The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-15 00:00:00

THIRtI DAY—FRIDAY,' strT. 14.

jpiepir Nettletom was. iriclle,tvi .4 dia.
mend 'ring, and a box containing bead 4, • the pro.
crtq of -Efarilet'gsten. :

The Prosecutrix -on this trial was Mrs.
late of the Theatreßoyal, Edinburgh. She stated
that she had a house in Halflm ion.street,
hut frequently lived with her mother, Mrs. Bennet,
at Notting-hill.. On the 9th of June she came to
town from her mother's, For the purptse of going'
ro the Opera. She dressed herself at her house in
Half.Moon.:street, and put on her diamond ring.
When slie returned from the Opera, she gave the
ring to her maid,. Helen-Russell,. who lived in the
house when she was absent, and had the charge
of her wardrobe. She went back to her mother's
in the country, and did not come to town 'again
until the Saturday fortnight following, which was
the 233: of June. " She then -inquired for !lei
ring, arid it teas not to be found. There was ano-
ther female servant in the house at this time, talleJ
Mary : she was the cook ; and the Prisoner had since
been married to her. It appeared that the Prisoner
had slept in the house for a few nights, by -the per.
mission of Helen Russell, at a time when Mrs. Elicit
was *absent.. When this circumstance came 'to Mrs.
Esten's knowledge, she discharged. her Maid.- The;
Prisoner had formerly offered himself as a servant
to Mrs. E.- Some mock pearl beads were also lost'
at the.same.timeas the ring ; they were contained
in a shagreen box. The Prosecutrix saw ,her dia..
mond some time after at the shop of Mr. H.twley, in
cafentry.stree r. The diamond .waa-., at first Oleo: n,
her out of the t.et tin, but aftetwArds, she stew it irt
the setting. On IgYr cross.examinatinn, she ad-
milted that when ortie-friftsriervett charged with
itr the, nesence of Mt. Graham, he
aliyearea perf,:jily astonijed.
Mr.Grahain, the Magistrate, stated, that hailing
leatned, from the servant in
,Mrs..EsiO's h9thet that
tbeaPti .oner h d sometimes slept there, he thought it
necessary to send for and cxamine him. He ex-
presed very great astonishment when he understood
'thathe was suspeeted of thcrolibery ; hut when Mr;
Graham mentioned Mr. Hawley, the Jeweller's nark,'
asid said tti -Mrs. E. that he hoped to End her ring,
the Prisoner remained Silent, 21016(1'e :it afterward,'
appeared; thatrhe had sold a diamond, which he said
he had found, to Mrs Hawley. The Prisi.ter was
not.detained'upon this examination, and came afier.
wards voluntarafto the. Bowatreet Office, when
sent for;' he. was permitted, to go away a second time ;
and came to the Office again when sent for.
Helen Russell received the diamond ring in Ties:
lion from het mistress, when she, came from the
Opera, and put it inths,wridmbe. In about a fort..
night after, she was direeled to get it for her Mk.:
tress, but could„pot find it. Theist was in the same
drawer' into which she put the ring, a box covered
with shagreen, COOstalOing at quantity of brads, This
box was Jiro lost. • She had seen. the Pris Oner be-
fore and since the loss, of 'flit ring, He'. had slept
four nights at the house, at her request, as she.
thought he would be useful to guard the h; use, the
manservant- being absent; but, she stated,
,that he
had rigs slept there any night between the 9th and
the :.3(1, the interval, in which the ring was lost ;
nor did she at any time see him in or near the ward.
robe. She had always lived on very' good terms:
with Mary, the cnok, now the. Prisoner's wife, 'Oho
had been taken up, and, Charged by Mrs. E. with
the robbery,
John H.swley, silversmith in Coventry.streett
stated, that the Prisoner came. to his sliap on the
eth of June, and asked whether he would purchase
a diamond, which.he said he had found on Ludgate.
hill, neat the Belle Sauvage.yard. The red) was
on a Friday, and the Prisoner said he had found the
diamond on the Thursday week preceding, Which
was the 711 L He had that 'day gone to Ludgate.
hill tq_ see the Precession of the Charity Children
from St. Paul's Church. The Witness told the.
Prisoner, that the article he bad fOund was valuable,
anti advised him to advertise it. The Prisoner said,
he had looked over the newspapers every day since
lee found it, tint had seen no advertisement concern.
He however followed the Witness's recom.
mendation, and did advertise it. The ring was left
with the Witness, and the Pritioner gave his' real
address. About the middle of ;he following week the
.Prisonet's father called un the Witness, to see whethet
any inquiries had been made after the diamond ; and on
the next Saturday the Pawner called, and said .he
,would take it away,- as nobody, had asked for it.
The 'Witness said lie had made every inquiry him.
self among the trade, and could find no owner to
the diamond. The Prisoner then offered to sell it
to the,Wittiess, and he gave him 20 guineas'for it,
'which was aboni the trade price. It weighed three
carats and fourteen grains, When Mrs. E.ten called
at his shop, to look at the diamond, be had taken it
out of the enamelled border in which it was 'set, arid
he could nut find it, so replace ir, until half an hour
after.

Tilt; diainorid was now shewn to Mrs. Esten.
The enamelled borler was much damaged, but, as
it was, she belieVed it to be her property. ;;den
Russell also swore that she believed the aunt) id
produced to he her mistress's. They also gave the
same evilence with respect to a shagreen box, can.
twining beads; which a .saW.street Officer produced,
and stated he bad received, from the Prisoner's fa-
ther, at his house in Portpool-lane.
The declaration made by the Prisoner before Mr.
Graham, at Bow.street, was then proved and read.
It appeared he had stated that he found the box with
the beads, along with the diamond, on Ludgate.
hill.

Mr. Paton iiontaat summed up the evidence.;
and The jury, after a short delibetatton, returned a
verdift, of Not GNU?).

Da/dthifojers, ;hackney-coachman, was found
guilty of stealing a mahogany writing.desk, con..
taining 16 guineas, the property of WiLiarn I-Ltham.
It appcitred that the Prisoner, o 4 the Isch 'of Au..
gust, took up Mr.'Horham, who had just arrived in
London by the York Mail, and drove him to the
litnaw,nl, in Covent-G .rden. In giving out Mr,
Ilutitam's Faggage, he kept back the desk, and
when he went to his lodgings, broke it Open.

101 lb Lloyd was intlided for uttering a One-pound
Lute, purporting to I,oc • note IViesbrs. Mines

lie 112111 C 10

Ord Featly, nl Dover, ice knowing t
forged and totaiterleit.
The Prisoner, it appeared, had called at tie situ,
'fir Henry Marks, Silversmith and Salesman, in Tot
enham.court.road, on the Bth ot April last, between
nine and ten in the morning.; He was accompanied
by another person, and said he wanted to pur.
chase a waistcoat. He fixed upon one, agreed to
pay 135.63. for it, and for that purpose presented
the note &scribal in the ineliebnerk Some eon.
versarion took place respetiing the note hot
the Prisoner answered the questions put by Marks
in such a manner as to remove all suspicion on
his part. He found, however, that he had not
silver ent.tigh to give in change for the note,
and theref.re desired the Prisoner- to leave it, and
call again f r the six shillings - anal 'sixpence he
had to receive. The man who accompanied the
Prisoner started some objedions to this, and said to
him he had better leave the waistcoat, and take
away his note ; hut .he replied, that he had change
,cdott;h in his picker for the day, and he .wouid
leave Site note. The Prisoner was to have called
next day fir the change, but he never came. Marks
carried the note lo Messrs. Millet and Fretor, in
14ridon, where he learned that it was (urged.. It
Was also found that .the Prisoner had given a false
tiame and address.

A Constable stated, that
,hes.,hall searched the
Prisoner's hoose in Birmit;giiiiir nn the :r ztli of July,
rood flood a Pawisbroket's duplicate, by which ie
appeared his wife had pawned a waistcoat and pail
ut breeches ro pawnbreket of , that town; this
‘vaistcoat turned uut,rn hi the one' the' Prisoner had
purchaacd from the Witriei4 Marka....-Geilty.

NI CI, BuISTS ii.ip-Thoim Mo-
. eh was last night brought up for examination, be.
lore N. Boso, Esq. on a suvieton of having robbed,
Chambers. The Clerk read the depositions
of William Clia Misers, Sathuel Laceyo.nd john Hut.
ton, against him.
William Chambers could only swear to the loss of
the money, as he was so moth intoxicated at the
time that he vuld neither recollect the circumstances
not the Prisoner's rerson.
S.,fr,Liel Larry deposed, thavon the gth of August
he sat* William Chambers, in tuisitor:street, very
wuelt intoxicated and. bleeding. He rut 'him on
some steps that were near, and called a hackney
coach ; when the Prisoner came op, saying that he
knew him, and Went into she coach with him. The
'itnesc ovore positively to the person of the Pri-
soner, and to his having seen the money to, the
amount of more than t tl. safely placed in Clam,
be rS's pOcket.
hit Hoiron, who drives No. 716, deposed tojtis
haying t;ken up the Pri“mer d Chambers. The
Pristine' got out at Red Lion.street, Holborn, and
walked away, which appearing suspicious to the
coachman, he looked at Chambers, and foUnd his
breeches rcker turned out. Ile drove him to his
house at Middle.r,.w, Holborn, where the loss was
dii;covereit. 'Fite coachman' was positive as to the.
person of the efis ;net.
• As she Pt ioncr had ordered the coachman to drive
to the Arms, Compton.ssreer, .I+olr. Bonin
$ ;,Igt•sted char he might be known there, and direct.
e 1 Chambers to 1, quire at that place, with a view to
pr, cure additional proof. Morris was then remand.
ed till. to.mort ow. • H e is an old man of the most
re,iltetabie appearance. • .
Y.c.,sterday boners Campbell, alias Carmom, was
bryught before N.'•BoNo, Kiri. charged with being
as large, having broken out of Oxford Gaol, where
lig was whier sentence of • transportation. for life,
having been tirst cast• for death for. burglary. lie
was afterwards recognized in town by Sayers, one
of the Police Officev, and taken into custody until
the Keeper Of the Oxford Gaol appeared to prove hit
identity. The day rn which the Keeper arrived
the Prisoner was brought to Bow.strect ; and he
, being identified, he was lucked up in the strong
room. at the Brown Bear, until. such. time as he
should be sent to PtiJon; from this room the Pri.
sewer likewise made Isis escape • her, as fortune
Would have it, he was met sonic days after in Mel.

sea, by the same Otlicer (Sayer), who recognized
him. He then clapped a pistol to the Prisoner's
breast, and brought him again to Bow-street. The
keeper of the Oxford Gaol was again sent for, who
appeared yesterday before Mr. llosiv, and proved
the identity of the Prisoner, who wus delivered to
him to be taken back again to Oxfoni. The Pri.
.saner received six otte.pound notes and two silver
.watches hack, which were taken from-Win when he
was. apprehen4ed,' as no person ii,peated to claim
them.

Nr~ > > Y

Two of thetrentford stage.coachmen were fined
twenty shillings each, for obstruaing the passage
tieing Hatchett's COE.e.hottsei irr?ieciditly. •
A Drsyman belonging to Perim's and Preston's
brewery was also fined twenty for riding
on the shafts of his cart on the New Road, having
11() Gerson on cue() or on horseback,' to 104t1 the
horses.

I.Vithin the few days there' have been im.
ported 5,530 qsattris of Whiat, and 22,280
(ranters of atts.

Malden Fair, in . Essex, on Thursday last, was
very. short Of beasts, which sold higher. than at
Harlow Bush ; there were numerous pens Of sheep,
and lambs, which also sold freely, and at good
priCes. • -

A man
_accu4e*l of !ming committed forgeries

on the flanking-house of DRUit4MOND and Co. was on
Thursday apprehended in Cheapsidr, ittntiater under.
I going an examination at Worship.street Police Of.
lice, was ordered to be brought up again on a future
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