The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-11 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

John Smith aad William Jones were indicted for
stealing a silk handkerchief in the Tower of London, from
the pocket of Mr. 3. Godfrey, on the sth of August last.
The Jury found them both Guilty.
John lif'Cante was indicted for stealing a watch, value
thirty shillings, the property of John Furlong. Verdict—
Guilty.
lYilliam Towell was indicted for stealing a clock from
the dwelling-house of Edward Richardson, being his clock,
and of the value of 61.

The prosecutor resides in Goewell-street-road, and on
Saturday, the 16th of August, he missed a dial out of his
parlour, between the hours of three and five. Saw it
again on the 19th at the office, at Worship-street. Witness
is a licensed victualler ; but did not recollect meting the
prisoner in his hoase on the day of the robbery.
James Brown, a police officer, deposed to going to Mr.
Sowerby's, the pawnbroker, in Chiswell-street, about five
o'clock on the 16th of August, where he found the pri-
soner with his clock in his possession. The prisoner said
that a person gave hint the clock to pledge, and upon being
asked if Ile knew the person, he replied in the negative;
hut said he bad no doubt but he should find hint some-
where.

John Leach, shoproan to Mr. Sowerby, deposed that the
prisoner brought it to his shop to pledge, and witness re-
cognised him as having brought a stolen dial to his house
on a former occasion, and accordingly had the side door
fastened, and sent fin• Brown the officer.

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The prisoner said nothing in bix defence.
Sarah Martin and Mary Ann Stoner, were indicted
for feloniously assaulting Maria Smith, and taking from
her person a cornelian necklace, and other articles, her
property, on the 13th of August last, in the parish of
Westminster.

It appeared that the house of the prosecutor is in the
parish of St. James, Clerkenvrell; whereas it was laid as
being in the parish of St. Luke. This was fatal to the
capital part of the charge, and the Jury therefore found
him guilty of larceny.
The indictment laid the offence to have been committed
in the parish of St. Margaret's, hut it appeared that the
parish of St. Margaret's and of St. Mttin's divide at the
gate of the Horse Guards, and this happened so nearly op-
posite the gate, that the prosecutrix could not say at which
side of it the occurrence took place.
The prisoners denied the charge, and Sarah Martin at-
tempted to turn the tables upon the prosecutrix, by saying,
that she was the aggressor, as far as related to the assault,
and as to the robbery she new nothing about it.
The Jury acquitted both the prisoners.
William 2'orcell was again indicted for stealing a dial,
value V. from a public-house in the parish of Shoreditch,
•n the sth of August last. The Jury returned a verdict
of Guilty.
Joseph Hyde was indicted for breaking and entering
the house of Wm. Goodman on the 29th of August hat
with intent to steal.

The prosecutor was keeping the house No. 8, Great
Coram-street, for the proprietor then residing in the
country.
The window shutter of the kitchen had been cut about

two o'clock in the morning, and it was evident upon
searching it that Home person had been over the house, bat
nothing was stolen. The prisoner was found concealed
in the privy of an adjoining house, and was taken int*

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custody.
Mr. C. Pumurs, for the prisoner, asked several
questions as to whether the prisoner (who is quite a boy)
is not half witted or occasionally insane ; but the wit-
nesses could not give an answer to the question, bnt one
of them said that the prisoner admitted that "he bought
a chissel for the purpose of entering the house, not
knowing that Mr. Woolrich, the proprietor, was out of
town. That in the absence of Mr. Woolrieh, he would
have taken any thing, but if Mrs. Woolrich had been in
town, he would have taken a little, but not much, and
that he had been in the house from half-past eleven until
two o'clock.
Mr. Pimmrs called witnesses to prove that the prisoner
was drunk on the night in question, and also called Mr.
Woolrieh, the proprietor of the house, who deposed to the
prisoner haring lived with him for about four months,
during which he conducted himself well. He was, in his
opinion, very honest bat very stupid, and even half-witted.
Another witness deposed to his being bred by bis mo-
ther in a state of derangement.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.