Star.
London, England, 1815-10-25 00:00:00

CHARGES OF MISDEMEANOR.

J...ftph Dale WAS indicted for receiving 60 yards ol
od-cio.ii, well k.lowing the same to he stolen.
Fiona the cv;dence adduced in sOppiirt of this ease
it appeared, that in April last the warel-ouse If Mr.
Anderson, 110-00th 1114111MICLUTCT, In Qii-en-strtet,
Cheapside, was broken Ivor, and sever..l pieces of
oil-cloth carrie.4 off. In the month of June following,
As a Gentleman, who had formerly been in partner-
Anis with ttfrt Andez son, was passing through Brirad-
street, Caen.thy.rn :601, he observed exposed for sale,
in the soup window of the Delendirat. .who is a
broker and upholsterer, a piece of oil-cloth, which
iie recognised to be a pattern that had been manu-
factured by Mr. Anderson. Having given intima-
tion of the circamsrance to-Mr. Anderson, a warrant
wits procured and the Defendant was taken into cus-
tod). nib house and shop were then searched, and
two other pieces were found of the same description,
ail of which proved to be part of that worth had
bean jacAen.

Mr. BARRY addressed the Jnry on the part of the

lklendant, ht represented to be a respectable
broker, acd t have pa. the oilcloth in ques-
tion,
of rerst.ns tit ap, arena respectability. He also
da el upcin the fact of the cloth beintepublicly ex-
post..l for sale in an open shoe:, and no attempt what-
ever briny made ~t concealment.
Mr. isQatisosi hAving summed up
,the svidante.
with Lis usual impartiality. the Defendant was—
Acquitted.
Milian: Wetly: was next put to the bar. to take his
trial on an indictment rlarging him with receiving
various parcels of parchment, the pr(ivrty of Messrs.
Do‘s se and Peacock, law-stationers, well knowing
the same to be ecke.

Ms. Guano opened the case, and stated that the
defendant kept a sort of houlcseller's shop in Bishop's-
wart, Chance, plan*, while the prosecutors were lA
stationers, living in his immediate neighbourhood.
In the month of August last, the prosecutors had
reason to suspect that some person or persons shout
their house was in the habit of stealing •arious ar-
ticles from their premises. 'Their suspicions, at
length, rested on one of their 'apprentices, named
John Stevenson Hill, who, they were informed, was
seen to carry some articles to the shop of the defen-
dant. In consequence of this informatien, MN Pea-
cock went to thy house of the defendant, and asked
him if his boy, Hill, had ofnied any parchment to
him for sale The defendant answered, that he had,
but chat he had always refused to make any pur-
chases froiu him, miles, his master or his father,
whom he knew, came with him. Mr. Peacock highly
applauded this prudent conduct, and quitted the
shop ; but having had his suspicions respecting Hill
thus confirmed, the next morning he sent for Lim-
brick, the officer, and had him taken' into custody.
While Limbrick was conducting Hill to Hatton
Garden Police Office, the. boy cried violently, and
said, if it had not been for Wemys, the defendant,
he should never have got into trouble. He then de-
tailed to Limbiick several facts tending to criminate
Wemys. He stated, that the first time lie went it to
his shop, was to make some inquiries respecting a.
book, for one of his fellow.apprentices. On that oc.
elision, the defendant asked him if be never had any
parchment to sell, as he gave a good price for it ?
He answered in the affirmative, and from that time
frequently took him picas of parchment to sell, fur
which he got eight-pence per pound. Umbria com-
municated this intelligence to Mr. Peacock, who,
after. the interview of the preceding night with Mr.
Wemys, was not a little astonished at his dissimula-
lotion. In order to ascertain the truth of the boy's
story, a search-warrant was procured, and Mr. Pea-
cock, accompanied by Limbrick, proceeded to the
defendant's. house. On their arrival in the shop,
they told the defendant the object of their visit. He
said he had no parchment but what they saw bang-
dig at the door, and they were very welcome to
,eareti his shop. Limbrick immediately proceeded
to search, but at first found nothing in the'shop. He
then went up stairs to the garret, and there found a
large clothes basket, which, to all appearance, was
tilled with old rags and useless lumber. Upon re.
moving these artistes; however, there appeared a con-
siderable quantity of pieces of parchment of various
sizes. Mr. Peacock, on examining these, at once re-
cognized them as his property, being enabled to
swear to them from several private marks. On re-
turning to the shop, behind some books on a shelf,
another tell of parchment was found, which Mr.
Peacock also recognized as his property. Under
these circumstances, the defendant was taken into
custody.

In p-loof of this case, Mr. Peacock, Limbritic, the
officer, and Hill, the delinquent who stole the parch.
mew, rare examined. The parchment found on tht:

' prerises of the defendant was then produced; run,
pieces were worth a shilling each, and for these tke
I'derenglant had given onlf eight-pence a pound.
Upon the part of the defendant, Mr. Annams ad-
drvssid the Jury at some ; after which he called
some persons to his chsracter, one of whom described
him as 66 uptight, withinst fraud—alai downright,
wit Imur dissimulation."
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Mr. GultNev, in reply, observed, that he never
knew a ieceiver of stolen goods, in all his experience,
who could not ploduce evidence of a good character
up to the period of his detection. The sembl.incc of
Foot eliarActer was in fact ccsential to his trade.
Mr. WATs )st then summed up the evidence; and
the Jury, after a short consideration, found the pri.
sneer Guilty.
The CIIAIUMAN declared, that the Court were per-
fectiy satisfied with the verdict.