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Jane Ihaftearal 117, was pm to the bey on en indletnient rimer
whim with *capital Went* of Keating, oath, 7th of September,
a gelding, &newer of Mu Rolfe, in the perish of Beacoestield.
, The described being caned op oathe night io it
sad ittitoed that something wrong was going en. The witness
saddled his nog' and went in pursuit of the prisoner, and overtook
bha es the Landes toed, Mir sating, about seventeen miles from
newt. The prisoner was then mounted on the' stolen horse ; be
wens the prewsior%llp alighted, and was collared, but the prose-
twee was obliged to let him go for the moment. He, however,
kro up the owe, sad eventually veered the Flamer-
- Viennese burs called to prove, that the hone was safe in the
nesdows en the previous evening. It was also proved that the pri.
ester treats the neighbourhood on the evening of Monday, the 6th
of September. • •
Mr. Jesticp Leensanaca stemmed up the evidence to the Jury,
who Ism; tie prisoner Gstitr—Deeis.
• • • NEW COURT—THIS DAY.
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• BMW Jibe Owl Reslewed, a native of, Germany, was indicted
for anbeesbeg the sum of 029.1 l s. 6d. the property of his employe.
Mr. Lobs Orme, an Meer in the Army, deposed he resided M
Criteesetrost ; the pristine had been his servant for nine moillbb
08 the Intliof April, witness gave the prisoner a Bank of England
I aegis, tar 'll. 11 s. ild tit get cashed at his banker's at Charlun.l
Cross, and lieeested him-to return immediately ; this be did not,
and never Impede' him after, until the 6th of May, when
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.woo His had taken the prisoner into hiuservice on
sadism ens, and knowing be had dew his duty as a soldier.
' Mr: Wilson, one of the cashiers at Messrs. Celliduarne banking-
lawaserprrsed receiving the cheese of the prisoner, and giving him
. 2?iPs IP Pm Paraine•
e . . belonging to the Alien Mee, at Gravesend',
said;S the prisoner a second time/seven
disipped'oin of Ms left boot ; the Money, he said, helonged".7.44
• that be had brought lell dollars from Germany.
;Irt • qtr, Oftroldne . . bif4 proved apprehending the prisoner m
~.fflet..l,loi.?-e(t, . -lame, Gravesend; he found a purse and
• ' ' three iovenftm t
v: Tile Prinissil/UsWaVice, but-called upon Mr. Grant for i
- Irintseter; • who infitinied the• Court, that before this transaction he
afaaliredAtes whaling man. . .
111111C•f linwinesre . manned ep the evidence, and.the Jury
nosiseed bins Guike.—The prosecutor strongly re.
bins to mercy. •
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: .Xe?eiday, Robert Ball was indicted for setting fire
. to; thefipuse of John leearn, in the pat ibh of st.Clentent
' • Damp, with the intent of defrauding the Sun Fire Office.
; . . Aloinlearn was owner oldie house, 97, in the Strand;
• I.6t§qnrieceerhavee room in My house in March last,
to keep.buildapg arlieles in ; theroous that he occupied
at t4,e tiose of the.•firib.was the:back room on the third
Boor ; he was not to sleep there, but he kept the key of
the lock and padlock, so that be had the exclusive right
. of eatsf; the fise happened on the 14th of Augual
thhotaiiiop the Saturday 4 oo the Thursday previous I
100140 that l' wanted that room to sleep .in myself,
.andthathe Mutt take the things to another room, er
rinrove, them to his lodging. On the evening 6 i.
14th i saw the prisoner at my house; 1 went out a little
be tea, and .left the prisoner there; he had bees
, bacliViarilll and forwards three or four times in the course
. sef, the day. ?Mont a quarter paaten I returned, and an
t., . 'alarm tong given, 1 went up tothe prisoner's room;
. when I grit' bp 'there, I saw in the recess by the fire-
place; b jean coat and a sack on fire; there was a great
dial of Floke ; there -were • one or two firemen there,
.besiciet,pthor Persons ; the wooden jamb of the chimney
was Nitta; 'the. jean coat
,*lea on the left hand side of
the jagib, and was hanging upon a nail and on ~.
jamb was the seek, which was nearly consumed; it was
. • suspeitled by alorad.awl : there
-were some oil and tar-
. .pentine cans in the recess, hut there was nothing in those
ear* bit there was a stork bottle in. the same recess,
which was filled with a mixture of oil and turpentine.
,•64m,e,enplusaid.in the same room, was a waistcoat nearly
• -ennianliedi and. the. edge of the shell was burnt, and in
• acask was another mixture of oil and turpentine; on
•••• Aliefloor were a piece'of wood and shavings, and some
~. 3oote papers steeped iii oil ; there were quite enough to
• ..ever_the Boor of the cupboard ; there was an apron
• thereakewiSe about half burnt ; a crack in the cupboard
was -filled *tip with rags. These were four fires in dif-
remit partsnithe room ;• and it was impossible that one
. place could have fired the other; there. was likewise a
bole gored in the ceiling. The property in the room
was worth about 51. There was once about 1001. worth
• oloterty in the.raom, but that was some months before.
.. • . 'This witness was cross-examined as to hit having
been in insolvent debtor, and having given up the
house to his assignen in consequence of which he was
absent.from.the !Strand for eight or nine weeks. In the
'month of •March bet he was liberated, and returned
home. Tbeinisoner's residence was at WalwOrth, and
be hadenly one room in his house. He told the Commis-
sioners that he had parted with his lease for SOL Ile
I had not sold hii interest in the fixtures for twenty-five
• pounds. An execution had been put into the house, and
' the fixtures were sold under that execution; this was
font or fivemonths•before the fire happened. Mr. Pres.
ton was :formerly his landlord,. but neither he nor his
servant: iesilled on the premises when the fire took place.
•, One of the turpentine cans had been used by him ; the
other cans, had been for a long time in the prisoner's
possetsion, and were.-used' by him; Ball never paid the
:eat; the glass dealers were to have paid the rent, for
the part of the premises that they occupied, to Ball ; it
was then to have been made over to him, and all the
other lodgers paid their rent to him.
William Bond saw the prisoner three times in' the
. course of the day of the fire; the last time was about
eight' o'clock, when he came into Bond's room foie
light, which -was given him; at half aftel.• ten, the wis
mess smelt bre, and ran op Stairs, when he found that
the ptisoner's apartment was on fire, and endeavoured
to oft it out. Esther Davis occupied the room opposite'
to this ptiotter's; she was the fitst that discovered that
his room was on fire; the door was shortly after broken
. open, and the fire extinguished.
I John Wood was sitting with Mrs. Pears when the
' prisoner came in, about nine o'clock ; Mrs. Fears ob-
served, that there was a great smell of turpentine, and
the Primmer said that he had been using some to his
. coat;
fire being t;prisoner
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put it out.
' ' James Shane, a shoemaker in the Strand, stated that
he was the first person that broke into the prisoner's
roonl;.•he found-it padlocked, and obtained the poker
to face it ; the room was so fell of smoke when he got
, it open, that he could not go in. He bad water min-
a, plied to him, and threw some on the chimney jamb;
• which was on fire ; the articles of furniture, the sack,
• jacket, and other things, were in a blaze or smothering.
William Skeene, the brother of this witness, was pre-
. sent at the fire, and assisted to put it out. He corro-
' borated his brother's evidence. • .
Banister, a &imam, produced the chimney-jamb,
which had becopartly consumed. He stated that be
did not observe any fire in the grate, and if there had
• been, it could Dot have set fire to the jambs in the man-
ner in which that appeared to be burned. Vatioui other
articles from the room were here produced, all of which

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