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door. The prisoner opened the door, and when she
told him the house was broken open, the prisoner re-
plied, " Is it possible ? I have the keys of the pantry
in my pocket." The prisoner came down stairs, and
looked at the pantry, but did not say anything. The
pantry door was standing wide open when the wit-
ness came down in the morning. The witness men-
tioned that on the Saturday before the robbery Mrs.
Turton asked the prisoner to lend her a sovereign.
The prisoner replied, that he had neither a sovereign
nor silver. On the Sunday the prisoner asked the
witness to lend him a few shillings, which she was

unable to do.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRODERICK.-It was after
the witness told him that every bit of the plate was
gone that he answered, " Is it possible? I have the
key of the pantry in my pocket.
Hannah Hunt deposed, that she was a servant to
Mrs. Gambier, Mrs. Turton's sister. The witness was
at Mr. Turton's house with her mistress on the night
of the robbery. She went to bed about half-past one,
and lighted hetself with an iron candlestick, like that
in-Court. She placed the candlestick on the drawers,
and fotind it there when she rose in the morning.
Thomas Griffiths deposed that he was groom to
Mr. Tinton. He does not live in the house, but sleeps
over the stable, and the prisoner sleeps with him.
On the 4th of September the witness assisted to carry
up dinner There were some visitors at his master's
on that day. The witness went toted about a quar-
ter after one, and left the prisoner and the house-
maid up. The witness helped the prisoner to clean
the plate on the 4th of September. After the plate
was cleaned the prisoner locked it up. About two
o'clock the prisoner came into the room where the
witness was in bed. The- witness thought he was
coining to bed, but he could not tell whether he did
so, as the witness fell asleep. The witness awoke at
about four o'clock, and found the prisoner was not in
bed. The witness was awakened at five o'clock by
the prisoner coming into bed. The witness askeJ the
prisoner why he came to bed at that time of the
morning ? The prisoner replied that he had been in
bed all night. The witaess said that he had missed
him at four o'clock. He knew the prisoner had a
watch, which he had never seen since the robbery.
The witness lent the prisoner two shillings on the
Sunday preceding the robbery.
Cross-examined by Mr. IlisonenrcK.—The witness
spoke of the time of the prisoner's coming to bed only
by guess. When the prisoner was informed that the
house was broken open and all the plate gone,he only
replied, "isit ?" The witness remained in bed half
an hour after he heard the house had been broken

open. The witness cannot tell whether it was five
days, ten days, or a fortnight, after the robbery that
he first told his master the circumstance of thepri-

sutler noi. being in bed during .the night. lie did not
mention it until he was asked About it._ _

Re-exanzincd by Mr. BoLL A N D.--When the witness
heard Mary Clinch sell the prisoner that the house
had been robbed, he thought she was jesting. There
was " a correspondence in loveship" between Clinch
and the prisoner, and he thought that they had been
courting.
James Gilmore, a police officer, deposed, that he
went to Mr. Turton's about seven o'clock on the
morning of the .sth of September. He examined the
kitchen door, and it appeared to have been cut on
both sides. The gimlet-holes were bored from the
inside. 11e saw the marks of footsteps in the area,
but the person by whom those marks were made
could not have got into the kitchen of Mr. Turton,
because a door intervened, which remained fastened.
There was no mark of violence on the latter door.
The witness corroborated the testimony of Mr. Tur-
ton, respecting the examination of the prisoner's
drawer, and the conduct of the prisoner.
Charles Bew, a police officer, mho accompanied
Gilmore to the house of Mr. Turton, merely corro-
borate' the evidence of the last witness.

The prisoner, in his defence, said, that what the
witness Griffiths had sworn respecting his not being
in bed at four o'clock was false. went to bed
about two o'clock, and never left it till half-past five.
He did not awaken Griffiths at five o'clock; it was
Griffiths who awakened him.

Mr. BnooEttict:, by permission of the Court, put a
question to Mr. Turton, from whose answer it ap-
peared, that if any person bad concealed himself in
the cellar where the candlestick was found, he might
have broken open the kitchen door, without doing
violence to the outward door, which he could after-
wards open and let himself out. Mr. Turton added,
that upon examining the cellar, he had reason to be-
lieve that some person had been concealed there.
Captain Lausanne, with whom the prisoner had
lived for three years previous to his entering the ser-
vice of Mr. Turton, gave the prisoner an excellent
character. Two other respectable witnesses also gave
the prisoner a good character.
The COMMON SERJEANT summed up the evidence,
and the Jury acquitted the prisoner.
James Cashman was indicted for stealing, on the
13th of August, a quantity of paving-stones, the pro-
perty of t:e Committee of Paving of St. George's,
Hanover-square. It appeared that the prisoner sold
four carts of these stones, which were lying in Southr
Moulton-street, fur the purpose of being used in re-
pairing the sewers, to Mr. Southwold, a slater, for
the sum of thirty-six shillings. The prisoner repro
sensed in his defence that he was employed by Gar-
dener, a carter in the employ of the Surveyor of
Pavements, and that he gave to this person the money
received for the stones.
The Surveyor of Pavements being called, stated in
evidence, that there was a carter of the name in his
employment in August, but since discharged on sus-
picion of practices of this nature.
The prisoner was acquitted, but was arraigned
again on a second indictment for a similar offence.
He was found Guilty, but recommended to mercy
by the Jury.
Thomas Hopkins was indicted for stealing ten cast-
ing-moulds, the property of Messrs. Figgins and
Winch, letter-founders, \Vest-street, West Smithfield,
on the '2oth of August.
Mr. Figgins deposed, that the prisoner had come
into his employment in the year 1820; and further'
that he did not sell any moulds for fifteen years.
Thomas Hughes, a publican, deposed, that the pri-
soner lodged in his house until the last fortnight.—
Four or five months ago the prisoner gave a quantity
of moulds into his possession, without any instruction
Ito conceal them, and they were of course kept in the
house in a public manner. When the officer called