The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-07 00:00:00

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FOXYRTH DAY—JI.PNE
-Richard Meredith was . indkte4 for feloniously
Stealing carious Bank of England Notes,: value
and upwards, the property of Messrs. I)3w_
n,- ;Brop!:s, !and co: hankers, in London, &c.
It app-eard;that the notes- in qp-estion had been
inclosed ba,Mr,Wallis; one of the ProsecutOrs'
Country Correspondeots, in .a letter addressed to
their House in chaticery Lane, and the Postmaster
Of the_vlace where Me,, Wallis resided, proved that
he duly
.fol-Wardeci it by the Mail for Lcmdon.--
However, by 'the evidence of Mr. Dixon, one, Of
the. partners of the firm, 'Dawson and Co. no such
Netter was -received at their Banking house.
In ende:!vouting to fix the charge uPon. the
' Prisoner, the evidence of several tradeSmen and
others in different parts of the Town was adduced.
Mr. Webb'a Linen Draper in Holborn, and Mr.
Swift the'Lottery Office Keeper, stated, 'the former,
that-he bad sold on ihe. I 3th 'of April, some goods
to 'the value of 31. 17s. to, and changed a note of
for a person who :described himself to be John
Johnson of Eton ;—and the latter, that on the same
day he sold a Sixteenth Share to a person who.cal-
red himself Johnson, and said he lived, at Old
Brentford, and changed a col. Bank note for him ;
but neither of these Gentlemen could swear -posi-
tively that the Prisoner was thzperson. . -
A shoprnan diNe;srs. Wetherall's in.Cheapside,
and ashopman of Mr. Welby's in Oxford-street,
stated, that on-.the t4th• of April they both sold
different articles to a person, who they were posi-
tive was the Prisoner, and each changed -á 'goi.
Bank Note-Tor him, and to these he described him-
self a Mr. Johnson, of Richmond. .
fin the Istlr of April it appeared that a person
like the Prisoner,' bought some articles at Mr.
Baker', linen,draper, Holborn, arld changed a sol.
Note in payment for them, and on the z 3,1 of April
it appeared the Prisoner came to a linen draper's
shop in Oxford-street -next door to Welby's above_
. mentioned—agreed for a piece of MAI and tendered
a 501. Bank Note in payment; some suspicion aris-
ing in the minas of the people of this shop, they
detained the Prisoner, and -the shopman of Mr.
Welby who changed the Note for him on-the. 14th
happening to come in-, immediately recognized him,
on which he was given into the custody of an-. Officer.
On being questioned reSpeaing the Note, it ap..•
peared that in the first instance he said .he, had it
from a friend in the Country.. In ;he course of
his examination before the Magistrate, he said
he had the Notes from one Hill,. a Messenger
in the Post Office. On his person was ,foupd a
great quantity of gold coin, and in his. lodgings
at Hackney, several of the articles which it appeared
he had bought at the shops above mentioned. A
Clerk .from the General Post-Office explained how.
the letters were disposed- of from the time of ,their
arrival by the Mails until they were delivered to
the respelive Ca'rriers ; he said the Prisoner did
riot belong to the office ; and stated'that no person
but what did and the-Carriers Were adMitted to the.
place where the letters were depoglted, and,that
a Constable attended to keep-offintruders, &c.
-, Hill, the letter-carrier; above-mentioned, in
whose division Messrs.. Dawson and Co. lived,
stated, that on the 13th of April, he had put
the letters as usual into his bag, previous 'to his
Coming oct of the Office, that he duly delivered at
Messrs—Dawson and Co.'s all that he had direaed
for them, and that he never went into any place to
stop after leaving the Office until 'his letters weie
delivered.
A person of the name of Wm. Hill was brought
forwarl, who admitted he had known the Prisoner
a number of years, but denied having any particular
concerns with him, or ever having appointed to
meet him at any particular place—he acknowledged
he had been' in his company, and possibly within
the two last months.
The Learned Judge, who tried the case, (GRA-
P.A.m) interfered, and observed to the Jury that, un-
der the indilmen.t upon which the Prisoner was
tried, it would be nicessary they should be con-
vinced that he had aaually stole the Letter in ques-
tion, which, under all the circumstances, as they ,
transpired in evidence, he thOught that it would be
impossible for them to do ; therefore, however
fraudulently they might suppose he had got posses-
' siOn of the Notes, they were hound to acquit him
ofTthe charge.—ln consequence a verdiet of Not
Guilty was pronounced. •

John Trtsmi and John Roberts were tried
.for
burglariously breaking the dwelling- house of
Thomas Jones, at Hammersmith, and stealing a
s>w and nine pigs. It was positively proved, that
the place in which the pigs were; communicated with

the dwelling-house, and that three servants belong-
' ing to the Prosecutor slept in an -apartment over
it. These persons were Welshwomen ; they, heard
the place broke open in the middle olthe night, and
heard the pigs taken away, but were so frightened
that they made no alarm at the time. - The Prisoners,
on the, morning of the roblx:ry, were seen witji the
pigs in Dyot-street,• St. Giles's. They were after-,
wards seen
.offering them for sale in Short's-Gar-
' dens, Drury-lane ;. and soon after they were taken
into custody with the property in . their possession.
—Guilty, Death.