The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-12
LAW CASE.

LAW CASE.
At the General Se0ion of the Peace
tor che City and County of New York.
on the 10th Of April inst, came OH TO be
tired an indi6tlnenr againfr Captain 10
icpl1 Stark, for grand larceny, in teal
ing from Mr. William Sims pafen-
ger on board his vel1el, lying at one Of
the wharfs in this city feventeen hun
dred dollars, in bank notes.
Mr. Sims depoled that on the 24tt,
or October lafr, he drew the above fua4
from ore OF the Banks, and went from,
thence directly 20 the veGtl Of Captain
atarhs, on board Of which he had laken
ms Paiiage for Savannah thar on his
way 10 the veliel, he met with friend
with whom he exchanged three hundred
aoil&rs OF the notes he had taken from
the bank, for notes OF the Char!e.ToA
bank one note for hundred, and four
OF Fifty dollars each. That while II
the cabin, the prifoner rrquelted Sims
TO lend him twenty dollars, which Sims
complied with, taking from bis pocket
memorandum book which c.oi-d with
pencil and took there from a ten do
lar note and from his pocket ten more
iniiVer, which he gave to the rrifoner
rhaT At chs rlmc he faw his money. He
then detlred from the captain recciDc
whlch rhc wirneis wrore on one Of the
leaves of che book on the head OF bar
rel, and pu!hcd &c over 70 the pr Goner
10 ign, which he did; that the witnefS
then took. lhot the pencil in frort of i.
PnI &c III bis porktf 2rl went finn, f,,,.
vciiei 70 tf2e ll9uie Of lone pcrion w.th
"hon he had bulineis, ard there takinc
oac ras book for the fri time, Iniiltd
the money, that he returned to the vef-
lei and mad enquiries OF all che peoDl>.
bur could obtain no information. At
the time o. the prilone7's ngning the
receipt, there were Two black men IRE.
iehro one by the name Of Robert Hall,
who were occupied in preparing tore
room for iome paiengers. Thar he
firmly believed the captain, AMI no other
Perton had his money, ari that he took
It at the time he Ggncd the receipt.
The Attorney General here rel}ed
the Profccution. EIr. Waflncton
Morton, OF council for tbc priGoner, thcn
offered two wtnedcs, the flrf, R2-
bert Halt, who depofei, that he was in
the cabin, law Mr. Sims lend the no
pey to thc prifoner, faw the rscei2r
iigned. chat Mr.. Sims never lct iii.
book or of his hands, but held faf by
one OF the covers, between which and
the frt leaf, Mr.. Sims fad his mo.
ney had been, that he taw the prilonsr
after ligning his name, drop the pe
or pencil, he could not determine
which and iwore politively, that the
Prlfoner had nothing his hand and thar
II he had then taken the money, he mutt
have iecn it; it was itnpoaiblc nc could
have taken it, and nc not have feen it.
The iecond witncfs was Zebuion
Fioulten' one Of the marfhal's of chis ci-
ty who depoicd, that he happened to be
on board the veGul with a warrant for
one ofthe men, that he was Ia the cabin
at the time Of igmDg the receipt, and
though it inPoflibl5 that the prifoner
could have then taken The money, and
( nc not have lcen ir; that st the r,lne of
Mr. Sims taking The book from the
/ head Of the barrel, the wit0cls law fome
bank notes between the leaf and
cover, tha. the priloner Immediately az.
ter the fgnipg Of the receipt, left the
cabin with the witnefs. MI Mortoa
was then proceeding to call other Wit
nefes, when one Of the marihals inform
ed him that he had fccn the firlt witnefs
for the priloDer, i few days before, wlb