The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-08 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

Joseph Sanderson, Thomas Jones, and George Shaw, were
indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house attached
to the London Institution, and stealing therein a cruet stand,
It 17 spoons, one pair of sugar-tongs, 600 pieces of coin, worth
d 150/., a neckchain, a cross, eight rings, seven seals, five silver
I. snuff-boxes, several pieces of gold coin, and other articles, the
5 ) property of Mr. William Upcott.
Mr. Anommus stated the case for the prosecution. He said
,e that it was a most melancholy thing to contemplate that a gen.
l tleman like Mr. Upcott should have devoted many years of
iy, his life to the collection of rare coins and other curiosities,
which, though of but little intrinsic value, were to him and
. others, who took similar pains, almost invaluable. He then
detailed the facts as they would be proved in evidence.
i
t / Mr. 'William Upcott stated, that he was Librarian to the
i
f I London Institution, which was chartered by Act of Partia-
-1 ment for the propagation of useful knowledge, He had been
0 • there seven years. He had from his childhood been accus-
e) tomed to make rare collections, and those articles that he had
collected were in cabinets on the night of the 18th of May.
Ice On that evening, about half-past seven o'clock, he left home,
hl{ and returned at half.past twelve, and sat up until two in the
morning. He then went to bed, and shortly after
three o'clock he heard a loud knocking at the door. On
iii going down stairs he found two policemen. In the front room
he found a crowbar, a centrebit, a knife, and a phosphorus-box,
and the silver trips had been taken ofl'several cruets. An aperture
had been made through the window-shutter, and the window
its was open. The sitting.room door, which he had previously
00 closed,
, was also open, and one of the cabinets, which had con_
a number of coins, was lying on the ground empty.
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:,,e0 Several other cabinets and drawers were scattered about; one
cabinet underneath the window had been wrenched open, and
pr
takenlertOut ; a collection of Napoleon's medals in bronze
untouched, except one which had been broken, ap-
iut parenttY to try the metal ; five sovereigns were taken from an
Upper drawer. The propety taken away must have been worth
At least/, and
400
never s. not one article had been returned. Wit-
ness
office. sv arty of the prisoners before he saw them at the
0 Police
Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Three of his female
re ri
he°:_sin...B, Mr. Hibbert, the principal librarian, the porter and
)1101 ~,w ire) slept in the house.
Biil 'at,' Peekover, the housekeeper, was the cousin of last witness.
ll St stated that she was the last person up on the night in ques_
the she knew that every door and window was fast. At
halfPalit three o'clock in the morning, she heard a Mrs.
T 0 Hooper and the watchman at high words, and in looking out
30t, Of the window, she saw several chips lying about, the area door
, open, and a Mrs. Bagley, who was well acquainted with the
31' premises, and was in the habit of calling sometimes.
ford Ann Hooper, of No. 4, Helder-street, opposite the London
Institution, said she had been up all night on the
The! night in question, with a sick friend ; about a guar-
bs%,..; ter art thre oloc, on lookng ut of her window,
,•'•fi she saw thee door'c ofk the institu i o
tion open and shut, and
t bil 110.1 awn was put out several times beckoning in the direction of
t
st hi h_vnglleY. The person she saw beckoning she knew to be
prisoner Sanderson'; she thought it was a love affair, but
her husband (I,'
~ thought it was a robbery.—(Laughter.) Witness
Shp( nos,Ltect_out to the watchman, and she saw three men run off,
i ":roafsthein was like the prisoner Jones.
Ira,
open, . s-examined—The watchman could have seen the door
!riot' liheW2S a parish watchman, and told witness he was deaf
, he had since been discharged.
gs Mr J .
.1, good ustice GASELEE—His being deaf and blind were very
; SI) a reasons for discharging him.
ntlill the wife's
Hooper, the husband of the last witness, corroborated
r 0 tn-e
dwo,ofrs thestimony. He identified Sanderson as being within
en it was open.
I) till
at George Liner, policeman of the G division, 151, stated that
hal,
ri tfr of At Past one o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 19th
hetbet threeaYtn) he was in Wilson-street near the institution ;he saw
, ~e he ty. en walking slowly. He was sure Shaw was one, and
lrltiv i son `"eved Jones was another. He did not recollect Sander-
CVO Police,Sh_aw, as he passed, said—" I don't care a for any
boos° One of the others said—. Hold your tongue, f
yh:uti -•; ably' meaning the witness) does not speak to you, don't
der stteae vto him." They walked on, and turned down Hel.
sate k .
er°l4-examined—Did not hear of the robbery for a fort.
A il/ Inght afterwards. Did not appear at the police office until
rptia after th
3,• spe.,_
.0e fourth or fifth examination. Had known Shaw, to
;wart hilun, before.
dneSS Ilasbnn radley, another policeman, was in Wilson.street,
fleets e'elo nrY, on the Sunday morning at ten minutes before four
(4 W.,_
.0, when he heard persons calling for " watch." He
ig IP ii" to the end of Wilson-street, and saw Mr. and Mrs.
four
wooaper looking out of Wilson-street, and three men running
therellcoogynaLelnasntiytuotifotnh.e
Priltseonoenrsly saw their
went/ couldabacly(s%asandiffrom not
rnorts, James Painter, a policeman, heard the cry of" watch," and
IPoo taw three men run away from the gate of the Institution, but
c I,Could not recognise any of the prisoners. He went inside and
cavil. found some property strewed about as described by the first
laser'" Witness. The window shutters had been bored, and the win_
olvitiereby forced open.
COUI4
I Mrs. Bagley, a married woman, stated, that she had come
.„nier fro,
~-r ,an Prison to give evidence, having been committed for
TI asureties to give evidence. She knew the prisoners
verytqfl. ell, and knew the premises of Mr. Upcott. About a
Week before the robbery, she walked near the Institution, its
. el rne°eintPsaannYd With Sanderson and Jones. Previous to that she
:ewe
hers.
tion,
BeetalM, and told him she was going to see a friend of
'rench asked where, and she said, to the London Institu_
she, _ adding that she was afraid almost to go, for fear that
nad offended Mr.Upcott on account of some circumstances.
1 1.16 ; ingi;,, the her why she did not go and see, and she said she was
.48,...." gand.t_h • She did go, and make an appointment to meet
40,1 then
when she got away. She went to Mr. Upcott's,
had
not
met Sanderson, and told him she had been there, but
„,,:li Was, andleen Mr. Upcott. He asked witness who Mr. Upcott
9PI H she said he was librarian to the London Institution.
to the shedect if Mr. Upcott was a man of property, and she said
[ with in coite;,_not know, but he took a great deal of pride
Ahon. :ng coins. Nothing further passed at that time.
bell:. week afterwards, which was a week before the rob-
Jones,rernet Sanderson by appointment, and he took her to
T., ~, Jonec house, at the bottom of Holborn Hill. Sanderson asked
ror. , \vile a walk, and they all three went out to walk.
goiagntthey
on, hs. got to Long-lane witness said, " Where are we
ad EO/ They ,w° ?" Jones said they wanted to go round Finsbury.square.
ust thl, Catholicenct
Ch that way. Jones saying as he had never seen the
tendin6 should p,...apel, which was near the London Institution, he 1
forniei thence to
.. to see it. They went round by the chapel, and
correct' asked ivitthe back of the London Institution ; then Sanderson
ip did, adding; if her friend did not live there, and she said he
e, es , the, those a •re his rooms which you can see." He
mines' said 4ked which .. in
the
ha 11.,, room he kept his property in, and witness
, Club ahem an.d. those two Jones and Sanderson desired witness to walk
-- men stood at the railing while she walked on ; one of
e Fire' she belie,,,,_,"ked Witness where the family slept, and she said
Tavellto slept dow7lstat. the top of the house. They asked if any one
charm"' at then
pars, and she said the porter did. That was all
move .tead sh accoun.elt: About nine or ten days afterwards she
coy inliPtion th.l
_'n the newspapers of the robbery, and from a
Kilo, sat: and 44,4' was given of Sanderson, she went to his lodg-
he knew any thing of the robbery. He
saWLlti/ she thought came
you to think of such a thing ?" He said
, . cap' belt g''''' she •
, hob, was talking very foolish, and that she had
i.LI./144/ hnw thecin -"e• He saw her home, and desired her to meet
, lodged next nto,._.
A KV,'
she „ 7 She di,,lng at the corner of the street where he
21,
a-a'd she het he
and he asked if she wanted any money;
RBA 141 di: and desired he liked to give her some. He gave her
eSB, 45,4 i
.th -0 bu n dress She bou ht a new merit 0' prisoner en eatw
eras the heither s). she h._ to see Mrs. Jones (wife of one of the
Jones nor had a conversation with Mrs. Jones; but
the GO', vard
0 Good that eshta sainto custnoderson was present. Witness was after-
having *hen shegiven
to.ddayy,.when she gave the same account
of the togs; she 'Poke to Jones and Sanderson about Mr. Upcott's
ships is ''',°'",l said
that Mr. Upcott kept nothing but papers in
annual, it",-,"gnderso:. Never saw Shaw in company with Jones
nd yeti
us-ress.eaaaanbetdit had:seen hirritiedoncbeustpeLk
ntootthlem.ve
i with her
.he sae' bad i Sanderson had given her money about twice before;
re Cape' tpconever been in Mr. Upcott's service; knew where Mr.
secro 4tibt kept his papers, because he had shown her them
L een in service ; had left her husband 2 years during which
Dr three "
~ t had not been in service; got her living by living part of
CaPaal' at time with her parents, and part of the time with a friend,
Alto
rifluenee'
Use he offered it her, and she took it. The friend she had
could uld be e With resided at No. 3, Weston-place, Paddington ; lived
:ing 1%11. ka:etwo or three months. Knew a man named Maze; that
uttalool Inn had friend she had been living with as his wife. Sander-
-1.• no . .
, lendstii
i. reason for giving her money, except from mere
' Ilin giveohernelieved it was pure disinterestedness that made
EdWard Davis,
three times.
) the crefavis, a policeman, 86 E, on the 29th of May, went
'clock in '",,n PUblic.house, Crown-street, St. Giles's, at six
erstone,
a'n!. Morning, and saw the prisoner there. Hub.
hey ', Wan Policeman, was with him. They told the prisoners
ones and snat:em," which meant taking them into custody.
!,nderson wow "Me out to the door, and witness expected
O
ade door. Would follow, but it appeared that he ran out of the n
-street,
towsvbar itness pursued him down Crown-street and Sut-
Pfn'Y a cro ards Solio-square • in the pursuit he threw
ale tit
Ilse . ay down ' and, in _
Soho square, he threw something
toter es he had scent area, but witness did not see what it was.
, k
;kind t_e went toed Sanderson and took him to the station-
,.,_, wo skeleton the house in Soho-square, and in the area
+.4l7AraN eys.
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Jamesesessnhberstone '
:
ilinited,
a°. Neale, nok Shaw and Jones into custody.
e,cloy the it rpnalvnF of the 28 Policeman, was in Soho-square on the
marite • Aft Davis,the"
,_ May, and saw Sanderson, when pursued
in Anse' )
Call USIICe Got
1.1.,,eys into the area.
lvance i° s The uPu n Shaw forlit.hought there was not enough evidence
entertain
and the • .Sandersron eci
thdee.fence.
am.e opinion, and acquitted Shaw.
U
i° !noeent of the d offense' 8 •
a b. e offene_ said in their defence that they were
) tipian ."'S Lord h' '•
ip then g,,,...
o 101 d. ; 11tY found Sa summed
ndersand evidence, after which the
Pernatne, , on Guilty, Jones ace,
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CLERKEN-NWEEW COURT.
LL INTERMEDIATE SESSIONS.
Eaklalt FINDING TRUE BILLS AGAINST THE PRISONERS TO
RE
of
two
mATenTnilallinOedLD
WarrenBAILEE,
and Ramsford,
:tealing tobacco from Mr. ,Rogers, the tobacconist of Ox-
,:street
r, '
cIIILLIPS, who appeared for one of the prisoners, stated
It'the infortnation he had just received was correct, all the

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