The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-20 00:00:00

bLil •BAltailY, Arum 19,

Yegterday twenty-nine, prisonerS were tried,
twenty-four of whom -were coiwicted of felony,
and five were acqUitted..
Same day the SeglimAs ended, when sentence
was passed on tie following prisoners, viz.:—
William Taylor, Heniy Isaacs and William Smith,
to be transported for life.
Robert Bogg, John Chave, HenryAdcock , John
Olive, Stephen Kibbell alias Richardson',- George
Hand, James Toft, Thomas Buck, Samuel Hillary,
Elizabeth Jones; Jane Smith and Edward Abell,
for 14 years.
George White, Henry Stevens, Richard Stevens,
John Gard, Edward Jones, John Johnson, Sarah
Pannett, William Hawker, Michael Myers,
Aaron Withers, Lucy Cooper, David Jones,
John Welch,. Catherine Ward, Ann Hamilton,
Richard Griffin, Joseph Smith, Thomas Smith,
Thomas Templer, Sarah West and Solomon Levi,
for seven years.
Five were ordered to be imprisoned in Clerkcn-
well for two years, 17 for one year, and
18 for six calendar months; 12 to he imprisoned
in Newgate for differe»t periods, 3 fined Is. each
and discharged, 2to be publicly and II privately
whipped, .19 judgments were
.respited, and 21
were discharged by proclamation. Sessions ad-
journed to the 2d Jnne.

POLICE

THE MARCHIONESS OF DO WNSTHRE'S' ROBBERY.

Bow-mai:T.—Yesterday morning b&ng the
time appointed for a public and general examina-
tion of the ten persons in cultotly, on charge Of
being concerned in this extensive robbery, the
office was crowded before twelve o'clock, princi-
pally by persons of -distinction. Amongst theM.
were his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
who we were happy to sre in most excellent
health and spirits, in fact, we never saw hint look
better, so that we have every, reason, to believe
that the paragraph that appeared in some of the.
papers of yesterday, stating that his Royal High-
ness,lottl experienced another attack, is erroneous.
There were also present the Earl of Stair,. Lord
Crewe, the Marquis of bouglas,' the Marchioness
of Downshire, Sir John and Lady llihpesle y,
Captain Phipps, Mr. Becket, the tinder Secretary
of State, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Watson, Mr. Nures,
&c.

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At twelve o'clock the examination commenced
before Mr. Read ; his Royal ilighne.ss thi! Duke
of Sussex sat to the left of the examining Magis-
trate, and the Marchioness of Dosv4silire next to
his Royal Highness. The folloWing persons were
then placed at the bar, viz. Joseph Richardson,
Levy Hart, Mary Hart, Sarah Cohen, Janees
Franklin, Reuben Joseph, Diqah Joseph, James Si-
mons, Sarah Simons, and Nathan Simons. rie
whole of them appeared to be ; but
whether the evidence will he stillicient to sold
them to trial remains to he further investl,4oted.

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The prisoner Richardson, it appeared, hid
Theed
the principal perpetrator of this rob'nery, although
not the planner of it, as thrre is no doubt but it
WEIS what is termed a put up robbery. Although
be is but a young man, he is supposed te, have
committed a nutubur of daring robberies, and has
broke out of two, of the hest necureg and strongest
prisons in this country.—lie is a native of
Chester.
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A gentleman present yesterday., who has seen
Bnonaparte, said the prisoner Richqrdsori was the '
strongest resemblance of him be ever saw. Some
time since he 6m-omitted a very great burglary in
Lancashire, for which he was taken and lodged
in the New Bailey Prison, in Manehestei, and
was confined in a cell which was sceured'hy cast-
iron bars. •He contrived to have a tailor's goose
brought in 'to hint ; his objet was to break the
iron bars with it, but when he had, got it, was
afraid to use It on account of the noise it would
Make ; he at length, however, hit upon the stra-
tagem nf striking the bars with the goose,exactlY
at the time a very large clock there was striking
the ;hours, and after encountering a variety of•
other difficulties, he at length effected his escape,
and he was not heard any more of till he WAS
talcen into custody for breaking open and robbing
'the houses of the Bari of Besborough and Lord
Crewe', for which he was committed to the House
of Correction in C0101)116-fields, where he was
confined in a cell iit the upper part of the
prison. He, being a stone-mason by trade, con-
trived to take up a stone of the floor, and worked
his way through into the hemp room ; from
thence into the yard, garden, and oakum room ;
he there tied some ropes to others which he pro-
cured in the oakum room, and platted them to-
•gether. He contrived to "throw them to the top
of the wall of the prison, where there is a thevamr .
de frize;
_they hung on the iron spikes sufficiently
long to enable him to raise himself three times se-
veral yards, but falling each time he found him-
self
much injured by the falls. He. was about to
return to his cell, in despair, when 'he discovered
a ladder locked and chained, both of which he
broke, and ascended to the top of the wall, and
effected his escape, about two months ago, be-
twcen five and six O'clock in the morning;,
after after an exertion of upwards of. five hours
since which time he is supposed to have commit-
ted six burglaries. Soon after his escape front
this prison, Mr. Adkins, the Governor, received
information that Richardson frequently went to a
shoemaker's in the neighbourhood of the Seven-
and having no doubt of the correctness of
it, directed Becket, One of his turnkeys, to attend
and watch the shoemaker's house, his brother
Harry Adkins, the officer, being out of London,
engaged in thd prosecution of the Stourbridge
inurderep. Becket attended repeatedly for several
weeks, particularly at night, when on the 6th inst.
about tea o'clock he saw Richardson approaching
him near the 'corner of 'rower-street, disguised.
He turned .down Tower-street, and after walk-
ing a few yards he, looked behind him, and
observed Becket following hint ;• he threw off
his two great coats, and set off running very fast;
Becket gaining ground on hiM, he threw his hat
'at hint, supposed to be for the purpose of striking
him in the eyes ; Continued running till lie got
R into Little ed Lion-“leet, when a man canting
out of a public-house, ran against, him by, acci-
dent, and knocked him down. Becket then seiz-
jedd and Richardson was so extremely agitated