The Sun.
London, England, 1811-11-07 00:00:00

„covered the -ro‘,)berii, immediately impeached the
with Whom he ;:ltd he was concernediand
wfio,. On being taxed %Vic)) the. fade tick ftoyViedgvd
it, and pointed out a-..trola'. coder the steno st:drcase
wall, 1'1...re the money, was and where he
fund a quantity copper coin, but. which he would
not nuclertake to swear Wits the vim & he hi4l lost;
He paid neither rent nor taxes to the ious.. NQ
evidence, :was given, of the fad of hatziary, nor was
anv othei witness adduced.
The liiitbeing called'on for his defence, did not
deck the fact of .stealivg. the money ;. hut said he
should ant hate clone, SO,,
,but that„he had nut:
enough to cat, and. had iteen obliged for sOine !line
to purchase victuals every day, and that he had tal:en
the Money for that ptircitbe.
M. 'Bowen was' again.called, and in:74l if, this.
statement was true ?. Lie aiiswered, that the tiny,
was well fed—for. he had three gum of •ponnd.
of bread per day ; and *that' on nieat hc...-4••
allowed five ounces of •meat, .and -an 01:111C0 ul cheese
per, diem, tor...dinner ;. and on banyan. days, three
pounds of rice-milk : and that he Was ip a state of
preparatien to be apprenticed to
The Recorder, in'aumming up 'the evidence for
the Jury, expressed some surprize, that.,this
ment.should,.have come for Word set heavily loaded
with counts. and asSignments„ and so ft:night with
the absurdities of Stating the meio lodging of the
parish officer, as the dWelling-house, tir,r, of the •
inhabitans; .secondly, as that of the Minister, and•
Churchwardens; and ,ne!tt, as that of the ,Overseers
ofthe Pour ; 'none of whom lived there. It also
appeared, that the Master' of the WorkhoeSe, whose
dwelling it .o.as 'also 'stated tote; paid neither rent
nor taxes tor it ; nor was there any proof offered of
the f lof burglary : fin that,t he capital pirt of the
chargewas entirely obviated. But as to the Mere
theft; it was certainlylirrivecl front the acknowledg-
ment ..of the! prisoner'; and therefore the most the
charge could amount to was` larceny. Of this the
Jury found the prisoner
Toe following prisoners were convicted of felony,
viz. Mary
for
stealing several, articles of
sit eating :apparel, the ploperty of `rhiinth Johnston ;
George and James Leith, for stealing three
.waistcoats, a. coat, &c. the property of Elizabeth
Wells ; and Miihael, Rupert for stealing a shitt,
iandkerChier, &c. the property of Wm. Staten.

111IDD.LESAX SESSIONS.

WEDNESDAY, NPv.: G.

John .Bennet watconvitied of '.
picking a Gentle-
pock.:4 et a silk handkerchief, w hile passing
along the Strand in'September last. tie ‘,146$ iden-
tified by :ibe Otficeis of. 'Police as an old arid 're-
puted intender, familiar with punisluttetit.ftom the
bands of justice. He received sentence from the
Court to be transported `seven years to whatever
pat t his Majsty.might deem proper.
Michael Fee, for assaulting!the. keeper of a pnb-
lic-liouse, and beihg also recognized hs an active
pick-pocket nt Bow Fair, was.senteneed. to
s,,ti went for three cliont ha.
ilfichaet: Donnell, for rlotottili assailliink the
landlord of the ley Sa.lor public-house, and two
,atcttrnen, 003 sentenced.. to tonftneinent twetily-
one days.
Nork Shaw, a whitesmith, for assaphing, Fon`cis
Freemati, OiTh..er of Lambeth -Office, sen-
teoced to be imprisoned two months,
Cornelius Dennis lianigan, George Dar-
min pennis. Sullivan, 'were. all oonvided...of
tjotouSly, assembling at, the Cross Keys public-
house, :yttierl with bludgeons, on Sunday, the 9,gth
of Sgpternber.: The •two first , were :also convicted
of assaulting and wounding two oft be UHicers who
attwipted to disperse them. They were all gen.
tenced, tor committing the riot, to six nVioths lin-
pfisonment, and those who assaulted the Officeis
were oidered.to be confined six - months more.
Miller, and Isabella Laird, for keening
one of those pernicious Lotteries, Galled 14ttle Goes,
at; the tgrt of the Compasses, in Drurplane, were'
ordered into earifinernent for six months. •
• A man, for :deserting his wife. anti three pretty
children; was sentenced to be imprisOned two ct,iys ;
he promising to the Chairman to take his wile and
offspring, again 'under his protetlion.. , •
Amer Scutt, for trying, or, as. it is. technically
.called, rinxing a Gentleman's pockets- to sieeriain
their contents, and elsofur being. ,in .the' habit a'nd
repute of pocket-picking, shop-breaking, and' thiev-
ing, \was sentenced to six t.tuliatlis imprisonment in
the House of Correaian.
With this case-the Sessions closed.