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London, England, 1815-03-06 00:00:00

IteslPolib ASSIVIS, MARCR O.

ffiilk* Coal was Indiana for stealing Bank trete% mad the
securities of the Hertford Bank, to the swum of 485114111, the
property of John Cathrew and GeOrge Christie, the proprietors
of the Hertfonl Bank The prosecutors, as bankers at Hertfoed,
had connection in business with Messrs. Ramsbrittums.and Co.
bankers, in Lombard-street, and they were in the habit of remit-
ting their notes on Thunday and Friday. in order to do this
with security, they had a small iron chest made, with a lock of
intricate conStruction. This iron box was fitted to a place within
the from seat of the Hertford coach, and screwed to the button),
and in order to remove it, it was first necessary to open the box,
as the screw heads were within side. They had one key to the
box, and kamshotroms another, so that when they made their
remittances, the box was screwed to the coach, the securities in-
Cosed and locki,d up, and on the arrival of the coach in Lonti.n,
a clerk, from the house of Ramshcrtoms and Co. attended with
the key, and opened the box. On Monday, the 15th of May
last, the barikers clerk at Hertford put in a remittance of up-
wards of .R. 5000, and carefully fastened the chest. On the
arrival of tie coach in town, a clerk, as usual, from Rams
bottoms' house, attended with their key, and opening the box he
fouoil it t,ite envy.
Deulsatn, tit lasollord of the Bell, and Harrison, the waiter,
del o-ed, that a person, whom they believed to be the prisoner,
came to the Be:1 the evening before the robbery. The waiter
seeing him in the passage with a small leather portmanteau in
his hand, and a great coat on his arm, asked him it he wi.s a
traveller? He said " No; he wanted a private room." He
was accordingly shewn one; he remained there that night, and
the next mottling he went away by the coach. Two places
had been previously taken in the name of Thompson; a place
was also taken by a Mrs. Franklin, who lived at the Blue Coat
Hopital, at the bottom of the town; and a fourth man,
stranger, went with them. The waiter and ostler saw them
get bits) the coach, when it drove away to take up Mrs. Franklin
on• the road.
W. Thompson, who keeps a shop near the Bull, saw the pri-
soner, on the morning of Ihe 1511 i of May, walking near the
Bell, apparently waiting. for the coach; he saw also Henshall,
the Bank Clerk, go with the coach, and from his motions he
s.ti! posed he was packing something in the coach seat. As soon
as lienshall got out the prisoner got in, and the prisoner seemed
to be packing something in the same seat. Two other men also
got In, and the coach drove away. The'distauce where Mrs.
Franklin lives is not above two minutes drive.
Alary Franklin stated, that she went to London by the coach
on the rah of May ; when she was taken up there were three
men in the coact—the prisoner was one of them—they seemed
strangers to each other by their manner; two of them got our at
Tottenham Mills, and the other went a little father; she never
lett her seat until the coach arrived in Holborn. _

Not eve of the Notes were traced into the possesbion of the

prisantr.
Mr. Baron WOOD told the Jury, that this case was'One en-
tirely of circumstaihial evidence. None of the notes were traced,
and therefore there was not that which would be strung confir-
mation. But it, upon considering all the circumstances as prov-
ed, they were of opinion that they amounted to bullshit...toy
proof, they would find the prisoner guilty. He then decail..l the
above circumstances as proved, upon which the Jury found the
prisoner (;ualty.
The Learned Judge immediately sentenced him to be trans-
ported for the term of seven years.
Thamaa ?lima and William Pratt were charged with two
larcenies itt the county, and also fur the murder of Henry 'l'egg.
the shoemaker, at Bedon, lu Essex. They were convicted of
stealing a piece of cloth, the property of Joseph Speed, of 15:shop
Stanford. But they will be r,:n.itted to Essex to take their trio
for the murder.