afterwards turned out: to be the property Of
Maskliate, a Manchester merchant, also ie Wat-
hip-street with whom the Prisoner lived as porter.
Mr. Chaffers stated, that the Prisoner had repeat-
' edly, within the last six kQeks, come to Mr, Wet-
sores shop. with remnants of calico to pledge The
WitneS3 suspecting they were not his ow-11 property,
more than (Thee interrogated him as'to how he came
by' them, • Particularly on: Saturday, he insisted on,
sending to inquire whether such a person es he te-
le-teemed himself to be, resided in Crooked-lane,
he stated to be his place of residence: The
Prisoner professed- himself .to, be satisfied with this
determmation of the winless, put requested that he.
• might .be allowed to go to the POst•ottice with three
letters, which he had in his pocket, wheat he would
return and ay.company tee winless to tee place
whe're .he resided. This the witness roused. The
Prisoeer attempted. to' belt out of the shop, but was
secured, and given into custody ; when. it appeared,
in what yammer he had . become possessed of the
property.
At the request of the master, the Lottp MAYOR
Cutleined_lo allow the PriOheettiepter on board the
tender.

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PUALIC °PUCE, AlAite..buitoyG4l-6TRECTo—Yefi-
tgr(i.ly
,at eight &deck, rt charge of riot. and
Axas preferred by Niontvie Laval, of NO. 1 ,
Blyclges-street, tailor and drapi.?r, against Edward
in_the 24th LigtitDiadons,
411,1.1011 d hI. hrOtiier,-wito to his Lithirr,
the.aie7brewer, In Little Pnitney-street. Pru=
sLcutor stated; that at 10 9'4:luck at night, on the 10th
lust, the Dvieudants came taeltis shop and .itsli•et.i

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c No. .t Str;-:ahl; 'where .e/drelii.SrMrntS, 0/(104 for.thc 'CiPI 7, I otters fvr the it.ditor, 6x. (post-paid), mutt be addressed.