The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-26 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY:

Yesterday. Rained Dalrher, a man of colour, was in-
dicted for feloniously e:nbezeling 201. the property of
Messrs. Perkins, Fairman, and Heath, engravers, of Fleet-
street.
The prisoner had been brouelit over to this country by
the prosecutors, sod had been employed by them as their
contideatial clerk. On the 81st of Jannery„ he was sent
with a check of 11051. to Messrs. Cocks nal Bid Iples, end
on his return he said he heal lost the money. At the same
time the prisoner was extremely impertinent, and he was in
consequence discharged. Suspicions being afterwards en-
tertained, the prisoner was apprehended at Liverpool, and
thep lie confessed his crime.
AB-r hearing the evidence, the Jury found a verdict—
'G•ilty.—The prisoner, a Spaniard, implored the Court to
be merciful to tilin.
The COMISON SERJFANT made no reply, farther then it
was a most serious offerer.
IV illium Tobias. William Burgess. and Jlkliacl Thomas,
three lads, two of Whom were under the age of it, were con-
victed of stekling a great quantity of wearing-apparel from
the house of a poor women living In Eleven Diets. The
three nalsereauts succeeded in getting clear off with the pro-
perty, but were afterwards taken with a great portion of it
In their possesshsn.
The Bacot/nee finme,:iately sentenced them to seven
years' transportation.
Joseph Benjamin was put to the Bar on an indictment
charging hint with taking tram the person of Emanuel Dias
Santos, a Roman Catholic Cl-rgynian, on the 30th of Jan.
in the passage of the pit of Drury-lane Theatre, a watch
end its appendages, his property.
The prosecutor stated, that on the evening of the tiny In
question,. he bad gone to the Theatre for the purpose of
witnessing Vie performance of the Oratorio. While stand-
ing in the passage, he felt a leg at his guard-chain, which
was broken, and he immediately missed his watch. Ott
turning round he saw the prisoner attempting to make his
escape; he called out slop thief, and the prisoner was per-
geed. In about fife minutes after the prisoner was brought
back. His watch was given to him on the second examine-
don of the prisoner et Bow-street.
Willlatn Nettleton, the officer of the Theatre, took the
She prisoner into custody in consequence of the alarm. On
their way to Bow-street, the prisoner contrived to escape,
and ran through Vinegar-yard, down Drury-lane, until he
reached the Olympic Theatre, where he was stop,.ed Tne
witness was positive the prisoner was the men whom he first
leid hold of. He received the watch subsequeutly from one
of the work-people of the Theatre.
The prisoner was found Guilty.
Richard Clarke was put to the har on an indictment ehare-
ing him with stealing, on the 90th of Aug. last, le the pare It
of St. Margari-t, Fish-street hill, property to a very large
amount, belonging to his master, Mr. Thomas haber-
dasher, 01 Fish-street hill.
Toe prisoner and his brother had been in the employ of
the prosecutor, and from the frequent losses he had sustain-
ed he was induced, In September last, to go is c•unpaity
with Turnpeoey, the officer, sad a friend, to the re•iderme
OS the prisoner, at No. 63, Curtain-road. Cu scorching t:te
rooms, admitted by the prisoner to be his, they found in a
stl
trunk, silk shawls, lace, sarseeet. sits handkeiefs, gloves.
Irish linen, velvet. &c. sod money to the amount of 1911
tits whole of which, with the exception of the money, the
prosecutor knew to be his property. &Veral witnesses
were called, who clearly brought home the charge to the
prisoner, and the: Jury found him Guilty. We regr. 1 to
state that the losses of Mr. Flint are by no means comprised
n the property above named.
The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for 14 years.