The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

OLD COURT.

Robert Barton, aged 38, described in the calendar
as a merchant, was placed at the bar, charged on'.
three indictments, with uttering forged cheques with
intent to defraud. The prisoner passed one of the
cheques to the Sec:eta) y of thi Literary Fund
gociety.
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Mr. CLAR.KSON, moved on behalf of the prisoner
(a most respectable looking man), for a postpone-
ment of the trial, be not being prepared with. the
necessary evidence for his defence.
Mr. Justice PARK inquired if there was other
business ready to be proceeded with, and being
answered in the affirmative, directed tke trial to stand
over till Monday morning.
Mary Rice, aged 43, was capitally indicted for
stealing in the dwelling-houseof William Squibb, ,a
watch, chain, and seals, value 91., his property.
The prisoner was seen coming out of the house of
the prosecutor under suspicious circumstances, and
it was soon afterwards ascertained that the watch
had been stolen. She was pursued and the stolen
property found on her person.
Mr. Justice PARK told the Jury that by a recent
Act of Parliament, it was necessary that the pro-
perty stolen (when it was net a forcible entry of the
premises) should be of the value of 51. to constitute
a capital felony.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing

property to the amount of 41. 19-s., thereby doing
away with the capital part of the charge.
Wm. Holmes, aged 16, was capitally indicted for

breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Charles
Templar, and stealing therefrom a watch and other
articles, his property.
The prosecutor deposed that be was landlord of

the Pied Horse public-house, Mile End-road, and
that the prisoner was a lodger of his ; on coming
down stairs on the morning of the 15th December,
he perceived that the house had been broken open,
and several articles stolen, amongst which were those
charged in the indictment, the prisoner did not sleep
at home on the night of the robbery.
_ Several witnesses were called, whose evidence
clearly proved the guilt of the prisoner; some of the
property was found in his possession.
Mr. Justice J. PARKE summed up, and the jury
returned a verdict of Guilty of stealing, but not in a
dwelling-house.
William Connell, aged 24, was charged with
counselling and procuring Dennis Aaron to steal two
coats, and other articles, value Si., the property of
Ellen Dun derdale.
Dennis Aaron, a child apparently about ten years
of age, was examined by Mr. Justice PAR; at some,
length, as to the nature and obligation den oath.
JUDGE—My little boy, do you know what .will
become of you, after kissing that book, if you tell an
untruth ? Child--No, Sir.
JUDGE—Where will you go to if you tell a lie ?
Child--To hell flames.

The examination then proceeded, by which it ap-
peared that the prisoner, on the 4th of December,
met the witness in the street, and entered into
conversation with him ; he said, when they got op-
posite to a clothes shop, "There is a fine suit of
clothes, let us have a spree." The witness wanted
to know what he meant ; when the prisoner said,
" Let us steal them." Witness replied, that
his mother kept a clothes shop, and had a
great many clothes; when the prisoner pressed
hint very much to steal some, he at length
complied, and stole the articles named in the indict- .
meat, arid carried them to the prisoner, who was
standing at some distance off. They were after•-•
wards pawned for 34

Mr. Justice Panic..---What distance was the pri-
soner at the time you stole the-goods, was he within
sight of the shop ? Witness.—No, he could not
see the shop, he was a good way from it.
Mr. Justice PARK here stopped the case, lie told
the Jury the prisoner could not be convicted under
the present indictment ; he was charged as a princi-
pal felon, but it appeared he was at a considerable
distance from the place at the time the robbery, was
committed; he might have been convicted as an ac-
cessary before the fact, or for receiving stolen goods,
if the indictment had been so framed, but on the
present indictment they mutt acquit.
The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of No;
Guilty.
Mr. Justice PARK ordered the prisoner to be de-
tained, and directed Mr. Shelton immediately ,to
prepare a fresh indictment, charging the prisoner in
one count with being an accessary before the fact ;
and in another with receiving the goods, knowing
them to have been stolen; his Lordship likewise di-
rected all the witnesses to be bound over in fresh
recognizances, for it never could be allowed that a
person charged, with so wicked and abominable a
crime, as to induce a child to rob his own mother
should escape punishment.
Wm. Richardsou, a rlspectably dressed young
man, aged 22, was iiti.cted for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of William Lawrence, with intent to
steal.

It appeared from the evidence of several wit-
nesses that the. prisoner picked the lock of the street
door, and on being discovered, rushed into the
street, when he was pursued, and after a considerable
chase, taken into costody.
The witnesses all underwent a very long examina-
tion by Mr. Clarkson, as to the prisoner's identity;
but it was sworn he was never lost sight of, and
the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of Guilty, but recommended him to mercy, in
which the prosecutor joined.