The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-15 00:00:00

FRIENEiLY SOCIETIES.

= Rotrt -Shepherd and :MN Schyield were indiaed
for feloniously stc'aling 71.. in cash, the .property of
Edmund Else; 'of' the Reed Inn, in Rochdale.
Theiwere'also indi6ied for stealing the s:nue, the
property of a number 41 persons calling them-
selves the Orange Society, for the befit of sick
members.
It appeared that the money was the contents of
the box belonging to the Society, left in the care
of the Landlord, which the PricOners, together
with two others, '•fortned -themselves into a gang,
for the purpose of stealing ; also for stealing all the
boxes round the COl3llll-r. The contents-of the
box were stolen horn the Society's room on the 13th
of June. • , •
_ _ _

The Stewards of die Society. proved -that they left.
the above suntin the box,and 'ere notable to open
it with their-keys afterwards.
Joseph Turnery-an• accotnpiice of the- Prisoners,
'trho was admitted -King's evidence, stated, that they
Aid agreed to rob th•e.boxes tilornging Ina otimber -
of benefit 'vide:ties. O)e 12lb, otLiu •they
. went. to the:Reed- Inn,•Rochdaltiiand-toOk •azi op-
portunity, :when none 61 • the_ f?o,nity' Were-in•• the
way, of slipping upstairs, and went into the room'
where the, box. of ,thie; taiiAtige•Society• iYa4 kept,;: -the
Prisoners and another accomplice. :attacked the •box,'
' &bite'.he:remitined at 'tiff door to Waicly:if any
son was doming up- the Prisoneriirftmceit open-
- the lid of the box, and he heard theittroney' ;,
atter, they had accorriplished . their ionjed, they
walked out of the town ouct ttivided the•nioney-i he
received far his shale initt--guinea,-
line-pieces, and a.qualltity of halfpence,. • •
On his cross.eramMattoti.ray Mt-. YATES; he de-
nied having offer-od five sbillcup. to any, tiody..Who
would tell him where aLsick box 'was kept.: He
confessed that he was spooked - at- What. -they.iiad;
done. •
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James Else, the :,on of: the landlord;:proved.see-
ing the Prisoners and the: bsi .Wittlebs m.the roDua
where the but wa3-Itpt on the day that it was
rubbed. .

• Jones, a constable., who-had the:Prisoners in' CllS-
tOdy, said, he 'heard Schotkid say t&Shepherd, he
supposed heitad told-alt be knew about,tue.boxes,:,
supposing that he bad turner; King's. evidente-
Schofield said he con.d tell a better tale than any of
them, and that Shepherd had got;enough•: to. be
hanged, or be was the same as hiniselt, aad
foux houses •- they bad- broken.,.open and:
robbed,. This.convlosation. passed when they were •
being "conveyed to Lanc,ister, outside a coach.--
He that. they had.. robbed the -
lAA, belonging to the Orange Societyi -or Orange,
Buys. • •
They were both found. Guilty on the count in
in the indictment, charging them with stealing tbe,
money as the property-ot. the laneilerd, but ere
Acquitted on _the count` charging it with being the
property of the Members. of the Society, on ac-
count of the Secretary. .not producing the book
where their names were entered, but only a copy.
from 4. ' •

Joseph Ward; a piiVate belonging to-the 6th Re-.
gictient*.of Light Dragoons, was incli6ted for steal-.
ing-qt Bill of Exchange lAA- 261. Is. the property
of Ruth and Thomas Holden, shopkeepers., of
Boho,r;
Oil the 23d of Sleptember, 1808, the. Prosectitrix
received the bill from Mrs. Dobkin,, and put it into
a drawer where she was in theihabit of keeping
money. A short time afterwards, while she was
from the shop, she' found the 'bill had beeh stolen,
and having just before seen the Prisoner near the
back-door; she suspected him. The same`" ay the
Prisoner marched frorn the •town. The Prosecutor,
Thomas Holden, followed hini to, Chorley, and
charged him with the robbery, but be &tiled it.
James Peddar, Esq. a banker of Preston, proVed
his.discountmg the bill for the Prisoner on -the 26th
of September, 1808.
Lieutenant Ferguson, belonging to the 6th Regi-
ment of Light Dragoons; said the Prisoner was born
in the regiment, and gave him an excellent charac-
ter.—Lizii/tv.,
John. Parry was charged with the crime of bicra-
z
my, he having .married Ellen Livesey, in the year
,1794, and having married another woman in the
_year 1804,, while his first wife was 'Mug..
Richard Livesey was called to prove the first mar-
riage with his.sister....He also-,proved,that•the Pri-
scutr went for a soldier, and when he came back
his sister ran away' frorwhito ; and when she return-
Acl,she was snmuch altered he dtd .notknow , her.
He thought .she might be, absent seven teara or
more;. but, in ta‘A, this man could not be fixed to
_any. tune : .consequence of which
The Learned Jtrnot was of opinion, this case
came withiU the:meaUing of one. of 'the .exceptions
.in the Act of Parliament,. which stares. that if a man.
and wife are separated for seven. years, so that they
have no intercourse with each other,. to know that
either party is living, :They are privileged to marry
agairi. .
'The Juryfoond.the Prisoner—Not Guilty. •

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