The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-05 00:00:00

OL3 BAIL EY

E.7.17`,H111 DAY UIRS,I) AT, NOV. 4.

BURGLARY

:Trmes was rrivci felonibul3", and bur-
01,ri-oifly breaking into the 'house hf John rind
Morrie,Land stealing thereout
im due 51. the propetty of.the said John and, William

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johrLiViorrisdeposed,
,that on the night Men-
tie'n-ei.T. in the indjetment, While in bed with his
he heard overhead the • steps-of some person'
without shoes. -Alter listening fc:l-: some
tithe begot 'and went to. the window, when a
• .IV,4thrhan-inforined him there was a ladder against
• the Ir!'”,e'of the.house; and his wife called out to
.
'-itinfOltat'''there was some person jumping out .of.
- the two pair of stairs windb. -Ppon this `intima_
;,• •tion he-took up a case of pist,sls, which were lying
01 the- mantle...piece, and j:roCeeded- to the window
30 (F.- the two pair;of stairs,' out 'of which he attempred
or;: t,:v'disellarge ;one of the- pistols, which, however,
fire: -.Two Watchmen •at the same- time

ascended by the ladder, and he went down with
and opehed the yard door, when he saw' the
Fri'soner lying on the grotind, .and at first threaten_
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.61 to file at him. A Wat4mati then came up,
P., d s.cettring'the_Prisoner,-desired him not to shoot
ti.,142 Ttie'7Wirre•,,s Vdo not mean to
do•it; as he' is now care enough." The.iii-stol, bow.
ever, bring onlhe full' cock, went off by some accii-
- ,dent•,- and as the PriSoner'f-tit his hand to his head,
," 0 Lordlro Lord !" he waS'ap."
prehcosive that he' Lad inadvertently killed Or
wounded lam, but.on the, smoke being dissipatq,
had the sat,istaffion, to discover his mistake. The
that ie br,ke his arm, and on ext.
mutation it was found that -his shoulder had been
11islocated in his fall.
• A considerable part of this testimony was corro-
borated by that of the' WatCliman, and the jury ac-
quitted the Prisoner of the burglary, but found hiin
_ of stealing to the amount mentioned in the
.indidinent.—Deuth.

Charles Ilacains, Charles Thenpson, and Ken-
neth M'Kenzie Kitchener were indiCted for robbing
James Atkins "of a metal watch, two half-giiin'eaS,
aid-19i. in silver, in the house of Anthony Leship-
ley, in7St. Giles's, on the r ith of Gaober last.
The Prosecutor, James Atkins, swore, that on
the Ist of Otiober he met the Prisoners in Drury_
lane,. where he treated them to a glass of spirits
each, and afterwards adjourned with them to the
Duke's Head public house, in St. dilei3s. A row
ensued in 'some
..time afterwards, and he lost the
articles and money specified in the Indifirnenr, and
which he had about him,,when he entered the house.
There was no Coun4l employed, and the Wit_.
ness was of course cross-examined by the Judge,
Mr. Baron- THOMP'SON.- ,

Court,--“, Wefe you quite sober at the time
of this transaction ?"-- A. Yes, my. Lord, I was
as sober.as a judge. Iliad not taken above six
glasses of spirits in the course of tl* dayr."'.
Q. ‘,
..Were not six glasses sufficient to intoxicate
you r' A. "-No; my. Lord,,iior twice six glassett.'?
The filets Doing clearly' made out, the jurY,.afrei
retiring tor about ten minutes, AcquittedKitchenet'l,
and found .the other two Prisoners Guilty.-I),eiztbi.

CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A
;nines yones was incliacli for feloniously assault':.
ing Samuel Wily.;nsr,,n, on "...the highway, putti4
him in personal fear, and feloniously' robbing hits
•of a metal watch
.and two Shillings and six-pence;
in silver, on Monday the Ist of October last. '
Wilkinson gave in evidence that lie was a entlei-
man's servant and on hof Oftober was going
with his wife, from Baker-street •to Hampstead;
taktrq the way ofTtirnrose-hill. Io pas,ing undei
a he heard a voice exclaim- " stop, stop, I
want you," ;Ina observed a than who had the ap,.'
pearance ,of a Gentleman, and whom he' had.before
often seen in the fields, brit did not suppae' from
his aspeO, that he meant to rob, nor did he at first
perceive that he was armed with pistols. Since the
arrest of the Prisoner, he twice entertained dotibts
whether he could be sure of his'identity, but waS
now inclined to believe that he was positively the
Offender. In' consequence of the Prisoner's threatsi
and his.presenting a pistol at him, he gave him the
watch in a shagreen case, and the two shillings and
sixpence mentioned in the Indi&ment ; after which
r :,aid to him, " If you lobk back
.to sce which
way I go, I shall blow . your brains out." The
Prisoner then, went up' to his wile,. and all he could
'mar of what passed between them, was the Pd_
soner's saying " I will not take that." This oc-
currence took place about nine o'clock on the night
the.' mth of 'oClober, and en the I.Bth, happening
ItY, accident to meet the Prisoner at Knightsbridge,
-he had him apprehended.
; • Mrs. Wilkinson, the wife of the Prosecutor,
sm..gre more, positively than her husband to the
,identity of the Prisoner.
Hilliard, a Constable, pr9ved his having taken
the Prisbner into' custody, who said, that if he
treated him as aGentleMan, he would go with him
quietly before the Magistrates at Bow.itreet.
Mr. ALLEN and Mr. Kt; for.the-defence,
proved an -alibi in a very satislaaory manner.
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Sarah Poole, -a very genteel and respeetable look-
ing woman, deposed, that she. lives at'Mr. Chris_
tie's, a Baker, in Queer'-street; Knightsbridge.
She was aCquabited with the Prisoner,. who was in
the medical ptcfession, and who paid her a,Visit in
tl'e morning of- the •tith of Oaober, :about ten
o'clock, remained to dinner and'tea, and did not
nr•ke his departure-till about eleven at night. The
evening was spent in conversation and reading.
The brother, Mr. Dowie and her own daughter
Were in the room a great part of the time. Mr.
Dowie went about half past two o:tlock in the
day, and „retUrned about half past-four, when he
remained 'till eleven. The 'Prisoner went away
Id) ,ut the same time, and her maid 'was occasionally
:m.'ng in -and .out when she was wanted. • She
in -her cross-examination, that she understood

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Mm to be in embarrassed'cirebmstan6les and afriiid
tit being. iaresntd. :. - - • - ...- • -1,
The Itiry:;'ioni-the grOunci.' Oat "the Pfosecl.+l,.'
and his' wifPwerelini,tiiken As ro.che itlentitY of il:e:'
person., made no liesita t ion in a c'i.::: itiv the Pr: sca:e r .
'The prikiner
,litres,w.
s a 'very resped.i,"e,-
gentleman:dike' man, and by no rr.c.ta'ns of the deCi pl.
tion, from ' his appe:ararice, which cliaraderi4e
robbers in general. . ‘ - . 4
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Elizabeth., the wife,of Thomts,:49. rauglygood, Wka4Y
charged with feloniously stcaufigisotnapkins, valve-
6s. laid as the-property of t11;C61/0/4.-bt. the" Loti.:-
dun Tavern,./ - i

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It appeared, that.latterlya variety/ of things ha e.
been missed from the London Tavern ; the concern
being .v.ery extensive, and the. ntnnber of persops
employed therein great,- this was not considered its
very extraordinary ; but at the period the napkit,s
in question. were. lost, a degree of suspicion a.ttachid
to the husband of the Prisoner', who Was 'oecasional...
ly employed-about the. Tavern.. In consequence bf
this,' Mr.' Farley, . one of the-Proprietors, obtained,
a Search .Warrant, and took Wray, the Officer, with
.him to the house
,where the Prisoner lived .:-. they
could not ,find the.husband, 'but on their coming .in, ,
they observed the PriSoner, who •was a laundress, ,
and was washing in a . back.yard„ stooping down,
and on their coming up, appeared to bb very much
alarmed.. The Officer searched about the Spot, ;And
on removing. a loose stone, theY•found in a kind..
of drain, or golly-hole,'the .napkins in question.—
On this discove.ry she seemed very much distressed, ,
and repeatedly exclaiine.4.,".Tommy,",(meaning
'herhuslianci) " kno'w‘nOthing. afihern," and other
words to that effed. She said she put the napkins,
there herself. 7 .'-- - i s 7.. . • '- -:

. The articles were iiientiAea by. Mr. Farley; they
were marked. with. the,narnes of the proprietors of
the London Tavern. No other material evidence
transpired to, affeet, the Prisoner.
Ms. B.:run THomrsoN deli-vered a very able and
di crin:ivating Charge,,and noticed how far the in..
diCtment, which charged the Prisoner with stealing
the at ticles, was borne out by the evidence.
.ht: Jury, after shortly_ conferring, acquitted the
Prisoner.

Edward Chackley- was indided„ for stealing, on
the 27th of September, a gold ring, value Toi. and
two cod-fish, value 6d. the property of - Valet).

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Some of the circumstances of the case,
,which en-
tirely rested on the respedive credit of .the Prose.
cutor and Prisoner, were rather curious.

Mr. Valentine stated, in his first examination,
that he is a Shoemaker, and lives in Bethnal Green ;'
that on the evening of the day laid in the indiet-
tnent, he was returning- Home from Aldersgaie-
street : he had bought some fish in. Bishopigate-
street in his way :, farther on, he called at. 'the
house of a friend in Webb-square, where it appeared
the Prisoner lodged: he had some liquor there,
.about a pint of beer, and a. share of a halt pint;of
gin, which was drank between the company that
were assembled, which consisted of-five 'or six per.
sons...
...When he got up to go home,
,the Prisoner,
who it appeared had been in the room, got u-
also, And Insisted ,on accompanying him a pair
of the way, and upon carrying, his fish
him.. The Witness said lie .was perfethy sobe4
at the time. He at first declined the offer of the
Prisoner, saying,: , there ,was, no . necessity for, his
troubling himself7rbunthe Prisoner, in the langu_age
of the Witness, over pressed him, and they walked
together. accordingly. .The Prisoner carried the
'fish.' When they had got .as far as the Golden
Key Public-house, which may be, about 3 or 40.0
-yards from Webb-square,. he told'the Prisoner he
had better go no further. He then took him
into the Golden Key and gave him a glass of pep.
permint : to pay for this, .he changed a seven,
shillings piece,. which, on being..observed by the
Prisoner, he told him (the Witness)‘, he was in
very great distress ; that the woman he lived with
was. then in prison for an assault -; that he was- out
of bread himself,. and had nothing to. subsist un.
He gave him a shilling out of the changer and bid
him good-night ; the Prisoner insisted, however,
upon accompanying him farther,-as he said, he-was
1" a goodhearted fellow !" He thanked him for
hisoffer, but wished to decline it, told, him he was "
welcome-to something more to drink if he wished
it, but that he, (the Witness), wished him ,to
return home. They had got at this time near the
door of the Cornwallis Public-house, into which the
Witness wished to go, as he used the house. The
Prisoner then seemed willing to depart,- but begged
he might be permitted to shake hands with-him
the Prosecutor readily consented—when the mo:
ment the Prisbner got the Prosecutor's hand
within his he twisted off his 'ring by main
force, frOm his finger,. and ran away. It
being dark, the Prisoner soon got out Of his sight ;
he took away the fish with him. The Witnesi
cried out, a Stop thief," and got a person to join
him in the pursuit,'hut it was then without
The rielit, night he 'saw the;Prisoner in the watch-
house, 'when he iegu:arly'made the charge against
him. On the follbwi:lg day the Prisoner was taken
before a Magistrate: He. never saw his ring since ;
it was a I gold ring;• he said, .and had cost
him Les.----On being tiaestiOne'd, he said, the ring
Was. rather too large for him, but had been banded
strong with silk, to keep it
_tight. 'He was' sure
ii never could have come cT in the shaking hands,
and Was posltiii.'e*iliat a considerable degree of force
Was used in Order to et it off: He wore it on the
little finger of, his'lett hand.
William PattenboW, the person alluded to by the
Prosecutor; as joining him in tRe pursuit of the Pri.
soner, stated, that lie knew Mr. Valentine ; 'he
'saw hina that night near the doer of the'Cornwallis ;
he 'heard him cry oat, " stop thief,"' and say he
was'robbedi...),.They went together. in pursuit bf the
Prisoner, as far as the house in Webb square, where
he lodged. He knew nothing'more of the affair.
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The Prisoner being called upon, entered on his
defence, which was circurristantial, and; as far as,
assertion went, 'met the Prosecutor's, allegations at
almost every point.. He said, that the house where

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