The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-23 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY:
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FIGHTH.DAY-THUTCSDAY). SE T.. 22.

:was'indift-il for srealisiro metal
watch, an ey e.glass, and two one pound bank.notes,.
the property .of Thomas' Glover, in the dwelling
house of Thomas Harrison andßobett Joy.
Mr. Thomal-.Glover said, he is; an Underwaiter
in the City of London. That after his return from
Vauxliall'on the zth of August last, lieirg the
Birth-o.ly .tif the Prince of .Wales-, he got to the
:New Hummums between two and three o'clock in
Vie morning, at 'which place he slept. ' bhl was
on the attic storey—He had,s6me gold hut he
slid not know• bow much. He had also two. One
pound Bank notes,'a watch, 'and an eye-glass';
he hid his watch by the bedside, and his 'money in
one of his pockets ; he had looked at cherry jtisrbe:
fine he went to bed. A little after eight o'clock
Ire awoke, and going to see what hour it was, he
discovered that his watch, ni;inty, and glass. were
gone. Ile did not see the Prisoner at
.the Hum_
mums that night, nor did he know any thing of
him.
William Dolben, Chamberlain at the Hummuins,
prove 3, that the Prisoner Slept there that night Op.
pnsi:e to the bed in which Mr;Glover. was ; that
the Prisoner paid* for his bed the over.nig:-,t, and
gave the Witneis 63. for hiMself,---that in the
morning, the Witness went into the room where the
Prisoner/slept, which was that of No-. 17, the .PO.
saner was sitting in the chair, so that the Witneis
observed. him twice, and. could describe him again.
When the Witness went to call another Gentlemar,
who wasloing away by the stage,. the Prisoner ran
down stairs,. and went out of the house.- The I'd,
sorter was the first who went out of the house that
morning. The. Witnesi did not observe the face of
the Pristmer,-but he could give a general description
of his person. 1-k had no doubt, le was the man
who slept that night at that house, although h^ had
never seen: lien -before. lie knew him immediately
when he was before !lit! Lord Mayor.
The Gentleman who keeps the Guildhall Coffee-
house,
.saiithst kiiew the Prisoner at the bar: was.
aconainted with him ; remembered his coming to.
the Guildhall Coffee-house on Thursday, .the,:t Bth
of August ; • he had 'been ,there on'the 6th of May..
When Ire came on the 18.:11 of August, .he asked if
lte could 'get a bed, saying, if .he could,-he would
order supper. The Waiter .came to the Witness,
who, was then in bed.; hut he Came down stairs;
before he came down the Prisoner was gone to bed.
The. Witness-knowing who the Prisoner was, im.
mediately-sent for two Officers to search him, who.
came and searched him. When they stint into the
room, he was very much Attuned. The Witness
said he, was astonished that the PrisonershoUld come
tohis house so soon, as he had been there on the, 6th
Mayi. Be asked the Witness, what he meant ?
The Witness said,. " you slept here on the 6th of
May, and you robbed a Gentleman." . He said, 1
slept here WI I never robbed any body. I Was so'
well convinced, said the Witness, that he was a
desperate charader, that I desired the Officers to
hartilcuffhitn,•and.then to search him. ,He °Ned.'
ed to it very much. They found in his right
hand pocket an instrument is like 'a chisel,
in a place sunk below the pocket, so that a person
might search his packet and oot• find it. There were
found also a large bunch of small keys, such as are
suitable to trunks and boxes. A Watch was also
found in the Prisoner's coat-pocket and an eye-glass,
but the two last articles were found on him at the
Calumet.

The Covtable who searched the Prisoner corro.
liorated this statement, and produced the key and
chisel which appeared to be such an instrument
as Carpenters anti Joiners use for forcing open
chests,: &c. as also the Watch, He found aISO two
one-pound notes; two guineas and a half, 'a seven
shilling-pieceand some silver. lie then had a pair
shag small-clothes, but he cootrivcd to put them
a a'; y, and get on a pair of pantaloons.
The Prosecutor proved the watch to Ix liis pro.
pertyt and he verily believed the glass was, but of
tlka.t he:; was not positive. _ _ - _

Richard Tipper an Oflicerof the Police of the
Ciry,,!proved that he went by otder of the Lord
4-1.
;or, to the Coinput to search there; and he
found; in a place near the vault, a pair of small,
elathes ,Which the Prironer had on when he went in,
and in, ore of the pockets the glass which Mr. Glo.
vet verily believed to be-his.
. The Prisoner put- several. questions to the Wit,
sesses, the: answers, to which only confirmed, what
they had.befere Said.against him.
The Prisoner; in his defence, alledged'that he
was taken by surprize, by his trial. coming .on 'so
soon. That if-his trial had. been .deferred until
the next Session, as he applied fer it, he should have
been able to bring forward a Jew, of whom he said
he had purchased this watch, but that at present he
coultl.not pi-educe him, and that all his friends
lived at a great .distance from town, we think he
s :id Rerwick.apon.Tweed.
Mr:Robert Joy proved the. Firm of the. House
of the New Hummums, to consist of himself and.
Thomas I larrison; the former dwelt in the house,
the latter did not• This was a necessary proof. to
satisfy the Averment in the' Indiament, that the
fh6t took place in their Dwelling-house.
The Common SEIIJEANT stitrimed Up the
deuce, aral observed to the Jury, that the Prisoner_
stop' indided for a capital offence, that of stealing
in a dwelliug.hou&e,, tti the amount of 403. snit
more. Had"the Prosecutor been. able to prove the
two one.pound nores to be his.;. they would not
hive been reduced below their value,,bt,ta9 that vvas
not. the case, and there was no particulAr value set
11.6 Witch 'the jury 'Might, if in their con.
tr I r • g
~cietiech they thought it right, reduce the. value'
Imlay 403. by which the frisonet's life would he
saved:
Guilty bistealing to the value of thltiy.nine

A Cimtknian of the faan*..of Edivard Be//; ighiim
w!.,,, as, is oplva red_ by _Aida viz 5, .was. Pay.
the [ate- I't•irsce i i W.ales's Regiment,

and Cl ai•lis jlfdtCri re, his servant, stool charged
with tr biting a man named Thomas.-Scott, at a house
in Westminster, in the month Of July last. This,
appeared,to be one of dm mow false and infamous
charges that ever was made :igain:Nt any person.
As soon as the indidment wait readobe prosecu..
tot's oat was called, but he didnot answer. Se.
Neva', Mii•lavits were then given into Court, made
by Captain Kenner and other persona; from which,
as, well as from the statements. of Counsel, it ap-
peared that. he had refused to take Isis acquittal on
the first: day of the Sessions, in• Order Jo give the
Prosecutor an ()ppm tur!ity to come forward, and in
hopes that he would have appeared in. Court.; so
that• the whole of the charge might undergo the
strihest investigation. It also appeared that an
application had come from the Prosecutor .to
captain Konner's Solicitor, offering to &op the
prosecution on condition of receiving toot. It
was-preteuded„ that Scott, the Prosecutor, had been.
arrested on 'Tuesday morning by three men, and.
carried-to sonic-place unknown; and that that was
the cause of,lir not appearing in Court. In answer
to this it was shewn, that so great was the an*iety.
of Captain Kenner to bring this man forward, that,
he had, by means of numerous bills and .advertise.
menus, offesed. a reward to any person who could
give infcrmation,where Scott was to be found.
While this business was agitated before the
Court,. a young woman came forward, and said, she
knew Thomas Scott, and was ready to make natty
that lie had been taken away by some persons, and
could no; be fuundpr.heardof since.
Mr. COMMON SERJEANT, who presided on tie
Bench, would not allow this person to be sworn,
as he was confident she must commit yerjury.

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The affidavits of several respectable persons all
went t: remove every shadow of imputation, which
might otherwise rest on the charadi..r of a person
in, the Defendant's situation. And the affidavit of
the Defendant himself stated, that Scott liadbeen
recommended to him by a gentleman who at the
time was deceived as to his charader : 'that he had.
complied with a request made by Scott forthe loan
of 121. and gave him a bill of 701. for which Scott
was to get cash, and retain no more thin the 221.;
that Scott did not come back with the money on
• the 'appninted'day, but, after an absence of some
time, returned tol. only to Capt. Kenner ; for which
the 'latter gave him an acknOwledgment.- This
was the tol. which Scott charged him with robbing.
hiM of,"and Mac Gore warcharged with aiding and
assisting in the robbery.
These and several other fads having been stateti.
in Court, the Jury, according to directions limn the
Bench, most honourably acquitted Capt. Kenner ;
and by the manner of their doing so, signified to him
the opinion they entertained of the Prosecution.
Mr. KNOW LYS stated this to be a prosecution of
the most infamous kind, line instituted for the pur.
pose of extorting money, the prosecutor hav
ing offered to take tool. for dropping it, &c:
That he pretended he was kept away, by force,
which was false, &c. &c. The condo& of the magi.
strate, Mr. KNOW LYS said, was novel, for he never
knew of an instance of a prosecutor being bound
over to prosecute without signing the deposition on
which the charge was made. He trusted there
would be no more of it.. He would not mention
the magistrate's name. He applied to the 'Court
for a copy, not of the indictment, for that he said
would be'of use only for the purpose of supporting
an aetion for a malicious prosecution. Their object
was to transport the Prosecutor of this indidmenr,
by convicting him of perjury, for which purpose he,
applied for a copy of the deposition of the Prosecu-
tor, as returned by the Magistrate, wliiels the Court
ordered accordingly.
There were several Generals,• and other Officers
of rank in Court, ready- to give Captain Ker...er a
clingier. Among these was General Fawcer, who
it was stated, could prove that the Defendant, so
far from being necessitated to take tol. from :my
man,
man, could at any time draw for one thousand
pounds.,_

The Court was very much crouded during the
discussion of this business, in which every person
present seemed to feel an uncommon degree of in.
west. . ,

IWie eta Butler was charged with stealing, on the
7th of July, a gown and petticoat; and other ar.
ticks of wearing apparel, laid us•:the'property of
Abraham' Shuttleworth.

The Prosecutrix, Elizidieth Shutdcworth, is nnw
the widow of Abraham, who was living at the time
the affairtook place ; being a servant, and Out of
place, she occupied a lodging jointly with the Pri.
sOner ; on the morning of the -day laid in the in.'
diament, ,she Went out about' seven o'clock ; on
her return at eleven she .found the door 'fast ; 'at
length she was advised 'to have-the door broke
open, when she Fund that all the property laid in'the •
indithrtent was.gone. • The Prisoner of coursei.had
absconded; however, in some days after, some of
the -*perry was traced, which was proved to have
been pawned by the Prisoner with different Pawn.
Brokers. On evidence to this effdt the Prisoner was

Thomas Rpm was charged with felonintisly steal.
ins, on the loth of May, a leather trunk, value
fourteen shillings, the property of Messrs. Playfiir
and Janie.,

The Proseeotors, it appeared, are trunk-makerti,
in New Bond-street. On the day laid in the in.
diffinent, the trunk was placed, with several others,
at the door, in the usual manners One of the Wit-
nesses, a street,sweeper, depo9e4 tliat,he saw a man,
very like the Prisoner,. takliithtsLrittrik and make
off with it ; and one of the ProsteltOrs' shopmeo,
in some days alter, obseryed'the trunk
.in .question
exposed to sale at a Broker'sitf Marylebone.street.
He of course claimed it as the property of his. tag-
tern. . The Broker swore tie,hought it; but could
not particularize the day, from the Prisoner, and
gtsvehim 495. for•it... .

The Prisoner, in his defence, acknowledged that
he sold the trunk to, the Broker, but asserted he
had bought it a few days before from an acquain.
CAnce who was in distress, and that king in want

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