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London, England, 1818-11-03 00:00:00

country, and Ort the 14th of September witness her-
self left the house. The prisoner was a private watch-
man employed especially for the protection of pro-
perty. On Tuesday, October. 6, witness happered
to be at home, and went to bed .at twelve. In the
course of the night witness was •disturbed by the rat-
tle of the watchman (the prisoner.) Witness rang
the bell, and opened the bed-room window. Emma
Owen answered the bell. Witness asked her what was
the matter, without opening the door. Emma said,
that two men with blacked faces had been at her bed,
one remained with a pistol threatening to blow her
brains out if she stirred. She said, she had been in
that situation for half an hour, when the watchman
sprang his rattle; and the man who held the pistol
lover her said, " I Must be off." Witness was very
:such alarmed at this statement. As she opened the
door to let Emma in, she saw Joseph Braid with a
poker in his hand, and Morris, coming up stairs.
The plate chest of the family was kept in the two
pair of stairs back room ; it was wooden. She had
seen the chest two or three days before, and it was
then not broken vet. On the morning of the 7th
of October she found that her plate was gone, and
several shirts, marked " W. C."

John Smith , an•officer' proved, that about seven
o'clock on the morning of the '7th October, the pri-
soner came to- his house, and informed him of the
• robbery. Witness immediately went to Mr. Clulow's
house. The prisoner told witness, that abrut half-
past two he saw a light in the kitchen, and saw a
man there, and thought there were others. He
knocked at the door 'and sprang his rattle. In two
or three minutes Joseph let him in. He went down
stairs and found the back premises open. He saw a
ladder upon the wall leading to the balcony. Upon
going up stairs he saw that the plate-chest had been
'bmkeu open. Witness then examined the house, and
saw no marks of violence, excepting the drawing-
room window being broken ; the nails of the chest
were drawn. A week afterwards, the prisoner was
taken into custody on suspicion of the robbery. The
prisoner then wanted to' know what " Joe" (Braid)
had said. Witness replied, that would appear on the
examination before the Magistrate. On the prisoner
was found a watch, a gold seal, and two El notes.
The prisoner said, he knew very well who had the
plate, for, he added, " it is the old Jew: In a draw&
in the prisoner's lodgings, a shirt was found marked
C. and it appeared as it another letter had been taken
our. This search took place on the 15th ; and on al
subsequent search, on the 16th, eight silver tea-spoons
were fcund, three with the crest of a lion, two with a
cipher C. and three with the mark scratched out.
When at the office, the prisoner said, " It is old Mil-e•
(Michael Levy), the Jew, who ::as the plate ; you
know him well." Witness did not ;crow him. The seal
taken from the prisoner was L'inilar to one witness
had ...een in the possession of the old Jew a fortnight
or three weeks before. From Mr. Clulow, jun. vit..
ner,s received an earthen pot, containing fear £1 totes
and three duplicates, mac . out in the name ef Joseph
Braid. Braid was taken into custody the same day
:is the prisoner, and conducted witness to the Jew's
hous,:, hi a court near Petticoat line. lie there saw
alihc, and his wife and daughter.

Josr•rli Braid, ti:e accomplice, was then called.—
Ila was servant to Mr. Clulow, and had been so for
three years. Eninta Owen was lair fellow servant.--
On Taesday, ;lie 15th of Sepu.smher, lie and Emma
Owen went to the play, and left the house to the care
of his uncle, Dennis: a fortnight afterwards witness
had some conversatson.with Mattis about *hat hap-
pened that night. Morris told witness, at the Hope,
and Anchor public house, that he had something
to tell him. He then said, " You will be taken np
when your master comeshome—r4am afraid to tell
you lest you will split" (divulge.) hen Morris told
him of what had occurred, and the next day said,
" there is no other way of getting over it than this;
to break open the house, and let him (the watchman)
in at twelve o'clock. I will give an alarm at half-
past two, but I will have some more plate first."—
This conversation took place two or three days before
the transaction. On the Sunday before the affair,
he was dire( Led by Morris to fetch the plate down
to Lim. Ile accordingly brought down in a half-
peck measure a silver tankard, a silver coffee-pot,
three silver saltcellars, some spoons, and some forks.
Morris was in the stable-yard ready to receive them.
He gave to Morris what be could carry about him,
and witness took the rest. Morris then told witness
Ito follow him, and they went to Angel-court, Gravel-
lane. The prisoner then said, "1 am going to old
(Mike," and .licy both went into his house. They
waited half ins hour and then Mike came. A young
woman and man left the rcom, and the prisoner,
witness, and Jew, were left together. On the same
Sunday all three were to meet at Morris's, in Caro-1
line-street, to receive the money which the piste had
sold for. He saw Michael Levy pay a handful of 1
notes into Morris's hand. They all had some gin.'
and the watchman gave witness six C.l notes. He
told him to put it where it could not tie found. He
spent two, and put the other four in an earthern pot
in his master's garden. On the Monday, before the
transaction, he again saw the Jew. Witness bought
a pin and a razor, and Morris bought a seal and a
key. On the Tuesday witness told Morris his iris
tress had returned, and the prisoner said, " It must
be done then to-night, for fear your master should
come home." The directions which Monis then gave
were to shut up the dog in the scullery, and to let
him (the prisoner) in about twelve o'clock. Witness
went to bed at about eleven o'clock, and got up at
twelve to let the prisoner in. When 11:onis came in
both pulled off their shoes, went up stairs, fetched
down the plate chest and put it on the sofa; the
plate was taken out of the chest and tied up in a
blanket ; two mirrors were also tied up in a blanket.
A ladder was placed at the back of the house, against
the balcony; some bread aad meat were placed on
the side-hoard, and several lighted candles placed in
various parts of the house. Morris also told v.itness
to instruct Emma Owen what to say about the rob-
bery. She was to declare that two men with blacked
faces had entered the house, and that one of them
held a pistol over her head—all this being done, at
half-past one he let Morris out. The prisoner said,
" I3e sure nut to go to sleep, as I will make the alarm
at half-past two. At the appointed time Morris
Sprang his rattle and knocked at the door. Witness
immediately ran down stairs and let him in.--The
notes and duplicates found in the earthen pot were
his property:.
This at.cginplice underwent a long cro*examina-