The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-17 00:00:00

the Prisoner stem aside, and sta'hbea the on the left
side of the back, on which I fell twn again, and
the Prisoner and his companion made their escape.
The coat and waistcoat and shirt I had on then, I
have kept ever since, they are all cut through, and
the shirt is all over blood: they are now in
Court."

The clothes were then produced, thewo to-the
Court andjuryi and appeared to bejust as the
Witness had described.

Benjamin Mayo was then called, and his testi-
mony fully corroborated the account given by the
last Witness : he added, that in consequence of the
wound which he received in his cheek he was Con-
fined more than six weeks ; 'they never saw the
Prisoner till about the inlddle of last month, when
he was in custody at BOw,street.
The Prisoner being called upon foe his defence,
said, " I know no more of it than the child un-
born." No Witnesses; appeared in his behalf.
The RECORDER then entered upon his charge to
the Jury. As to the capital part of the charge,
that of the Highway Robbery, he observed, that it
was by no means supported by the evidence ;' for it
appeared there was no personal violence used, or
any struggle between the parties, it was merely a
Snatching, and of that nature which did not amount
to the offence in question : the charge of Larceny
then alone remained, respeeling 'which they could •
easily determine from what they had heard.
The Jury instantly delivered their verdiet—
ti G/4/fry of Stealing; but not, of taking violently
from the person."
The RECORDER then addres'sed. the Prisoner to
the following effed It is a fortunate thing for
you, Prisoner, though possibly an unfortunate thing
for the Public, that you had not stopped the lad
before you took' the Notes, or used the requisite
degree of violence; for ,then it, would have bean
found a Highway Robbery, and under the particular
circumstances of your case, and , considering the
manner in which you concluded yourself, should
have thought it mrdury to represent you as a' pro-
per objeCt for speedy and exemplary punishment,,by
an ignominious death at the gallows. But, as the
case stood, it was just that.the benefit of the Lary
should'he'ektetided to you, and, under your convic-
tion; those Laws allow me no power to punish you
beyond what lam about to do ; and I wish it to
be generally 'understood, that whenever a person,
circumstanced' as you were, draws out a 'knife, .or
other offensive weapop, and uses it as you have
done, I hold it to be my duty to punish such offen-
der in the most rigorous manner, even with death,
in case the Law should allow it. I lament, Priso.
ncr, that it is not in. my' power' (and perhaps the
Public may hereafter suffer by it) to adjudge you to
any severer punishment than that you 'be Trans- •
ported fir the term of Srwen Years, to, such parts
beyond the Seas as His Majesty; with thc advice of
his Privy. Council, shall dire& and appoint."
Notwithstanding what -had passed, the Prisoner '
had the criminal audacity to ask the Court to,order
that a few trifling things, +together with his knife,
which had been taken from him by the officers,
should be restored ; 'on which the RECORDER rebuk.
ell his shanieless effrontery in proper terms. He told
him he was not a tit person to be trusted with a
knife ; besides, being a convided Felon, deprivation
of property was a part of his •punishment—what
property he had, now vested in the Sheriffs.

joins Frehr;ck Tire, the pork-butcher, was tried
for the wilful murder of John Goldsmith, by stale.
bing him with a knife, The circumstances of this
case are already fully before the Public. No new
evidence was given beyOnd what was stated on the
Coroner's inquesr.—The Judge thought the provo-
cation the Prisoner had received precluded the pos.
sibillty of a conviaion for Murder.—The Jury,
therefore, returned a Verdia of Manslaughter; and
the Prisoner was
„sentenced to one year's imprison.'
ment.

Wm. Dicks was iridifted for stealing two silver
tableApoons, and other articles, in the apartments of
Fiendley Snftnan, a Lady residing in New Lisle_
street.

Sarah Luinex stated, that about the end of last
month 'the Prisoner called one evening' at her
mistress's lodgings ;, she was not' home. He said

he should- wait her return, and the Witness
shewcd him -up.stairs, and left him in the room,
in order
.to -get paper to write a note. She heard
him soon after coming down, and •the plate rattle
in his pocket. ' She got assistance from the land.
lord, and the articles, being two silver table-spoons,
a silver :milk-put, a►►d a watch and seals, were
taken from him. The Prisoner said it was all -a
joke, and desired them to let him go. He made no.
defence.

The Earl of Cassilis and Dr. Blanc appeared to the
Prisoner's charaCter' .but they could nor speak pre.
cisely Lord Cissilis said, that he knew .the
Prisoner's parents, who were his tenants, and very
respectable people. Dr. Blanc said, that the Pri.
soner had been recommended to his notice by the
Noble Earl ; and that he considered him a man of
information and talent : he had been educated as a
Surgeon.

h e Jury found him guilty of stealing to the ex-
tent of 390. which does away the-capital part of the
ch:trge.

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MARRIED.

A few days since, .at. the Cathedral of St. Alban's, Mr.
Benjamin itooke, jun. Attorney, of Hertford, to Miss
Kinder, only daughter of William Kinder, Esq. of St. Al-
ban's.

On Saturday, the roil instant, O. Anburey, Esq. of
Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, to Mks E. Douglas, Sister
of W. Douglas, tsq. of Newrium-street.
At Ilfdrd, the-rpli inst. Joseph Goodhart, Esq. of Lime-
house, to MiS3 WOW; eldest daughter ofthe Rev. Dr. Woide,
at tire Museum, Oecea:.ed.