The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-25 00:00:00

OLD E. !(LEY.

• EIGHTH DAY—TB I!'",,t WAY, surT• 524. •
Hannah Taylor alias 'Conoltg, etas indiaad. for
tottt .flii,„; rt-cit money, knowing it to ';ee
It :7;)pe,aect n.irt in this
pre,,iously oc-bein,A a :,'niasher, or Hi.
of base rnoney,, aria that Ro-,2ers, ohe oi the Police
et sof bliadwell, (..otijonction wrt i
Richardson, doterr);ne,d to lay a trap het.
thisyurpose; on_the Mil of Splitember last, Ro-
-ge,r., iiiarked"three- halt-crown, find a sixpc- ,
gave thorn to Iticharckon,, who went to the Prisoner's
shop; and having g,tan. d her confidence, ree,
from her 16 iiieees, Which the
the three half crowns and the sixpence. In order to

seal the barglin, Ilicharck,al sai4he would treat her
wlth`ti glass of gip, and pi tending to go out to or-
tier it, he gave a 'tign to Rogers, who immediately
entered' .the house, . laid hold of the, Prisoner, alnl
hey band the nitiney•he hacl marked. A
coliVeriati6»' then took place bet ween Richardson
and .the Prisoner, in the course of which the Prisoner

said; Villain, you have :taken me in," and, in
f,a, confessed that she had given him the 'base mo-
ney,4.,, • .
The:money Was proved to, be counterfeit by the
idence cl Mr. Powell, belonging •tq the Mint.
:.The 'Prisoner, who was 69 years of age, said in
her;defence, that .ilichardson had been convi6ed.of
perjory at the Maidstone Quarter 5e95611S j but as
she could not produce the record of his Conviction,
this plea went for nothing. She then impiored the
mercy of the Court, on 'account of her age and in-
fifrnities.

.;Ate RecottMFß observed, that from the vast gains
made by the titterers of base money, the temptations
to engage in the nefaribus wen) very g►eat ;
and the trap made use of on the present occasion
wits so far us'etui, as it' tended to destroy confidence,
among those wno, thus preyed on the community.
There, could i►ot be a doubt *that the present was an
Old offender. •

The Jury.irnmediately found her Guilty.

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77toma's Herring, a box only ten years old, was
fbund guilty of stealing a silver watch, the property
'of Mar). Lawrence ; but" as the tender age- of the
Fri uner seemed to call for instruction and employ-
ment, rather :than punishment, the JlP.coanna di-
rected' that inquiry sheuld_be.made whoher
,there
was room for him in the Philanthropic Asylum.'
John I:Vinlin was indi&ed for.embezzlingthe sum
of is-7th the popery of his master,LVtu. Palliser.
Air...4l;LE Y COIMSeI for the prmiecution, ob-
served,' that howevertritling the snot charged in the
indiOnient might* appear, yet it was probably only.
one of it ;lerie. of others, and• the Prosecutor had
selected this, as it was one which-, -he could bring
home to the Prisoner. It 'appeored that the
sutler was employed by the: l'ili4.cut or, WM. Pritti
set, a Coal-dealer. to retail coalg tot (inn, by haWk-
ing them about the streets, and that be was to re-
ceive three halfpence tor _every bushel of coats that
be sold,. and
I n -.
tiaccoont for the mot with' hit etu
ployer. On the e2d cif 'Angust last the Prisoner
Sold a bltstki of cOals to a Mrs. Tough, for which he
received I 5..7d. hut in. ;,ecounting to Palliser; he'
Aaidi that he itAti 'not:received tho,hmhey. hrotu
the ethintekifniination rt appeared that
in the .Course the retail every Q 1 bushels were
made to turn ont 24.

. .
• The' PEPoittialt• t honght that in this easet here was
a kind'of part twrship,•and that it did 'hot CCM-Ye tinder
tho Sainte for preventing ':servants, from embezzling
their masters'..pioperty.
Prisoner %vas acquitted, andirrimedia!ely tried
orVatiothet Charge; that of taking. hi's master's i.ro-
perty Without his consent.` . It watt proved that the
Prisoner had iiroke oth he lock of Palliser's coal-sled,
stridlitled his cart with. teals without obtaining bis
consent. Ile was at that time in the eh-Tic/men, of
Palliser, who acknowledged, dim. if the Prisoner had
asked for the •key, he should have given it hint.
The.4cottnEtt thought that the Prisoner had run
very dole ; yet the present charge, under all the cir-
emnstanees, did. not:Amount to felony:--r.Not

Thomas Henry Bell, in appearance a dashing
young felloW, was indiaild for stealing a portman-
teau of the-value of 31. and a box bf the value of
11. '

Harrington, trunkrnaker, in Leicester-
square, said, that on the Obtli August the Prison-
er citine to,his shop, and purchased the articles men
Coned in the indictment, which; lie said, was for.a
Captain Crofton, -Of the navy. • He ordered them to
be sent to Lady Crofton's, 'Cadogan-place.
Wm. Read, a lad in the employment of Mr. Kar-
ringioli, said,, that he toA•tiie trunks, as cireOed,
/, the next Morning, about ten o'clock ;.the ,
however, was not there, and not, suspe6ting any
• thing, heleft. them at Lady Crofton'S. The. Pri-
soner called again at the shop, in the forenoon, and
desired the wttnesztto‘call Ira; the moneyabont two
o'clock. He 'did so, and was .told that the Prisoner
had taken away Hotly the trunks.
J. quilt, n servant to, Lady Crofton, said, that the
• Prisoner called there, and representing hirniell as
Capt. erelion's. Steward, desired him to receive; two
- trunks for the Captain, whiCh he should after Wards
call for. Lady Croften is aunt to Capt. Craton,
who, when in town, geuerally lodges at the Glou-
cester Hetel, bnt now, commands one of the Ships
in the Baltic Fleet. The witness,, not su.speeting
.any thing, readily took in the boxes-; 'and the Pri-
soner calling about one o'clock, .with -another gen-
young,man, carried off both the trunks. ,
The Prisoner,. in his defence, said Ve had often
sailed with Capt. Crofton, and had done him little
services in the capacity of a StewAtyd .1010,Aring neat
he was in want of trUnks„he.had:f)nrchaSed these
tot him,' and h9tl..eini thein ;o Sho.,rtmisSi, Where
th 4 had beenieceiiv.ett o'n.boardthe,Gitiptain'-'s
and fie followed;ot.lf after, but tin. Ship bad saikd
.
berore •
The 4ccollptit observed, that this was a case of
considerable nicety. The articles were evidently
4
obtained -1, fraudulent rate uN ), but it was a nice
litiw far the, taking tin_rn from the,youse of
Lady Creilon Was a .felony, and :t,was.ci'R cult to
*ay whether the fraud at length ran into if felony.-=-.
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The business of the Sessions being, finished, the

upon James Bullock, a bankrupt, for ed;bezz!iiig,
his • property ; Mary, Duffy and Robert. Smith, 'on
their third Conviction, as common., utterers Alas*
money ; George Hart, for highway robbery.; john:
Greed, Cattdirine Forester. Elizabeth 'Uhl, and.
John Cotter, flit pri%ately Stealing •in dwelling,
houses ; Alex. Monroe, for, firing a loaded pistol at,
arid desperately wounding, Miss Wyatt Dobson.
'Elizabeth Dudleys a palsied old woman, of 70,T0r
ut ering a forged banl,note, to be transported fort 4
years.. •

Eighteen were sentenced to. transportation .for
seven: years ; eight to one yeaes imptiionment;
twenty-five to six months.confinement in the liouse
of Correetioe ; and six to be whipped.
When ,Tones Bullock was called on, in the usual
way, by the Clerk of the Arraigns,. to say, why ten.
tetice of death, and execution thtreon,-should not he
passed .on him,' he repeated his, obje:dions made on
a former ,day, that he was not guilty, of any inten
tional fraud or wrong; and that he had been tried
and convided upon illegal and unconstitutionl evi-
dence. And, again,, after the awful' sentence of
the law bad' been passed, he addressed the Court
with firmness, expressed his approbation of the lin-
wessive speech from the RECORDER, which preceded
the announcement of his fate ; but, again, professed
his consciousness of- defrauding no man ; and the
high consolation he felt, under his awful situation,
that no sense of wrong to others interrupted. him in
making his peace with God. He then 'bowed re-
spet9 fully, and retired from the bar, apparently borne
down by the horrors of his situation.
He is a man about 40 years.of age, of middle
stature, of gentlemanly appearance and address. . ,
• The Court then adjourned to the 26th Od6bar.