The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-21 00:00:00

some halfpence were foetid in the possession of Ro-
berts.—,lt appeared, that the bo'xes in question
were taken up in Stone-cutter Street, by one of
the Officers of Bow-street, who happened accidentally
to go through this place about three in the morning.
A Lady of the name of Margaret Walker gave an
account of her being awaked by a noise in Stone-
cutter Street, . she thought. her own house was at-
tacked—afterwards an handkerchief was pickt up,,
with halfpence in it, but who • the handkerchief
belonged to was never found out. .
The two drawers taken up by the Bow-street
Officer being. produced, and the nutmeg-grater, the
Prosecutor swore t 'ern to be his property ; and he
swore positively tit there, was more than forty
t
shillings in them in.,halfpence, and he believed near
fifty shillings worth.' •','
The Learned Judge summed up the whole of the
evidence, and observed to the Jury, that this was
a capital offence, that of burglary, and to constitute •
that crime it was necessary . that the breaking and
entering should be in the night time, and in order
to be so, it must be done at a time when there was
not sufficient light to distinguish the-features or the
countenance of a man. As to the two women, the
Learned Judge. said, he thought swearing .to. the
voice of one of them, without seeing her, and that,
when she made use of an expression that had no de- '
finite meaning, coupled with her readiness to sur.
render herself; and of the'other being in bed, with.
out appearing to have had any share in the transac-
tion, it would be too much to Convid either of them.
With regard to the difference that, might be supposed
to be in their cases,, he observed to the Jury, that
Reynolds and Ryley appeared upon the evidence to •
have been most aftivd in the robbery. Now, if
they thought the other Prisoners were not present at
the breaking and entering the house, nor aiding
and assisting' in that at, that was to say, on the
watch, ready •and near: en ,ugh to give notice to,
those who did it, they could not be found guilty..
upon this Indidment, although they might share of
the booty after the ad was done, &c.
The Jury: retired, and remained .out of Court
about half an hour, and said, they acguitted.them
all of the burglary, but that• they were guilty of
stealing in the dwelling_house.
~ . .
Mr. Justice LE BLANc asked the Jury of what:
value they found the stolen property to lie.
They deliberated again for-a few minutes, and
then found the value to the amount stated in the In-
diament, and found all the Prisoners, except the
two women, Guilty—Deacth.

The Prisoner Herbert is z 6, Reynolds 15, Beach
zB, Ryley, 15, Smith 13, and Griffiths 17 years of
age.

Milian: Marshall was charged with the capital
offence of highway robbery, in feloniously assault-
ing, on the 19th of At:gust, Joseph Holloway, and
forcibly taking from his person two sheets, a bolster,
and an apron, value eighteen shillingi, the property
of John Gill.
The circumstances of this case are reducible to a
very narrow compass. Joseph Holioway, a servant
of Mr: Gill's, of Kentish Town, was bringing
home the articles stated in'the Indiament, on the
night of the 19th of August ; he had got to the
door, and rang the bell---while he' waited until .it
was opened, the Prisoner, who was coming along the
road, snatched the bundle out of his hand, and ran off
with it.

The man immediately cried out " stop thief," and
ran after the Prisoner, as did two persons who were
passing by. He was soon overtaken, but previous.
ly had dropped the bundle ; he rnade some resist.
ance; and drew out a knife, and before he could be
secured one of the Witnesses was under the.neces_
sity of knocking -him down. The Prisoner was
never out of Holloway's Sight frOm the rime he had
taken the bundle, until -he was secured.

The Prisoner's •defence consisted in an observa_
tion, that he had not put Holloway in the least
personal fear. No Witnesses appeared in his behalf.
Mr. Justice CxAh2Btta observed, that the offence,
as it ap`pearecl in evidence, did nor constitute that
of highway robber)% ';,:There was no putting in
fear, nor was it appgttntthat, the necessary.degree
of force was used. ro'llie _jury immediately found
the Prisoner Guilty oZzipaling- only.

- • 7; •

- James Norton and Miles Gris.ter were indided
for feloniously assaulting, on the King's highway,
Thomas Warner, putting him in fear, and taking
forcibly from his person a leather purse containing
two -seven-shilling pieces, and three shillings in
silver, his property.

The Prosecutor it appeared was returning home
to East Adon, between ten and 'eleven o'clock
on the night of the 7th of August. - On Shepherd's
Bush Common he was met by the two. Prisoners,
who (he said) came down upon him angle-ways,
from out a gate : they both came up, collared him,
and brandished their sticks over his head. Norton
.said " D—n your eyes have you got any silver ?"
The other interrogated him terrifically, nearly in
a similar way. He said, he had, but he hoped they
would not take it ! This hint produced an imme.
diati search of all his pockets, &c. ; at length they
obtained possession of the purse which contained the
money laid in the indidment ; the Prosecutor then
begged that the purse might be returned him, as he
had a particular value for it. The . reply was—
" D---n your eyes,- no delay, be 4f.'' He then pro-
ceeded to the White Horse, Shepherd's Bush, where
he met some of the Bow.street Patrole, and related
his story. Two of them immediately accompanied
the 'Prosecutor in questof the robbers, and on their
way met a Gentleman, a Mr. Angier, in a one_
horse chaise, who very laudably took up the Patrole
and joined in the pursuit : they soon overtook the
Prisoners on their route to town. They surrender-
ed without resistan 5,,- The, purse 'was found- in the
,possession of GK- er, and some-other articles not
belonging to:the ps'ecutor, ant!a few shillings,
io
but no seven-shilll ng. pieces. Tile purse was im.
'mediately teeopized by the Prosecutor, who swore
to its identity, in--Court, as well as positiVely to.the
persons of the Prisoners..
Nothing satisfaaory appearing in their defence,
and the Jury deeming the charge to be fully made
out, foundd-a general Verdi& of Ouilty.—Death..