The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-13 00:00:00

THE VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT

His Mime- sat till four o'clock bearing arguments on
pleas, demurrers, and'exceptions, which were initeresting, only
to the parties.

OLD BAILEY.

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'Yesterday, .thcise Sessions
.tommenco -,before
the CHIEI, BARON, Mr. Justice BAILEY, and Mr.
Justice DALLAS, the RECORDER, &C.' •
JO:A.O/00/e alias Lookrs, and Pottrt Moore alias Loaker,
whose trials hail been put ofT last Sessions,'were fountlguilty
on a charge of horse-stealing..

Hannah Rogerson was charged, on the prosecution of
Thomas Ballance, with having stolen two sheets, a blanket,
rrnd n bed-bolster, his property, let to-herby contract with a
furnished lodging. The stealirg was clearly proved ; bat it
appeared that the prisoner was a married wornan, and that
•her husband had contracted for the lodgin7, and paid for it,
The Cmer BARCIN (Sir V. Gibbs) stated, that under these
circumstances the prisoner most he f;l:q rtiyted The offense
with whiA she was charged '.'"as not a felocy at common law,
but created by a statute of William and Marv; and if the
facts had been according to the statenent'in the indictment.
she was clearly guilty under that statute : but as it was ma-
nifest that her husband, not she, bad been the contracting
party, she had been falsely alleged to lave stolen property
let to her, and therefore was not guilty of the offence as de-
scribed.—The Jury acquitted her.
Thonms Geptrg *;i4-foilnd guilty of stealing half a firkin Af
butter, the property of John Taswrell,. privately in his shop.
Joseph Slade and Moroi IfigA;erty were Convicted of hav-
ing stolen a loaf of refined sugar, value ns. the property of
John Tyler.
Trim Rochester was charged with stealing an iron put and
a feather-bed, the property ofJolisi Powell,
The prosecutor lust the articles in July last, and did not
see them again till last Saturday, when they were found in
the lodgings of the prisoner. The prisoner at the time of
his apprehension said, he had funnel the pat in a ditch, and
that his father-in-law gave him the feather-bed seven years
ago. He persisted in the same story now in his defence : he
said, his father could nut attend as a witness because he was.
infirm, and had lost the use of his .limbs.

Mr. J. BAILEY told the Jury, that the prisoner's story was
not proved, and was not very probable ; but • if they felt auy
doubt, they would give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt.
The Jury acquitted him.
George Lela,: was indicted for stealing a' silver watch,
gold chain, and three seals, the property of John Vincent,
Holborn.

The eireunlitauces were curious : the prisoner went to th,?

bottle of the prsseeutat, 'and hArgait:el for a watch, chatl,-
and seals,: he said he had nut the money to pay for thegz.
hat would send back the mosey when the ailides were scut
for. The prosecutor sent his boy to. No. 4, STathangtc"-
,row : the boy saw the prisoner, who .:rote a checl;
went for the articles, which the Mr; refwied to hike,
away ; the prisoner called after linn,-:mad 'begged to he alloy,'
ed to strew the watch, &e. to hit father, who I,he said) saw, :s%
the back parlour. The boy gave theta to him for that
pose ; 'the prisoner tlid not return with them, and tl:e 4
learned that he had left the house. .11e then sent fur L';
mastve'r, who found acheck iying•on, the table.
A pylice officer, who apprehencied the prisoner, found in
posse;;:ion a tit:plicate f,s;r a gold khan pledged to Mr.
her, of-f(nightsbrid,;e.
Thomas Ashton, a tradesman, in rhe'Strand, said the pri-
soner bought some aitic:l,es of Ins shupcmic, aid gave a chtcl4,
in payment, which was draln tin M tssr.s. Drumihonds: it •,':";
a mere pretence : and the witness seeing him three days after';
wards, charged him thi!;; when t i e 1,1 i•;:mer gave him a watcli!.;
seals, kind key for a security. These articles were all tecoir
albeit by Mr. Vincent.
The Cvlim, BARON said, that it' a person Should be ,simple
einnigh to give a watch to another, a perfect stranger, for 1
cheek which sh.ould be worth nothing, this was not feloolii;
but if he merely put the watch in Lis hand for a specific Pr'
pose, and the other ran 'away with it, this; would te felow,
this case, the. prisoner, when his check. bait been refuscji
alked fur the .watch merely to stew it to his father : he the's
,ran away with it, and converted it to his own use. 7'ln3
law was clearly a larceny, and it was for the'Jury to say,
thet the facts_ were satisfactorily proved.—Tlte Jury found tlos
prisoner Guilty.