The Sun.
London, England, 1803-04-22 00:00:00

SECOND DAY-.-THURSDAY,, APRIL 21.

Thomas Smith and William 7orrer were charged
Atli a capital offence, in burglariously breaking and
entering the dwelling.. house of James Fontaine, be-
tween the hours of seven and eight o'clock, on the
night of the 17th of March, and stealing therein a
metafcandleStick, his property.
It appeared in the course of the evidence, that
the Prisoners were seen intently looking in at the
window of the Prosecutiar, a brazier and tinman,
near Middle.row, Holborn, at the hour stared in the
Inditiment, by two of the Witnesses, who belonged
to the Patrole of that quarter. Their Suspicion was
immediately excited, and they narrowly watched
the Prisoners f 4.4 some time : at length the Prisoner
Jones broke one of the panes, by some means, after
which they both (the Prisoners) retired : they soon,
however, advanced to the spot again, and the Wit-
nesses observed Jones put in his hand throngh the
broken pane, and take out something, which he
instantly gave to his 'fellow Prisoner, Smith, on
which they separated, and went hastily away.
The Witnesses alluded to then fumed at; arrange-
ment for the apprehemion of the Prisoners, in come_
quence of which, one of them was to pursue Smith,
and the other Jones. The Pairole who ran after
Smith shortly came up with him ; at the distance of
a foot or two, he perceived it was a metal candle.
stick which he had in his hand. ai Smith perceiv-
ing the Witness so near, lie ran across the street,
and the :Witness following, he threw -•the candle-
stick with violence at him. He was, however, s,)0:1
afterwards'secured. The identity of the candle-
stick, and the subordinate parts of the case, being
duly proved, the two Prisoners, for Jones was soon
after taken, not being able to Make a satisfadory
defence,
,were found Guilty to the full extent of
Inilidtnent—Dealb. The Prisoners were built very
young men. the

Elizabeth Ann Hunt was charged with a capital
offence, in feloniously stealing the sum of 531. toS,
in monerand notes, in the dwelling.house ut Salmon
Handheld; his property.
Independent.of this view of the case, the Priso-
ner's offencei it appeared from the statement of
Counsel, was capital, under a Particular and very
old.Ad of Parliament, which so enieteLl it, to s:eal
in a dwelling.house, persons being therein.
The Prosecutor, it appeared, keeps a putijic-
house near St. Leonard's church, ShOreditch ; the
Prisoner was his lodger, and occupied the front
room, on his second floor; the money in question
was deposited in the back.rooms in a bureau the
Prosecutor saw all the money ,in question: within
two days before the robbeiy took place, and the day
immediately previous, the sum of 31. tos.. was put
into the bureau by the PrOseculor's daughter., 'On
the day let forth in the Indifiment, the Prisoner
was seen standing near' the door of the rocim in
which the money was kept, and the door ttierenf
open : the door of the room was hsabitually kept
locked by the Prosecutor and his family. On the
Prisoner being so. observed, the suspicions of the
Prosecutor were strongly excited ; he sent for an
Officer, and just as he come into the room the Pro-
secutor's eldest daughter, who was left there. to ob.
serve the Prisoner, perceived the bag ..which Con-
tained the money in question lying at the Prisoner's
feet ; the contents were counted out, arid it was
found to contain all the money laid, with the ex.
ception of one 75. piece. On being afterwards
searched by the Officer, three keys were found in
her possession, two of which it appeared opened
the lock 'of the bureau.

The Prisoner left her defence to her Counsel
(Mr. Cußw6oo, who- endeavoured at her eicul-
patiow chiefly through the medium of an ingenious
cross-examination of the Prosecutor's Witnesse...-
Scime, Witnesses appeared-to her charatter.
The Learned Judge oliserved, that under the
particular At upon which the Priioner was indieted,
the monk of :the money stated would make r:•,)
differeticilii-to the capital 'part of the charge;' as in
that view one shilling would implicate-her as
as tool.'

The Jury, after deliberating some time, found
the Prisoner—Guilty. •

I okn Ilth was intli4ed for burglariously break-
ing and cote, ing into the dwelling house of "Eliza-
beth Dowager I)utchess of Chandos; with the intent
of 'stealing, on the 4th inst. Her Grace's Butler and
Housekeeper both saw the Prisoner in the house
about five in the morning. The house being under
repair, he had entered it by means of a ladder, and
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