The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-25 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, FEB. 23.

Thomas Robinson, a tall good-looking young man
of eight and twenty, and very respectably dressed,
was indicted for stealing 501. in Bank-notes, .the pro-
perty of Edward Darby, from his person.
The Jury without a moment's- hesitation, found
the prisoner " Guilty," and
The RECORDER immediately sentenced him to be
transported for life.
Richard March, aged 50, was indicted for un-
lawfully, maliciously, and by premeditation, charging
George Daniel Wilson with a transportable offence,
to wit, of his having stolen from the person of him,
the said Richard March, a, 10/. Bank note, with a
view to extort money from the said G. D. Wilson.
The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict
of " Guilty," and the prisoner was 'sentenced to be
transported for life. •

SUPPOSED MURDER AT. HAMPSTEAD.

(From a Sunday P4er.)
Within the last week, a considerable degree of
sensation has been excited in this town -from the
circumstance of the body of a remarkably line young
woman, apparently about 18 years of age, being dis-
covered in a pond by the read side, a little this side
of the town, with several severe contusions about
the head, face, and neck. The unfortunate young'
creature, when found, appeared to have been in the
water several days. It being the general opinioe
that the Wretched girl had been ill used, and after-
wards thrown into the water, every possible means
were: iSed by the itroper 'officers of the town to
ascertain' Who she was, pievious-t6 the sitting of the
Coroner's inquest, but their efforts as, yet have not
been attended with success. She was respectably
attired when found, bin no property of any descrip-
tion was on 'her person.. •

On Saturday 7afternoon, at three o'clock, an in-
quest was held on the body, by Thomas Stirling,
Esq., the coroner, at the Duke of. Hamilton; near
the workhouse, when the. following evidence; was
taken relative to the mysterious occurrence -
Thomas Shirley, a labouring man, on Friday week
discovered the deceased in the pond ; he procured
assistance, and had her taken out ; she appeared to
have been in the water some days ; she was taken
to the workhouse in a shell.
John Church, about a week ago, saw a man take
a green-coloured shawl out of the pond where the
deceased was found.

Charles Francis Lord, surgeon, examined the
body of the deceased when brought to the work-
house; there wet e two contusions on the left cheek,•
and some severe bruises over the orbits of botkey.Fs;
on the right side of the throat there were evident
marks of violence; there were no bones fractUred;
witness opened the body and found no water in, the'
lungs, nor in' the. air passages; from this Circitm-
stance, -he is 'of opinion that the deceased must have
been dead, or nearly so, before she was' thrown into
the water; witness, cannot state the,actUal cause of
death, but is of opinion that it was not produced by
drowning.
There being no further evidence, the Jury returned
a verdict—" That the deceased was found dead ju
pond, with marks of violence on her person, but how
she came to her death there was no' evidence to
show to the Said jurors."—Thus has this mysteri-
ous affair ended.
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