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

assault.

LAIteENY.

Bridget Prendergast, alia4 Smith, was indicted tot,
stealing various articles-of wearing apparel, va,ue
71. t is. iu the dwelling-house ,of, Charles Courts
on the 8h of AUgust last. in the parish of Step .
It appeared that the prisoner hail lived servant
with the prosecutor, who keeps apublit-house, and
atter been discharged, 'she avitiled herself of
her knowledge of , the premis.:s, and on the even-
ing mentioned in the indittment, took the property
-in question, from a room on the first flour. She
was detected on the ensuing day, dressed in pat t of
the stolen apparel. She then confessed her crime,
and gwe directions where the retnaincer of the pro-
perty was .0 be found.

The Jury returned a verdiA• of Guilty of .stealing
to the value of thirty-nine
„sftillings.
Ann Franklin, one of rhe C)prian corps, was in-
diotea kr assaulting Escirnhe, in Holborn,
and taking from his person his watch, the 27th
of July), at eleven o'ciock at uight. The charge
,wa, not
,brought home to her, and she was ac-
quitted.

JIIGHWAY ROTIIIERV.
i illiam Lawrence and Charles Lawrefice were
next tried on an indict/nem ci,,aigin, them wun
assaulting 'Thomas liu6edr,;e,
,artd taking from nir
person a silver `Aatch, two got(' .4a!s, and a gold
riurg, Oti the 13th of July last.
The prisoners were act tared from the absence of
satisfaaory proofs.

BURGLARY IN THE DAY TIMP..

Richard Ogle, ;11illiarn liamil(ou, 411,1 Michael
Moyle, ,N.tre indicted for burglariously brenking
into the house of Anne Adlingiou, on the 14;h- of
August, at Tottenham, and s:caliug eight
three pair of stockings, and (Alto- articles.

As there was no pruof of the house of. the pro•
se-tutrix having beta broken open, or of cle
of the property stolen having exCercled•
the Jury returned a vernia ag:ii,;sr all ill,. pri-
soners, of guilty of steatiakin the dwelling to the. va-
lue of fluty-nine shillings.

.The ham; prioners were then tried on another
indicttnetA against them, for stealing three hand-
kerchiefs iu the house of` Mr. Wright, hnen-draper,
at Stoke Newington, of which °lichee they were .4140
convided. ,

They, are all well known ➢ickpockeis, and neitlier
of them 17 years of age.

John IP heeler was then tried on an indiament,
charging him with stealing a hors.; and cart, a quit-
ter of beef, and four lambs, in t►►e month of August
last, the property of John Powell.

appeared that the prosecutor was. a but Cher,
and had sent his wile, Anne Powell, to a Mr. Boot,
a carcase-butcher, residing in tyVhitechapel, to, pur-
chase the meat in question. 1n order to convey it •
bottle to her husbands house in natchtl Highw
she borrowed a horse and cart from a man named
Gregory, which she drove fo Whitectiapel, and
having " made her market," ,he was drit ing twine,
when the prisoner followed her, and told her' that
Mr. Boot wanted to. speak with iier. She, however,
said she would see hiin oh the next day, and was
gong forward,' when the prisoner iniisted on her
going back, as she had made a mistake in her pay-
ment : he also said that he Wai Mr. 13oot, servant,,
and would take care of her horse and cart in her
absence. Under these repre.ient:tions, she w,s in-
duced to return to Mr. Boot's house, who d nied
having sent after her, or having any thing to Coal-
municate to bet, Alarmed at this circumstance,
she went back to the spot where she had lets the
prisoner in care of the cart, but he had taken the

liberty, during her ah,ence, of driving off.. ,Forte•
nattily for -the ends of justii..e, d boy, named Got...
dun, was standing near the place; w hen the pri-
soner accosted Mre. Puwelt, and having heard their
conversation, on seeing him going off, he suspected
his intentions, and pursued 'hon. On coming up
with the'cart, which he did in Brick-faile, he asked
'the prisoner where he was going ? The prisoner
immediate y jumped out, conscious of his guilt, and
.ran off. 'Gordon then cried" Stop thief!" and he.
•was purtued and taken into custody. lie said to the
Officer who conveyed him to the that
he could give a satisiadory account of his proceed-
ings,, but, unfortunately for himself, lie failed in
this important. task.
The prisoner had nothing to urge in his defence,_
and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Deatls:
At the moment the the Jury had prottou.:ce,t the
verdict, the prisoner seized hold of a large peter,
ink-Stand, standing on Mr. piewitian's desk, at the
side-of the dock, arid was in the at of levelling it
at the.head of the witiaess (Gordon) when he was
fortunately stopped in fits diJbolica th
lintention ny. e
jitior, who stood behind him, and who caught his
arm in tithe to stop the accomplishment of his deadly
. purpose. His lett arm being suspended in a sting,
twin some accidental fracture, in a giell measure
tended toward, the prevetiti.,n Of his as it
curbed that activity which he might OtlierWlSe have
evinced.-

He was ordered by the Sheriff to be put into so-
litary confinement.
Allay Buil was indicted for stealing a watch, the
property of David Evans, in tits dwelling-house,' at
lietlmat green, on the lOrbof August;
Thhc proofs of her gui!t were not, however, satis-
factory, and she Was acquitted.
Anne lzon was then put to the bar, charged with
Ate.ibng a purse, containing t,A.O one-pound /LA of
England notes, tour dollars, two half-crowns, and
ether ,iiver,.together, with'various articles of wear-
ng appa-rel,• the properly of Margaret Bryant, in her
dwelling-house.
As the i&ntity of notes and silver could not be'
sworn Ca by the proecutrix, the Jury, by the di-
rection of the Judge, returned a veldici 'ot—Guilty
Vsteglingr, but not to the value of fort.y
which ninovud th :anitol of the charge. She
was reComnapeied to mercy.