The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Before the COMMON SERGEANT and a Middlesex Jury.
George and Charles Clinton were indicted for
stealing two gold seals, said to be the property of
Barry E. O'Meara, Esq.
William Marshall, a pawnbroker, residing in
Leonard-street, Shoreditch, proved that the two
seals were Offered at his shop by the prisoner Charles
for three shillings. This was so small a sum to ask
for articles of So much value, that the witness's sus-
picions Were' excited, and he took the prisoner to
Shoreditch police-office.
Lady Theodosia Leigh is the wife -of Mr.
O'Meara; the seals in question are her property,
and were usually kept in the library. .

Anne Bennet is din the service of Mr. O'Meara.
She remembered giving the. seals to the. prisoner
George; they were on the library table, and she at
the time thought they were sent for by Lady Leigh.
JaMes Brown, a police-officer, proved, that upon
discovering whose property the seals were, he ar-
rested the prisoner George at Mr. O'Meara's house,
in Montagu-square.
Mr. PHILLIPS, for the prisoners, called Mr. Barry
E. O'Meara, who proved that George Clinton had
been in his service for the last five • years;
.he was an excellent servant, and until this re-
cent transaction his character was unexception-
able; the seals which were stolen are the sepa-
rate property of Lady Leigh ; at the time of her
Ladyship's marriage with the witness, her property
was vested in trustees for her benefit.

Mr. PHILLIPS submitted that the property had
been wrongly laid to be that of O'Meara, and that
therefore the indictment must fail.

The Commos SERGEANT thought the objection
fatal, but said that a fresh indictment might be pre-
ferred against the prisoners.

The prisoners were accordingly acquitted.
Brown, the officer, applied for his expences.

The COMMON SERGEANT did not think the wit-
nesses, upon such a prosecution, entitled to their
expences, inasmuch as justice had been defeated
through negligence in forming the indictment.
Brown replied that.the fault was not his—he had
nothing to do with the indictment, and it would be
a severe measure to punish him for the ignorance
of the persons at the police office, whose duty it was
to attend to that particular department.
The COMMON SERGEANT, upon this explanation,
allowed the expences.

PUBLIC SALES.-(THIS DAY.)

BY MR. DANIEL SMITH, AT THE MART.

A Freehold and part Leasehold Estate, situate
in the parish of
,Datchet, adjoining Windsor Park,
comprising the residence occupied by Dr. Heberden,
containing numerous .rooms, domestic offices,
stabling, double coach-houses, out-buildings 'court-
yard, lawn, walks, gardens, and conservatory, the
leasehold part held for between 800 and 900 years,
at a pepper-corn, land-tax redeemed—knocked down
at 2,490/.

A Freehold and Tithe-free Inclosure of Meadow
Land, containing about five acres and a half, with a
cattle-shed, near the preceding lot-5001.
A Copyhold Farm, in the village of Whitchurch,
between Aylesbury and Buckingham, comprising a
small farm,house, garden, barn, stabling, &c., and
38 acres, 1 rood, 48 perches oemeadow and pasture
land, tithe free, land-tax 3/. 1 15..4d., copyhold of
the Manorof hitehurch, quit-rent lls. 6d., "a.fine
of the same sum upon death or alienation, and a he-
riot
of 3s. 4d.; timber, &c. to be taken at a valua-
tion-1,6201.

A Freehold Estate, known as Cannon Hill, in
the parish of Merton, comprising a villa residence,
with out-offices and buildings, productive garden,
stabling-, double coach-house, &c., and about 70
acres of park-like meado'w, orchard, and arable land,
tithe and land-tax free-13,9501. . .

A Freehold and Copyhold Estate, at the western
entrance of Egham, consisting of a residence, large
garden, stabling, meadow land, &c., in the whole
5 acres, 16 perches, the copyhold. part held of the
King's Manor of Egharn;' subject to a quit-rent of
7d., and the usual fine on death or alienation—