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London, England, 1808-02-22 00:00:00

OLD :13.1t14,6r.:
Thursday the Sessions corninetaced at the Old Fal-
k", before Mr. Justice I-; eATII, Mr.. Justice LE Biaec,
Baron Weeks; and the buy Officers.
Wiliam ;Volker, a coNer in the. Middlesex Militia,
was capitally indicted for stopping Robert Oldlield
a the King's highways putting him in fear, and
taking from his person six-pence and a penny-piece,
bin property. It appeared that the prosecutor, en
athletic old ma, was cie?ssrig the fields from Pen-
toriville towards town, about nitre o'clock in the even-
ing, whop he was stopped lily the prisoner, who took
from him the trifle above stated, but the prosecutor
seized a favourable opportunity, knocked him down,
and flinging himself upon his 'body, succeeded in
taking a bayonet from his side. He cried out mut-
der, and the person who came to his assistance was
his own son, who chanced to be going the same road.
The robber, however, made his escape. The prosecu-
tor next day applied at the head-quarters of the regi-
ment, and, producing the bayonet, the prisoner was
discovered. He made no defence, and was fcund
Guilty. The prosecutor, with as much eccentricity
as humanity, intreated the Judge would not hang the
prisoner, observing,. that if he was transported it
would satisfy him just as well.
E. Wrstbrcoke, for stealing 300 dozen .of printed
cotton handkerchiefs, the property of Messrs. Hart-
well and Beaman, in the dwelling-house of the said
James Hartwell.—Guilty.
Mary Tletther, for privatelsteals in the shop of
Mr. South, linen-draper, 21 yards of Week silk, value
51. his property.
It appeared, by the testimony of the prosecutor's
shopman, that the prisoner purchased half a yard of
cotton velvet on the 11th of February, and that when
sheleft the shop, the deponent had not missed the
property. A parter proved that he saw the prisoner
drop a roll of silk, and, from her manner, he supposed'
it to have been stolen. On asking her where she hadl,
it ? she replied, it was no business of his, and he
'detained her.
Mr. South, the prosecutor, proved the stolen pro-1
perty produced to be his by a private mark on it.
In defence, the prisoner said she had kicked against
the property when she left the prosecutor's shop, and'
had taken it up, when she was charged with theft.—
It appeared, however, that she had confessed the
robbery to Gregory, a constable, who found other 11
property in her possession, which she aieo confessed';
having stolen.—Guilty—Death.
Ife'.-ea was indicted for stealing twelve pair
of cotton hose,' value 5G% frhm the shop of James
White, in Whitethapel. The prosecutor stated, that
he was busy with some customers in his back shop,
when he observed the prisoner, wham he knew again
by her gown, come in, and after remaining a minute,
go out. This raised a suspicion ; he followed and
overtook her, and with the assistance of a neighbour
secured her. The prosecutor being questioned as to
the real value of the stockings, insisted that, at the
• very lowest, they were worth 475. 6d.
The prisoner denied ever havine been in the prose-
cutor's ship, and accounted for tie possession of the
stockings, by saying, that a very genteel lady, dressed
in black, had requested her to carry them to a certain
place.
The Jury, after examining the storkings,pronounced
the prisoner guilty of stealing to the amount of 595.
Benjamin Thornhill was indicted for stealing one
waistcoat, seven shirts, and three table-cloths, value
21. and upwards, the property of George Adam Ross,

Esq.
The prosecutor stated, that he resided in Blenheim.
street, Oxford-street ; that the prisoner had lived in
his service as groom for about eighteen months ;
having missed a variety of table and body-linen, he
procured a search-warrant, and in the apartments'.
over the stables he found, in a trunk belonging to the.
prisoner, a quantity of sheets and body-linen, his pro-
perty. On searching another trunk at the prisoner's •
lodgings, other linen, his property, was also found. 1,
The evidence of Mr. Ross was corroborated by
the Officer who apprehended the prisoner. • .1
In his defence, the prisoner stated, that in the month
of May his master removed to town from his country
house ; and, that on packing up the clothes, he found
that the trunks would not contain all his master's
linen, in consequence of which he deposited the re-
mainder in hi, own trunks. Some of the property,
however, found in his possession he accounted for by
alled4ing, that his master had at various times given
him linen and other articles.
Mr. Ross admitted, that he had given him some i
of the al-;.icies found in his trunks ; but swore, that
those enumerated in the indictment were never given
to the prisoner. He could not swear that they were
-all take). at onetime.
The Learned Judge, in summing up, observed, that
no proof had been adduced that the articles were all
taken at one time. It w..s, therefore, probable that
they were purloined separately ; if so, the Jury must
(supposing they were satisfied with the evidence) find
him guilty of 7;tealin7 under forty shillings value.
The Jury acc6rdingly found him guilty of stealing
to the value of thirty-nine shillings.
Friday tweray-three prisoners were tried, three of
whom were cnpitally convicted, viz.
Catharine Jelatine,s, for :uttering a counterfeit shil-
Lag, and haying 1-:;fore b.-"cn convicted of being a "
common utterer ; Frederick Poiman for stealing
Bank note, e: due 1001. the property of James Wood,
in the dwell:eg-honse :4 William Williams ; Charles',
Pickever for =nutting William Hickley on the King's
highwa7, hlrn in fear, and taking from his
person a gold watch, chain, a gold seal, a metal
key, and a pocket-book, his property.
Orr Savirday '46 ptiseners were tried, two of whom
were capitally convicted, viz.
L. Tobin and E. Ilick.l, , for. stealing a quantity •
of etnmillion, and other colours, to the value of ti.ol.
from the warehouse of Messrs. Berger, colour-deal-.
ers, in Pow-lane, where they had been employed as
porters. Mr. L. Berger, one of the partners, said,
the house having been robbed of considerable proper-
ty, he and a clerk concealed themselves in the
warehouse ; when the porters came to work they
heard the two prisoners open the door of an inner
warehouse with a false key. They saw them after-
wards come out, and proceed to the street door.—
They rushed after them, when they ran away. • Tobin
threw down a bundle near the door, and was taken
in Cheapidde. Hickey ran near .a befere he was
taken. It appeared, that Tobin had been discharged