The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-16 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

John Hewitt, a lad between 16 and 17 years of age,
and Elizabeth Boutlnrry, who looked three or four years
older, were charged with stealing " A Treatise on Rocks,"
in two volumes, from the premises of Mr. Wilks, a book-
seller, in Chancery-lane. Hewitt had been employed as
an errand .boy by the prosecutor, and was discharged about
a month ago, three or four days after the female prisoner
had been hired as a servant in the family. On Saturday
List Mr. Sweet, a neighbour, with whom Hewitt had
subsequently lived as en errand-boy, calls I on Mr. \\'ilks,
and stated that he had found the two volumes in the pes-
' session of the youth, and from some circumstances, he had
a doubt whether they had not been stolen. Mr. W. iden-
tified the volumes imrnedi itely by a track where a number
had been pasted on, he having purchas:ql them et an
auction, and Mr. Wilka's shoprnan remembered seeing
them on the premises so lately as the day befinie.—
Mr. Sweet then mentioned that ha bad seen Hewitt
let in at Mr. Wtlks's private door, i❑ the day time,
and at night, and it was, therefore, prohab!e titers
was an intimacy between the lad and the maid servant.
Lightfoot, the street-keeper of St Dunstan's, was called
in, and he, upon searching the lad, found three tender
epistles, which left no doubt of the connection between him
and the servant, and by further inquiry, Mr. Wilke ascer-
tained that Hewitt had slept several nights in his house.
Hewitt was on Monday brought before Sir Peter Laurie,
who directed the officer to apprehend the other prisoner,
and both underwent a long examination yes'eiday.
The lad keely confessed that he had stolen the books,
and said he believed he effected it without the knowledge of
the young woman. He had slept in the house, but not
in her bed.

Elizabeth, upon being questioned on the point, very in-
dignantly asserted that the youth had not slept in her bed ;
she, however, admitted the notes found on Hewitt-were
written by her; and being a.ked the meaning of an ex-
pression by no means equivocal, she (fur a moment only)
became confounded with shame, and faintly answered, " I
still s',y he never slept in my bed."
Eventually, Sir P. LAURIE, though with very great
reluctance, yielded to the intercesssions of the prosecutor,
and the lad's sister, the wife of a respectable tradesman,
and dismissed the prisoners, with a severe admonition.

The following are copies of the letters :
(No. 1.)
My Dear Jhon—l take my pen in my hand to writ to
you with a tremblen hand, acane hart, and kers in my
eye: omy dear i love you as Dear as my life. Pray
lett me see you to night, 0 my dear don not make your
self strange, pray' don't. My Brother say that i ham
to ;kin a fool of you, a good fornothing fellow. If I dont
see you to night I will doo sum think to myselft. 0 pray
,lim'c let us part lett our too harts be joint in one. I have
made myselft quit ill with eriing. I have turned away
too for your sake, my hart will brake fur you. Does
you think that if i wose makin a fool of you that I shid
love you as i does. no, never. turn it over in your
mind. Pray corn and see me as soon as you can, for God
sake, for i shall die f,r you.
Excites the writing for papcl in love is like no one else
but por But.
So i remane yor effectionate Lover
EL. BOIJRBRY.
I must say Lover still and I hope will. Pray doo let
me see you to night my Love.