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London, England, 1812-01-17 00:00:00

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Yesterday John Roots and Wlgiant Jeniint were in-
dicted for a burglary in the house •of Mrs. Jane Mar-
tin, in Bury-street, St. James's.

As this case has been already fully before the pub.
lie in the Police Report from Bow-street Office, we
shall confine ourselves to a short recapitulation of
the facts.
Peter Perry, the head of one of the Police Patrole,
having information that a burglary was intended to
be committed in the house of Mrs. Martin, had been
on the watch for several nigh* and, on the evening
of the Ist of July last, observed the prisoner Clayton
(who, it may be remembered, feigned to be the ad-
mirer of the servant-maid),, knock at the door and
go in—soon after he came out again, and returned
accompanied by the other prisoner, Jenkins, when
they both went into the house.
On the evidence of the maid it appeared, that soon
after her mistress had gone out, Clayton came, and
-seeing a bottle on the table, took it up and went out
for some rum ; on his return he brought Jenkins with
him, and introduced'him as his friend ; they drank
1 the rum together, and then laid hold of the witness to
compel her to chew them where her mistress kept her
,guineas. The girl screamed out, 'upon which Clay.
,ton drew out a pistol, and threatened to kill her if
she made any noise. They then dragged her up
stairs, and broke open several rocks. The Police
Officers, by this time, apprehensive that some mis-
,,chief might happen to the girl, broke into the house,
and apprehended both the prisoners.
Mr. ARABIN, as Counsel for the prisoners, made
two objections—first, that there was no forcible entry
because they were admitted voluntarily—and 2dly,
that there was no proof of a burglary having been
committed.

It appeared, however, that on Clayton's return to
the house with Jenkins, when the door was opened
they rushed.in, and the,Learned Judge held that this
was sufficient to constitute a forcible entry ; as to the
burglary, his Lordship held, that although they had
;tot broken open the outer do-r, yet, that as the evi-
dence proved that they had broken open several
locks within the house, he should consider it a bur-
glary within the meaning of the Statute.
The Jury accudingly found both the prisoners—
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Guilty.
7'. W00d,17 years of age, was indicted for stealing
a 410 note, the property f Mr. Gould. The priso-
ner was an an apprentice to the prosecutor, a weave?,
who had lost the note from three notes of £1 each,
out of his pocket-book, which he had deposited in his
parlour. It was proved that the prisoner, on a sud-
den, was possessed of a £lO note, which he had de-
posited in the hands of a Frenchman, a weaver, who
had given him part of it in small portions, with v, hich
he had bought a watch, &c. The prisoner said he
had received it of his mother ; but, on being taken
by an officer, he confessed the robbery, as he did also
to another person. Guilty—Death.
George Lester was also capitally convicted of steal-
ing a great coat, value RIO, the property of I'. and
J. Croft. ..
George Smith stood indicted for feloniously assaul-
ting; on the King's highway, Elizabeth Sharpe, and
forcibly and against her will taking from her
ten shillings wei th of half-pence, the property
father, Joseph Sharpe.
The prosecutriz, a little girl not more than t
years of age, stated, that on the evening of th,
of December last, about seven o'clock, she w:_
sing through 'Clement's Inn, with the halfpence
qUestion on her arm, when two men overtook her.
one of them placed his hand on her mouth to pl.
her giving an alarm, while the other, the prison,
took from her the two papers containing the
pence, and ran off. She immediately pursued
crying—" Stop thief !" and he was stopped,
parole in Clement's•lane ; near to him, where ,
secured, were found Os. and eleven pence of the
pence, be had lakes from the child. These
were .corroborated:by two other witnesses.
llireg persons. yoke .to the general good ci
ter'
of lite Oriouner, who k appears was engaged
printing ofWitin Water-lane, Fleet-street.
'The Loan CIIIEF BARON, in summing up thi
dent*, observed, that in order to substantial
charge urged against the prisoner, it was necessary
that the Jury should be satisfied that coerci,
been used in order to obtain the money in q,
from the prosecutrix.—“l Hands off" was certi
fundamental principle- of the law, yet under
-culiar circumstances of the case, and the tender
of the prosecutrix, he thought in a charge, the s
of which went to so severe a punishment, it znigh,.
be improper to entertain some hesitation before
verdict to the full extent of the charge was given.—
' If a doubt existed, the prisoner was certainly entitled
30. the benefit of that doubt, and upon the whole. he
deemed it would be most consistent with the evidence,
to find hiin guilty of the larceny on the person, but
not of the highway robbery.
The Jury according with his Lordship's I.
remark, acquitted the prisoner of the captial ots
but found him Guilty of stealing from the person.
Pedro Casnor was convicted of stealing plat
the property of his aunt, in the ' neighbourhood-
Islington.
The following were Also convicted of felon
IM. Ramsbottoni, for stealing a dressing-case .
ink-stand, the property of S. Britten ; J. Gordon, ,
stealing 4.00 cwt. of paper, the goods of the King ,
W. Adams, for stealing 84 yards of calico, the -
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:perry of Messrs. Hartwell and Beaman ; T. S :h,
. for stealing a coat, the property of R. Snow; and'. .
Ford, for stealing 12 pair of boot legs, the property
of J. Curtis.
Jame: Dixon stood indicted for milicionsly shoot-
ing at Anne, the wife of Richard Earl, in the month
of December last. The prosecutrix, it appeared,
lodged in Clerkenwell, and on the night on which the
offence was alledged to have been committed, she was
washing in a back room, when the wadding of a gun
or pistol _passed through a pane of Mass and struck
her on the breast. Terrified at the circumstance, she
immediately gave an alarm, and after a search of an
hour, it was discovered that the prisoner had dischar-
ged a gun from a back window fronting that near
which the prosecutrix stood. On being interrogated
as to the cause of his conduct, he said he had been
shooting at cats, and had not the slightest intention
of injating aay pecioa is ce.iiieuce. Be also ewes-

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suited from its imprudence.
The Jury, from all the circumstances of e the case,
could not conceive the prisoner bid any malicious de-
sign against her, therefore• acquitted him.
J. Kimbling - indired for stealinj box of can-
dles ; and Si ig the
same, knowit box in
question had Pritch-
ard, in King! traced
Ito the female %biting.
Both acquits
A true bil
Walsh for ft

MID.

Benjamin

THE KING V. MUTT.
This was an appeal on the Iran of the defendant,
against a conviction of H. Fielding, Esq. under the
Pedlar's Act, for driving a cart, with fire-wood,
which he had chop* up chin self from old water-
pipes, for sale, w t•t a licence. The case was
argued at length by Mr. Watvoan, on the part of
the defendant, and Mr. GI: RN EY; in support of the con-
viction. The Court, however; siggested a point it-
self, upon which it ordered the nviction to be set
aside, namely, that as it was proved that the defen-
dant was himself the nsamfacture of the goods it was
alledged he had sold, his case did not come within
the terms ofjWMt of -
KEEELE V. THE .
This was an appeal on Kebble, a
i Proctor in Doctors' Cr le Poors%
I rate of the parish of St. n the Ses-
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ston forthe year 1810, tssed for this
parish, in consequence being let at
small rents to poor peol difficulty
had arisen in collecting tosses to the
parish funds, by reason f t pay them;
and it was enacted, th! ly value of
such tenements did nr was in the
power of the Trustees the land-
lords. Mr. Kebbre own! smalrhouses
in New Gravvl-lane ant I, the rents
of many of which are inc of £l5
each. The professed group il of this appeal, was the
capacity of the tenants to py
.. the parish rates them-
selves. However, upon g into the evidence, the
negative of this propositto as, clearly shown, and
the Court immediately eis sed the- appeal.

Wednesday night a little till, with a bundle in her
hand, passing through Falcon-square, was stopped by
a ruffian, who endeavouredoo take it from her ; and
on her screaming out for assistance, the inhuman
wretch stabbed her in the back, and immediately fled.
Last Thursday an attempt was made on Lord
Dudley and Ward's housit Dudley Grove, but the
villainous design was frustrated by the gardener, whd
was left in care of the premises, firing a blunderbuss,
that succeeded in sending them off—yet, sad to re-
late, not without a serious accident to himself, as the
iti, piece burst, and shattered• is hand in a serious man-
ner—but happily, by the mely assistance of Mr. Ro-
gers, surgeon, his hand i ved from amputation.
A few A•Ays since, Combo 1111 a, the detain residence
bf Sir ..1( --iton, at " 'ckenham, was thrown
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To Mt., all' iptions, residing in
any of the Provincial or Towns in the United
Kingdom—BannErr Gassy thinks it necessary to
inform them, in order save trouble and expence of
postage, be sells his Medicines for ready money only ;
but they may be had from any of the' respectable
ilyiholesale houses in town (which sell Medicines) and
feceive from them such a discount as will be found
tousually-liberal, on quantities not less than one dozen
tscany of his undermentioneJ new-invented Chymical
Preparations : the Guestonian Lotion,for Gout, &c.
Guestonian Pills, for Gout, Scc. Gueston;an Bilious
Pills, Guestonian Nervous Pills, Guestonian Asthma-
tic and Contumptive Pills, Guestonian Tooth-powder,
which cures the Scurvy, anti prevents the Tooth-ach,
Guestonian Tooth-powder, which cures the Scurvy,
and gives the Teeth a most belintiful colour, Welcome
Guest, which cures all descriptions of Tooth-ach,
FAce-ach, Ear-ach, and Gum tiles.—An extract from
this pamphlet may he itch in the S ran Newspapers,
from July, 1811, to Januarl,lbl2.

ng was indicted for stealing a box of
Sarah Mead, his sister, For receivinj
ring it to have . • en. The b
d been stolen from t of Mr. P
gsland-road, and- 0; afterwards t
le prisoner, thr • ands of Kiml
tted.
ill was }ester against Ben.
felony.
)DLESEX SESS s S, JAN. 16.

E. Parlia
PA RIM drilk ADWEL i
on the part of Mrt I
:onithons, against tho
. Paul, adwell, Ir
an was passe(
of ce ain houses be
!epic, whereby greit
g the rakes,' ancf los
i of thtiOnability to 1
hat w • the yearly
lot ex d 415, it w
to lev e tax upon
is ava number of sm
id the eighbourhood,
far under the vain

assaut- A few days since Combo ellia, the elegant resider
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ie, and
bf Sir John Hamilton, at Twickenham, was thro,
person
into alarm Jas,_Akr.4,4lewajf semgdmredators
of be; break into the premises.. The servants betn.g all w
armed, made a sore* i IL obbers ; but the latt
twelve
Ile Ilth ~
unfortunately-for justie • , - ted their escape acr
the fields at the back of , illa. The house of I
as pas- roness Howe, in the sa , ,:. • rhood, was broi
once in open, some time previ . • attempt at Sir Jc
ler, and Hamilton's, and robbe. •.• .. rty value) at X2Ol
prevent ,
Ass. new method of . • ' nightly depredatii
risoner, I, t k ton was on Mo . ;• instituted at a gene
Le half- Ia - .IP- 9
hat place. Every hot
!ii him,
I meeting of the inhabi
' I keeper is a watchman • ion—and a certain nu
by the • . •
he
was 1 ber, with a constable it night rounds. 'I
he half- town-hall is their pia • • ezvous.
se facts The Committee • •by the Inhabitants
Chelsea put their . Id ten men in motion
charac- Sunday night. !'t. re relieved at midni;
ed in a I by a second party, till day-light.
By the conflagr -•• eneral Dowoeswat
the evi- i house, in Strattor , duesday *mnrainB
late the collection of vain .. • :pictures; books, co
ecessary &c. was consumed:.., ); - w books. and some
ion had niture were saved, '.‘ • vonshire house
question The accident orig • . st being lighten
.tainly a the
.evening p • - Rrvants, to air
the pe- apartinente k.l ii, . . , when they retired to 1
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er years they imprud . , ing.
e effects A considerable ,•'• k place at St. Mary To
tight not church, in Ipsw..., ik• inlay last; owing to on
beWe a the joists of the r'' ,•-ch rises Irom a stove, pia
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piett,--• there for airing' - ••• slipping out, and sepa
• entitled ing by being on ,
..4r. his filled the church s
vhole. he smoke, and just •
.• on was commencing d
,viden Ice, I was a cry of 44 24 on which the whole con,
son, but Ration rushed o s• ' church..Fortun itely nn
1 cident took plat 4, a than the interruption of
humere !.services A • . illet proper to eelnii
l offence, '. as many ladies 2 1. ' . were so much unnerve(
arson, 42..iic alarm, as to . :lea iiinting.
ate, Rtc.
.• Monday ;Wiriest in Clopmet, whileone of the
hood of Dragon was appointed to escort the Ma
_ Callsr,tvan:lnding his pistol, it unfortunately s
lily, viz : ,off, cart; ay theleolt fellow's thumb.
and an ball afteawar - '•. i Mt. Shads window,
rdnn, for luckily ‘vithout injering anyverson.
Le King ; To Medical Men of all' descriptions, residir
the pro- any of the Provincial Cities or Towns in the Ur