The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-02 00:00:00

OfiV GAIL EY.

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Yesterday the Sessions cona-nencee berate the;
I.litt,ht Hon. Lord ELLENE-OR.)Uq!-I, Mc. Baton
THomrsoni; Mr. Justice LAWRENCE, the LORD
hi AVOR , nRCORDER , and City O.n, - .

John Dolson, an al bletie you- ng mats, was capitally
ie,dieted for a highway'rob6ery.
John Ics-tirick, the Prosecutor, who is a soldie- in
'Power Hamlets Militia, stated, that on the 22d
of Uctoher, about one o'clock, as he was coming
through Old-street, on- his way to Golden-lane, the
Prisoner and .mother man came up to him inn very
friendly manner; and that the Vriscner a,ked him
whether he knew The' Piow,utor could not
recoiled hitn, and the two men laid hold of his arms
very closely, when he felt aj, rk at his watch-pocket,
and he afterwards saw his watch chain hanging Out
of the Prisoner's coat pocket. The other man then
ran away, and the Prisoner put his hand into Ken'
lick's side pocket and took his pocket-book, which
he immediately put into his own. The ProLecutOi
then challenged'ilim with the robbery, and a Mr;
Cullum, a cabinet-m2ker, appeared, who saw the
transataion over his window. The Prisoner Mime-.
diately gave the Prosecutor a violent blow, whieh
knocked him agi:nst the wail, and ran.away ; .ht*
was, however, closely pursued, and having gone uo.
a court, • from which there was no thoroughfare, he
returned with a knife in his hand, and was secured
by tLe next witness.
Joseph Prince, Headhorough of St. Luke's, stated,
that bearing the cry of'' Stop thief," and seeing the
Prisoner running, he endeavoured to stop imn. The
Prisoner made use of horrid expression, and thrent-
erred to knock him down, hut the witness persived,
and after a short struggle, he, with the assistance ut
the people colle6ted, secured and searched him.—
Nothing was found on his person, hut the pocket•
book was found near to the place where he was
searched.

Mr. John Walden stated, that having heard of the
robbery, he went up the court, through which the
Prisoner endeavoured to make his escave, and found
a watch, whit the -chain and seals, wh:cli the Prose-
cutor had descrintd, lying in a yard adjoining hio
own, and which was separated from the court by a
five feet wall.

Mr. Cullum corroborated the soldier in his account:
of the robbery.
The Prisoner made no defence, and the Jury,with-
out hesitation,. found him Guilty—Death.
illary Haines was indicted tor burgbriously en-
tering the dwelling-house nf Mr. Greggs, at Aaon,
and stealing a 21.• note and some articles of plate.—
Tie circumstances of the robbery, with which our
rea;lers are already ilegnainted, were delailL4, but the
Prosecutorhaving gi% en her a good chai.cter for ho-
nesty during, the six years th.lt she -was in his set.
vice, and - stated, that suhjetc.l to fits of de.
rangement, which she crideay._ t to core by
drinking spirituous liquors, but wni:±., his opi,
pion, increased hi-r disorder, the jury ocrii.ltied her.
Ann Cooper was inditatd for ..stealing a silver
watch, and a number of articles of wearing apparel
from a dWelling-house. .The substance of the eV.,
dence was, that the Prisoner went to lodge in an
apartment belonging to Mr. Chapman, the Prose.•
tutor, and after she had lodged in the,house seven
days, she, on the night of tile 3d of October, afitl
Mr. and Mrs.. Chapman had gone to sleep, took 024
watch from the bead of their bed, and three or four
Suits of :women's apparel from their drawers, and
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decatnpe4. Mr. Chapman, after, a
,tedious search,
at last found km- on board his Mrajesv'S ship C/tris-
thin-thelith, Shithead, elegantly; dressed in ti:s
• e •
iivife's•best suit of clothes; the remainder was found
in her-bundle, and the watch was• found at a pawn.
!' broker's in London; where she centessed having
pledged it. '-.' Several_ witnesses gave her a good chs•
rafter up to the present transaction ; but the case
• being dear, the Jury found lwr Guilty.
James Bishop and George Bomber were conviCteki
Of stealitio carpet .from a house,
,belonging to Mr.
Stockdale, the boaseller.; but the capital part of
the charge was done away, as it was not his dwell-
ing-house.
Joseph Hansen was capitally convicted for bur-
; glariously breaking into the dwelling-house ot no-
bert Sheddon, in Gower-street. St. Giks's, and te-
; loniously stealing thereon' several articles of wearing
apparel. The Prisoner was an •old offender against
the law, although only 19 years of age.