OLD BAILEY, Thursday, Jan...
The Times, 1824-01-16T00:00:00

3e.fore Mr. Jutl5itie BtuR.OUGUl, Mr. Baron HULLOCK, anzd a Middlescr Jnry. Jqmres Walker. a2ed 22. *7as indicted for burglariously breaking and eniterin g tbe dwelling-house Df Richard Till, in the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, and stealing tberein eielht silver spoons, and other articles. his property. At eight o'clock on the evening of the Oth of January'. the prosc. cutor and his wife went out, leaving the windows and doors of the house fAstened. Ahout tcn o'cloct, in consequence ofreceiving an alarm from a watchman, who informed him that he saw a ali'finneing of' light in his bouse, the prosecutor rcturned home, and meeting a friend named Turner, he sent him round to the back door. The front door was still fastened, and he opened.it with a key. On entering it, he saw. two-men coming down stairs, who ran towvards thc rear of the house, where one of theni (the prisoner at thc bar) was secured bv M1r. Turner, but tho other escaped. The prisoner had a pick-lock' key. soine nmatches, a phosphorus box, an(d l3s. in silver in his possession. All the draw- ers and boxsg in the prosecutor's bed-room were rifled, and. the linen and wearing apparel packed up ready for carrying away. Eight silver spoons had been takeni from a cupboard. When the robbers attempted to escape from the back door, they had. a dark lantern in their possession, which was afterwards foiund in the yard. Six pickloch keys wvere found in the Avasls-lhouse, and a but and a crow-bar in thbeprosecutor's garden. Verdict-Guilty. WilliamT Hanter was indicted for burglariou%ly'brcalking snd en. tering the dv;lling_house of Thomas Ingleson, Nvith intent to steal. The prisones sent a note across the Court-to Alr. Alley. Mltr. I.LEY -The prisoner shouldfknow that 1 am not concern. ed for him; I have no brief. Prisoner.-IlIy solicitor told me be had er.gagcd you. 31r. AI.LEY.-Then your solicitor.has told you a falseheod! and cheated you, which is too often the-case. :Th trial then proceeded. It- appfarTdathat-tbe ptisoner and aa- other man werc seen on the. evening-ofthe 1st of Jinuary, lurking about the prosecutoros ;ous, inl the 13cighbous1sood ao ge4 14io 0 I 4iSAre. In a litaIe time the prisoner got in over the riile, and throagh the porlour?window; an alarm as .given, and he ws secured. - .. -. - The prisoner, on being asked if h*had any Iuitestions to put to the witnesses, replied tbast lie did not.know-what.he bad to do; as he had directed Mr. CaeWs, his solicitor, to employ BMr. Alley for him. M1r. ArT.ey.saidi there were d -number of,perzons. vv~o got iiijto Newgate, and defrAded the poor pri=oners :. such persons ought to be turned out. of Court. M1Vr.JUStiCeBZUTOtPnOUGR-VhO is jr. Castles ? Mfr.. Castles..... aim the person, my. Lord. I did -not CimPIlo3 counsel for the Prisoler, because his 'friends declined so doing.- JOiS M?n rApy was chargedwith 'stealing in the dwelllhig-houseof Stanly Stokes, a. baro6reter, valdeO31hs r6pcomert iThe prisoner was5 seen to enter the prosecutor's house, anriom out immedoiately with the barometer, which had stood in the hail in his possession- 'Verdict, ('idtt of stealing- under the value of?40s. Before the RrcoPD6i anid a London Jury. Matdrew IValker was indicted for stotaling fromi Dowgate..wbarf, onr eriver Thames, a parcel contaihing 71 printed booklsin sheets, on the 9th of January. The parcel, it appeared, had been sent from 31essrs. Longman and Co. on that evening, and directed to tdle proprietorof the wliarf to be rent to J. Jolly, Carlisle. It was found in theprisoner's possession a lne earthewatr~sdc.He aidin isdefence that hie had nf.r) R-41T.Pl' Th,-d-, 1- 1--