Star.
London, England, 1802-03-11 00:00:00

BURGLARY.

yohn Now/and, Thomas Barnes, and Richard
Dukes, were indiEled for burslarioilay breaking
open the dwelling-houfe of Sir At,raham Hume,
Bart. at Wormley Bury, in the county of Hert-
ford, in the night of the 3t It of July, and felo-
nioully (leafing therein many articles of plate and
jewellery.
The evidence in fupport of the profecution
relied on circumliances fomewhat minute ; but
(bill fuch as lcft on the minds of the Jury no doubt
of their guilt.
Sir Abraham Hume proved, that one of the win-
dows of his houfe had been entered during the
night ,the fhuttershaving been opened by violence;
that there were feveral marks of feet in the room
that had been fo entered ; that feveral (mall arti-
cles had been taken from that part of the houfe in
which thefe perfons entered ; but that the robbers
had been prevented from entering the body of the
houfe by the ftrength of the doors, and the good-
nefs of the locks ; that there appeared many marks
of force ufed to break open an iron door, by which
the molt valuable property in the honk was fc-
cured ; but the iirength of the door tendered all
their attempts fruitlefs ; and that in the morning
after the robbery he traced the footfteps of the rob.
hers to the London road.

Mrs. Wright, his houfe•keeper, (wore, that fhe
had feen the bottle fecured, as ulna', the night of
the robbery, before fhe went to bed ; that to her
great furprife the dircovured, at fix o'clock in the
morning, .that one of the windows had been en
tered, and different articles Wen. Among the
number of things taken, the mentioned that a
mailed fhoulder of mutton had been taken out of
the larder, of a remarkably (mall kind, no large,
than Weill; mutton, which had been a little cut.
She ulfo (wore, that a lamp, which her mallet

with which they ufed to light this lamp,
had been all coniumcd, and matches tOn:id
about the room.

A keep:!r of a publicAinufe, within a mile of Sir
Abraham's dwelling.houfe, proved, that th..:
loners had (laid in his houfe all the evening., and
filpirckl there, and did not Lave it until the hour
of midnight, when he was about to Phut his hour.
Another publican, who lives about fix
difiant, proved, that the plifoners came into his
Louie a little aftcr five in the morning ; that th,:y
were all wet, and obliged to chani;e their flock.
irgs; that they produced a cold root thoul,Lr
of mutton, fo fmall, that be tot!: is for lamb ;
and that two women were with theal, who
a bafket and bundles, and went to town in the.
(large.
'Three other men, who were in the pui)lic-hol:fe
at the time, fwore to the prifoners, and the cit cum.
fiance of the fhoulder of mutton.

Rivet, a Bow-ftrect Officer, 1.; ore, that or. the
defcription of thole men as given by the publicans,
being fent to Bow-fired, they were known, imme.
diatcly apprehended, and when fent to Hertford..
(hire, were identified lot the publicans : lie alto
proved, that the prirone:s we; e not inhabitants of
Hertfordfhire, hot notorion- chataelcts :n London
(one of them, Nc..iand, being, already under fen-
tence of tranfportation for another burglary).
Here the cafe endzd for the profecut ion, and the
prifoners calling no witii, Wes,
Serjeant BE6T, who prefided as Judge, fummed
up the evidence to the Jury, and dwelt on the Ilrong
Cllcuinflances of the prifoneri, who were London-
ers, having (pent the whole night in the neigh-
bourhood, and producing early in the morning a
fhoulder of mutton, exactly the dere' ip-
tion of that which had been (Hen ; Ciat the honk%
had been entered by violence, had bzot dearly
proved; that it was entered-in the dark (which is
neccffary to con(lieute burglary); the circurnttance
of the lamp being moved, the fpirits of w ne curl-
fumed, and the matches fcattered about the room,
firmed clearly to prove: as for no part of the pro-
perty being found on the prifoners ( when ari cited
in London), that was nothing extraordinary; it
ulualiy was the cafe with old offs-nelers ; ever,
if they had any doubt, they fhouid le I,) the fide
of mercy.—The Jury, after a very thi re c..nfulta-
Lion, ga• e their verdi:t—Guilt;•.
The Judge informed them, before pafring fen-
fence, that !heir chance of pal don was frnall, and
if they obtained it, it mull be on the ;urns of being
tranfported for life, from that country whole juf-
Lice condemned them.

Two more prili,ners were convi&cd and fen-
tenced Tor highway tobbery,aggravated by cruelty,
and one for flre:p Ilealing.

On the tith of lalL month a perfon fold at the
' Market Crofs, in Chapel-en-le-Fri:lt, a wire, a.
child, and as much furniture as would fet up a
beggar, for clever. (billings !
An opulent farmer, living near Gain'borough,
was detecled on Tuefda; fe'nnight fel.ing butter
confiderably under weight: it was immediately
feized, and he returned home w ith an empty pocket,
in lieu of the expeEted ill-got weal:h.
The bodies of !even p.l•rfons have Leen taken up
on the chore near Match Chapel, within thefe few
days, amongil whom was that of Mr. Whitacre of
Thorn, 101 l in a veffel bound to Louth with coals.
On Thurfday fe'nnight, at Cove, Cork, a boat
belonging to his Majay's fhip la RE NOM M EE, with
Cap:AisVICELLA P.. the Dirt Lieutenant, an officer
of Marine;, and 6 hand; ou board, upfet on her
ange from the ihore to the (hip : it this perilous
lunation they continued for Lye:al minutes, cling-
ing to the boat's bottom, and to fame articles of
furniture which were fortunately conveying on
board, until all-aft:ince reached them from the fhore;
and w: are highly gratitiH in being able to add,
that they were all preferved by the aCiivity which
was exerted on the oceafion