The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-16 00:00:00

ADJOURNED LONDON SESSIONS.

Yeverday the.Loodon Adjourned Session was
us belore t 144., Lottp ALI.You, NE..
CORDER, Mit! City 'Magistrates.
PICIPOCKETS SEIZED BY THE LORD- MAWR.

Henry Armstrong and Benjamin Gi►nz, the men
seeiired by the Lord Mayor, at the moment they
were eodeavouriop, to commit a street robbery,
were the first whO occupied the attention of the
Court,
IuABIN appeared as Coun.sel for t& pro-
St'cut icon.

boEd Mayor Was sworn.
AttAart-.--Will your Lordship have the
,:000ness to state to the Court what occurred with
respect to the.prisoners on the'29tb of August ?
The Lou'D Maymt—On WC, 20th of August, in
th'e even:ag, I walked to Oft: 'end of Len denhall-
slreet ; atonsiderable crowd had assembled there
ia4 eotoeiiiienee of some disturbance of the peace,
occat;ioned by au, old WOlll3ll, ,vllO called for the
wiention of the 'officers.. They were anxious to
get rid 61 her , she applied names to them which
Li ieeent transaction among some piili'i Officers,
mipleasant.• 'Try were called Drocks, Pet-
.L,rins, and Vaughan, "f he officer s took no notice
her, and the mob dfspersW, and these two meta
ti ere r4mong the Seeing they were active,
ond of suspEciti'ml appeal'ance, I followed them
clone; Cornh,ll; I was not 'attended by any officer.
funtiwett Own to Fleet-Street ; opposite the est-
tlance to Salistnry-square, a Well.dressed man
met them ; he was 'much in liquor ; the moment
he met them they turned round. The least of
,the
prisoners (Ginn) came close to the other, and
both walked after tliCAllatt fulfil they Caine to Mr.
Waldman's' slop Window, where there Was a
crowd, occasioned by a dispute about a hackney.
et,achnian's fare. 'Vise drtinken man gOt in the
rtowd, and one of the prisoners put his hand all
the taan's pocket. They both followed him, evi-
&tidy with an intention to pick his pocket ; and
seeing no officer on the spot, 1 was determined
to pi eve,lt a highway. robbery,; in that view, I
tprang in between them, and took .both in cus-
tody. •
The IlEcoangrt.---llad they made any attempt to
pick the man's pocket.
Lord Mayor—They had not made any Blear at-
tempt; one of them titres's, his hand on the man's
pocket's. •
" The prisoners had no question to ask.
John Brown, constable in the Cite, said he
WiteW both the prisoners at the bar. -On the first
Of August attending his duty, he saw
them at the Ohl 'Swan Stairs, with a Jew, named
Solomons, frying pockets; lie told them to go
about their business, and they Went away towards
lilackfriars.bridge. -Fourteen or fifteen pick
-
'rockets were observed that' day watching to
pitmdtr the persons who went to sec the rowing
trod,. , ,

.Alariin, another officer, said lie sat* the pri-
sailers ut -Illaektriars - Bridge, on stile CSC of
fittgti3t they plit`theirlsatids down occasionally
trotimine:ihe ,pneketts of the persons statidling
:Tear tale halostruile. The rtiponers at one tittle
were following a f,tentletiimi, atiti, seeing the wit-
ti64, tiwy Made 4igtialS tO tacit oilier, and went
away. The witne4s conaldcred them reputed
aileOes.

• Tt►nnu Friend,. *constable belonging to the
Aorongh of Southwark, it?id kutiten Armstrong
frenn-a child, and' the ocher about eight mouths.
They both: bore had characters ; they were re.
poled thieves. Ile had seen them in what is
termed flish..hOnses, keeping company with thieves.
On the other hand, Mr. Atwood, whir del.cribed
hitos,df to bettliamoutt broker,- said he had hung
employed AtTobtrong us bits'surrant or errand boy.
took Ditty from I'm in the Borout;14 eeud
had al,rays found him honest.
Willi:4M Skinner, who keeps a tobacco shop in
triar-street IllaCk friars Road, said he was brother.
in-latit to Ginn, whom he destribed to be honest
anti of good character.
The Rttenabine, after some consideration, ad-
dressed the prisoners, and ohterved, that as they
hut received agate testimony of good character,
the Conti was tlispdsed to try whether they would
amend. They Would 'therefore be discharged ;
bOt in case they dens befoie hint again,:theptinish:,
Tncnt wontil he lulu:pate to any offence they might
Commit: fie expressed a hope that this.prosech-
tion would be a warning to tbern.--They were
discharged,
•
- The 1,011) MAYOR then sat 4 4, , Be cautious-1n
keeping out of the City."
Tisoi:l4 pcourtra—“ And-ootof the Borough.':

Alderman C. Surat saidincosely--" What=
gi;k4.yott tin, keep trot of the Lend Mayor's itantl6."
j'eharles Cojwoc %vas tried fora ntitletneationr.
Tit,c indictment charged him with attempting to
rob IViltiautMadden, by taking hold of his watch
Witt t force and violence.

The prosecutor, who is a mechanic, had been
ticotiting. tome' boors August' la:st with his
frierfdei,' 'a- benefit society. ' Retarning'irocnei
rail:ellthe worse for drink, he went dOwn the
Old Bailey. They 'trete then removing the pri-
soners floor Newgate for tranvortation, nod the
prOsecutor took his seat on the steps of the prim
door, in order to see 'them go out, inclin-
ed to sleep, he-rested his face out his hands, with
WS: elbows on hie knees, In that situation he felt
some person rnaltoJwo or three attempts to steal
his match and heard hita Jack 1 can-
not get:it 0ut.77: A man at the sante moment an-
overed,," Take a knife, mud cut off fob anti all;"
on which the prosecutm _sprang up amid seized hold
of the prisoner.
Mr. ARABIN conteimea that there was no pront
hi support of the indictment, and the Jury, after
tome consideration, acquitted the ptisotier.
The IZEcoantAt toldresSing hint observed, that
he-had hero fortunate --in thus eicaping,, anti re-
Commended him not to .appear again iu that-COltrt,
"‘beCttlge," said he, '1 I have a knack of recol-
lecting faces."
• The defendant answered with sonic humour—
" My Lord, I hope I may never have the pleasure
of .seeing you again.
;After the tracer e business, several prisoners
eonvicted.aa tinged thieves ”7. re broaght.up: for
the Judgment of the Court.
Joseph Johnion, a well-known thief, WO 6;11-

tenreil tc tLree morol.` linprisonmept iti Ow
Howie Cutreetiou,, for attempting to pick the
pocket of a drtinken tn:an in Bistiopsgate,street,
on the 4th Of 391 Y last.
Air. liaativ prayed the judgment of the Court
on Edward Gene, who had been cotntnitted as
reputed thief, and one who endeavoured to pick
the pocket of Air. Parr, who teems an office in
Holborn. The misdemertuttnr veils not clearly
wade out, and the prisoner was diicharged.
the Sessions adjourned to the 28th instant.