The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY—(Tins DAY.)

OLD COURT.
Before Mr. Sergeant ARABIN and a Middlesex Jury.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Sarah Cuter, aged 35, a married woman, was indicted
for assaulting Sarah Bunning on the King's highway on
the 11th of April, and stealing from her person nineteen
sovereigns and other monies.
Sarah Bunning, who appeared in very ill health, de-
posed that she was a single woman, and an embroiderer of
black silk veils. She was in the Ed4eware-road on the
11th of April last, about eight o'clock in the evening,
on her return home to 10, Duke-street, Lisson-grove.
Prisoner came up to her then, and witness asked her the
way to Devonshire-street. Prisoner said she would
shew her. They walked together for about ten yards.
Prisoner said she had a bud husband. Nothing else
passed till she took witness's shawl off. Prisoner
took her by the shoulders, unpinned the shawl,
and took it. Witness said, "0, give me my shawl."
Witness saw her have it, but she denied it. Lost 19 so-
vereigns at the same time; was in lodgings, and did not
think her money would have been safe there ; was tied up
in a linen bag, at the corner of the shawl; prisoner was
not apprehended for three or four months afterwards ; the
reason was], that witness seldom went out; did not men-'
tion it to any watchman or friend. When prisoner was
taken up, Mrs. Pettit pointed her out to witness near Lis-
son Grove, and said she had seen the prisoner strip her;
had never seen the prisoner before.
Charlotte Pettit lives near the Edgeware-road ; saw
the prosecutrix and prisoner walking together on the night
in question ; was near enough to hear what passed ; heard
prisoner say, " Mary, you are intoxicated, you had better
go home with me." Prosecutrix was tipsy ; I said to
prisoner, do you know that woman ; she said she did ;
she lived in a bad house; that she (prisoner) had a bad
husband, living with another woman, though she had a
family; and desired Mary (prosecutrix) to go home with
her. Immediately afterwards saw prisoner unpin prose-
cutrix's shawl, take it, and run off. Witness is the wife
of a constable, but did not give any alarm of what she had
seen ; did not know that there was money in the shawl.
A Pawnbroker proved that prisoner pawned the shawl
produced by him.
Henry Pettit, a constable, and husband of Mrs. Pettit,
one of the witnesses, took the prisoner into custody; his
wife mentioned to him, at the distance of three or four
months, what had taken place, and it was then that he
took prisoner into custody.
Prosecutrix identified the shawl.

C. PHILLIPS, who
An officer was cross-examined by M. C
di..--y after the ilti o
stated that he had long known the prisoner,
.. and that he
4,
water.cresseisA„pril until she
the money
had seen her every
was taken up, calling out
The prosecutrix admitted that she had had_as
in her pocket when she left home, but when she got to
St. Giles's she put it into her shawl.
Mr. Sergeant ARAM thought the story of the
prose-
cutrix very extraordinary, and the statements of the
wit-
nesses so contradictory, that he considered the Jury ought
not to find the prisoner guilty. The shawl had been but
barely brought home to the prisoner, and there might be
other shawls like the one produced.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner, and the Judge ordered
the shawl to be delivered to the prosecutrix.
(Before Mr. Justice Lirminais and a Middlesex Jury.)
MANSLAUGHTER.
Wm
• Freeman, alias Battier, stood indicted for the magi.
al !yhter of Wm. Britt, on the 30th of June.
..tt• 13! Robinson examined by the COURT—Was a Bur-
rn or the London Hospital; knew the deceased, who
onaitto.uoght there on the 30th of June, having a fracture
on theliwer jaw, and a bruise on the face; deceased died
of "of Jul of a disease in the lungs, which was
en old stand' y
After this 'flr ;no other part of the body was diseased.
of acquitfinevidencet the Court suggested the propriety
turned a varlet 6 yprisoner, and the Jury accordingly re-
, of of Ga.y.
Arthur 770 n roaaraT .
Fennial,was brou'ght ' alias Joseph Fennel, alias Josiah
charged with utterinuP on a habeas corpus, from Surrey,
2.5%., well knowing the same
forged order for the payment of
felted, and with intent same
to be forged and counter-
and others. to defraud John Vickers Taylor

Amy stated the case for the prosecution.
Mark Anthony Lyddall, a little boy, 14 'Tars old,
remembered the prisoner Coming to speak to him in June
but': -witness was going an errand, mid as he was crowing

a field, the prisoner came up to him and asked if he knew
where Dolby Williams lived; wiliness replied in the nega-
tive ; prisoner said Dolby WilliEuns keeps the Three Tuns
Tavern, Limehouse. Prisoner then asked him where Mr.
Taylor's brewery was? witness said, in Ropemaker's
fields. Prisoner said, he himself was Dolby Williams's
son ; that he had borrowed 501. of Mr. Taylor, which he
promised to pay next week, but could not. Prisoner said,
that Mr. D. Williams, his father, had given him a cheque for
25/. on Mr. Williams, and he did notwish to go with it him-
self, as he was not able to pay the 50/. He then produced the
cheque and requested witness to go, and took witness to a
corner of a field, where the children had made a hollow, and
said to witness, suppose I was Mr. Taylor, how would
you act before me ? Witness then took off his hat, and
showed him how he would act. Prisoner then gave him
the cheque to go to Mr. Taylor, and to say he was Dolby
Williams's youngest son. Witness said, if there be lies
attached to it I have nothing to do with it. Prisoner still
continued to request him, but witness would not go. Wit-
ness then went home and informed his father of what had
taken place.
John Stanberry, examined by Mr. BRODERlCK—Re-
collected having been met by a person in June last ; being
asked if the prisoner was the person, he did not think he
was; recollected a man having been taken into custody;
thought the prisoner was the man; witness pointed him
out to the officers, but was not positive that he was the
real person; did not swear positively before the Magistrates
or any where else, that the prisoner was the man ; he had
only said that he was like him ; he was then frightenrd ;
some man gave him a note which he took to Mr. Taylor's;
he was to return to Poplar-gate after leaving it.; wit-
ness delivered the note to Mr. 'Blakely, at Mr. Tay-
lor's, who sent for an officer to go back with him :
witness returned to the Poplar-gate with Mr. Blakely and
the officer, and on coining to that place witness pointed
to a man who was crossing the road; the man ran off;
there was a cry of stop thief, and the man was stopped at
the King and Queen, Cole-street; witness came up before
the constable, and some person had the prisoner by the
collar; when the constable came up, witness did not say
that prisoner was the man; never said it, for he had
great doubt then whether he was the man or not;
never expressed that doubt to any one.
Some discussion took place respecting the propriety of
making use of the depositions of the witnesses before the
Magistrate against him, as there was a material discrepancy
between his statement on that occasion, and the evidence
which he gave to-day :it was ultimately decided, that his
depositions signed by himself should be handed to him,
which being done, he acknowleged his hand-writing, but
did not recollect the paper having been read for him pre-
vious to his signing it; witness then read over the deposi-
tions to himself, and was examined by the Court.
Question—Do you know who gave you the note ?
Witness—A man very like the one at the bar—but I
believe he is not the man.
Did not recollect how he was dressed : did not see the
man before he ran off on his return with the officer ; was
sure the man did not beckon to him before he ran off; did
not recollect swearing before the Magistrate that the pri-
soner had beckoned to him ; being desired by the
Court to read the depositions again, and swear whether
or not the prisoner had beckoned to him, he read
it over, and still persisted in saying that he did not
recollect having sworn it before the magistrate; believed
he had stated before the magistrate that prisoner had given
the note to him ; but he was very much frightened, and
had his doubts whether it was the prisoner or not.
Samuel Juson, an officer, recollected last witness at
Taylor's brewbouse; went along with him to a certain
place, in consequence of a letter which last witness had
brought; on going to that place last witness pointed out
the prisoner to him ; did not see the prisoner beckon to
last witness ; was sure that prisoner was the person whom
last witness had pointed out ; apprehended the prisoner,
who told him he was running for a coach, though hi
was standing still when he first saw him; witness said
it was very strange, prisoner should run up one street and
down another for a coach ; prisoner observed he was on par-
ticular business, and asked witness what was the matter;
witness said he would tell him in the watch-house, where
the prisoner was taken, and given in charge by Mr.
Sewel. Last. witness said on that occasion, that prisoner
was the man; was positive of it, and could swear to it.
Prisoner then endeavoured to alarm the boy, by saying,
" Don't do so if you are not sure." Prisoner was then
charged with uttering a forged cheque.
John Sewel examined by Mr. BRODERICK—Was a
clerk in the brewery of Taylor and Co.; a boy brought a
letter in June last, containing a cheque, in consequence of
which he went with a constable to the Poplar Turnpike,
and waited there until the boy came, when he saw a man
run across the Commercial-road; the boy cried out" Here
he is," whereupon the man ran off, and was taken at a
public-house ; witness charged him at the watchhouse,
and said to prisoner that he had given to witness a hard
chase, and that it was likely it was the last chase which he
should give in this country.
John Mills, an officer, produced the letter and cheque in
question.
Mark Anthony Little was then recalled, but could not
swear that it was the letter or cheque which prisoner had
produced to him.
Whereupon Mr. Justice GASELEE addressed the Jury,
and told them whatever room there was for suspicion,
there was no evidence to convict him; if it was evident
that the boy who had carried the letter had been tampered
with, even if the hand-writing of the prisoner could be
proved, it would only go to show his connection with the
transaction—but, at present, there was no proof against
him, and they should acquit him.--The Jury
some time, and the counsel for the prosecution said that lie had
not made out his case, and that oug
they considered for
at once ; but the jury were otherwisedhistpotoseapausit
they
thought Stanberry had perjured himself. But at length,
by the order of the court, they brought in a verdict of Not
Guilty, with a request that Stanberry should be prosecuted,
which was undertaken by the prosecutor, and Stanberry
was accordingly committed for perjury.
Mr. ALLEY stated that this was the third time that
the prisoner had escaped in a similar manner from similar
charges.

NEW COURT.
Before the COMMON SZAJNANT.

Joseph Shenston and Robert Fitzgerald were indicted lot
stealing, on the 19th July, 21b. 6 ounces of tea, the property
of the 'East India Company.
Mr. BoLLAND stated the case.—The prisoners were
ien'tvio"neehse '
and in
do warehouse,
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in-
dictment.
Samuel Balls examined by Mr. sin in the
service of the East India Company ; on the 18th of July
I observed a quantity of tea in a handkerchief, and also
some in a small bag, secreted in the warehouse; and sus-
pecting that it was put there by a thief who would come
for it, I desired George Warren Gale, one of the servants,
to watch, which he did accordingly,
William
appGretbnsd
the prisoners, who were searched by is an officer—szw John Frost, another
officer,eer, ,
Frost ; 21b. and 6 ounces of tea, were found in Shenston's
het, which he had emptied out of the bag, and the empty
containing about the same quantity
beg discovered m pocket. On Fitzgerald was
of tea; he said the handkerchief was his, and requested it
to be given-back, but said nothing about the tea.
Frost concurred with the preceding witness.
Several witnesses gave " ' characters to the prisoners.
The Jury found them e 'ty, but recommended them
to mercy on account of their previous good character.

p....yaton) concerning a divot, at a gaming
Dinh— —A meeting took place on Tuesday morn-
ing,
table. Thep er"
ing,#on Putney Heath, between a Mr. and Capte.i*
crewedcoll the ground at seven o'clock, and, u neither would come
to any amicable adjustment, the ground was rumbaed, and they
groti. The Captain received the content; of his adversary's pistol,
in the shoulder. A shan't sutra% groom, who was on the
pronounced the wound not dangerous, and the Captain was rr
Toyed in the course of the day to London.