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London, England, 1807-11-05 00:00:00

be withia tight, much lets igottl dillanee, trom the
commencement of the purfuit to the ultimate capture.
After hearing Dr.Lawit sit c at confiderahle length,
in behalf of the claimants, upon the point of law, the
Court pollponed the further confidetation of this
quellion for a future day.

OLD BAILEr.

Yeflerday fix prifoners were tried, three of whoin
were convicted of felony, viz.

Ann Woodman, for ftealing a carpet, the prepeity of
John Frembly ; and

Eliz. Jotter, who was indiEted for Ilealing from the
fhep of Mars. Neale, Bailey, and Neale, in St. Paul's
Church-yard, a liquor frame and three cur glafs bot-
tles of the value of 31. Is. id. The witnefres for the
profecution proved the value of the articles, and alfu
the prifoner's being at the bottle of the profecutors,
on the night of the 9th of Oelober Lill, and her ac-
knowledging the fad the next morning, upon being
charged therewith, and that the had fold the fame to
a pawnbroker. a little below the Old Bailey, for 255.
The articles were produced, and were of the bell kind.
The pawnbroker's man Stated, the prifoner brought
him the articles fur Pale, on the morning of the toth
of OOober, and that he gave her 25,. fur the fame.
He Paid he could buy them f 30s.

Mr. GURN BY, the Counfel for the profecutrus. faid
it appeared he could. as he bought them of thieves.

The RICORDIIk cautioned the young man from
buying things in this way again, as he might hereaf
ter be profecuted for it.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Guittr.
7 Sheen, an Millman, who was capitally indiEted
for privately Healing from the perfon of Edmund
Rourke, his countryman, a filver watch, on the
night of Sunday, the sth of July lath
E. Rourke, flatted to the Court and Jury, that
he was a labouter at Bow, employed by Mr. Crane.
On Sunday, the sth of July, he had been at a public
houfe in Bow, along with the prifoner, and they left
it between (even and eight in the evening. The pri
fooer went home with him to his door, and in a few mi•
nutes after he got into his hook he miffed his watch.
He went out in order to afccrtain whether or not he
had dropped it, and he found its outer cafe only. He
fent a meffage to the prifoner, defiling him to come
to him next morning, in order to afk him whether
or not he knew any thing of his watch ? He admit-
ted that he was tipiey when he quitted the public
houfe. He found his watch a long time after, at a
pawnbroker's. Being sliced if he would know his
watch again, he replied, " if he did not know it
among a hundred, he would take the whole blame on
himfelf."

Mr. Lloyd, a Superintendant of a pawnbroker's
(hop at Poplar, Elated, that the prifoner pawneJ the
watch with him on Monday the Gth of July. It was
deliitute of the outer cafe, and he advanced him
eight (billings upon it. He was lure the pi it rater
was the perfon.. _ _

John tee, a conflable, apprehended the priloner
on the 15th of Anglin. A duplicate of the watch
was found upon him. He laid he had won the watch
at a raffl:, and the duplicate was found/itch/din his
breeches.

E. Rourke, the profecutor, fwore to the watch as
his property ; three he had loft it, he had fold its
outer cafe. The pawnbroker proved tht duplicate to
be the fame he had given the prifoner.
The priftx.er, faid in his defence, that Rourke was
drunk all the day on which he had loft his watch.'
He and feveral others had been with him. He
invited the prifoner to go home with him to fee where
he lived, having invited him to come and fee him
on the Sui.day following. 44 I was drunk, (faid the
prifoner), and we were ail drunk together."
After the Common SERJEANT had charged the
Jury, the prifoner was found guilty.
And three were acquitted, among whom
Bartlett Bayley was indicted fir fleeting a purfe,
containing one half guinea, a feven (billing piece,
and a one pound note,lhe property of Capt. James
Fitzmaurice, deceafed.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Stevens,the
mailer of an hotel in Ortendon.ltreet, that the Cap.
tain died in his houfe on the t tth •of Oanber. The
prifoner was in the houfe on the morning of that day,
having been necationally employed by the deceafed
in bt ufhing cloaths The witnefs was in the room
when the Captain expired, and the intiant he dire°.
vered he was no snore, he carried all the deceafed'a
wearing apparel into an adjoining room. He found
open, in one of Iris pockets, a pocket book that had
been locked the night before. He afked the nurfe
for the pantaloons of the deceafed, which generally
were depnlited under his pillow ; but he found no-
thing in them. The witnefs knew that Captain Fox.
maurice ufually kept hi• pink in his pantaloons; but
the purfe and its contents had difappeared. The
prifoner came into the room loon after the death of
the Captain, and the withers charged him, the nurfe,
and the chambermaid, with having Men the purfe.
They all denied it, and an officer was feat fem.—
When the prifoner law the officer coming in at the
door, be pulled the purfe nut of his waillcoat pocket,
Paying, " Here it is, here it is ; and 1 (hall take care
of it, as the Captain owed my filler nearly 11. fur
wanting." On the crofs examination of the witnefs
by Mr. Boxxamn, nn fact came out to impeach the
prifoner of having fiolen the purfe. It was proved,
that he had been for tome time in the room with the
deceafed on the morning before he died, when the
nurfe and every one elfe was abfent. In there cir-
cumflances the pity acquitted the prifoner—it being
betides manifen that a rum of 11. 175. was owing
by the deceakd to the prifoner': filter in law for
writhing.