The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-21 00:00:00

A robbery to the amount of about. 10001. has
lately been committed at. Westbury, in Wiltshire;
the =rehouse there belonging to Messrs. Crosby
and White hiving been broken open, and robbed
Of superfine cloth to the above amount. Upon
the discovery of the robbery MeSsrs. Crosby and
White exerled I-het-riselves for the cl4teaion, of the
robbers, and the recovety of theirproperty, and.
adopted the proper mode, by makin.g diligent en-
quiries after the strangers who had been seen in
or near the town, awl they learnt, from the turnpike-
gate keeper, near the loWn, that a singelar built
cart, empty, entered the town, accompanied by two
men en horseback,
,on the night of -the robbery,s--
Early the looming following, the same cart, loaded
heavily, and attended uy the same men on horse-
back, )eft the town. Messrs.' Crosby and White
proceerle,lon the road. anStrac'ed the cart, from its
.p'erecular formeencl the men on horseback, with ,it,•
to Wells, where the men !-r, al:fasted ; and after
that they traced it to e it bin two mites of Cress, in
Sonierseeil,ire but from there.they couli not gain
any iofornialion of 'it. - They then sent to Exeter,
suppcising they were gone there, describing the cart
and- men to Searle, ttn old • autt experiencedcon-
atable ; he exerted hims,lf:andeliscovercd the men
in Exeter, and with assistance took them into -cus-
tody ; Searle proceeded to search them, and toned,
in a pair of saddle-bags, belonging to them, a num.
berof pick-lock keys, 'a dark latithorn, a bottle of
phosphorus and 'matches, and• other implements of
house-,breaking. They entered Exeter • eit tier by a
stage, or returned chaise; therefore the pr:e cipal
ofeea of their apprehension was not accomplished,
as they had not got the cart with Ahem,. consequent--
ly the property was n'ot-recovere(i ; • but Searle, the
constable, sent off an .expre,s,- Informing Messrs.
Crosby arid White, that he, bad, no doubt but'
he had got the robbers in coetter)e They bad,
in the mean time, applied to Mr. Read, at Bow-.
street, for an active otlicee to 'be eent •downe.. to en-
deavour fo apprehend the robbers, and reeover the
property.- Mr. Read sent Rivet', the officer; he
proceeded to Eeeter, and went to Searle, the con-
stable, and learnt that ooe of the three men who
were apprehended, had made hi:, escape out. of a
two-pair of stair: windoet, with only his shirt on,
by means of tying two sheets together.. Riven was.
joined there by Mr. White-,' and these proceeded to
make inquiries, to enable thetri .to trace the propek-,
ty ; they learnt, that, a number of. B'ri)gew'ater
bank-notes bad been, fOUnd upon tile. prisoners,
Vbieh led them
,to sespett they
.had beeti there)
they accordingly set ote torethat place. As they
passed through :I.:Almon, they found the horse and
cart, which had been lett by one of the men, in cus-
tody of.a persen of the name er Hancock, wins John-
son, a tew s pr6.ious. They went on to Bridge-
_ water, where, upen epplicati\on: at the Batik, they
learer, that
,the noteS found upon the Men in cus-
trdy had been issued' to a ' titan of the name of
Lloyd, residing at a_ ezeen called Cross, loin:ming
the trade of
,a. hawker and .pedlate'' Itivett obtained
a search-warrant from a Magistrated to search his
house. 'J'ho oti c,r prOceeded there, and found hiM
in bed: On searching the-house, he found several
pieces of superfietecipth, which 'MC White identifi-
ed to be par( oteltis property stolen. In his stable
was found a horse, which was found to belong to
one of the men in custody., Lloyd was "taken into
custody, and conveyed'io Westbury; the two other
men were brought there also, bud all three under-
went an examination before Mr. Phipps, and an-
other Magistrate, and w6re fully conitnitted for
trial.-An Attorney and a Counsellor attended for
Lloyd.

tionably, it au)) thing could be wanting to complete
the ruin of a man in desperau: circumstances, it was
an action by Executors, who, however they might
fail in any claim- they might bring forward, could
neverfie subjeded in payment of costs _and against
whorl:), if a bill of discovery *ere filed in a Court. of
Equity, it would be suificient for them to say, that
they knew nothing of the matter, and only acted in
their capacity of Eiecutors, trom the evidence which
the document before. them afforded. To prove the
payMcnt of: the debt in question, the Learned COUCIL.
sel assured the Jury, that be shoUldhave- to adduve-a
gentleman who d;d not feet any interest in the de-
fendant's cause. Every syllable; therefore, thin fell
from him, which c-ould at all promote the interest of
the detedar4t, they might implicitly rely on. He
trustedi'hoWever, with confidence on their verdict.
Mr. LEASE, Attorney, was then adduced. On
ref eren,:e w his banker's book, he found .that,in 1794
a dr4ft had been passed by him to Mr. Rose, on Mr.
Bry,ant's -account, %.4, hien completely correipontled

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