The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-16 00:00:00

He had the i'ristmer iMitediately searched, and -a•
piece of iron which might be used as a pick-lock,
and was what is called a mock_nail, was found in
his possession—he was given in charge to an'ol-2
facer, and in about two hours, after, it :appeared,
one of the mAids- found below stairs, in a press,
where the Prisoner used to keep' commonly his
clothes, the money laid in the Indictment, it was
covered, for the greater part, with brick-dUst.-=—
Amang it was found the marked guinea.
On the cross-examination of the Witnesses for
the-Prosecution, it appeared, that in the opinion of
a smith, :who was sent to examine it, that the lock
Of :the bureau had nor been picked—that the piece
of iron -fOund in the Prisoner's pocket, was a kind
of nail, Many of which were loose about the garden,
and that every person in the house had access to
the repository clothes-press, as well as the Prisoner..
The lad had an excellent- charaaer from his.late
master, a Capt. Pole, as well as from several other
respeaable Witnesses ; and the Jury,. after turning
the matter some time in their minds brought in a
verdiaof—Not

yohn- Murphy, a very yoting boy, was charged
with a capital offence, in' stealing a. silver watch;
value 31. in the dw,elling-house of John Howard,
his property.
It appeared that the Prisoner in a great degree
had been made the instrument of another person to
*the . affair. The Proscuter keeps a shoe-maker's
shop—the Prisoner and the penora alludedto,' went
and spoke about buying some shoes, and while the
Prosecutor was necessarily engaged in consequence,
the Prisoner found means' to remove the watch
which was hung against the wall, and he was
shortly deteaed in such. circumstances as to leave
no doubt of his having taken the property. His
coMpanku* made off.
The Learned Judge who tried the Case, verc,
humanely questioned the ProSecutor as to the cir-
cumstances of the dwelling-house,_and
_value of the
at-lick, with a view of endetfvouring to mitigate
the capital of the charge. The Jury, however,
'shortly effeCied this by finding the Prisoner Guilty
Of stealing to the value of 39 shillings.

SHIP NETS'.

- POOLE, SEPT. 14.
A rriyed—the Diligence, Anderson, frOm Sunderland ;
Dart, King, from Portsmouth ; William and Mary, Baynes,
and Hope, \9anelatvs, from CoweS; Blaney, Hedgley, from
'eath ; .Pomona, Randall, from Teingrnontli ; and.Delaval,
Mearns, from Newcastle -
Sailed—the Betty, Dervey, and Mary, Gardner, for Sun
deriand ; Russel, i'izard, for, Liverpool ; Sidney Smith,
Briggs, for Hull ; Friendship, Stroud, 'for .Shercham Nith-
ble, Urquhart, for Neadi ;and Nutazon, Bittle, tbr Alicant.

CR 4.VESEND, SEPT. 14,

Passed by--the Betsey, ,Brampton, in Bengal ; Lady
Penryn, Burgess, from Grenada ; Vicissitude, Stout, and
Mary Anne, Vestall, from larnaica ; F4nny, • Licidie., from
Dominica ; Diana, , from Tobago ; Isle ,at • 1 hanet,
Goodwin, from Barbadoes ; Duke of Clarence, La-
forey, Thompson, and Helen, Gordorex, from Trinidad ;
Supply,. Anderson, from Limerick ; Fanny, Rippon, and
Chancellor, Summers, from Demerara; Reliance, ,
from St. Lucie ; Adventure, ' from Virginia ; King
G&orge Cotter, and Favourite, Valans, from St.. Vincent's.
Sailed---the Betsey, Fally,-for camaica ; Liberty, Johnson,
for Hamhurgh; Dundee Arms Packet,- tor Caiais ;
Betsey, Hart, for Seville ;,T we Gebroders, School, and
Nuoyt Gedaght, Sligron, for Amsterdam. -