The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-12 00:00:00

SURREY ,S WS, OCT. 1 t.

Sicritity William Smith, were indiet.
ell for rtlealing the Poland hen, And three other
froxls, the property of Mr. liernmings. The De.
fendantn v.ere ,romined at Union Haft, where the
poultry prodnerd, and the4erson4 at the Rat
were coqum red to take their trial. Nothing was

intmd on Smith ; but mit only the property stated
in the ineltBment, but also what is called a skeleton
le'ey; was found upon Stanley, which implement
jaCkei,l and unVcked the hen house door of the Pro.
aecnt-or with the greatest facility. When the men
were discovered, they'were about fifty yards from
the plat &where the robbery was committed. .
(The proceedings were, for an instant, interrupt,
ed, by a nGtori, pickpocket who' was
11% one of the is, at u•ho disappeared .so pre.
Cipitately, th.it a Magistrate, .who ordered him to
be searched, Att fru,mited ir' his ties.ign).
The CH AIRM AN 'addressed the July on the na.;
. tune and circumstances of the evidence.. With re.
gard to Stanley, he "said, un'tWillHpnding the cx,
cellent charader which had been. given him, there'
. could be ,no doubt of his guilt. With reSPeet to.
Smith, nothing watt found 'pun bUt tltct So.
. 'ciety'ard sittFiiibn in which he was decrarir, de.
. served the attention of The jury. -Stanley—Guilty..
Smith—Net
Stanley was sentenced to six months imprison.;
'meat in the. County Gaol; and the CuAlkmAN
4ppiized him, that his punishment was mitigated,
not from any indulgence to him, but from Motives
of compassion (hr his wife and numerous children.
'Where Was another IMiitiment against. these Pd.
Soners,•rin whirls they, were bOth,ttequitted.
Paul Smith was a warehouseman ar the Custom.
• house, in the division assigned to, the care of Mr.
'ThOmas Cole, tOr the department -culled Glut ware.
It is the custom; for. the men, on quitting the pre_
s-o employed, to undergo the ceremony called
flubbing7down, by which the stiperior Clerks en.
deavour to discover it Any pilfering has-been prae.
used. This man had contrived 'to inttOduce about
two pounds of ci,frre into the hollow of a high.
crOw`ned hat, which he was-abeustoined to wear the
positiOrt.thowever, in which it appeaeed, excited the
suspicion of Mr. Slow, coffee.locker, who snatched
nulheltat, and ascertained the theft. •
Four Witnesses gave the Prisoner an excellenr Cita.
ra(ier. He was, in. the tiequel,..found guilty, but
recommended by the Jury to mercy ; when the
CirmarstArr t,ddressetthiui in the following 'terms :
" .1 am very sorry a person .of your retpeetable
charafter should have.been guilty of such a breach
of confidence. The Courr.are obliged to pass sea.
tcnce uponivou,- as a warming to others, • al-4l you
are ordered to be imprisoned one month,
,and,then
, 'diicharged."
. Menai Go'filier IN as,tr►~li~led cot ktealink various
t oc>ll,, the provenry at Mr. rbilip TbOrnas. Goultler
was in the employment of the Prosecutor, whei,was
concernid in a manufaetory'for gun.carfiaos, and
. etiferecrinto ecrOssels with GOV ef t',menr for the
supplying the Ordnance. The Defendant had lived
two years With him, alter which W;l9 di,eltargtd,
and Mr: Thomas was summoned on a claim for

wages. This occasioned 'some irritation between
the masier and Me man, when the former procured
ir search warrant, and 'discovered at the lodgings of
.the 'PriSonet; in Ehenezer.plac.e, certain tools,' of
Stilling value, which were the sUbjtet of the pres Ont
inditiment. After the Witnesses were examined,
Mtittitil; ,bekolf of the Prisoner, said, he
had Witnesses to prove that the took were lent to
hie 'Client 6 that there was no ground for a charge of
*Ion), in such case, although there might be a toun.
dation for an action of trover.
The Cll All MA.11."--" The Prisoner is joaitled

for —haying' felonmosly ,sttden the tools in tiuestion.
The P,,,,,ccoicir said, if the Pris Oner had not sum.
rtion,,:d hurt, he d:es not know he shiruhl.haye pro.
cured a warront to watch the !loose,' Yoo`will take
tlyiscit<umst,mee into your consideratinn, and judge
it resentment hate at dii the tondutt. of the
04{.(' f Ggittr.,
3. White was indicted for steding sixteen calces
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of soltict, weighing about twenty-two pounds, the
proper >y ofJohn fii4croft,
it appeared that the ProseCutor, who is a tinman,
itavtng lost to the value Of aim or seventy pounds,
at dlfferent times, -of this metallic preparation, was
deteitnined, if possible, to discoeer the culprit he,
having Counted",the'cales of solder in a
certain box the preceding night, at five o'clock in
tire Moining concealed himself in his countinghouse.
At six o'ilt>ck the Prisonei came, when he distintt.

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ly sAw hitn take talcnbet or cakes out of the•bwt,
si,d convey them to the cellar.. Mr. liayeroft then
tWo of his other servants to witness the place