The Delaware gazette., 1810-04-07
HALIFAX, N. 81 MARCH 6.
Judge, the convict and murderer.

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On Thursday last person who has passed
in This town by the name of IIcm'aS HcnrY.
was apprehendee, on suspicion OF having s,o-
len two chests Oftea, candles and other articles
from the store Of Mr.. I.id,icll, andthe auction
room of Messrs. {. S; r. Hi s; Co. and on his
being brought before the magistrates, he re!u-
sed to give any account whatever OF h ase'l, CT
10 inform ,hen where he mad got To- chest Oh
tea, which he had sent to Mr.. Reynolds auc-
ton room for sale. His silence, aad sn- picions
behaviour, together with other circumstances
induced the magistrates to commit h'r ior
further examination; and on The following day
he was brought before them, and undcrwcnt
another examination: but his artul aud grard-
died manner, did not per,ni: them to obtain
mach satisfaction from their Inquiries. Fer
tunately, however, the detection OF fraud was
To be effected by other means, than thron III
the rogue himself; and on dligcnt enquiry
it appeared, thar, besides the tea which Nc had
sent TO Mr.. Reynolds auction room, he had
sent quantity Of kcrscymcres CT particular
kind to another auction room, and hed also
sold two boxes Of candies TO person keeping
q shop in this town. The kergcymeres cor
responded in quality ard colour with othsr
pieces Of the same stuff in The possession Of
Messrs. Hills and the two boxes Of candles,
sold by him, appeared TO be these which were
stolen: but the marks on the boxes weyc artsu!-
ly sltcrel.
AS neither the store, nor auction room had
been broken open, it was suspectedtha hc must
have used keys; and on careful search being
made IN his WORK shop, several Keys were inund,
some oil them, though very roughly made, are
yet insenl"usly contrived. The ra 'sages for
the ward are very large, and calculated with
4 little alteration. TO open locks with ease.
One key was without any raes2ges for the
wards, but quite open and ii is supposed tina,
he lilIe; the open space With wax, and by turn
ing tic kcy IN the lock, the resistance made to
she wax would discover the wards Of the lock,
and then, " til tie contrivancc which he seems
20 posses, I've has cut and worked some old key.
30 AS to answer hlS purpose. One oil the keys
op.ncd Mr.. iddcl's store with as much ease
as The proper key and another opened with
~. same facility Alcssrs. Hills auction room.
J; has no, yyt b4en discovered what locks the
tther Keys were designed for; but there is lit
t,4,3l',t, ;hit he prepared them for other p!a,
g. ,,tcbed upon FIR ha p!nndcr.
Sa.c ,!ettc hai conmitled, he has been re-
r1g.j,rd by Hlr. Simpson Of this town, who
was N Baltimore, aLout thr~. years ngo; and
femenhcrs being Al the tiial Of this very man
or,ounterfztirg hi4 on .he Baltimore bank ;
h wa on that oaeasou convicted =. the offence
Aith wh.ch he WAS CHARGED, and received sea-
'rnce to tc l.ep, a hard labor. lie then went
~ 'te na,ac ot ,Ealoe, and was ilrntiiied on his
tsiAl aya rut Oh one Of thc fingers of the left
baud BY III, marx Mf. Simpson has now
ideui'iit. hi,n 10 be the vc'y person, who, was
u e. c.a,icted. Gn.i sentenced al that time BY
tar rllae az ,p,!"t,
i,i.'lc .ane person, whcn lie cscaped from