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London, England, 1813-11-06 00:00:00

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thank who.heard him" whispering at Itin
" Janimrdeugh come out)", and the Hauner
diately okned the door and stood on ell' tholllolll.
The aesteliman then rah fearlessly Opow ihtm and
commanded them to stdp: they fled diffetent.Ways,,
and Moon followed James Cleugh about tifty yatck
who turued suddenly "dons!, and shaking a beasts
iron crow, told his puriutt that the thief had rod
down another street N 0,7 relied the seat&
man, you are the man," and immediately co
Tared him,, upon which he threw away Ms iron crost
and surrendered himself. When the watchman re.
turned with the • prisoner to the prosecutor's shop, he
found seven valuable packages of cutlery, were tea,
moved from the inner rotuns to the back of Alae
front door, anti one el' them, containing razors; bad
been wrenched open, but none of the goods wet,
Carried off.
The RECORDER applauded the honest and simple
stratagem- of the watchman, commended him for his
remarkably good conduct, and lamented that the
law did not bestow any reward upon services so me.
titoriour as that of saying an honest man's goods
and sending a rogue out of the country.
The Jury, who immediately found the prism.
Guilty, concurred with the Recorder in eulogizing
the watchman, and inquired of what county he was
a native ? He said he belonged to Lancashire.
Charles. Brannon was indicted for stealing a valu...
able gold chain and seals from the person of Williald
Mitchell, on the King's highway, on the evening of
the 11th of October last.
The prosecutor having regaled himself with #
glass of liquor at a public house, where the prisoner
was also drinking, proceeded homewards about eight
o'clock ; and as he passed along John-street, nerir
Golden-square, he observed the prisoner walking on
the other side of the street, who suddenly darted
across, plucked away the prosecutor's gold seals and
chain, and ran into Golden-square, whither he WAS
followed and secured by the prosecutor, assisted by
a soldier. When he conveyed him to the watch-house,
conceiving that as his chain and seals were gone, his
watch was gone also, he charged the prisoner with
stealing the whole, who immediately said, 64 Gentle-
men, take notice what the man says ; for he has his
watch in his pocket." The prosecutor examined and
found it to be as the prisoner had said. The seals
and chain, were not found : for the prisoner was sup-
posed to have thrown them away in the hurry of his
Hight.
-The RECORDER said the knoWledge displayed by
the prisoner at the watch-house was an evident soot
of his guilt.—Guilty.
James Dawson was indicted for stealing a dollar,
value ss. 6,1. the property of G. S. Robinson, from
his person. The prosecutor went, one Saturday night,
into that notorious house the Wheatsheaf, in Drui y-
lane. He had no 'sooner entered but his oat w.et
pulled off, and he was obliged to pay half a pint of '
gin to recover it. The pristine; pox ed cut the liquor,
and shoved a glass of it at the prosecutor's, mouth,
which, 'while he was keeping off Irons spilling over
him, the prisoner put his hand in his pocket, and took
out one of two dollars which he had in it. Nest
-.gleaming he save the prisoner, in conipany, with about
fourteen more, at Charing Ctoss ; and his comp.
oions called across to the prosecutor to go to Bow.
street, and ietch a nurse. He did so, and Nicholson
apprehended the prisoner, whom he knew to be a re-,
puted thief. .
An old man gave the prisoner a good character
for honesty. He had worked with him as a tailor.
The REcorioxa, however, asked him, on his oath, if
the prisoner had not been in custody before ? He
said he believed he had. but he had seen no harm cf
him. The RECORDER :lien desired bun to be gone,
and think himself well off that he had not sent him
to Newgate.—Guilty.
Chair: Cartwright was indicted for privately steal-
ing a chariot glass, the property of Robert Newman.
It appeared that as Nicholls, the officer, was stand-
ing at the corner of Swallow-street, on the night of
the 16th of September, he perceived the prisoner
corning along. with something secreted under his
coat. Suspecting he had been committing SOME de-
predation, he followed and took him into custody ;
and, on searching him, found a coach plate glass in
his possession. He subsequently made inquiries in
the uei,ghbourhood, and ascertained that such an ar-
ticle, had been stolen from the premises of Mr. New.
man, in Bell-yard, and that person, on examining the
glass in question, identified it to be his property.—
The prisoner was found Guilty.
Elizabeth Gale: was tried on an indictment, char-
ging her with stealing 16s. in half-pence, the property
of George Ruffin, in the parish of St. Paul, Covent-
giirch.u. The parties were both vegetable sellers in
the market, and the prisoner was accused of having
taken the money while the prosecutor was asleep.—
She was Acquitted;

John OrsetsburgA was next tried on an indictment,
charging him with stealing a pocket-book, value 6d.
and £47 Bank of England notes, the property of
Thomas Crisp, on the qsa of September, in the parish
of St. George's, Redrif£
The prosecutor, it appeared, wenr into a shop in
Redriff to purchase some trifling article, and in pay-
ing for it he had occasion to take out his pocket-book.
In returning it. to his pocket he dropped it, but
whether in the shop, or at the shop door, be could not
say. He obtained the numbers of the notes of Mas-
Lerman and Co. of whom he had received them, and
offered a reward for their restoration. He also stop.
ped payment of them at the Bank of England. He
did not hear any thing of them, however, until he re-
ceived notice from the Bank that one of them had
been paid in. By the assistance of an officer, he then
traced this note to the possession of the prisoner, on
whose person the pocket-book which he had los; -was
found.
The RECORDER here remarked, that there
,vias no
proof ail felony, although the conduct of the priso-
ner had been very dishonest. The prisoner was, in
consequence, Acquitted.
William Henry Peyton was indicted for stealing a leg
of pork, value 4s. 6d. the property of Charles Prole,
in Goodman's Fields, and found Guilty. ,
By the intercession of Mr. Barmy, the prisoner's
Counsel, however, he was permitted to volunteer into
-his Majesty's service.
A deaf and dumb man, whose name was unknown,
was tried on an indictment, charging him with .teal-.
ing five pieces of leather, the property of Mr. Branch,
ou the 3Uth of October last.
The prisoner went into the shop of Mr. 13ranch,