Star.
London, England, 1827-04-16 00:00:00

NTELLIGENCE.

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TAUNTON, Arias IL
Three young men, the elJe.t of whom appeared to
be about twenty years of age, named Heerytarnboere,
Jones Sweet, and James Major, were placed at the bar,
charged with having broken into the house of Robert
Tindall, Esq. in the Crescent, Taunton, and stolen
therefrom articles of wearing apparel of the worth of
about one hundred pounds.
Mr. Tindall is father to the Solicitor-General, end
Lambourn had been his set want.
Mr. Moony called Robert Tindall, Esq. who de-
posed that he lived at No. 6, in the Crescent, Taunton.
.At the back of the houses there were gardens and a
lane, to which the gardens opened. On the 9th of
August last he left his house to go to Lyme for a few
weeks. The house was furnished, and no servant being
left in it, the key and the care of the house were given
to Mrs. Bayley, a hair-dresser's wife, who was to see it
aired. All the things belonging to the house were left
in it as if the family had been at home, except that the
drawers, wardrobe; and cupboards, were locked. The
key of the cellar, which was also locked, was put under
the sideboard. The cellar was well known to Lam-
bourn, as well as the place where the key was kept, he
having frequently assisted witness in packing up wine.
Lambourn had been in his service until about two
months since. He had used to sleep in the back kitchen
which faced the garden. A messenger was sent to him
at Lyme, on Friday, the 18th of August, to inform him
of the robbery; returning on the Saturday, he found a
considerable quantity of property gone; the wardrobe
and drawers were broken open. The articles had been
taken from different rooms, and were altogether
worth 1001.
Mrs. Bayley—Went to Mrs. Tindall's on the 15th of
August; all was right at that time; left every thing
defer that was between seven and eight o'clock, on
Tuesday ; went again on the 18th, about eleven in the
morning, and found that the cupboards had, been broken
open; every lock in the house, except in one room, had
been broken open, and the house was in perfect disorder.
Went to the cellar after sending for a constable. The
window of the back kitchen had been broken open, and
the shutter. A tinder-box appeared to have been thrown
down, by opening the shutter. The candle was removed
which she had left in the passage of the entrance hall ;
found it in the kitchen on the dresser; locked the door,
and sent for Mr. Long, the constable.
Cross-examined by Mr. BARSTOW --Was not in the
house from Tuesday to Friday. There was no inventory
made out by Mr. Tindall. Took no list of the articles
himself. Missed a great coat, but could speak with
certainty of nothing besides. Had only the key of one
drawer ; had no charge of anything; all was locked up•
William Buncombe knew Lambourn and Sweet;
:set them together in Shuttar's near the Crescent ; it was
at ten o'clock at night on the Tuesday. Two other men
were there, Read and Falconer. _ Lambourn came to

witness. and asked him to go. with them; the others
were not within hearing. Lembo= told bias. if be
would go down a little behind the Crescent, he should
have plenty to drink. He remained these, and saw
them go down the Crescent, and turn into the opening.
It was bright moonlight.
Cross-examined—Was a labourer. Lived in East-

street, and worked for Mr. White before be was taken
into custody. Never had any dealings with the party.
Lambourn did not tell me what they were going to do.
Did not see them afterward, till they were taken up.
Never received any thing from them in his life. There
is a public•house near the Crescent. He did not go
into it.

Sarah llole—Saw the prisoners, Sweet and Lam-
bourn, on the road to Bridgewater, at five o'clock in
the morning. Sweet had a bag, and Lambourn a
bundle. They asked to ride in a can, and were refused.
Mr. Johnson—Kept an inn at Noah Petherton.
Lambourn and Sweet slept there on the night of the
17th. They came in at ten o'clock ; told his wife they
had been to Bristol to see some friends.
Ctoss-etamined—Never saw them before. They did
not say at what time they went to Bristol to see their
friends.'

Gower, an officer of the Court, had seen Sweet
and Lambourn at Bridgewater, at half-past five in the
morning of the 17th. They had both bundles. Sas-
ttl is 36 miles from Bridgewater.
Samuel Mountsheer, a slopseller of Bridgewater,
proved that Sweet came to his shop on Thursday, the
17th of August, about eleven o'clock, and offered to
sell some clothes, via. a coat, two pair of small-clothes,
two wai,tcoats, and a pair-of trousers. He told witness'
he brought the clothes from Taunton, and that his
'brother bad given them to him to help hum to defray
.the expenses of a journey to Salisbury, where he had a
job of work. Witness bought the clothes at Ms. he
asked 555. Gave him 2s. 6d. in part. He called at
. nine o'clock for the d &react, which was paid him.
George White, a tithing-man, saw Sweet in the gaol,
-and asked him how he came by a silk. handkerchief ?he
said he had bought it with another, which be pulled
out of his pocket, of a Mr. Leonard, for 10;. seatc§ed
. his house, found brandy in a boa, which Major acknow-
.ledged to be his.
Long recalled—When the house was given him in
charge by Mrs. Bty ley, he found a blunderbuss, with a
s,aiog bayonet, in the cellar.• The cellar door bad been
opened with a key ; thee was a cl,est of tools in the
.house; the box had been opened; be received a piece
of silk from Lovell in November.
Mary Hayti. lodged with Major' who slept at home
on the Tuesday ; went out on the Wednesday, at nine
o'clock in the evening ; returned at three or four the next
morning ; brought nothing at all with him.
H:nry Nicholls lived at Dunster • knew Major, who
passed there by different names; .I:ad delivered to him
a piece of silk and a pair of stockings, which he told him
to keep for him till he was liberated; be apprehended,
him ; after he offered the things to Major, and he refused
them, he gave them to Long. Witness saw him MU a
piece of silk to Rachael Wood.
Rachael Wood bought a yarJ of silk of Major; she
gave it to John Lovell, the constable.
Two silversmiths, of Bridgewater, proved, that Sweet
bad offered them the top of a castor, which one of them
bought for ls. sd.
W. Long, the constable, said, that he took the pri-
soner Lambourn into custody, and asked him where he
was the last night.? He said, at Bristol; that they bad
come home in the sight. He afterwards apprehended
Sweet; they were together when Sweet said that they
were at Bridgewater the day before, and slept at North
Peelle:lon. Witness produced sundry articles of clothing,
and a silver castor top.
Long, another constable, was put into the box, to
produce some other clothes.
lbe Junua said, this was a trick to increase the ex-