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London, England, 1817-09-19 00:00:00

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OLD BAILEY. SEPTEMBER 18.

JAR Cetviii: a boy of about 14 years, was con-
victed of picking a Gentleman's pocket of a hand-
kerchief, in St. Martin's-lane. The Jury recom.
mended the prisoner to mercy.
The Reformer' took this opportunity of observing,
that it was the most difficult part of his duty to know
bow to punish these lads. It was his custom never
to transport thefn, unless they were old offenders ;
but•he well knew, it this lad was let loose, he would
immediately get employment from some old thief.—
The lowa was infested with these juvenile depreda-
tors, and it was absolutely necessary to punish them
in such a way as to prevent them getting abroad, to
commit further thefts. Observing the crowd in the
lower part of the Court, he said, "many of those
persons you see there, Gentlemen, come here to see
bow thcir companions get off, and to learn how to
commit my depredations theme:ye,. I dare say
I slta.l see many of their faces again at the bar in a
short tinie."—The learned Judge then intimated that
he s'ir,itilcf endeavour to procure the prisoner's ad-
ission auto the l,ou:e of the Sxiety for the Refuge
01 the Destitute.

Ja a Sintmonth and Robert Holding were indicted
for hiving burglariously entered the dwelling-house
of James Were*, and stealing therein nine sheets
and some other articles, the propetty of Catherine
Mali, on the 6iis of August last, in the parish of St.
Anne, Westminster.
James Weeks stated, that he let lodgings, and that
the whole family consisted of about 2u pinions. On
tie night of the 6th of August, he fastened his doors
about half-past eieven o'clock, and retired to bed in
th Leslid that all his lodgers were at home. Some
of them had keys by which they could admit them-
selves, any time. He was waked about one o'clock,
in consequence of the watchman giving the alarm,
and saw the prisoners apprehended in his house.
John Brow • g, a watchman, deposed, that as he
was proceeding on his rounds, during the night in
question, between twelve and one o'clock, be pualied
the door of Weeks's house, in girder to try whether
it was secure, and found it open. He entered, and,
after alarming the family, tot)k the twoprisoners, who
were in the lieuse, into custody. There was a bundle,
containing the articles described in the indictment,
lying beheld them.
Catherine Mills deposed, that she carried on the
occupation of a washerwoman, and that the goods
attempted to be carried away belonged to persons
who had entrusted her with them in the ordinary
course of her business: She left them hanging in
the Tut.
Mr. Litton .GnAtiam informed the Jery, that the
last witness had that special property in the goods
which was suffictent to maietain the charge in the
present indictment. The entering, the house by the
prisoners, it aezomplished by tnesns of a false or bor-
rowed k.y, was also a sufficient breaking to constitute •
the crime of burghry. It was, however, for them '
to decide upr.n the ash°le of the evidence, whether
t'.e c .ei• 1 part of the cffence had or had not bean
sitisfictcrily made out against the prisoners.
Ye:diet—Guilty of stealing senerally, with a re-
commendation to :Lucy, on account of the good cha. '
teeter previously sustained by both of the prisoners. •1
Job* Davis, and Jame: Smith, were int!icted for
stealing a watch, the property of John Tcssey. iu '
his dwelling-house.
Sophia Tussey said she lived in Lloyd's court, '
in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields. On the after-
nonn of the 9th of July last. the two prisoners came
together to her house, looked in at the parlour win•
dow, walked up the Court, and came back again ;
she was looking out of the two pair room, and saw
them•standing at the parlour window. One of them
(Smith) got in, and she saw him again run out of
the house; they walked away together. The witness
ran down immediately, and found the parlour door
popen; the outer door, which had been shut before,
• was also open. She missed a silver watch off the
mantle shelf; it was the property of her husband.—
She had seen it there about ten m:nntes before.
About two years before, she bad glen £6. 10.. for
the watch, and it was worth) £3. at the time it was
stolen. Smith got into the iipuse throtigh the outer '
door, which she believed he opened with a false
key. Wetness afterwards went to a low-street Offi-
ar, and they met both the ptisoaers, who were '
liken into custody.
Janet, a Bow-street Officer, spoke to his having
one ib search of the prisoners; he said lie saw them
bah going into a coffee shop. Mrs. Tossey said
they were the men, and witness took them to the
Office. He searched Smith, and found a tel note
upon him; but he Could not trace it. There were
alio found as DarPs a £1 note, a ktftle, and three
duplicates. Whiten returned the notes to the pri-
soners. He went to the 'Pawnbrokers with the du-
plicates foetid on Davis, but could hear nothing
stank the watch.
William Jefferson, another Bow-street Officor, gave
evidence to the things found on Davis.
The prisoners denied Cry knowledge of the rob-
bery, but called no witnesses.
The Jury, after deliberating for n few Minutes,
fussed both the prisoners Not Guilty.
'Marx Drurly WAS trird for breaking into the &re'. I
ling house of William Hill Nison, and stealing sev.,..
sal articles of wearing apparel.
Mr. Nixon said he lived in lalexton, where he rented
a house by the week. On the And' of July, he and
his wife went out about one o'clock; they lett no-
body in the house; they returned at .5 (varier past
• two, and found the house had beep broken open ; and
• chat the wearing apparel' of himself and his wife
were gone. His wife was flit then in Court, and nit-
s:ea could only speak to the things which he had lost.
Ann Nixon said she was daughter-in-law to the last
witness and lived close by; about a quarter past one
she saw a roan gp out of the house, he went .away;
but when she went in she saw the prisonerin the
house; be rat away out of the bed-room g isle
lowed and cried stop thief; he was taken; and after.
wards the witness saw a bundle of clothes CO a chair
in the home, near the door; they consisted of Rowel,
caps, table cloth, Scc.. which belonged to her a.vrher_
in kw.
Robert Cackle beard the cry of stop thief, he per.
seed and took the prisoner into custody; he brought
him back to the noise, and tkae found a bundle tied