The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-31 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday Thomas Janis, alias, Cross, vas tried
on an indictment, charging. him with stealing a
quantity of notes, contained in a box, from the
Chester Mail, and thereby defrauding MessrS.
Harding and Co. bankers, at Tat»worth. The
circumstances of this case are already before the
pUblic. The evidence failed, and the prisoner
was acquitted.
T/roiitrxs T{iler; Jaines Knight, Samuel Knight,
and James Statyiati, were indicted tor a burglary
on the house of 'Mr. Collins, a. dyer, in Allen-
street, ClerkettWell, and stealing-skins to a con-
siderable amount. The 'premises Were broken
open on the 29th of April, at night. .Part of the'
property was proved to have been in possession
of the several prisoners, and under circumstances
very suspicious. They had also endeavoured se-
eretly to ilispose of the Ains..,---Verdict, Tyler
acquitted ; the other three guilty of stealing above
the value of 40s. in a dwelling-house.
Henry Lye was' indieted.-for bruglariOusl y break-
ing and entering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Sim-
mons, it) "Upper liaker-kreet, and stealing plate,
joyels,&e. to the amount of:betwixt 3.and 40001
on the 17th of.,.Narch. • - . .
It appeared. in `evidence, that the •proseentriK
left her bottle early in the .eventrig, In the rare Of
Sarah Norman. About seven o'cictek in the even-
ing, a person 'knocked at the doory and iiuniired
fin. a servant who had left the service,, Shortly
atter, Normanlanswered a• double knock, with a
candle in her hand, is the prisoner and two
other persons rushed in. Norman was hurried
into ,a parlour,- and from. thence into a 'Water-
closet,where the prisoner ‘guarded her, whilst his
companions robbed the house. This Witness ask-
ed the.ruffians to spare her life; and slle,was 'in-
timidated front giving alarm by the most dreadful
imprecations. -The prisoner was, proved to.lrave
carried part of the property in a :-able-cloth to the
house -of Mary Carey, of Windmill-street. He
was otherwise -implicated, but he I.lltrnilrefl.tn
set up an alibi,
,which failed. Mrs. StmmoNs iden-
tified a pocket-book and some trivial 'articles of
trinkets. The•ludge observed,-that entering.. a
horse by being let in, when a robbery was preme-
ditated', constituted burglary:--Guilty, Death.

SATURDAY'S .GAZETTE—(Continued.)

DIVIDENDS.

June -18. C. Butler, late of the Old Jcwry, broker—June
18. J. Fitch, of King-street, ()olden-square, wine-merchant--
July 2. 'J. Fairhur n, of Union-street, Southwark, baker-
JunelB. ,r. Mettam, of the Old Bailey, dealer—July '0).
Palmer, of Wood-street, Cheapside, silk-Manufacturer—June
18. C. Hoare, of Cheapiti, tailor--4nne 21 M. Broughton,
of. Bishopsgate-street, haberdasher:-June Id. J. Henderson
and A. Neilson, of Milk-41.6:d, mercirauts—June 30..1. Blease,
of Liverpool, 'nu'rehatitJune 18. W. J. Richardson, of Ni-
cicalas-lane, inerchant-Jime Is. J. re:las,: St. Mary, Lam-
betb, cabinet-maker-74nm. 18. T. Downey, of Wiiiiliing-
stret, glazier and painter—Jane 10. J. White' Bof the a:Alm-
lotnew coffee-house, West Smithfield, victualler—dug.
Stewart, and J. M. Dinhatn, of St. Mary Abbots, Keniing-
toti„nealer-:-June 13. G. Price, of Tottenham-court New-
road, talor—June 10. C. Iloace, of i'lleapsi(re, taylor—June
IR. J. Broughton,' of Chelselvchn.aman--June- :1 Fulton,
of Greenwich, ship-owner—July 2. C. Sharpe, of the roultty,
bOokseller—June -?1. J. Laing an T. itattray, late of the
Last India Chambers merchants.