The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-06 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

These Sessions commenced yesterday before Mr.
Mr. JuS!ice GROSB, Mr, BARON GltM-IAM, tilt LORD
MAYOR, ItEcottnEtt, and COMMON SERJEANT.
Thomas IPhite and John Newball Hepburn snood
capitally indicted ton having.committedan unnatural
otlence on 27th of May bit.
It %%as formerly tOned,l bat ;the two delinquents
Were apprehended shortly after the disccirety of the
detestable society In Vere-sireet , upon the accusation
of a drummer, named James Mann, belonging to
the 3d liegiiut of Guards.

It 'appea-red, from the testimony of Mann, that the
prisoner Hepburn accosted him on the parade in St.
James's Park, a few days before the day on v‘ hich
the offence charged was committed he told hint
that he was very a:.xious to speak to the boy who
was then beating the big &ern, meaning White,
and said he wou.d reward him it he would bring
the hid to his lodgings, at No. 5, St.' Martin's
Church-yard. Mann s::id he would tell Wntte
what he had said, and they then parted, Hepburn
presenting hint kith half-ak;rown. In the evening
Mann and White went to Hepburn's lodgings, who
received them with great cordiality, and informed
titem t batfre belonged to a veteran regiment, and was
shortly going to the Lie of Wight. Mann then went
to state that Hepburn invited them to dine wilt
liirn on tire ensuing Sunday at his lodgings, but to
this White objected, obsert ing it was not a good
place, and proposed at the same time that they should
meet at the Swan, in Vet e-stieet. To this Hep-
' burn agreed, and an app,intment was accordingly.
itoide, which was punctually observed by all parties.
Oct: their arrival at the Swan,'on 'Sunday, (hey were
strewn into a private room where! they had dinner ;
_,betore and after which, conduct the most vile aid
dtsgusang\passed 13,tween the two pris.inets, the
particulars of wh.ich it is impossible to detail with-
out a gross •violation of decency. It was on the de-
tectiOn of the monsters in Vere-street,. that Mann
communicated the facts already stated to his Drum-
Maj,4, in consequence of which informotion White
was instantly confined, and an Officer' «as sent to the
Isle of Wight.tor Ensign Hepburn, the particulars
of whose apprehenSion 'hate been already stated.
The charge • was most clearly and indisputably
:preyed, and tile prisoners were-both found Guilty •
-L eat/c. • •
IVilliam Berry,, Charles Glover, and Mary Maley,
were indicted for
,breaking and enteringahe dwelt-
ing-klouse of Frances Clarke, widow, in the day-
oftime,
Nnd',_stealitig
The ,therein a pair of stockings,
• a
:value ',s..parth.plars of this case 'have been
lready stated in nur,i'olice Reports. The two boys,
Serry and Gtover; cut the shop window of Mrs.
Clarke, luatvdaslier and milliner, in Great Russell-
I -street, bloomsbury, between f I and i v o'clock m
the .day,:-and stole a pair of black silk stockings,
which they afterwards handed to Mary Tuohy, who
went to pawn them. They were .watched during
the whole transaction, by a person of the nartne of
-Gdrrard, and almost immediately taken into custody,.
They were ail found Guilty—Death. • Berry is only
13, Glover 14, and the pit t 6 years of age.
.Beltlon was capt.illy convicted ror stealing
a silver lea-pot, the property of Martha Mears,
s idow, in her dwelling-house.
Henry Bowyer was capitally indiEted for stealing
in the cfwellitig-house of Mary Woodd;rcr, in the
parish of St. James, a silver .watch, value 40s. her
property. The Jury, alter a short consultation, ac-
quilted the prisoner.

The cer,iict rather surprised the Jtidge, who
-expressed himself at a loss to know on what 'ground
they had given such-a' decision. One of the Jury-
men informed h.is Lordship,
,that they were not sa-
tisfied that the prisoner
.had stolen the watch, d
be-
cause it had not been.prodnced or identified.

•
This reason for. their vernici did not satisfy the
Learlied_Jucige; but in expressing a difference of
opinion he did not wish to controul the Jury. His
object was to give them infortnation, and to impress
on
.their minds that improper lenity might prove in-
jurious. to society.
Jain Kaley was capitally induced for stealing 01.)
the higloAay flow the person of Robert Wild, on-the
28th ,of! last mouth, a Metal watch, value 21. The'
Jury found the prisoner guilty of simple larceny.