Star.
London, England, 1822-09-25 00:00:00

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YoutovAix, Willireftillarxise was, ittditie4 Age gaol-
ing fourteen soreteigo,s and a quantity of eltie,e, the
property of .G. Sweep and. M. in their
dwelling-house. .
The proseent4tr :Strange) stated. that he lived at
$O. go, Charles-serest, Hatton-geed,* j Harris is his
partner. The prisoner had lived with, him a short
time. Witness received seventeen Korereigeo on
Thursday, the 17th of September, and did not see
the bag in which they were contained till thefollow-
ing day. He then looked at the tilt and found only
three remaining. ' The prisoner was first taken up in
consequence of some skins being .brought in by an
hostler, which he found in a stable 'adjoining, they
having been left there, by tJ4 prisoner. When the
prisoner was taken up, there was fcensdarpon bis.per-,
son one. sovereign and Mme
Lucy Strange was the wife of the last witness—,
jtecollects finding the till open on Thursday week.
Tise till is always kept locked. Witness attends in:
the shop. She told Mr. Strange_ that the. till was
open. She then examined the bag, and 14 sovereigns
were ttttssing. Witness had not taken any sovereigns
out that day ; the lock appeared to have been-picked.
Moses Harris the partner of Mr. Strange, de-
posed that he had not taken any, money out of the
till that day.
A female who lodged in the house, stated, that
she had occasion to pass through the shop that day,
and asked some questions of the prisoner, who ap-
peared to be very much confused...He had three par-
cels before him on the counter. Prisoner was close to
the till at the time. Witness *vent up stairs, and on the
following day' heard that the shop had imen robbed.
Cross4xan.ined.—lt was about eleven o'clock when
she passed through the shop. Mr. Strange was not
at home at the time.
George Down is an hostler attending the stable
behind the prosecutor's house ; knows the prisoner ;
recollects his bringing six badger skins to the stable.
The Ili over asked witness to take them to an ad
dress hich he gave him, and that he would give''
him a shilling. This was on the Friday that the
prisoner, was arrested. Witness did not comply, but +
took the skins to Mr. Strange, who claimed them
as his property.
A Constable produced the fir skins which he had
obtained from the last witness. Witness apprehended'
the prisoner, but found nothing upon him.
Mr. Strange identified one of the skins as being
his property.
A servant in Mr. Strange's employ, said he had
seen the skins safe in his master's warehouse on Fri
day morning. • •
Mr. A LLLY, on hehalf of the prisoner, objected that
from the evidence lie could not be convicted of steal
ling in the dwelling•house.
The Itreouuea said he was inclined to decide
against the objection, but he would mere/ the point
for the Judges, if it became eecessary.
The Jury, alter some hesitation, found the prisoner
guilty of stealing under 40s.
41/rearri Peeedy was inflicted for stealing, on the
29,6 of Airgust, in the parish of St. Luke, a quantity
of lead, value four shillings, the property of William
Headman Ritchie.
Tire prosecutor said, that he resided in Tabernacle.
walk ;is d plumber and glazier by trade Witness
was employed to repair the of a house in Files-
biPlY-squt4e. Ile was to take the old lead in part
payment of his bill. tie caused the old lead to be
thrown into the Artillermrpund. About eleven
o'clOck on the day in question, he left to go to his
dinner, and on hi, return found the lead gone. He
did not see the head again until thelltursday follow.
ing, %% hen the prisoner was in custody at Worship-
street ()dice.
Cross-examined.—He had not removed the lead to
his own house.

Elizabeth Dodd lives in 014-street, St. Luke's.—
Rabollects" the 29th of August, bet weqn eleven and
twelve O'clock, the prisoner cane to her shop to offer
a quantity of lead for sale. The prisoner said he had
fnnnd it in some rubbish, and that it was not w4,rth
much. Witness consented to buy it. She sent her
son out to sell it, and he was stopped by some police
officers. The lad was brougle back to her, and she
told the offic4r of whom she bought it. She had
known the prisonerbefore, but he was not a customer.

Cs..oss•exa. niined.—Witess keeps an old iron shop.
Sent the lead out to be sold in a quarter of an hour
after the bought it. The boy who took it out was
not now present. She gave the prisoner five shillings
for the lead. Did not tell the boy what he was to get
for the lead. Does pot know the person's name to
whom she sent the lead.

William Handel first saw the prisoner •n the 29th
of August. It was the same day that hela.l stopped
the boy with the lead. The prisoner at 4rst said he
knew nothing about it, but he afterwards said he had
found it in some rubbish. The prisoner kept a cart..
This was the case lot the prosecution.
The prisoner made no defence; but two or three
witnesses came forward, who gave him an excellent
char;ctcr.

The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended
141 to mercy. In this recommeridation the prose-
cutor also joiued.
The Recommit said the recommendation should
not be overlooked.

litilliane Russell and Jo/r.. Impala were put to the
bar, upon, as indictment, charging theca with stealing
a pair of silver sugar-tongs and basin, of the value
of £3.55. from John Symonds Trick; in his dwel-
ling-bouse.
Mr. Pritchard, clerk to the prosecutor, said, that
on the morning of the 21st of September, be came
down stairs a little before eight o'clock, and beard a
noise, as of a door shutting softly. Shortly after the
servant told him she missed thk sugar-basin, which
was kept on the sideboard in the parlour. He went
in and found they were gone.
John Boston, a coachmaker, was walking down
' Upper Charlotte-street the morning of the rubbery, a
little before eight o'clock. He observed the two pri-
soners walking together towards Ctoford-street, from
the prosecutors house. Witness followed them, and
Ingram observing that he was after them, they went
down Newman's-passage.
.Ingram had a poise' in a
blue handkerchief in hishand, which he then give to
the pi isoner Russell, %%hi) put it into his hat. Witness
thought that a su,picious. circumstance) wad ho went
up and seized logram. ble gave him in Outgo to a
Gentleman who came up, and then wee' after Rut-