The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-23 00:00:00

OD) tAILEt, SETT. 22.

George Pen otherwise qeorge Porter,
stood at the bar, indicted fOr having feloniously
stolen a mare, with a chaiie and apprOpriatithar:
ness, the property of John Ilichards
'The prosecutor deposed that he was a ship-
builder, 'at Gosporti in • Hampshire; and the pri-
soner at:the bar was employed by him in the ma-
nagement of one of his vessels, Which carried beer
and water to his,lVlajesty's navy "He had a chaise
and harneSs taken' away from his coach-house, and
a mare from, his stable; on the sth day of July 5
he immediately', departed in search of his property
to LOndon,,,and,gaVeinforniation of his loss to
the:Office at BoW-Sireet. About eight days after-
wards, the prOperty Was brought back to him by
certain Officers, and which he immediately recog-
nized to be that.whichhad been carried from his
premises. The' prisoner had been' fifteen months
in, his employment, and he had :nothing to. say.
detrimental to his -character, save in the present
instance.

John "Taylor deposed, that he was a working.
man, at Fulham, and happening one day to.be iit
a neighbOuring- public-house, the prisoner at the
bar appeared there, endeavouring publicly to dis-
pOse chaise and harness, which the witness
purchased for six guineaS: :He reckoned himself
a bit of a judge, and did. not think the price he
gave at. all unfair or unreasonable. He could not
recollect under what name the prisoner disposed
of them.

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`Jenkins, a_ ltackney-coachman, of Mary-le-
bone, purchased tbe.mare from the prisoner.on
the•Bth day of 'July. He informed the . witness'
that his , naine was, George na
...Porter, and
that he was a farmer at.SOutinnills,
sand that he
was compelled to part With' the mare
,beeause of
the scantiness of grass upon, his pasture, Which
compelled her to overleap the fences, and graze on
the fields of his neighbours. tie paid fOuriesea
pounds for the mare,- and afterwards, on inquiry,
found' thatno Filch persdn the prisoner bad de-
scribed.occupiedl,and at Southmilll.,
George Watson, an Officer of the Police, took
the mare at Mary-le-bonne; and found the'ehaise
and harness at Fulham, all of which were proved
by the prosecutor ;to be his property.
The prisoner, in his defence, maintained, that
finding long intervals of leisure inhis employment,
be bad resolved to deiote them to his own amuSe-
ment; and happening, while this humour, to
meet a Yorkshire man called :James Mason, he
purchased the chaise, mare, and harnesS from bith,
with which:he made a jaunt to London, where
he publicly disposed of them. He lamented that
all his searches after James Mason bad been fruit-
less, who had gone back to Yorkshire, and would
return again-in a fortnight, leaving the prisoner
nothing, save his receipt for the money, to vouch
for his innocence.

The Jury immediately returned a verdict of--
Guilty, when the prosecutor interceded on the
prisoner's behalf, stati.ig, that lie was not con-
versant enough with the law to know whether
or not this was a capital offence. Ile hoped,
however, the punishment would fall 'short of life i
for he believed this to have been the- prisoner's
first crime. . .
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. Thomas 'Wright Was capitally conVicfed for
having .tolen a Copper- pot, value '2O shillings,
froth the shop. of Mr. Lewis, a broker, near St.
James's-square. • _ _

James Gibbons and Ann Gibbons were both
acquitted of an indictment,.charging them with
'having robbed Andrew Grubb of a silver watch,
with gold chain and seals, somewhere between the
I.ast India Tap and Bromley.
It 4ppeattd, that the prosecutor contrived to
intoxicate himself at the • East India Tap public-
house, from which he departed without knowing
where he was going. He awoke in the Mulberry
public-house at. Bropley, and immediately missed
his watch. Neither- of prisoners had been in
his company; so far as he knew.
A rawnbroker said,, that, the female •priSoney
pawned the watch, which the prosecutor claimed
as his, for 20 "shillings. Her husband, the other
prisoner, came afterwards to redeem some lesser
articles tint of pledge, when he caused him to be
apprehended,' emkavoured to effect his escape,
but was immediately secured. •

Ann Owen was cErpitally convicted of stealing'
a gown, value Ss. the property of John Hohne.
This poor young creature was with child, and
had a little boy in her hand, which induced the
Jury•to. recommend
.her very strongly to mercy,
which the Bench. informed them should be at-
tended to.

William Smith and Aka. Macdonald stood at the
bar, capitally indicted, for having, on the night
0. the .20th of August, assaulted the person of
Robert Brown, from whom they took. a silver
watch. . .

Robert Brown said; he was a servant in the
Fox public-house,• at Islington,. and the prison-
ers, who were backney-coachmen, resided in the
same house:. About twelve o'clock at night, on
:the 30th of August, they: entered his apartment,.
along with a coachman who was to sleep with him
all 'night Macdonald set down a candle which
he-held in his had, and threW himself on the top
of-the witness, and struck him on the sides.---,
Smith leaped on the top of Macdonald, and one
Of them pulled the bolster over' the eyes of tIK
witness. In this position they held him for some
time, and. *hen. they departed, he found that he
had been rObbed of his watch,' and an empty lea-
thern-purse, which was in his breeches pocket.
He alarmed the house, and on searching, he dis-
covered his• parse deposited in the crown of Mac-
donald's hat, and the watch was found on the
edge of an ale barrel in the court-yard.
'Philip White, who slept in the same apartment.
with the last witness, described the affair in the
same manner; but be looked upon the whole, at
&it, to be a mere joke, seeing they had a lighted
eandlein the apartvent. .
Thomas Leedman, keeper of .the Fox public-7
house, said, that Macdonald. was- in the habit of
skylark;s7 with the prosecutor. The prisoners
had partaken of six or eight bottles of wine along
with some of their companiots on that day, but
they were not intoxicated.
• The Jury returned a verdict—Acquitting Snifth,
and finding Macdonald Guilty,