The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-02 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.

George Brooks was indicted for stealing a quan-
tity of Manchester goods, the,property of Edward;
Bartlett. . .
.The
_following are the circumstances of the.
ease ;—.About the middie of April last,' the ware-
houses of Alessi's. Stubbs and Worcester,•common
wharf,. were entered byi
carriers of Paddingtonwharf,
some person or persons in the rigout time,. and se-
veral valuable bales of goods stolen thereout.
The prisoner lived upon the wharf as a kind of
foreman to Mr. Dove, the proprietor of an ex-
tensive brick field in the neighbourhood, and on
the day after the robbery he was found in his
lonise packing up in a large case a quantity of the
goods which had been stolen. _Upon heiog ques-
tioned as to his possession of them, he said he
found them in the dungheap on the wharf. He'
was then asked ttbetGer he had any more, and
he replied in the negative; but on searching his
house two other pieces of vtiveteen were forted,
one under the bed, and one within it ; and in a
stableiof which he had the care, a bunch of pick-
lock keys were found.
Mr. Anaritsi, the prisoner's Counsel, called the
following witnesses in hiS. defence :
Stephen, Braithwaite said, that The prisoner
came into the Horse and Sacks public-house' two
days before he was taken up, and 'declared openly
in the tap-room that tie had .found some things in
alre clung-heap that morniug, tbes_satna time
desiring the people' there to let him know thuuld
• . I
they hear of a robbery.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.—Witness did
not know whether anybody else beard what the
prisoner said, nor did he know that there Were
posting bills all about the neighbouihdod deScribi
WI? tine robbery, and 'offering a reward fur the
discovery of the
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Mr. Dove, Ibe pris,otter's master, said he bad
been in his service upwards of fifteen years, and
be always believed Km to be perfectly hottest.'
a vlBl-finger, anti
Grove North, aihn gave the prisooey
character. kitown trim for a
her of years As to the picklock krys, he find
seen them lit Mr. Dave's stable tool
years ago. WitliesS was by when u J,ittnirer who
.was digging sonde niiinnre opott the w.harf
thrill ill with leis
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The v,itness underwent a long cross-examina-
tion by Mr. ALLEY. Among other tOestions, he
was asked whether he dill not say to a Mi. Holt,
(lie morning alter the prisoner's apprehension,
th,it he was surprized the ictisoner had not men-
tioned having posses in of the goods sooner, be-
cduse he himself had told him of the robbery •
The witness denied this most solemnly ; and (le-
dared, upon his oath, that he did not know Of the
pi 'suttees apprehension till between twelve and
one o'clock on titat'4l.
Mr. Holt was called to this fact ; and swore, as
positively, that Mr. Ball had used those words ;
about nine o'clock in the morning, after the pri-
boiler had been taken up, in conversation which
he had with hint on. the %Awl%
The Constable who apprehended the prisoner
was also present, and heard Mr. Bali woke the
remark, as stated, •
Mr. Ball peisisied in denying that he ever made
use of any such words. The evident e was re-
capitulated, and the Jury almost immediately pcd-
uounced the prisoner Guilty.
The moment the verdict was delivered, Mr.
ALLEY moved the Court, that the last witness,
Mr. Bali, be Committed for wilful perjury, and
lie would undertake the prosecution a4ninst
Hilt! himself. SOme little hither conveis.ttion
ensued, and Mr. Holt and the Constanle were

then hound over to proseente him, or tl;e nrxt
t""essinns, and he was instantly taken into C,isfridy.
Almost immerliatelv atter, Mr. Dove, and an.
other-person, appeare4 atithe Counsel table. to be
hail for lrint ; bttt Mr. ALLFy ohjectel to 7-:Ir
I),rve's h,il, unless twenty-tour boors notice were
ti ven of it, end percmp! ovily ordered him to quit
tiro part of the Corot; which order Mr. Dove
instantly complied with. -

HIGHWAY Ronnnr.v.
Samuel Dennison and Edward Macey, were in-
dirled for feloniously assaulting John Lemon' on
the King's hightyay, and takiog from trim his
prr.ket,book', &c. The prosecutor, a seatwin, was
nAlking along 0:(1 Gravel• lane, be' ween eight and
oitte o'ctork in the evenin,g, hen finding that he
iv as in a bid neig,hbourhood, he tho,ight he kvouid
put his pocket-book into his cravat, and to tie it
von mi his neck. as a place of safety. Whilst
he was busy doing this, however, the two pri-
sonk.t •came up, and Macey snatched the
book from him, whilst the other 'prevented his
pursuit, by putting his leg before him, end throw-
ing hint all along on his face. They then ran
away, but they were takesi before they had ran
far. The prosecntoradded, that he could swear
to the po4et-hook by its containing a memoran-
dum of his being shipwrecked on the Coast of
Africa, and making a voyage from thence to St.
Helena in open. boat. The officer who stopped
them doposed to finding such a memorandum in
pocket-book which he found upon the prisoner.
Macey.—Macey guilty, Dennison acquitted.