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London, England, 1822-12-19 00:00:00

_ iwu rrunics.-natl been hroken
open and • rifled of their contents, LAs nlessagcwas
sent to-the prosecutor, who imMediately returned
'horn his C • lub anti diseoiered'that the trUnki had
been robbed of the money and property mentioned
in theindietment. Suspicion fell upon the *toner,
Next day his lodgings were searched; in the presei:ce
of the prosecutor, his brother, and two constables.
After making a general inspection, they saw nothing
to confirm their suspicions, and were about to quit
the house, when they ohserved; that during the
'search the prisoner had been immoveably filed upon
one board in the floor, and was agitated ; upen which
they became curious in their examination of it. The
prisoner said there wris nothing' there; but upon re.
moving him, they perceived that part of the floor
had been cut, and clumsily nailed down again. A
chisel was procured, and the board removed, when.
one of the constables thrust his arm between the floor•
ing and the ceiling below, and pulled out a night.
cap, in which was found a purse of gold and silver.
Amongst the latter was one sixpence, which the pro-
secutor immediately recognized to be his property,
from marks upon it. Upon examining further, A
bunch of skeletontkeys was pulled out, cue of which,
when applied to the prosecutor's bed.room door,
opened it immediately. These circumstances con-
firmed suspicion. The prisoner said, that the money
and the skeletons found were his property. It fur,
ther appeared, that just about the time ~f the rob.
bery, the prisoner was seen standing in the street near
the prosecutor's door. These were the circumstances
adduced in evidence to establish the prisoner's guilt.
A twofold defence was set up for the prisoner;
first, that he was possessed of a considerable quan-
tity of gold money before the robbery ; and second,
that he had received the sixpence sworn to by the
prosecutor in change of a half-crown at an oyster.
shop in Deptford.
When the witnesses were called to prove these
facts, their evidence turned out to be very loose and
unsatisfactory. A great many witnesses gave the
prisoner a good character for being an lione.a, in-
dustrious, sober, and respectable young man during
his past life.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction,
found the prisoner Guilty—Death; but recommended
him to mercy, on account of his good character.
Stephen Lawrence was indicted under the 321
Geo. 111. c. 143, for assembling with other persons,
to the number of three and more, at the parish cf
St. John, in the Isle of Thanet, on the Ist of Septem-
ber, 1821, arrne•rf, for the purpose of aiding and
assisting in the illegal running and landing of certain
uncustomed goods. The indictment contained seve-
ral other counts, charging the prisoner with fele-
niously shooting at one Wallington Carr and other',
being officers of the Customs; with aiding others
the last-mentioned felony, &c. This indictment was
found by the Grand Jury at the last Lent Assizes fer
this county, when no less than twerty-one persons
implicated in this transaction ‘‘eie tried, nineteen of
whom were convicted, and four executed. The pri-
soner had not been apprehended at that time, but lid
been since, and was now brought to trial. The trial
commenced at nine o'clock, and did net end until
half-past seven this evening. At the time of the
former trial the particulars of the case were fully
detailed, and it is now unnecessary to enter into theta
minutely.—The prisoner was acquitted.

In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Friday,
in the case of Fleming v. Crome,which had occupied
the Court for eight successive days, the Jury had met
to decide on a verdict,when it was discovered that the
sudden and severe indisposition of Mr. Cal'well, one
of the Jury, had prevented his attendance; in CoflSe•
quence of which the Jury were discharged without
coming to any decision. _