The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-13 00:00:00

ESCAPE Of ROBERTS.

Ut•itos-trALt..—ltt consequi nce of some informa •
tion Which had been obtained by some 'officers be-
lon4intf, to this office, they on Thursday-evening ap-
prehended Mr. Brooks, a respe•::datile whitesmith m
the Borough, Steplien Cooper, his toreman, and... J-
oseph Broadbent, a locksmith, •on suspicion of their
being concerned in Making . tilt; keys by means of
which lioberts effected his escape from Cold Bath
Fields. The parties Were brought before G. HICKS,
Esq. on Thursday eVening, at a late hour, and on.ter-
went.a long private examination, of which the 401-
lowing are the particulars .
Mr. Brooks stated, that prior to the account of Ro-
berts's escape, appearing in -the papers, a person
whom he.did not know came to him, and sa•d he
wanted to have two keys made itrimediaiely, the
one a padlock key, the oilier a door key ; that he
had been recommended to him, o.tottks)-- to have
them made, by a respectable ironmonger-in the 80-:
rough, and must have: them that night, trS he was
going out of toWn to Clielta-tham the following
morning, and must-
_take them with, .ids ; he was to
Make the do.r key trorn an impression tal,:n on •soap,
and the other front a padlock which the person lett •
with him. Brooks went to several ironmongers to
endeavOur to procure a rotighkey, 'bur could not
procure one, as the dimensions of that wanted-were
not common ; toe hit %.% as not veiy large, but there
was an unusual length between hit and the bow,
Doti ss than 8 or 9 Telles.; he at last a rot to kit Oati
bent, and dit-Ce:ten him to rake a key from the, un-
pression ; ti,o tdbent made the key and detivered rt
to Brooks that evening, and whe toe per,m,
tailor
411 him he delivered the keys, the 'impression, .and
the padlock to bin., atm receivetl.l2s; tar' the tN o
keys.
Broadbent's statement .corrohoratel that of Mr.
Brooks, so tar as related to his Co' rug and giveag
directions to have the key made. 13touks appeared
very anxious to nave the key made M. time, and con-
tinued at a public-house in the iteignuOur hood all ibe
time lie was at work. on it. He told Broadbent to
send for whatever he wanted tr, drink whilst he was
making ii,-but the key must be (lone in time, as
it was going 150 tittles out of. At first
Broadbent was not willing to make-the i'ey,
ed so much like a prison-key,
,and went to consult
some friends before he inatle it ; they; .how-
ever, advised oitn, as it was an usual thing to make
keys from such imps% ssions, tomake it. Hedid,so,
and finished it by the hour mentioned by Brooks,
wilt) paid hue Es. for making it. • •
_Stephen Cooper, foreman _t o Mr:Brooks, made the
padioek-key by his &aster's order.
,•I:..•irooks, when first atnitied, said he did-not
know its. pe;son Who ga.e him the order to make'
the key, : way on being pressed afterwards, he said
he believed tt waS Wm. 14'ulkard, the-person now in
ensto,!y. ,
To, prisoneirs were remaadtd for further examin-.
.ahlo oil aMt ure day. .
NSION-HUUSE.-Ytsterday , .Falcar,
•
who st:inds-ch4rged with being coocerned with 1.10-
bAls, who has committed forgeries upoa the Bank.
Of England, underwent anotiier oiaanuation. A
great many witnesses attended. "Inc.- man who is
elia.bed with making ,he key to enable tt iberts to
escape, was I,kt;,vt-e examined .privately before the
Lord M...) or, %lib three others, of the names of
Henry Mence, Georg, I.V9rtun, a.,d Geo,
S.-veral of the Cierki,of the Batik attended- to give
eVidence, with the Magistrate arid Chief Clerk of
Uttion•liall,- with minutes of former examinations
taken before them. The pt iwhers were all remand-
ed for further examinatio;i.
Eli'zubeth RobinAn was ch aged with robbing a
s'aikr the night before in Whitechapel, and coin-

tint.ted for trial.
• HATTON-GARDEN.—Yesterday John Smith under-
went a peal examination, being ci.arged with rob-
thng Mr. Fisher, curnchandler, to EdgWare-road,-of
a large quantity of
It apl,t7-ared the prisoner lived in the employ of
the prosecutor, aud khe property trhssing wai traced to
him. The Charge being clearly. made out, he was
lily. committed to Newgaletor trial.
GUILDHALL.--Three: ch, .ice Spirits, none of them
excetdiug 18 years of age, were•charged by Inc pa.
trete of Cripplegate parish With kicking up a row
iibuut one u'cioek yesterday morning, to the annoy-
ance of the peiceabie nth ronants, and committing
various assaults acid Oar ageo upon the watchmen. •
Of these youngsters. one described himself as a
turner, another as a Jewelier,. and the third as a ware-
linusernan to a straw-hat merchant, near Cheapside.
iieing all Phil-hat atones they had oeen at alic,oncet t
at the Cowmen:l(A- Sk Mite; -st ree t, and the en-
tertAinaiont being over, tyey adjourned t, a free and
easy sLiciety of for ial fellows at a' porter-hou4e in the
neighbourhood, for refreshment ; and hating there
iacrificei as devoutly to Bacchus as they had at the
concert to. Apollo, they forth, and deter mined
to have a little, music of their own. They commenced
th, overture by a loud sonata upan the rapprs of all
the hall• doors t hey passed; and then carried uti the con-.
ice( to by cilutickering, with their cudgels, against all the
window-shutters in their way.. ,Utley next thought
tit to vary the.pettortnance bye a pas de loos, or .tul-
let, with ,all tae ladies- of the town they niet on the,
pavd, ,accompnlied by a vocal cliortts that stunned
the whole. tietglibJhrliuoti. parrot the perform-
ante lia,i a sywilatheiicil etfea Oh the Guardians ut the
night, who in riediatelt 'tell a grand actoni-
patainient of their rattles, and h (lawn eh-
hued, in which the w;.ole p irty, ut'aboin
t C,ritte into close er.inta.A with the .• atelaint.;ri
aIA parole ; and atter a smart intercourse of blows
and ailf,s,.ille'three cletendlitits were secured.
• • The worthy Migisttate,.after a seri,,us keture
to
these night trrunis,',.listitisSl I heat Oa baying their
lee„ ,„.4 ya "olying the ()dicers for their -trouble.

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of a Lotte'ry• CARTLR'S, No. 8, Chafing-
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