The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-08 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JULY 7.

A man of the name of Nutt, was indicted for
conspiring with' J. Smith, to defraud a person
named Weaver. 'The case was attended with much
singularity. It appeared in evidence, that the
defendant rented a house, No. 22, West Smith-
field, and, in conjunction with Smith, set up a
kind of Register Office. An advertisement ap-
peared in a morning paper, holding forth to the
public, that clerks were wanting 'for important
situations, and by the virtue of this advertisement,
the prosecutor, Weaver,,applied to the address in
Smithfield, and he was informed' that Jones and
Co. Bankers at Norwich, were in. want of a clerk.,
A letter was written by the prisoner in recommen-
dation of the prosecutor to Jones and Co. for
which eleven-pence was paid by Weaver, and
which sum was the subject of the fraud. It turn--
ed out that no such persons as Jones and Co.
Bankers at Norwich, existed, and the Post-master
proved that no such letter ever was received at
Norwich.
For the defendant two witnesses were called to
character, but all they could say was, he had re-
cently been a Bankrupt at Spalding, in Lincoln-
shire, and they had no knowledge how he lived
in London; .The office was, at other times, turn-
ed into an auction room, at stated by one of the
witnesses, where persons of the names of Hart
and Douglas sold goods-:—Gui/ty.
Thomas Janncr stood 'indicted for stealing 15
watches and two time-pieces, the property of
Francis Bryant Adams.
It appeared that the prosecutor, who was a re-
spectable watch-inaker, near Clerkenwell, dis-
patched his apprentice, a youth of twelve years of
age, with the time-pieces and watches, to another
watch-maker's, of the name of Kemp. The boy,
as he passed' along the street, Was accosted by the
prisoner, wh.o said he belonged to the shop whi-
ther the boy was carrying the parcel, aad skald,
that a boy there owed him half-a-crOwn, and he
would give him eighteen-pence if he would per-
mit- him to carry them the rest of the road; to
this be consented. The prisoner then thrust the
small time-pieces, one in his bosom, and the
other in 'his pocket, and scampered' dOwn Hol-
land-street, The boy followed, callin Shop
thief !" A person seized toe-prison: r, who cast
away the time-pieces, and dropped the bag. He
was carried to the watch-house.

The circumstanf.!es were clearly prOved,against
the prisoner, \vlio was, 0n1v,15 years of age.
Thelury returned a verdict of Guilty.

An extraordinary Diet was to assemble at War-
saw on the, 15th of last month, for the purpoSe,
as was supposed, of carrying into- effect the pro-
ject of NAPOLEON for the re-establishment of the
Kingdom of Poland.
The Brigade of Foot Guards will receive an
augmentation of a thousand men, from th;: mea-
sure lately adopted, of permitting the volunteers
from the Militia for make choice of the Guards
as well as the line for the extension of heir ser-
vices.

Messrs.. H. and J. Living, merchants; of Great
Prescot.:street, have abscondedi. in coniiegnence
of a charge of having negociated forged bills of
exchange. A reward of 2001. is offered for their
apprehension. They were lateparters in the firni
Of Living, DOMICS, o.lld Co.