The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

nature to pass without the most exemplary sentence.
Wall the catalogliesi'of 'crithesAiihicli were so ire-.
quently_presented to his view, that with which the
prisoner stood-charged, be conceived to be the most
inexcusable.- What tradesman was safe from the
villainy of such a character Vie most honest and
industrious exertions of a long and arduous life
might be blasted by the dishonesty of such a ser-
vant, who, from the confidence placed in him,
mighi serrelly undermine and counteraft the iftit
promising hopes of fortune, by dissipating the pro-
pel-7 of hs master entrusted to his care. Were
death the punishment awarded to an offence so
,heinous, no, hope of metep could be entertained,--
The preservation of the interests of 'the country re-
quired the full sentence of the law to be carried inter
execution, and under that conviction therefore,
be ordered the prisoner to be—Transported for foiin•
fee!' ear s.
Tneonfortunate prisoner seemed much affeeled,,
and pleaded hard for mecey 3 he statt d triinself to
be 42. years :of age, and to have a wife and eight
chiklrto dependent on hiin for support.
Thomas
.Mays 'as indiaed for -stealing a truss of
bay, the -property of his master, Mr; Shirley, of
Salisbury Farm, Hertford.

The prisoner, it appeared, drove the waggons of
his master, Mr. Shirley, to and from tOwn, and
was frequently in the habit'of selling the hay, in-
tended for the food of his team, to the.ostlers at the
d trerent pu.blie-houses on the road,. .who were the
principal initigators, by 'the encouragement they
gave, to such ;depredations, to which the farmers
round London are continually exposeW The prl-
soner-Was brought touriid on his own• confession,
and expre,iscd the greatest • conirition.--,-Gtillty.
As the principal ()hied of the prosecution was to
lead to the detection and punishment of the ostlers,
who were the receivers of the. property stolen,* and
the encouragers of the thefts so frequently commit.=
ted, the prisoner Wasfined,a shilling and discharged,
in_ order that he 'might give his evidencti against
the ostler of the Bull Inn, at Holloway; it ho is. now
in custody. • '-
I,ruz. Smith was conviaed of stealing a hearth,
rug..from the shop of Mr. Kearne, upholsterer, in
Upper Mary-le=bone-street, on Thursday se'nnight.
`Margaret Shipleywas also convicted of stealing
a watch; the property of James I;lainbrook. The
prisoner, was a women of depraved. chua6ter, and
the prosecutor having accompanied her td her lodg-
ings, she tan off with his watch. She was appre-
hended in about three weeks afterwards, but the
wweli was disposed of.
Hannah Smith was inditled for stealing the lead'
from the, top of ;the 'house in which she iodged.---
This.lady, it appeared, lodged in the garret of a poor
milkman, in tie parish of Aldgpte, and, 'as a new
way _of " raising the. wind,." 'occasionally raised
pices of lead from the gutters of the house, till at
length bud completely stripped
,the roof.; The.
trap-46(x liadiog out to,the scene of her depreda-
tion opened-lino her room, and facilitated het occa-
sional labours. She was. found Guilty.
. No other trial of 'interest ; occurred.—The Ilit-
pottpEß passed sentence upon the following
prisoners.