The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-06 00:00:00

ands said that be was sent for it. The Witness
gave. it to him. in pursuance of her mistress's order.
A. Wa„tettman who Was acquainted with .the Pri-
soner John Williams; said, that.on the.zzd,of OCio-
ber, he called at the Witness',s room, and asked‘per-
mission to leave a bundle; His brother was below,
and he came up, and they both treated the. Witness
and his wife with half a pint of. rum. The btindle
was accordingly. consigned to the Witness's care,
and upon his wife's looking, at it she discovered
that it consisted of several articles of female apparel;
the Witness and his wife sugpeeting these things to
have been stolen, secured the Prisoners on the fol-
lowing Monday when they called. for the. bundle.
John Williams being called on for his defence,
Stated that. he had.been applied:to. by his brother,
i.vho'asked him if he knew where. he could, leave a
bundle all night. He took it to the watchman's
house—he knew nothing of the Manner by which
his brother had obtained it.
The, ocher Prisoner confirmed the defence of his
brother, but gave no account how the prOperty came
into his own possession.
The Jury Acquitted John Williams, and found
-William Williams Guilty.

James' Johnson and John Shires were indiaed
for a capital offence, in burglariously breaking and.
entering the dwelling-house of Thomas.Starkie. and
John Jennings, on the night of
,the sth of Odober,
with intent to steal, and for stealing therein'a sif_
ver waiter, two silver bottle-standsk_a ladle, and a
gold, watch, the property of John Jennings.
In the course of- the evidence, it appeared, that
the ; Gentlemen named in the Indictment - are
Brewers, and in partnership—their premiSes are in
Little Ptmeney.street,--in the vicinity. of Golden-
square. Mr. Jennings ;is the managing. Partner,
and_ resides in the dwellinghouse, which, forms a
part of, the premises. The principal evidence was
Mr. William Jennings, the nephew of Mr. John
Jennings,' and who was in the house the night of
the. robbet'y. It appeared, that on the night of
the 'sth of Oetoher, the doors, -&c. of the ficue
were duly secured, as usual ; the house-door was
fastened by a spring-lock : Mr. William Jennings
retired that night to bed about ten o'clock ; vet},
early on the morning of the 6th, he was awoke by
an uncommon noise about the houSe, whiCh he did
not regard as important at the time, but soon
after, he was alarmed by a kind of crash, -which
seemed within the house.--He immediately got up,
and going down stairs softly, observed a glim-
mering light in the parlour; he could at the same
time see that the house door was open—he crossed
the hall,' and went out through the yard to the

counting-house, where he called the private Watch_
man of the premises': he armed himself with a
fire-poker, and proceeded towards the door of the
house ; the private watchman accompanied him ;
kesaw, two men coming out of the house, on which
he struck violently at them with the poker; by some
means, the watchman's light was extinguished at
that moment. •On his striking, sonie plate was
dropped by the men, who both rushed forward;
one of them succeeded in
.getting over the rails,
the. other Mr. Jennings knocked down by anotier
blow with the poker ; this man was the Prisoner
Johnson; he tumbled off the steps, but got up and
ran forward ; Mr. Jennings closely pursued, and
while they were running he struck the Prisoner

several blows with► the joker : he got_ through a
wicker, through' which Mr. Jennings also followed ;

he never lost sight of him, nor was he at any pe-
riod at more than ten yards distance from him, till
he was .mei by a public .Watchman of trhe name
.of
Connel : there was a hat left on the spot where

Johnson was knocked down ; another hat was also
found in the. yard. The house, it apyeared, was
inclosed from the street by a yard ; :n the house
was bound an iron crow, it lay near a cupboard in
which the plate was kept, and which- had been
forced open: the house door, it appeared, had been
forced, the impressions of- the crow were clearly
perceptible, and the screws were wrenched. The
silver waiter and the bottle-stands were found on
the premises ; and early. in the morning the gold
watch ;and the ladle were found in the street, very
near the premises.
On being questioned particularly on the follow-
ing points, Mr. William Jennings stated,, that the
dwellingAouse is solely inhabited by the family of
Mr. jobn Jennings, the expences of the house_
keeping solely defrayed by him, and also • the
wages of the domestic servants ; in short, that it is
considered as the sole property of Mr. Jennings.
On these circumstances transpiring, the Counsel
for the Prosecution expressed his feurs, that the
charge of burglary or stealing in the dwelling_
house could not be proved, and merely proceeded
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against the Prisoners for the larceny.
• Connel a Watchman, stated, that about two
o'clock in the morning of the 6th, on going his
rounds near the premises of Mr. Jennings, 'he heard
a cry of, stop thief! and immediately after saw
Mr. Jennings engaged in a scuffle with a man,
who proved to be the Prisoner Johnson. Mr. Jena
flings had a poker in his hand : after Johnson had
got from him a little way, he, the Witness laid
hold of him, and advancing, asked Mr. Jennings
if he was the thief ; on which he answered yes, if
he has a cut in his head. On examining by the
lamp, the Witness observed the cuts in the Pri-
soner's head ; they found some articles of plate and
other things within the premises ; there were two
hats lying in the yard, and a handkerchiefone of
these hats was afterwards, when produced at the
Justice's, claimed by the Prisoner Johnson, and it
was left with him.,

• Remington, a second Watchman, said, as he was
calling the hour of two, near the premises of Mr.
Jennings, he heard an uncommon noise at the wicker.
gate ; immediately after the gate flew right open,
and the prisoner Shires came out ; he followed him,
and on laying hold of him by the collar, he appeared
very much out of wind. He asked what business he
had there ; to which no answer was made : he broke
from his grasp ; but the Witness closely pursued
him, and, as he said, henever lost sight of him till
he was taken again, near a door, or gateway, at
the bottom of Grange-court, Hopkins-street, where,
with the assistanc of the other Watchmen who