The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS I)

OLD C(dURT.
(Before Mr. Barov GURNEY.) It
Louis James Grant, a Creole, aged 10 years, w.
convicted of stealing 10s. 7d., the property of
Lake, a pauper in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields workhouse
,'
and sentenced to seven ycars'transvortation, with a Trt
to his being sent to the prison for ju,venile offenders' 1°
the Isle of Wight. for
indicted
Thonu.'s Miles and John Bennett were
•the bous,
hurglariousic entering, on the 16th of July, e
of Mr. James Lane, St. Alban's-place, W, %Orr: t; f'
Willis-
and stealing therefrom property to the value o
Mr. BODKIN eon ducted the case for the f r°s-
tion, and called the fol:owing witnesses :
The Rev. Mr. Blisseti was in London in J last,
and occupied the front patlour of Mr. Long' 5, 11.rite'
as a sleeping room. On Satcrday, the 6th o
a'cloc
he returned home from the Opera at twelve
At that time all was safe in his room. Wont •to
club to get some tea, where he remained ep en
oliice
o'clock. When he returned home, he foond tli
in Mr. Lane's house, and his property had bem stol f
to the amount of 150/. Witness offered a reit 'ara,
201., and on the 24th of July was with the officer ' vwrir
Miles was captured. He had in his possession s pelt
of gloves which belonged to wit'ness. When Be
l •
was taken into custody a shirt, hat, and stet 104-6
were taken from him, belonging to witness, and :
duplicate. When the prisoners were taken before t"ed.
Magistrate they were remanded. Aft‘er Bennett 13!
said something, the Magistrate said he would not WI
title°
that down, but would reserve it till the day on v eon'
they were remanded. What Bennett sail). was, " cA7
fess I was id the robbery, but it is my first , ',teepee, E
uI
have been led into it by others." ta
Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE.I have • meat tot
this several times, bett not publicly.
Thomas Vivian, poite-constable C 58, ;tate& tbsl
shortly before two o'clock on Sunday, the 6 th of ,1111/;
1-e was on duty in St. Alban's-place. Found the et fieo
door of Mr. Lane's house opels,. and on enter 'leg be 'is;
covered the room occupied by Mr. Blisse• :t to tall"
been broken open and robbed.
Louisa Turnpenny took care of the hot Ise of t
r.:
Lane for him. Recollected Mr. Blissett cto leg on
Saturday evening, and soon after going tatb,'ll she In
disturbed by the police, who stated that the usa
been robbed. Witness thought she had seen M jolt
quently pass the house. Could not say when tha 4°-
place. t,
Joseph Stratton, a shoe-maker, in Broad-s •rebi
Bloomsbury, knew Miles. On the 17th of July
brought a pair of cloth boots, which witness lit :Pg.",-
from him for Gs. 6d. Miles said he had two other
to %el Witness saw a description of the robbery, .s,r„,s
gave info,7mation to the pot,lce ;in the mean time, ,„'",,
had brought the other boots to the shop, where
were bought by his shopman.
John Lake, the shopman of last witness, stated thset
Miles represented the i;oots to b !long to a valet in Oa Cie;
Sergeant Valiance of tiie C division took the Vris°l jo
Miles into custody on the 24th .of July ; he was
company with a man called Flash Tom the Gr (4,, of
Found on him a quantity of skeleton keys, a ,Pa
gloves, and several other things. When witness. 63[0
him about the shoes, he said he was ask ed to sell II" 4,
by a person he did not know. Had semi both tht Pio)
soners at the house of a person named Ashfield,.ll
was included in the charge but had not been al 51)
headed. Witness, on searching the house tof Ash t 1
found a pair of lady's sleeves, some small keys' 71,0
several other things. On the following morning ,tb•
prisoner Miles stated to witness that Bennett awd
field committed the robbery and gave him the tn"
to sell.
James Lane was the proprietor of the house in 4-`
be
tion, which he let out i, gentlemen who lived at
clubs in sleeping-rooms. When he was with Valls° ;.
when Miles was taken, he saw him drop the 17.11 i I,
produced. Witness had seen L'he prisoner in the 0546
boarbood of the house. c ustodP:
Inspector Covington took Bermett into
Found the articles he produced upo:t him. Ain°pi
them was a ticket for a waistcoat. sate
A pawnbroker in Gilbert-street, Grob.venor-sclu
proved that the waistcoat had been pledged in the .1251'
of Bennett for Is. 6d. • b h"
Sophia Ray proved that Ashfiehl "'lt lodged 000
mother, and that she had seen Miles .come tberle.
him. She saw them go out together with a boles re-
John Gray, C 14, had seen Ashfield and S
peatedly together. sea the
Mr. Blissett was then recalled, and la°
whole of the property as his.
This was the case for the prosecution. he Icovii
Miles, when called upon for his defence, sa '1" tea.
nothing of the robbery till a week after it was c
and
Mr. PAYNE then addressed the jur for Deno-
tt
ledone witness) who gave him a good oha 1114ter.
Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up.
The Jury found both prisoners Guilty, and
The COU RT sentenced Miles to transportatio
ti
lift, and Be nnett to transportation for fifteen years.,