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London, England, 1817-01-16 00:00:00

LIW ATELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JANUARY S.
This being a Seal Day, ill,: Loup CuaNenr.tor
was wholly occupied in hear*, motions of no public
importance whatever. In case 1.1 Cutler v. Un•
derwood, where a purchaser k,f an elate had t.tken
place, and a title and c ,yance %vele made our,
his Lordship ordered tl,e roomy to be p tid
Court, with interest. Tl•e rune order was made in
another case, Cutler v. Hill, and i:s this Cau the con•
veyance was ordered to be deposited io the Master's
Office, on or before the day the matey was deposited
His Lordship at till near four o'clock.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.
Yesterday the Sessions commenced at this Court,
before the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Just;ce PARK, Mr.
Juvice Annyrr, the RECORDER, &C. _ _

Betifmrin Hearn was indiefed for breaking and en-
tering the dwelling-house of J. Wliccler, and steal-
ing therefrom some glass ware, the priTtrty of James
Baker.

On the morning of the 29:h of December, the
prisoner having a sack in hi, possession, containing
the articles stoleo, was stepped by toe watchman
coming fro:n Brentlord ; being asked what he had
there ? he answered be had soo.e glass ware, his own
property, which he was taking to Ealing. A mAii
wbo was in company with him made his escape. Pri-
soner was detained till nest morning. when it was
discovered that the Castle Inn, at Brentford, had been
broken open, and some glass (the same that was
found on prisoner) stolen. The property was proved
by Mr. Baker, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty
of steeling, but not of breaking and entering.
lihn Davis and James Lemon were indicted for
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas
Porteous, Esq. and stealing therefrom a silver can-
dlestick, his property.
Amelia Marks stated, that she lives as servant in
the house of prosecutor, who resides at No. 34,
Half-moon-street, Piccadilly; she was positive that
she had locked the area gate the night of the robbery.
Robert Macey, another of Mr. Porteoues servants,
stated, that immediately on missing the candlestick
on the night of the robbery. he looked up the area,
and saw the gate open ; he went up, and saw one of
the prisoners ( Davis), he followed, and coming up
with him, took him by the breast and said, e.l hope
you are not the man who stole my master's candle.
stick." Prisoner appeared confused, and said, " I
am quite struck." Witness took him back, and in
his way he dropped a skeleton key. Another skele-
ton key was found upon him, with which the Offi-
cer, who soon after came up, opened the area gate.
CharlesJefferies, an Officer, coiroooratea this cart
of the last witness's testimony.
George Atkinson deposed, that he was going up
Half Moon-street about a twat ter past eleven o'ciock
on the 211th of December. The prisoner Lemon ran
past him with something concealed in his bosom.
Macey, the second witness, came up to him (witness)
Soon after, and told him that his master's house had
been robbed. On getting this information witness
went into Piccadilly, where he very soon met with
Lemon, whom he took into custody. In his posses-
sion, and buttoned up under his coat, was found the
silver candlestick stolen, which was afterwards proved
to be the property of Mr. Porteous.
Some other witnesses corroborated the principal
parts of the preceding testimony.
The prisoner Davis, who is about 18 years of age,
stated in his defence, that corning from Kensington
he picked up the skeleton keys which were found in
his possession.
Lemon, who is a very young bey, said in his de-
fence, that coming down Piccadilly on tine night
laid in the indictistenr, he was met by a man in a
snuff-coloured coat, who produced the candlestick to
him, and said he would give him a shilling if he took
it heseie for him, lie (ptisoner) consented, and was
going with the candlestick borne when he was taken
into custody.
Mt. Justice ABBOTT, before summing up. told the
Jury, that if they believed the evidence of the
in this case, they should find the prisoners
guilty ; but there would a question remain, upon
which he should take the opinion of the other Judges,
es to whether the forcible opening of the area gate
was a felony, within the meaning of the Act of Par-
liament? But it would not be necessary for hint to
do this if the Jcry believed that the made stolen was
of the value of 40s. fur then the taking it in a dwel-
ling house would amount to a capital felony.
The Jury found both prisoners guilty of the break.
ing and entering, and of steeling to the value of 395.
The Court ordered them to be remanded until the
°p eon of the Judges was taken On the Cast'.
Richard Wiltshire and Nuran Parsons were indicted
for stealing several articles of nearing apparel, the
property of Itt•bert Hay wood. Plobecutur was a
coachman in the service of a Gentleman. On the
night of the 9th November was' going along the
Stand, the female prisoner accosted him, and 'co
quested to have something to drink.. Witness con-
sented to treat her, and they went into a public-house,
where they had some gin. Witness had a bundle of
clothes, which he laid down near him. The prisoner,
Wiltshise, was present, and while witness was paying
for the gin, both prisoners lett the house, Wiltshire
saying to witness at the time " are you going ?"
Immediately the landlord asked witness whether the
bundle which was taken away was his? Witness
then missed his bundle, .and immediately called out
" thief," but was told not to be alarmed, it was only
a lark. Never gut his bundle since that time.—Both
prisoners were acquitted, purely, as Mr. Justice PACK
said, through the humanity of the Jury; but Hay-
wood was directed to have his allowance, the Judge
observing, at the same time, that he pitied him very
much..
Mary Johnson was indicted for breaking and enter-
ing the dwelling-house of Mrs. Elizabeth Pond, and
stealing therefrom several articles of wearing apparel,
her property.
The prosecutriz, who is a blind woman, left her
own house in Broadway, Westminster, on the 27th ,
of December, in company with her sister,
to go to
l'er brother's knuss at Charing-cross. On her way
thither she was followed and accosted by the prisoner,
who told her that she had been travelling for three
days, that she had not in that time had any thing to
eat, and was then staving. Witness said she had
no money, but if she (prisoner) would go home to
• her (witness's) Wiese sale woultl get het some tat;

prisoner consented. and when they get back to the
home the sinter of witness made tea, aed primer got
as much as she could eat and drink. Before she had
dente eating, prisoner said that she was almost naked,
and begged for some clothes; witness• gave her a
goad black petticoat and some other articles, which
she then put on. Prisoner then said, th it she hal a
box with some clothes in it in Peter-soca, where it
was detained for st. %%hie.' sum she ra euested witness
would lend her, and she would repay it by worming
saes.: of the clothes that were in it. Witness sa d
she had not so much money, hut she took a gold
ring from her finger, which she sent her sister to
pawn, and got :Ss. on it; 2s. 9d. of if.is sum she
gave to prisoner. Prisueer afterwards asked witness
to go to a public-h•asse where her husband was;—
witness and her sister went, and tuck share of a pint
of ale, but the man whom she described as her hus-
band would not speak to her. On their return from
the public-house to that of witness, some dispute
arose between the prisoner and witness's sister, when
prisoner threatened that if she (the sister) did not
immediately leave the house, she would charge her
on the watch. The sister then left the house, and
soon after witness begged the prisoner to go with her
for her sister, who WAS in the habit of. sleeping s.ith
her; it was then ten o'clock. Pristrier' went with
her, but took her a wrong way .and left her by her-
self near Broadway Chapel ' • was, e.s waited the re it
the rain until eleven o'clock, when sense perosis came
up and led her home ; on her return she found the
door locked as she had left it, but on entering she
found her box broken open, and the severel articles
mentioned in the indictment. gone; the window shut-
ters, which were made frost before she left the house,
were open on her return.
Rebecca Pond, the sister of the last witness, comes
borated her statement in its principal parts, and
added, that the cause of the dispute between her and
the prisoner, arose from the latter charging her with
an intent to rob her sister; she vent lest the pri-
soner should charge her with the watch as she had
threatened.
E. Green, a police officer, being informed of the
robbery, was for some time in search of the prisoner,
whom he at length arrested at Moseley on the 7th of
the present month; when she saw witness she began
to cry, kpowing that he was an officer ; said she was
well aware why he arrested her, and begged lie
would not expose her in consequence of knowing hrr
father and mother ; he then took her to her mother's
house, where she was searched ; out her hied she
wore a bonnet (afterwards proved to be the property
of proseeetris), and in her handkerchief was a pawn-
broker's duplicate of a priests, which prisoner sieknov,-
hedged she had pledged at Kingoen ; withe-s went
to Kingston with time duplicate seed at the 'own, •
which he then prodoced, and which Rebecca P•sed
(the second witness) proved to be her stseer's
property.
Mr. Justice ABBOT then called up the.prosecutrix,
and asked whether t:ie house she lived in was her
own house? (It was so stated in the im.hctment.)—
To which she replied in the negative; the owuer of
the house did not reside in it.
The prisoner being called on for her defence, ad-
skied that she had taken the articles, and expressed
her sorrow fur it; but threw herself on the mercy of
the Court, in consequence of het great distress, hav-
ing two young chttdren, and being now very near
her accouchem:nt. She added, that her husband left
her about four months ago in the state she was, and
she knew net what to de, or where to go. The pri-
soner wept dui Mg time whole of the trial, and eissfee-
voured to hide her face.
Mr. Justice 11 essoe summed up the evidence, and
the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty ; but recom-
mended her to mercy, on Account of her penitence
and het' apparent distress.
Thomas Goodall and George Wilson were indie•el for
breakng and entering the dwelling-hause of Sarah
Neville, on the 17th of DecersOna, and steelisig du:l,-
Imm 3sl boxes and :ft) sets of dumaso., tee p:oeerzy
of Thrones Wyatt.
The prosecutor lives in the parish of St. Jesoes.—
On the night laid in the indictment a p.ese of gloss
was cut in his shop window, and the boxes which had
been lying near it were taken Away. Witness was.
not at home at the time, but being hammed by at
boy, he went in search of the gobbets ; th • bey said
he could point them out ; and as the:), went along I.e
met the two pr ers, whom he described as the per-
suns who took the boxes. Witness went to one of
them (Goodall), and taking him by the culler, said
Ise should go with hint to the Po soon r
consented, mid in his way Al telliptCli tilr/W Stoffil.
thing Irons him, which witness saw was a Lex of
dominos. On Swing examined at the watch house,
tour other bastes el donsines were found upon inns.
In a subsequent exanduetiois, prisons:l Gouelell ac.
kaawledged_ that lie, in censperty with others, had
taken away 21 boxes of dominos.
Mrs. Wyatt corroborated that pert of her husband's
testimony which related to the loss of the JOllllllO9
and the detection of Goodall.
John Slane proved that he sew both prisoners
about the house of the proserutor, a little beion• the
robbery. They weir outside the window, test ran
away when the alarm ul the robbery 'was given. lle
atterwards saw then' wilting together. and As if they
were handistg so:nething filen one to the Wise.
Some other witnesses subpar Led this ervideace.
The prisoners made no &Imre, :old the Jury lotted
Goodall Guilty, but. acielitted Wilson.
The following were capitally convicted :
Peter fehnzon, for returning Isom irenspretetion
before the excitation of the term of seven years, lot
which he had been ordered to be transported in Oc-
tober last.
John Cochrane, Ica ass ulting Elizabeth West on the
King's highway, and taking trims her person :egainA
irr will, a black silk gown and a hanokerchiti, the
property of W. West.
James Sims, lor a burglary in the dwelling house if
Daniel Cormack, with intent to steal.
Francis Phillitts, for stealing lit) yards o' print, the
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goods tit Robert }lenses, in his dw Live 1 euoee.
The trial of Wasson, sen. it is understoLd will come
on on Monday next. In die Calendar he is stated
have been committed by Sir NA 111. LoSIANT, charged
first, With ,s wilfully,
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cluu
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Y'h''dnidverusLoi other stabbing and cutting Joseph Itliseees, with intent to
disuble him ;" and second, with ‘^ unlewltniy. riot-
ously, liunileed and upwatdr,ling wo
bogls. tumult
lse uously,
numberltuou sy.
of m l
with intent to break and disturb the peace."

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