The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-16 00:00:00

OLD B AILEY.

THIRD DAY-FRIDAY, JAN. 15.

Bridget Rbeadi:vg-was found guilty,of.receiving
goods, knowing them to have been stolen, the
punishrmnt for which is transportation for seven

years.
In this case, the Prisoner had not bought the
goods, but taken them in, for the supposed purpose
of delivering them up again to the thief, who had
been convicted -of steining them on a former Session.
It'was submitted, that as the goods' were not
bought by the Prisoner, she could nok be said to
have received them within the meaning the Act
of Parliament, which makes this a..transportable
offence;---secondly, that she was a married woman,
atilt her husband was supposed to have ordered that.
she should take these articles in, of which there was
no clear roof.
Mr. Justice RooKE observed, amongst many
things, -to the Jury, that experience, .in this and
other Criminal Courts, taught those who-attended.
them, that the objet of the law which attached
the punishment of transportation for seven years .to
the offence of receiving stolen • goods, knowing
them to.be stolen, was tO prevent any encourage-
ment being giVen to thieves, who certainly would
no; be so eager to commit, theft, if they did not
know Where to carry the property after they had
sto;enit. That as, to the Prisooer, being a married
omm, shc must hive beefi acquitted of this chazge,
if it appeared that she received thegoods in her hus-
band's presence, because she would, in that case; in
the view of the law, be wing under the coercion
of her husband; but if she received them in his ab-
sence, the idea.of her having been ordered by him
to receive them, was not that sort of coercion for
Which the law excused a married woman concerned
in crimes in company with her husjaand:L--4is to her
not having bought the goods, that was nothing, for
if she took them of him under any, idea that he was
to have them again at any time he might call for
them, to suit his convenience, that would be te-
ceiving them in a way which -the law, pohibited,
because, that was affording to -the thief-the en.
coulageo:ent which the laW prohibited.
The Prisoner was therefore (Duval Gailiy.

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Daniel Cooper was indiled for stealing one ounce
and-cam: penny weight of silver, of the value of si-x-
Shillings, the property of Messrs. Bateman, working
gold and silver smiths, in Bunhill-row.
The Prisoner had been an. errand boy with the'
Prosecutors, he afterwards became their apprentice;
and served diem in that chat-After for seen years,
and then w-rl.ed,as their, journeyman. for -a While,
and was-with them all for about ten years.
In consequence of some-suspicions that Were en-
tertained of the Prisoner, he Was searctlO first
ineEedually,. on which he became a little- insoWrir,
but the Constable .persevering, found, at last the.
silver stated in the iridielliteni, which ha' been "cut
otitiont a sheetr „and was seen in the skin which re-
ceives the fragrnedts of the work; half an hour he-
fire ; it was found concealed in his waisthand:—
Gado,.

Rithtirel Johnston was inclined for stealing. on
the 9th inst. twenty-five yards of carpetting of the
value of 71. the property of Thomas Eyre and Co.
in their dwelling-.louse.
The Prosecutors are Carpet;:rnanufanureri, 'in
Oxford-street.
It appeared by the evidence of George Smith, a
young lad•and a sailor, that last Saturday, as he was
passing by the house of Messrs: Eyre,. the Prose-
cutors, he saw a man coming our of their warehouse
with a niece of carpetting on. his shoulder ; he had
not gone far from the door when he. drops it. The
Prisoner was' then standing about 75 yards before
this man i he looked _round, and seeing this carpet-
ting on the ground,.came up to the Man, put 'upon
its shoulder the carpetting again.; and told him to
g'9,-,9n) the Prisoner walking along-side of him.—
He,.suspeeting they had stolen the carpetting, went,
into the warehouse and informed them of it. Mr.
James went immediately out, folloWed them, and
overtook them in Adam and Eve court,. between
three and four hundred,yards. from the house. The
Prisoner had then -the. carpetting on his back ; Mr.
Eyre secured apd took him to a Wine-Vault, which
is kept by a man of the .name of Place, and asked
for assistance to secure them bath, hut thii man
refused to assist 'him, saying_he did.not chose to, be
troubled • with. any 'such business; upon which the
Witness kept the Prisouer in his care, and the other
made his escape. The Prisoner was then committed.
Guilty—Death.