The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-17 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, itiLV

of the realm, a certain
„Tc:;:,4?n Hamilton was indicted for uti.,t'
ing, as good and
piece of base metal made to represent a sixpence,
and being a counterfeit of thitt coin, he well know-
ing the same to be counterfeit. It was also charged
that the prisoner was before convicted of a similar
offence.
The prisoner pleaded " guilty," and persisted in
that plea, notwithstanding the declaration of Mr.
LAW (who appeared as Counsel for the Mint) that
he was not authorised, in the absence of the Soli-
citor to the Mint, to say that the plea of guilty
would be of any advantage to him.
.Elizabethßyder was indicted for forcibly taking a
watch from the person of Charles Pigram, on the
night of the 11th of June.
The prosecutor stated, that on the night in pet-
tion, as he was walking through Whitecross-street, a
man came up and seized him by the throat, and,
while he was so held, the prisoner came, snatched
his watch, and ran off. By the description he gave
of her (as blind of one eye), she was arrested next
morning. Verdict—Guilty.
'Thomas Norton was put to the bar, charged with
having (in company with several others not now in
custody) assaulted Henry Fuller on the King's
highway, put him in bodily fear, and taken from his
person, by force, a case of surgical instruments, two
cases of lancets, two sovereigns, three shillings and
sixpence in silver, his hat, and cravat, in Sept. last.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up, and the
July, after deliberating in court for stout half au
hour, retired. On their return in about twenty
minutes, they delivered a verdict of Guilty.
Lyon Lyon, aged 55, was put to the bar charged
with having stolen 30 scent-bottles, some with gold
and some with silver tops, value 151., two medicine
chests, value Si., and other articles, the property of
Dr. Reece, Piccadilly.
Mr. Cope, one of the city marshals, proved that
he found the property at the house of the prisoner
at Cock and Hoop-yard, Houndsditch. The pro-
perty was claimed in a few days by the prosecutor.
The prosecutor, Dr. Reece, was called to prove
that the property produced was his.
On his cross-examination by Mr. LAW, witness
said he believed in the ?piety Testament on which-he:
was sworn, and repelled indignantly the insinuation
conveyed by the question.
Mr. LAW said that he might have been misin-
structed, but he had been given to understand that
witness was a kind of believer in the reveries of the
late Mrs. Joannah Southcote.
Dr. Reece was about to address the Court, but

The RECORDER interrupted him, and said he could
not be allowed to proceed,
Mr. C. Pllthurs said, if the Doctor was allowed
to go on, the end of the trial would wait the coming
of young Shiloh.—(A laugh.)
The Doctor then, after some remarks, not im-
portant to the case, proved that the bottles produced
were his property.
The RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the
Jury found him Guilty.
There was another indictment against the prisoner
for stealing some property on the 17th of June ; but
the prosecutor being ill, the case was postponed till
the next session, till which time the judgment of
the Court on the verdict now pronounced would be
respired.