The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-02 00:00:00

o.lb BAILEY.

FIFTH DAY--MONDAY, NOV. 1.

ROBBING OF LODGINGS.

josep.., Alfred Saville was ,charged with private-
ly stating, in the dwelling-house of Charles Re,
mud,-a black silk cloak, the property of Elizabeth
lackson, ali,,nt eleven o'clock in the forenoon of
the t ith of Odober.,
the sister of the Proscutor, said,
that' she keeps house, and lives with her brother
in Lower Brook-streeto.leading into Bond-street.
There was a paper in the window announcing
lodgings to be let,..and the Prisoner called there., in
corn )any with. an elderly Gentleman, about eleven
o'clock on the loth of Odober last. He stopped
at the first floor, and seemed to like it very well,
but on her telling him that it was engaged, he
asked* whether the Gentleman was in the Army or
Navy ? The Witness replied that he was in the
"Naval Service, and the Prisoner said, "Well, if,he
will heave-ahead he may soon have a successor,"
and the old man added, " a very proper sea phrase
that." The Prisoner then expressed some doubt whe_
ther the second floor might. not he larger, and that
he" would step up' for a moment to ascertain
He accordingly did so, and Miss Renaud think-
ing it imprudent to leave the elderly man in the
apartment's, suffered *herself to be engoked by
him in conversation, till the Prisoner -returned,
which was after an interval of about two minutes.
On his return she observed a piece of tape hanging
*om his hat, and said, " pardon me, Sir, but pray
.what have you got here ?" On tittering this, she
seized the bit of tape, and the Prisoner's hat fell
from his head on the ground. Within the lining of
the hat she discovered a japanned muslin gown, and
the Prisoner immediately addressed her, observing,
"Madam, lam a man 'of honour. You cannot think
that a person of my appearance would think of steal-
ing such a thing as a gown ? what I did was only for
• a hit of .fun." She knew that the gown had been
laid up in a drawer upon the second floor. About.
this time the senior Gentleman began to think it
time to decamp, and was proCeeding to go out.
The Witness, in much agitation, laid hold of the
Prisoner, who after a little time broke ray from
her. There was a bricklayer's man, who had been
at work there, standing at the door, and she cried
our, '' stop him ! stop him !" The Prisoner, how-
ever, got out, and ran up the street, and she saw_
no more of him till he was brought back by Simp-
son, the bricklayer's man, who took him at the
shop of Mr. Dalby, a Jeweller in the neighbour-
hood.
Joseph Simpson, the bricklayer's man said, that
the Prisoner came our of the house hastily, Wand
cried our to the old man whom he was follrasiing,_
" Jack I Jack !" The only. answer he, heard the
old fellow make was, " D—nane!" Whilt:, he was
making the best of his way.. The Witness under-
standing that Miss Renaud had been .robbed, fol-
lowed. quickly in the same direction, and oVer-_
took the Prisoner -at Mr. Dalby's shop, which
he: entered. The Witness kept guard outside the
door, and soon felt the Prisoner tap him qn the
shoulder, saying, ".I will go to the'Lady myself,
but you had better follow the other man fir,t, for
he has got the gown." The Witness replied, " I
must take you back first, and wili.pursue the other
man afterwards." He then ' took him hack to
Miss Renaud's, and accompanied them and her bro-
ther in a coach to the Public. Office,:Mariboyough-

street.
The 'evidence for the Prosecution being here
closed, the 'Prisoner was called upon, for his de-
fence, and spoke to the-following purport.
"My Lord, I came down the stairs with the -gown
in my hand that was lying on the bed. The Lady
seemed timid, and I threw it on the first-floor
bed room, and told her she need not be alartne,i, for
that I did not mean to steal it. I went down.
stairs, supposing her to be perfectly satisfied that I
did not mean to take it. At the door I met the
bricklayer's labourer, and the Lady followed me
and. cried out " stop him !" He took _hold of me I
desired him to let go my arm, walked .up to Mr.
Dalby!s shop, and went in : the man seemed sur
prised to see such a mob colleded round the door.
The bricklayer's man. was standing at the door, and
I told him, he. might be at ease, fur I would go with
him. I went back to the Lady's house, some peo-
ple came into. the parlour, and I believe they sent
for a Constable. . Not being able to find one, they
proposed going before a Magistrate, and went to
Marlborough-street. I have no more to say."
being asked if he. had any Witnesses to, his cha-
rader, he said, they had been waiting all last
week, and may now perhaps he tired of attending.
In his charge to the Jury the Learned Judge ob-
served, that•if they believed the evidence, which
he saw no reason to impeach, there. never was a
\case more fully established.
The Jury, without hesitation, pronounced the
Prisoner Guilty.—Transportation.
Saville, the Prisoner, was a decent looking fel_
low, 25 years of age, &c. .had on the " reliquix
" Dapzum," the faded vestiges of what he formerly
sported with great 'eclat amongst the other fashicin_
able loungers in Bor'A-street, and will probably be.
still more exhauited in a short time, whilst lie is
making his researches in Bctany.