The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-31 00:00:00

pe;sna was found a pillow case, which had every
appearance of recently► containing feathers. Smith's
house was then searched : the quantity of carpetting
stated in the indidment was found therein ; some in
rolls and so►ne of it on the floor. The pieces cor-
responded in every respett with those :is the shop
of the. Prosecutors. About ten pounds of feathers
were also found in the possession of Smith ; these
were precisely the same kind of feathers as in their
shop, of which such a quantity was missing ; these
were particularly described on the part of the Pro-
secutors, who ialentified the other articles which
had been produced. It was stated that they never
sold any feathers at their shop, otherwise than in
bells to, the customers.

The Prisoners left their defence to their Counsel.
A few Witnesses appeared to Bennett's charatier.
Mr. Baron Tftomsori summed up, and charged
the Jury, who had very little hesitation in finding
both the Prisoners—Guilt).

John Turner was charged with feloniously steal.
ing, on the Bth of Oi.lober, a deal box,' containing
a barrel organ, the goods of William BradfOrd.
William Hughes,• porter to the Mannfaeluters in
Ho!Will, stated, that on the day above mentioned,
the box in question was placed in a cart in the
ftreet, just opposite their yard door ; it was in his
care. He saw the Prisoner come up to . the cart,
take out the' box, and .make off with it ; he in.
stantly followed* soon came up with him, 41011 claim-
ed the properiy, At the saint time attempting to
detain the thief. On this the Prisoner drew out a
large knife, made a stroke ut his throat, and cut the
Witness's hand very much as he defended himself.
He was soon after secured. He had never lost sight
of the Prisoner from the time he took the box until
he was in custody. .The Prisoner's defence being
merely an unsupported denial of the: charge, the
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Jury instantly found him--Guilty.
• Mr. RECORDER immediately addressed' the Cul-
prit. He had been t onvidled on the clearest and
most satisfactory evidence of the crime of felony ;
had the Witness lost .his life on the occasion, he
(the Pritoner) must inevitably have paid lor it with
the forfeit of his own. He chose to make his case
a signal example, and when any offender should
draw a knife or other offensive weapon upon his
prosecutor or apprehender, he Should suffer the us.
mOsr punishment allowed by the laW. The 'sentence
4,the hurt, therefore, upon him, • lotto Turner,
ovAsV'etat, he be transported to such parts beyond
tlie'seas as His Majesty shall be pleated to appoint,
for the term of seven years.

El;zrzbetl, Wallace was charged ivith feloniously:
stealing, on the Ist of, 0419ber, five piiir of silk
stockings, wine twenty.one shillings, the properly
of William Cubett.

It appeared that the stockings' in question ~were
with several other pairs delivered on the above.
mentioned day by Mr. L'Onsdale, a hosier, to one'
Austin, a stoCking.cleaner; jolin's.sireet,'Goldeti.
square i they lay on Austin's counter„ but not long
before they disappeared. On the same day,
,ac.
cording to the testimony of a Pawnbroker, a woman
came to his shop to paWn a pair of 'silk stocking:.
She said she was • sent by another person. This'
distributor of small money, on ample,security,,not
liking the complexion
.of the business, refused to
lend any money On'tlie' pair to the woman, and de.
sired her to send the person from whom she came.
Shortly after this the Prisoner came herself.. She
had six pairs of silk stockings, which she wanted
to pawn, one of which 'appeared to be those brought
by the woman. She appeared intoxicated, and could
give no satisfadory account how the stockings came
into liter possession ; the vigilant Pawnbroker itu.
mediately sent to Bow-street, bad the Prisoner taken
into custody, and the stockings' were delivered
into the care of the Officers ; the event was nod-
bed by an ,advertisement of. the
_property de.
scribed; in consequence they were soon traced, and
thiliosecutor claimed the st,,ckings. The six pair
were produced, and of them satisfactorily iden-
tified by Mr. cubetr,

Beini called upon.fOr her defence, she said, that
'as site was coming home' with her warer_cresses she
picked up the, stockings in the street, they' were
wrapped up in an old handkerchief; she.was rather
in-liquor at the time ; took them immediately to a
Pawnbroker, aintasked si. fur them. -He bid her
sit down,• and in the mean time he sent fora min 'to
take her up..
Nu wimessesappeared in her behalf, and the
Jury deemin* the defence made by the Prisoner
a very dksatisfaaory One; &Oki hervau Without
basica Lion.

CLARKENWELL SE,SSIONS.

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Os Saturday, ay W
man _ait LAI/tett for makiog use
of ctitain etaitior us expr6linni*. against His MA.
Ysty and the government of this country. ' •
Mt. KNAre,.twho _was. retained to conduft the
prosecution informed the Court it. was not the in.
tention of Ministers to press this' proseCnriOn, as they
had been well informed that when the Prisoner had
been, drinking liquor, kt operated upon him, so as to
put him in a deranged state, and, that he had been
drinking liquor a short time previously, to his hats.
ing uttered the "words with which he-was 'chatted.
He 'Was therefore discharged on his entering into a
recognizance for his good behaviour for-one year.
Louis jacks, an. Attorney, was indiAed for wilfol
'and, corrupt perjury.
i•The 'crime charged,• arose out of a cause in the
Court-of Coinrnon,Pleas, in which the'Plairitiff- Was•
nonauited, to. set aside which the Defendant
made the affidavit, upon which the perjury, was'
assigned.
`Before the evidence was gone into hilt Cc:RN!! y
,and ALLEY were heard at considerable length
upon olljeOions to the form of the indiarnent which
they contended' was defective, in not avering that.
the bark taken. by the Defendant was material to
the question before the 'Court..

objeetions were answered by Mr. Hovut.t.
and Mr.,GLE DR, for .the prosecittion.
The Conti.; after raking' the guidon into conbi.
demtic,6 decided in faktour of the ot\jettions.