The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY)'

OLD COURT;
(Before the RECORDER.)
Moses Barnett, a Jew, about forty-five years of age'
was placed at the bar and indicted with feloniously
citing one Henry Sellers to steal 61bs. of indigo, and wit:
afterwards feloniously receiving the same, well known*
it to have been stolen.
The prisoner, who was defended by Mr. Huddlestooe,
pleaded not guilty. Mr. Ballantine conducted the pro'
secution.
Henry Sellers, the prosecutor, said—l am fifteen reir°
of age, and live at 5, Brown's-buildings, with my.fatbq'
who is employed as a workman in the East 101!
warehouse. I was in the service of Messrs. Wfn`"
Newman, and Co., indigo-brokers, as an errand-OP
nine months before I saw the prisoner. I saw the prig°.
ner for the first time in October last. I was in Mincing;
lane with another errand boy. The prisoner called Oa
" Boy," and beckoned me to him. I left the other boy .141),„
went to the prisoner, who met me half-way, and tnv"
we walked back to the pavement where he was beforl
He asked me if I was not in the indigo trade, and I NI/
I was. He then asked who my employers were, an'
replied Messrs. Newman and Co. He asked me if lb%
were not relatives of Wych and Gadsbury, of Ge7,f
Toner-street, and I said they were. He asked
my master had any old indigo samples for sale, ertho
told him he had not, as master always returnee
samples to the warehouse. Ile stopped to coneide&
arid I asked him what he wanted with me. He asitc;
me whom I let have any due., and I told him I had tr.
perquisites. Sometimes the indigo dust is the perqui/lid
of buys. He asked me if I received high wages. 1 tnio
him I did not; my nages were ss. a weak, but I lc;
sometimes employed on " sale days," and I then, go!
more. He said that was very low, and he knew Aid
who were not so old as I who got more money. I Age
I was satisfied, the wotk was light, and my master o
very kind to me. He said he could ,rLepa
rue how I could get more money. 1 nn -o,
him how that was, and he replied " Your master Wl'
great many indigo samples, say 100, and if you taring
square square out of each, you will have 100 ounces, and b,rni
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them to me, and I shell buy them of you." He did t?
then say how much he would give for them. I told 111.
I could not do it, and that an honest penny was w°rl
silver shilling; and then the other boy came up, and sandWych, I am going," (we go by our masters' names), te,
I said," Good bye, Wood;" that's his employer's 111/1i),
He then went through the sale room, and Barnett (
see
prisoner) left me, and followed him. I did 111:4,001
whether the prisoner followed him. That was nu ,0
half-past ten in the morning. I saw the prisoner
next day, and frequently between that time and the
December, perhaps three times a week or more, butiv
shunned him as much as I could. He always cameos
to me, and asked me if I bad made up my mind* pet)
Friday, the Bth of Dectmber, I saw him bets et
Hart-street and Crutched Friars. The sales were °'o
then, and I was out of employ, and had hed.rag
work during the whole of the week, and was slap al
thinking, and he came up to me and asked what I I/01
breaking my head about when the golden ball 1v11,90,1
near my band? I told him nothing. He then asked
if I had made up my mind, and I said yea; and I n 6.4
him if I would bring him dome down on Saturday', noo
he said " No, that is my Sabbath; but let me 50100
down on Monday morning as early as possible;" ns".,os
the Monday I went to my master's to see if there "0,1
any thing to do. I went about nine in the morniog,ll,
I took down 51b, of indigo and weighed it. On the
day the prisoner told me where he lived. I took *se
indigo out of a chest, and put it into two brown PnPtill
parcels, one in each pocket, and took it to 13ntlite.-01
house, which is an old clothes' shop, I got there able •
a quarter to ten, and Mrs. Barnett was standing tit 01
door. She opened the door and let me in, and called (./co
" Barney." There was a servant in the kitchen, Wielhiefl
is behind the shop. Barnett (the prisoner)
crime out of the parlour on the other side of Isl,o
passage. He looked round and saw the servant ioh. of
kitchen, and he then said, " Oh, you want 133,;"
trowsers," and he put a pair of trowsers in my !WIT be
looked at them and did not know what to say at ben
said " Oh, they don't suit you; come this way," and 'po;
he took me behind his counter. The servant could ai
see us then. There were some scales on the floor, 6,1)01,
took the indigo out of my pockets and gave it to Pod
He untied the strings and put the indigo in the scale, oid
said there were only 31bs., and I looked down and;
there were slbs., and he said, " Oh, ah, I have no sole
mistake," and he gave me four shillings and tit° 010
pences. I then left. On the following day I f
4lbs. more, and brought it to bin to 16, Grace's-111 e
Wells-street, nearly opposite the Seaman's Home. t,O
was at the door when I got there, and when we wen Of
he showed me a meerschaum pipe, and I asked him for
price of it, and he said he would take 61bs. of indig°oo4
it; he afterwards said he would take 41bs. for it',
trust to my generosity for the rest.—(Laughter') 6e
told him he wanted too much —be wanteu.;ool
for a pipe I could buy anywhere for 2s. 6d. He Pr"4l4
up the pipe, but I got off by telling him I did not el!3•01
Ile gave me 4a. for the indigo. The wife came in ;a
asked me whether I could get any saffron, and I esoo
would see. She wanted the saffron to colour soup'. d 110
saffron was sold at 325. per lb., and the prisoner antol
would give me a good price-4d. an ounce. I went „ "btss
day to my master's and looked out for some saffron' for
could get none; but I brought 41b. of cochillen" dei
which I got 43. from the prisoner. On the following et'
I stole 51b, more of the indigo and brought it $(,/0
nett, and he said " You are going on any way' lit (1°
maid drinks."—(Laughter.) I told him I could nnt i
any better. I spoke insolently to him, but Ido 110..0 Or
collect the very words used, and be said " Take car 0t split." On the following morning I stole
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101 b. more of indigo; I was detected that 0, dip
was going into the counting-house, and the 11300$
was in my pocket. I cut slits inside nif siva
to put the indigo in. An officer was then ued
in, and the indigo taken from me was 2°01.0
with an A. I left one bag behind, and took the -Vie
to the prisoner's house. He was at the door', its
officers came behind me in plain clothes. I gave unto%
digo to the prisoner and he tot kit behind the nni had
and gave me 45., which I kept in my right hand. coo
only a penny with me when I went in. I then the
out and gave a signal to the officer, and gave bun
mo
Cr osney the Pr
s-examined by Mr. HUDDLESTONE for ewe
soner—l ens in the employ of Mr. Hoperoft,
agent, before I went to Messrs. Wych, but I wa'r
turned away by him. I never told my master goner'
father father and mother of the conversation with the Prig of!,
becatpre I thought I had sufficient strength in my AI
fortitude to keep away from him, and because
gnetr
I t-_,ld them they would have the Jew taken up. glijoit'
the money in pastry, tobacco, apples, nuts, And
nese. I smoked. viii
Frederick George Woodgete, boy who
last witness, confirmed his testimony RS tO the V.- eyes'
beckoning and speaking to Sellers en the &et $lO
Witness's employers were also indigo brokers* a 40'
prisoner had spoken to him three or four times w

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