The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-22 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday Joseph Eltenger was indicted for assaultia,l4
with violence taking from the person of Thomas Airt
and upwards in Bank-notes, on the Ist of August. Tb's
one of the robberies committed on the opening of the Reggiii4
Canal, which for atrocity has not been equalled by anY „ne
of a similar nature for many years the prisoner formed u a
of a gang of nearly one huntlred. The proper)! w 39
upon him, and the case in other particulars was clearly n'
out. The prosecutor, at, elderly infirm Gentleman, vcas:lol
,with great cruelty. , On the person of the prisoner were to ot
two five and three ten-pound notes, making the alue;lei
charged in the indictment. He made no defence, but cm
four witnesses, who gave him a good character.
Mr. Justice BET: recapitulated the evidence, 4nd the -
found him Guilty—Deatk..
The prosecutor recommended hien to mercy, but Mr. 111.0,1'
lice BEsr was tearful it could not be attended to, as the PO
tection of the public imperiously demanded that the
should take its course. Thy
ing, ROBBERY.—James Leith was indicted foe Thy
ing, on the ist of April, a quantity of valuable jewellery'

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property of Mr. Haydon, of Rupert-street. bl9
The evidence in this case was Mr. Haydon, who Prore,..od
going out on Easter Sunday, and that on his return be
his chests, that contained property to the amount of °cog.
broken open, and the jewellery stolen. On the e4lts of deo
he called on a Mr. Hatton, to whom the prisoner had b
of part of the stolen property that morning. sn,
He was cross examined by Mr. ADOLPH US, by which
geared that the property was the all of the prosecutor.
William Hatton proved the prisoner coming to his bin
and offering part of the stolen property for sale.--lticu""

Warren corroborated the testiuiny.of last witness.
The case baring gone thns far, Mr. Justice Berr.l—,,,ir
sintered the charge could not be sustained, and. the pri'u-

was acquitted. 7 ate
George Edwards was capitally indicted for assaulting v
Buridge, putting him in fear, and taking frtitn his r"°,,,0.
watch, chain, and seals. The first witness was the P"s
tor, who stated he was walking in the lidgeware-road io_4o
evening stated in the indictment, when the prisoner, '",i;
others) committed the robbery in question; prisou.er *try.„,
him, assigning as a reason that be bad trod on his 414
Guilty. if
John Kelly was indicted for stealing, on the 140 of
last, a quantity of printed cotton, value 31. from the of
house of Mr. Sharp, of Berners-street, Oxford-road- eg"
—Death.
COMMITTAL OF A WITNESS.—On calling the witno--
character in the last case, several made their appearaticeie.
The first one that got up did not for some time retuf.ter
where he lived. He swore that lie had known the
for three years, and that he had always borne a good c4'11.11,r
ter. On being again questioned he prevaricated, and Air•re,s
tics BEST immediately committed him to prison. Twis stty
terror to the witness that followed, and he confessed tO 140
heard of the prisoner having been committed before- IA
Lordship then observed, that after what he had just iloneb
hoped a stop had been put to that dreadful crime, WIPgtIO
had been his painful duty to witness while sitting there. OA,
declared he would have committed the whole, one ate(
other, if they had dared to bare gone on.