The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-18 00:00:00

TIDAL OF JOHN BOND.

At 10 o'clock John Bond was put to the bar,
and indicted for-having feloniously stolen in the
dwelling-house of William Howard, one Bank---of
England Promissory Note for the payment of 201.
and another for the payment of 101. the property
of William Howard, on the night of the lst of
December, 1816. _

Mr. ARABIN opened the pleadings, and Mr.
ALLEY in stating the case, and alluding to the
publicity which the circumstances of it had already
acquired, took occasion to lament the practice of
pnbli3hing er-pdrie evidence, as tending touch to
the injury "of prisoners. Witnesses were then
called, of whom the first,

Sarah Randall, deposed, that
.she had lived
as housekeeper with Mr. Williatn Howard, now
deceased, for-40 years. -He was a farmer, resid-
ing in the parish of Hillingdon, a short
.distance
from Uxbridge. Its the month of Decemht.7 last
the family consisted of Mr. William Howard,'
witness, Thmnas Ayres, and the prisoner at the
bar, who was grandson to the deceased. She re-
cone, ted that, on Sunday the Ist of December
last, she saw the prisoner at about one o'clock,
at dinner.time, but did not see him afterwards.
In the evening of that day she saw Thouths Ayres
at about six ''clock : he w, tit out to milk his
cows. Wimess and the old man were then left
alone in ti.e bouse.•- They had both just had tea,
and were sitting by the fire below stairs. She
Was sit ing with her side inclined to the door, and
the old Gentleman faced her, and sat in his own
chair. He sat opposite to the door. Witness
lighted a candle,-in o‘der that the old man might
light his pipe. She placed the candle on the table
between them, but did Hot know what oecame of
it atterwards. Soon after she heard the door of

the room-open ; it was either pushed open or un-
latched, and being in expectation of seeing the
servant boy, Thomas Apes, to the best of her re-
collection she said, " Is it you, Tom ?" Witness
could not be sure whether she (lid or did not Fay
so. No sooner had she spoken, or meant to speak,
than she received a terrible blow upon tier heal.
She received several blows, and lost her sens.2s.
Soon after she had received the blows, she !Tl-.-t1
the old Gentleman, who had just enter!if: Aron
the 91st year of his age, Inter a deep gr.Lt.,-;, She
heard no more. She had no means y.`,:_~ towing
who inflicted the blows, as she fiCV(';* saw any
one. She could not say how long she remained in-
sensible. The prisoner spoke to her after she had
received the blows, but she could not tell what
length of time afterwards. Band always received
the dividends of the old man at the Baik, and
paid them to his grandfather very punctually.
The prisoner regularly went to London to receive
them, acrd on his return paid them to the old
man. The money was always wrapped up cu-
riously, and put into a private drawer in the bu-
reau, the key of which was always kept in tin
old man's left hand breeches pocket.
Crass-examined by Mr. Bott-AND.---Witness
had lived 40 years with Mr.-Howard. Vie pri-
soner lived in the family partly' in the capacity of
a servant, and Was the son of her master's daugh-
ter. She had known him from his birth. Mr.
Howard hail been extremely good to hint, and the
prisoner's conduct always appeared respectful and
attentive. The prisoner managed all the old

gentleman's money concerns. She remembered Mr.
Howard saying on one occasion to the prisoner,
that be had provided for him in his w►ll, and lett
him 2001., which was afterwards altered to 4001.
st►►ck. The prisoner was careful, and Dover ap-
peared to want niney. The old Gentleman of-
fered him his wages on Michaelmas day, and the
prisoner declined receiving them.
In answer to a question fro►n Mr. Baron GRA•
the witness said, she heard the old gentle-
man utter a deep groan; and that he was never
sensible afterwards. Bond took a walk after din-

ncr, as r:lis his custom on the day in question,
and had nut returned before the blows were in-

Iliac(' by some person who had entered the house.
The conversation respecting the money be-
ipteathed w the prisoner had taken place a few
days before.
Thomas Ayres, the next witness, stated, that
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be had lived as • one of the servants with the de-
ceased. He left the house on Sunday evening,
Dec. Ist, about 6 -o'clock. The prisoner had gone
out. before to visit a Mr. Wyman, who lived at
about a hundred yards' distance. Witness went
out alone, -and left every thing in safety. His
master and the housekeeper were sitting at the
fire, in a room on time ground floor. He left the
door closed upon a latch. A flail was fixed above,
which any stranger •might see on entering,
if he looked upwards towards the ceiling.—

lie saw it in some man's hand when he re-
turned, deeply marked with blood. He met a
stranger in his way near a small bridge, in such
a situation as that he must have been proceeding
to or coming from his master's house; he addressed
him, conceiving that he had missed his way, but
the stranger passed on without any reply. Wit-
ness then went to a public-house, where he re-
mained till the prisoner came in, and exclaimed,
For G—d's sake come, for somebody has al-

most killed the old man and Sarah." He went

immediately to the house, accompanied by the pri-
soner and several other persons. The old people
were found sitting in their chairs, unable to speak,
and both very bloody. A great deal of blood lay
on the floor. The prisoner got some brandy and
rubbed the old Gentleman's forehead, when the
latter seemed to revive, and said, '' Don't, John,
it is so cold." The prisoner desisted accordingly,
the deceased went to bed, and witness never heard
him speak intelligibly afterwards.
Criss-examine(' by Mr. BOLLAND.—The stranger
wham he bad met on his way to the public-house
ntinst have been going to or coming" from his mas-
- ter's house. There was a splash way in the lane
through which he advanced, and the stranger passed
through it instead of going over the hedge, which
would have brought him close to the witness.
The prisoner sat op all that night -with the old
gentleman, and seemed much concerned and very
attentive to him. Bond :as always active in the

•id
pursuit of persons suspected of having coininilte
the robbery. f for
William Mercer confirmed several thepart °-
last witness's testimony. With regard to ,70
pearance of the old man on his entrance, tor(
eyes ed'
hearing of what had happened, his
vaenrdy
vmeirlychbisowoedlyle.d,
Onand
his
c rboesasd-
stated, that the old people sat in chairs
each other, and the deceased looking towardsm
door, so that he must have seen who entered
room and struck the housekeeper.
saw the deceased theri. were not the slightoo
John Curtis, a sue eon deposed, that ‘vhenellse,
hopes of his recovery. He declared this es s°oo
as he examined him, in the hearing of the 'tor
company. Some of the wounds appeared to u_
been inflicted by a flail, and others by a %,1611
e xmaimi t a tbirouni.s,llll
dow-bar. He was called in about seven o'c'a.
in the evening. of
-Joseph Allen said, he watt a churchivardelthe
the parisl► of Hiilin ;data, and
rile
house of the deceased on ewzity to searcb.oo,
The prisoner asked him to look at ituliecitil)clistellitCt;
lie examined it accordingly, it had been b,l'c'rer,
mixed with the papers its it. He
open, and the padlock and key ivcre found 'il./De
Well and found nothing in it ; but there Wlsci
secret drawer which he did not observe, nor °tot
any subsequent opporitinity tiiscovcriPig'
the month &t August last, after the bureau 'l-
- sold. in 4 •
He Mr. Baron GRAHAM, after commun'eat.
with his brother Judge,, addressed the JurY,
remarked, that he understood there was no a'''cg
tional evidence except such as would go t°
►two particular Bank notes, formerly the PrilLiri,
of William Howard, to the posaes,ton of the 00
souer. ,As it was impossible to convict Litt' Pice
soner on the. evidence already received, evidel,,or
searched
which affixed on him not only the imputAti"" 111;0
in question, which was extremely serious, bill 1 1,0
also of mordcring his relative and benefacwriod
felt it his duty to state, that the mere posses;il
of toe notes described ithe i,,dictinent, Di"); Ira.
it might amount to pivot of a fraud on the resete
ary legatees of the deceased, was not c"dellio.
which could make out the charge stated in the
lrl
tah
eurlt(siteet
details,
ifs
had-‘sits totr
°ant etroi I Inti());ei tite)'
dictment. He considered, therefore, that it w°toti,
be
ittr
t
rred
stand that his brother Judges cooe,
opinion.—Verdict, Not Guilty. ,11(1
The-prisoner appeared to be about 40
very stout, wall a dark complexio:;, but,°;„si
open rustic countenance ; .he WAS dressed
smock-frock, with a rough.; great coat nv-`4l,era
His manner was perfectly composed, not' 'vas
any change of lock or gesture when he heart' ji
acquittal. He took up his hat, and walked Itit
from the bar with the air of a man who is a"°

his usual business. sag!
James Thomson, -a boy of 16 years of age' the
indicted for steating 7 pounds of cheese 100 as,
shop of John Wright, of Lavton-place, in titet,or
risk of St. Pancras.- The wife of the Prasresi‘
recommended the boy- to the mercy of the 1"
flo°
saying, that the boy had neither father' nor "ot.
they, and had stolen the cheese from actual 14;
Richard Keen,-aged 19, teas inflicted for ste-of,
in the dwelimg-house of Jamei Greolroie6
watches, value 151. the property of the said " tes,
Green, and sevei al Bank and promisso6T
vane 401. and a ring, value ss. the prOell)ir'
Wm. Jones. The prisoner was servant
Jones, who deposed as to the robbery; (11%ot
saner had absconded with the money, and ".i9' afel
seen for a twelvemonth afterwards. The
called 'some respectable persons to speak
character.—Guilty. rite
Mr. Jones, the prosecutor, recommelldere(l goint":l,
prisoner to mercy, on the plea of his loyal
charactei, declaring, that, previously, it
possible for there to have been a better ser"--

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British Ambassador in Paris, ltolsert Baxter, Esq• °' ae Infr
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