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London, England, 1827-09-14 00:00:00

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de of th ed itr sew tr.!, of Ait'iptafiatoo
a w street. • • for three 'ballast.
• Amns,'Collecting clerk at Messrs... Meal and Co.'s -
nester roved that he received A payment of 401. froni
• in, on the 26th of June. He paid the notes
t is house after having written the name, Tristrr-
an the (root of each note. He believed it was
Tristram's wife paid the money, He taw two of
on:* notes at Bow-street about six weeks ago.
identified two notes produced as paet.4 those be then
received.
A clerk [rem the Bank of England peedosed a 101.
note paid into the Bank on the 9th of July, of the date
of one of those stolen from Mrs. Macpherson.
Duke, a Bow street officer, stated, that he went to
Mr. Tristram's hodfe bti the fist of June, and told him
that the Magistiates were very angry at * robberi bay.
ing been committed at his door in the day, and that be
should know nothing about it ; and desired him to make
inquil y. Mr. Tristram slid, all he toald learn about it,
was, that it was done by a liitle boy in a fttstian jacket:l
Witness called on him several times after, but obtained
no information from hits. • He always found him at
home, and his account *as always the same. Mr. Tris-
tram was admitted to ball, and surrendered himself to

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take his tiial.

Another • Bow-street officer proved, that after the
• two 101. notes had been traced to MP. Tristram, he called
on him, and asked him whether he knew from whom he
had taken them ; and he replied that he had taken then.
:from a young than who stopped at the house, and had
Pie brandy and water. • • •
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• This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Panties submitted to the Court that there was
no evidence'sgainst Tristram. The charge n was that
he had received the notes, knowing them to be stolen ;
but there was oh- evidence that he ever had them in his
possession ; it was his wife who paid them to the brew-
er's clerk.
Mr. Justice Elamite said the evidence against him
was certainly very slight, but he would allow it to go to
the Jury.
A great number of respectable witnesses gave Mr.
Tristam the highest character for integrity; some of
them stated that they knew him from his infancy, and
his charactei was id ways most respectable.
Mr. Justice Gummi charged the Jury, that it was
for then. to decide on the evidence respecting the iden-
tity of the prisoner Riley ; it was evident that there was
no evidence to prove any thing against the other ; but
that he had been deficient in that caution which every
span should use in taking notes from stringers.
The Jury aerilled both dfendants.
Reber! Marisa, aged IS, was indicted for a burglary
and jobbery in the dwelling-house of Thomas Jesws.
Mr. Jones stated, that he is an optician, and keeps a
shop at Charing-cross. On the morni,,g of the 20th of
June he found that his shop had been entered from the
back premises, and the desk broken open and robbed.
Thomas Ih, thopman to Ms, Jones, stated, he
locked up. the shop the night b fore, and left notes and
cash in the desk to the amount of eighteen guineas.
There was a Ibt. note in the desk. '
Simmlnds, a clothes salesman, in Monmouth-street,
stated, that the day after the robbery the prisoner and
• another hi bou,ght a handkerchief from him, and
. offered a'lol. note to eh sage. He told them he thought
they had not come honestly by it. They said it was
their father's note, and they would being him. He desired
them to,do io, and gave thews the handkerchief and a
sovereign. They went away and never came back.
The prisoner being aiked whether he Would ask the
witoms spy question,
..cried out, with great bitterness,
that's the Jew that robbed me of the 101. note. '
T. Bothnia, the boy who was with the prisoner at the
clothes shop, stated, that the evening before the prisoner
tuld.bjm he would have 201. before morning. 'The
prisoner then left hint and came to him about 12 o'clock
the same night, and told him he had got the money by
yeettioginto a house, through a broken pane of glass.
He 'hewed witness the money, amongst which was the
ICC he afterwards offered Sitomonds in payment.
Mr. Jones's shoputan (blasts) proved that the 101 . note
produced had been left by him its the desk the night of
•tbe robbery. The prisoner made no deflnce. Guiley,eleetts.
irsonothy Doglcrty was indicted for "robbing, on the
1113ag's highway, John Lane, of a watch-by and seal,
value ISs.
The prosetwor stated, that he Was walking in 1•101-
, born with his wife, and his brother-in-law hod brother-
. in-law's wife. The prisoner came up to Mm and
snatched at the key and seal of his watch. The ribbon
by which they were fastened to the watch broke. Wit-
nese instantly knocked the prisoner down, and took the
key and seal out of his hand, and brought hies to' the
watch-house.—The prisoner made no defence, and was
found Gnilly-r•Deeth.
At six o'clock Mr. Justice GAZELLE and Mr. Baron
Vavossam retired from the Bench, and the Racialist*
took their place, when a great number of Loans
psi-
capers were arraigned.
. A London Jury was sworn, and the trial of London
prisoner: proceeded on.
Lyon Lyons was indicted for stealing a quantity of
eloth,value.4o•ol.; 20 dozen of gloves, three watches,
u and nine bills of .exchange, .value 1,0001. the property
•cof Mathew Waller, of King-inlet, Cheapside.
Henry Hall, clerk to Mr. Waller, proved that the
property stated in the indictment was all safe in Mr.
Wallet', premises, itf, King-street. on Saturday night,
she 16th of June. On the Monday morning following
the property was gone. the premises having in the mean
-time been forcibly entered.
Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, proved, that on the
.4213th of June he went to the, prisoner's house, in Cock
nod Hoop-yard, Hounsditch, where he found a part if
the property that had been stolen, which the prisoner
stated he had purchased for ready money, but would
-not state from whom.
Mr. Waller identified the property found at the pd.
woner's.hoose as part of the property stolen from him.
Me..CTOSS, a cloth-manufacturer, proved having sold
.part of Abe, cloth found at the prisoner's house to
-.Mr. Waller. •
The prisoner produced several witnesses, who stated,
-abet he was in such an infirm state of health,es to be
-incapable of committing the offence.
• Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character,
and stated that he followed business to a considerable,
-"went for many years.—The Jury, after a short consul-
guidon, found the prisoner-Cs:silty.
The Racostoza immediately had the prisoner called
asp for judgment; and sentenced him to be transported
Ifor seven years.
. NEW COURT.—Before 418 COXllollssarcurz.
George and aeries Clinton were indicted for stealing
two geld seals,the property of Barry E. O'Meara, Esq.
A pairabroker, named. W. Marshall, who Eva in,
Leonard-street, Shoteditch, stated, that the prisoner,

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Ann Bennett, servant to the preceding-mitneu, de-
posed, that she .gyre the ...eels to George Clinton, he
having stated that Lady Leigh had sent him for them.
James Browne, an officer, took the prisciner George
into custody, at the house of 'Mr. O'Meara; in Mon.
tagn-sqUare. .
Barry E. O'Meara, Esq. Was -then, for ,the defence,
eaamined by Mr: PHILLIPS., and stated Brat •George
Clinton had been for fivOyears, in his service, and bore
an excellent character. The sells are the sepirate pro-
perty of Lady Leigh, tor,sat the tiate'of their marriage,
her property was vested in trustees.
Here the Counsel for the prisoner PHILLIPS)
submitted that the property •in question being Lady
.Leigh's, was a circumstance fatal to the itsdittment. '
To this his Lordship assented, bit Obtorvesii that a
fresh indictment might be preferred.. " -. • •••..
On the officer applying for his expenses, the COMM
ailments? said, that as the ends of justice had been in
much danger of being'clefeated through the negligence
of the witness, be had no just claim for expenses: To
this Browne replied, that the imperfection in the indict-
ment was net owing to any neglect of his, .but of crate
a different person. Further conversation ensued,. .but
ultiinately his expenses were grented.
Jobs Prildarcrwits. indicted tot hating, on the 16th
of July last, in the fields in the vicinity of Hackney
robbed a Mrs. Harwood of her reticule; tainted. and
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some other articles.

Mary Harwood, the proseautrix, stated, that as she
was passing along the fields with her ion, a little bby.
on the 16th of July lent she :air the prisoner and ano-
ther man with him walking in the path ; the other man
suddenly came up, and snatched away her reticuletand
both he and the ;prisoner rd° away together ; she was
excessively alarmed at first, and could not speak foi
some time; at length the called-our, stop thief, when
a gentleman of the neighbourhood pursued them and.
seized the prisoner ; but the Man who had the reticule
made his escape ; she bid no doubt dist both were cob-
caned is the robbery.
This statement was corroborated by a tor, aad the
gentleman who sei;ed the priioner. At that time the,
prisoner appeared desirous to teat the matter it a joke,
and said they had only been sky-larking with the ladi in
•the fields.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that the proteca-1
trix wa; mistaken as to his person, and that he was not
in these fields at all at the time of robbery ; bat the
prosecutrix was positive as to his identity..
Several respectable witnesses, who had enettloyed the
prisoner (a weaver)for Many years, and bad knOsen him
from his infancy, Sage him a Most excellent character,
and said they were hardly ever more surprised
,then
when they heard of this accusation. They were ready
to employ him still. He had a wife and three children.
The C9II.MON kiallJtANT remarked to the Jury that
charicter could weigh only where there was some de-
gree of dpubrabout the case, and the Jury would say
whether there could be any doubt as'to the fact. •
The Jury found the prisoner Quilty ; and Irs•H ri-
wood, the busband of the prosecutrtx, recommended
him to the merciful consideration of the Court, on ac-
count of his general scrod character..
ThistgAili Nation was indicted for robbing Petrick
Mallet of his purse and. some money.
Patrick Mallet stated, that the prisoner *sled him to
take some beer with him, at a public-house in Sr. Giles's,
Iliad when they were in the house, a dispute arose which
rot them should pay for the liquor, upon which the pri-
soner took the purse and ran away with it. He then
applied to an orifices., who took the prisoner into cuitOdy..
He was not very sober at the time, but. *new what be
was about. The Prisoner was sober enough.
Edward Boothman, the officer, said, that both
were drunk. •

The Common SCRGRANT said, that it inight.be rea-
sonably doubted whether the prisoner knew• what he
was about at the time.—Aegnitted.
William Cook was indicted for having, on the 14th of
April last, 'embezzled two sovereigns, the property of
Messrs. Smith and
_Kimblet, tailors in whose employ-
nsent he was. It was inched that :he prisoner had re-
ceived the money, and had not paid it to his em-
ployers.—Guilty.
Thomas Robert Copley was indicted for stealing from
his master, Mr. Taylor, an Attorney, in Great St.
James's-street, a great quantity of papers of various
descriptions.
It was proved thai the prisoner took the papers and
documents, and sold them to different cheesemengers as
waste paper.—Verdict,
William Lloyd was indicted for stealing some books
and a pair of boots from his master, Mr. Phillips, of
the Middle Temple, Barrister. The prisoner was foiled
Will*.
William We,st was indicted for embezzling tbe sem
of 101.145. the property of his mistress, a marine store-
keeper, Westminster.. It was clearly proved that the
prisoner had received the money on his mistress's ac-
count, and had not paid it to her.—Gaily.
Eliza Riley was indicted for stealing a watch and
oth.r articles, the property of Robert Bridges, on the
31st July last.
The prosecutor, a very young man, stated that the
prisoner took him home. with . her, from the street,
about ten o'clock at night. They slept together, and
in the morning he,missed his property, and charged the
prisoner lb kb the theft: She denied it, and said that
she would get somebody to toss him out of the window.
He got an othcsr, who searched the prisoner, but none
of the property, was found upon her.
The COMMOW Siassiant observed, that as there was
no fastening to the door of the apartment in which the
parties slept, it was possible that some other person
might have stolen the property.—Aot Guilty.

OLD COURT-THIS DAY.

HOMMILSTEALING—WiIIiant WaiiioX, aged 19, was put
m the bar on an indictment charging him will stealing,
on the 19th of July last, a horse value 261. the property
of. Richard Peck, in the parish of shad well.
The short facts of the case were as follows—The pri-
soner on the day mentioned, was kft by the prosecutor
in charge of the horse in question, near the Jolly Butchers.
Shortly afterwards a man named Deaq came up, and
having said' something to the prisoner mounted the hone
,and rode of. An instant pbrsuit was made, but without'

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ALLKCIED MVRDtIt
was. a MU, VUTNSIACZ, CRAW= wren 11001110 IV
' ; RUSDAND.
Mall Orhinerack was pat to the bar ow an indict-
ment, charging her with the siiffql witsrder'of her hiss-'
band, Frederick Wittenback, in the month of July. last,
by administering to him a certain cpmntity of deadly
poison, called arsenic, in parish of St..l3ancras.

The usherable woman . was supported into and at-
tended in Court by the Rev. Mr. Baker, and so feeble
did she appear, that the Fount granted her the indul-
gence of a chair.
•. Mr. ADOLPHUS, with whom was Mr. Qusn,eonduct-
ed the case for the prosecutiOn, and stated ,he facts of
it to the Jury. He called die following witnesses..
Amelia Davis sworn—ls the wife -of James Davis,
who is a icale maker, residing ht No. 6,- Brill-place.
Somers Town. • The prisoner atfd the detedsed lived
together.,in my house, ' On SatutdaY, the
..214 of
July, the deceased came home to his dinner about
ten minutes put twelve. He.. appeared in perfect
health. Some time after the prisoner cone into
my roam, bringing with her a piece of phddils in a
plate, and said, " Wittenback is very sick, and bad,"
and added she thought he was poisoned. 'The prisoner
asked me if I thought there was anything in it? I then
went down stairs, and when I came up again, I entreated
her to go down, to het husband. The prisoner saiclrshe
would not, for she wars as bad as he was. I said to the
prisoner I thought you said you had not ate any of the
pudding? and the prisoner replied, " ripe ate it since
you went down stairs." I slid it is very strange You
should eat it atter you found your busbancl.was
The psis riser called tise,a liar, awl added. she bad never
said she had poisoned her husband. The prisener went
down stairs and then came up again and took down a
tub with her. I saw the deceased coming up staid', he
looked very ill indeed, and could scarcely crawl up.
The prisoner could hear very plainly what passed
between me and Mr. Wittenback.. 1 said, Oh, dear,
Mr. Wittenback, what is the • matter ? The de-
ceased 'said “ Oh, Mr.. Davis, I am Very bad, I
think I am poisoned; lam dying." Mr. Wivenback
was pit into bed, and I saw the prisoner directly after.
The deceased was put into bed by Mrs. Saunders, and
after this I saw the prisoner sitting on a chair near the
door. She said she was very lad, and they (the de-
ceased and herself) were both poisoned. The prisoner
fir down on the bed, and the deceased' tried to get out
of his room, but he was unable to do so. My -husband
Went for Mr. Jackson, who came immediately, and the
'latter administered an emetic to the deceased, after
which. I left the room. I again saw the deceased a
little before four o'clock ; the deceased requested me to
call Mrs. Saunders to rub his legs, which were in very
great pain. Alter this the deceased said, Oh never
mind my legs, for I am stone blind." _ Mrs. Saunders
went for Dr. Dillon. I .had proposed to fetch Mr.
•Walford, but this was objected to, on account of
expense that would be incurred, and he
in. Two gentlemen, however, cement
.the daughter, Charlotte Wittenback.

I was not present

in the room with them. The prisoner and the dimmed
did not live on exactly good Krum -.A cat belonging
to Mrs. Saunders partook of a part of the contents of
the deceased 'a stomach in the yard, and the consequence
was instant death. I asked the prisoner where she
bought the Sour, and she told me at Mr. Smith's.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Does not know
Whether the medical men are in attendance; what she
has stated as the conversations which occurred are the
same in words as what took place, according to the best'
Of her recollection. She stated these conversations to
Mrs. Saunders; this was nearly two months since, when'
the prisoner came up stain tome, she did sot appear at
all alarmed, neither did she when she said she believed
her husband was poisoned. She did not find any pad.
ding left io the prisoner's looms; she was alarmed and
confused when she bad heard of the circumstance.—
The prisoner did appear to be locating under poison;
she was complaining of sickness, and said she was very
bad. Sbe was in that state•during the whole time she
was in conversation with • witness on the stairs. When
Mrs. Saunders put• the deceased to 'bed, the psistmer,
was unable to assist herself. _ • •

James Davis, the husband of the last witness, con-
firmed her testimony ; he procured .the surgeons, and
administered an emetic, and saw is-cat.die from having
swallowed the contents discharged ffoat the deceased s
stomach; witness had some conversation with the de-
ceased, who appeared aware of the approach of his
death: He died at 20 minutes past three o'clock on
the S inday morning.
Hapnah Saunders—Knew the name of the deceased
to be !I Frederick ,Wittenback.7 This witness gave as
nearly as possible a similar account of the trensactton to
that of Mrs. Davis, as far as she was concerned. 'The de-
ceased wished assistance to be sent for, which was done.
In the course of a conversation the prisoner said her hus-
band expected that she would hringhorne ten shillings,
for work she had done, and added, 0 I wish he may
get it." The daughter of the deceased was altering her
spencer,• and alluding to her she said. 0 She little knows
what I have got in my hand." Witness never beard
the prisoner and the deceased quarrelling. •
Cross•examined—The deceased used to be called
Jem by his fellow workmen, but his right name was
Frederick. The daughter of the deceased said her fa-
ther's name, was Frederick,
Charlotte Wittenback, one of the daughters of the
deceased, examined—l am the daughter of the prisoner;
my father's name was Frederick. I had no hand in
preparing the dinner. There was no person in the'
room, nor had any person anything to do with prepar-
ing the dinner but my mother.
Mr. Jackson, auistant to the medical gentlemaa of
that name, deposed to the state in which he found the
unfortunate deceased, and the administering an emetic
Ito him. He was in a very bed state.
Charles William Wright, House Surgeon to the St.
Pancras Workhouse, deposed to attending the deceased,
who complained of great pain, and an internal burning.
Witness attributed the death of the deceased to the fact
of his basing taken matter of a poisonous nature. Ad•
ministered the stomach pump, but could not ascertain
what the poisonous ingredient consisted of. VVitness
opened the stomach, the appearances of which he de-

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' A Charles Clinton offered to pledge the soh si in oiss., weft, as the animal up to the present time teapot been
• for &sue shillings. The circumstance of a sem 464111kbriseserd of, although Armstrong had travelled upw'ards of
ICsnZie=rl In their value having -bete asked 4114111* a bandredisslis in chase of Dean. The primner received
o d suspicion. and application was in come- _
v nay good character. Mr. Sergeant Anima seimmed
rotes guano* "pude to a Pace Office, -and the party taken
rms. into enstz4.lo • - . iup the use to the Jury, who found the Woke Guilty
Mr. Lady , the wife of Mr. O'Meara, was the neat —.Dad.
the witness examined, and from her testimony k appal-Med.— At ten OleloeJk the Judges, Mr. JuktiCe OASIS:Ai, Mr.
He that the seats were her property, and were thually kept
Birfaa V.tionAi, and the Illansallanit, teak their seats,