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

in; thereout a- shirt and a ',air of stockings his

pf;perty.

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It appeared by the evidence of the Prosecutor's
servant maid, that on the sth of AuguSt -last at
eleven.at 'night, the house'was fastened,- the doors.
bolted, the window's shut, Scc.- and the shirt and
stockings were hanging on a horse. The following
morning early
.these things were missing, and soon
afterwards the shirt was found on the Prisoner's
back, by a Constable who apprehended him. The
servant girl knew -the shirt to be her master's, she
having often given- it out to be washed, and it bear-.
ing his inark The stockings were found on the_
Prisoner's • legs, and were taken tyff i i the Prosecu--
tur's presence, and the Prosecutor knew them to be-:
his.

The Prisoner was then said he
had nothing to- say in his defence, nor had any
Witnesses.

The Lea-rled Judge observed, to the Jury that
this was a capit;:l offence, and although the value
was, trifling, the offence was complete if there was
a breaking and entering, it was indeed a capital
offence even to break and enter the house with in-
tent to steal, if it was in the night ; if the Jury
were svisfied with the evidence, the Prisoner was
guilty' of the whole charge ; if they had any
reason to doubt ii, they would acquit him.—

William Cheekley was ,indiaed for. a burglary in
the dwelling-house of Williath Lacey„ and stealing
several articles, his property,' of the value of 61.
It aprared by% the evidence of the Prosecutor,
-that he works in the Tower ; that on the 3oth of
August last he lost the articles mentioned in the
indichneett, consisting of wearing apparel
things. kle went out about six in-the morning and
returned at seven when the property was gone.
The Proecutor's son heard a noise of opening
the latch of the door, about a quarter before six
and then heard a person - coming down
stairs—the Witness got out of bed, and met the
"Prisoner coming down stairs with a bundle under
his arm : he said he had been there looking for'
Mr. Williams, but .he was not there.—There was
no such person as Mr. •Williams living in that
house.—The Witness- could not say what was in
the bundle that was under his arm, for he was not.
able io secure it, or the Prisoner, whO was too
strong for the Witness. The Prisoner was shbrtly
afterwards apprehended, but none •of the property
was found upon him.
The Learned Judge left it to the Jery to consider
.whether they, were satisfied that the bundle which
the Prisoner had under his arm contained the whole
of the articles stated in the Indiatnent or not, for
if not, the value might be less than -that which
made the offence capital, it might possibly have
happened that some other person might have taken
a part of them, and if so, the Prisoner could not be
found guilty-of stealing all this property:
The Jury found the Prisoner guilty ef stealing
to the value of 39-Shillings.

John Calm,- was indicted for a Rape on Eliza.
beth Garret.. The Prosecutrix is a pot-girl of 23
years of age. The Prisoner is a working man,
whom the public-house at which ,the girl is servant
serves with beer. ; she related the fact of which she
complained, to have happened on a Sunday after-
noon, when she brought him a pot of, beer.
The while Case having been gone through on
the part of the Prosecution, and a Witness having
been examined for the Prisoner, the Jury said they
were satisfied that he was not guilty, and on the.
ground of the inconsistency of the story of the
girl, pronOunccd—Na's

Benjambe Harper was charged with a capital
offence in feloniously breaking and. entering the
dwelling-house of Charles Sweedland Esq. on the
night of the Bth inst. and stealing therein a con-
siderable quantity of,plate, his property.
The Prosecutor's house it appeared, is situated in
Berner's-street, No. The family were in
Yorkshire at the time the,robbcry was committed
—the house was; confided to!the.care of two'feaiale
servants, the cook:Pnd.o,. ne ,of the house-maids=--::
they heard a great noise .about 12 o'clock on the
night abovementioned, and being much alarmed,
they locked -themselves, in their bed-room, and
opening the front, .window, brVught after no short
interval of vociferation, a watchman to their as-
sis:ance ; this personage sprung his rattle and made
a great noise at the doori on which five men rushed
out of
,the door and got away.. Soon after, the
Prisoner was brought to the spot, having been
secured by one of the Witnesses, who met him
running violently, as he-turned the corner of Charles
Street—the Prisoner was , searched,- and in his
-
pozkets was found a considerable quantity of plate,
. together with four pick--lock keys—the articles
were produced in Court, and duly identified 'by
the women-servants as the property 'of the Prose_
cutor. It appeared, that the parlOur
shutters had been' forced, and that .the plate was
taken out of a cupboard in Which it was usually
deposited, and which had been broken open.
The .Prisoner in his defence asserted that he was
only walking along Berner's-street, when he heard
a noise ; going further on he saw the Plate lying
on the ground, and he picked it up—he was soon
after stopped by one of the Witnesses..—No
Evidence of any kind was adduced in his behalf :
and the Jury had no hesitation in finding hint
Guilty—Death. -

John Deane was indicted for stealing, on the'
22d of July, two guineas, two half guineas, and
two seven shilling pieces, and other monies, the,
property of Isaac Clarke, Esq.
It appeared generally, frclin the evidence, that the
Prisoner had lived as servant with the Prosecutor,
i Gentleman residing in the vicinity of ‘Hackney.
He generally kept his money in a btireau, or book_
cafe, in the parlour,'and latterly, from time to time,
missed some of his money.' Suspicion at length
rested on the Prisoner. Mr. Clarke marked a
guinea, -and placed it in that part of the bureau
whence he missed the money. On the day above-
mentioned, the marked guinea was also missed.—