The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-28 00:00:00

BURGLARY:

Geoyge Taylor, alias Jahn Smith, alias t#llliaft?
Smith, James Baker, him 1-14kntan,
.Tur;
ay.,' and dibrahant. IPhitchoase, Were indicted for
breaking into the dweliitig-irouSe of .Wiltiatri church
Norcop, at Bettim,..and ,stealing thereoUt bne bank
value.s4l. ; one otiterditto„,valhe 321, ;
one other ditto, value,2ol.'; five ono poundlnotes„
five two pound notes, ''five other' one 'wow:litotes,
five other twortound notes, two guineas, ten halt-'-
guineas, ten seven-shilling pieces, ten crown pieces,
two Portugal.
.pieces, and Litliq
pieces -of gold and silver, with some plate. A,
Mr; Norcop only swear to one of the .pri-
soners, it was found i'ennisile to adipit one.ol,thein
as evidence on the. part. of . the CroWn, in ,order to
satisfy the end's of justice, and Sheldon was chosen
for that purpose.
W. C. Norcop befog sworn, stated, that Inning
fastened the doors Of his house about ten o'clock,
he wentlo bed, but was awoke by.a.noise at hib,
chamber-door about twelve; he saw a light,,
the door open, and. immediately asked,,who!s there I
what's the Matter; On ins, two Men, with their
faces blacked, and dirty snioek frocks, on, came up
to the bed. Wlntehouse was one at them, amid
held a plittoi over him ; the other stood with it,can-
-dle behind White, onse; who said—" Give me yoor
enoi:ey ; give u.S. yew. keys." ~ lie said, the 'keys,
"were in his breeches-pocket. They took them, up,,
and took the Inoue), out of
,the pocket ; t Nett.'
went to the but ran, when a third tn.pa came to the
opposite side of the bed, :hid said, `4 ,13e, still, be
quiet," several times. Not fi9dthg U.e hey fir Vcry
readily, the burtau was horst open ; heard then,
pour the money' out of the drawers,. hut could not
see them; and they thenieft the room. The,prir
Enter Turner was a footman in his serviee, about
foui or five years ago.' On exaMiriing a bureau and
a L•loset he missed the property mentioned in the
indictment.
Samuel Slieldon—knows the prisoners at the bar;,
assisted them in breaking into Mr. Norcop's house.
About a fortnight before the burglary was commit-
ted he met Turner, who asked him to gocalorig; with:
hini to rob Mr.' Norcop (he could go, in
.andt ake
the money himself, if somebody. would watch ; and
he conset.ted to go. TUrner said he had four more
to‘assist, and 'they were to meet at !he Wheat-Sheaf,
in Wolverhampton, on the 2441 i of March. They
all Met there at the time appointed ; and about
eleven o'clock' set out iowa ids Drayton. They did eint
walk all together, but :kept in sight of cacti other.
They slept at Newport that night ; -and abOtit ten
o'clock in the morning proceeded on towards pray.
ton. .They arrived withitl too yards of the bottle
about nine o'clock in the evening. Turner told
them to stay there; while he went and ptit things
ready for going in. TUrner and Taylor then
went . to' the- house; Turner entered • through
.the hall-door, turned into the 'parlour on
tithe
right hand, unfastened the shutters and sash win-
dow, and t, came out.. They all stayed in the
out-huiloiogs till,:abont twelve o'clock; and having
blacked the faces of witness, Whitehouie, Turner,
and linker, and put smock-frocks on Whitehouse
and Turner, they Went to the house.. ' 'Layer en-
tered 11,1.0,14 the window he had hefoie unfastened,
opened the hall-door, and let them all in ; lie then
went and lighted the candles. ' TaylOr was, sta-
tioned outside, with'a pistol to prevent any one Chin
;,
ing in or' out another pistol wasgitren to witness;
and Turner, with. the third In his hand, h'd the,
way, shewed •them Mr. Norcop'S room, and then
went down; he being fearful that Mr. 'Norco')
would know him 'it he went in.' Whitehouse
asked Mr. N. for the keys, apt) seeing hint agitated,
gave witness the candle tahold, took hepistol,, anti,
stood by Mr. Noreop; Who, gale him li.s smack..
clothes, out of which he took the niuhey zinney.
of the bureau. Hickman tried the key., 'and it not
fitting eery readily, he took an instrument front
under- his wars,. and,futeed it hi en. Wiii•clionse,
sitter) came to the bureau, t(;ok the 6sh, &lc. out, 01)1
put it in a sand! bag; They then' went Out, and cji-
rettly after heard a tell ring, on which Turner tiled
a pistol to alarm them. They their sA ow fur
shall, threw the smock hocks and lug, into a,kool,'
and went into a field oear,Eccleshall, to divide the
spoil; in doing which they quarrelled, Whitehouse
and Taylor, who carried the cash, being charged
with secreting parr ail. Having shared the boPtY.,
they separated. Turner and ss Went to the
Dolplutrintr, Stafford ; lurneitold the landlady be
Was come to ply her the guinea he owed her, They
'breakfasted there, • had three tankards of ale, and
Turner gave her a bank. post-bill for 30, nis: which
her asked her to change,.and keep tire guirrea; hut
she did not like to change it ; he, therefore, paid
the reckoning with a crown piece. ,They then went
to the White
,Bear, at which they triev'their four
companions. Witoess and Turner. bet out for Palk-
ridge on loot, and when about t rvo miles distant
were overtaken by Taylor and Viltlitdlouw,' in
fa
chaise, into
,which they entered, i,;(.1 “ AQUI CO Pe"-
ridge. They, kited anotherchake at Peokiidge, to
winch they proceeded .tOwards Wolverhampton ;
but when near Wolverhampton, Whitehouse and
Taylor got out.
Air. 41addtick stated, that he kept the Rol 11"11
public- bowie, at Sandy-line ; tecolli hied.
coining to his house, with three et her persons, bunt
a quarter before eight o'clock arch.
They had Ink rolls, part of which they ate, amid pp!
part in their pockets. Thr.-y said, they lied a Cqui-
pauioti in the toad, - Whd was sick'; they, went
out twice, as he supposed to take him refresheitent.
They lest his house bet Ween eight and nine. Kupws.
Turner very well. '
'Mrs. Shallcross stated, that she kept the Dolphin
Inn, Stafford; that Turner,iin:cordpany with a Man
who had a lame band, came,there on.the 26.111
of
March, and told her, he was come to pay—the guinea
he owed her ; she told him, that was right ; that
they- breakfasted; and had three tankard's* ale;
PaYaleht h 4 offered her ab Il Which-she 'desired a
114 relier to look at, who asked her it she had say!),
and it she knew the amount of it She replied, 0.
He filch told her, it was rot al. Id's; and st+e i 4
tuned paid the reckon-,

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