The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-16 00:00:00

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7ho7rlpson, a-notorious parloatet vas in-
diiiedlor stealing privately a witch, the property of
J. Gorman, from his pocket.
Gorman,- who is a gentleman's, servant, made
oath, that he,vvas, on •the. evening of the 14th of
December, standing at one of the doorsof Drury-
lane Tueatre, having'asmall child in his: arms—be
felt a,iiudden pull at his watch,: and 'turning about,
observed the prisoner in ,tbe-very aft of taking the
watch, which after.Vards'fatin a in' his possession;
with the assistance of an officer he secured him, and
lodged 'him in. thn Police,.office. • ,
From the, sat ist'aftory evOence adduced, the Jury;
.withcut lieitatiotr,-,2brought :a. venal. S,A

James Onad was chat:red with feloniously etiter-
ing • the- dwelling-hcauie..:of dlincks, a greeir-t
g-rker, iu Clturch-court,.:Strand; .and• taking from
them:ea witclioavogcoats, and several other va-
luablW•prfiliei.t...;

Mr...Hincks Ovore, that in consequence of an ac-
qUaintaricebontraoted..at-an ale-house on the even-
ing elf the,p3bbery the •prisotier. was invited. to sleep
at his honso%,:in .the morning they roseand went
out, flemidg- tho keyrinl the:do- .No person was
thttn in:the,-house;- but-Hincks..suppoSed his ser-
vunt girl would, as mual,:cometoprevaredlis break-
fast... The.priqonerpat:the corner of Ataiden4ane,
wished him ,gouts morning ; inchthe•witness,com-1
miseratitOt hiSlihverty;Thve -him _some:halfpence to,
prociaro,Sis. bieakfast. On thewitness'slrettirn
found the door wide open, and inintediak-ly.Lmisse&
the watch, the cdltsi and otherarticles; applied
to some officers,. whiy7shortly .atter-informed.. hint
they, had secured Wood, whom he recolleCted to be•
the- very.same mai3..who:had slept with him on the
evening above-mentioned, but who, on that evening,
cal led himself Wilson: s,•

Wood,: ;beinEv.appre;hended, immediately eon,-
fessed to u, he. officer, Joseph Gregory, -.the :whole of
the - transaitioni admitted the robbery,. told
what part. of the-articles. he had pawned, and.whatt.
he bad sold,--conduded him ,to-the broker's where
the wateh4and other articles- i.veie produced—which
Hincks 'affirmed to be those helhad lost. The pri-
soner then observed to the officerohat from the kilo-
ment of . his, apprehension he. clabcluded himself a
o.2ad man, and expres3ed great regret at having robbed
Hineks,',who..bathused. "Min' kindly:
Tiie-,watch and a coat...l.vere produced F. in Court
by the pawnbroker, who- .swore they were pawned
by the prisoner ; these-. Hibcks swore:-'to be his

property. • '.7;: • • -
_ The. prisoner ma4e.,no•.defence whatever, but sup-.
plicated -mercy. - • • - -
The Jury immediately found The ,prisoner Guilty.
—.Mary 'Crawley, a girl aged ten years, • and Ann
Bolton, we're itidi&ed for stealing privately-from the .
dwelling-house of Mr. :Harrison,, linen,draper,
Holborn, a piece of gingham, value 40s. ; and
Elizabeth Smith was_.alsO _charged, in same its-
diennent, with receiving the said gingham, knowing
.It.to:be stolen.:.;'

Mr. Harrison,- and, two- other witnesses, his ap-
prentices, were -examined,.-and'swore, that-the pri-
soners came into Mr:. Harrison's shop together, and
endeavoured lo cheapen the price of a cotton gown
of.a. certain pattern.:. The apprentice .who attendedf•
them refused to let them have it at their pricer; and;
they left the -shop.. The little. girl • Yeturned, and
again. asked .. the apprentice, -would • he•take:the re-
dumi price. He again refuse&
In a very short time the prisoners were brought -
'back by a Gentleman, whose namedid not transpire
,He .also produceti lthe piece of gingham, and de`-
Glared leis suspicion had been awakened by the great
quantity they had in their possession,' and, the mean-
ness of their :Tpearance. 'He: then stated 'to the
prosecutor, that he had observed Elizabeth Smith,
on her apprehension, drop the piece of gingham .5 •
but was satisfied' she.. had had -it in her possession.
The young apprentice who attended them, swore to' •
the gingham, and added, . that, it was on the coun-
ter, close to the door, at the time they entered; and
that immediately on - the. Gentleman'sinquiring
-
whether they bad lost any thing he found it bad
been removed.

The Jury,- after some time spent in delibera-
tion, returned:with their verdid-----Mary Crawley,
the child, Guilty of stealing the above-mentioned
article ; and Elizabeth Smith Guilty of 'receiving,
it knowing it to be stolen. Anne Bolton,: from the •
deficiency-of the evidence adduced in the prosecu-
tion, and also faun satisfactory testimony of--the
propriety of her conduit, prior to the transadion;'
was acquitted. .r. • •
This.day John Fordham and William Harvey,
who were yesterday, with two others, convicted of
the robbery of the house of Mr.- Spencer, at Pon--
der's. End, were again brought, up-on a charge
of a similar nature, in the dwelling-house of Mr.
Whitbread, at the foot •of Stamford-Hill, on the
River Lea.
William Truman, servant to Mr. Whitbread;
stated, that he had, on the evening , of-the 15th of
December, .in company with the - maid . servan%
opened the dotir of. his master's house, in conse-
quence of a rap at the, door two men, in black
masks, and one in white, rushed :into the house,
while one remained Eentinel on the hall door; a tall
man, in a blick mask, very like Fordharn in person,
seizing his mistress, demanded with imprecations,
" her money or:her. . life," and rudely forced her to
ascend the stairs having procured her keys, . three-
of the villains ascended, and•rified the secretary of
Bank notes and bills to -the amount of 601. ; return:-
ing, they demanded her plate 3' Mrs. Whitbread re-
plied she had none.; whereupon they shortly after, •
decamped : the boy and maid both agreed in the
• suspicion that Harvey was one of the party, though
he wore, a white mask, and concealed his figure
under a long great coat. -
- Enoch Roberts, the approver, swore, that on the•
itth he had agreed with Fordham, ,Harvey, and
another, named Bardon, not yet apprehended, to
rob Mr: Whitbtead's house; at Stamford; to this un-
dertaking they were induced by the Prisoner Har-
vey, who said, he had long since known Mr. Whit-
bread to •be in the habit of laying up money, and
would therefore promise them a. booty of two or
three hundred, pounds ; this resolution was formed
at a pnblic-house; named the Catharine-wheel, in
Whitechapel, a place infamous for such assemblies:
In the evening they all met, accerding to agree-