The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-21 00:00:00

OLD' !MILEY.

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t cni DAY/—THVRIDAY, lANIrT4Y
jthu Sharp wad chatted with' steating various
orticio; of Wearing Apparet 'u very considerable
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amount, a Shill tinti other articles :Of less value,
' the property of. the Right Hon. the Kart of BAR'.
4110d0,11 B.

In consequence of the previous conduct of the
Noble proseeuttir the Prisoner was acquitted. It
appeared` frotrt the statement of - the Learned
Gourmet for the Proseeinion, that the Prisoner
had been a servant of hii Lordship's ; various
articles were missed from time to time, :and the
Prisoner. was Auspearil as the thief; ,but on be-
ing charged' - with it, he denied the charge with
such an air of confidence, and 'caudated himself
so plausibly, that his Lordship was induced to con.
tinue him in his service. HoweVer, property coo
tinned to be missed, and 'in that.sart of way as to.
excite Lord Barrymore's suspicion of the Prisoner
more strongly than ever, and he was at length in-
duced to turn him away :: not only articles belong.
ing to his Lordship,: but one particularly belonging
toa certain Baronet,-who was on a visit at the same
plice with .the Noble Lord, was also missed.-
The Officers :of Police were resorted to, and the
Prisoner :was taken into custody. .About this time
the wife of the Ptisoner applied to his Lordship
_in his behalf, and brought her child with her : she
supplicated his Lo-rdship's forgiveness and humanity
with res.pca to her husband, and, as it was stated,
so-far gained on.the humane feelings of Isis Lord.
ship, as' to indite:a him to. promise forgiveness in
ease.the PriSoeer made avifill confession of the cx.
tech of his depredations; and,this Was done accord-
ingly. The, Learned Counsel, seemed to admit,
that such a proceeding must he fatal to the Prose.
cation ; and Lord Barryatore being called, he can.
dilly admitted (after stating generally that his
losses were.considerable), that he had made a pro.
mile of: forgiveness on the conditions alluded to.
Mt. COMMON Sts ti I PANT • observed, that there
tris an end of the Case, and lamented that the con..
II:ICI:of:the Noble Earl, though highly creditable-
to:his private feelings, should have such a public
tdtaleflC7.; He' took occasion to expatiate on the
heinous' nature of-the Prisoner's offence, and to ad.
monis!) him seriously as to his future conduct.

Benjamin Thompson and George cibhert were
charged with feloniously stealing a quantity of
the property of ----, Crowthirr, &c.
It appeared in the course of the evidence, that the
calico in question belonged to the Prosecutor, Mr.
Crowther, Of St. Paul's. Church.yard. It had been
delivered with sundry other articles, put on board
the Paddington Canal Boat, on board which the Pd.
sonirs were employed,- The principal evidence
against them. was an accomplice, who had also been
eto.)love I in the Boat : he related circumstantially
t
the fads of the case—the manner in which the rd.
soners took out the calico from the parcel,
This, which constituted the theft, was committed
within eight miles of Paddington, which brought
the offence within the jurisdiction they County of
Middl6kex :—he also ;elated the manner in which
they had endeavoured to dispose of it afterwards, at
Barkhampstead, in Pertfordshire, where one of the
'Witnesses had agreed .to Ipay 41. for the piece; but
some circumstances, is the conduel or the Prisoners,
induced him to suspett they were atting dishonestly,
he. therefore Caused them to be apprehended. •
7irf.the opinion of .IVli. COMMON SERIPANT the
evidence of the accomplice alludtd, to, was borne out
in the most' material points ; io, the Prisoners not
having offered any' thing in their defence, they were
at course immediately tounti

Betutard Crowe and Thomas Sage were coriviard
on a charge of I,ingle felony, tor stealing two waist-
coats, laid as the property of Thomas Lewis.
.11)e• wife of the Prosecutor, it apileared, was a
Lanndress, and resided in the vicinity of Battle..
Taidge. In thii case, as in the foregoing, one of
ti principal evidences against the Prisoners, was
al Accomplice, but he was so far corroborated by
the tcnrimony of unexceptionable witnesses, as to
flit; charge laid in the indielment, thdt the 3ury at
once found a veriliei to the above cited.

Rjan was:conykled of stealing,.on • the /4th
n beceml;cr, quantity of wearing
,apparel, the
goods jeseph jingle. , .
'The Prisoner and the Prosecutor, 'it appeared,
Were fellow lodgers, and lay in
,the same room, at
/tie Running I-torse Puhlie,house,,,new• the end of
Tortvoll:im Court Road the (loathes, were lying at
bed.side The over-ni!;ht, and in the moroing of
the abovernentiOned day, it appeared .the 'Prisoner
had decamped with the cloathes in question, and.the
ProSecutor was .nereSsitateci to borrow some from
the Lin dh:id to dress. Mcnr. elf in 'The Prisoner, how..
ever, was soon discoered , one or two or the things
i'-ere.paWned; nrid.the ri,sthe voluntarily surrender-
ed:- Nodtfenee was made, and the verdict was to
thi above effea, •

34it Sertitot ar:d Pi:inert Cooper were 'cony Idled
nn VYcdnesday,' nf stealing several articles the pro-
petty of Mrs. Joa N, out of tier carriage, and
sentenced to be transported for seven years'.

The l'rials having been vac throrglt, the Court
was .adjourned till five when it rtstined,
and the Itiicoanyti. took his seitt upon the Bench.—
He then proceeded to pa,.3

SENTENCE OF DEATIT • '
upon the following capital Convins
James, jolin Davies, iind jarrre s' Edgar,
for Bvs,/erriei ; punch illum.pion and Frances EL
t'or slealing in a .3.1)4 ; Catherine
Markham, Sanitiei Riehatds, and, Elegnorr:Mariiii,
tear ste,ifinz 6,:yond t,rcertait/ amwait in a dwelling--
kante; Henry% ‘Villiainti, for stealing. ptivatelyfraw
; julm GoodtOin, for Nurse-stealint;
John, Murphy, for Mecaay re.furningfrom tronspor.
rfttjan;
.;yrrie, for highway roh6ny,
The female convitfts amongst' the above were
brought forward in the utimil Way, but they several.