The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-06-27 00:00:00

OLD DAILEY.

MONDAY, Jtrwr 24.
Ana Collins was capitally indicted for stealing io the dot.
inklionSe of John Lerke, .Esq. of Grosvenor-square, serer
articles of plate, jewellery, wearing apparel, a hie, porter,
&c. amounting to upwards of 501 Andrew Keenan also
s•ond indicted for being an :ircemury after the fact, in reeds ing
the said property, knowing it to be stolen. —The man was in-
stantly found Guilty. -Ann Collins was convicted of stealing
generally.
Robert Moody was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of May,
in the basin at lamehouse. nine gallons of rand the property of
31essis. Joseph, Charles,' and John Ilibbert. The Prosecniort
are West India merchants, residing in Jewry•street, Aid/one.,
flu the 18th of May, their shipping agent was ordered to
from the rum warehouse, its bilard the Crown Prince of Sweden,
a vessel then in the We-4 India Ducks, nine ponehenns of.. :-
rum ; these ;were taken from Abe warehouse on the 19/li, *and put
into a lug boat fur the purpose of being shipped. Toe Pi:ismer
was a tut/china,' employed at the Docks, and beitig placed over
the lug boat on hoard of which was the rain, Ile cuueeend with •
one Col lins, another watchman, and who has since tern, d King's
evidence, to plug the rum and draw off a cask full. 'f his was
agreed upon, and about three o'clock on the morning of the
20th, they were observed by other watchmen in the act. Collins
was seen carrying away the cask is hick he deposited in his '
watch boa, and the Prisoner remained wiping away and dr3, log
the wet oceadoned by the leaking of the puncheons. Informa-
tion was given of the rotibery,, and the Prosecutors, accompa-
nied by an Excise Officer, went oil board the *lug boat, and
found item ;even of the nine puncheons had been plugged, and •
the quantity of rum mentioned carried away.. ,
They were then taken. into custody, when .t folly •
Collins• *
colife•sed the facts; he being allowed to writ Kier 's ividence.-
The Prisoner said he was innocent, and begged, the Vutlrt ;
extend its mercy towards him on account of his ;vire and „Minter
roue
The Jury found the Prisoner Citiltyt hat reconfineothil. IWO! •
merry. *To this appeal, however, the Court would witidedget :
itself.
Mates. Roberto, an Italian, was indicted rot:stealing Thirty •
yards of lace and one shawl, value 101. the property of •
laceinan. The Prisoner, it Alpaca:est, barl coma to .the •
house of the Prosecutor begging for assistanuenad employment,
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both of which he had obtained. The property le' question he
had entrusted to him to sell, instead of which be pledged It, f ,
and then decamped to Gravesend, where be waisoonstaer Nand • *
and secured. The Prisoner pleaded distress and eathaVramikult.
He was, however, found Guilty.
Jane Nelson, ariaJahasou, and John Leary.AbelwOriallerC
for rubbing John Hiramiow. of a quantity, of calico, Bank often,.
&c. amounting to 251. and the latter for aiding and ibettleg Is
their attempt to escape, were all famed Guilty.

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POLICE.
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TAVERN ROBBER.
Qulttar-squaat.—.on Meade, a &retries.", whose conduct
places him in a very suspjcious light, according to the Misgiss
Crate's opinion, was charge on suspicina with two robberiei:
' First in stealing 91. in Bank notes out of Mr. Pose's bed-room
' nt the Saracen's Head, SnowAtill; and secoudlxt.. in stealing a
good deal of wearing apparel helohing to Mr. beresfoid, or
the York Hotel, Bridge street, Blaekfriars. The Prisoner
appeared to have passed older aariety pf games. and was
I charged I hus--Peter.Morley, alias -Pierre Julian Marcel, .alias
Alexander Julian hiarcelot. On Wedoesday iw arrived at the
Saracen's Head by the Bath and Bristol couch, and slept there,
bet left in the morning, wheu Mr. Fore's aloe pounds were
anssed. He was watched thence. having previously bees seen
iu Mr. Fare's bed-ro iiiiiii behind the curtains ; and after going
I about the town bar setae time, s:opping strangers in (be street,
and talking ta. therm, he went to the York hotel. %bilker big
luggage, a red leather trunk, &c. were sent. In the enter-
room he soon became conspicuow, openly declaring that Bons-
pnrte would be triumphant, basics already compered, as be
could prove, uotwithitanding Wellington's dispatch, by lettere
in his pocket. He left this house for the Golden CMS, Chas
' ring-cross, after Iniviag been seeu sneaking in ninsoatevery wed . •
in it; and it was soon discovered that be bad take... Ml. Tits
restord's wearing apparel. At the Olden-011i! he wartlike.
into custoiy for the robberies, and his asonpt
which was found the stolen apparel.
The Prisoner, who pris.o,,-es ri steady and expressive collate-
mince, said, that he h:d been in England six months,' moo of
the time at Bath. that lie was a German by birth, that he was
n Lieutenant in the Garde sin Corps of Louis XV and alb-
I sent. by perwisslon, and that he Caine to England to see the
'I Ir. Magi-irate: thought that he looked bath like a spy and .
an p .01 lON ern bills appeared itsanoto
Lpawe., hut ins licoore iu reimiin in this country. •Etis convecidaa
in.,, at the t',./fee ti e, when contrdsied. whb lb emir
statement, made t‘on opprir stilt wor,e. lu the CIICICI of 4. boa, •
jog made known th.it such a character was in custody, doubd,d,ss
mcreserinas charge. would he pieferred.
Committed to Tuthill-fields HlStdnwell. ter Weir Charism...
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