The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONbON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, iB4g.

Mr. CLARKSON—Did not King tell you that you
might carry a halter in your pocket if you liked ?
The witness, after a deal of pressing, refused to swear
that he did not. The handbill produced (a bill re-
flecting on defendant) was printed by my orders.
The printer was J. Head, facing the Spread Eagle,
Wandsworth. I meant it to annoy Smith, because of
his treatment of me. When Smith came into the
public-house, I hung up the halter. I might have
said tflat Smith deserved to be hung more than
Good the murderer. On the 14th July both Mr.
Smith and I were bound over to keep the peace.
On the 29th of August I was in an omnibus. It
was very wet. I saw Smith upon the box. I said
you have got that man on the box. Mr. Smith en-
deavoured to get into the omnibus. I shut the door,
and I pushed him out. I said before the Magistrate
that I had a mortgage on the omnibus, and that,
therefore, I shut Mr. Smith out. I did it because I
was afraid he would quarrel with me. I do not re-
collect whether at the hearing the Magistrate said
that what had occurred at the Swan had nothing to
do with the matter.

Mr. CLARKSON—And yet my Learn. Friend asks
you to testify to the words used by Mr. Smith on
that occasion. On your oath have you not held up
your finger to Mr. Smith since this indictment has
been found, and said to him publicly, "You shall be
tried in the dock at the Old Bailey for perjury ?"
The witness, after a great deal of' hesitation and
pressing by the COURT, admitted that he had made
use of the language referred to.
The cross-examination was continued at great
length, and during the course of it, it appeared
that the prosecutor had adopted every possible means
to annoy defendant, and that on the hearing of the
case before the Magistrate Mr. Smith's professional
adviser had said, all he wanted was peace, and that if
witness would give security to keep the peace the
charge would not be pressed; but Mr. Paynter would
not permit it to be settled in that manner. He was
again pressed about his consulting King as to the le-
gality or illegality of exhibiting halters, and at length
admitted that King might have said there was no
harm in it.

In answer to the COURT he said that there was no
printer's name to the bill when delivered to him, and
that he could not tell why the printer's name had been
omitted.

Mr. Fletcher, the Clerk to the Magistrates, pro-
duced the depositions, and said that Mr. Paynter had
directed all relating to the Swan public-house to be
struck out as immaterial. Mr. Smith is a gentleman
of independence, but too fond of frequenting public-
houses.

A person named Butler, an omnibus driver, who
was present at the Swan on the occasion in question,
deposed that Lyons took the summons from his pocket,
handed it to the coachman, returned it to his pocket,
and did nothing more.
On his cross-examination he denied that he had
fetched Lyons to the Swan when Smith was there, or
that he had handled the halters in Lyons' shop. Lyons
hadcdesired him to be in attendance when the hearing
came on before the Magistrate. lle had seen nothing
of the assault, and could not tell why Lyons desired
him to be there.

By the COURT—Lyons did not say that there was
any part of the summons he could not read. The
coachman read a part of it aloud.
W. B. Linfield, who was also present at the Swan,
saw Lyons give the summons to the coachman. The
coachman did not read it aloud. Smith tapped Lyons'
pipe, and they had some angry words. Witness
could not swear that there was nothing said about
fighting.

Several other witnesses were called, who gave
various accounts of what had passed at the Swan,
some corroborating the prosecutor, and others contra-
dicting him.
Mr. THOMAS, in answer to the Court, admitted that
the case was proceeding in any thing but a satisfac-
tory manner to him, and the Jury at once returned
a verdict of acquittal.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
THE BURGLARY AND ROBBERY AT HAMPTON
I COURT PALACE.—Henry Grover, 30, Martha, his
. wifetand Mary Ann Goatley, were indicted for bur-
, glariously entering and breaking into the dwelling-
house of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and stealing
therein a quantity of silver plate, of the value of 301.
and upward, the property of Caroline Hamilton She-
ridan, on the 14th of the present month, and Susan
Foster, a widow, aged 67, the mother of Martha
Grover, was charged with receiving, part of the pro-
perty, knowing it to be stolen. They were also in-
dicted in like manner for having committed the bur-
glary on the day aforesaid, and stealing therein a
quantity of wearing apparel, the propertyy of Lady
Helen Selina Dufferin ; and the prisoner loster was
charged with the guilty reception of the property.
All the prisoners, on being arraigned, pleaded Not
Guilty.
Mr. BALLANTINE, on behalf of some of the pri-
soners, applied to the Court for the purpose of having
the trial delayed, on the ground that the prisoners
were only sent up from Hampton Court for trial on
Friday last, and they had been unable to procure the
depositions and prepare for their defence.
The trial was then put off till a later period of the
day, when the following evidence was adduced.
The Hon. Caroline H. Sheridan said that she had
apartments in the Palace at Hampton-court, and the
prisoner Goatley had been in her service. The 26
forks, the tea-pot, and other articles of plate which
had been shown to her, were her property.
Mr. W. Train, a gentleman resident at Hampton-
court, deposed that on the evening of the 14th inst.
the windows of the prosecutor's apartments were
secured, but on the following morning witness found
the squares in one of the windows had been cut, and
he observed foot-marks on the flower border near it,
apparently those of a man and woman. On entering
the apartments he found the drawers and other places
had been broken open.
The policeman who apprehended the male prisoner
at a beer shop on the evening of the 15th inst., stated
that he saw the mark of a man's foot afterwards on
the border near the parlour window, in which there
was the impression of six hob nails. lie also saw the
marks of three or four female footsteps. On Sunday
the 15th he went to the house of Foster at Peckham,
when she gave him a bundle, which she took from
under her pillow, and the next Ilay he discovered at a
Mr. Howard's, a pawnbroker in the Kent-road, some
plate, which he now produced.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRICE, who appeared for
Foster.—The bundle was tied up when Foster gave it
him, and appeared to contain apparel. It was so por-
table that any person who called at the house might
have left it unknown to Foster.
Mr. Howard deposed to receiving the plate pro-
duced, principally from the prisoner Goatley ; but
the woman Grover pledged the tea-pot when alone,
fcr 51. At other times they came together.
The COMMON SERGEANT—Are you in the habit,
Mr. Howard, of taking in such a quantity of valu-
able property from persons like the prisoner Goatley?
Mr. Howard—Goatley was not dressed then as she
is now, but as a young lady ; and represented herself
as the daughter of a respectable lady, who was in
want of a temporary supply of money, and in this
statement she was confirmed by Grover.
The COMMON SERGEANT—What amount did you
advance on all this plate. Mr. Howard-231.
The COMMON SERGEANT—And what do you esti-
mate it to be worth ? Mr. Howard—About 251. I
have delivered up all the plate I had from the pri
soners.

Elenry Green proved that he saw Grover, his wife,
and Goatley at Kingston, early on the morning of the
robbery ; the woman Grover had a bundle under her
clothes.

A person residing at Kingston proved that. Grover.
and Goatley called on him on the morningd in question;
the former said she wanted a horse chaise to convey
her husband and sister to Vauxhall,an as she had re-
ceived a letter that her mother was dying. Witness
refused to let them have one-, and they both went out
and spoke to a man, but witness could not say it was
the male prisoner.
The coachman of the Kingston stage stated, that
on the same morning the two females took a seat on
his coach, and after he had driven a short distance, at
their request he pulled up, for the purpose of taking
up a man dressed like the prisoner Grover. Witness,
however, could not say whether he was the man, as,
after riding a short distance, he abruptly left the coach.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. PRICE then addressed the Jury for Foster,
contending there was no case made against her. The
Learned Counsel then called a respectable looking per-
son, named Lipson, who gave her a good character.
Mr. BALI„INTINE then addressed the Jury in behalf
of the prisoner Goatley, contending that she had been
made the dupe of the other prisoners.
The COMMON SERGEANT summed up at some length.
The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, acquit-
ted Foster, and convicted the other three prisoners.
The COMMON SERGEANT wished to know whether
there was any proof that Martha Grover was the wife
of the male prisoner ?
A gentleman in Court said he had no doubt of their
being married ; he had known her some years, and
had transacted business for her father. He was not
at the wedding, but had seen the certificate, and could
produce it.
Mrs. Grover having been taken to the back part of
the bar, her husband and Goatley were called up to
receive judgment.
The COMMON SERGEANT then sentenced them both
to ten years' transportation ; and respited the judg-
ment on Martha Grover, until the certificate oF her
marriage was forthcoming.
There was another indictment again it all tle p. iso
ners, but it was not proceeded with.

halter ? Witness—About a month after. I have
carried about a halter in my pocket. I did
not hold it up to Mr. Smith, I held it to a gas-pipe.
Mr. Sylvester is my attorney, he is not here. His
clerk, Mr. King, is._