The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-07 00:00:00

0i..1) 8.4,1 LE I".

SIXTH DAY.---NOV.
Joseph Fitzjames hisAirife, Wt.'re
tried- on an indArr.cnt, charging
a gold. stia:l•-bo-x, value 201. • dit'e!s ,f,reign • 01;t.
coinso and: 59' -guin ens , the' prolvrty of Kattre.ii:ie,
‘l)erc.,, , as executrix of • Pierre Henry C3lieviharil,-•
_lately deceased, to whom the pi-operty formerly
- beloirged:
It appeared -that the female had been• a servant to
the deceased; and after his death found ,nieans to
purloin the property mentioned in -the- indittnieut,
whie.n she gave to her husb,ird.
They were both found Guiltrr, 'the; woman of
having 'stolen the property, , and the imin otrot.eiv-
lug it, knowing it to be stolen. . •
Timothy Konpshaw stood inditied for stealing
divers.articles of furniture,
,the proi'erty Of Mrs.
Erskine, to an enormous extern.
It appared from the ,testimony of the pro;icu-
trix,. who is-a widow; that after her husban,i's death
in 1809, she left town, leaving the wife of Ili,:
prisoner in care of her house at the west end or
the town ; she also gave permission to-,the pri-
soner..to sleep .with his wife in the • house.. A
short time since,. from some -information she rt;-
delved, shorettuned to town, andlon examining her
house, found that every article that could he re-
• moved; had - been carried otf ; including, tables,
chaits,- beds, blankets, looking-glasses, car-
pets,. axe. She immediately applied to Fier solicitor,
who,prte:tired- an officer and se:A-died the apart-
ments ire which the prisoner and 'his wife had slept,
where it was discovered, that the guilty pair had.
been so irialiable in their plunder, that they •did .not
even spare ihe blankets of their own bed, which was
only covered with an old. iro*gipianl:et; .the cover-
lid and sheets having,been conveyed away. -Under
the bed Was,found a' waistcoat oelopging to the pri-
soner, in one of the pockets. of ‘,viiicti was a dupli-
cate for a. chair cushion ; another part .of ',the
room were. also found upwards of. 200 duplicates
:for the things which had been stolen,: and,which
were pledged at, di-tit:rent pawnbrokers, in the parish
of Mary-le-bonne. Upon ii;vestigation,_ however, it
.turned out, that all those.pkiges had been Wit.. by
the wile of the prisoner, under tl;e7assurned name, of
Collins ; and the only fad brought, homejn.. the
'slightest degree to implicate the prisoner .i 0 the.ne-
fariouS iransletiorf, Was' he circumstance of.finding
• the duplicate tor the ct.,..ncti WaistcZiat
.pocket.•
This evidence not' being At:ft:lc:lent to 'satisfy tlie;liiry
of his guilt, he w as acquitted.
• The FaWnhrokers were ordered to deliver 'every
thing in , their - possession to Mrs.. Et skit* that .lime
been removed from err house. , '
ChfirleS oickteg, aged 19, was next tilled on .an.
inlittment, charging.hirn with the coinniission of
a highway lebbery on the erg ning of the WS.. of:
Otiober.. .
•

' Dan el -Barry, the proFecirtOr,depoied,that otthe:
evening' in question, he was retur. ng
.frOm
Mile-
`End•tow when he 'met the prisoner,
'of whelp he bad s()rne .kr-wiedge, and who asked
him if he' was in work ? to whichhe rep Tied in, the
affirrnaiive. The'prisOner then said he had 'een
tut of einploymerit eight VS, GCBs, 40.aslied witness if
'lie would give soinethitig to drink. kle said he
won!d, oral took to a pnblic-house in the
• bourhuod, where he gave- hall, a giags of runt, and
wager, aria afterw'arV.s gave hi:n 'some porter in I,wo
"other howe3. • The ptkOner then said he 14 ould see
him part of the way home J. an!! wallq!ci With him
until they came to the erid of Petticoat-lane, where
witness neafing some dollars rdttling.in his breeches

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.pocket took them out, and tojd,ed them in a one-
- pound note bet.beforele had time to return them
into, his pocket, the prisoper struck him a violent
blow in the —side, knocked him down, twisted

the Money out of. his hand, and ran Off;
,at wind,
mOtneut an accomplice, 'who had been 'following
hii steps, cried out " Charles, .Charles, have 'you
got. the 1114mtle,--. meaning . witness's watch; to
which he replied, " ini.q,-whist, come along !'''
WitneSg fincling it was usaesS to pursue the prism=
:ers, wei.it .the Seven St,ars
,public-howe,

Whitechapel, which he was aivate he frequented,

• andmier \Vaiting some time, according to his ex—
..
r,c,qct ations, iho iner came in, but Op seeing wit-
uctss, off. . Witnessl6ll6wed him,.
-crying " Stop thief !" :but was unable to-oaten him,
and returned to the Seven•Siars, ruler© the prisoner
again .name in about a quarter of *an lidur, obServ-
th
g, , slte ctneFed; that any body might take him.
there, sewxh, him, if lid do whatever they liked with
him. Wiiness instantly seized him, and gave him'
- in charge of a watchman, and on the ensuing day he
was comir,itted totake his trial.
An attempt was made on the part of the ptison-
• !er's friends to prove that the .prosecutor had offered
-to make the matter up for 31. tos. but on s;fiing
the witness, it turned out that such an 'offer
been, made to him, but that he had refused it with
bticoming spirit.

ietnale servant of • the Seven Stars public-.
hou,,,•.avhQ ,sa w• (hi ev cloilars_and a ,puttild; note 'in:
the pthoner'i pa,s:e.ssion .on: the evening u the
ber'y, .althOtigh an hour before:he had. boilowed a
halfpenny to buy tobacco, did not ap.pear, notwith-*
standing h±r having been bound °vet' to appear by
the Magistrate. ,

Ihe Charge being clearly es:ablislied against the,
pri,:onivr, he . as -found, Quiity--11eath,-, •
11<iltionzfraemqn,alici Joseph IH.I/brookwere ca-
indicted lur robbing irlar) Jackson, on Suti-
.day evening, the 23d at September, 'about half-past
six o'clock, of a wateki-and seal. .-
The prosecutrix deposed, that 'she
.was returning,
h:nne at the above hour, thlpugh Bartholomew
1-fopital; 'when q'rueman, in company wlth ,the
other prisoner, and sertiral. others, met her,
_and'
rnade--a blow at 'her face, which she g,narded.., off;
he-then stritek, her• a vioh-nt blom:,-9n the bosom, and
• snatched her watch from her side. Stle.immediate-„,
gave the 'alar7o, anclatteolpted to,pursue, but was
prevented by. Holbrook, whu held her- aims she
hb.Wever" rescded herself frort,i him, and never lost
;tight of Triaeirtart until he. was taken.
James Lloyd stated,. that be was passing4through

the Hospital at the time mentione4 hp lieat-ci the,
:ciy Stop thief," when !:c s:O.V.Trqel.l.-;:ln run
nel.er quOt u si;lit of
Idle. prisoner uotil.he took He
:, cong,led him into the , a -t:;.w
the pros, 0t.1.x ail it (-(t, ad reco;.;itized
I.ti sh,b man ,% r•-!,bed her 3 a persen ke-
-4 ...vise came in, and pi-,)!Iy.:el he watch, the
prisorwr was seert ;0 iiirbw"aw,,y during the purLinit,
n the corner of Triosier-darre.. 'A Constable v.in sent'
I for, and Lloyd as,.isted •hi.n to-convey the p: ironer
to the Poultry Comprer.• They ha,c(ribt'pro,erded
hit-:her than Hosier-line, when' they were attacked
by. a ‘.a.lg of villains, amonntion abCiutr thirty,
with sti.ks• and knive4; and ,the prisoiter gave
1.:10;•zi a violent blow- on the face, ki,Lked up his
hvels; and both fel: on the pavement. -The gang
ituttrediate;y .set. upon theni; but Lloyd kept his
hal, and was dragged to the sheep hens, where
svveral of the ruffial-s beat him with sticks, bran:-
Oen knives, and cried out, " Ham-siring
him, cut off hi, b— arm,, The pris..ner
also called out to the gang, to ham-string the.b--
b--. Finding Lloyd coutinuc• 'resolute in hold-
the prisoner,• they atnmpted io cut off 41144-
, moiler's coat, which was predliced, in 'Court in a
most .mutilated state. Alter much difficulty, Lloyd
and the constable succeeded in getting him back to
the George Inn. Some of the g-ing had the-auda-
.city unfollow,and-treated the prisoner with
A reinforcement of-constables was procured, and a\
coach got, into which the prisoner was forced, after-
tying his arms. The party then set . off fur the
YouliryCompter. On coining out of the yard, they
were again assailed byte gang, the coach-door
opened, and sevetal attempts made to get the
out.7,They 'proCeeded in this manner until
they got into Newkate-street, when the villains cut
the reins and traces, and at length complAely cut
Oil-magi) the main, springs of the coach, when the
budyfell.upon the-carriage. Here they again made
a-most 'desperate attempt to rescue the prisoner ; but
thtough the-determined coqrage of Lloyd were pre.
vented. The officers rivitted• the coach, and-pro-
ceeded to theCoMptcr for= assistance. In a feW
minutes, Taunton- arrived with a- brace of' loaded
piste's, and declared he would shoot the first Man
that 'offered to prevent-the 'prisoner being carried to
Ibe Compeer. Not iv ithstanding this 'they' persisted,
and threatened to Murder hint ;- they brandi4icd
their knives, and cried out, " CUL him down."—
:One of the illicers`was'cut in-the hand; and his arm
-nearly broken as :lie was fighting out at the coach
window. Severaicoachmen were-applied to while
they remained in this situation,• but all refused to
take them at length-Taunton pro Cured one, • and
tine: prisoner was put into it, .aftser Taunton had
threatened to shoot him, it he niado the least resist-
. once. They then • succeed Cd. in conveying 'him 'to
Giltspur-street Corqters: as it was sound imprac-
ticable to get him to the PoultrY; in consequence of_
the determined condh&ot the.gang, which by this
time had, considerably increased.
'-This statement was fully .confirmed by Taunton
rind the other officers, who-also stated, that it took.
from half past six until half-"past nine to convey him
from-Smithfield to the Compter.

Holbrook prcAed an alibi, as it clearly appeared
he was seen -by a post-boy beyond Brentwood, in
Essex, at four o'clock the same alternoun, and the
Harwich mail-coachman brought him to town,- and
set him down• at the Spread Nagle, in Gracechurch-
street, at. halt past nine at night. •
The Darned Judge summed up the .• evidence,
and in his address to the Jury, observed, that • this-
was one of the most ahonnuable arid shameful
,out-
rages, committed in.- the heart of the City he 'ever
tein'enibercd.

- The Jury found Trnrrian GuPy, and acquitted
-Holbrook.

The Judge - then advised the prisoner to make
the best of his time,: as he might rest assured upon
no mercy being extended, to him.' He is ...23 years
of age.
During the trial, three of the above desperate
gang were rtcoaniztd in the gallery of t!,e COurs,:
and were itnmeli.tely'-apprehended. -'They under-,
went athexamination at the Sessions House •before
Sir W. Curtis, and were committed for a further
hearing. •