The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday Charlotte Lawrence was ecmyhted of
stealing a frock from a little child six years olg!'
was proved by the mother of the infant, thus
she livNt at Stamford H;11, and had sent lie.r little
giel to school : the child had tio• been v,ohe
haute it returned vvithout 1.5 frock, and gave the
whole history of the manner in which she loci
lost it. The chill said, that she was tart lay gt
Lady (he prisoner) in klewcll-lane,•who Ott
leer, that if she would give her that frock, she
(the prisoner) would make her a present of d nelf
pretty tut ken white ft oc! The child consenter,
the truck was taken off, a'•d the prisoner roll
away. At about half-past five the seine evening
the mother saw the prisoner (H.:king tea at her
own lodgings, and taxed her with.the robbery.
At first ~.she etontly denied it, but after liavicg
irctrodoced to the constable, she then cow'
lessed 'the whole.
Several witnesses were called to her characters
and proved her honesty. Some of the I.4,llllrasal
also stated, that the prisoner w,s sometimes 416'
ranged in her -mind, end was almost an idiot.
She bad. been a cook in a Vonoly, and might have
stolen plate and jewellery, it she had felt in'

'rile RECORDER said, in .limining up, that al'
010110 the value of this article Will small, yet ie
did not disprove her gull,. The aitwout of Ilia
article Stollen was a very bad criternm to jitd.g°
by : he bad not forgotten !he case tried nor veer
long ago, where a man worth 20,0001. was idea.
for stealing a sheet of paper.• -
James White, a very young boy, of respectable
nppearavec, was indicted for picking a gentieM4ll4
pocket of a handkerchief. The fart of the tobt
bevy was distinctly preyed. In his detence h°
told a seemingly artles3 tale, that he had a.ro",;
mother who was at hoMe hilt starved, that he ho's
laid out his last farthing in proem big vie,. wit+ tot
her, that the dpiy berore the robber% be had bia
in bed for many hours, withou. tasting any '
fid that when he came out in the evening heso°
the Gentleman's handkerchief hanging out of hi!
pocket, and he could not help taking. it. He s4i°
he knew be wag wrong in cluing it, but, at 1116
moment, he could not help it. He Cal nest ly beg'
ged to be sent to the Penitentiary, or ,tome sutsM
The boy was found Guilty, and after the verdiq
had ly.,en pronounced, Mr. Brown,„ the keeper
Nv.vvgate, said, that lie knew him to be a bad boys
and that the lad had before now been in Vlerkelle
well. The young rogue still keeping up the dile
simulation, denied the fact, and wept most Oita
terly, crying, " 0 my poor mother I" and wsa
taken out of Court.

BIRTHS. •
Al his house, at Kensington, on the 12th instant, the 1.44
of H. G. Codd,. Esq. of a dauOter.
O. Sunday, the , 1 Ith instant, Mrs. Clutrit,s Clarke,
Spelditurst-street, of a son,
,who died on the I.lth. , _

DIED.
On Tuesday last, at her mother's house in Portland-Plot
t
Mrs. Ectear, widow ot Dr. Handyside Edgar, formerly of the
Island of Jamaica,
On the 14th inst., suddenly, Henry Lark, Esq., of N°ll
thumberland.street, Strynd, navy-acent.
Yesterday, at Rotherhit.‘ e, iu the 85th yearlof' his awe, ---••. '
John Boyd, many years Commander of the ship Hibbertst
the Jamaica trade.

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