Summer Assizes.
The Times, 1824-08-13T00:00:00

JiqOre dilr. Bari3n GRAHAMf. Richard 1err is was indicted for a burglary in the dwelllng.liouse of the Misses Grace and Louisia Eyles, and stealing therefrom plate and ddseT propeity of the taid ladies. The i'llisn& Byles are yourng lsdies of fashion andI consitderation, resident it 8outhborough, near Tunbridge, in th is count~y, but were alisent fromi hiocie fl;r~sonme week-, previous to) thie commiision of the rNbbery. Thie-main evidence in this case was.thiatof Avery, apartyI in the'burglary, who had turnet approver. It appeared fromn his, evidence, that Averv, the appirover, Harris, It,e prisoner, nnld a mnan named 1-fessehtine, still at large, set o-ut on the evening olf thie 2d of February, with the intentior, of robbisiv tIne house of a poor garJener, Aspinal, in the neighibourhood of Ttsnbtidge. One of the party knocked at his window, saying hie had a letter from his daugh- ter, and on the old mnan opening his shutter, attempted1 to force his 'way in, but the gardener having the wit to call to hiis wife to call up sieveral Personls (not actuall y in thle hOuise), and his wife, in her alarmn, falling out of bed, the robl;ers became fr!irht- ened at the noise, and mnade offl. After a short race,~ findi- ing they were not pursued they recovered their spirits, soil agred to rob the house of the Riisse-a Evle. For this purpose thiev stole a ladder, sod one of them ascended to the be-d-room of Miss. Louisa Eyles, and hsaviag ransackedi the dIrawers, threw ouit of the window to the other two several artic!les of place, a goldI watch, coral necklAce, end several articles of wearing apparel, in all to the value c.f 1501. Wthile thuis employed, the mnaid-servants heardl tieir noise or low whistle, and the wordis "crome on," and one of them raised the Window nod rung an alarm bell. The robbers, on secing the lights and hearing the a!ann given by these women gathered uptlieirbooty andi mn(le away. They stopped in a plougheA field at some distance, and having divided the minior articles buried the plate in the fieldl. This plate, anid the watch, and necklace, were entrusted to the ap- prover-, Avery, to dispose of, for which purposehe took it up in four days after, seid proceeded to London, accompanied by his fathier, and he swore that hie sold the plate anid watch to a Jewi clothesmar, in Rosemary.laoe, who paid hi;n 3s. an ounce for them. all round. Avery told hiim they, were stolen, hut lie said never minid that. The .Jew paid him-thnee came to 61. 12s., anti giving Aver 61., ;eaid he shiouldI keep the 12s. for his fee. Trhe women,servar.ts anti A2rinal supported partsof this statement; the remainder was made out by the evidence of thie approver. Atl i.s Louisa Byles, a lady of great persional beauty and fashion. able appearance, who was aiccommodated with a placc near the benichl, identifiedl several articles as her and her sister's property. `1 he learned JUDuG, having sumnmed up the case wgith due im. partiality, left it to the Jury to say what valuc they placed on the evidlence of the approver. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not inzMumford, was indicted f-)r stealinga trunk containingeeveral articles of' wearing apparel, the property of Peter Barlow, fromn the house of John Relfe, at Greenwich. T'he prostecutor, liy. Peter B3arlow, is a mathematfical teaclher at the Cadet School, WVoolwich ; and having, on the 29-d of Jutly last, returnedi, aFter a short absence in London, left his trunk at the George ptublic.house, Liasefkiln-lane, Greenwich, and) toldI thle land. lot-d lie shiould send for it. " Pray, Sir," said the landilord, " in what namneI"' Now, 51r. Barlow was too dliscreet to give his namec pblicly, before the several persons in the bar, and repliedt to dlr. Mele, " You wic see my name on the trunk." The trunk did in fact bear on its side, in Alr. Barlow's best Italian hand, the wordIs Mr. Peter Barlow, Wioolwich and Mlr. Barlow bOTe at the same time in hi's own poket a card with the name and address, an exact cou nterpart of that on the'thuck, being altogether difrerent fro hi. uisu.dlprofesslortal visiting ticket. This bein,rall settled to his mind. thiepros,ecutorset outinoa direct line forhia residence at Woolivich,andI meetingth-erisioner, who was acdriver of a passing cait betweeu Wool.~ wich and Greenwich, called a Coburg or a van, took it into his head( to ease his feet,htnd motunted on the van, Jogged comfortably hom,id by side, withtthewhip of the Ccburg. On the way, dIlr. Barlow tiakiag a fancy to the -nogles of the prisoner'x face, believed that he was thiat rare soechnren of the "1noblest work" on the Wool wich road. andl mientioned the circumstance of his trunik being left aLt the George with an appealing look at the diriver, as much as to sav, " how shall I get it horne ?" The prisoner, thiotgh no scholar, was a good trans. lat4tr, and interpreted the look in its proper senae, and replied, " I will bring it to you, Sir." "1 Do, myi good friend," rejoined Mr. Barlow, "don't forget my regimiental great coat-bhlue, lined withi scarlet, and my son's green jacket; and here is the token (banding thte card from his side-pocket); shbow thits to Relfe. bring mne the trunk, and you shall have a shiilling for your pstirs." 2dr. Barlow went to schlool quite at his ease, anid waited for hiis trunk and tecgirnental great coat with full reliance on the honesty of' hismea~senger. In thtemeantlime strange goings on were ini progte-ss at LlmelkilnoItane, for the day after the trunk was lef't, a man. de- acielbvthe daughter of the landlord as having nothiing priua about h seon but a wlitec rough coat and a scar on liis neck, call. ed at the George andi demanded Mr. B3arlow's trtank. "Where is the tken? saiuth prudent landlord. "Hlere," saidi the man, protlucing the card which A1 r.Barlow gave the driver. This,on compaiing it wiith the ticket on the trunkc, appeared to be all regular, and Mr. Relfis delivered the trunk, demandinIt;,.nig two.pence for booking, but no two. pence was paid. Itwsamte hat the prtaontr was not the man -who lifted the trunk, bTut a witness of the niame of Atkinson swore that he saw the prtsonerand twoother men in Greenw-ich Park with the trunk, roquelarure, abnd green coat. One of them appeared to thie wit. ness to bear a resembance to a man called Chandler who has evil on bis neck, and who, in that respect, as well as in dress, correapon(tled with site persos wvho called for the trunk; and Atkinson also swore that he had a subsequent conversation with the prisoner,in which he, -with a slv insinu ition, said "W'ell Mlumford, abouit these thiings in -the park r" "1 Oh " said MIumfo;~l lau6hing heartily, " ch-eese it, I dare say there will be some nolseabiout it." "Then," as Atkinson said, " he laughed and I laughed, and we had a pint of porter toge- ther." Other witnesses deposed thattlieysaw thieprisoner sd three mnen with the trunk an4. great coats at the Rose and Crown ; they were one com-pany, drinking andi smoking togetheyr, andI on going away the prisoner placed the trunk under one of these mnen's arm, and threw-the cloaks overbhis own. The prisoner was soon after at,. prehended. It aipprared thaqt the nman with the white coat and the scar on his neck after havisig got the trunk away from the George, re. turned tIO ti1e iamne place in an hour after, and swild he had lost Mr. Barlow's addres from the trunk, and requested the card he hadl pre- viously left. AIrs Relfe returned him the card, and it.seemed to have founid its: way atgakin to the hands of the prisoner llwnsford; for on Mlr. Barlow being uneasy at the reon-receipt of his mnoveables., went in searchn of the mesaenger, andl found Alumford at his post, as conductor of his Cobueg, at klog.larte. " Wlhere Is mny trunk?" s-ad the master of sic olars. "1 I knowr nothin about it," said honesty. "I have been busy, and autablet g orait." " Ih ere in my card ?" said AMr. Barlow. "~Here it is, by the same tokcen," rereNunfifrcl, producing the. identical cardt which Alr. Peter Ba0rlwhad'given to him. Mhr. B-arlow set ofF to the George ; bitt :fossn itliathtis trunk was, in fact, a imoveable, and that his,blue clock;~witlh the scarlet lining, waaaQbsent wiythout leave. Thib folowing is aspecim-n of tie crosa-e-xansination ofone~f the witbnsaeai 'Goslting, -a Greenwich Coacbmhinan Ide. ANnesmtws....Now, Gosling, have you not stood there (point- ing etothe dock) before -P..Never, to rmy knowledge. Rate yo-a been tried hiere ?-I never was in thia towrn before in my nevr ee tredfo a elnyany where P-Not to mny On outoat, hve ou ot eeninprison ?-Oh ! in several, in Nameme oe ortwo -I cn't xacly recollect ; I am not parti - WelA for what csifre P-.Why, for debt, I take it-.(with a grin. ning-laugh.) On your oath), were you not tried for a felony once in your life ?-. Not to my knowledge. Recollect yottrself, Sir ?-I have heard of such a thiing when I Was 15 years of age. 'Were you in gaol for ft ?.-I waa at the Old Bailey. Now, Riir, on your oath; lhave yoa not been on hoardt the hulks at Wool wich P-Oh, yes, very often. But sentenced to be sent there P-Not that I recollect. I never wa,Indeed. WRell, go aliong_P'm going. Mir. LAw having closed the case, r. Baron GflAJtAS observed there was no evidence to support the indictment for f'elony. Mr. Ltw considered that a participation in the feloniy was madle otthe transfer of the card to tile person wrho took away the trunk, mndt~ e proper:y being seen an hour after the robbery wvith that per. eon in the prisoner's company. Mlr. Baron GRAHA',%Tsaid if theprisoner had been indicted either as n atmsrybefore, the fact or at er te fact, -he evidence might have been suileient but-there was a total failure of showing that he lent virtual aid to t ierobbe-ry4 The Jury could not upon such evi- dence find him guiilty of a felony.- -You see, dir. Andrews, conti. nued hiq Lordshlip, younhavei-not direted -yeaurattenflon to this, you b ave been asking Several questions of no use to the defence. I*2s- ANDaxEws.-But,-my Lord.-._ MZr. Baron GRA31A.APt (imilling)...Don't be angry, Mfr. Andrews. I am-only sutpriged:at a gentlemnl of -your expeeAence...but you have a kight tocbniduct the'ease'lotirotsnwalr. Mr. ANDRlE WS.-I assure you, my L-ord, I am an excellent tem-. per. I wished to have tvia strings to,sy bow. ML1r, Hron OssAeAsAm-There is no siiring here, howiever. M~. tiD S.-.-I~otnsitolynotfor m TYclienut TheJuy, ndr te iretin o ~l~learned Judge, returnedaa verdkof~sztgniU; andthe pisone,- onthe pplicatio.n of dIr, I,s, vs oderd o b deaind or he urpseof having another ,3erome..fluon'apu~at.itwed on the 29th.ult. at Vienna,, dietMe10f F& - Mi i,4eti 10fbByh SUAfMMER .ASSIZES. MAIDWTONE, TiHUtSDAY. AuG. I2.