The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-21 00:00:00

M. AYNSLEY CROS-EXAMINED BY MR. RAINS.

Now, Mr. Michael Aynsley, the elder, put up
your bag and I. shall have,it word with you. Put it
in your R•ckei, it will be safer, there than in Kirk-.
ley offi..e.. I obser% ed. that. in er t. the first
question put toyod by my leorne,i tri 'rid, you
'' I was steward to Mr. Ogie,".:,from w!,tclt I.h-
-fierred that you are not now steward to Mr. (.)te ?
A. I am 'hot.

Q. Did .-Mr: Ogle.dismiss you from his serviee
A. He did.. . •

Q.. Do you remember. Mr.. 04-le having.- sent
down Lavender, the Bow-ssreet Officer, .to inquire
into the particularkor this robbery ?—A. I do.
Q. Now, man, upon your oath, was it not im-
rnediatety atter that inquiry that Mr. Ogle dismissed•
you from_his service ?—A. It was. -
Q. Pray,• is. not this your prosecution )—A. I
suppose -it 19.
Q. Don't tell us what you suppose: Don't you
know- that it is ?—A. Yes, it is, • •
O. bid not you prosecute the prisoner at the bar
last year for the same offence ?—A. There was an
attempt made at a proSecution by me last year, but
the bill w.is not found.

Q. I know there was an attempt, but youjailed
in that attempt, an ,1 did it not mortify you exceed-
ingly when the hill was thrown out.?—A. No, it
did trot mortify me, because I thouglit it was'in the
course_of justice-.
Q. Will yuu• swear that yon were not in, great
agitation when the_neWs reached you ? Don't
hesitate, but give we an answer.-4. I was not agi,
tated. .

Q. Will you swear that you. did not faint.when
you heard it I did not Otint,
Q. .1 believe there .1,. ere some people wicked
enough to suspect that some of your had
committed this robbery ?—A. Yes there were.
Q. I 1 ,then became necessary for you to.find some
other pei son to proseciite
.?—A. Yes it did. -
Q. Now, how many people' did you swipe& be-
fore yovi -fixed upon poor Charlton I—A. I did a q
suspect any.
Q. Do you know a person of the name of Clif-
ford, at. Kitkley ?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you never suspe& him ?--A."-Yes, we
suspected him first of all.

A.. Did you nd afterwards suspect one Green ?
A. No, I never did.

Q. Will you s:+ ear that you never hinted a siaspi.
don or his guilt ?,-A. I never did. •

Q. Nor of a tau Of the name of Eultner ?
A. No. •
Q. Nor. of one Kyle No. •
Q. hid you never suspect one Clifford, a horse-
breaker, at Morpeth p—A. I might suppose that he
was guilty. . .
Q. And then at last you lighted upon Charlton ;
did you not ?—A. Yes.. . .
•Q. Were you not told. that -you had done
cwrong
in depositing the-money in the private drawer,
place where it was not usually put ?—A. I don't re-
member that I; vas. •
. Now recoll:N9 yourself; I can prove, sir, that
you were. told so ?—A. I b.elieve that I was told so
by Sir Charles Monck, but I said it had been my
pracliCe to put it there.
Q. Were.you not-told, by Mr. Wilson, of Mar-
petit, ,before. the money was •found, that. Mr. Ogle
would look to von for his money. I was.
Q. Now,• Mr. Michael Aynsley, how long have
You been endowed with the spirit of prophecy ?
A. I dtn no prophet.
Q. Yes, you are, and Lshall sliew it presently—
pray, did you ne‘er prophesy that this stolen Motley
would come back ?—A. I flattered myself in the
hope .that the money would come back.
.(Emphaticall9) Upon yOur oath did you not
foretel;lor prophesy, that it wciuld come
:back ?
A. No, I did not prophesy 'that, it would "come
back.

Q. Did you not say to Dolly Hodgson, the house-
maid at " Keep a sharp look-out, Dolly,
perhaps the. inotrey will -come back?"—A. believe
I did say so.

U. Was it not on the following morning, after
you had so expressed yourself to :Dully, that the
money did come bame back !—A. 1 cannot recol-
lect when the looney came back. -
Q. Was it- not on Saturday the Bth of April last
that the first parcel of money was found 44-A. I now •
recoiled it was.

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G. Try to recollect ycnrcelf, anti tell us whether
it was not om Friday, the 7.;h that youlaw 00!i';
•and told her to keep a sharp look out tor ale InoneY
—A.. It might be on that day. '
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Q: And agreeably to your prophecy, part 0
money Came back next morning. Did it I°' fr.
A. It did. . - .• • - ' -

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Q.. Did- yr:iu 'net _deny to Lavender, the 130'ss
street f4I-icer, that you .101 d Doily to keep a Sta'r'.
lookow, and p-rhaps the ino4ey would come b.ick
—A. I did at first i!eny it.
Q. And did you nut, wll,ll confronted 3,v.th Doll Yd.
admitto Lavender. that you had said Id'
acknowledge it.
Q. Now, Michael, the'pro, het, when did Y°''
prophesy again I did nit prophesy ag,Lii9. t
Q. Do you know the 3
• Kirkl,y ?—A.' I do.
- Q. Did you not see him on Sunday, the day sficl.
the'first parcel of money wets tdund ?.—A. I did. it -
Q." Had yon then re, eived that parcel of
which was returned ?—A. It was carried dow°
•Mr. Wilson, of iviorpeth.
, Q Did you not on that day, vtr'llen' you '•:,
Cliishoty, .hini to keep a good look out .3bY`',:.
the place, and yoU would warrant all the
would come baek.—A. I might say something tj
that
Q. And was not another parcel of money 10'1'
the following l•orning ?—A. There was.
• Q. Do-ydu know one Robert --Dees ?—A. d 3%,
" Q. Did you see him on Satur,tay; the 8 0" .
your way to Newcastle?-A. I • do retnetno_r
.Ilia -h;rn On that day. .
Q..' Hai .you not some talk with him, respect'
this -famous •I had some talk with hi""
but hot niuch.
Q. Did not you tell Hai, that this *would rj
out like 13,bhy Lee's business, atid•.that"l.9ll.."'
sure the money. w°w ll et-coie back ?—A. Lii4 not.. 7
a. [very mph-alit:ally] Do you swear that,‘lo"-:
A. Yes, 1 do ; I never told him ,
Q. Did you on th m ailing tO Ne (*al
way of ;14; irkley I went to Newcaitre, 'but
by •Kirkley. • - •
Q.• At w bar thne on Saturday morning
leave your own house to go io Newca tie
went otf on horseback about seven o'clock.; bV
Q. And will you s-sear that . you d'd not g()
Jcirkley ?—A.- No, I will ;IA sweat that I did nut
go -by Kirkley. '
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Q. Is Kirk ley in the dire& rqad from your .)° ,I,e
to Newcastle? —A. No, the direct road is along
turnpike. •-• _
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• Q. And if- you_ go by Kiikley, ,hox for -doe%.
take you out ct the direct road tti New c
About a mile or two; • it
Q. SW that is a very bud road, I believe, 15
noi'?-•,-A.'Part of it is very. b.id. • 1,4
Q. Did you "not le,-ive your own house t,
Morning at- six o'clock ?—A. It was after s-X w"el
-I set out.
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Q. Now, when you go from your house to -Nt-
castle, by way of Kirk must you not pass 1
by the shrubbery dorm where the moue y' was ILA"'
• I must.
Q. Did you not say to Mrs. P) bug,, the hott'eri
keeper at - Kitkley, on' the- evening of the 3d 1;0.
April; "1 have put the money to-night wheie
devil cannot find or words to that efle4 ?'"
No, I did not. .
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Q. When you went.to Kirkley,-the morningll,
the robbery, did you not say in tl.e office, " vr
the devil could think of finding motni there,
,wordifo that effeCt ?—A. I never said so.
Q. And that you positi.ely.sweir ?—A: ?
Q. Did you always leave the rents,in the °dic:,
--A. Not always but in comeriuence.ot Oil',
instructions fiont.M-r. Ogle, I thought, it% right

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leave the money th _ere. .
Several ether, witne.ses were called, v.1.10,e e'''
dence made out thi ease. 'II 6
The Jury retired, and after a consuPation Q 1
minutes, brought in a veidiCi of—Guilty.
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