The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

RUROLARY AT DIR. TURTON'S.

Win. Dutton stood indicted for burglariously break-
ing and entering the dwelling house of Mr. Turton,
of Chester-street, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-
square, on the 4th inst.
Mr. Bot.t.AND opened the case for the prosecution,
and called the following witnesses :
Sagan Salmon, cook to Mr. Turton, went to bed be-
f•re eleven, leaving the prisoner and housemaid up.—
Witness bolted the area and kitchen doors with two
holts and a bar. Got up the next day between five and
six o'clock, found the kitchen door open, and saw a hole
in the kitchen door large enough to put an arm in.—
That hole was not there on the previous evening.

Thomas Edward Mitchell Turton, the prosecutor,
stated, that the prisoner was to have left him on the
day the robbery was discovered. On the 3d of Sep-
tember, the prisoner bad directions to call the witness
at a quarter before six, but lie did not do so, and the
witness got up half an hour after, and meeting Mary
Clinch, was informed that the house bad been robbed;
went down stairs, and found the cook and the prisoner
in the kitchen. The Prisoner pointed out the hole in
the door, and said, " here is where they have broke in,
they have taken the whole of the plate and my silver
watch, for I broke the glass yesterday, and left it in
the pantry were the plate was kept." In the course of
the morning (having no suspicion of the Prisoner at
that time) witness said, if be had not got a place, he
might continue to sleep in the house. When the officers
came the search was made, and the pieces compared
with the hole. The servants were afterwards searched,
and not having any suspicion that more than the plate
was pow, witness had occasion to go to a drawer in his
• dressing room, in which some money was kept, and
found that two bags were gone, one containing either
43 or 4S pounds, viz.: five 5/. notes, and the rest in so-
vereigns; the other three guineas and a half sovereign,
att.! some sovereigns, making altogether about ten
pounds. As sovereigns were found in the prisoner's
bolt, liillmure, the officer, afked him where he got them,
and lie replied, " Worked fur them to be sure."--Gill-
more yoked him, "What for?" To which be answered,
• ,•tatFow Wages."—The officer then found another sore-
- "" ,reicp in his pocket, of which lie gave a similar account.
Witness then searched a chest of drawers in the room,
and found a box of phosphorous and matches, and some
broken seals, &c. Witness had a box of tools in the
house, in which There was a gimblet and a chiasel. The
holes tuadein the door, and the mark left from forcing
the drawers, corresponded with the last-mentioned tools.
The box in which they were kept was not locked.
''Eross-examined.—Witneas received an excellent cha-,
racter with the Prisoner from Captain Lausanne. The
only reason for parting. with the Prisoner was that he
, had rot been used to a• London situation.
Mary Clinch. 'housemaid to the prosecutor, swore
that the cook went 'to bed about eleven; she and the
prisoner were up in 'the kitchen about half--past one
o'clock, at which time she remarked to the prisoner,
thartshe *hod& sisb heard a noise (as if boring,) and
that lie reilied-it mustbe fancy. She'went to bed, and
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left Vie prisoner up. The cook informed the wiiness
in the.moraing that the house liaa been robbed, and
she went and called she prisoner, who said on her
telling -him what bad taken place, " is it. 'tis im-
possible; for I have got the. keys in my pockets."
On the Saturday 'before, Mrs. Turton asked the pri-
soner to lend her a sovereign,- to which he replied he
had not got•one. The-prisoner asked her to lend him
three ur four shiHings on the Saturday.
Thomas Griffiths. the Groom.—Witifess went to bed
a-quarter before.one. Prisoner same into the room
about two o'clock with a light. When wituessagain
evoke, the prisoner was not in bed ; this was about