The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILF,Y.

SECOND DAY-!THURSDAY, MAY 14.

John Brown was capitally iudieted for stealing, in
the dwelling-house of. Wm. Duncan, a gold 'repeater
and a silver watch, value 201. and upwardS. -
The. Prosecutor, Mr. Duncan, is a watch-maker
in Chancery-lane, and the Prisoner was one of his
journeymen. It appeared that the Prisoner had_
formed a connexion with- s woman of the town, and
lived 'With her in:a brothel in Tabernacle-yow. On
the 4th inst. he absconded from his,master, andtook
with him the watches mentioned in the iudi&ment.
On the.same day he sent.the mistress.olthe brothel,
whose name is Southgate, , to
.pawn the gold watch,
and she told the pawnbroker that it belonged to the
Captain of a, ship, who visited the tactics. The Pri-
soner pawned, the sifVer: watch himself wit h .another
pawob ulcer, and some days- after sent the hus-
band of Mrs., Southgate to releaSe the pledge. In
the meantime, however,, Mr. Duncan had sent de-
scriptions of the two watches to the dia'cre. ni pawn-
brokers, and Southgate was of course stopped, and
his examination ;led the discovery of the above
particulars.
• The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended him
to mercy, on account of his yonth,.as.they supposed
he had been led astray by the infamous persons into
whose company he had unfortunately fallen. The
Prosecutor seconded_ this recommendation, The,

Judge (Mr. Boron GRAHAM) said it shotticl he at-;
tended to, and direeled that the house in Tabernacle
.row should be presented as a nuisance.
Wiliam Horatio 'Browne, a handsorne youngi
man" of twenty-five, was itidi6ted for Bigamy, he
having, on the loth of 061oher last, married Rebecca
Wilmot, of the parish -of St. Geerge's in the East,
:his wife Maria being living.

From the'statement of Mr. KNAT.P, and the'evi-
--dence, it :appeared:that the Prisoner had married, on
the 23d of August, 1806, in the Church of St. Mar-
' garet, WestminSter, Maria 'Parkinson ; and that on
• the 20th of 06tober, not two months after, he mar-
', tied Rebecca Wilmot. The Learned Counsel.stated,
that the Prisoner was the son of a washerwoman in
Whitechapel, but imposed hiniself upon. the first
wife and her family as a person ofproperty. •When
inquiries were made.after his parents, he said he was
natural son . of, the.A4rgrave of Anspach. After
• •he had married Miss Parkinson, he lived with her at
Knightsbridge, until he had spent about 3001. which
he had received as part of her fottune.- He then
• paid his, addresses to Miss Wilmot; who was a mi-
nor, but he obtained her father's consent to then'
union.. , Soon after their marriage, however, he
abandoned her, and returned to live with his first
wife at Knightsbridge. •
When aided upon for his defence, the Prisoner
ventod a torrent of abuse agaifilt, his mother4n-law,
Mrs. Parkinson, by whom the prosecution was car-
ried on, but offered no apology.for the second mar-
riage, the ad for which he was indi&ed. The Jury
found him Guilty.
William. Hab rave was indicted for a capital of-
fence ; that of a burglary in the dwelling-house of
Henry Williams, in Soho, ~.about thz, tio-ur of eight
in the night, with intent to steal therein ; and steal-
ing therein a copper and a leaden pipe, on the 28th
oeApril.
It appeared, that the Prosecutor had not gone to
reside in this house, but had a servant in it ; that
about seven in the evening of the 28th of April
three persons were seen in the, 'area'of the hodse ;
two of them made their eseape ;- and the third; who-
was the Priqmeri was taken as' he was getting'over
the rails—he struggled, but was 'Secured, The cop-
per and the pipe were taken away—an iron crow
was found in the area.
Mr. ALLEY- submitted,. whether the goods here
taken' w ere the goOds which the Prisoner could be
said to have intended to haVetaken aWay.
Mr: Justice GRosE.-Thisindietment was framed
to meet two cases.:the one for breaking into the
dwelling-houSe with intent to steal,; the other with
breaking out :'eitherof which offences would make
.out a capital charge.-The question was, whether
the Prisoner did either ?: But the most material point
of the evidence would be,' whether this was in the
night ? :that is, whether it was done after daylight
was gone, so that the countenance of a man could
not be distinguished ?
Mr. Baron GRAHAM said; that as to the objec-
tion of the Learned,Counsel, that the Prisoner might
not intend to steal the goods which were aetually.
lost', because they Were fixtures, it was a strong pre.
sunantion, that. when fixtures which were -difficult fo
be stolen were; taken away, the party stealing intend-
- ed to take away, any thing else that was easily cod.'
. veyed,
Mr:- Justice GROSE said,. that the burglary. was
completed when 'the breaking 'and entering— with
.intent to commit a felony, took place.-There, was
a famous case, in which a person 'broke and entered
a-dwelling-house in the night, with intent to com-
mit a rape; and that was held to be burglary.
The Jury found the Prisoner—Gititly of the lar-
ceny only.
W:m. Lewin, aliaS James Baiio; 'was indi&ed for
horse-stealing. Odbeing first brought to the Bar,
the Prisoner fainted away. After a bang trial, he
was Acquitted for,want of direel'evidence.
Illav Barker was capitally convited for stealing
four
.11. banknotes, one 21. ditto, one guinea, and
tin containing, indentures, the property of John'
Owen, in his dwelling-house.

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