The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-07 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, JULY 5.

Jane Smith, aged 17, a young girl of respectable
appearance, was indicted for stealing a watch, value
18s., the property of Jo4u Tellbutt.
The prosetnnor, a stout-built, hearty-looking old
man, was a brick-maker, and lived at Kensington;
on the morning of the 16th of June he went out
early, leaving the watah in question hanging over his
ntantel-piece ; on his return home it was
,gone the
prisoner's sister was in the habit 'or ci.mtfig to his
lodgings to make hi; 4d; he suspected the prisoner
4n4 liiirged her with the robbery, which she imme-
diately confessed, and told' him where the watch
was; he then sent for an officer, and gave tAvk iAto
custody. _ _ _

The prisoner, on Ting asked if she wished to put
tiny ues:fions to the witness, said that her sister lived
with'him as his wife, and that she gave her the
watch to take to' be repaired; that she took i,t ac-
cordingly, and left it with 4 matchlwaker; she did
not sell its or ob,;ain any money on it.
The prosecutor Was recalled, and Mr. Sergeant
AiwllN
him
ar
waisfek.ed
\h‘i7rn if theitness._ prisoner's
whais
t,livestel livedwith
e,wiilityh
Lord—an old man like me—it's all nonsense.
don't want any suckliassay7—l had rather- have
shoulder of mutton at any time,
gurgiailt ABABIN—Then you never lived
with her? Witness—No; and I'll swear to the
truth of what I have said?th.
mrolutgpleissthiTthi:kx:::
vd?boaotr
in Newgate.
Mr, Sergeant ARABIN—Have you ever been in a
Court of Justice before
you mean. 4,` doss'*," to PH *FP gs 4011 est
a mia 15,S ey in tlie .wcirl4, 'ancl defy the world
WWI I 'leave this place, to call after me" Stop thief."
Seijeant ARAIIINT--,H4Ve you never been at Clerk-
enwell ? Witness— What, you want to make a
thief of me whether sr no, but it won't do—it's no
go. lam quite surprised at you my jriocl noting
.these ere FiufwiooB ocioitzti ybu 4nowi,
tlrt;el.—(lZ'oafs oflaughter.) •
Mr. Syrgeatit AitAtitN—Were you ever at C4rlc
griwell—you hripyy what I ;rival) ? Witness—lf you
come to that, I was there once for "face making"
(bastardy) but that is. a matter of forty years ago—
(renewed laughter)—You will make mesquite angry
with you, if you go on in thin ere way. You want
to make me out it thiffi 4'o a any 44 ..tf 12.4
'like a thjef.
• Mr. Sergeant ARABIN—You may stand down.
Thomas Young, a watchmaker, roved that tie
prisoner left the watch with him to 14e repaired. She
did not ask for any money on it.
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The Jury immediately expressed themselves satis-
Ped, and acquitted the prisoner.
The prosecutor, as he was leaving the Court,
said, I had rather work hard for twenty-four hours
than be in such a ' queer place' as this for five
minutes."

John Troll, aged 37, was indicted for unlawfully
marrying Mary Whitten, his former wife, Sarah,
being then living.
There was 4 sec6nd indictment, charging him
with marrying .Elizabeth sims,

The prisoner when brought up in the morning to
plead and make his challenges, expressed his deter-
mination to challenge every Juror who was
ira-
panelled to try him, because he had heard that they
were composed of parochial
its.s Leonard,
be
ne a
di:sedot,eor Si.ll:ionraetdi tnclti
0) officers, 4ra.l it had been
corranunicaied to him that the dicers of the parish
whocoiiv
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Mr. CO3IMON SERGEANT then told him he was
mistaken ; but the prisoner actually
challenged the
.jury en masse. Itt consequence of which he V 143 re-
moved from the-bar.
Whep the CommOv SEROEANT entered the court
in the evening he ordered the prisoner to be again
put to-the liar,
Thomas Ouster, 'the
the register of marriage
of December, 1819, a
iu the county of Devonl:?riit.
s in that parish, andpeint
out whether, an the 21st
man of the name of John Trott married one Sarah.
Stems.
Wm. Low, the parish clerk of Speen, in Berkshire,
produced the register of the parish, which proved
that the prisoner, whom he knew very well, was •
married to the proseeutrix on the 26th of February,
1814,—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.