The Sun.
London, England, 1811-11-06 00:00:00

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• " - • TI.7SDAY, NOV. 5.
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' Niigata Tibbutt and ilium Burhe stood
telly indicied for a burglary and teihberY in the
dwelling-house of Caleb Blunt, neeeOxfard-market,
,and 'healing thereout a time.:pieee, some silver
spepriS, a peir of gold eateringS, two gold finger
rin s,
'three M. Bank holes, fur ii.t* notes,- and other:
property.
It appeared from the evidence, that' after the rob-
bery, some suspicion fell on
.Borne, and .he was ime
mediately charged with either being a ietriy in the
crime, or knowing hyywhom it was committed. He
at first denied allknowfedge of the facet ; but 011 be-
ing takee 'into custody byean officer, he said be knew
who had committed the robbery ; and that thepar-
tiee were the prisoner, Tibbett, and two sojdiers of,
the .Base London Militia ; and he went
:with t,fte:
officer to Bunhill-row, to point out the tiodgiege of
the two Belcher's.: ..They were not there, and rte then
went with , the' officer to the. Bricklayer's:Arms,e in
Swell Andley-street, where Tibbett was foiled and
iakee into custody. They then proceeded to Tat-
bett'stlodgings in • Fleet-lane, which they searched,
and there 'they found-nearly the whole of the stolen
property, hidden amongst some boat:binder's shay'.
'togs. - The prisoners acknowledged the robbery,.
saying, that. they alone were concerned , but they
• hoped, Oar, as the property was obtained, thew
would bean end of the tiredness. It appeared the t t bey
ad made their way into the .yard belonging to the
'prosecutor's,house thretugh"an adjacent coblees-stall,
and then climbing upon a shed, entered by raising
the sash-window of the first floor.
Both prisoners were found Guilty, but recom-
mended to mercy by the Jury on account of their
youth and previous goodeharetters.
Joseph dlders stood capitally iediaed for stealing
in a dwellingehouse, a piece of kerseymere, thirty-
five yards in length, value 101., the property of
Messrs. John anti James Baylis, woollen-drapers, 5215;
Strand, on the 18th of October.
Thomas Cates, a Bow-street, officer, proved, that
as he was passing along. the Strand about two
o'clock 'on the day above ended, he
.observed the
prisonerw,alking with two other men, all of whom
,he knew, near Si.. Clement's Church. He imme-
diately crossed, and followed them close, Wspeteing
they were upon some dishorOkt- pr'ject. Shortly
atter wards, he saw the prisoner go into Mr. Beylis's
shop, and immediately come out with a piece of
cloth under his arm, which was now produbed in
Court. The prisoner, as soon as he saw the witness,
dropped the cloth in the street, and ran towards
Temple-bar, turning down Essee-street. The offi-
cer pursued him as ta.t, without losing sight of him,
acd took him into custody.
.Mr. i 3 sylis, jun. proved that he was in the back
shop when the prisoner came in, and saw him run
out with the piece under his arm.
The Recorder summed up the evidence for the
Jury, who found the prisoner Guilty.
lfhile stood capitally' ititlided for being'
at large before the expiration of this period of. trans-,
portation for seven years,' to which he was sen-
tenced at. the Old Bailey September Sessions, in
1800.
Limbrick, the linw-street officer, who apprehend-
ed him on the 7th of (Maier, it) Tottenham-court-
, road in consequence of information he ieeltreceived,
. produced the certificateeof his former conviction,
and the man's person u as. identified 'by his own
confession before the Magistrate. '
The prisoner put in it written defence,' in which
he stated, that his character had been always. unim
peachable previous to the feet for which he had
been convicted, namely, stealing a brass-cock, value
'five shillings. Thai ever since he had been sent on
'board the ,hulke hip conduet had been also irre-
,proachable; that having heard that his wile had,
.during his confinement, lived with another man,
and had childien by him, and was mill living with
him, and having had this, fact confirmed to him by
his son, a little boy of len years old, who was per-
, milted to see him on board the hulks jealousy and
rage had tempted him to escape on slime, and he
was taketen few days after, as he atipposed,
,tapon
the information•of the man • who cohabited- with his
wife. He stated, that an officer from the hulk bad
attended several days to Rise him a charaeter, but
Was obliged to return to Woolwich. •
Liinbrick, who apprehended him,' said the man
really had bane the best. of characters on board the
bulk, for exemplary good.condnct.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom-
mended him to merey I and the Recorder pro-
mised to,recommend his' case in a proper quarter.
'Mary Davis,. a . wretched old woman, aged 64,
was capitally convicted of. privaitey stealing two
,pieces of printed -haudkerchiefs, 'in the shop of a
Mr..Stephees, Shadwdll.

MiDDLiSEX SESSIONS,

I;tIESD.AY," NOV. 5.

• great number of persons were tried this day,
and convicted on the charge of uttering counterfeit
money.. . •
John boodwin was incliAed for uttering a Coun-
terfeit dollar; with intent lo -defraud John Weaver.
The defendant. went into tile, eating,,...house of the
prosecutor on the evening of tt:e. 3 tmt of July, in
company with two other peisons, and partook of a
.itipper, for which be paid the dollar in question,
and received the change, and quitted the house.
Shortly after he returned, and tendered another dot-
lar, Which was refused ; he was secured, and con-
trived to tlfrow told the street two other. &Alms,
all counterfeits.. , • i•
In his defence, he called several witutres to his
charaaer, who represented -lino as the covner ot a
vessel chartered for Giternsey.` The'Jory, however,
founa biro and seotenced inv-pr i
sonedf six. months.
klewas indiaed torn similar offence,- and received
the same punishment. •
Mary Thompson ‘atta John Phillips we're inciicl
ed, the fist tor, uttering a counterfeit tciilutg to
'lMr. Payne, of Piccadilly, end the latter ttor having
In his•ii_ossession a' vast' quantity of 'cowl terfeitsil-
ver. The female. prisoner went into tlid shop of
he prosecutor, which is ail nated in Plccatlilly; and
also 'a cdnummication with TichbA.;ne-street,
.end tendered 3- Counterfeit shilling, whicil was re-
Itised, She quitted tile shop, and in -a le* minutes'
teturned ~into the. shop by the other door) 'finding
her otiotalte, and ttlinnvtly lett the* piaci, and Mr,