The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-17 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

George Mitchell, a wharfinger, and John Smart,
a man ,in his employ, were yesterday indicted;: for
having received two peeks of oats and, a peck. of
char front.: Arnold, a carter,,in the employ
,of Messrs. Calvert, the brewers, knowing the
same. to be their. property. Arnold had turned
evidence. It appeaced from the evidence of Mr:
Skelton, of Gravel-lane, that on the 4th of June
last, he saw the caravan which Arnold was driv,
ing_stop near his. door 'in Gravel-lane, and the
prisoner 'Smart come, up; with a sack. Arnold
had two nose-bags, apparently filled with corn,
hanging from the shafts of• the caravan ; he un-
buckled one of them, and gave it, to Smart, Who
emptied it into his sack ;, at this period they saw
the witness looking at them, and threW the sack
into the caravan, and drove on.. The witness fol-
l Owed them at
.a distance:- They soon after stop-
pled 'again, and the contents of the other nose-bag
were emptied into the sack ; and Smart taking it
on his back, proceeded with it to Mitchell's loft.
The witness saw. him go up the ladder, and soon
after come down again with an empty sack.—
He stopped the prisoner, and went up into
the-loft, where, in a tub, he found a quantity
of bruised oats and clover chaff, corresponding
with that which remained hanging about the
sack.--Did not see Mitchell during the trans-
action.

The-Jury acquitted Mitchell, and found Smart
Guilty, who was sentenced to six months inipti,
sonment in the C.-)untw Gaol. •

THAMES-OFFICE.--P. St. Leger and J. Brice,
who were apprehended by the officer Harding on
the Sth instant, in the neighbourhood of Tower-
hill, were this day brought up for further exami-
f.stion before J. HARRIOTT, Esq.—St. Leber was
charged with robbing the warehouse of Mr. Neale
a hemp-therclant, in Goodman's-yard, were be
was employed as a labourer, at various times, of
several hales of canvas and canvass-bags, 12 or.
14 in number. Ile is a man of singular appear
aiICC, and it seems had served as a trooper of dra-
goons at -the siege of Seringapatam, where he
lost his `n4se by the cut of a sabre. The pri-
soners were rem-Anded.

A' Mate"; against time:7—A thousand miles in a
thousand hours outdone thus, by a person's'
siting the price of a Ticket this- thy at cARTf:R.S,
Charing-cros4 ; it may. in 5(570 minutes produce
20,0001. . •
,

A serious accident oecurredyesterday afternoon,
near the Asylum,
_in consequenCe of one the.
Greenwich eoaches.,heavily laden, overturning.—
The accident occurred in consequence of one of
the forerwheels of the' coach running off; the
:carriage•Wrat over with great fOrce, and the out-.
side: passengers, of whom, *there were several,
were precipitated with great violence. to the
ground ; they were most of /them slightly hurt ;
but four of them; females—amongst whom were
•the Matron of. St. Martin's.. Workhouse, and her
daughter, who is just-Married, received serious
injury • the latter fell under the' C`arriage, into a
_heap: of mud,:.and before she could be cmricated,•
was nearly suffocated : it: was some time hek,re
she discovered any, symptoms of :life : ' ber mother,.
received a severe contusion on the tet4le,.and
her•wrist,was,dislocated. , Mr. *est, a surgeon,
resides in' Westminster, was fortunately
pass-
_ing at the time, and.'afforded the unfortunate
.terers all the aid *hien humanity and still] could
suggest. • , .

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