The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-10 00:00:00

former police oQ•icers of th! apprehension of the pri•'
Room. He produced the umbrella taken away from
Air, de Reymtr's house, it was recognised by that gen-
tleman's cook.

This was the evidence on the part of the prosecution.
The primmer. %%ere then called on for their t:efence.
Mark Herd stated that he had never been out of his
bed all that night, except when he got up to let the other
prisoners in.
William Watta said that Fuller and he went to Herd's
to get some breakfast. Not finding him at Lowe, they
waited till he returned. lie returned in a quarter of an
bone, and shortly afterwards they were all seivql by the
police officers.
Thomas Fuller made Cie same defence.

James Brown said, thst be called is at Herd's as he
was passing by, and declared hie total ignorance of the
robbery.
Charlotte Bonfield declared. that she had been with
Herd in bed from II o'clock at night, and said that
there were two very decent individuals who could
prove it.
These 2 persons were called for. bat did not make
their appearance.
The Recorder then summed up the evidence, and the
Jury returned a Verdict oft UcILTY against all the
Prisoners.
The Recorder recommended the four male Prisoners
to prepare themselves for the worst, and to make the
best use of the time they had before them, as their of-
fence was of a very serious nature, and one which it was
necessary should be visited by ity. He was pro-
ceeding to address them further, when the female Pri-
soner, Charlotte Banfield, was seized with an hysteric
affection, and carried out of Court in strong consul-
sionsile then again bade the 4 prisoners to prepare for the
worst. As to the woman, her offence was of a distinct
and very different nature. The Recorder then called op
the three Police 05cers, who had apprehended this gamy
of burglars, and told them the Court returned them its
best thanks for the courage and vigilance they bad dis-
played in the capture of these offenders. Ile should
take care that the utmost expenses which the law could
swat should be paid them by the county. He also re•
Minded the Prosecutor, Mr. de Reymar, that it was to
their activity that he was indebted for the restoration
of his property.
Mr. de Reymar begged the Court to grant Lim its at-
tention for a moment. As the Prisoners at the bar had
not used any personal violence, or given any alarm to
any part of his family, he wished to recommend them
to the mercy of the Sovereign.
The Recorder informed Jinn that Lis recommendation
should undoubtedly-he laid before his Majesty, when the
fate of these hardened offenders came under consider-
ation.

Eliza Physiek, a pretty girl, about 20 years of age,
was indicted for robbing Mr. Baker, Tallow Chandler,
of Foley Street; and Sophia Stephenson was charged
with having received the stolen property, knowing it to
have been stolen.

The irisonWilbysick, it appeared, was a house-ser-
vant to the Prosecutor, and, after a service of 3days,
she decamped with his Cash Box, containing certain
writings and papers, two 51 notes, 8 sovereigns. and a
guinea. The evidence against her was conclusive ; she
Ives apprehended at Chatham on the 2d of November,
(5 days after the robbery) and confessed the fact.—
St4henson, a woman shout 40, kept a house of 111 rase
at Westmioater. it was proved that she bad received
the property from Plivsick immediately after the robbery:
that she had chauged one of the W. notes ander etr-
cumstances of concealment, and that she bad gives false
accounts as to the manner of her becoming possessed of
the property.
Physick admitted her guilt, but said that Stephenson
was innocent : she bad nut known the property to be

stolen. -
Stephenson sold that she understood the property to have
been a bequest from Phy sick's grandfather.
The RICORDIR charged the Jury that the offence of the
drat prisoner was capital.
The Jury, against both, found a verdict of—Guilty.
Mr. Baker (tbeprosesutcr) then stood up, mid begged to
recommend Elizabeth Physiek to mercy. He had great rea-
eon to believe that the whole had been done at the instiga-
tion of the prisoner Stephenson ; and that the hulk of the
money had fallen into her hands. When he (\lr. Baker)
had apprehended Physick at Chatham, he had found her
without a shilling; and he heard She had been sent away
from Stephenson's house two days after the robbery with
only Ss. In her pocket.
The RECORDER said that Mr. Baker's recommendation
should be attended to, and would doubtless have its weight.
For the prisoner Stephenson, he should at once indict upon
her the severest punishment the law would allow ; and she
might prepare herself, therefore, to be transported for a term
of 1! years.