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London, England, 1803-09-16 00:00:00

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OLD JD AILET.

Yefterday t 3 prifnners were tried, two of whom
were capitally convitied, viz.

7011t1, for entering the dwelling houfe of Ann
Sewell, and ltealing a woollen !bawl, and other arti-
cles, value 51.
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William Ivey, for affaulting Frances Bebee on the
highway, putting her in fear, and taking from her a
half trown, a (billing, and fixpence.
Jr .vas Rated by the profecutrix, that on Saturday
tie rt. it 43'Augutl. as the was going to Kingfland
act ofs the fields, and when the was at a good dillance
f, . ,n toad, the was met by the prifoner, who
Ihoppe, her, and demanded her money. She replied,
The had none. He replied, " I know you have,—
The witnefs perfißed in raying the had none. He
then took a knife out of his pocket, which he held
down by his fide She only law its handle, which
appeared (mall. At this moment the profecutrix was
much alarmed for her lafety ; the put her hand into
her pocket froth whence the took the money men-
tioned in the indiament, which the threw on the
ground. He ;diced her for a 71. piece ? the witnefs
Paid the had not one. He then hooped to pick up the
money the had thrown down, when the :maid herfelf
of the occafion, and made off towards Kingeand.—
Bite had not gone far, when, looking round to fee
whether the was purfued or not by the pritoner, the
perceived that he was fcampering away as fag as he
could. She inflantly give chace, calling out " flop
thief:" Her exertions were crowned with fuecefs. In
about five minutes the prifoner Was taken, and
brought into the field where (be was. She was
pofr-
tive as to the prifoner's perfon.
Several witneffes who were employed in the neigh-
bouring fields, and two men who lived in houfes ad-
joining the spot where the robbery took place, hated
that they fecured the prifoner on hearing the alarm of
the lady. A ftruggle, though not a very violent one,
fucceeded, in the courfe of which he threw away the
money against fome pales. The half-crown and the
fixpence were picked up. An oyfter knife and a theath
were found in his breeches pockets ; the knife was in
one, and the theath in the other. The money and the
knife were both produced.
The prifoner made no defence, but called fevers'
witneffes to his cbaratter, which they defcribed as
extremely good. In particular, Serjeant William
Taylor, of the Guards, laid the prifoner had (erred
in the Guards, that he had been difcharged in confe-
epsente of the general reduaion which followed the
peace. He had known him all the time he had been
in the rrgiment, and always confidered him an hooch
man, aroi a heady excellent foldier.
Th- jut y found the prifoner Guilty—Death.—ln
cono-o.tence of the good charaCter the prifoner re-
ceived, the Jury recommended him to mercy
Mt. Jullice La &atm made a memorandum on
his notes accordingly.
Nine were ccmvieted of felony, viz.

Efizaksh Cartir,wEo was alfoc2v;tallyintliftedfor pri-
vately Ilealing three (ilk handkerchiefs and five yards
of black cambric muffin, the property of Alexander
Colville johnfon, a linen draper, in Norton Falgate,
on the 31a of August.

Mr. lohnfon depo fed that the prifoner had come to
his (hop between four and five in the afternoon of the
above day. Sne purchafed goods to the amount of
121. fad that the w voing to receive a bill of 151.
and the goods might ei, her be fent home to her bnufe
with the bill, or the would call as the was coming
back, and pay for them. Upon being atked in whole
name the bill (hould be made out ? faid that her name
Allen; her hulband kept a wine vault in Lime.
Ilreet ; and, as he had but lately commenced Isti-
nct's, and had paid ;O. for the leafe of the houfe,
betides the good will, the hoped to have the cullons
of Mr. Johann for any thing he might want in that
line, if not already engaged. -This he promifed he
would give, as he was under no engagement or pro
smite to any other. She &wafted his attention for
fome time, vitae the goals were pricing and making
up, With a relation of tome of her family circum-
flames, mentioned feveral delths that bad happened
in her family within a abort time of each other,
which caufed her to buy many articles for mourning,
and then (poke about Newbury in Berkffiire, naming
feveral perfons there of whom the profecutor bad
Tome knowledge. Immediately after the prifnner
had gone out of the (hop, the profecutor's nephew
faid to him, " Uncle, I think that woman has robbed
you." The pmfecutnr would not believe it. and faid
that the was a different fort of a perfon ; betides that,
be had never quitted the• the counter while the was
there The nephew perfitling in his fufpicion, the
profecutor cleared bins to follow her and fee, which
he did, and in a few minutes annther perfon came in-
to the (hop to tell him that his nephew had got hold
of a woman who had robbed his (hop. In a few
minutes after that the prifoner was hroultht in by the
profecutor's nephew, who had the filk handkerchiefs
and the piece of cambric muffin in his hand.
Armtlrong, the Officer, raid that it was about a
quarter befoie eleven at night when he was fent for
to apprehend the prifoner.

Mr. Jnhnfon was again called up, and (wore to the
identity of the handkerchiefs, but could hot with
equal certainty identify the cambric muffin. Upon
ing pretfed by the prifrmer's Counlel to explain
Low it happened that he itad kept the pt (over in his
.b..ck parlour from about fix o'clock to near eleven
Into.e he fent for an officer? he Litho reltseantly de.
Glared that he waited until prifoner had fent to
a butcher and tom: other intim) to try to übtain the

W. Torrk:ns, nephew to the prnfecutor, faid that
he followed the tlif mer CA he law her go into a
pawnbroker's fhnp and come in again. He then
went tom the alp, . and asked what Rte had been do.
ing ? The pawi.l.r ker told him that ate had offered
three (ilk banditti .iiiefs and a piece of black monin
in pawn, and that he would not take in the muffin,
and had offered her lefs di in ate walled upon the
handkerchiefs, fo (he had taken them away. The wit-
nets again purfued, and laid hold of the prifi,ner ; he
taw her drop the handkerchiefs, and a gentleman be-
hind raid that he taw her drop the moat's, and gave
it to the witnefs. This witnefi (wore to both the ar-
ticks being the property of the profecutor.
W. Barker related the circurnaaace of the p' ironer
going iota his (hop at the time alluded to, and de.

fcribcd what panelist neatly ale fame mantle as the
lat w•itttefs had done.

The prifoner being called on for her defence, laid
that the profecutor had endeavoured to feeklo the
matter by fending to three different places to‘endea-
your to procure the money or fecurity.
The profecutor then Paid that he had taken corn-
paffion on her, from what the had laid when the
bought the goods, and from her crying bitterly, and
teeming fo much affeded when brought back.
Baron THOMPSON, in the courfe of an excellent
charge which he delivered to the Jury, obferved that
the Jury were aware that the law made privately
Realing above the value of five &Wings a capital of.
fence ; but that both Judges and Jury had always
interpreted that Att in a liberal manner ; and if they
thought that the fufpicion of the lad was fufficient to
do away the privacy of the anion, they would find a
verdid accordingly ;—if not, they would return her
guilty of the whole offence, which,-as be had already
mentioned, was capital. Verdid, guilty of Reeling,
but not privately.
Rap&ael Martini, an Italian, was indicted capitally
for Realing privately a pair of co ton Rocking., value
ss. 6d. the property of Edward-Griffin, on the 13th
of Mgt&
The prifoner was allowed an interpreter, who corn-
Inunicated the evidence, the fentiments of the pri-
loner, &c. alternately in Englith or Italian, as coml.
Ron required. In this, however, he was frequently
corroded by the Rec Order, who found it neceffary to
explain the mifinterpretation of the interpreter, who
is an Italian, and the prifoner's mifunderaanding
the forms of the Court, which he did in the Italian
language, much LO the fati.fadion of the Jury and
the prifoner.
Mr. Griffin proved the fad, Rating that the pri-
foner had come into his (hop on Come idle pretence,
and that he had not miffed the llockings until after
the prifimer had quitted the (hop, which, along with
his declaration that the (backings had colt himfelf 55
6d. constituted the capital part of the offence. The
Rocking' were found upon the prifoner's perfon, and
he made Come refinance to his apprehenfion.
Mr. RECORDIO., in delivering hi. charge to the Jury,
obferved, that when the At under which the prisoner
was tried ha&paffed, money was materially different
in value, and be thought it moll advifeable to leave
it to the Jury, whether they would not think it right
to incline in favour of the prifoner when the value
(worn to was fo near the limits of the ftatute, and fare
his life by declaring in their verdid that be had Rosen
under the value of Ss.—lf they &mild think other.
wife, or tha: the prifoner had nor Rosen the (backings
which had been fworn to ; if they had any reafon to
doubt the evidence of the profectuor, or to diff:r from
himfelf in the obfervation which he had made, they
would declare it by their verdid.
The Jury without any hefitation did what was to
the tame effeEt ; they returned a verdid—Guilty of
(leafing, but not privately.

Sawed B4int was capitally indilled for breaking
into the dwelling houfe of William Vernon, and fieal-
ing a quantity of men's wearing apparel.
The profecutor (aid he kept a fhop for the Pale of
all kinds of men's clothes in the parifh of St. Mar-
tin's in the fields. The prifoner was his fervant. and
lived with him a week. On Saturday the soth ult.
the pmfecutor went out of town, and when he return-
ed, he found be had been robbed of a variety of goods.
The prifoner flept in an out-houfe ; and Mr. Vernon
could not fay whether the goods had been taken all at
once from his (hop, or at different times ; but he
could pofitively fwear that thofe found in the pri-
loner's polfeffion were his property.

It appeared, that on the night in quellion, or ra•
ther the next morning, the prifoner was ken by the
watchman carrying a very large bundle on his &ud-
ders: when queßioned as to where he was going, and
whofe property it was he had, he gave very evafive
and unfatisfaaory anfwers ; he was taken to the
watch honk ; and afterwards, in his way to the
Compter, he ran away from thole who bad him in
cullody, but was form taken.
Mr. Baron Hore•st told the Jury, that in order to
convia the prifoner capitally, it would be =airy
for them to believe that the prifoner had either broke
out of the huufe in the night time, or had Role in the
dwelling more than the value of 4os. at one time.
The profecutor did not know whether the prifoner
might not have conveyed to the place where he Rept
parcels at different times, each of which might be
under the value of 405.

The Jury found the prifoner Guilty, but not ca-
pitally.
Daniel Harris and Eleanor his wife, were Alb capi.
tally indiaed for Realing a tea cannifter, value 6d. a
pound and a half of tea, value 9s. a quantity of ba-
con, cheefe, tobacco, and foap, in the houfe of Elia.
Pring, who keeps a chandler's atop at Kempton
Green, in the parifh of Harrow, at between three
and four of the afternoon of the syth July, uo per-
for. being then in the houfl.
John Smith, a bricklayer, was at work upon a
fcaffold abnnt an hundred yards diftant at that time,
and obferved a woman lift the latch and go in ; a
man who was in her company. and whom the called
her Itufban4, immediately followed. They returned
in about five minutes, the female prifoner having a
eannitter under her arm ; the dropped the canniller,'
picked it up again, and went to a public houfe oppo-
fite. In about an hour after, the bricklayer's and
carpenter's anal evader* tiny, be went to the fame
public honk to have Come beer. He had not fur.
peaed the prifoners in the fir* inftance ; but, Ilion
latter he bad gone to the public houfe. Elie. Prins
came in, and gave an alarm that the bad been rob-
bed of a variety of articles, mentioning a tea cannif-
ter among the reit. That treated fufpicion in his
mind ; he allied the man firlt, and then the wife, if
they had not been in the houfe. They both denied
that they had, and he told them that he had ken
them go in and come out. A conttable was fent for,
and they were taken into cultady. They confeffeel
to the cannifter, and offered to give Come money to
make the matter op.

joreph Loft, a labarring lad in the neighbourhood.
bad ken the man and his wife together a little dif-
tance from the honfe, and the woman hide the ran-
oilier in a beach of nettles. where the witaefs went
and found it.

The caoaika was (worn to by the poi-eta:xis. bat

nope of the other articles were ever found. She was
out of the houfe for about two hours, and there was
no mina belonging to the dwelling could be in in
the mean while.
Mr. Jutlice La &ire explained to the Jury, that
the tenor of the evidence went on the fimpofition that
the woman was the wife of the man. The law of
England confidered that when a man and his wife
were both concerned at the fame time in one 18, the
woman was aging under the eontroul of her bolband.
If, therefore, it appeared to them that the evidence
was conclufive againft both of them, and that the
woman did the aLtion in the pretence of her hutband
and without his contradiding her, the mull be en-
titled to acquittal by the laws of this country. As
to the value of what it might be confidered they had
Bolen, he left that to the Jury to determine.
Verdid—Daniel Harris, guilty of 'leafing to the
amount of 4s. sod.; Eleanor Harris not guilty.
C. Bartlett, for healing a (slyer watch, the property
of T. Ley ; T. Brown, for healing a filver watch,
the property of T. Crawley; T. W. Stoper, for heal-
ing a flyer watch, and other articles, the property of
T. Powell ; Ann Leach, for healing a great coat, the
property of J. Roberts; and Am &AAA for Re a'.
mg a piece of printed cotton, the property of W.
Gilman.—And (even were acquitted, viz.
G. Glarte, J. Cook, If. 7.* Wkite. Mary Brenan, and
Mary, the wife of Jeremiah Tourney, tried on
a charge of burglarioully (leafing a 151. Bank note,
a tol. ditto, three twos, and two ones, the property
of Mary Wright, in the houfe of Laurence Kelly,
No. 9, Biickodge beet, St. Giles's. .
Miry Wright hated, that the prifoner lodged in
the above houfe, with her hutband. The hulband
of the profecuttix was on board a man of war, and
the went to lodge with 'batman and his wife, having
known them before. Lawrence Kelly kept the Hare
and Hound public houfe in the fame greet, but did
not inhabit the home in which the prifoncr lodged.
The profecutrix had a fon on board a man of war,
whom the went to Portfmnuth to fee, leaving in the
care of the prifoner a trunk, containing the notes the
had mentioned in a tin box, refembling a nutmeg
grater ; feveral articles of (Aver and wearing appa-
rel, betides a pair of btafs candlefticks, were alto in
the truna. She was ablent about five weeks, and on
her return the found that her trunk had been broke
open, and the notes and moll valuable articles taken
out. The prifoner had quitted her lodging and lived
at her finer's, No. 6, in the fame firm ; the pri.
loner's hutband had ablcunded, and was not fine
heard of by the profecutor.
J. Parker, a painter and glazier, of Whitcombe-
ilreet, had employed Jeremiah Tourney, the hutband
of the prifoner, as bricklayer's labourer, at a houfe
he was then rep.titing in Holborn. Obferving him
drunk upon the fcaffold he advifed him to go home,
and told him he had no bufinefs to come there in that
hate. The prifoner then laid that be nad cnly come
to take his leave of him, as he was going to Ireland,
where he had reafon to hope he would be better of,
as he was a freeman• of Cork, and had plenty of
money. The witnefs would not believe that he had
any money worth mentioning, and he pulled out a
tin box, containing a 151. Bank note, tome two and
one pound notes. The witnefs advifed him then
more ftrongly to go. home direaly, which he pro.
mifed to do, but went towards Snow-hill, inftead of
towards St. Giles's. The witnefs fent a perfon after
him, who brought him back. He then toed Tour.
ney, as an inducement to him to give thaciotes into
his care, that he had a bill to make up that night,
and would be obliged to him if be Id let him
Upon
have it till the next morning. Upon t Tourney
very cheerfully gave it to him. N t tscrning the
witnefs went to the building, bit, e man had foist
come, and never did appear fillet, to the witnefs's
knowledge. A Mr. Weyburn having loft fotne money
about that time, and having beard that one of the
witnefs's labourers had au/ extraordinary fun) of
money in his pofeffion, came to inquire ; but on
teeing them, Paid that they were not his. Mr. Lau-
rence Kelly, the publist in, laid that a poor woman
had been robbed in hii neighbourhood, that he had
a part of her property in his poffeffion, and that the
wittier. fhould give the notes alfo into his care. This
the witnefs refuted to do, but Paid that he would give
them to any perlon upon a legal order, and accord-
ingly, on receiving an order from Mr. Bond, the
magilirate, be delivered the notes and cafe to the
officer, Blackman.
The officer then produced the notes and cafe,
fwearing they were the fame he had received from
the lag witnefs.

The Profecutriz could not (wear to any of the
notes. but (wore that the tin box containing them
was hers.

Three witnefres gave the prifoner an excellent cha•
rafter.

Mr. Juftice CI4AMBRI fummed up the evidence,
and flared to the Jury that the capital part of the
offence was done away, by the burglary being laid
as having been committed in the houfe of L. Kelly.
The goods were *dually in the care, and under the
prote.lion of Tourney and his wife, with whom the
prolecutrix lodged. ThesPrifoner at the Bar had not
abfconded, fhe bad removed only three doors off to
her filter's, and Mrs. Kelly, one of the witneffes who
appeared to her char-after. was the mother of Kelly,
the publican, who had behaved fo well in the bufi
nefs, and who had been the means of fecuring a part
of the poor woman's property. He thought that
the criminality feemed principally, if net entirely, to
attach to the hufband. At any rate it was a very
weak cafe, if there was any cafe made out asainft
the prifoner. Not
Mary laws was charged with a capital offence, in
feloniossfty Realists, on the ;ft of Austin, a ad. bank
of England note, the property of John Matlball, in
the houfe of David Wills.

After examining fame of the witacifes for the pro-
fecution,

Mr. Jolliet La Bsaac obferved to the Jury, that
there was so evidewoe adduced to affeEt the prifoncr.
Wbat lie bad raid, under the circumffances in
winch it was offered in evidence, by a rule of law,
they could not hear, becaufe in cafe of a proroife of
favour held out to a prifoner' provided he or the
acknowledged any thing, the law holds that it would
not be fafe to rely upon what waslo rani; they could
not therefore I ear it in the prefint intLancc, and con.
Cequently they mud acquit the prifoner.
Verdid of courfe—Not Guilty; and his Lordthip
reprehendtd the prpfecutor for his contled i tam.
wing aids the pausal..

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A t Feltot P,4 p tiertfamberia6d, a %lie the Lly
of Ralph a (on.