The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-01 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, finunsn IY, eCT. 31.

dia Pagett and William Perry stood indicted
Nor assaulting Jane Presti:n, and taking'froti:lier.
person a silk shawl.
The prosecutrix, it appeared, in'tiimpany with
a Mrs. Hill, was proceeding along the narrow part
of Rathbone-place, on their way home from tile,
theatre, When'the was met by the prisoner Pagett,
and two other women of the town. 'Pagett gave
her a violent blow on The cheek, which knocked
her down, and on snatching at the shawl,. the pri-
soner also fell on her back. Sire presently, how-
ever,
,recovered herself, ail(' gave the shawl she
had in her hand .to Perry, tiplu wide!) they both
made off. The 'other two women who were. in
company with Pagett went away before the shawl
was taken. The 'Jury found 'both the prisoners
Guilty.
David Hutchinson was capitally indicted for
stealing a heifer, value IV. the property of John
Russell.
John Walden deposed, that be was a drover,
living near Boston, and on the 224 September ar-
rived in London with a drove a beasts, about 50
in number. On the• next day, the 23d, a heifer,
which had been previously marked 11 .P on the
rump, was !pissed. On the 22d witness had de-
liVered all the beasts over to %Via. Nicoll, drover,
in Sinitlifield,
William Nicoll received 33 of the beasts on the'
day mentiOned by Walden : the rest were left at
Islington. The beasts Were Marked differently,
some being marked B on the Mr rump, and others
11 P. On Sunday, the 23t1, the heifer in tities-
don, marked P, was stolen, and in consequence
of information he received, witness went to a
butcher's shop, kept by a man of the name of
Stent, in iVestillillSter, and there found the hide
ot,the heifer, nusiked H P.
Joseph Hurst lived with, and worked for, Mr,
Stent. He knew the prisoner, aim nii the2lsl of
September met bins in the street. He asked wit-
ness whether he lived with Mr. Stem, and o he-
titer he thought his master would allow hint to kill
sonic beasts in his tilaughter.housel Hurst replied,
that he had better go and ask his master: Cn the
24th, tire Monday following, the prisoner brought
a heifer to the-slaughter-hotoe, marked Ei P, and
there killed it.
Joseph City, butcher, having heard of the rob-
bery, went to Stent's slaughter-house, at half-past
three o'clock on Tuesday, the 25th of September,
in the morning; and having waited until six, saw
the prisoner go into the slaughter-house. As he
was proceeding to cut the bind from the fore.:
quarter, 'witness look hint, in the presence of lily,
the officer into custody,
A written defence was put in, in which the pri-
soner declared that bereveived' the beast from a
Man in Smithfield to kill for him.
Death.

John Weston was put to the her on the charge
of stealing a silver watch and seal, value 575. the
property of Elizabeth Harris.
The prisoner, as was`shown upon the examina-
tion of the witnesses, became neqintinted with
James Greenfield, a steward on' board of a V4,IA.

ndiaman,.by whom he was introduced into the
house of Mr. gallant., and passed among the ser-
vants as his brother., On the 22d ut October, the
prisoner
,carne to Mr. lielfont's house, and was
invited by the servants to sleep there. The room
in which b. slept was next to that of Elizulteth
Ihrris, and it appeared that about half past seven
o'clock shegot up, as usual, to clean the house;
leaving her watch under her pillow, with time key
hanging out, apparent to every one who might en-
ter the thorn. At about eight the prisoner catue
down,-passed Harris, and, went out of the house
through the kitchen without his hat. The watch
WAS preS.elitly MitiSed, and traced to a pawn-
broker's, where the prisoner was proved 'to have
pawned It, having at time time no hat upon his
head. The property was identified, and the Jury
convicted the prisoner.
Ashton, Eleanor Henriekson and Francis
Dixon were indictedr--Ashton for.stealing a watch
and gold seal, &c. the property o 1 EdWard ;
and Henrickson and Dixon, the one for receiving
the watchond the other the seals, knowing them to
be stolen.• The prosecutor belonged to the Griffin,
a ship lying in theLaver Thames,
.ft short dßtance
helots? the 'l'ouver; and the property was stolen
front the cabin, where he had left them. The wit-
ness examined brought all the facts home to the
prisoners Ashton and Henrickson, who' were both
found Guilty ; but Dixon was acquitted.'
John Smith was capitally convicted for burgia-
riously breaking and entering the dwelling-house
of Samuel Chason, and stealing therein sonic plate,
and 2/. 4s. in silver.

On the 24th of October last the prisoner came
to the public-house of the prosecutor and bad
some liquor.. He then went out, and the shut-
ters were shut tip. At a quartet past 10 o'clock,
-Mrs. Chason sent her servant up to her bed-room
for some sheets, and upon entering the chamber,
fOund the windows and shutters, which had been
previously shut, wide open, the drawers open,
and the property in question gone. She imme-
diately went down stairs to inforM her mistress,
and while in the act of telling her what she had
seen, distim:tly heard a man jump, as if front a
window, upon the
.parement in the street. - A
person who Was passing through Russell-street at
the time, saw the prisoner jump from the window
of this room, and after pursuing him through many
streets, at laat apprehended him, and gave hint in
charge to a constable. A pistol, loaded within
half an inch of the mouth, containing two balls,
a box with phosphorus, matches, and Other arti-
cles, were Maud ,upon hiM when he was taken,
and the prisoner was With much difficulty pre-
vented from pulling the pistol out of his right-
hand pocket when he.was apfirehended.

LARGE ERs.—There was c►►ught in theSolway,
in th►e nets of SARAH •LocKERBIE, of Annan, an
eel of the enormous size of 12 feet long, by 18
inches in circumference.

Wednesday evening, sbont seven o'clock., as
Win. Sketly, a boy about twelve years of age,
yon to a poor woman in the neigiihouihood of
lilackfriars, was playing on Saint Andrew's-bill,
heldi down, when a !.cavenger's cart going down
the bill at. the live time, one of the wheels went
over his head, and lie died upon being taken to
the hospital.

4POLIC,i INTEi;IAGENC&

now-STREET.

BaaAn.—Yesterday Chor&l Ferguson,
a baker, is Broad-street, St. appeared by
summons before Mr. MIMI/to to answer to an in-
formation, charging him witls selling Bread short
of *eight, very properly brought against him by
Mr. Charles Stray, a respectable shrieMaker, in
Tottenham Court-road, who had dealt with the
prisoner for some time, and had.frecrently dis-
covered his quartern loaves, four and five ounces
short.of weight, and bad complained tohimupon
the subject frequently, and the defendant had as
often 'pronilsed that it should not happen again.
On Monday Mr. Stray, sent a boy in his employ
to the defendant's shop for two quartern loaves ;
and from what had happened before, he was in-
duced to weigh them, and found they only- weighed,
three pounds fifteetcounces, being six ounces and
a half short of weight ; and having a large family
of seven children to maintain, it was more than be
could afford to 'lose ; and as a matter of public
justice, he thpttgbt it right to.lay the infortna-.
lion.—Mark Bnekingham, his boy, confirmed the
above.
'Pte Magistrate considered this a very flagrant
case, especially as bath the loaves weighed exactly
the same '.eight; the probAbitity therefore was,
that all the loaves he had made. on that- day, were
of *bests= deficiency-in weight, and therefore he
thought bins a proper subject for a 'white example,
and convicted him in the full penalty often
lings an ounce on the thirteen ounces, with co•ts