The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-29 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

EXTENSIVE BURGLARY IN CORNWALL TERRAce.
Yesterday, Henry Ferris, aged 18, was indicted for burg-
for payment of 5801., four sovereigns, &c.,
lariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas
Lindsay Holland, and stealing therein two bills of exchange,
his prOpertY• ,
The prosecutor„ Mr. Holland, is a gentleman residing in
Corn
lived withl him ase, servant from the middle of February down t'tothe end of July last. On the evening of the Bth of September
wa.l-terrac in the Regent's-park , and the prisoner had
last, Mr. Holland's house was entered, and robbed of proPertY
in bills of exchange, bonds, and other property
siderable amount. The robbery was discovered on the saw!
evening, and appeared to have been committed by sntwilfriP,eL.
son, Who had got from the area-steps, through the
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into the dinning-room, where Mr. Holland had a scrutoire, U"
which he kept his papers. As none of the servants could s
whether the window was open or shut, on the last °coon
that they entered the dinning-room, the charge of burglary upon
not be established. The prisoner was, however, tried upo_n,
a count charging him with privately stealing in a dwelling-hos'
which is generally included in every indictment for burg
larY:
The evidence to substantiate that count was entirely eircn
stantiaL The robbery took place between half-PoserB an called
o'clock in the evening. At half-past eight, the pris it
upon the wife of Mr. Holland's coachman, with whom, ila wT,
as her husband, he was unacquainted, to inquire whether he was
in. He was informed by the wife, that her husband was getlir,
out with thecarriage, and would not return 0112 o'clock atal :0
He returned again shortly afterwards, put the same Vest' sot
(0 a very
the coachman's coachman's wife, and received the same answer. It alle.,d,s
that the coachman lived in an apartment over Mr. 1101,,a.un ~s
house. There were visible proofs in the dining-room, tit the
stables, and that these stables are contiguous to Mr. 801 l
tahe
robber bad entered it by the window from the area. -wept
morning of the Bth of Sept. Mr. Holland's housemaid had!.
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the area clean out ; on the morning of the 9th she found 1.1.:,,`,
,a button top without a shank. She gave it to her mistress, who
consigned it to the care of Staples the officer. misty °nitro-
morning, the prisoner, who lodged withßrown, 0, bees
mitted the robbery;
ren.street, went out. On his return he told her that he him .„
informed that Mr. Holland's house had been robbed the.lZ,
ceiling evening ; that it was suspected that some of the serdc7o,
or that some erson who knew the premises well, lr him.
pleawas much surprised at the request, self up to Mr. Holland, in order his 1 had rnl-
- examined it,
nd wild°
guil of it. He then
and that it was intention to give beep
proceeded to shave the _,,,,id
iwl "em I o ed Santadpfloesontldie ohffiatcaerbct:tone ionntoute.hnouthre :is:
piecebut gwaysse ,u,,,P. batid'wnisetko—,o-faiihiet
gonerwithout any preliminary notice, asked him for his coat. tll:,
coat was broken off by the shank. He did not Men,tta i Idol to
cover which he had made to the prisoner, but desire" - 1 4
go with him to Mr. Holland's. Avhiist he was insrobberyStaes
custody, he was asked if he knew that there had been . o, he
in that gentleman's house; and he replied that he dui' sworn
had been told of it by his Landlady's daughter. This 'lwo-
to be false both by die landlady and her daughter. l'h
_„e, , la
top found in the area was found to fit the shank on the Pie. :ith
coat exactly, and the impress on that button was the sa. gilt,
button top found in ' the area a smualle , „ Treble
that on the other buttons of the coat, namely, '
the' hank 0'
J, B." A button-maker who was called said, to shank the
the button a part of the button top still remained ; and in Just
where the shank fitted on to . it. On being 1° he PO
coincidence, he said it was very extraordinarY; , sobs
lost the button on the night before in the own it ho
West London Theatre, h
and e could not conceive d
ow
travelled so far the
as Regent's-park. On being sain tonent
he had been on the evening of the Bth, he gave a 5`3 t 8 bs
that he had been with a friend from a to 8 o'clock, that ar, girl
carried an umbrella howhichhad borrowed Ito
'lll
me, he be 01
in Honover S
, quare, and, that he had stayed with
~ „owe his
o'clock. He did not, however, call any witnesses " Nnove•
presence either at the West London Theatre, or in, ~
square,.. or at the. place where he had been with his frier.l,p_e_
tinder these circumstances the case was left to ther,lturivs4
After deliberating for three quarters of an hour, theY t ended
a .verdict of. Gui',y against the but recounn
prisoner;
him to mercy on account fif yo h: , a lea,
Mr. Justice PARE toldothemm that he should with 81.,.e,:i. tut
sure transmit their recommendation to the proper qu'-eiksile'
he could not hold out to them strong hopes of its bw. • 00
cessful, as mercy was seldom extended to individuals spit,
guilty of robbing their masters, either whilst they ware'
service, or after they had left it.
The Judgea then left the Court.

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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—( fPrindsor,.7„,,Jeci
Eliza Mule, in the service of
On Sunday evening last a young woman, 1.11:RN
Egerton '-'d to
_Esq. of Langley, endeavoured to Put II," I:, to
her existence by drowning herself. uvilay
some. disappointment in love, her swain il(,),l'caust
'frig acted up to his promises, is the allegeyerf
or this rash act, On Sunday she becomes°
too
low-spirited, as to alarm her fellow-seryalqster,
communicated the circumstance to their
the
and in the evening she was sent Untlar the auk.
at enjobri,
bet
of a man, to her parents, residing
The person left her within a few yarai ("s anti
threw herself into a mill-stream,
parents' house, when she immediately can P; pi
at the tack
her
Colebrook; the man who conducted
Langley followed, and after a lapse of a
nd. 15
e
minutes, succeeded in bringing her to land. o
And:
usual restorative was applied with succog,
she is now living with her parents.
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On Wednesd
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all, the 27th I
nst.
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Queenhl •the, ON 10i
tr. Alderman Venables, of a son.
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Crest m, to
.Sara. h, second daughter Icars. ,
K.
ItIARRIED.
On Wednesday, the 27th inst., A. M.
_Pri_n.o, of
yr Crescent, Nbnones. nu holl/i
On Wednesday, the 27th i st the Rev. Thonlas''-rirlesi
Fellow of Catherine Ilnall,"Carnbrklge, to Lout* e
daughter et' the Rev. Dawson \Var.:Tit, vicar of Edmonton.

N•
Di".
afllctloo, Or'
Yesterday, the 28th inst., of a pszalytic
of
iv*
Middleton, of the Strand. Esq.,
On Sunday, the 24th inst., Philip Matravers, •
fIP
. ) ire,
vidence-row, Hackney. briust44.'-- wet
On Saturday, the 23d inst., at March, Cal" -f• ly•P
zabeth Ann, the wife of John King Farlow, Eq.)
Holborn. —......."—=-""

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