The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JAN. i 4

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_ LAiICENIES,L.Vm. Neighbour was indicted for
stealing . a.horse-pistol, value 11. 1-!s. 6d. the
prOperty of his Majesty. The : prisoner, whb is
a • soldier', Was on . gpard at the Tower' on the
day... on which-, he committed the. robbery„, He
went into the armoury withsome company who
were viewing the curiosities., and. was seen going
out with sciniething under his coat. _ lie. was pur-
sued, and thepi.;,tol in question;was.found in his
posseisiOn.—,Guilty,
. -
W ,in. Richardson was indicted for stealing a
looking-giass,,anq a whip, the property of Sir
Morris. Xinienes.. , The family of Sir MOrri,s, left
their lionie, in Gloucester - place,.. Portman-
' square, to
.Proceed
.to the country in October last.
ilo'ho%.:
(r;
taiF ielitnan,. previous.. to his, quitting town,
, stable, which, was at, the back of the
house, and his own bed-room, which was over it.
In tecember he waOnfortned,thaL the stable -had
been broken of; u, . and. on, coming tO'town, lie
found that. as large trunk which was in his•bed7
ropm,hlidbeen foreFtl open, and thelooking7o4ss
and whip in...tfuestion taken away. The prisoner
,vas found
:in the:room by a.marf who had been
left in care Oi: 4AI honse,7and,inifis breeches pocket
were foundtwo dapficates, which. proved to .be
for the Whip and !Obi:big-glass:in questiwi.—The
prisoner, who is a well --li,nowthiel..at the West-
end of the'rown, was found 0 yilty. . • -...• •. .
BI GA NI 'l.- .-,--Jantes Hap,* . Edwars4,.:4lias Charles
Edwards, :Om was tried and convicted of Bigamy
at'tfie last Sessions but whose...judgment
.was res.-
pited in consequence of an objection taken by .his
COuncil, was.put to the bar,+:43aron,Woon ad,
dressed hint., and observed, that :he
,had. been in-
dicted and Convicted, upon the elearest'evidence,
Of having married Annaliinson, his former wife
being :-still living ; his judgmentinid been:us-
pited-, -however„ upon an objection„,taken, found-
ed upon the- fact o his second wife's: name being
Susannah Icinson, and not.Ann.Kinsori,io 'which
name she had been :Mari led. This pointhad been
subMitted to the Consideration of the Judges, anil
they were of opinion that 11c had no right toques
.tion. the name in which -he suffered himself:o-1)e
married. They were therefore agreed_ that Iris,
'conviction was good— - .
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Roc BERY OF. THE SW AX S,E A -MA I L.. 7- Chdrie.Z
triallerwo indicted- for stealing. notes and bills :of:
the value of 23001. the property of Messrs. Fine.:
man and Co. of Newport, in the county of Mon.,.
mouth,, bankers. : • ' ...,
-Air. GURNEY stated the case, and then called
ttticlenCe.

Charles King, clerk to the prosecutor, proved
that, on the I,'d of October, 1813, he made op a
• .parcel .of bank-notes, checques, 'and bills of ex-
-change, to the amount of 23001. Among them.
there was one of the Brecon Bank, for 5 guineas.
No. 2257; two of the Abergavenny Bank, for five
pounds, both dated 21st Sept. 1813, Nos. 130 and
.132; This parcel was directed to Messrs. Down
'andCO:'bankers, and inclosed in a wooden box,
which was directed to.-Mr. Richard Fotbcrgil-1, at
Mcxsfs. Slices, merchants, Lawrence Pountney-
lade, London. , box was put into a bag, and
seat to the Mail Coach Office.
ThOmas Dunn, a clerk in the house of Messrs.
Shee's.—On the 4th of October, 1813, received
the box alluded to by the. last_avitness ; saw it
opened, but the Bills of Exchange, &c.were gone.'
John- Vickery, the Bow-street Officer, upon re-
ceiving intelligence of •theyobbery, went down to
Bristol and sate the prisoner, who was guard of
the Swansea Mail, -and who confessed he had re-
ceived the parcel in rinestion at •NeWport, andlia4
faithfully delivered it at till.: Coach-office- at Bris-'
tol. Witness discovered t:iat..sonie the Notes
Lad been circulated at From some infor-
mation which be Neel v erl Totterdo wn ; •
near Brist6l,to search•the .horise- of a Mrs: Hick-
-; he did. not :finds any. thing •-to confirm his
suspieioris. Mrs.. Hickman had atisconded. " •
• Harry Adkins, another Officer, apprehended. the
prisoner- on the 30th of No-Vemberlast, at a man's
house-trained .Ikkeobs,.- in,-Dtike's-place ; he was_
eorninftil'to.the House oftorreetion 'for, exami-
liatcou'; there, on .the 'l2th of December,
iu therpeesence of Mr.• yothergill, • the prisoner
asked-if he. coubtr•elieveArithself froni the charge,.
*by:giiing information of the person who' had re-
Ceivetlfthe Nofes• from him, 'Witness said he
• could- not answ,er that luestion what• he thought
proper to say 11-e (witness) was
,bound to bear.—
The prisoner (hen said.,he certainly committed
the robbery,
.bet Ween Npwport and Bristol, by
-taking the parcel directed to 'Down and CO. out of
the box, after which ,he made up: the box as be-
'fore; kind forwarded it to London: Ito said he bad
,givea.the•Notes to Mri. Hickman, the same night
Or the day after; wfioni 'he advised. to negociate
Solite. Of the Bills,, before the robbery could be
.made knowliat.Bris-tol. She did circulate several,
•It then became known at Bristol, and she ab•-
sconded, fearing to: be taken into custody : she
went to Bath, Mrs. Hickman and her daughter
had buried the. others in the garden, where they •
remained till July
,lust ;. they were then taken , up
in a danfaged sta_te,-and:he brought thenVto
don,. to man of, the name of Porter, to Whom he
was recominended by -Mrs. Hickman. To Porter
he gave 3001. worth of the Notes, some of which
had been passsd ; 125/. was got from him at a pub-
lic-house in Portpool-lane, by two men of the
names of Match and Edmunds, for which.he bad
got nothing, •

Jane Hickman and Sarah Porter confirmed the
confession of the prisoner : the former said she
had been before imprisoned for smashitig , or
passing bad money, and the latter said she had
been imprisoned for robbing her muster.
Mr. Robert Syret received Rile of the Aher-
gavenny Bank Notes alluded to.by the first wit-
ness from the last witness, in payment for some
goods which she purchased. Ile received an-
'other AbcrgavennyNote from her at a subsequent
period,

111 r:. W. Gregory, of Sun-street, Bishopsgate-
street, received the Brecon Bank Note for. .F67e
Guineas also from Sarah Porter. • ,
Mr. King proved these Notes to have been
packed up by him in the parcel sent by the Swan-
sea Mail.
Baron NAToop,summed lip the evidence, and the
priBliner was found Guilty.—The offence is not ca-
pital.

UTTER LIG FORGED NOTES .--lignizah Johnson,

who stood indicted for uttering forged One Pound
•Bank of England Notes, was acquitted of this
offence, on pleading guilty to the lesser crime of
-having them in her possession.
•BURGLARY. —Joseph - King was . indicted for
breaking and entering the house of the Hon. Miss
Broderick, with intent to steal.—The whole of
the circumstances of this outrage has already ap-.
peared in this Paper.---Verdict, Guilty.
William Rice, a young, man of respectable aP...!,
pearance, only 22 years of age, was capitally in-
dicted for a burglary, in the shop of Cary Maria.
Jackson and Ann Jackson, and stealing therein
..300 yards of lace, value 1001. their property.--
Verdict, Guilty—Death.
Denham,'a 'boy,only 10' years of age-, was
found guilty of cutting with a scissars two gold
seals from Mr. Green's, watch, on Saturday, in
Leadeuhall Market. .The prisoner was tried
May Sessions last. , ,