OLD BAILEY, Saturday, Feb...
The Times, 1824-02-23T00:00:00

Johnt ~csc~g ete.rRyan, and Hecitry, Zit weme indiced, for a burgls.ry in the hou-eof J Jiirvis, and stealingt property therein to a considerable amount and Araitria Beitnet, for receiving part of the property, with a knowledge of its being stolen. -It was stated in evidenice., thait the prosecutor,tho, i~ a brazier, re. sidinig in the parish of St. Jam-es, Clerkenwell, left h s house on the morning of the 25th, of Decemiber last ; and at twelve o'clock his wife foUowed him, double locking the door as she went out. Shec observed Easterby andl Ryan, whom she had seen before, peas by-; atid wlren thsey saw her double-locking the dloor, sheperceived Easter- by touch Ryan on the arm. She proceeded across Spafleids ; Easterby folowed her, and ]hvan rerrai,~'ed behiind. Upon her return with her hub'asndr.t IA o'clock that night, she fouand the deoon ottite sprnglok, ndsupecin arober, he called in the watch. On examnin ibhoue, tey iscverd tat all the drawers and boxes lie ben ifld, ndtheproery teyhad contained cartiid away, besdes30 oveeles romtheproecuors desk. Four phosphoric' matces erefoud onthestars,twoof wichhadbee lihted, and a smoal arc'el in the passage. On the folwn udyMs. Jarvis Saw Eatryopoiehe or he eosevdhrlooking at him, hwaedo.adapaetobsmln.Information of the Tobbeyhinbengena Wohpsre.bofftaeTof thatesta- blishmentproetidosac hersnr'ldigs. Easterby diai not open hi.auloor for 20 minutes aftertfheycalled, and when at length they obtainedi admission,they found a ~,iantity of tinder, still war~m, the remnains apo)arenrtly'of lit'n tecentiy borT,iunder the tnate ~and abun- dlc!of female apparel in another part of the roomn, which Easterby said belonged to his wife, but whichi tarned ouit to be stolen propert y. Somie of Mrcs. Jarvis's propety was found there, and seven so- vereigns upon his paso. he prirsoner Benne-t was with Easterby, bitt eslcaped from the room. Easterby was taken. bato custody. Benniet wasq afterwartls apprehended, andl a numiber of boxes were jostad in lice room, containing a comib, table-cloth, two frills, and a handkgerchief, belong6ing-to Mt-s. Jarvis. At King's lodgings thiey, foundI twoc frills and P. saIlt-cellar, part also of the s~tolen property, under his bed ;and at thle ltxlgines of Ryan they discovered 17i s'o- vereignis bietween the bed and saclting. wvhich Ryan said belontred to his wife ; and perceived a sinell of burtit rags in the room). Somne of thte stolen articles were pawnedl by JiBennet, ande awomanl ramled i I ills. 'ft atrwsbraitld over to giveei dence, hut dlid itot appear. Her husband said shec was very ill:~ but it appeared that the hadi been seen in the court-yard in the tooirning and illr. J7ustice Beat suspecting that slite hadl bt:cr tampered wish, despatehedI an officer eo fetch her, whio, hoive; cc, returned withiout her, not having beeti able to find lier. AIr. Juistice Bcst thierefore ordiered her recognizances to be estreated.hilo King, in his defence, said that he was abNent from is logings when the property foundI under ITis bed was brouighit thiere. The other prisoners; said they left thir, mcae To their Rounsel. The jury found all the pr-isoners a'ilip/. Bennetftainted aad was c-arrie ouit. There being several other indiictmrents against the prisoners, Mtr. Justice Bga-T ordered proclamation of silencue to be nmade whist e assd sntnceof eah uonthie three men. A coniver- sation howeer, tking pace aongstthe thiree 'judiges. it was, c) sideed rutentfirt t tr th prsonrs pon another indictment. Easterb5 Ryan,and }tng weretherefre syain jiput to the bar, chared itha brglry n te huseof Johni Bond. Grahian), in thep :ishofSt.Luie,o te nghtofthe lith of Dccember last, and stealing therein a writing-desk, tea-adtdY, and various oilier articles of property. The prosecuitor's house was entered bt- tlte window d1uring the night, and tile property- taken awav-. On the chair under tEli wir.dow was thie print of a n;n' soe. 'rhe prisoners Y_esterby and Ki-g were se'en by the watcmnlukn bout the hou-se cliat tightt. The offieers V'ann and (jacton ofWorship.;treet, on searcln King's lodginigs at the timne referred to) in the prcceding Cast-, in au- ditionl to the article-sthere mentionedl, found tiletacdybeogn to he resnt iroeeslor an, o apilvinvr t"w of King's Shoti, to theprir n te cinc, t httd i excty. In repir , however, to a quesionfro Kin, Grtoi adnitetithat wvhen hie fou,tfic the ra- cady i hs ldgngs i wa caimd y a woman, na-med Sharpr, who ws taen ito cstod-, ad aferwadsrisci.arcl. -Mr. JustiCe TIEST askte if that woma caimied thje property Men- tioned in thle la-st case. Tile witniess said she did. 311. Justice BEgs .reprimanded the witness sliarply, for not having st.itetl that thct before, as it wa(uld hiave miade 'a miost hin- portant differenice in the lasqt catez The JIurv observed, that hand the officers stated that circumrstance, tthey weiuh~ hatve foundu a clihlerenit verdict Frotn, what riecy hade, as the onlyv evidlence against King was, the Ihect of tlits prop,erty benzin found i'n his roomi. -Mr. JUStiCe' ilgrT said, he would take care that that verlict shiould not afihet Kinir. The w-itneas. in reply, to questions front Mr. BltorERtCst; said, that he hail bett ailt officer for s-veral scare, anti was prinicipali oftic r of Nlsor~.iiip-street. lie sli not state the fact of 61iurpe',S claiming tl rpcy eas eddhl otiei aeil M r. Justic ES lie-c agn uitinladv-C"eed in '711 ston 't2rnl upson tuie corduct of tle,r eli,cr's, sv-lln must hiave known from- 'thier oaths. that th)ey wYere h)olund to' tell thle truthl, antl til ,u uskitu;u w!tlhout presumning to detetmine upon its Inaisriality net-,! withstanding whichl, they h-ad! %unpnrlsse-d a. fartwhch, h.ad it been discloetad , woutic(i have madle a mets hnno-rtart alit-c-r ation in the verdfict of the ju'vy in die ja't caae. to far at lca~ctlts re5-ardt-,! ft'ing. Thie caise against the o:her prisoners restetl ott different tesitinmony. Jle had tlhou;ght it rigt tenr on ti invevtie,ation of the scecond indt4ic,,tment, and lie was now inst1 hiajpy lie hadl (lone so ; b;tt after wha' hadlai 1 *ared. lie c,ud'i not i in I (it allowingr it to pracec farthtter, ,p it &ipmvld,d prinepnally tul ln tie evdnce oif theIseoiC rs on wli ch it wotild in os't daligerous to rel v. sule jury- titcre,f ire returned a verdlict of Not gu0idl. MT'c Justice BEs-c ordered` that theI, offlicersiru-ild not be allowed their expenses. '!he othecr witnesses were to h,ve Thieir-. Kig a-9 as seamPi Iut. to the b:aT.C%arad 'with rebbine4 tohn1 FYranci fil.il on, the: Mn $-' i it !wav, ai,d tuhitne fom n ia l,ees -n a it a -- lity of imil ver spoon,,. the piroperty' of Richiardi hiriton ; a-id E1lxmi B/eckweli with aidir- ing andmsettiniz in the said robbecy- Thet 4risrecu oir, a boy 13 ycars of ate, w-ho %w:- inl the empioy, mient of l.Biion j a silveres-it.nh, was"return;in` wVIts the mooV.ns fronm Goldsmitb.s'-halh, when he Twas stuippd, uinder an, arct w:l 'bv two mren. mici of whom. pitilinir ouit a staff, told tie bot IIC was 'a thlief, and took thie spions from hiii- 'l'hiev tt1en ecensa ut' , antd tile liu trsurvd, ca,l,ing1 orit, "-top tiiiirf!" As lie was ru;ininir after tit5oi,ll he sWas stoppeid by another mian, the piisofter. witmiaskem titmi what he was hlahiniig fir, a d. after delaying himi fete a teiv Inii- menis, lie said lie woul1d go, after 'the robbeirs, anrId me~t ran off the boy sedrin; no mare oif hiim, until after hewaincso- It also aptiwared thiat a persiloi named Ilayhew' %vho wenit ii uor,ml of -thec roibbers, seas Sent in a wrong, direction 'by King t butr upo,n thug whocle tlicre was not sufficieiit evidence to bri'ng hiome to thle 1mri- sonores proof of having acteil in concert with the nieti v-hu took thin spoons ironi the it's-. 7hev werer thterefore acqui:t-l. - Mir. Justice BS-r crtutioned the priisoners it take care of thlem-i selves ; for althougih the evidlence was notsdi~ i;t to convict theml before the juirv, set afiir what hiad passed. every onie uinost suspecr.. He eoulId says'no Omore. IVann, th&'nificer, then went into thte witness b.ix, ardstated, thlat in his (osivirial u'eoiin eoethis it;sgitrais- ;he had mlenitioned thle titrta Sh riecabitei tile property fouii:d ini King's lomtgimy' bitt thle tnagistr%c tft-SerwarOds ic,lered it tto he er.,'ed, and thercfotre he eid( ntint menti-n it on Itis -xatninatio in cotit t. iMr. -Justice Bas v referred to rile depost-ions in hispossin !anti saw II' erasure in thetii although1 he saw ,ome sikirds strucS4 thirouigh eIt'v ith pen. whiich partially bare tlienihicerout in1 what he -cmii.H Tuie Clerk, of the AreaWitrs Said, that tile 1)imdice e stranes~ neV tranIsmittedl the orisinal delpositions to tlte Court, but il:e,ely copicu signed by thle clerk . Mr. Justiee BEFST szaid that was; exrmey ronz; and this wet hiot thle first mor the ten 'ii time het NOl to) amttplain musneit rtis'. nnd act. It wvas tile limit- (if the aitasi,trotes to teanstist thle oricinlal oep'- siti'mPs. Suppooc, as was f'requently thue case, theyv were r,quit; d be given in 'evidence. what was tile Court to co t'inder st.chi cir-cullm- stances ? The oll'icer said he liepeul after that statemient lic wouti' be allowed his expenses;. 3Me- jUstiCe llzST said, if he produced Imi-t original depusit`nns on 'tonitdv. with the erasure he liad describ.cd in thecn, hie wou attitiome luini hi-', expenses. rFiuStlnh'J, Kin~, andi jcnit't we-re once inure put ri, thie bar, (before M1r. AnoarBtN, aod a London jttCY,l upon asin ;uersc ieos t a burglar;, in theL hotise of Jolhn Thtomas, and s-ealtog properly ithere. in to tite "nslint of 351. Tite evidlenceo in this. cause resited p.rincipally uponi the WTorship. stree oflicers beffore menitioned. The .Jurv 'maid tlmey enati not relY ilpoi asici se,iJence, and wvithout s,ufflicing Mr1. AnABNt to suth i.j) they returuietl a ver. d irt of Nort (ruii//. Me- ARABI-, conicturrvi in the Tproriety ofl the Nerdict, and said that undoubitcdiv thiere was, culvaebi-ity qonnewlere. OLD 2A 2lL9? ttaturdaay, Peb. 21.