The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-16 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS ON TUESDAY.

The five unfortunate individuals who are ordered for execution
on Tuesday, were tried at the Sessions held iu December and
January last.
Their names are James Wingfield, aged 25 ; Royal Keats,
aged 31 ; Daniel Davis, aged 20, William Davies, aged 26 ; and
Robert Young, aged 34.
JAMES WINGFIELD was tried for violating the person of Sarah
Weatherby, in a field near Harrow. The child, who was only 12
years old, was at work in a field near Harrow with Wingfield, who
worked at the plough, when he took hold of her and said she must
go along with him. He dragged her along to a hedge; she
screamed as loud as she could, and teld him to leave her alone,
but he threw her down on the green sward, and placed his hand
over her mouth to stop her screaming. After he had completed
the offence, he told her not to tell her mother, and he would give
her something. The prisoner, when taken into custody, and told
what it was, said, " I know that I shall be hanged for it."
ROYAL. KEATS, who is a lame man, and walks with the assist-
ance of a crutch, was indicted with his brother William, aged 18
years, for having stolen, on the 22d of November, seven sheep,
the property of John Lamb and William Welsh. It appeared,
that on the morning of the 22d of November, 106 sheep were
placed in the prosecutors' field, at Southall, and on the following
morning, about two o'clock, the prisoners were seen by two of
the patrol belong to Bow-street office driving seven of the sheep
along the road near Brentford ; they were stopped and questioned,
and they said that they had been employed to drive the sheepfrom
Windsor, to the house of a Mr. Mills, at Vauxhall, and they were
marked " W. 8." The patrol followed the prisoners till day-light,
and then discovered that the sheep were not marked as they had
described ; and after the prisoners were taken into custody, it was
ascertained that the sheep had been consigned by a Mr. Gardiner
to the prosecutors for sale. Mr. Mills, of Vauxhall, negatived
the statement of the prisoners, that he had employed them to drive
the sheep from Windsor. Royal Keats, in his defence, said, that
he found the sheep astray in the road near Windsor, and he was
driving them to Mr. Mills, of Vauxhall, for the purpose of finding
the owner, when he was apprehended. The younger prisoner said,
that be had been employed by his brother to assist him in driving
the sheep to Vauxhall. The Jury found both the prisoners guilty;
but recommended the younger prisoner to mercy on the ground
that he acted tinder the direction of his brother.

DANIEL DAVIES was indicted for having secreted a letter con
taining a 101. and a 51. Bank note, which it was his duty, as a
letter carrier, to have delivered to Mr. Poole, of Bird Cage walk,
Hackney, by whom it had been sent by a gentleman named Payne,
from Leicester. It was proved on the trial that the letter in
question was delivered to the prisoner at the General Post Office,
on the 23d of November, to deliver ; and a book nas produced,
in which there was a receipt in the prisoner's hand-writing, for
the payment of the postage of - the letter in question and three
others on that day. The Jury, in returning their verdict of
Guilty, recommended the prisoner to mercy, on account of his
previous good character.
WILLIAM DAVIS was indicted for stealing articles of plate, of
considerable value, the property of Captain William Knox; and
Catherine Williams, aged 35 years, was indicted at the same time
fur receiving some of the property, knowing it to have been stolen.
The facts proved in evidence were briefly these :—Davis was a
footman in Capt. Kr' iox's service, at the house of the Captain's
mother, in North Crescent, Bedford-square. On Nov. 28, the
Captain had a dinner party, which it was the duty of the prisoner
to have attended to wait at table. A short time before the party
arrived, the prisoner left the house with a trunk; and soon after-
wards the Captain discovered that he had been robbed of a silver
watch, a silver tea-pot, two large silver candlesticks, two gravy
spoons, twelve table spoons, twelve table forks, six dessert spoons,
twenty-three tea spoons, and other articles. On the 26th of De-
cember, both prisoners were apprehended in Hot-wells' road,Bristol,
where they were cohabiting, together. Several pawnbrokers,
residing in London and Bristol, proved that the female prisoner
had pledged part of the stolen property soon after the robbery was
committed ; and four of the duplicates, and part of the stolen
property, were found on the male prisoner's person. The Jury
found both prisoners guilty, but strongly recommended Davis to
the Royal clemency on account of his former good character.
ROBERT Youwo was indicted for committing a burglary in the
house of Mr. Bernal, at Feltham-hill, on the night of the 31st of
December last, and stealing therein two guns, five snuff-boxes,
three coats, fourteen tea-spoons, and other articles. The pri-
soner lived in a cottage, at a place called Whitton, which is
about two miles distant from the house of the prosecutor. On the
afternoon of Sunday, the 31st of December, the prisoner was
seen near the prosecutor's house, and he inquired of a girl if
there was not a road over the fields leading to it, and she told him
there was over the hedges and ditches. On that night the house
of the prosecutor was locked up as usual, and on the following
morning, before daylight, the prosecutor's butler, on going down
stairs, discovered that during the night the premises had been en-
tered by robbers, who had cut a hole in the kitchen door by
means of centre-bits ; and by introducing a hand had taken away
an alarm bell from the door, and forced open the fastenings. The
kitchen, parlour, and drawing room had been rifled, and the pro-
perty above named, with the key of the larder and the hat of a
gentleman, named Curtis, who was at that time on a visit at the
house of the prosecutor, had been carried off. Information of the
robbery was given to Mr. Cooke, the High Constable of that dis-
trict, and he, knowing the prisoner's habits, prciceeded to his
cottage, and there found on his person a large bunch of picklock
and skeleton keys, two centre-bits, which corresponded in size
exactly with the holes in the prosecutor's doors, and in the cot-
tage he found a snuffbox, the prosecutor's larder door key, and the
hat of Mr. Curtis, which were respectively identified by their
owners. The charge was made out by the most indisputable evi-
dence, and the Jury instantly returned a verdict of Guilty.
Since the order for their execution arrived at Newgate, the un-
happy prisoners have conducted themselves in a most becoming
manner, and paid the strictest attention to the advice of the Rev.
Gentlemen who attend them.