Star.
London, England, 1804-04-12 00:00:00

OLD BAILEr.

YeAerday the Seffions commenced at this place,
before the City Officers and Lord E LLLLL (noun sr,
Mr. Ju(lice Hurts, and Mr. Baron THOMPSON.
William Mawr was indifted for a burglAry in the
dwelling houfe of Meffirs.Taylor and Co.on the 17th
of January lift, and ftealing therein a great quantity
of Bank notes, and Bills of Exchange to a great
amount. _ _

It appeared in evidence tbat the profecutor's houfe
was broke open, and that the property WAS taken out
of the Prong chen, &c. That on the 3d of February
lan, a number of thefe notes ware given in change of
two iol. bank notes, they being all one pound notes ;
and that they were all indorfed with names which
had been altered, but there was no evidence that the
prifoner altered any of there indorfements.
It appeared alfo that the Pi ironer keeps a grocer's
Ihop, and is in a confiderable way of trade in
Whitechapel, and that he had been at Come expence
in advertifing a perfon of the name of Lawrence,
who has difappeued fence this burglary has been
committed.

In the courfe of tracing the Mae of there notes out
of the Bank, a Clerk appeared who had taken ex-
traits nut of the Bank Books, to prove the particulars
of their being iffued • but it was objected by the
Piifoner's Counfel, ;hat this extra& was nut evi•
dence, for that the Bank Books ought to be pp-
duced ; but

Mr. Yußice HIATN held. that if the witnefs him•
fell had made this extra& and coal (wear to the
truth of it. it was evidence in this cafe s—the 'lank
floc,ks were books which are kept for the general ufe
and (mice of ihe public : and it had been held. over
and over again. they need not be produced in a cafe
of this kind. •

The Learned Judge then Wetted to the Jury,
that this Burglar had been committed on the t7th
of January lath ann the time was material in this
cafe. There was 'no evidence gamin& the Prifoner,'
further than that there Notes were found in his houfe
on the :ft of February: They were then traced
into his polreftion, and they were marked by the
Candling Clerk of the Profeeutor, and the names
indorfed upon them had been altered ; but there was
no evidence whatever that the Prifoner was the per-
fon who altered thera--•-They were found in his par-
fawn, it was true, but that was not rufkient.—
Now, if property be loft, and prefently afterwards is
found in the pofrellion of another under cireumftanees
of fidpicion, and that perfon gave no account of
them, the inference of Law was, that he wu the
thief. But here a fortnight had elaefed fince the
theft was committed, and there was no improbability
that he took them in the way of his trade, fo there
was no inference in Law that he was the thief ; and
therefore it would he the duty of the Jury, as well
as their inclination, to acquit the Prifoner.
The Jury Waged a while, on account, as they
faid, that the prifoner had no evidence.
Mr. Jun ice HEATH nhferved, that there was no
improlmbility the prifoner took thefe one pound notes
in the way of his trade : Nobody took notice of there
notes. There was no probability that the prifoner
Role thefe finee he kept a lhop of conflderable
tiacle.—Not Guilty.

ll'ilont Cu! alias Mart was capitally indined for
ITAtilting, nn the highway. Edward Brown. and
taking from his perfon, again(' his will, a motal
w•a:ch and gold feal, five shillings and flip:nee in
(dyer, and a leither hag, his propuST

• .
Mr. Intern. He Friefeeutin, fluted in evidetwcr.
that he was a enternoirrouncihman of die city o
London, and refided at Hackney. On the tsith Of
February left, he was walking, about bill pall
twelve at noon. in the. fields called Idythe, behind
Clapton, when he obfereed the PI ifoner pals him et
foam dillance, and defeend into a hollow ; after
which, he returned and pelted a rewind time within
a few yards, fo that Witnefs had an opportunity of
taking notice of him. The Prifoner then went
down Love-lane, which is a narrow long lane, with
an elbow, or projeilion of trees, and banking about
the middle. that prevented a fight to the bottom of
it ; behind this elbow the prifoner concealed him-
(elf, and Witnefs, having no forpicion of being rob-
bed, walked down the lane untd he came to the el-
bow, when the Prifoner fuddenly reified upon him.
drew a large carving knife, prefented the point of it
to Witnef.'s break and demanded his moiety t Wit-
nefs, under great terror, immediately gave Lis lea-
ther bag: containing five (billings and fispesce, and
the Prifoner then (aid, you have got a watch, 'mot
have that, which being given to him, he Paid, now
Tow mull go that way, turning the Wittier' in a dif-
ferent direelirm from the way he meant to efcape :
Winters obeyed, and after walking Come diftance,
lookediwk, faw the Parma- was gone, and imme-
diately returned towards the (pot where be had been
robbed; on approaching which, he obferred a per-
fon named Read walking in the geld, and inflantly
cried out, 14 l have been robbed ;" pointing with his
(lick at the fame time the way be fuppofed the Pri.
'loner had made olf.
Peter Read Mid he lived in Cold flath4see,diaek.
ney, and beard the profecutor ery, " I here bee*
robbed ;" in confegoetree of which, witnefs ran down
the foot path leading. to Clayton, *here he few the
prifoner running i winters purftwd him to Clapton.
down Pound-lane, and by crying oat t, flop thief,"
took him getting over a paling, *Rifted by a young
man named Thorley. At the bottom of the paling
the prifoner flopped, and withers, op arriving et the
faw the watch and leather bag lying on the
ground, which were identified the next morning by
the profecutor. The prifonerr, on being taken. was
confined in the cage at aapton, and carried the !writs
day before the Magiftrate at Worfliip Aran,
The prtfectitor (wore to the property, which was
produced in Court, and the Jury found the prifoner,,
who ruede no defence—Gssiky. na4—Recommen4-
ed to mercy by tilt profecutor.
Edward ralier. and Au, his wife, were ind Med
for Healing, in the dwelling houfe of Thomas Hot-
delvers, two al. bank notes, a pair of (beets, and other
articles, his Kemeny., It appeared from the eiridence
of the profecutor. who is a publican, that about
Chriftmas laft the prifoners wok an apartment in his
houfe, and were his lodgers, when be loft his pro-
perty. On the :hilt of February he placed eighteen
il. notes in a drawer in his bed room, indorfed with
the names tithe perfons Irons whom they were taken.
On the a4th following they were fare at five o'clock
in the afternoon, and the next wonting the drawer
was difcovered to have been broke open, and ten of
tip notes miffing. Some fufpicion having attached
to the woman prifoner, a March wart** was procur-
ed, her apartment exeniiited, sod two notes, which
the profecutor knew to be his, were found in a tea
pot. On further fearch, two other tunes were found
at a pawnbroker's in Drury-lane, given by Ann Tay-
lor to redeem a pledge. The other things mentioned
in the indidtment were alto traced to a houfe in Heo-
rietts-ftreet, Covent Garden, where they bad been left
by the fame prifoner, and the robbery was clearly
proved againft the wife; bat nothing having appear-
ed to implicate the hufband, he was strand, and the
Jury found Ant Edwards Guilty—Death.
Caroline Matthews, a young girl, fevepteen years.
of age, and Elizabeth rifler, were indieted for feloni-
°oily flailing in the dwelling houfe of John Ray, to
yards of ribbon, his property. The prifoner Mat-
thews went, in company with a woman whom Pie
called Nancy, into the (bop of Mrs. Kay, a milliner._
at Ratcliffe Highway, of Saturday the loth of
March, anted for fore ribbon, and having
spurchafed
a yard and a half. gave a (even Milling piece in pay-
ment. Mrs. Kay' returned the firer. whirl the pri-
loner was careful in examining, fearful it might be
bar! while the prifonera were difpudng about the
goodnefs of it, a Mrs. Kemp came in to buy tome
pins, and as the was defired to give her opinion whe-
ther it was good Giver or not, the latter, who had
been informed by an officer outfide the door, that
they were fhoplifters, Paid he believed the filver wit(
better than they were: on this remark, Matthew;
held her gown up to hide her face, and, with her
companion, left the (bop j the were btu jug gm"
when Mrs. Kay miffed ;lb yards of ribbon. The Ma-
loner Matthews and companion, on going out of the
Ihop, eroffed over the way, where the Joined Eliza-
beth Filher, who had been waiting for her, and the
three went towards Ratcliff Crofs : a perfon belong-
ing to the India Houfe, named Parry, knowing them
to be fu fpicion s charall cr., h a d,ho V/ t v er, wat che d than
ring Inca Mrs.•KarsfitAp. ITC wnen they came out,
followed them into a public hnufc, where an officer
was fent for ; they were fearched, and the whole of
the property loft was found upon Fi(her and Mat-
thews; the other woman who we, with them, efeaped-

The ribbon being produced in Court, the prtifectrior's
wife identified it by defcribing her fhop marks: in
confequence of which, and the cleareft proof of their
having committed the robbery, the Jury found them
both Goilly—Drath.
Eight were conviaed of felony, via. ja. Millard,
for healing three Metal weights, the property of
Mears. Warner and Co. ; gufannah Nettlefold, alias
Bradford, for healing four curtains, rho property of
Elias Fletcher t—Thomas Whitworth, a boy. nine
years of age, for Reuling two umbrellas, having grit
broken the glafs in the Ihop window of lobn Burnell,
a (hop keeper in May's Buildings, Bedford Bury t
T. Branham, for healing two iron kettles, the pro-
perty of Jar. Frazer ; Eph. Fernittage, for healing
two bottles, and a quantity of varnitls, the property
of J. Cary ; J. hf• Cure, for healing a quantity of
Inver cuttings, value Bs. the property of C. Fuller t
Sophia Planks, for healing a coat and other articles.
She property of C. Cowling ; Rub. Mills,for healing
53 yards of coloured Cambeick, the property of A.
Alford. The following were acquitted R. Iladley.fr
la. Jones, allias Burrows, Edw. Taylor, and Rob.
Tiddv.

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