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take care of for him. At this time hi had more
gold in his pocket.
The constable being recalled, depoid that the
Captain of the prisoner denied, in the presence of the
prisoner, that he haa paid him any wages. *The Cap-
' tain at present is on a vorage.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that he received
the six guineas which he left with Mrs. Jacibs from
a shipmate, for the purpose of keeping them in safety.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Not Gstilty.
John Benjamin Brookes, the prisoner who was ar-
raigned in the morning, was placed at the bar.
Mr. PLATT, his Counsel, then made an application
to the Court for the postponement of the prisoner's
trial until next Sessions, on the gr9und that he had
not been able to obtain the attendance of a witness,
whose evidence would be material to his defence.
An affidavit was put in in support of the fact.
Mr. ALLEY, who was for the prosecution, said he
would not oppose the application, if the Court thought
fit to listen to it.
After some deliberationo the Court directed the
trial to stand over till next Sessions ; but ordered the

prisoner to remain in custody.
Hannah Stanton, aged 18, and Hester Cummings,
aged 25, were capitally indicted for assaulting Henry
Woodcock on the King's highway, and taking [rum

his person 35 sovereigns.
Woodcock, the prosecutor, who is apparently about
70 years of age, stated that he lived in the country.
'He was in London on the 15th of August last. On
the evening of that day he was walking through
Whitechapel, a good deal intoxicated. Two women
came up, one of whom took hold of his arm, and
the other pushed him up Nelson-court. Hes had a
great coat on his arm, which one of the prisoners
seized hold oft and at the same time the other thrust
her hand into his small-clothes pocket and took out
a purse containing the 35 sovereigns : after which,
they both ran off very quickly. He now believed that
both the prisoners were the women who robbed him.
In his cross-examination'by 111 r. LAW, he said he'
did not exactly know at firstithe place where the rob-
bery was committed ; but after some time searching,
in company w;th an officer, he found it. He was not
certain whether he had not said to the Magistrate that
he was not sure of the identity of the prisoners.
' The constable who apprehended the prisoners de-
;posed, that the prosecutor told him he could not
-swear to the parties who had robbed him, as he was
much in liquor at the time. - Witness went in search
of the prisoners, and fotind Cummings in a !reuse in
Nelson-court. lie searched it, and in a yard belong-
ing to it he found the prosecutor's great coat. Cum-
ming: said that some person must have thrown it
there unknown tci 'lei. She afterwards declared to wit-
ness that the-Other prisoner, Stanton, threw it there.
Plunkett, an officer, went to search Stanton's house.
On hii arrival she made her escape, but he followed
and found her in another house. She protested en-
tire ignorance of the robbery, and accounted for her
having gone away on the appearance of the officer,
by saying that she had had a quarrel with another
female, and she thought the officer had a warrant
against her in consequence. On searching her no-
thing was found to excite suspicion.
Both prisoners in their defence declared their per-
fect innocence of the transaction. _ -
Mr. Baron GRAHAM slimmed np the evidence,
and the Jury acquitted Stanton, but found Cum •
wings—Grtiliy_ of stealing from the person'.
After the removal of Cummings, who appeared in-
a very weak state, and was scarcely able to walk
without assistance, Mr. Baron Graham left the Court•
for a short time. During his absence an officer of
the Court informed the Bench, that the prisoner Cum-
mings was in such a state of health on 'the night of
the robbery, as to have made it impossible that -she
qOulsl have been one of the parties concerned in it ;
she having sonic time before lost the use of her lower
limbs, and from that time to the,present she was un-
able to walk without assistance. He added, that en
the day following the robbery, when arrested, •she
was scarcely able to stir, when carried before the
Magistrate.
Mr. Justice Berr—es Good Con, Sir, why did you
not mention this at the time of the trial? However,
I shall mention the circumstance sto my brother
Graham, on his return to Court ; in the meantime,
let all the parries remain in Court, and let the sur-
geon who attended her be sent for."
Mr. Baron GRAHAM, at the conclusion olahe next
trial, ordered the prisoner Cummings to be again
placed at the bar.
Plunkett,' the officer, was recalled, and he stated,
that when he arrested her, she was scarcely able
to walk.
The Surgeon was next examined, and he stated that
he attended her, arid had to-day examined her most
minutely. She ryas labouring under the effects of ;a
violent cold caught in her lying-in some time before.
She could not now run, and he believed that at the
time of the robbery she must have been less able than
at present. He believed it impossible that she could
have committed the robbery, and then run away as
described by the prosecutor.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM, after consulting with the
other Judges, ordered the prisoner to enter into her l
own recognizance in the sum of 20/. to appear for
judgment when called for, and to be then discharged.
On questioning her for this purpose, it appeared that
she was a married woman, and that her husband was
living. His Lordship on learning this ordered her
to pay a fine of 6d. and.to be discharged ; but upon.
some observations made to him by Mr. Justice Best,
his Lordship altered this, and ordered her to be dis-
charged forthwith. .
The poor woman was then removed from the bar,,
evidently much affected by this sudden and' un-.
looked-for 'change in her situation.
• William Manse was indicted for stealing a cast
iron pipe, value ss. the property of the London Gas
and Coke Company. •
The prisoner was a labourer in the employment of
one of the City paviors. It was proved by two wit-
nesses that the prisoner took the pipe, which was
lying,•along with several others of the same kind, in
the street, broke it into three pieces, and sold it
for sixpence.

The'prisoner in his .defence said he found it in its
broken state, and thinking it was of no use, sold it.
His employer gave him •an excellent character for
the four years he had' worked for hiru::—Verdict,
Guilty, but recommended to mercy.
' Charles Robinson, a genteel-looking. and well
dressed boy, about 16 years old, was indicid for