The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-18 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 18.

• This day's Market hel a.scanty supply of the
differenfkinds of Catfle ; ,Mutton and Lamb sold
at last prices.; Beef, Pork, and Veal, are clearer ;'
and the trade for the most part was but indifferent.
The sales in the Hay .Market were rather dull ;
Straw and Clover fetched last prices ; 'Hay ob-
tained a better price.—The undermentioned prices
and numbers are a-correct-statement:— -,
To sink the (MI, per Stone-of
Beef, •4s. to SF. Bd. Mutton, 4s. to ss. Bd. Veal,
bs._6(l. to 7s. 42d. Lamb, as. to 6s. 6d. Pork, ns. 4d. to 6y. tad.

Beasts, G. Sheep and Limbs 6,400. Cal - • 1-0 t es,
200.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.
nay: 31.55. to 51. 15s. Straw, *l. ss. to. Bl. ss. Clover, 51.
10$. to 71.105. .

CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT. lB.—We have this day
feW arrivals of Wheat, but middling supplies on
band, samples of flue -grain keep their'price, in-
ferior quality doll in sale; Barley afid-Malf at lit-
tle iluetuation ;. White Pease. fully `rnaintain last
prices ; few Beans of the two kinds, and dearer 5
the trade for Oats is likewise named fully at last
prices, and but a shoi:t supply; Four continues
Without variation.

Wheat - -80 s. 112 s. 148 s. Tick Beans - - 945. 995.
Fine ditto - 1525. 1588. • Oats - - - 575. 60s.
Rye - - 655. 68s.
Barley - 'sss. 635. PotAttoe - <Ms! 70s.
Malt - -90 s. 98s. -Rape!' Seed - - 601. 651.
White Pease (boil.) 735. 8•1 s. Fine Maur - - 1155.. 120 s:
Gxey ditto r - Seconds -•- -110 s. 11b.v.
Beaus - - 7 955. 100.

OLD BAILEY.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17.

T. Simmester alias Davis, stood capitally indict-
ed for bre.aking and entering the' dwelling-house
of James %Vest, at Twicketibtun, on.the 12th or
August hiq, in the day time, no person being
i;erein, /and stealing-weaning apparel above the
,:due of ss.

it appeared from the testimony .of the wife of
!he prosecutor, that on the morning stated in the
indictment, she left her house, having previously
fastened it in such a manner as to,prevev the in-
greszy of aay person who did nor, possess 'tLe key.
On her return, at three 131 the afterllooo, she found
that the window had keen forced am! on -examin-
ing her trunk,. she _perceived that it had been
broken onen, and_ several articles of wdaring ap-
parel hefongifig to her husband taken away.---
These clonei she traced to the _pose:iSion of a
woman named. Daniel, at Isleworth,. who proved
that s.l)e had purchased theta.fFoin the prisoner,
the same day On which the robbery was com-
..
mited.

- .
-The Jury acquitted the prisoner 'of the ,burglary,
upon the pl'esumption .that some ither person.
might have broken the pane of gllss which gave
facility to his entrance, and which enabled him to
remove the peg that confined the window. They
however, found him guilty of the stealing.
Joseph Wayland, a little urchin not more than
14 years of age, was indicted for Stealing five shil-
lings 'worth of halfpence, privately, in the shop
o J. Broughton. The prisoner went into_ the
shop in qiiestion, under pretence of pin.rhasing
article, and while there, found thears
to steal a marked.papei, contiining the halfpence.
Stated in the indictment. 6usplcion having at-
tached to him, he was.pursued, iAen, and search-
ed, and on his person were found the paper and
halfpence. These circumstances having been in-
controvertibly proved, and the -prisoner having
nothing\_to urge in hisdefence, Mr. Justice Gibbs
proceeded' to sum. up the evidence ; in .doing.
.which, he observed, that notwithstanding the.
tender age,of the prisoner, it was ;of the, last im-
pOrtance,—that the lawn should be executed, and
that no COnsideration of:humanity should induce
either hini or the Jury tio draw Conclusions incon-
sistent with,the facts pr9ved, or the 'law applicable
to. those facts. 'Were he to act in opposition to
.these sentiments, be..should, in conscience, cOn-
sider himself guilty Of.no 'less s crime than•per-
jury. To s,ulfer a feeling of lenity to be extend-
ed towards the prisoner on account of ages would
be an injustice to all other -offenders with similar
pretensions ; as it would only lead them to ima-
gine,,that however heinous might be their mis-
deeds, their youth would be a guarantee for their
safety. If' the prisoner was capable of judging
between right and wrong, be became fully an-
swerable to the laws of his country: In the pre-
sent case, the. fact of halfpence to the amount of
five shillings, having beensolen pr.,;ately in the
shop of 'the prosecutor' by the prisoner, Was prov-
ed
• beyond the possibility of doubt ; the only
ground, therefore, upon which the capital offence
imputed to him became doubtful, vas tire pos-
sibility of some of the halfpence being counter-
feits. - -

. The Jury having examinedgthe money, found
some of it to be bad and conSequently acquitted
the-prisoner of the capital charge, and fottndhira
guilty of stealing to the value of four shillings and
tenpence.

Willicon.Connor, another boy, ~not more than
15, teas next put to the bar, to take his trial' for
privately stealing, in the shop of J. L. Simmons,
in Holborn, on the Ist of August last, a Coat,,
value 255.
,was stated -in evidence, that on the
day in question,- the prisoner went to a pawn-,
broker% in Stanhope-street, Clare-maiket, and
Offeredla.coat to pledge. He said he liad been
sent by his father ; but on the pawnbroker's ck-
amining the coat, he discovered a duplicate .under
the cape, which at once. convinced him that it be-
longed to the prosecutor,' who was also a pawn-
broker. The prisoner was immediately taken into
custody;., and on-inquiry-being made at Mr..Sitn-
tnons's shop,_ it, was ascertained , that the coat
had been stolen that morning. By, time duplicate
on the coat, it appeared that 16s. had been'leant
on it.

The Jury ,after a short consideration fotind the
prisoner 'guilty, of stealing only to the valu6l of
4s. 10d. '
The proseCutQr, on his' oath, stated 'that toe.
value of the coat was 255.

Sarah. Baker was, Capitally indicted for stealing
a bank-note of the 'value :of :10/. ; three. bank
notes'of the value' of. 3/. ; two gold hro,oches and.
divers other articles, in the dwelling-house of
Thomas Mason, in the,parish of Mary-le-bone, in
the early part of last August.
it appeared that the prsoner bad lived servant
with the-prosecutor, and loving been guilty of
same incivility, .she was. discharged. After sae
!eft the house, the articles specified in the indict-
ment were missed. She was sought for, and w
at length apprehended on the top of the Yar-'
month coach, Aldgate. On being accused of
the robbery,. she Pave up the brooch and a gold.
ring, which she had stolen. Siee, was found guil-
ty-of stealing to the value of 395. ,
Jathes Minter was also capitally indicted for
stealing a pair .of shoes., priirately, in the shop
of ThomaS liedaway, in the Strant!, on the Bth.
instant. -The fact of the theft was fully proved ;
but the value of. the shoes being doub.tfnl, the
prsoner was: found,kguilty oniy of stealing to the
oz 4-s. 1911.
, John Holland and Charles Thomas Stichener
Werc stealing a pocket-book, from the
perin of John Hepburn, on the night of the Oat;
of August. The' prosecutor is' a serjeant
r,lnes, and on the night in question being much
intoxicated, as he was as sing through thestreets,
the prisoners assistA him to . The, next
morning he missed his pocket-hook; the prisoners.
were-_appi•ebended, and. Stieliener gave up the
pocket-book, saying li.fliad found it. They were
both aennitted: •

Henry Lan,fitant, who stood indicted for eteal-
ing two IL Bank of- England notes, and a 3s.
Bank token, was acqnitttd z-onsequence of
therebein no direct ev i:!ctuN against him, save his
own confession, which ‘vas extorted from Lim
undei a promise of lenity.

James Booth was iiied on an indictment, charging

wlth stealing a bay gelding,' value .251. the
p-operty of Messrs. Powell, of 'Bristol, in Jnly,

It appeared that the horse in question was sent
by' Messrs.: Powell to grass in a field at a-plaee
KnoWles, near,Brista, on the afternoon of
the 27th of July. Ii; three ,days afterwards, the
horse was missed : band-bills were circuk ted,
but the animal was not heard of until the I .of
August, when. the prisoner, brought a bay gelding
to the lepository:ot Alr. Sadler, in Goswell-street,
who suSpetting fro his general demeanour that
he had not got it honestly, questioned :him closely
as to. the manner% which he came possessed of it,
and insisted, upon his giving some' satisfactory' re-
ference. Tile prisoner bought to Mr. Sadler a
letter from a T oblicau, but INV. S. saying that
would not do, he went away, and did not again
return. - Sonya short time subsequently the horse
was' chained by the prosecutor, and the prisoner
was apprehentled. Stevens, the constable. who
took him into custody, asked shim where he bad
got the horse He answered that he had bought
it of a man .named Wood, in Long-lane, fur 16
guineas, whose address be did not "know. He
first gave him 61.. and subsequently paid him 101.
Stevens farther deposed, that the 'prisoner 'en-
deavoured to escape from
.him. In proof of the
prisoner being in the neighbourhood of Bristol,
-and near the place from whence the horse was
stolen; a puhlic resident withins miles of Knowles
proved that the prisoner was in his house on Sun-
day, the '26th of J
On the part of the prisoner, John Hazel, a
coppersmith's tool-maker, resident in, Turnmill-.
street, Hatton-wall, deposed, that he quitted Bath
by the coach at two o'clock in the afternoon of
the 27th of. July, together with. his wife. He saw
the prisoner at the Greyhound- Inn, from wbence
the coach'departed ; and he travelled an outside
passenger.by the same coach with him. The tes-
timony of,this witness was supported by his wife..
And two other witnesses proved that they saw the
prisoner. in,London on the evening of the 2Stb of
the same month.

Thy hook-keeper of the Saracen's Head Inn also
proved, that two persons, of the name of Hazel,
were entered in the way-hill of the Bribtol coach
cn t:,e day which they stated. _ _ _

The .Learned Judje then addressed the Jury,
and observed, it would be rather too much to
convict the prisoner upon the evidence adduced in
support of the prosecution, although his conduct
was such as naturally to excite, suspicion. .No-
thing had occurred • to impeach the testimony of
the witnesses in his favour, and consequently he,
was entitled to an acquittal.
The Jury retumed a verdict accordingly,.
• Fiv.c prisoners were capitally convicted, viz. :
Robert Piocaer, for stealing a quantity .or linen-
drapery, value 4001. in the dwelling-house of
Thomas Douton ; Catherine Foster,_for stealing
&cheese, the property of Thomas William Hodg-
son ; Thomas, Williams, for stealing 15 -yards. of
sarsnet of Andrew Clerk', •in his dwelling-house;
and Margaret Pahner and Mary Turner, for
stealing two pieces of printed cotton, the pro-
perty of Richard Terrington, privately, in his