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London, England, 1829-09-18 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, Sept. 17.

01.0 COURT.
(Before !Ur. Justice GASELSZ.)
dark Joel, aged N, ~t;:st)(1 charred with breaking and
ehterirm the dwelling-house of John Bloom, on the 27th of May
last, and stealing 14 pieces of silk, his property.
The witnesses for the prosecution, being principally Jews, were
sworn with their bats on, and by the Old Testament.
Mr. Bnonruce stated the case to the Jury.
Susanna Bloom, the daughter of the prosecutor, deposed that
on the 27th of May last she went into her father's warehouse about
halt-pa'; one, and saw that it had been broken into by the window
laavin:: been taken down, and some property taken out. When
her father came home at five, she mentioned the circumstance to
bim Her father's house is No. 24, Spital.square.
John Bloom the son of the prosecutor, deposed that the value of
the silk taken was about X 520 ; the shortest piece was worth from
Eli to £l2. In going up Regent-street a few days after, he saw
...me silk in the shop of Mr. Poulson, aed identifying it as his own,
be took In officer with him and seized it. The whole that was
taken fit!! of his premi•ws was 900 yards. The way in which he
aseera'ned these were his pieces at Mr. Poulson's was, that he had
u::ly ninde tele of the brown sort and of the other pattern.
r. 11eniontin Poulson, a tailor, residing under she Quadrant,
Regent-Art:et, deposed that he purchased the two pieces of silk in
t!nestkri from Mr. Shoolbred, on the 23d of June last.
.Lihn Shoolbred deposed that be lives at 105, Tottenham-court-
ro ut : that on the 25d of June last he soil to Mr. Poulson a piece
..f brown silk, and another piece that he had purchased of a Mr.
Vt.nburg ; he had also purchased about 114 _yards of Ballantine
on the 12th of June, of the same person. Mr. Bloom was in
h.s .hep when he went home, and said these silks were his.
:Moses Vanburg deposed, that on the 12th of June last, he sold
some silk to Mr. Shoolbred; that he had these silks to sell for Mr.
Isaac Israel ; he received these silks the Tuesday before the 12th
of June. _ _

Isaac Israel deposed, that he knew the prisoner Joel; that he
came to his shop in the beginning of June with some silks to sell,
...nd be purchased about 114 yards of him. He took them to Mr.
Vanburg to sell for him. Joel was the person who brought the
whole of the silk wrapped up to his place. The two pieces in
question are waistcoat silk. and it was waistcoat silk that he pur-
chased of Joel. He sent to Mr. Vanburg to look at the silk, and
value it, as he was the person who sold nn commission for him.
ale borrowed 201. of Vanburg to purchase this silk.
Mr. Brown, the police officer, stated that he went with Mr.
bloom to Mr. Poulson, and seized the two pieces of silk now before
the Cuurt. On the night of the 12th of June he took the prisoner
Jed into custody in Petticoat-lane.
The silk was identified by Mr. Bloom producing the remaining
part of the piece.
The Junos told the prisoner that now was the time to speak, if
be had any thing to say in his defence.
To which the prisoner replied, he was quite innocent of the
charge.
Several witnesses, also sons of Israel, were examined, who gave
the prisoner a good character.
Mr. Justice GAUL!' summed up the evidence, and the Jury
is and the prisoner Guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house, but not
of breaking and entering.

(Before Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.)
2t.ibert Ccrter, aged 43, Elizabeth Carter (his wife) aged 41, and
itt-bert (their son) aged 18, were indicted for stealing a 251. Bank
Ilf England note, and other notes, the property of Mr. Richard
Marra; other counts alleged the notes to be the property of
Johanna O'Keefe, and others as belonging to the Archbishop of
Canterbury.
Robert Carter, the elder, was also indicted for receiving a Bank-
note of 301. one of 204 and two of 51. well knowing them to be
;mien.

Anotruns stated the case on the part of the prosecution ;
znd Mr. Flown and Mr. BILODRICS appeared for tha prisoners.
All the witnesses were ordered out of Court, and the female pri-
srner was allowed a seat. _ _ .

"The circumstances of the case, as they were detailed on the part
I the prosecution, are as follow :—Dr. Farre, of Charter-house-
-cuare, was the nephew and executor of a Mrs. O'Keefe, deceased,
:rho had lodged in Carter's house. Airs. O'Keefe died on the Bth
f June last, possessed of Bank-notes for 225/. which were locked
writing desk with other money and a bill, and the desk had
been owned, and the notes extracted. In the desk was found a
.I.emcrauclum of the death of itlrs. O'Keefe, in the hand-writing
.f the younger prisoner. The deceased's name was written
" C'Keith," and as young Carter was in the habit of thus mis-
spelling her name, this circumstance strensthened the suspicion.—
It appeared also that some of the notes had been paid into the
of England since the Bth June, and were endorsed" Carter."
Dr. Farce, a physician, lived in Charterhouse-aquas. Saw Mrs.
O'Keefe on the Ist June last, at 9t, Drury-lane. On the Bth of
Jury went there again—had been out of town. Told Mrs. Car-
its that he was administrator to the late Mrs. O'Keefe. She said she
imaw it. Witness told her he had proof that the desk had been
cpctied, and that bank-notes to a considerable amount had been
unloved from the desk. She said she could not help it, she had
dune her duty, and when he pressed her again on the subject of
the notes, she denied all knowledge of it. Witness then told her
it was the last time be should have it in his power to show that
snc:cy he wished. She again denied all knowledge of the notes.
Witness told her to send all the property to Chatterhouse-square,
aid at the some time to send her ball. Witness then went to the
police-office. Alm Carter never told him that Mrs. O'Keefe had
given the ',Qtr.: to her.
Oa his etoss-examination he stated, that Mrs. O'Keefe was a
very eccentric woman, and used to dress like a pauper.
Miss Springweller, Mr. Richard Franks, and the other witnesses
examitned at Bow-street, repeated their former testimony as to the
facts.

The prisoners being called on for their defence, the elder Carter
sai2 his wife had been in the habit of keeping the cash for twenty
yeas, when he wanted money he got it from her : that was all he
of it.
The younger Carter said he was in the habit of receiving money
fern his mother and paying it for his fatbet, which was all he had
to .ay to the charge.
The wife put in a written paper, which stated that the deceased
was a very troublesome woman, and overbearing, and frequently
said she was independent of every one, and would do as she pleased
with her own. The prisoner was very attentive to her, and Ire.
quently got up several times in a night to assist her. Mrs. O'Keefe
orered to put her son in the army ur navy as an officer, and was so
mach attached to the prisoner that she would scarcely suffer her
et:t of her sight. A few days before she died she ordered the door
:1, he locked, and put a roll of bank notes into the pesoner's hand,
1 hid her keep it if she died, and say nothing of it, for if she
!i.d ...very thing in the room should be the prisoner's.
Mrs. Robins, a lodger in the prisoner's house, had heard the
de:eased say, on the Friday before her death, that Mrs. Carter
hal been very kind and attentive to her, and that she was to have
all bar property when she died, and she had already made a very
handsome compliment.
Cross-examined—She lodged in the house for nine weeks before
Mr.. O'Keefe's death, and saw her four or five times the first six
weeks before her death ; and every time she saw her she said she
would give Mrs. Carter all her property.
Mrs. Williams said she was assisting Mrs. O'Keefe the night
el.•re she died, when Mrs. O'Keefe said to Mrs. Carter," Carter,
my dear ; Carter, my love, I want no one here but you. You are
the first here." She had heard Mrs. O'Keefe say to Robert Carter,
fly youth, I respect you; if you wish for a commission in either
rtr y or navy, I'll buy it for you."
A multitude of witnesses were called to character. They were
req hbours of the prisoners, and bad known them from 10 to 20
They rave them excellent characters for honesty and sobriety.
Ma. Baron VAUGHAN summed up the evidence. He said, that
et.. capital charge would not hold, inasmuch as the dwelling in
ss bid) the property was charged to be stolen was the house of the
elder male prisoner. He was also of opinion that there was no
evidence to implicate the two male prisoners with receiving the
roperty, knowing it to be stolen. It appeared that Mrs. Carter
pt the cash accounts of her husband, and the two male prisoners
were in the habit of receiving money from her in the way of busi-
stes,.. With respect to the female prisoner, a very serious question
arose. He was bound to mention to the Jury, that though the ft:-
male prisoner said in her defence that all the property of Mrs.
0 Keefe was given to her, yet she made no claim to the bill of ex-
change. She also denied to several witnesses all knowledge of the
holes. The Jury bad to determine upon those matters, and if they
had icy fair and reasonable doubt of the prisoner's guilt, she had
a right to the benefit of that doubt.
The Jury, after deliberating for some time, returned a verdict of
Nos Guilty with respect to the two male prisoners, and Guilty of
simple larceny with respect to the woman.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, before the prisoners were removed from
the bar, wished to observe that the two male prisoners went out of
Court without the least stain on their characters.
•.• It ought to have been stated yesterday, th it the Sheriff of
I.oedon claimed and received £289, the property of Johes and
tiiynard convicted of forgery.
NEW COURT.
John Pasosan, Charles Quirley, ,Anthony Colvin, t try Verjeant,
ants John Forbes, were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud William

Rees.
'fhis trial occupied the Court during a great portion of the day,
but as our readers are already acquainted with the details through
our Niansion-bouse police report, it will be only necessary to recal
ilieni to their recollection by the following outline of the case :
In the month of Alai eh List the Royalist, South Sea whaler, ar-

rived at Gravesend, with a cargo of oil oa board, after a voyage of
thirty-two months. One of the prisoners, who is a slopseller, im-
mediately went on board the vessel and offered to purchase of Rees,
who was one of the crew, and was entitled to upwards of two
tuns of oil, as his portion of the cargo,—such being the mode In
which sailors on board this description of vessels are paid for
their services,—his share of the oil. Rees declined the offer.—
On the next day the vessel went into dock, and Rees went to
lodge with a man named Sullivan. On the 26th, Colvin,
with whom the prosecutor formerly lodged, took the prisoner
Forbes, who acted the part of a sheriff's officer on the occasion, to
Sullivan's house, and pointing to flees, said, There is your man;
I have nothing further to do in the business." Forbes then pre-
tended to have a writ against Rees for a debt of 71. Lis. alleged to
he due to Colvin for nine weeks board and lodging, and took him
into custody, Rees protesting that he owed Colvin nothing for
board and lodging, although he might owe him a few shillings for
waterage. They then conveyed him. Sullivan accompanying him
as his friend, to a public-house called the Mitre, where Forbes
ordered a pint of gin and a gallon of beer. The other pri-
soner:, one of whom (Quickley) was partner to Pasman,
shortly afterwards came in. here the alleged debt was again
demanded, and Pasman, to prevent the man from being taken
to prison, proposed to purchase his share of the oil; to which
after much objection, the prosecutor ultimately acceded, and
signed a paper which be supposed to be intended fur a bill of
sale. Pasman then gave bins a check on his bankers for 441.65.64.
for which he signed a receipt. The check was cashed by.Forbes,who
stopped the 71. 13s. out of it, and 11. ss. as the cost of the pretended
writ, and then banded the prosecutor the balance. All the defend-
ants were more or less concerned in the transaction ; Quixley and
Serjeant having assisted in drawing up the documents. The pro-
secutor having afterwards consulted an attorney on the subject, the
latter served notice on the owners of the ship not to transfer prose-
cutor's share of the cargo, which amounted to between 1001. and
2001. on account of a pretended bill of sale, which had been ob-
tained from him by gross fraud. He also lodged informations
before the Lord Mayor, who directed him to prefer a bil of in-
dictment against all the parties. His Lordship held Colvin to bail,
and issued a warrant against Forbes.
Witnesses were called for the defendants, and the defence set up
was, that Palmate had not purchased the oil from the prosecutor,
but merely advanced the t 44 on account of it, as is the usual prac-
tice amongst persons in his line ; in proof of which, one of the do-
cuments signed by Rees, and purporting to be a a receipt for so
much money on account, was produced. The other document,
however, signed by him at the same time, was not forthcoming. It
was also contended, that even if a case of fraud were made out, still
there was no evidence of previous concert, to establish the charge
of conspiracy.
Several witnesses gave the defendants a good character.
The Jury having retired for about half an hour, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty against all the defendants.