The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-07 00:00:00

ll' ESTMIAS I'ER .CESSIONS—APan 6.

James Payee and l'aoadae Jortlaa, two lads about
10 years of age, were indicted for stealing two pieces
of %\ owl from the Pagoda Bridge, in St. J.mies's Park.
the property of George Morris and Co.
Charles Tolley deposed, that he was e,0p,,ye.1 ,
his Majesty's Stationery-office, and ulplerve.: ,e pri.
Boners getting over the rails with the pr •
question ; he pursued them, when the prisoners not
giving a satisfactory account as to how they Ca r in
possession a it, he gave them into custody.
George Morris had no t:ouht the property helanged
to himself and partners.--Aluilty.—lmprisoned for e
days is the House of Correction.
./4)/04 Ibtri iXON was indicted for stealing 301bs.
weight of head, from the dwelling-bouseofMr. Wrsgg,
of Pimlico.

John Haines stated, that the house in question,
which was at present unoccupied, had been several
timer robbed of various materials, and that on the 29th
of March last, observing that an attempt had been
made to rut away some lead, he in compel! with his
brother were set to watch. About 8 in the evening

they heard a noise like a person endeavouring to get
up the wall, and a short time after found the prisoner
busily employed in stripping the lead from a flat
adjoining the house. He gave him into custody.-
6nd:es
'I he CHAIRMAN said, in consequence of this being
his lirst oitence, lie should only sentence him to three
months' imprisonment.
Skye's. and Smith, two lads, were indicted for steal-
ing a handkerchief frOM time person of Mary Campbell,
a little gi. I about seven years of age, under the follow-
ing circumstances:—
Stevens, who observed the little girl standing at her
father's door, went up and told her her mother, who
was waiting a short way down the street, wanted to
speak to her, u "ten after site had gone a short dis-
tance, she heard the prisoner whistle. Smith imme-
diately came up, seized her by the shoulder, and
snatched the handkerchief front her neck.—Trans-
ported fur 7 years.
Cheats Si:mstruin, a respectable looking foreigner,
was charged with having teloniously taken from the
pocket of Mr. Hiding, a .11,1 E-box, Mr. Cross a silk
handkerchief, and fr Mr. Spi nks a pair of gloves, in
the pit of the Adelphi Theatre, on the 21st February
last. John Shaw, a per,un employed in the Theatre,
stated, that hearing that several persons had been
rubbed, lie watched the prisoner, who he observed
passed from one part of the pit to another repeatedly,
and attempted to pick several persons pockets. An
°dicer was then sent fur, who took him into custody,
and conveyed him to the watch-house ; lie was there
searched, and the articles stated in the indictment
were found upon hint, and owned by the prosecutors.
Mr. Cross stated, that he observed the prisoner re-,
ratedly attempt to pick his p-cket of his handker-
chief, which he identified, as (lid Mr. Hiding thesnuff-
boa, and Mr. Spicks his gloves.
'I lie prisoner, on being cancd on, made a long de-
frnce, and denied his ever having stolen the property,
or attempted to pick any person's pocket. He said
he bought the articles of a man at a public-house just
heftre he entered the Theat c, and that he did not go
there till after half-price. He had lived in very re-
spectable situations, and Orough his confinement had
been prevented from getting another. He concluded
by declaring that the evidence of the witnesses was
false.

The Chairman, F. CONST, Eq. summed up the evi-
dence, and the Jury pronounced the prisoner Gwilly
on three indictments. The Court sentenced the pri-
soner to transportation for life.
Julia 'Minix Baynes, a pauper, pleaded guilty to
a charge of having committed an assault upon John
Kneller, one of the constables belonging to the Men-
dieity Society, by violently striking him a blow on
the face, which knocked his teeth oat, and otherwise
severely ill-treated him. 'I be prisoner had only been
discharged the day preceding. He was sentenced to
two mouths imprisonment in the House of Correction.
Two boys, named Hoare and Streenron, were con-
witted of feloniously taking it shawl from Harriet
Kerslake, on the Ott' of January last. The prisoners

Were sentenced to be transported for seven years.
Richard and Juka Jones were indicted as rogues
and vagabonds. John Smith, one of the Bow street
patrol*. mated, that bring on duty in Piccadilly, be
overheard some conversation between the prisoners,

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