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PIRIE, MAYOR.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE,

Taken in Short-hand

BY HENRY BUCKLER .

VOLUME XV.

SESSION I. TO SESSION VI.

LONDON:

GEORGE HEBERT , CHEAPSIDE.

WILLIAM TYLER , PRINTER, BOLT-COURT, FLEET-STREET.

1841.

THE

WHOLE PROCEEDINGS

On the Queen's Commission of the Peace,

OYER AND TERMINER, AND GAOL DELIVERY

FOR

The city of London,

AND GAOL DELIVERY FOR THE

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, AND THE PARTS OF THE COUNTIES OF ESSEX, KENT, AND SURREY, WITHIN THE JURISDICTION

OF THE

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Held on Monday, November 29th, 1841, and following Days.

Before the Right Honourable JOHN PIRIE , LORD MAYOR of the City of London; the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Denman, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench; Sir Edmund Hall Alderson, Knt., one of the Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer; Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Knt., one of the Justices of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench; Sir Thomas Coltman, Knt., one of the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas: Anthony Brown , Esq.; Sir Peter Laurie , Knt.; Sir John Cowan , Bart; Sir Chapman Marshall, Knt.; Aldermen of the said City: the Honourable Charles Ewan Law, Recorder of the said City: Thomas Wood , Esq.; John Lainson, Esq.; Sir George Carroll , Knt.; John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq.; and Sir James Duke , Knt.; Aldermen of the said City: John Mirehouse, Esq., Common Sergeant of the said City; Her Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery of Newgate, holden or the said City, and Judges of the Central Criminal Court.

LIST OF JURORS .

First Jury .

James Bennet

Ebenzer Soper

William Warrington

John Philpot

Thomas Wilcox

John Wade

John Wilson

Robert Shaw

Thomas Simpson

William Vaughan

Richard Sheering

Samuel Smith

Second Jury .

George Wilkinson

Henry Wildey

Josiah Wilkinson

George Mitford Young

William Kendall

Robert Park

Henry Kilvington

Francis Seymour

Thomas Wright

Henry Baggot Morris

Thomas Castle

Richard Brand

Third Jury .

John Neale

John Sharpe

Henry Smart

John Simms

Frederick P. Gardiner

Thomas Howell

John Wright

John Williams

Benjamin Joy

Esketh Davis Wells

Charles E. Young

Peter White

Fourth Jury .

Charles Slowgrave

William Vidal

William Adamson

Grorge Wickstead

William Yarrold

Abraham Anthony

John Austin

Nicholas Maule

Thomas Trebble

William Simpson

William Stark

William Ashtown

Fifth Jury .

Richard Smith

Henry Tibbs

Henry Yeats

George Teakle

Peter White

J. Chubb

J. Webber

J. Chapman

Samuel Chard

James White

J. Barrett

Frederick Dunhill

Sixth Jury .

William Skinner

Isaac Unwin

Joseph Topcote

Thomas Tritton

James Webb

James William Adlard

William Weeks

John Simpson

James Watts

George Webster

Benjamin Shepherd

Richard Downer

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT .

PIRIE, MAYOR . FIRST SESSION .

A star (*) denotes that prisoners have been previously in custody—Two stars (**), that they have been more than once in custody—An obelisk † that a prisoner is known to be the associate of bad characters .

LONDON AND MIDDLESEX CASES .

OLD COURT .— Monday, November 29 th , 1841.

First Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

1. AVICE ROWLET was indicted for a misdemeanor.

ROSE PARDOE . I am in the service of Rowland Mitchell, of Baker-street. The prisoner was in the habit of calling from Mrs. Hofferman for the dirty linen, and occasionally brought it home—she called on Monday, the 4th of October, when a three weeks' bill was due, and said she called to request payment for the washing—I said, if she would tell her mistress to call I would pay her—she said Mrs. Hofferman was ill and unable to attend—I then paid her 1 l . 2 s . 7 d ., and she wrote "paid" in the book— she said her mistress had requested her to put "paid" in the book—I parted with the money, believing her mistress had sent her for it.

ANN HOFFERMAN . I am the wife of Richard Hofferman, of Hereford-street, Lisson grove, and wash for Mr. Mitchell. I took the prisoner in to protect her, as her father turned her out—she was in the habit of fetch ing linen for me, and left me on the evening of the 4th of November—I did not send her to receive this money then, or at any time—I was quite well.

WILLIAM GLASS ( police-constable C 157.) I apprehended the pri soner in Barrett's-court.

Prisoners Defence . Her daughter asked me to fetch her mother's linen, as she intended to run away.

GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Six Months .

2. RICHARD BOLTON was indicted for assaulting Mary Ann Bor rows , with intent, &c.

GUILTY of a common Assault . Aged 19.— Confined Six Months .

3. HENRY PATTERSON was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of August , 3 coats, value 2 l . 15 s .; 1 pair of trowsers, value 10 s .; 1 waist- coat, value 5 s .; 1 pair of boots, value 10 s .; 1 hat, value 5 s .; 1 scarf, value 3 s .; 1 box, value 5 s .; and 1 cigar-case, value 3 s .; the goods of David Arnold Donaldson : and HARRIETT ASHTON , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution .

DAVID ARNOLD DONALDSON . I am an upholsterer, and live in London generally. On Monday, the 4th of August, I was at Tunbridge Wells—I had occasion to send my clothes and other things up to London that day—I packed the articles stated in the indictment in a white deal box, I nailed the box down, corded it, and put on it a direction, "To the care of Tho mas Jackson, No. 18, Wild-court, Drury-lane, London"—I took it to the Van-office—in due course it should have arrived in London about the middle of Tuesday.

Patterson. Q. Is this a workshop or a dwelling-house? A. work-shop belonging to Thomas Jackson—I do not know whether you lived there at the time—I did not say at Bow-street that you did live there—I believe you merely worked at the shop.

Q. Did you call in Great Earl-street, Seven Dials, the day after last Sessions? A. Yes—I did not propose to the person of that house that if they would give me 2 l . I would leave London, and not prosecute you, nor any thing of the kind—I merely called there—I had seen the party several times about the neighbourhood of Seven Dials—I never saw him before I came from Tunbridge Wells.

Q. On your oath, had you ever seen him before he was over the way at the public-house drinking with you? A. Yes, I had seen him before that, but not before this occurrence—on my oath I never said any thing about not appearing against you for a sum of money.

JAMES LILFORD . I am a cabinet-maker. I was working at No. 18, Wild-court, Drury-lane, on Tuesday, the 31st of August—about eleven o'clock in the day the carrier brought a white deal box, directed to the care of the person I worked for, "Mr. Jackson, No. 18, Wild-court, Drury-lane"—I did not see where the carrier came from—the prisoner Pat terson was at work there when the box arrived—he owned part of the shop—I left the box between two benches where we work, in the shop where Patterson was—he worked in the shop, and was there at the time—I went there next day—I did not see Patterson there then.

Patterson. Q. —Did any person help you up the stairs with the box? A. Yes, Harry Goodrich—I cannot tell when was the last day I worked for Jackson—I did no work for him on the Monday, or from the Saturday before—I have not worked for him since Saturday, the 28th of August—I went there, on the 31st, after some money which was owing me—I was not doing any work that day—a man named Warner came into the shop with me—we had some beer to drink there—I did not fetch it—there were other parties about the shop—I stopped there about an hour and a half—I went there about ten o'clock next day—you were not there then—I cannot say you were not there at all that day—you might have been there unknown to me.

ANN LOCK . I am the wife of David Lock, of No. 28, Clement's-lane, Strand. A woman named Clark lodged in the same house, above me, for about twelve months, and in August last the prisoner Ashton came to live with Clark—I have frequently seen Patterson at the house before the rob bery—on the 31st of August, between four and five o'clock in the after noon, I saw him come in with a white deal box—he was carrying it on his shoulders—it was heavy—I was at the street-door—he asked me to allow him to pass me, which he did, and went up stairs—I afterwards saw Clark come down with something, and after that I saw Clark and Ashton go out

together—they returned in about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes, and went up stairs where Patterson was—they might in a shorter space than that have gone to Picket-street and Clare-market—I afterwards saw the two prisoners, Clark and another man, a friend of Clark's, who had come in, leave together.

Patterson. Q. Who rented the room that Clark lived in? A. Clark her-self did—she took it in her own name, and a man named Goodrich lived with her—I remember your coming there several times last summer, and telling her to send Goodrich to your shop to work for you—I do not know whether he worked for you last summer—you called several times after the rob bery, to know whether they were at home—Clark and Goodrich left the house that same week, and he has not been there since—the police have been after him there—he is visible enough to be found, I believe—I after wards pointed Clark out to the policeman—I was asked where I bought a duplicate—Clark had been in prison before, while she was living at this house, and that you know as well as I do—I do not know what it was for—she was in custody last Christmas, and several times for different things, attempting robberies, and that sort of thing, but I do not know that she was ever committed to any prison.

Ashton . I never lived with Clark—I had lodgings of my own—I merely called on Clark as a person I knew—Patterson was there—he asked if I would go and pledge a pair of boots for 4 s ., which I did, and brought him back the money and duplicate—I know nothing more of it, and Patterson knows I do not.

MR. DOANE . Q. Was she up stairs with Clark at the time Patterson took the box up? A. She was, and I am sure she lived with Clark.

ALBERT EVANS WASSELL . I live with my father, a pawnbroker, in Picket-street, Strand. I produce a coat and pair of trowsers pawned on the 31st of August, by a female, in the name of "Mary Williams"—I cannot say at what time in the day—I cannot say whether more than one person was present—I do not know Ashton.

CHARLES SELLS . I live with Mr. Allen, a pawnbroker, in Clare-market. I produce a pair of boots pawned on the 31st of August—I took them in—I do not remember the time—I recollect seeing Ashton in the shop about the time they were pledged—it was nearly a month after before we heard any thing of it, but I saw her in the shop about the same time—I took them in—the lad wrote the ticket—he is not here—I believe Ashton to be the person who pawned the boots, but I should not like to swear to her.

COURT . Q. Why do you believe it? A. By her being about at the time—she was seldom in the shop, but I recollect her face again—I can not undertake to say that I saw her at the exact time the boots were pledged—I have merely a recollection of seeing her face that day in the shop.

MR. DOANE . Q. Your attention has been called to this before the Ma gistrate? A. Yes, I said just the same—I know I took in a pair of boots on the 31st of August, and I think it was Ashton pledged them, but I cannot swear it—I cannot swear that seeing her and taking in the boots was one and the same transaction—I advanced 4 s . on them.

— POCOCK ( police-constable F 81.) I took Ashton into custody on the 29th of September—I told her what she was taken for—she said

she received a pair of boots from Patterson, and he told her to pledge them for as much as she could get—that she pledged them in Clare-street for 4 s ., and gave him the duplicate and money—I took Patterson into cus tody the following morning—he denied the charge altogether—the box has never been found.

D. A. DONALDSON re-examined . These boots are mine, and were put by me into the deal-box at Tunbridge-wells—the coat and trowsers are also mine.

Patterson's Defence . Goodrich, who the box was delivered to, works for me—it was left in the shop that day—he has worked for Jackson—he ab sconded from his lodging, as well as Clark, and the police are now in search of him—there is no lock and key to the shop—the box I had car ried for Goodrich—I make packing-cases of all descriptions.

JAMES LILFORD re-examined . Goodrich did not work in the shop where the box was left—he came in and out, but did not work there—he po lished one or two tables there once—he was there on the 31st of August at the time the box was there.

ANN LOCK re-examined . Goodrich lived with Clark, but he was not in the room when Patterson brought the box there—Clark went out and fetched him, and then they were all four together.

Ashton's Defence . Pocock says I told him I was to get as much as I could on the boots, which is not the case—Patterson told me to get 4 s . on them—when Pocock came and asked me about it, I said I certainly had pledged a pair of boots, but did not know that they were stolen, which I certainly did not—Clark was out when I went up—no one was in the room but Patterson and a young man—I did not know but what the boots belonged to Patterson—he knows I am innocent.

(Patterson received a good character.)

PATTERSON— GUILTY . Aged 44.— Recommended to mercy .

Confined Six Months .

ASHTON— NOT GUILTY .

NEW COURT .— Monday, November 29 th , 1841.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

5. JAMES CAIN was indicted for assaulting a policeman in the exe cution of his duty; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Six Months .

6. MOSES HUNT was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of October , 2 nose-bags, value 3 s .; half a bushel of oats, value 2 s .; and half a bushel of chaff and oats value 1 s .; the goods of Henry Johnson , his master ; and JAMES ROWLAND , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen; against the Statute , &c.; to which Rowland pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined Five Months .

(He received a good character, and his master engaged to employ him.)

MR. BALLANTINE conducted the Prosecution .

HENRY JOHNSON . I am the son of Henry Johnson. Hunt was in my father's employ rather more than twelve months—my father generally

keeps three horses, but one was killed on the 24th of October—it was in a very poor state, as it appeared, from want of provision. About ten o'clock in the morning of the 24th of October, I went into a loft occasion ally used by Hunt—I found two nose-bags, one nearly filled with oats, with a small portion of chaff covered over the top; the other had about one peck of oats in it—it was Hunt's duty to feed the horses on Sunday morning—for that purpose the shed-man delivered the oats to him on the Saturday night—the horses were generally fed between seven and eight on Sunday morning—there was no occasion to have oats to feed them the rest of the day—the horses had to go out on the Monday morning—it was Hunt's duty to obtain corn to feed them—he had the chaff in his own pos session, but had the oats from one of our men—I went to the corn-bin when I saw this corn—I found it locked—Hunt generally stopped at the Thatched-house public-house at meal times, to water the horses, but the food we provided.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. I suppose you do not know that he was to stop at the Thatched-house? A. No, he stopped where he pleased—he could not have oats without the shedman gave them to him, as he kept the key of the bin—the hone that was killed was not ill, it was starved—it was worn out—my father was ashamed of it—we had another carman for a month before Hunt was taken, but he was discharged on the Saturday night—Hunt had the management of the horse that was killed—he had to no the food for it—he did not drive it—he would not have the nose-bags to feed it on journeys.

COURT . Q. Was the loft the proper place for the oats? A. Yes.

JAMBS BRENNAN ( police-constable G 20.) I was with another officer near Seckford-street on Monday morning, the 25th of October—I saw Hunt come out of his master's yard, driving a cart with two horses—I noticed two nose-bags on each shaft—I followed him to the Lower-road, Islington—he stopped at the Thatched House public-house at ten minutes past eight o'clock in the morning—Rowland came out—he went up to him—they appeared in close conversation—while they were talking, I saw Rowland take a key from his pocket, and undo a door, and directly after Hunt took one of the nose-bags off the shafts and handed it to Rowland—then Hunt undid another bag, and took it in himself—I watched till the door was pulled to, I believe by Rowland—I then went in—they were standing close together, and Hunt was pouring the contents of a nose-bag into a bin—I went up to them—I am sure it was Hunt that was emptying the bag—I seized him by the arm, and told him I was a policeman, and had instructions from his master to watch him, as he was suspected of stealing corn—he said, "Pray don't; I never robbed him before "—I examined the bags, and found oats in one, and oats and chaff in the other.

Cross-examined. Q. What did yon do with the bags? A. Redman tied them to the shafts, and took them to the station.

HENRY REDMAN ( police-constable G 224.) I was with Brennan—what he has stated is correct—I took the nose-bags, and have had them at the station.

Cross-examined. Q. Were they not some time out of your possession, left at a public-house? A. They were left locked up for about an hour this morning—they were seen by Mr. Johnson the morning we took them—he owned them.

MICHAEL GIBLING . I am shedman to Mr. Johnson. On the 23rd of

October I delivered Hunt some oats for Sunday, and on Sunday three pecks for Monday—I delivered him them about eight o'clock—I have ex amined the nose-bags produced by the officer, and the two found removed from the shafts—there were upwards of three pecks in the two bags—the two bags which were left on the shafts had very little oats in them, only bran—the corn ought not to have been unmixed—it was Hunt's duty to mix the corn with bran and chaff—the corn in the stable was enough for the horses on the Monday—there ought to have been more corn in the horses' bags on the shafts—I believe the corn to be my master's.

Cross-examined. Q. Might he not have unhooked the horses? A. That is not a customary thing.

HENRY JOHNSON re-examined . The Thatched House is about a mile from my premises—there could have been no pretence for taking his horses out to feed them, or to take the corn into any stable.

Cross-examined. Q. Did Hunt go out with the horses till lately? A. Yes—he did not go out with the other horse.

(Hunt received a good character.)

HUNT— GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined Five Months .

7. WEAVER CLAYTON was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of November , 44lbs. weight of mutton, value 18 s ., the goods of Thomas Eltham .

MR. PRENDERGAST conducted the Prosecution .

THOMAS ELTHAM . I am a butcher, living at Denham. On Saturday fortnight I went to Uxbridge market—when I was leaving I had a side of mutton, which I put into my cart the last thing at night—I left the cart a short time with a boy, and next morning, when I was at Denham, I missed the mutton—I informed the police, and on that day Roadnight brought me a leg of mutton, which was part of the side of mutton which was in my cart on Saturday night—I knew it by its being my dressing and cutting—I had a quarter of the same mutton, which I had sold—I matched them together—they were part of the same animal.

RICHARD ROADNIGHT ( police-sergeant T 11.) On Sunday fortnight I received information from the prosecutor—after that I saw the prisoner and two other persons coming along some fields near Uxbridge—I and my partner apprehended them—the prisoner had this basket over his shoulder, which contained a leg of mutton, which I showed the same day to the pro secutor—I matched it with the other piece, which had been sold—there was a bit of the tail left on the leg, which matched the other part exactly—Warner, one of the men with the prisoner, said he never saw it till he saw it on the others' backs—the prisoner said, "You want to saddle it on me, but it is a barber's mess we are all in it."

Prisoner's Defence . I Warner and Cox, went out about seven o'clock; we were forwards; Cox called us back, and said, "There is a basket in the hedge;" we took it out, it had a leg of mutton in it; we came back about twelve, and it was still there; Cox said, "We might as well have it as let it spoil;" he took it, and carried it first, and then I carried it; the others owned how they came by it, the same as I did.

NOT GUILTY .

8. JOHN CLARK was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of October , 1 pair of boots, value 15 s .; and 1 pair of shoes, value 5 s .; the goods of Hugh Johnson .

ALEXANDER DRUMMOND . I am in the service of Mr. Hugh Johnson, of Bexley, in Kent—he has an office in Bush-lane. On the 29th of October I was with his cart in Bush-lane, and received a parcel containing these boots—the prisoner took them out of the cart about twenty yards from the office—I caught him about seven or eight yards off with them. ADAH SPAREY ( City police-constable No . 406.) I took the prisoner.

Prisoner . There was a large rocking-horse in the cart—Drummond asked me to help him shove it up, which I did—the boots fell down—I went round and picked them up, and Drummond said I was going to steal them.

ALEXANDER DRUMMOND re-examined . He told me he was not going to steal them—while he struggled with me one of them dropped from him—I saw him leap from the cart with a parcel under his arm, but I did not know what it was till I caught him—I did not ask him to help me with the rocking-horse or in any way.

The prisoner received a good character.

GUILTY . Aged 35.— Confined Six Months .

9. THOMAS FITZGERALD was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of October , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s ., the goods of Edward Joseph Menere , from his person.

EDWARD JOSEPH MENERE . I am in the service of Mr. Forsyth, in Leadenhall-street. At half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th of October I was in Drury-lane—there was a crowd—I stepped off the pave ment to get past, and felt something at my coat-pocket—I turned and saw my handkerchief in the prisoner's hand—I seized him, and he dropped it—I called the police, who came and took him—he had not moved a step from me when he dropped it in the road.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. There was a riot? A. yes— the policeman was getting a drunken' man along—I accused the prisoner of stealing my handkerchief—he said another boy had thrown it on his hand.

WILLIAM MCDANIELS being called, did not appear .

JOB BARBER ( police-constable F 55.) I took the prisoner from the prosecutor, and have the handkerchief—the prisoner denied being the robber.

COURT to EDWARD JOSEPH MENERE . Q. Did you not ever say "He was holding it down against another person—I called the policeman and took the handkerchief from the prisoner's hand?" A. No, he dropped it.

Cross-examined . Look at your own deposition, was not this read over to you before you signed it? A. Yes—I was desired to attend to it.

NOT GUILTY .

10. GEORGE PADWICK and WILLIAM DENNY were indicted for stealing, on the 29th of October , 2 reams of paper, value 3 l . 5 s ., the goods of William Frederick Rock and another.

HENRY ROCK . I am a stationer in partnership with my brother William Frederick Rock, in Walbrook—I have missed four reams of paper—that now produced is part of it—it was at the door of our warehouse—I had

seen it safe about ten minutes or a quarter after one o'clock on the 29th of October, and I missed it about quarter before two o'clock.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. You are stationers in a very large way? A. Yes—we have about sixty servants—the loss of two reams was pointed out to me by John Paine, and I found four reams had been taken—these are two of them.

JOHN PAINE . I am apprentice to Messrs. Rock—I received informa tion, and went in pursuit of Padwick—I ran up Walbrook, and Padwick was caught in my presence—he had nothing with him, but I believe him to be the man who dropped the paper—this is my signature ( looking at his depositions )—the first thing I saw was a man running with two reams of paper on his shoulder—he pitched—them down by the side of a door in Walbrook—I believe Padwick to be the man—there was a rescue attempted—several gentlemen tried to catch him, and he got away from their grasp.

Cross-examined. Q. You had a good view of his back all the way? A. Yes—I followed him, and in running down I kept him pretty well in my sight all the way, but in rounding the corners I lost sight of him—I did not notice others running—there was not a cry of "Stop thief"—he was taken about 500 yards from where the paper was dropped—I did not tell my master of these reams being gone—we had similar paper to this—we lost two more reams ten minutes before.

ROBERT HUTT . I am an apprentice to the prosecutors—a little after two o'clock I heard a noise—in about ten minutes I heard the same noise again—I went to the lobby and saw Padwick making off with two reams of paper—I called Paine, and we went after him—I did not see Denny.

Cross-examined. Q. You and Paine have had a chat about this? A. Yes—I did not talk to him about Padwick being the man—I did not express a doubt—I swore to him at the time—I saw the whole of his face.

CHARLES SMITH . I am a butcher, and live in Walbrook—about twelve o'clock at noon I saw the two prisoners and another man standing at the corner of Bond-court, nearly opposite the prosecutor's, and at two o'clock I saw Padwick with two reams of paper, and Denny and the other man running by his side.

Cross-examined. Q. You have not the least doubt of Padwick being the person? No.

Denny's Defence . I was coming up Walbrook—I saw a quantity of people calling out "Stop thief"—I came round by the side of the Mansion-house—I was tapped on the shoulder and taken—the butcher said he saw me, and Padwick, and a boy together, but it is not so.

PADWICK— GUILTY . Aged 21.

DENNY— GUILTY . Aged 18. Confined Six Months .

OLD COURT .— Tuesday November , 30 th 1841.

Second Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

11. JAMES BARCLAY was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Wiltshire and another, on the 29th of October , at St. Michael on Cornhill and stealing therein 1 teapot, value 6 l ., their property; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 36.— Confined One Year .

12. JOHN CARTER was indicted for a misdemeanor.

NOT GUILTY .

13. VILLIERS LESTER was indicted for forging and uttering, on the 13th of October , an order for the payment of 10 l ., with intent to defraud Edward James Cutler ; also for forging and uttering, on the 15th of October , an order for the payment of 10 l . with intent to defraud Henry Bosanquet and others ; to both of which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17. (The prisoner received a good character.)— Confined Two Years .

14. HENRY MORTON was indicted for embezzling and stealing 6 d ., which he had received on account of William Hart , his master.

WILLIAM HART . I keep the White Swan public-house, in Ray-street, Clerkenwell. On the 29th of October, I engaged the prisoner as barman—he came on Saturday the 30th—he was to be a week on liking—when he had been in my service about three hours I suspected he had taken 1 s —I let him continue another day or two—I suspected him on Sunday—on Monday evening, the 1st of November, he was serving a customer with a pint of gin, which came to 1 s .—he received two sixpences—one sixpence he put into the till, and put the other into his mouth—I took no further notice of that, but next morning I went to him into a back kitchen, and said, "Henry, I do not think you will suit me—and there is another thing, I suspect you have been robbing me ever since you have been here "—he said no.

Cross-examined by MR. ROBINSON . Q. Did not you say something before that? A. No—I said I know you have, and if yon do not give me up the money I will send for a policeman—he put his hand in his waistcoat pocket and gave me 2 s . 10 s .—he said, "I have not robbed you of any thing since I have been here"—I said, "I know better, you have robbed me of more; I will send for a policeman and give you in charge "—I sent for one—as we were going up stairs to search the prisoner's box, he said, "I won't trouble you to go any further, here is 3 s . I took out of Mr. Hart's till on Saturday morning, making in the whole 5 s . 10 d . I have robbed him of altogether "—after putting the sixpence into his mouth he afterwards walked into the back yard—he had no business to go there with the sixpence in his mouth—I did not see whether he afterwards put it into the till—he gave me no account of the money—he ought to take the money and put it into the till.

THOMAS HARRINGTON ( police-constable G —204.) I was called in and took the prisoner into custody—he delivered up 2 s . 10 d .—that was lying in front of him—he gave me 3 s . more afterwards, going up stairs.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Months .

15. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG was indicted for feloniously and know ingly uttering, on the 15th of November , a forged order for the payment of 2 l ., with intent to defraud Henry Hogg .

GEORGE GILPIN . I am shopman to Mr. Hogg, of No. 73, Fleet-street, a hosier and glover. The prisoner came to the shop on Monday, the 15th of November—he purchased two shirts, a pair of gloves, a long-end stock, and a pair of braces, amounting to 25 s ., and asked if I would send them

for him—I said, "Yes "—he offered this cheque to pay for them—( pro duced )—he—gave the name of Mr. Jackson, No. 15, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden—I sent the cheque over by the boy to Mr. Hogg, who was at the other shop, No. 174—he came over, and asked the prisoner if he had got any more money, as it was very unreasonable to expect a tradesman to change so small a draft to an utter stranger—he said he had no more money—he asked if he had got any at his lodgings—the prisoner said he had—Mr. Hogg sent me with him with the goods—I had got the cheque—we did not go to Henrietta-street—he wanted me to go, while he waited in Tavi stock-row—I said I would not go without him—he then said he did not live there, and we did not go—I asked what business he had to give me the name of Mr. Jackson, No. 15, Henrietta-street—he did not give me any answer to that—he said he was left in the world without father, mother, or friends, he did not want cheque or goods, and I could go back, and tell master I had missed him in some way—I said I would not do so, he should go back with me—he said it would be of no use, for he should not be able to let us have the money then—I said I would go any where with him as long as I could get the money—I at last called a policeman, and gave him in charge—I know this to be the cheque Mr. Hogg brought back to me.

Prisoner. Q. Have you not another name besides George? A. No—I did not give two names at Guildhall—I was behind the counter when Mr. Hogg came into the shop, about a yard or two from him—I cannot tell the number of the house that we stopped opposite in Tavistock row—you afterwards told me you lived in the Regent's-park, not that you had friends there—I understood you to say you lived there—you did not ask me to go to Lewisham-street with you, or any where else.

HENRY HOGG . I am a hosier and glover, and have two shops in Fleet-street, No. 73, and No. 174. On Monday, the 15th of November, I was sent for to the shop No. 73, where the prisoner was—the prisoner gave his address No. 15, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden—I told him I recog nised him as the same man who, on the 3rd of November, had attempted to pass a similar cheque on me, and he then gave the name of Phillips, No. 15, Norfolk-street, Strand—he said he was not the same individual, he had come from the country the night before—I gave the parcel and cheque to Gilpin, and told him to take it to No. 15, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, with the prisoner, and to get the money, or bring the pri soner back in custody, and he brought the prisoner back in custody—the first thing I said to him was that it was not reasonable to expect a trades-man to change cheques for a stranger, and said, "Have you got money to pay for the goods?"—he said he had not, but had got it at his lodgings, and that induced me to send the boy with him—this is the same cheque as I brought back, and gave to Gilpin.

Prisoner. Q. What day of the week was it when I came to your place first in November? A. On Wednesday, the 3rd of November—I am quite sure you are the same person—I said at the station, if the goods were paid for I did not care about the charge—the inspector said it was a proper case to go before a Magistrate, so of course I gave way to that.

CHARLES DOMVILLE . I am clerk to Messrs. Masterman and Co., bank-ers, Nicholas-lane. I have searched their books, to see whether there is any account of any customer of the name of Montague, the drawer

of this cheque, and we have no account in that name—we hare no per-son entitled to draw cheques with the signature of E. Montague—( cheque read )—" November 15th, 1841. Messrs. Masterman and Co. Please to pay Mr. Jackson, or bearer, the sum of 2 l .—on demand. E. MONTAGUE ."

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Transported for Ten Years .

16. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG was again—indicted for feloniously and knowingly uttering, on the 7th of October , a forged order for the payment of 2 l . with intent to defraud Thomas Etheridge .

THOMAS ETHERIDGE . I am a hosier, and live at No. 167, Aldersgate-street. On or about the 7th of October the prisoner came to my shop, and bought goods to the amount of 18 s . 2 d .—he presented this cheque—( pro duced )—the prisoner wrote on the back of it in my presence—I know it to be the same—( read )—" October 7th, 1841. "Messrs. Hoare and Co. Please to pay Mr. Montague, or bearer, the sum of 2 l . on demand. W. JACK SON ."—(on the back was written, "21, John-street, Clerkenwell") on his producing the cheque, I said it was not customary for us to do these things, but being so small an amount, if he would write the address of the drawer I would not mind it in this case—and on that he wrote the address on the back, in pencil—he gave me no farther account of the parties—I believe he answered my question, that he was Mr. Montague, but I will not swear that—I gave him 1 l . 2 s . change.

Prisoner. Q. I—believe at Guildhall you said you gave 1 l . 6 d . and 10 d ? A. I said nothing of the kind—you gave the address, "No. 12, Finsbury-place," and said I was to send the articles there in the course of the after-noon.

COURT . Q. Did you send them? A. I took them myself—I found, in the course of the afternoon, the cheque was a forgery, and I took the goods with a view of detecting it, if possible—I found no such person as W. Jackson or Montague there.

JOHN PALMER . I am cashier at Messrs. Hoare's. No person named W. Jackson banks at the house—there is no such account—I do not know the handwriting of this cheque, only from seeing some of the kind before, in different names, but the same handwriting.

Prisoner's Defence . A person named Jackson gave me the forged order, which I uttered in the first case; I sent a note to him while I was in the Compter, but he never came; I have been out of a situation some time, but have lived upon my friends, and did not want money; the prosecutor gave me 1 l . 0 s . 6 d ., in copper, change, and now he swears it is 1 l . 2 s ., which is quite sufficient to cause me to be transported.

GUILTY . (There were two other indictments against the prisoner.)

17. GEORGE VICKS was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of No vember , 22lbs. weight of cheese, value 16 s ., the goods of John Green and another; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Confined Four Months .

NEW COURT .— Tuesday , 30 th November , 1841.

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

18. GEORGE BOOTHBY was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of October , 8 half-crowns, and 34 shillings, the monies of Gottlieb Irion Schunter , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17— Confined Three Months .

19. JAMES WEBBER was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of No vember , 6 knives, value 1 s .; 3 forks, value 6 d .; and 2 spoons, value 6 d .; the goods of Seth Worrall ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .* Aged 28— Transported for Seven Years .

20. EDWARD JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of No vember , 1 pair of boots, value 4 s .,—the goods of John Such ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

21. CHARLES MATTHEW CARTER was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of November , 56lbs. weight of iron, value 2 s . 6 d .,—the goods of William Thompson , Esq., and others; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Six Months .

22. JOHN DAVIS was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of Novem ber , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s .,—the goods of Edward Roach , from his person.

EDWARD ROACH . I live in Angel-street, Regent-street, Westminster. Between five and six o'clock, in the evening of the 15th of November, I was in Smithfield, some one gave me information, and I missed my hand-kerchief f—I ran after the prisoner, the constable took him, and took my handkerchief from him—this now produced is it.

WILLIAM HARDING ( City police-constable, No . 271.)—I stopped the prisoner, who was running—I found this handkerchief on him, under his jacket.

Prisoner's Defence .—I was going to the doctor, as my mistress was very bad; I was going into John-street, and picked the handkerchief up at the corner of Smithfield.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Three Months .

23. ANN ROBINSON was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of No vember , 37 printed books, valued 7 l .—the goods of Samuel Daniel Evans .

SAMUEL DUKE EVANS . I am a bookseller, and live in Cheapside. I lost thirty-seven printed books about the 18th of November—Mr. Forrester has them.

SARAH MAYSON . I am servant to the prosecutor. On the afternoon of the 18th of November, about four o'clock, the prisoner came to the shop, and asked to look at some Church Services—I showed her some Bibles and Prayer-books—she looked them out to the amount of 7 l . 0 s ., 6 d .—she said if I would send the lad with the books with her she would pay the lad, she had not sufficient with her to pay me—in consequence of that I sent them by the lad—he was to bring back the money, which he did not.

Prisoner .—I deny that I said I would send the money back by the lad. Witness .—Yes, you did; she only dealt with Mr. Evans for ready money.

Prisoner .—I have two hills here which I paid in May. Witness .—They were made out at the time she paid them.

COURT . Q. Are you able to swear, that at the time she had these articles she paid ready money? A. Yes, both the bills are my own making out, and were both paid at the time.

WILLIAM LORD . I am apprentice to Mr. Evans. I went with the pri soner with these books on the 18th of November—Machin said I was to receive the money—I went with her to a court in Monkwell-street—she knocked at the door—a little boy opened the door—she then took the parcel from me, and told me to sit down in the front parlour—she went into the back parlour, and returned in a few minutes, she said she had not sufficient change to pay me, she would call on Mr. Evans next morning—I went the next morning, and found she did not lodge there—she had left ten minutes after I left.

Prisoner. Q. —Do you mean to say that I told you I would call the next morning and pay you? A. —Yes.

MARTHA TAYLOR . I am the wife of John Taylor, and live in Dolby-court. I know the prisoner—she did not lodge at my house—she called there on the 18th of November, and had a brown-paper parcel—she went out in ten minutes, and took the parcel.

Prisoner. Q. —Were not these taken away by your request? A. I said the children might tear them.

JOHN SKUSE ( City police-constable, No : 141.)—I took the prisoner on Saturday, the 20th of November; she would not tell where she lived.

Prisoner's Defence .—I have been in business at Bristol three years; I was in the habit of dealing with Mr. Evans ever since I commenced busi ness; these two bills were not paid at the time; I told the boy Mr. Evans knew me very well, and I would call next day, but I was ill; I wrote a note to Mr. Evans, stating the circumstances.

SAMUEL DANIEL EVANS . I know nothing about the prisoner—I never gave her credit to any amount—on the Saturday afternoon, she wrote a note, saying she had something to communicate—I went, and she told me she was in difficulty, and I must sue her for the amount—she wanted to pass through the Insolvent Court—I said, "I must have the goods"—she said they should be secured to me—I took a policeman, and gave her in charge—the books are safe in Forrester's custody.

Prisoner .—I was advised by Mrs. Taylor's father to do it.

MRS. TAYLOR re-examined .—She had mentioned such a thing, that she wanted to get through the Court.

NOT GUILTY .

24. JOHN BAKER was indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of Novem ber , 1 handkerchief, value 4 d ., the goods of William Haynes , from his person.

WILLIAM HAYNES . I live in Noble-street. At half-past five o'clock, in the evening of the 13th of November, I was going down Princes-street, I saw two boys following me, I watched them half-way down the street, they separated—I followed the prisoner, he threw my handkerchief on the ground—I followed him, took him, and picked this handkerchief up—I did not see how it was taken out, it was done behind me—I could not

have dropped it—he begged I would let him go—he said he did not do it, it was not him—he persisted in it.

CHARLES HOLT . I stopped the prisoner at the top of Tokenhouse-yard—the prosecutor was about forty yards behind him—he was running fast.

Prisoner . I was running, and was turning to hear what the cry of "Stop thief" was. Witness No, he was driving on as fast as he could, making through the narrow passage.

Prisoner's Defence . I never had the handkerchief in my hand; I never saw it till he came to the station.

GUILTY .* Aged 13.— Transported for Ten Years—Convict Ship .

25. HENRY FAWCETT was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of November , 1 cash-box, value 1 l . 1 s ., the goods of Mary Winnington .

MARY WINNINGTON . I keep the King and Queen public-house, in Distaff-lane. Between three and four o'clock in the evening of the 16th of November I was called down stairs—I looked into the bar, and missed a cash-box, which had been on a shelf in the bar about ten minutes before—this now produced is it—I had only bought it that morning.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. I believe there had been parties in the bar? A. Only the bar-maid—no man had been there—the parlour and bar do not join.

FANNY CLOWSER . I am the prosecutrix's bar-maid. I was coming out of the parlour, between three and four o'clock on the 16th of November, and saw the prisoner coming out of the bar—I said, "You have taken something out of the bar"—he said, "No, I have not"—I said, "Yes, you have, let me see what you have behind you"—I called Joe , meaning John Barton—when he came I told him the prisoner had been in the bar and taken something, but I did not know what—the policeman was sent for, and the box was round in the parlour under the seat—I had not seen the prisoner in the parlour.

JOHN BARTON . I was called, and saw the prisoner going from the bar-door to the parlour—he went into the parlour—he was drinking with two more in the parlour—I went in to see what he had taken from the bar— the other two ran past me, and ran out—he was following them—I caught him—the cash-box was found under the seat, close by where they had been sitting in the parlour.

Cross-examined. Q. Had you seen these two men sitting in the parlour? A. Yes, not ten minutes before—these two men rushed past me—I am not the only person who serves.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Transported for Seven Years .

26. JAMES WOOD was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of Novem ber , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s . 6 d .,—the goods of Richard Smith , from his person.

RICHARD SMITH . I am a clerk in the Custom-house. I was walking down East cheap, on the 18th of November, at about a quarter before nine o'clock in the morning—I put my hand into my pocket and missed my handkerchief—I heard a shouting behind me of "Stop thief"—I turned round and saw Buckland running after a young man—I walked after them—when I walked down Little St. Mary-at-Hill, I saw my handker chief in Buckland's hand—this now produced is it—it is mine.

JAMES WARWICK BUCKLAND . At a quarter before nine o'clock I was passing, and stopped at the corner of St. Mary-at-Hill to let the prosecu tor pass, and as he passed I saw the tail of his coat fall out of the pri soner's hand, and in the other band was a silk handkerchief—I followed him down St. Mary-at-Hill, and took him—when he got half-way down he threw down the handkerchief—I took it up.

GEORGE BOWIES ( City police-constable, No . 554.) I received the pri soner, and have the handkerchief.

Prisoner's Defence . I heard the cry of "Stop thief" and ran on one side; I saw a mob of persons, and then a man stopped me.

JOHN WOOD . I am the prisoner's brother. Last Thursday week I was gone down to Billingsgate—I went on first, and my brother was coming after me to help me to carry my load.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Six Months .

27. GEORGE BROOKS was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s ., the goods of Joseph Brown , from his person.

JOSEPH BROWN . I am a waiter, and live in Chicksand-street, Brick-lane. At half-past seven o'clock, in the morning of the 17th of Novem ber, I was at the picture-shop, at the corner of Cornhill—the policeman came up and showed me my handkerchief—I felt, and it was gone—this now produced is it.

WILLIAM SMITH ( City police-constable, No . 558.) I was watching the prisoner about ten minutes—I saw him sound several gentlemen's pockets—the prosecutor came up and got in among the crowd—the prisoner fol-lowed him, lifted up his coat tail with his left hand, and drew the hand-kerchief out with the right—directly he got it, and was doubling it up, I took him, tapped the gentleman on the shoulder, and spoke to him.

Prisoner . It was a lad beside me that drew the handkerchief and dropped it; I took it up. Witness . I saw you draw it with your hand.

Prisoner's Defence . I was going on an errand to Whitechapel, and saw the lad pick the gentleman's pocket and drop the handkerchief; I took it up.

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

28. RICHARD SULLIVAN and GEORGE AYTON were in dicted for stealing, on the 25th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 2 s ., the goods of a man unknown, from his person.

GEOROE BAKER ( City police-constable, No . 58.) At half-past seven o'clock on the evening of the 25th of November, I was in company with Starling—I saw the two prisoners, they went up towards Temple-bar—they returned, and followed a gentleman—Sullivan put out his hand, and took this handkerchief from the gentleman's pocket, and gave it to Ay-ton—as soon as he took it, I seized him with it—I sent after the gen tleman, but he did not return—I have not been able to find out his name—there is a hole in the handkerchief—I found another handkerchief on Ayton.

FRANCIS STANWAY ( City-police constable, No . 311.) I was in company with Baker—I saw the two prisoners together—Baker beckoned me—I went, and took Sullivan—he took Ayton, and took the handkerchief from,

his breast-pocket—we sent an officer after the gentleman—he could not make out which the gentleman was—I have not made out his name.

Ayton's Defence . They sent after the gentleman, and he said he had not lost any thing. Witness . No, he did not.

Sullivan's Defence . I met Haydon at half-past four o'clock—he asked me to take a walk, and he bought the handkerchief going along of a Jew.

Ayton . I bought the handkerchief for 4 s . 6 d .

SULLIVAN *— GUILTY . Aged 19.

AYTON *— GUILTY . Aged 18.

Transported for Ten Years .

29. FREDERICK ALLEN was indicted for embezzlement.

JOHN SIMMONDS . I live in King William-street, London-bridge. The prisoner was in my employ—it was his duty to collect the money I sent him for—if he received 14 s . 8 d .—from Mr. Cameroux, he has not paid it me—or 6 s .—from Mrs. Rouse, he has not paid that—it was his duty so to do immediately on receiving it.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Had you a character with him? A. Yes, from his aunt.

FERDINAND FERGUSSON CAMEROUX . I paid the prisoner 14 s . 8 d . on the the 20th of October, for Mr. Simmonds.

SARAH ROUSE . I paid the prisoner 6 s . on the 28th of October, for his master.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Three Months .

30. CHARLES SAUNDERS was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 1 breast-pin, value 18 s . 6 d ., the goods of John James Kirkman , from his person.

JOHN JAMES KIRKMAN . I live with my father, in King William-street—about one o'clock on the 9th of November, I was going up Cannon-street towards King William-street—I turned round to look for a friend, and the prisoner passed me—I felt a violent pull at my handkerchief, in which I had a pin—I immediately looked, and it was gone—I ran after the pri soner, collared him, and accused him of stealing it, which he denied—a person came up, and said he bad seen him throw something glittering away—he went to look, and found the pin—it was mine—the prisoner tried to make his escape when he heard it was found.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. There was a great many people in the street at the time? A. Yes.

JOHN CAREY . I live in Newcastle-street, Whitechapel. I was passing the end of Martin's-lane—I heard the prosecutor say, "The fellow, or the man, has got my pin"—the prisoner attempted to run, but the prosecutor prevented him—I saw the prisoner throw something from his left hand down St. Martin's-lane—I went and searched, and the pin was found by a little boy, who gave it to me.

Cross-examined. Q. How near were you to the prisoner? A. Three or four yards—there were many other persons there.

NOT GUILTY .

31. WILLIAM HOPKINS was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of October , 6 bobbins of silk, value 12 s ., and 6 wooden bobbins, value 3 d ., the goods of Joseph Edgecombe , his master.

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

EDWARD HARRIS . I am errand-boy in the service of Mr. Joseph Edge combe,

silk and trimming manufacturer, in Watling-street. The prisoner was errand boy there also—on the 5th of November, I went to the cellar about half-past six o'clock in the evening, I took a candle to look for a cat—I found a hole in the floor—I saw some bobbins through the hole—I went up stairs, and told the porter what I had seen—Mr. Edgecombe and the porter went to the hole and pulled out some bobbins of silk in a handker chief—the prisoner was not there—he came in in about an hour.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDEROAST . Q. You did not find the handkerchief? A. No, I saw it found by Bentham.

HENRY BENTHAM . I am porter there—Harris called my attention to the cellar—I and Mr. Edgecombe went down—I found some bobbins with silk on them, and a handkerchief with some empty bobbins in it—they were under the boards, concealed from sight, unless you looked particu larly—I was present when the prisoner returned.

Cross-examined. Q. Had Harris taken any bobbins out? A. Only one—he did not bring up any thing with him.

JAMES HENRY FELLOWS . I am foreman to Mr. Edgcombe. I remem ber the prisoner coming in on the day these were missed—I showed him this handkerchief in the warehouse, which was pulled out with the bobbins where the hole was—we asked him whether the handkerchief was his—he seemed to hesitate, and said it was not his—I took him down stairs and asked him if he knew any thing about the bobbins there—he denied all knowledge of them—I called in Cole, and gave him in charge—he was searched, but nothing was found relating to this inquiry.

Cross-examined. Q. Did he ever say the handkerchief was his? A. He seemed to hesitate—he looked at it—he took it in his hand four or five minutes—I am quite sure this is the handkerchief.

EDWARD HOPKINS . I am the prisoner's father. I do not know this handkerchief further than that the policeman brought it to my house.

— HOPKINS . I am the prisoner's mother. I never saw this handkerchief before I saw it in the policeman's hand.

NOT GUILTY .

32. RICHARD SULLIVAN was indicted for embezzling 1 sovereign, the money of James Loader , his master.

GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Six Months .

33. JOHN SHANDLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 22nd of No vember , 3 1/2 lbs. of butter, value 3 s . 6 d . the goods of Daniel Elliot ; and that he had been before convicted of felony: to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Transported for Seven Years—Convict Ship .

34. HENRY WARD was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of Novem ber , 1 cape, value 5 s ., the goods of William Trindall .

WILLIAM TRINDALL . I am a coachman, living in Church-street, Hack-ney. I was in the City, and had a cape safe on my horse's back, on the 24th of November—I saw the prisoner take it at a quarter past four o'clock—I took him, and gave him into custody with it under his arm.

Prisoner . I picked it up under the horse's feet. Witness . I saw him take it off the horse's back.

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

35. THOMAS LLOYD was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of No vember , 1 handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of John Pring , from his person .

JOHN PRING . I am a medical student, living in Windsor-terrace, Tri nity-square, Southwark. About eight o'clock on the 18th of November, I was on Ludgate-hill, and felt a twitch at my pocket, I turned and saw my handkerchief in the prisoner's possession—he threw it down—I took him, and gave him in charge of a friend till the policeman came—I do not know what became of the handkerchief—I did not pick it up—I am sure it was mine.

RICHARD WARR . I live in Vauxhall-road. I kept the prisoner till the policeman came.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

36. WILLIAM GERMAINE was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of November , 39lbs. weight of lead, value 6 s ., the goods of Edward Heffy Ferne , and fixed to a building.

CATHERINE BIRD . I am the wife of David Bird, a plumber and gla zier, we live in Swan-street, Minories. The prisoner was occasionally employed as his servant—about ten o'clock at night, on Thursday, the 18th of November, I and my sister were sitting in the front room second floor,—I heard a noise—we went into the passage with a candle, but could see nothing—we went to the front window, and heard a noise over the roof—a young man went out and found a basket, which the prisoner had fetched away in the morning—he looked out, and found the prisoner standing on the right, between the two attic windows—I asked him what he did there, and told him to come in—he was two or three minutes before he came in—I gave him in charge—the house is Edward Heffy Ferne—I had seen the lead safe shortly before.

NATHANIEL MOUNTFORD . I am a painter and glazier, and live in Derby-street, Cartwright-square. I searched the proof, and found the tiles all disturbed—I went to the front, and found the prisoner between the two attic windows, trying to conceal himself—I told him to come in.

HERBERT GODWIN ( City police-constable, No . 545.) I found this lead on the top of the attic-window—it had been cut off from the top of the window—I opened it, and compared it to the place, and it fitted exactly—it appeared to have been recently cut—there was no knife found on the prisoner.

Prisoner's Defence . I was in the street—a boy came and said there was a person on the top of the house—I found there was—I went out, round by the attic-window, and the young man said, "Come in, we have got you now"—I said, "What do you mean?"—they said, "We will let you know."

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Six Months .

OLD COURT .— Wednesday, December 1 st , 1841.

Third Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

37. CHARLES WILCOX was indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of October , 1 book, value 3 s ., the goods of the Trustees of the British Mu seum . —2nd COUNT , stating it to belong to Sir Henry Ellis , Knight.—3rd COUNT , stating it to be the property of our Lady the Queen —4th COUNT , stating it to be the property of a person whose name is unknown .

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

ANTONIO PANIZZI . I am one of the librarians of the printed books in the British Museum—Sir Henry Ellis is principal librarian, and has the custody of every thing there. I have seen the prisoner there—I did not know him as a person reading in the library at the Museum, before Satur day the 23rd of October—I saw him there about two o'clock that day—something had reached me, which directed my attention to him particu larly—about four o'clock I was told he was leaving the Museum—I went up to him as he was going out at the door, and told him I wanted to speak to him—he came with me into the library—I had two books in my hand out of three which he had had—I said, "You had three of these books, and have returned two, what have you done with the third?"—he said he did not know, he might have forgotten it, left it on the table, or some-body else might have taken it away—he wanted to go and look for it—I said, "No, we must find the book first"—he then said, "Why, if it be lost, I will pay for it"—I said, no, that would not do—he then said, "Do you suspect me?"—I said it was very awkward, he had had some of our books, and I mentioned two which be had had, one on the 24th of July, and another which he had had two or three days before, which were both missing—he said he knew nothing about them—I had sent for Sir Henry Ellis, who presently arrived—I then said to him, "This gentleman has had three books, there are two here, and he says he knows nothing of the third"—Sir Henry Ellis said to him, "What have you to say?"—he denied it again, and Sir Henry said, "Go for a policeman"—I said, "I have already sent for one"—that was in the prisoner's hearing—he then said he wanted to speak to us alone—I said, "No"—he said, "You don't think I am capa ble of stealing books," or words to that effect—I said, "Well, it is no use, you have a book in your pocket now, and the policeman will find it there when he comes"—he then, after some moments' hesitation, produced the book from his pocket—this is it—it is one of the books belonging to the library of the Museum—we then went on and met the policeman, and we told the policeman to take him into custody.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. I believe it is contrary to the rules of the British Museum for any person to take a book home to read? A. Certainly—the attendants in the library were present at this conversation with the prisoner—I do not know whether they heard it—they were at some little distance—I do not know which pocket the prisoner took the book from—he had a great coat on, and he put his hands under his great coat—I am certain it was taken out of his pocket, because it was not visible before, and I saw the motion of his hand about his pocket—the fourth volume of Carlisle's Miscellany is now in the Museum—it was once absent, at least we could not find it, and it was afterwards found in the Museum.

MR. BODKIN . Q. When was that? A. On the Wednesday or Thurs-day before the Saturday when the prisoner was taken—I cannot say whether that book left the Museum or was mislaid about the premises, but we could not find it before, and we did not find it afterwards.

JOHN SCOOT I am an attendant at the library of the British Museum—I know the prisoner perfectly well. On Saturday the 23rd of October

I gave him three volumes of the Standard Novels to read—the book pro duced was one of them—from something I had been told I took particular notice of what I did with the books.

MR. PAYNE called —

REV. EDWARD HOLMES MORGAN . I am curate of Ecclesfield, near Sheffield—I have known the prisoner ever since his first entrance at col lege, from October 28th to the present time—as far as I have known, his character for honesty has been perfectly good during that time—I was in London from the 2nd of October until the 9th—I saw the prisoner on the 4th at his lodging, and he of his own accord showed me the fourth volume of Carlisle's Miscellany as a book belonging to the British Museum, and afterwards in the street, he showed it to me again.

REV. JOSEPH KETLING , curate of Tooting, also deposed to the prisoner's good character.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Baron Alderson .

38. CHARLES WILCOX was again indicted for stealing, on the 20th of July , 2 books, value 3 s ., the goods of the Trustees of the British Museum .—2nd COUNT , of Sir Henry Ellis , Knight.—3rd COUNT , of our Lady the Queen .—4th COUNT , of a person unknown.

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

ANTONIO PANIZZI . On the 23rd of October the prisoner was taken into custody at the British Museum—before that two books called "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Baronet" were discovered to be missing from the library—those now produced are them—they are the property of the Museum—it is usual to affix marks on the books belonging to the Museum—there is generally a mark put on the title-page—this book, "The Hunchback" bad three tide-pages, being in a collection, and in one of them was a mark, and that title-page is torn off—another stamp was also put at the end of the book, and that is also torn off—the "Baronet" has also the appearance of having had the title page torn out—I see no altera tion of any thing at the end—the two books are worth about 5 s .—in conse quence of a communication made to me by some of our officers I went to Mr. Hewitt's, a bookseller in Holborn, and found "The Baronet" on a shelf there—the other volume bad been brought to me previously.

Cross-examined by MR. CHAMBERS . Q. How do you know these two books were missed? A. We keep an account of the books—when books are given out, the reader gives a ticket, we copy that ticket, and an attend-ant keeps it—it was from information I received that I knew the books were missing—an attendant named Turner, I believe, gave me the infor mation—he is not here—there are no particular bookcases appropriated to certain attendants—they all do the same duty—the stamps are put on the Museum books in the secretary's office—there are generally two stamps affixed to them, but sometimes one—the stamps are generally affixed on the back of the title-page and at the end of the volume—I could show you the fellow volumes to this book with the stamps on—there is no stamp affixed to the pages of these books—it is done on some—it is done when the books go to the binders—these books had been to the binder's long before I was in my present situation—there is the appearance of a title-page being torn out of one of these books.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Is Sir Henry Ellis, as principal librarian, the person in whose custody all the property in the British Museum is placed? A. Yes.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. How do you know that? A. From the Act of Parliament.

COURT . Q. When you found these books at Hewitt's, did you go to the library and see that those volumes were away? A. Yes, both.

MARTHA JAMES . I live at No. 8, Barton-street, Westminster—the prisoner lodged at my house—I remember in October last, Mr. Panizzi and Lester an officer, coming there—I showed them the room occupied by the prisoner.

ROBERT LESTER —I am a policeman—I went to No. 8, Barton-street, Westminster—on the 23rd of October, after the prisoner was taken into custody, I went into a room pointed out by Mrs. James—some Museum reading tickets were found there, which Mr. Panizzi took possession of.

MR. PANIZZI re-examined . Here are the two tickets which I took possession of in the prisoner's lodgings among others—they are request tickets presented by parties for books which they wish to read in the Museum—( the tickets which were here read alleged that the books in question were delivered to the prisoner )—when a reader asks for a book he presents this ticket, and when he returns the book the ticket is re-turned to him—they are printed forms ready in the library—this ticket referred me to that part of the library from which I missed the volume.

NOAH HEWITT . I am a bookseller, and live in Holborn—I purchased these two books of the prisoner about five months back I should suppose, or between four and five months—I gave him 3 s . 6 d . for them—they are odd volumes of works, but each contains a complete tale in itself—I did not notice the state of the title pages when I bought them—they are in the same state as when I bought them—I gave them up to the officers of the British Museum.

Cross-examined. Q. How long have you been in business as a book-seller? A. Three years—I buy a good many books, sometimes in lots—I buy almost any class of books—sometimes at sales, in lots—I occa sionally enter in a book the name and address of persons of whom I pur chase, if I suspect the party, not otherwise—I had purchased of the prisoner four or five times before—I certainly could not tell who I buy every book of—if I buy only one lot of a person I do not suppose I could, unless it was something very particular—I have about three thousand volumes in my shop—I have a daily sale—a person from the Museum came and asked if I had got this volume, "The Baronet," and I produced it—he went back to the Museum, and Mr. Panizzi came and had the other—they then took me to the prisoner—he was placed among ten or twelve others, and I pointed him out, as knowing him.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Did you take the prisoner's address? A. I had his address, but am not able to find it—I have not the slightest doubt of his being the person.

MR. PANIZZI re-examined . The press marks still remain on the books, and here are the corresponding marks on the tickets, B. 635, C. 764.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined One Year .

(There were two other indictments against the prisoner.)

39. JAMES HILL was indicted for embezzlement.

MESSRS. HILL and BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

JAMES PASCALL . I am treasurer of the parish of St. James, Clerken-well, and am one of the guardians of the poor—there are sixty-three guardians—I was one in 1838 and 39—I have been so ever since—the prisoner was a clerk in the office of Mr. Selby, the vestry-clerk, and was employed by the board to collect monies—the book now produced is the minute-book of the Board of guardians—here is the minute—( reads )—"31st August, 1830, Resolved that Mr. James Hill be collector of bastardy debts from Michaelmas-day next, for one year, at the usual commission, and that he pay over to the treasurer all monies he may receive when the same amounts to 20 l ."—he took on himself the duty of collecting those debts—on the 11th of October, 1831, there is the following minute—( reads )— "Resolved that Mr. Hill be collector of monies on orders of affiliation, and for boarders in the house, for the year ensuing"—he continued to act after this resolution in the same employ down to August in the pre sent year without any fresh appointment—it was his duty to enter in the ledger produced, all monies due to the parish for the support of bastard children, on the debtor side, and of all he received on the creditor side—it is a debtor and creditor account—his accounts were occasionally audit ed by members of the board—I believe the whole of the entries in the account of John Hard are in the prisoner's handwriting, except this entry of the balance due at the bottom—the last sum he admits to have received, is dated June, 5 l . and 3 l ., and it is entered in one sum in the column, 8 l ., September 10th, 1838—there is no other entry after 1838.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Have you read the whole of the resolution relative to his appointment? A. Yes—the next entry is, "The clerk (Mr. Selby) engaged to be accountable for Mr. Hill's paying in all monies he may collect by virtue of the above appointment"—Mr. Selby is an attorney of considerable business—the parish business is extensive—the prisoner was chiefly engaged as clerk to the workhouse—there is the same entry at the end of the resolution of October, 1831—I believe Mr. Selby has not been called on to account for this—our parish has sustained a great many fosses—the last defalcation was, I believe, upwards of 10,000 l .—two years and a quarter expired without auditing the prisoner's account, I believe that was in consequence of an alteration in the bastardy laws—I was present when Mr. Selby was called on to account for about 700 l .—it was not on account of this deficiency.

Q. Have you ascertained the prisoner's deficiency to be about 45 l . in bastardy cases? A. I should say some hundreds—I have no hesita tion in swearing that my belief is, that it is more than 100 l .—Mr. Selby resigned the office of clerk to the guardians in July or August this year —it was about the time of this inquiry other cases were mentioned—that may not have been his inducement to resign—there were large sums in the poor-rates stated to have been paid by the broker to Hill, who denies receiving some of them—he admits a great portion.

Q. Was the prisoner in the habit of paying considerable sums on the general account of the parish to the mothers of bastard children? A. Not by order of the board—I believe lie did of his own choice pay certain indi viduals for several years—I knew he made such payments occasionally—I never saw any account of them, but I have seen him pay women, and

understood he had received it from the parties for them—I do not know who he received it from—they were not people who had order made on them by the Board—I know nothing of his receiving there money from putative fathers of children—I have seen women come to ask if he had received money from the fathers of their children—he has sometimes said he has received nothing for them, and at other times paid them money, but these were not monies received under orders of affiliation, or they should have been handed over to the guardians—this had nothing to do with the accounts—I heard from the prisoner of his debiting himself with money as received for a boarder, which he had not received—I believe Mr. Selby has since received that money—I have not desired him to retain it—he has reported that he has paid it to the parish bankers—I believe it was above 50 l .—the prisoner had debited himself with money which he stated afterwards he had not received—money was sometimes received at the gate for bastardy cases—I did not direct Mountstevens the beadle to retain 6 l ., said to be due to him from the prisoner—I did not know of his owing him money till recently—there are two entries to Cameron of 5 l . 10 s . and 10 l . 5 s ., which he credited the parish for—I afterwards un derstood he had not received it—that is what I alluded to before—I asked the prisoner why he entered monies he never received—his answer was, he had been negligent in his duty, and thought proper to put those entries in to cloak any neglect—I gave the prisoner into custody in St. John-street-road on my own authority, conjointly with two or three acting as a committee—Mr. Bezley and Manton, two of the committee, were with me.

MR. HILL . Q. What were the circumstances of his paying women money? A. I have seen females apply to him to know if the fathers have paid money which was due—he sometimes said he had received them, and sometimes not—when there are orders of affiliation, the weekly payments are entered in the pension-book—when the fathers neglect to pay, the committee lessen the amounts to be paid the women till the fathers pay up—Hill should report it, and then the full pension is paid, but whether it was these cases or others I do not know—men occasionally disagree with their wives, and pay money in for them—there is a regular debtor and creditor account with persons having orders of affiliation on them—I have seen him pay money—I do not know for what purpose—I should think the majority of those cases were women having disputes with their husbands, and the money paid in at the gate, not bastardy cases—I have seen him pay money to women—I cannot say whether they were cases of orders of affiliation or not.

JOHN HARD . I have been in the habit of paying money to the parish of Clerkenwell for a child—here is ray book in which the payments were entered at the time I made them—on the 23rd of July, 1839, I paid 10 s . at the gate to the person whose initials are entered against it in the book—on the 20th of August I paid 10 s . to the prisoner—he has put his initials in my book—on the 15th of October I paid 10 s . to Kemp, the gate-keeper—between that and the 9th of June, 1840, I have made twelve payments.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you made any payments to Hill since the 15th of October, 1839? A. Except the three or four which were paid Hill, they were all made at the gate—one was on the 19th of August, 1840—that is the last I paid him—there was an order of affiliation on me—Hannah Williamson was the mother of the child.

THOMAS KEMP . In October, 1839, I was gate-keeper at the Clerken-well

well workhouse. I kept the hook now produced—on the 15th of Octo ber I received 10 s . from Mr. Hard, which I passed to the prisoner, who has put his initial to it in the book—I cannot say when I passed it to him—I was in the habit of receiving money for him—it was sometimes a fortnight or three weeks before I paid it to him—he would account with me for what I paid, put his initials to the book, and the balance was paid—I kept a slip of paper on which I entered what I received and paid—that paper was left with Hill—I can only say I paid him the balance with the slip of paper—the initials to the book are his handwriting—I can undertake to say I paid this particular sum to the prisoner before Christmas.

Cross-examined. Q. You were a poor man in the workhouse? A. Yes, and am now—I was employed to keep the gate, and received money if Mr. Hill was out of the way—I had an allowance from the parish for keeping the gate, but not for receiving the money—it was for gate duty.

Q. Did you make payments on account of the parish out of the sums you received for Mr. Hill? A. Some belonged to people whose wives came and took it again; some belonged to the parish; some payments I made as Hill directed me—I did not pay any money to the mothers of bastard children that I know of—they were so by their appearance—I charged that to Hill—I kept the account, and paid him the balance sometimes in a week, sometimes in a month—if he was in the house when they brought money I gave it to him—he was most likely not in the house when I received this—I cannot say when I settled with him, nor what balance I paid him—I cannot swear I paid him 10 s . on the balance—he has paid me a balance at times, and I cannot say he did not on this account, or whether I paid him one—I do not know whether the guardians knew of my receiving money—the books were open to every one—they came to the house—I have no doubt Mr. Pascall knew it—I commenced the duty in April, 1838—Meredith preceded me—I do not know whether he received and paid money—I have paid a woman named Kelly money for a bastard child to about 5 l . I paid her 2 s . weekly—there was sometimes a stop—I believe she was not a married woman—Hill at times told me not to pay her, and when she has come again he has said I might pay her—I never received money for her from the father—Hill authorised me to pay it out of money I received—I have paid Brown and Gale money, not for bastard children, it was a deserted case—I did not account to Hill for that—Brown had 2 s . 6 d . a week—I did not receive that from Hill.

CHARLES BARRETT . I was gate-keeper at the workhouse in July, 1839. Here is an entry of 10 s . in Hard's book, on the 23rd of July, with my initials against it—I received that, and have entered it on that day in this other book—I paid it to Hill—his initials are against it, as an acknowledgment he always gave me.

Cross-examined. Q. How did you settle accounts with him? is that the general gate-book? A. It contains an account of money paid exclu sively to Hill's account, and some paid in for parties who applied for it—both accounts are kept together—I received 1 s . a week extra for what I did, and meat daily—I accounted to Hill for this 10 s . the first opportunity that pre sented itself—it might be the same day, or a day or two after—it was within one or two days—I cannot say how much I paid him altogether— I did not make any payment out of it for Hill, and deduct it—I cannot say I gave him precisely the same money—I always put the money in a

paper by itself, with the name of the party it came from, and the date—I was not examined before the Magistrate.

MR. HILL . Q. You put the money in paper? A. I made it a role to do so—I gave it to Hill.

WILLIAM LOVEL . I am one of the guardians of the poor of Clerkenwell, and acted as auditor of the prisoner's accounts in June, 1840. Here is the book in which the audit was taken—the entries are in the prisoner's handwriting—it was furnished to the auditors on the 9th of June, 1840.

( This account was put in—it did not contain the amounts referred to in the evidence—there was entered to Hard 5 l ., 3 l ., total 8 l .— the total amount entered as received from Hard was 25 l . 15 s ., and the amount paid by him, entered in his book, was 35 l . 10 s .

MR. LOVEL . I and the auditors went through the book, and checked it with the sums entered as received in the ledger—I looked at the side on which he discharges himself of the total amounts—I saw it was correct according to the ledger—the two last items in the account were discovered as omitted in the former ledger, and added at the audit—this contains all Hill admitted to have received up to June, 1840.

MR. PASCALL re-examined . I produce the pension-book for 1838 and 1839—Hannah Williamson's name is entered here—these are entries of payments to her made by the board without the intervention of the pri soner—the last payment was entered in April, 1839.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Do you know that, except by the books? A. No—I very probably made some of the payments myself.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Do you find an entry in the prisoner's handwriting at the time of payment? A. Yes—it is April, 1839, "In the House"—that denotes that the party was taken into the house, and the payments ceased—the child has been in the house ever since, supported by the parish—the payments had ceased to the mother, and the parish received them.

Cross-examined. Q. Were you examined before the Magistrate? A. No.

JOHN HARD re-examined . I saw the child in the house in April, 1839—it has been there ever since.

MR. CLARKSON called —

GEORGE SELBY . I am vestry-clerk of St. James, Clerkenwell, and have been so twenty-five years—I was clerk to the board of guardians, and have resigned within a few weeks—the prisoner has been my clerk for fourteen or fifteen years—he had a great variety of matters to attend to—his duties were multifarious—I remember his being appointed, by a resolution of the board, in 1830, as collector of bastardy debts—he had a great portion of the business of the guardians to attend to under my direction—he was em ployed in my office in the workhouse in 1838, 39, and 40—it was part of his duty to collect the bastardy debts, if necessary—there was a person at the gate to receive small sums paid there—several cases of defalcation were mentioned to me by the board, and I was required to furnish an swers—I applied to Hill for the answers—he was appointed to receive the bastardy dues—I have expressed myself willing to pay the guardians whatever sum his defalcations amounted to, whether legally or morally responsible—I was desirous of doing so from the first—I have, since he was charged with this, received money which ought to have passed through his hands—I received 18 l . from Cameron, four or five week ago,

and passed it over to the parish account at the banker's—I received 10 l ., from Hill himself, which ought to have come from Duke—I have that sum—Mr. Pascall handed me a paper, and desired me to get written answers to it, knowing I could get them from nobody but Hill—the prisoner's conduct in my employ was so good, I could have confided any transaction to him.

COURT . Q. Was he careless in business, or careful with his accounts? A. In all the accounts I have had to do with, he has been correct to a farthing.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Had he to go to the sessions in the country, to attend legal cases? A. Yes, all over the country—his duties were heavy.

MR. HILL . Q. Did you recommend him to this anointment in 1830? A. No, it was the spontaneous act of the board—I immediately said, "Gentlemen, I guarantee," I thought him strictly honourable—I knew the duties of the situation—since the change in the poor law, the bastardy cases have been fewer than formerly—it was never part of my duty to keep the accounts of the house—his accounts with me were kept accurately.

Q. Were they accurate in the other sense of the term? A. Very—there was no default in them—I am not aware of a single default in my accounts—the broker's account is not mine—I certainly know from him that he is a defaulter on the broker's account—I never could ascertain the amounts—I have heard him state it could not exceed 100 l ., and at the same time he stated there were outstanding money he could receive to meet it, and there would not be any large defalcation.

Q. Do you mean to say you have never objected to pay the defalcations of the prisoner on the bastardy account? A. I have never been asked the question, that I am aware of, till a few days ago, when Mr. Pascall was in my office relative to the broker's account—then the question was put to me, whether I intended to pay the defalcation of the bastardy account, and I said I do not conceive I have any thing to do with them.

Q. What did you mean by saying you were ready to pay, &c.? A. That was what I intended at the time these observations were made, that any defal cation of his I meant to be answerable for, and would have paid it—I have not changed my mind, but have been required to pay a large sum of money more than I believe he has received on the broker's account—I cannot say now that I intend to pay the bastardy account, but I always did till this course was taken, and I am required to pay about six times more than I am aware he has received.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. You got from the prisoner the fact that he was in arrear about 100 l . on the broker's account, and there were outstanding claims to meet it nearly; was that part of the conversation you had with him, in consequence of directions to get answers from him in writing? A. It was before that—it was in the presence of Mr. Pascall and Mr. Lovel I entreated of him to give an account of every thing he had received—I stated over and over again I would be answerable to the board, and every where else—Mr. Pascall came to me to know how much out of the 700 l . they said I ought to pay, I was disposed to pay, and then I stated I was disposed to pay a much larger sum than then it appears to me Hill re ceived from the broker.

(Several inhabitants of the parish deposed to the prisoner's previous good character.)

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GUILTY .

40. JAMES HILL was again indicted for embezzling 10 l . 8 s . and 2 l .; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Two Years .

(There were other indictments against the prisoner.)

41. WILLIAM CLARKE was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Frederick William Hale , about the hour of ten in the night of the 2nd of November , at St. Andrew, Holborn , with intent to steal, and stealing therein 1 watch, value 3 l ., his goods—2nd COUNT , stating it to be the dwelling-house and watch of William Barrett .

WILLIAM BARRETT . I live at No. 86, Fetter-lane, in the dwelling-house of Frederick William Hale, in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. About a quarter before ten o'clock on the night of Tuesday, the 2nd of November, I was in my shop writing, and heard a pane of glass breaking in the shop-window, in which were watches and jewellery—I could see the hand of a man in the window among the watches—I could see the man as well—two watches disappeared at the time the hand came in at the window—I ran out immediately, and found the prisoner outside—no one else was near—I found one of the watches knocked down inside the window—I could not find the other watch—I have seen it since.

Prisoner . He did not see my hand in the window, it was never near it—if I had broke the window with my hand, it would have been cut all to pieces, but it was not cut at all.

SAMUEL PITMAN . I was standing on the opposite side of the street—I saw the prisoner shove his fist through the window, heard a noise of break ing, and saw Barrett come out of the shop and seize him—there was a female not very far from the place, but no one else, and no other person's hand could have gone through the window but the prisoner's.

GEORGE HURRY ( City police-constable, No . 205.) I searched the pri soner on Wednesday, and found this watch in his shoe, on the right-hand-side of his right foot, so that he would not tread on it.

GEORGE WALTERS . I am a City police-constable. I searched the pri soner on Tuesday night, but did not search his shoe.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

GUILTY * Aged 46.— Transported for Ten Years .

Second Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

42. SOPHIA STONE was indicted for stealing 1 sovereign, the money of James Linstead , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Judgment Respited .

43. SARAH ADNETT was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of Oc tober , 1 shawl, value 8 s .,; and 9 yards of printed cotton, value 3 s .; the goods of William Edmund Champion : also, on the 2nd of November , 1 shawl, value 10 s ., the goods of William James Stevenson : also, on the 2nd of November , 10 yards of mouslin-de-laine, value 7 s . 9 d ., the goods of Charles Hyatt Bowers ; to all of which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Judgment Respited .

44. CATHERINE CONNELL , alias Mary Beale , was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 2 s ., the goods of James Stewart Wallis ; and that she had been before convicted of felony; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Six Months .

45. MARY SAUL was indicted for stealing 1 medicine-chest, value 4 l .; 15 l . Bank-note, and half-a-sovereign, the property of John Ladd Howard , in his dwelling-house; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Six Months .

46. JOHN ANDERSON was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of No vember , 1 handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of John Frederick Dowding , from his person.

JOHN FREDERICK DOWDING . I am clerk to Fisher and Robinson, lace-manufacturers. On the 18th of November I was at the paid-window of the post-office, and somebody called out behind me—I felt my pocket, and missed my handkerchief, which I had used shortly before—I turned round, and saw it in the constable's hands—that now produced is it—I know it by the pattern.

Prisoner . I did not take it—I had a letter to put into the post-office, and as I came out I picked up the handkerchief.

ROBERT TYRRELL . I am an officer employed in the Post-office. On the 18th of November I saw the prisoner near the paid-window—there was a crowd of people in front of the window—I observed him pushing up, and as he had no letter in his hand, I watched him, saw his elbow move, and suspected he was at some gentleman's pocket—I pulled him out by the collar, put my hand under his jacket, and pulled out this handkerchief—I called out to know if any gentleman had lost his hand kerchief—the prosecutor turned round and said, "I have"—he was in front of the window, and the prisoner close behind him—there were seven or eight persons there paying for letters—I am quite certain he had no letter—he said he had a letter, and I asked where it was going to, and where did he bring it from.

Prisoner . A gentleman gave it to me to put into the post.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Six Months .

47. JOHN DOYLE was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of November , 1 wooden-bowl, value 1 d .; 1 gallipot, value 1 d .; 1 shilling, 1 sixpence, 3 pence, 6 halfpence, and 40 farthings, the property of William Burrell .

ANN BURRELL . I am the wife of William Burrell, who keeps a bottle-warehouse in Lee-street, Burton-crescent. On the afternoon of the 8th of November, I found the prisoner behind our counter, near the parlour-door—he was stooping, with his back to me, as if tying his shoe—I repeatedly asked what he wanted—he made me no answer—I followed him out of the shop, calling, "Stop thief—on coming up with him I heard a very loud noise as if something broke—when he was stopped I looked down an area, and there saw part of the gallipot broken, with some farthings, halfpence, and pence—I had had some farthings in a gallipot behind the counter in the till drawer—there had been about 18 d . in silver in a small wooden bowl in the till—I saw the bowl at Hatton-garden—the policeman found it on a chair just by the drawer in which the money was kept, and a halfpenny in it—the officer came up and took the prisoner—I had hold of him my self at the time—before he got to the station the gallipot was picked up,

and given to the officer—he did not leave go of the prisoner—forty far things have been found, three penny-pieces, and six halfpence—he must have come five yards into the shop to get to the drawer—a customer has no business there—the officer also produced one shilling and sixpence at the office.

JOHN PARKER ( police-constable E 5.) I was up stairs at my lodging, I heard a cry of "Stop thief" and saw the prisoner running by, and Mrs. Burrell after him—just before he was stopped, I heard a noise, and saw the prisoner stop opposite the area, where the money was found—the noise was like breaking of glass—the prisoner was stopped when I came up—a woman in the area picked up several farthings and halfpence, and gave them to me—I have kept them in my possession—the pieces of the gallipot are here—I took the prisoner to the station, went back to the area, and found some more farthings—forty, altogether, were found—I afterwards found a halfpenny on a chair in the prosecutor's shop, and a small wooden bowl—I found a duplicate, 1 s . 6 d . in silver, and 5 d .—in halfpence, on the prisoner—he said it was the money he had pawned his waistcoat for—the duplicate was for 2 s . 6 d .—the woman accused him, before me, of being in the shop—he said he had not been in the shop—he desired me to let him go, and said I had no business to stop him—I had been looking from a window at the time, and saw the prisoner stopped—I heard the noise as he turned his back to me—no one else was near enough to have done it—the galli-pot was broken.

Prisoner's Defence . I pawned my waistcoat for half-a-crown; I spent 3 d . in meat, 2 d . in bread, and 2 d . in coffee; I was going to my mother's, in Somers-town, in hopes to sell some fruit and passing the shop, heard a cry of "Stop thief!" a young man came up, and stopped me; I was taken into custody.

ANN BURRELL re-examined . The place where the prisoner was stoop ing was not a yard from the chair where the bowl was afterwards found—it stood close to the till—I did not lose sight of him from the time he ran out till he was taken.

GUILTY .* Aged 17.— Confined Six Months .

48. JAMES LLOYD was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of Novem ber , 1 coat, value 2 l ., the goods of Robert Debenham , and another; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

JOHN WIX . I am porter in the service of Robert Debenham and William Storr, auctioneers, King-street, Covent-garden, On the afternoon of the 8th of November, I was in the auction-room—I saw the prisoner there first about three o'clock—there was a coat hanging up at the further end of the room—the prisoner was near it—I watched him for an hour—I had occasion to go to the other end of the room, to put out three beds, and as I was coming back in a hurry, to keep watch on him, I saw him come along with the coat doubled up under his arm—I allowed him to go out into the street, then collared him, brought him into the office, and asked him about the coat—he said he had bought it for 28 s .—I asked him the number of the lot—he pulled a catalogue out of his pocket, but he could not tell the lot—I said, "You have cut this coat down"—he said he had—I gave him in charge, went back to where the coat had been hanging, and picked up the ticket, and the string the coat was hang ing by.

Prisoner. Q. Where did you first see me with the coat in my posses ion?

A. Just by the fire-place, coming out towards the door, I met you; when I collared you, you were some three or four yards from the premises, in the street; you were walking leisurely along; you said at once that you bought the coat—I was about twenty minutes before I came to the station, I could not leave the business before—in the interim I looked round the room, and found we had lost a coat—I had this coat in my hand before I went to put out the beds—I suspected you, and went round the room to see if all the coats were safe—as soon as you were in custody, I went direct to the coat I suspected you were after, and found the ticket and string on the ground—the coat is worth about 30 s .

JOHN PARK . I am sale clerk to Debenham and Storr—this coat was lot 41—the prisoner did not purchase or pay for it—it was sold to a person named Poseley for 2 l ., previous to the prisoner taking it—a deposit had been paid for it—we were answerable for it.

Prisoner. Q. A number of dealers frequent your room? Q. Yes—Some buy a great number of lots, and some re-sell their lots afterwards by agreement.

EDWARD KELLY ( police-constable F 58.) I searched the prisoner, and found on him a knife and pair of small scissors, three duplicates, a pencil-case, and a tailor's measure.

Prisoner's Defence . I came by the coat honestly—the second witness says a number of dealers frequent the room—I bought the coat of one of them—Wix said I carried the coat openly under my arm without any attempt at concealment, and stood near the person who had charge of the room—if I had stolen it, I should have avoided them, and I had time to make my escape, but walked quietly and leisurely along—the dealer I bought it of was an utter stranger to me, and I am unable to produce him to substantiate the truth of what I am now saying.

WILLIAM CHADWICK ( police-constable F 2.) I produced a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, from Mr. Clark's office—he was tried in the other court in September last—I was present at the trial—I took him into custody—he is the person described in the certificate—( read .)

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Six Months .

49. JOHN WILKINSON was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of November , 1 coat, value 10 s ., the goods of George Austin , jun.; and 1 umbrella, value 1 s ., the goods of James Watson Strickland .

FREDERICK ROBINSON . I am a clerk in the service of George Austin, of No. 25, Cateaton-street. On Saturday afternoon, the 6th of November, I was in the office—the prisoner came in, and wanted to know whether there was any orders left for a work, called "Views on the Rhine"—I was not aware that such a work had been left on approval—he said nothing, but left the office—in a few minutes he was brought back by Strickland, saying he had detected him taking a mackintosh, and directed me to take charge of him while he went to Mr. Austin—I had missed nothing.

JAMES WATSON STRICKLAND . I am in Mr. Austin's service. I was up stairs on the first floor, the same floor as the office—I saw through a door, which was ajar, the prisoner looking through the keyhole of the office-door, which he opened, and went in—he came out in about two minutes, and went up stairs without looking round at all—I watched him—he came down with a mackintosh and an umbrella—the mackintosh belonged to George Austin, junior, my master's son—the umbrella was lent to me—I was responsible for it—I stopped the prisoner

—he said, "What do you want?"—I said, "You have my master's mackintosh, and an umbrella"—he said, "Pray let me go"—I said, "No, I shall not"—I then opened the door, and asked him in, and told Robin son to detain him till I got a policeman—I locked the door, and took the key with me, leaving them together.

JAMES RACE . I am a city policeman. I took the prisoner into cus tody, and have the mackintosh and umbrella.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

(The prisoner pleaded poverty.)

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Three Months .

50. JAMES ELLISON was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of Octo ber , 68lbs. weight of lead, value 15 s ., the goods of Edward Charles Curtis and others, his masters.

EDWARD CHARLES CURTIS . I am a builder, in partnership with others, and live at Stratford, in Essex. On Saturday, the 30th of October, I lost some lead from a storehouse of ours, at the Eastern Counties' Railway, Shoreditch—the prisoner was in our employ—the lead belongs to us, as contractors for the company.

JOHN BEER . I am a watchman, in the prosecutors' employ. On Sa turday night, about half-past nine o'clock, I was on duty, and saw the prisoner coming out of a stable with this piece of lead under his arm—it was kept about six yards from the stable, in store there—he had no business there—it was under lock and key—he had taken the key from another stable, because I saw him lock the door up where the lead was—he looked about as he came out, put it down, picked it up again, brought it about six yards, then he saw me, and ran away—I know the lead—I had seen it on the Friday.

Prisoner . I came through the skittle-ground; I did not come out of the stable; I was going after my shovel. How could he see me unlock the stable through a brick wall? Witness . There was no brick wall to prevent my seeing him—there was a hole in the wall, close by the stable-door—the men are in the habit of going through that to get some-thing to drink, but there was no wall between me and him—I was not more than six yards from him—he had no business on the premises at that time—he had received his wages—the shovel was not there—he ran away for nearly a quarter of a mile.

EDWARD CHARLES CURTIS re-examined . He was paid his wages on the Saturday night, about ten minutes past nine o'clock, and this happened about a quarter of an hour afterwards—I think he received 24 s . 8 d .

JOSEPH WILEY ( police-constable H 44.) I saw the prisoner running very furiously, and Beer after him, crying "Police"—I ran after him about 150 yards, and stopped him—he was brought back—I saw the lead lying in the mud.

Prisoner. Q. Did not I give myself into custody, and say I had not stolen the lead? A. You said you had not stolen the lead.

Prisoners Defence . I never had the lead, and know nothing about it.

GUILTY . Aged 29.— Confined Twelve Months .

51. DANIEL BRADFORD was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of November , a trunk, value 8 s ., the goods of James Rositer .

JAMES ROSITER . I am a trunk-maker, and live in Greville-street, Leather-lane. About half-past six o'clock, on the evening of the 5th of November, I missed a trunk, which I had seen about five minutes before—I ran down Fox-court, and found the prisoner just crossing the end of the court, with the trunk on his shoulder—I asked him where he was going—he said a gentleman had given it him to carry somewhere—I said, "You must come back with me, that story will not do"—he came a step or two, then chucked—the trunk down , and said, "Well, you shall carry it then"—he made a desperate struggle to get away, tried to throw me down, and knocked me against the wall—I gave him in charge—this is my trunk—my name is inside it.

THOMAS ONSLOW ( police-constable G 110.) I took the prisoner into custody about half-past six o'clock, and secured the trunk.

Prisoner's Defence . I—was passing down Holborn, and a gentleman came up and asked me to carry the box to King's-cross; I carried it; the prosecutor came out of a court, and asked how I came by the property; I turned round, and said, "This is the gentleman that gave it me to carry." The moment the gentleman saw me taken into custody, he ran off; I put down the box; the prosecutor collared me; I did not try to resist, to get away, but turned round with the intention of detaining the party who gave me the box; I walked along with the prosecutor till we came to a police man, and was given into custody.

JAMES ROSITER re-examined . I saw nothing of a gentleman walking by the prisoner's side—he pointed to no one who was with him—he was quite by himself—if another person had not come up, I should have been very much ill-used by him.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Six Months .

52. GEORGE BENHAM was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of No vember , 4 loaves of bread, value 1 s . 8 d ., the goods of Joseph Garrett .

WILLIAM PARSONS ( police-constable D 182.) I saw the prisoner in the Harrow-road, about half-past twelve o'clock, on the 1st of November, in company with two others—I watched them, and saw them look into several boot-shop windows—there are three boot-shops just going into the Har row-road—I had seen them some time before; in fact, I had been watch ing them for a month, ever since I was on the beat—I saw the prisoner go into the shop of Mr. Garrett, a baker, and bring out four half-quartern loaves—he joined the others, and went towards the Irongate-wharf—I met them again—they saw me, and ran as fast as they could—I ran through a public-house, met them, and stopped the prisoner with the loaves—he was in the act of giving them to one of the others—I took him back to the shop.

Prisoner . I was not near the shop; I was at work at the time. Wit ness . It was about 100 yards from the shop where I took him—I could see them plain enough—the prisoner made great resistance.

JOHN HARDY . I worked for Mr. Joseph Garrett, the baker, and live at No. 43, Devonshire-street, Lisson-grove. This bread is Mr. Garrett's—I know it by the stamp on the top—it was missed, and found again in about half an hour.

Prisoner . The policeman asked him, when he met him, if he knew his master's bread when he saw it, and he said, "Yes"—he showed it him, and

he said it was not it, and when the policeman took him to the station, he was talking to the boy—the inspector afterwards asked him again, and he said, Yes, he said he knew it by a hole being bored on the top.

Witness . I did not at first say I did not know the bread—I said it was ours—I said I should know it by the mark—it had two holes in it.

Prisoner . The man that works at the bake house said at the office that he would not swear to the bread on any account, and when the police man took me back to the shop, the woman there said she did not know whether the bread was hers or not.

WILLIAM PARSONS re-examined . The man said he would not swear to any bread, but I saw the prisoner go into the shop, and take it—the wo man at the shop said she was not aware how much bread there was in the shop—Mr. Garrett was out at the time—there was no other baker's shop about there—there are two chandlers' shops who sell bread, but not near the spot—I cannot be mistaken in what I saw—I had been watching the prisoner for half an hour previous.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY .—Aged 17.— Confined One Month .

53. MARIA FRANKLIN was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of November , 1 sheet, value 3 s ., the goods of Samuel Butler .

HANNAH BUTLER . I am the wife of Samuel Butler, who lives at Ux bridge. The prisoner was occasionally employed by me to wash, and do household work—I had a sheet in a basket in the kitchen—I found a pawnbroker's duplicate in the house, which made me look at my linen, and I missed the sheet—the prisoner had been ironing that day—this is my sheet.

RICHARD DAVIS . I am a pawnbroker. This sheet was pledged at my shop by the witness Newell for one shilling.

ANN NEWELL . I am the wife of Thomas Newell, a labourer. The prisoner brought this sheet to me, and asked me to pawn it for her, which I did—I gave the money and ticket to the prisoner—when I pawned it, I said who it belonged to, but they did not understand me—they knew me—the prisoner said she had it in the place of money for her work—she was not in liquor.

JOHN SCOTNEY . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner—she said she was in liquor at the time, or she should not have taken it.

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Recommended to mercy by the Prosecutrix .

Confined Fourteen Days .

54. WILLIAM STONE and JOSEPH BORTON were indicted for stealing, on the 6th of November , 2 ale-glasses, value 8 d .; and 3 ounces of tobacco, value 10 d .; the goods of Ann Buxton ; to which

BORTON pleaded GUILTY . Aged 35.— Confined Three Months .

ANN BUXTON . I keep the King William the Fourth beer shop, in Ash ley-street, St. Pancras. The prisoners were in my house on Saturday evening, the 6th of November—the prisoners were in company together twice that evening—after they went away the second time, I missed two glasses and some tobacco—the glasses produced are like mine, the same pattern—I cannot swear to them—I can speak to the tobacco.

WILLIAM SAMUEL HARDING . I live at Seymour-street, St. Pancras. I was at the bar at Mrs. Buxton's on the Saturday—the prisoners came in

and sat down along with me in the bar, and had several pints of ale—I did not drink with them the first time—they forced their conversation on me very much—I missed a glass the first time—they got up in an hour and wished me good day, and in about three or four hours they both returned—Stone challenged me to toss for half-a-pint of porter—I tossed, beat him, and fetched it—after we drank it I saw Borton take a glass and put it into his pocket—I saw Stone take some tobacco and put it into his pocket—they went out, and I called to the landlady—I went out, saw a constable, and told him—he ordered me to take charge of one while he laid hold of them— Borton took a glass from his pocket and passed it to Stone—I took it and gave it to the constable—I siezed Stone, and he took the tobacco from his pocket, struck me and cut my mouth open—I said to the policeman, "Spring your rattle or they will get him away," and further assistance came.

Stone. Q. What time was it when we first came into Mrs. Buxton's? A. About half past five o'clock, or it might be a quarter to six—the tobacco was not taken the first time—I missed a glass the first time—who took it I cannot say—I said I had missed a glass—I did not tell you so—when you came the second time I suspected and watched you—you sat on opposite sides, and took my attention all you could—Borton took the glass while you attracted my attention—I saw you take the tobacco off the shelf where I had placed it after filling my pipe—I should have made it known at once, but it is such a low neighbourhood—I gave information to the policeman—you struck me—the magistrate saw the place on my lip—it is not well now—if assistance had not come up you would have knocked me down—I said at the police-office you had struck me.

JOSEPH CARTER ( police-constable S 140.) I received information from Harding, and followed the two prisoners down to Battle-bridge—I went in front of them and said they were my prisoners for stealing some tobacco from Mrs. Buxton—they said they knew nothing at all about it—I got hold of them, and saw the glass pass from Borton towards Stone, which Harding took from his hand—I then saw something pass from one of their hands, (I cannot swear which,) over into the hospital field—I afterwards procured a light, and saw a young man pick up the glass and a portion of tobacco—I gave it to Harding, who took; it to the station—the glass and tobacco laid both together—Stone said, "I am innocent of what my friend has done, I know nothing about it"—I did not see any blows given to Harding—there was a great crowd round us—I called Harding to assist me, and sprung my rattle.

Stone. Q. You took nothing from me? A. I did not.

WILLIAM SAMUEL HARDING re-examined . The tobacco Stone took was in such a paper as this—I picked up part of the tobacco in the scrummage , in a different paper—this is it—there was about an ounce and a half in it.

Stone's Defence . I am quite innocent of taking the tobacco and glass; Borton knows perfectly well that I had not the least idea of it; I was in company with him.

STONE— GUILTY . Aged 45. Confined Three Months .

NEW COURT .— Wednesday, December 1 st , 1841.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Recorder ,

55. MARIA BETHELL was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of No vember , 1 sheet, value 3 s ., the goods of James Clark ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

56. JOHN BARROW was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of No vember , 5 spoons, value 20 s ., the goods of Sampson Copestake and others.

MR. CLARKSON conducted the Prosecution .

SAMPSON COPESTAKE . I am in partnership with two other persons, as lace warehousemen, in Bow churchyard—Susan Kembly is my house-keeper—the prisoner had been our groom—I parted with him about four months ago, but he occasionally came to the premises in Bow churchyard, to see the servants—the plate in the house is the property of myself and partners.

SUSAN KEMPLY . I am the prosecutor's housekeeper, at Bow church-yard. I remember the prisoner coming to the house before the 8th of November—after he went I missed these spoons now produced—they are my master's.

ROBERT KENDREW . I am shopman to Thomas Filmer, a pawnbroker, in Blackfriars-road. I took in these spoons, on the 2nd of November, of the prisoner.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined One Year .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

57. HENRY BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of Octo ber , 1 handkerchief, value 2 s ., the goods of Benjamin Wickett , from his person.

BENJAMIN WICKETT . I am a miller, living at Millwall Mill, Poplar. On the 29th of October I was in Fenchurch-street, walking towards the Blackwall Railway, about seven o'clock in the evening—the policeman tapped me on the shoulder, and told me I was robbed, and to follow him—he took hold of the prisoner, and asked me what I had lost—I missed my handkerchief—the prisoner took down my handkerchief from his back, and threw it from him, and some one picked it up—this is it.

DANIEL PAMPHLETT ( City police-constable, No . 565.) I saw the pri soner and another follow the prosecutor down Fenchurch-street—at the corner of Mincing-lane the prisoner hoisted up the gentleman's pocket—I crossed, and saw him take something out—I ran to the gentleman, and told him he was robbed—we came back, and the prisoner came out of Star-court, I seized him, and said, "You have got something of this gentleman's"—I did not see him throw the handkerchief down—I picked up.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Six Months .

Before Mr. Justice Coltman .

58. MARY EVANS , CATHERINE OAKFORD , and LYDIA MILES , were indicted for stealing, on the 5th of November , 1 key, value 2 d .; 1 coat, value 1 l .; 1 pair of trowsers, value 1 l .; 1 waistcoat, value 5 s .; 7 sovereigns, and 1 10 l . Bank-note; the property of Thomas Longfoot .

MAURICE CEELY ( City police-constable, No . 226.) On the 5th of No vember I was on duty on Holborn-hill, about a quarter past five o'clock in the morning—I saw Oakford and Evans advance towards a cab on the rank, and in a suppressed tone called " Cab "—I suspected from their manner, and knowing the parties, that all was not right—I went, and asked what they had got—I saw they had got something in their arms or aprons—I could not distinguish which—Evans said her old man's clothes—Miles was not there—I said I did not think it was, I thought she had taken them from some person she had been with—I took hold of her, and I had forcibly to take a coat from her—I called my brother officer, Wood, to take hold of Oakford, that she might not go away—she had the waist coat and trowsers in her apron—I took Evans to the station—Wood fol lowed with Oakford—I then saw Evans fumbling with her hands in dif ferent parts of her person—I allowed her to keep on fumbling—I saw nothing further—she was locked up, and searched by a female—I made inquiries at different houses, but could not find any one who claimed the clothes—I gave information at the Rosoman-street station, and from in formation I went to Pheasant's-court, Gray's Inn-lane, and found the pro secutor in bed there—he claimed the clothes before the Magistrate as his —Miles was brought to the station—this key was found lying on the table at the house where I found the prosecutor, which he claimed.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. How long have you been in the police? A. A year.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. What were you before you were a constable? A. Apprentice to my father, who was an inn-holder.

Evans. Q. Did you ever know me to do such a thing before? A. I have known you in custody before, on a charge of felony.

THOMAS LONGFOOT . On the 5th of November I went to bed at some time in the morning at that house—I was not sober—I do not know that I went to bed with any one—Miles said, the following morning, that I went to bed with her—I do not recollect whether there was any body in the bed or not—I recollect going to bed—I did not know the situation of the place where I went to bed till afterwards—I had met with Miles and some other females in Holborn—Miles induced me to go to her house—I after wards learned it was at No. 3, Pheasant's-court—she went with me—she was in the room with me—I undressed myself, and went to bed—I have no recollection of whether she went to bed with me—I was awoke in the morning by a woman who, I believe, was the landlady of the house—the prisoners were not there—there was another female in the room the night before, who is not in custody—I had not seen the other prisoners—when I awoke in the morning, I found my coat, waistcoat, trowsers, braces, and handkerchief were gone—my watch was under my head—a 10 l . bank-note was gone, and seven sovereigns—I had given Miles a sovereign the evening before after I got into the room, to get something to drink.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. I suppose you had been out cruizing the night before? A. Yes; I was not perfectly sober, but I knew what I was doing when I went to this house—I objected to go, be cause when I got to the corner of the court I did not like the appearance

of the place—I saw it was a low brothel—I had not seen it before—I went there early in the morning—I was at a public-house, in Blackfriars-road, about eight o'clock that night—I stopped there till eleven or twelve—I was drinking there—I went from there up to Oxford-street, to see a person as far as there—I do not recollect having any more to drink—I cannot recollect whether I went into a public-house—I was in a coffee-shop, and had some tea and coffee—I do not remember that I met with any other woman, to speak to, till I met Miles.

Evans. Q. Was I in her company? A. I cannot say that you were.

JAMES O'BRIEN ( police-constable G 59.) Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning of the 5th of November, I went into this house in Pheasant-court—I found the prosecutor in bed in the front room on the second floor—I went down stairs, looked about in the yard and about the house—I went into the court, and met Miles in the court—I said I wanted her to come up stairs, a gentleman wanted to see her—I asked if she lived there—she said she did, she occupied a room there—she came up stain, and the prosecutor asked her what she had done with his clothes and sovereign—she said she knew nothing about his clothes—he asked what she had done with the sovereign—she said, "You gave me the sovereign to go to bed with you"—he said, "I gave you the sovereign to get some thing to drink, and you never returned till now"—she said she had been to take a walk—she said she knew nothing about his clothes, that she met two girls on the stairs as she was going down, they wanted some part of the money she got from the gentleman, and she gave them 5 s . a-piece out of the sovereign.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. This is a low brothel, is it not? A. Yes.

GEORGE WILLIAM MARRIOTT ( police-constable G 81.) I went with O'Brien to the house in Pheasant-court, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning—I went up stairs after O'Brien was in the room—the prose cutor was in bed in the room—Miles was there—I saw her take the prose cutor's key from beneath her cloak, and put it on the table—Ceeley picked it up—he came up afterwards, before I went away—Miles was gone at the time Ceeley came.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Did you go up with O'Brien at first? A. No, some minutes afterwards—Miles was sitting on a chair by the table when she put the key on it.

JAMES WOOD ( City police-constable No . 166.) I took Oakford by de sire of Ceeley—he took Evans—I found these trowsers, waistcoat, and braces on Oakford—they were afterwards produced at Guildhall, and the prosecutor claimed them—they were folded up in Oakford's gown—I asked her what she had got there—she said they belonged to her man—nothing more passed, but I took her to the station—I have had the clothes in my possession ever since.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

Evans's Defence . On the 5th of November, I Oakford and Miles were coming down Holborn-hill, and we met the prosecutor; he spoke to us, and went home with Miles; she told us to follow her; and as we came to the corner of Gray's-Inn-lane, Miles's companion, who lives with her, met us, and said, "Have you seen Miles?" I said, "Yes, there she is, with a gentleman;" she said, "She can't get in, I have got the key." I and

Oakford stood down stain; Miles came down with 1 s . in her hand, and said he would not have any thing to do with her, but he would have her companion. We went to Gurney's, and she spent the shilling, and a six-pence of her own; we then saw the other girl coming with another man. Miles went and spoke to her; Miles came back, and said he had given her a sovereign; she changed it, and gave us 5 s . apiece; we went back to the place; she gave us the clothes, and told us to go on; and as we were going down we saw Miles and the gentleman get into the cab; we called out " Cab ;" they would not stop. We were going to take another cab to go after them; and as we were going down Holborn-hill, Oakford dropped the coat; I took it up, and said, "They are men's clothes;" she said, "Yes;" the policeman came and took us.

(Mary Thompson, the wife of a tallow-melter; and George Rice, a packer, gave Oakford a good character.)

EVANS— GUILTY .—Aged 18.

OAKFORD— GUILTY .—Aged 19.

MILES— GUILTY .—Aged 20.

Transported for Seven Years .

First Jury, before Mr. Justice Coltman .

59. GEORGE JONES was indicted for feloniously uttering, on the 5th of November , 1 counterfeit shilling to Elizabeth Reeve , well knowing it to be counterfeit, and having been before convicted of a like offence.

MESSRS. ELLIS and— ESPINASSE conducted the Prosecution ,

CALEB EDWARD POWELL . I am assistant solicitor to the Mint I pro duce a record of the conviction of George Jones in this Court, at the April Sessions, in 1837—I have examined this with the original in Mr. Clark's office—it is a true copy—( read .)

GEORGE GREEN ( police-constable K 330.) The prisoner is the person mentioned in this record of conviction—I was in Court when he was tried.

ELIZABETH REEVES . I am a widow, living with my son, George Reeves, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields. On Friday night, the 5th of Novem ber, about half-past eleven o'clock, the prisoner came to our shop for a penny pie—he gave me a shilling—I gave him the change—he went out—I gave the shilling to my son, who was at the end of the counter—he said it was bad, and went to the door to look for the prisoner—my son put the shilling into a paper, and put it at the back of the drawer, where we keep the far things, and where there was no other money—there was nothing else in the paper—he was taken on the Thursday following—he had come to our shop several times for pies.

Prisoner . I went in on the Sunday night, and had two pies, and gave her half-a-crown, and she gave me 2 s . 4 d . out; I saw her put the shining into the till. Witness . I never saw him again till he was apprehended—I kept the shilling in my hand, and gave it to my son the moment the pri soner went out.

GEORGE REEVES . I am the prosecutrix's son. On the 5th of November I was in the bake house, and saw the prisoner come into the shop and give my mother a shilling—she kept it in her hand, and gave it to me directly after—I found it was a bad one—I put it into a piece of paper, and put it at the back part of the till, where we keep the farthings—there was nothing else in the paper—I next saw the prisoner on the Thursday following—he was passing the door—I asked if he recollected bringing in a shilling to my

mother on the Friday—he said yes, he recollected bringing the shilling—I said it was a bad one—I asked if he would give me a good one—he would not—a policeman was on the other side, he crossed the way, and I gave him in charge—I fetched the shilling out, and gave it to the policeman—I found it in the paper at that part of the till where I placed it—no one at tends my shop but my mother and myself.

ELIZABETH LOWE . I am the daughter of William Lowe, a greengrocer, in Fleet-street, Bethnal-green. On the 3rd of November the prisoner came to my father's shop, between eleven and twelve o'clock in the morn ing—I served him with a loaf of bread, which came to 4 d . he gave me a shilling—I gave him 6 d . change, and he went away—I took the shilling to my mother, and she showed it to my father—he wrapped it up in paper, and locked it up in the drawer—I am quite sure the prisoner is the man—I had seen him four or five days before.

Prisoner. Q. How long elapsed till you saw me again? A. when the policeman came and showed him me at Worship-street.

COURT . Q. Did the policeman tell yon that was the man A. No; he asked if that was the man—I said it was—I am sure it is the same man—I saw him once before he passed the shilling.

MARY LOWE . I am the witness's mother. On the 3rd of November she brought me a shilling between eleven and twelve o'clock—I thought it was bad, and gave it to my husband—he wrapped it in paper, and put it at the back of the drawer.

WILLIAM LOWE . On the 3rd of November I received a shilling from my wife—I found it was a bad one, and put it into the back of my drawer—I gave it to the policeman Smith on the day he came to me.

JOHN SMITH ( police-constable H 189.) I was on duty about half-past one o'clock on Thursday morning—walking by Reeve's house, I heard the prisoner and Reeves wrangling about a bad shilling—I ran across the road and took him—before I could secure him he made his escape, and ran from Reeves's house, as far as Spital-street, the best part of a quarter of a mile—I followed, springing my rattle—I did not lose sight of him—he was stopped by another officer—on the road to the station I asked him the reason of his running away—he said the only reason was, that though he was innocent, he was so well known, he should have been locked up—I got this shilling from Reeves and another from Lowe—on Friday the 12th I took Elizabeth Lowe to Worship-street—I took her into the yard-I in-quired of the jailor whether there was a prisoner there whom she might be allowed to see, to see if it was the person who had passed the shilling to her (she had given me a description of the prisoner before)—the jailor un locked the cell—he called her forwards, and asked her to see if the prisoner was there—there were about seven or eight more prisoners in the cell—the girl went, and put her finger on the prisoner, and said, "This is the man "—I had not pointed him out to her.

ELIZABETH LOWE re-examined . I went to Worship-street—the police-man asked the jailor if I might see the prisoners—the door of the cell was opened—there were seven or eight persons there—the jailor said "Which is the man?"—I picked out the prisoner—the policeman did not tell me which was him, or any thing of the sort—I am sure of that—I had given a description of him to the policeman before I went there.

Prisoner. Q. Did you not say the policeman showed me to you?

JOHN GREEN re-examined . I was present when Elizabeth Lowe spoke to the prisoner being the man—she picked him out without any assistance —the jailor gave her strict orders to be very particular, and she said he was the man.

MR. JOHN FIELD . I am inspector of coin to Her Majesty's Mint—these are both counterfeit in all respects, but not from the same mould.

Prisoner's Defence . On the 5th of November I went into Mrs. Reeve's shop, as I frequently did, for a pie; I gave her a shilling; she gave me change. On Sunday night I went again, and nothing was said about the shilling till the night I was taken, between ten and eleven o'clock—he asked me about giving the shilling, I said, "I remember giving the shilling, but I did not know it was bad." On the 16th of November the policeman brought this girl to me; it is likely she may be mistaken.

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Transported for Seven Years .

60. JOHN CLARK was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of November , one half-crown, the monies of William Taylor .

CHARLES MATTHEWS . I am shopman to William Taylor of High Holborn. About three o'clock in the afternoon of the 8th of November, I was in the shop—the prisoner came in to purchase a comforter, which was 10 1/2 d .—he took one down from the door—he then wanted to purchase a shirt-front—I put down a half-crown on the counter from my hand, to open the window to take the shirt-front out—he picked up the half-crown, and ran away with it—I followed, and succeeded in overtaking him—I gave him in charge to the policeman, who brought him back to the shop—he was searched at the station, but the half-crown was never found—I never lost sight of him after he went out of the shop—I followed him close.

Prisoner . He has sworn that the half-crown was the property of his master, Mr. Taylor, but it belongs to the party who was in the shop before I went in, named Greystock. Witness . A person named James Greystock came to the shop to purchase a pair of stockings, which came to 1 s . 3 d .—he offered me a bad half-crown—I refused it, and said I would give him in charge—he said he lived in Little Queen-street—I said, "As you are a neighbour, I think you would not wish to give me a bad half-crown; let me see it again "—he put his hand in his pocket, and gave me a good one—I said, "You are a regular smasher , I will give you in charge "—I kept him in the shop—the prisoner came in while Greystock was in the shop—they were both taken—I put the stockings in paper, and he was going to take them away—the bargain was completed.

WILLIAM MACKIN . I live with Mr. Walker, next door to the prosecutor—I went in the shop to purchase an article—the prisoner was there—Mat thews was taking a shirt-front from the window—all on a sudden I saw the prisoner take the half-crown off the counter and run out with it—the pro secutor told me to mind the shop while he pursued the prisoner—the police-man brought him back.

Prisoner. Q. Was not the man and me facing one another in the shop? A. Yes, I was standing beside you, and saw you take it up.

SAMUEL TAPSELL ( police-constable F 19.) I was on duty in Holborn—I heard a cry of "Stop thief"—I saw the prosecutor in pursuit—i saw the prisoner turn down Eagle-street—I ran down, and he was stopped—I took him back to the shop.

Prisoner's Defence . I had no half-crown.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Six Months .

61. SAMUEL MARTIN was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of Thomas Nicholls , from his person.

THOMAS SOANE ( police-constable R 174.) On the 9th of November I was walking along on this side of Blackfriars-bridge, in the direction of Farringdon-street—I saw the prisoner, in company with two others, go behind the prosecutor, and, after standing a minute, I saw one of the others draw this handkerchief from the prosecutor's pocket—he passed it behind him, the prisoner received it, and put it into his right-hand trowsers' pocket—I collared him, and asked him what he had got there—he took the handkerchief out, and tried to throw it behind him, but I threw him on the ground with it in his hand—I received a blow on the nose from one of the party, but I could not see which—I got the prisoner off the ground, and called to Mr. Nicholls—he followed me to the station—I showed him the handkerchief, and he identified it.

THOMAS NICHOLLS . I saw the policeman take the prisoner—this is my handkerchief.

Prisoner . I went to see the Lord Mayor's show—two young men picked the pocket, whom I know nothing of—they attempted to lodge it on me, but I never bad it in my hand—it was on the ground.

THOMAS SOANE . He put it into his pocket, and when I took hold of him be pulled it out again.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Six Months .

Fourth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

62. FREDERICK FRANK was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of November , at St. Margaret's, Westminster , 1 cash-box, value 2 s .; 12 sovereigns, 2 crowns, 10 half-crowns, 55 shillings, 20 sixpences, and 2 10 l ., and 2 20 l . Bank-notes; the goods and monies of William Fox , in his dwelling-house; to which be pleaded

GUILTY .* Aged 20.— Transported for Ten Years .

63. HENRY PITTAN RATNETT was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of November , 3 candles, value 2 d ., the goods of Walter Michaux ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 37.— Confined Four Months .

64. JAMES MADDOX was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of November , 20 shillings, the monies of Sarah Miles , his mistress; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Four Months .

65. CHARLES THOMAS was indicted for embezzlement; and that he had been before convicted of felony; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Seven Years .

66. ANN BLUETT was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of October , 2 counterpanes, value 16 s .; 1 set of fire-irons, value 6 s .; 1 pair of boots, value 7 s .; 1 tea-tray, value 10 s .;4 spoons, value 2 l .; and 2 ladles, value 2 l . 10 l .; the goods of William Edward Grainger , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 32.— Confined One Year .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

67. WILLIAM CLAY was indicted for that he, on the 8th of Novem ber , being in the dwelling-house of Thomas Lane , did feloniously steal 1 bag, value 2 d .; 144 pence, 240 halfpence, and 144 farthings; and afterwards feloniously did break out of the same.

THOMAS LANE . I am the landlord of the Gordon Arms public-house, in High Holborn. I saw the prisoner at my house about three o'clock in the afternoon, on the 8th of November—I asked what his business was— he said he was waiting for his father—I let him remain some time, and asked him again if his father was come—he said no, that his father was a chaff-cutter, and worked in the Mews—I let him stay till about seven o'clock, and then sent him off—I was called the next morning at six o'clock—I found the bar had been disturbed, and a bag and 144 pence, 240 halfpence, and 144 farthings taken—they had been in a drawer in my bar—the lock of it had been opened, and fastened up again—the house had been safely fastened up at twelve o'clock the night before—it is my dwelling-house, and in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields—on the same evening, the prisoner came to the house, and I put him out of doors—on the 10th he was there again, and on the 11th, about nine at night, the Pot-boy found him stowed away in the lumber-room, and I pulled him out—He was searched, and this bag and purse, and a pamphlet, in which there had been two shillings' worth of farthings, were found on him.

JOHN HANSFORD . I am the prosecutor's servant. On the 11th of November, at half-past nine o'clock in the evening, I saw the cupboard open—I found the prisoner and drew him out—I found this bag and purse, and piece of paper on him.

JOHN BATEMAN ( police-constable F 99.) I was called to take the pri soner on the 11th of November—I found no money on him.

Prisoner's Defence . I found these things in Covent-garden—I never had the money—I went to the house to wait for my father.

NOT GUILTY .

68. THOMAS GARROTTY , HENRY PHELPS , JOHN BOLIN , and DANIEL BRYANT , were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Henry Honeysett , on the 5th of November , at St. Pancras , and stealing 12 knives, value 1 s . 6 d ., his property.

MR; PAYNE conducted the Prosecution .

JOSEPH GIBBONS . I am a cab driver, living in Randall's Mews, So-mers-town. On the 5th of November, I was with my cab in Seymour-street, between six and seven o'clock, and saw the prisoners at the prose cutor's window—Bolin and Bryant were in the middle, and the others outside—I got inside my cab to watch them—I then saw Bolin and Bryant—Bolin had something in his arms, and appeared to be working at the glass—that lasted five minutes—I turned my head to speak to some one, and when I looked back they were all gone—I went to the window and found the glass broken, and the things on each side seemed to have been moved or taken away—there was some blood there, and some on some of the knives in the window—I went into the shop and told the person—went out again—in about ten minutes they all came back—Bolin and Bryant went to the same pane of glass—Bryant put his hand in—I rushed put and took Bolin—the policeman took the other two—Bryant made his escape—while Bolin was going along he dropped an oyster

knife—I took it up—I knew Bryant again when I saw him in Court the next day.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Have you been in the police? A. Yes, about four years ago—I resigned, thinking I had something better in view—I am not a cab-man on my own account

EMMA HONEYSETT . I am the wife of Edward Henry Honeysett, a stationer, in Seymour-street. On the evening of the 5th of November, from information I went outside the shop—there was a piece of glass broken out of the window large enough to admit a boy's hind—there was blood on the window, and several penknives were gone—about ten mi nutes after I heard a scuffle—I went to the door and saw Gibbons, with Garrotty, Phelps, and Bolin—the window was quite safe at three o'clock—the hole was large enough for a lad's hand to go in—these are our knives—they were in the window—there are marks of blood on them.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Would a full grown man's hand go in? A. I should think not—we got part of the knives again—I should think there were a dozen lost.

ROBERT KNIGHT ( police-constable S 221.) I was on duty in Sey mour-street—I heard about this and went to see how the glass was broken—I saw blood on the glass—I waited some distance off—I came back and found three of the prisoners in custody—I took hold of Phelps and Gar rotty, and took them to the station—on the way, Bolin dropped this oyster knife—I searched him and found three penknives on him, and some blood on the handle of them—I found two knives on Phelps, one in his pocket and one in his shoe—I found nothing on Garrotty.

Garrotty's Defence . I was coming down Seymour-street—I happened to look in at a window—the boys came round me, then that man came and caught me and pushed me into the shop.

(Phelps and Bolin received good characters.)

GARROTTY— GUILTY . Aged 11.— Confined Four Months .

PHELPS— GUILTY . Aged 13.— Confined Three Months .

BOLIN— GUILTY . Aged 10.— Confined Three Months .

BRYANT— GUILTY . Aged 9.— Confined Four Months .

Of steal ing, not breaking and entering.

69. FRANCIS WAYLAN was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of November , 2 1/2 lbs. weight of copper, value 2 s ., the goods of James Weller .

JAMES SWINLAND . I am constable of the London Docks. I stopped the prisoner coming out of the London Docks, on the 1st of November, with these 2 1/2 lbs. weight of copper, some in his waistcoat, some in his trowsers—he said he found it in a dust-bin, and that he worked on board the Honduras .

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Did you find he did work on board the Honduras ? A. Yes—this copper is worth 2 s .

ROBERT JOHNSON . I am chief mate of the Honduras , which belongs to James Weller, and was in the Dock, I know this copper—it was in the carpenter's locker on board that vessel—I missed it.

Cross-examined. Q. Tell us how you know Weller's name?— A. From my being in his employ—I had my indentures from him—there were half a dozen other persons on board the ship.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 31.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Months .

70. JOHN SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 1 purse, value 1 s .; 3 sovereigns, 1 half sovereign, and 1 half-crown, the property of John Winter , from his person.

JOHN WINTER . I live in Spur-street, Leicester-square. I was walking with my brother in Regent-street, on the 9th of November—my brother spoke to me—I looked, and found my purse which had been in my coat-pocket, lying in the road—there were three sovereigns, one half-sovereign, and a half-crown in it—I had seen it safe within ten minutes.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. There were other persons about? A. Yes—it was about two o'clock.

CHARLES WINTER . I was with my brother in Regent-street—I saw the prisoner with the purse in his hand, close to my brother's pocket—I im mediately seized him, and he threw it into the street—my brother said, "What is the matter? what for?"—I turned him round, and told him to look into the street.

Cross-examined. Q. Are you a military man? A. I am a private gentleman—the prisoner was about a foot from me—when I turned I saw the purse plainly in his hand—I caught him round the waist, and he threw it away.

GUILTY .* Aged 20.— Transported for Ten Years .

71. JAMES BRISTOW was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of Oc tober , 5lbs. weight of sugar, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of the London Dock Company , his masters.

MR. BALLANTINE conducted the Prosecution .

JOHN CLEMENTS . I am constable of the London Docks. The prisoner was occasionally employed in No. 1 warehouse, for about a twelvemonth—between four and five o'clock in the evening of the 29th of October I saw him going out of the west-gate—I stopped him—I said, "I think you carry something in your hat"—he said, "No"—he took his hat off—I said, "I must see," and in the hat I found 5lbs. weight of sugar—I asked where he got it from—he said, "No. 1 warehouse"—I said, "Do you mean the Crescent-warehouse?"—he said, "Yes"—I said, "From a cask or bag?"—he said, "The bag was open, and I took it, I hope you will take it no farther?"—I said, "I have suspected you some time."

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How long had you known him? A. I had a very slight knowledge of him—he had passed one gate, and was going out of the porch—the clerk and persons in the offices do not drink coffee there that I am aware of—there are places where the dealers in indigo wash themselves—I believe there is tea and coffee used there—I do not know where their sugar comes from—I believe it is bought outside I the Docks, and brought in—I do not think it is taken out of the bags—I do not know that there is a practice of taking small quantities of the bulks of sugar—not more than from ten to a dozen persons drink coffee in the Docks—the prisoner has a wife and two children, and has been respect ably connected.

WILLIAM STEPHEN WHITEFOOT . I am a cotton-sampler in the Docks. The prisoner was a messenger there—I believe this sugar to be the same as that in one of the bags there—it was at the farthest extremity of the warehouse—it was the only bag of that sugar we had—it is Mauritia

sugar—it came from the Isle of France—there are 5lbs. weight, worth 2 s . 6 d .

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined Four Months .

72. THOMAS MURRAY was indicted for stealing, on the 3rd of No vember , 2 pistols, value 7 s ., the goods of Edward de Lima Wood ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

FRANCIS JAMES HARRISON . I am in the service of Edward de Lima Wood, of King-street, Hammersmith. On Wednesday, the 3rd of Novem ber, between one and two o'clock, I was in the shop—I saw the prisoner and some other boys opposite—I watched him nearly an hour—I saw him come to the window, take the pistols, and it appeared as though he put them into his pocket—I ran out after him, and found him a little way off—he threw one at me, and the other on the ground—these are the pistols,—the yare my master's.

JAMES HOWARD . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner, and have the pistols.

Prisoners Defence . I did not take them—a boy ran past me, and chucked them down by me—the man came and took me.

JOHN WRIGHT ( police-constable E 128.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Transported for Seven Years—Convict Ship .

73. JOHN DANIELS was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of Novem ber , 115 pieces of wood, value 3 s . 6 d ., the goods of William Crutchley , his master.

WILLIAM CRUTCHLEY . I live in Oval-road, Park-street, Camden-town, and am a builder. The prisoner was in my employ a month or five weeks at a house I am building—he is a carpenter—I had information that he had robbed me—I watched him, and on the 1st of November, about half-past eleven o'clock, I saw the prisoner's boy, who was at work with him, loaded with this wood—I went after him, took him back, and sent for his father, who said it was his first offence—he had never done so before—the boy is about twelve years old—the prisoner was then at work in my build ing—the boy was going from the building, and I detected him when he had got a few yards from it with these fourteen pieces of wood—I had seen the boy and the prisoner together in the building at work—when I sent for the father, I asked him how he could send the boy away loaded with wood, and be robbing me continually as he had done for the last month—he said this was the first time he had done so—this is the wood that the boy took that day, and it is mine.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . If I understand you rightly, you said that the prisoner said, "This is the first time I have done so?" A. Yes, that is the form of expression he used, as near as I can remember—He might say "This is the first offence."

COURT . Q. Whether the answer was "This is the first time I have done so," or "This is the first offence," are you sure that was the answer to what you said, "Why did you send the boy with the wood?" A. Yes as near as I can recollect; and then he afterwards wrote me a letter, which I have here—I am sure this is his handwriting—I received it on the even ing

of the 1st of November, after I had charged him with this—he was not taken till the following morning.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Did you ever see him write? A. Yes, frequently—this wood is worth 3 s . 6 d . I gave it to the prisoner some days before—I have matched these pieces together—it was not cut up as it is now—it was two long pieces, twenty-one feet long, when it was given him, and these pieces all matched when they were put together—I have no private mark on it, only the width of the wood—I can swear to it—we do not usually mark wood.

JAMES HILLSDEN ( police-constable S 142.) Between twelve and one o'clock, on the 1st of November, I went to the prosecutor's, and saw the prisoner there—I heard him say it was the first time, and I was quite welcome to go down to his house where he lived.

Q. Did he say anything about these fourteen pieces of wood that are here? A. He said he was very sorry, and it was the first time—Mr. Crutchley said it was not—the prisoner then said,/' The policeman is wel come to go to my house"—which I did.

Q. Did he say anything, and point to any wood? A. Yes—on the following morning he said, "I admit of taking them," pointing to these fourteen pieces, which were then on the table.

Cross-examined. Q. Was that what he said? A. Yes—he might have said something else—it was on Tuesday morning, the 2nd of November, that I apprehended him.

Q. Was it on the Monday that the wood was taken from the boy? A. That I am not able to say, only from what I heard Mr. Crutchley say—I do not know where the prisoner was on Monday night—I apprehended him at the corner of Brewer-street, Somer's-town—he was at liberty from Monday night till Tuesday, for anything I know—he was at liberty when I appre hended him—I have no reason to suppose that from Monday till Tuesday he was in custody.

Q. Have you told us all he said when he pointed to the wood, or what further passed? A. I am sure I cannot tell—I heard him say, pointing to the fourteen pieces, as they laid on the table, "I admit taking them"—they were then in Mr. Crutchley's back room—I cannot say exactly what he said.

Q. Did you ever represent him, on your oath, as saying anything more? A. I am sure I cannot recollect all he said, but I recollect what he said, pointing to the wood that is now here.

Q. Did you ever represent, on your oath, that he did say more than you have now stated? A. That I cannot say, I am sure—he might say more.

Q. Did you ever say that he did say more, and did you not swear to the expression before the Magistrate? A. I do not recollect that I made use of any expression before the Magistrate.

NOT GUILTY .

OLD COURT .— Thursday, December 2 nd , 1841.

Fourth Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

74. JEREMIAH BRAILEY , JOSEPH BROWN , and ADAM WHITE , were indicted for stealing, on the 31st of October , 12 quarts of porter, value 6 s .; 12 quarts of beer, value 6 s .; 12 quarts of single stout, value 6 s .; 12 quarts of double stout, value 6 s .; and 12 bottles, value 3 s .; the goods of Thomas Masterman and John Masterman , the masters of Brailey and Brown; and that White had been before convicted of felony .

THOMAS YEOMAN . I am a constable of the Thames Police. On the morning of the 31st of October I saw the three prisoners come out of Messrs. Master mans' premises, in Broad-street, Ratcliff—I live about 200 yards from there, in Harris'-court—the prisoners passed me at my own door—Brown said to me, "Good morning, we are just going home"—Brailey was carrying a basket—I stopped him, and found six bottles of stout in this basket, four bottles underneath his apron, and one in each coat-pocket—the other prisoners went away—I detained Brailey—I after-wards went to White's house—he came home while I was there—I told him what I came for, and asked where he had left Brown—he said he had not seen him since Saturday night—I asked him what time he got up in the morning—he said, "At four o'clock, for the purpose of going mush-rooming"—I then went to Brown's house, but did not find him at home—I searched the house, and found one bottle, with a portion of porter in it—Brown's wife told me she had got the bottle of porter in on Saturday night, to drink—I then went to Brailey's house, and there found nine bottles of stout, seemingly of the same quality as that I found about him—I asked him at the station how he accounted for the bottles I had found in his house—he said he knew nothing about them—I said, "If you know nothing about them, I must take your wife into custody"—he then said, "Well, if you must know, if I had not taken them there, they would not have been there; that will do"—I found two keys in Brailey's pocket—I asked where he got them from—he said he did not know—I then went to the prosecutors' premises, knocked the foreman up, and found they were the keys of the outer and inner gate of the prosecutors' premises—I asked Brailey how he accounted for the keys, and he then said, "Why the keys belong to the brewhouse"—I said, "Are you allowed to keep keys?"—he said "Yes"—I afterwards apprehended Brown at the brewhouse—I said, "Brown, I want you respecting this robbery, with Brailey, of the bottled porter"—he said, "Mr. Yeoman, I know nothing about it; can't you leave me till to morrow, and let me do my work to-night?"—I said, "No, you must come with me now."

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Do you mean that you actually saw the three prisoners come out of the premises? A. Yes—I was standing at the corner of Harris'-court, which comes into the street, about one hundred yards from Messrs. Mastermans' gate—I saw them come out of the wicket-gate, which is attached to the large gate of the premises—it was about a quarter to five o'clock—Brailey told me he was allowed the keys to go into the brewhouse—he had an apron on with a bib to it, and the four bottles were in that.

White . I know nothing at all about it, he swears falsely. Witness , I have known the men well for years, and cannot be deceived.

PETER MORESBY . I am in the prosecutors' employ, and live on the premises—I was called up by Yeoman the officer, at five o'clock on the Sunday morning—I came down and found the wicket-gate open, which it ought not to have been—I also found the inner door unlocked and open—Brown had no business on the premises at that time in the morning—He was employed as a labourer in the brewhouse at other times—White is Brown's father-in-law, and is a carpenter—he had no business whatever

on the premises—I went to White's house, and he came in about half-past five—the officer asked if he had seen Brown that night—he said no he had not.

Cross-examined. Q. How long has Brailey been in the prosecutors' employ? A. Ten years—he is married and has five children I believe—he had 24 s . a week—when I spoke to him he seemed much affected, and cried a good deal at the station, and gave me all the information I asked him for—I always supposed him honest—the coppers on the pre-mises require cleaning, but not on Sunday morning—it would not be any part of his duty.

JOHN M'CROW . I am bottle foreman to the prosecutor, and have charge of the bottled beer—the key of the padlock of the vault ought to have been on a nail outside my counting-house door—I hung it there on the Saturday—on Monday morning I found it in the padlock, and the door unlocked—I left the premises about eight o'clock on the Saturday—I do not know whether Brown and Brailey were gone then, they were not in my department—they could get to where my key was by getting round through the brewery—I found a deficiency in one bin, five, two, five, and half-a-dozen—I have tasted the beer found in one of the bottles which the officer took from Brailey, and have no doubt it is the same quality as the beer in the bin—a lad named Peter White is employed in my department—he is the prisoner White's son—he had access to the key during the hours of business.

Cross-examined. Q. Brailey had not access to the keys I believe? A. No, not without going through the brewery in a way which he ought not—I cannot account for the deficiency from the bin in any way but by the beer being stolen—we enter all we sell in a book—there is no stamp or mark on the bottles or corks.

THOMAS HARD . I am in the prosecutors' employ—I went to the brewhouse on the Saturday night and left at a quarter before one o'clock on the Sunday morning—when I left I locked the wicket and gate up secure, and put the keys into my pocket—they must have been opened by false keys.

Cross-examined. Q. Were any of the persons allowed keys to go into the yard of a morning? A. No, only the "fortnight men"—I am one of them, and a man named Patterson is another—I had done the work that evening myself—persons who have to come in in the morning have keys allowed them—I do not know how many have keys—Brailey is al lowed keys.

CHARLES HUSBAND . I am managing clerk to Messrs. Thomas and John Masterman—they are the only partners—Brailey was one of the persons allowed a key of the wicket gate and middle gate.

THOMAS YEOMAN re-examined . I am certainly correct that I saw the three prisoners come out of the brewhouse, for directly opposite the gate there is a gas lamp—I distinctly swear they all three came out of the gate together, and passed my door together.

Cross-examined. Q. What did you do up at that time in the morning? A. My duty at that time was to come home at two o'clock from the Thames police, but I had been attending the fire at the Tower, and did not get away from the office till past four—when I saw Brailey going by with the basket I followed him—he walked a little fast before I got to him—

I stopped him round another alley, and about four hundred yards from Messrs. Masterman's premises.

White's Defence . I was not there, and the policeman never saw me till half-past six o'clock, when I came home.

JOHN SUTTON . I am a constable. I produce a certificate of White's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—I was present at his former trial, in the other court—he is the person described in the cer tificate—I apprehended him—( read .)

(Brailey and Brown received good characters.)

BRAILEY— GUILTY . Aged 35.

BROWN— GUILTY . Aged 32.

Recommended to mercy. Confined Six Month .

WHITE— GUILTY . Aged 58.— Transported for Seven Years .

Before Lord Chief Justice Denman .

75. WILLIAM HENRY MENCE was indicted for, that he, being em ployed under the post office of Great Britain and Ireland, did, on the 28th of October , at St. Anne and Agnes , feloniously steal a certain post letter, containing 1 penny, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-General .—Four other COUNTS varying the manner of stating the charge.

MESSRS. ADOLPHUS and BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

ELIZABETH MORGAN . I live in Drury lane. On the 27th of October last, 1 wrote this letter, now produced, and wrote this address on it, "Mr. H. Day, Solicitor, Queen-square, Bristol, or elsewhere"—I gave the let ter to Susan Wise, my servant, between eight and nine in the evening, to post—I also gave her a penny piece to pay the postage with, and another halfpenny to buy some wafers with, and told" her to wafer the letter, and pay the postage—I did not write the letter for myself, but for a friend, Mrs. Cousty.

SUSAN WISE . I am in Mrs. Morgan's service. I remember her giving me this letter to take to the post office, about eight or nine o'clock, and 1 d . to pay the postage—I went to the post office, in Drury-lane, and found the shop shut—I dropped the penny into the letter, and fastened it in with a pin, as it is now, and put it into the letter-box.

EDWARD WEST . I live with Mr. Maynard, a pinmaker, in Drury-lane; he also keeps a post office. If a letter was posted at our shop on the 27th of October, it would be sent from there to the general post office, by eight o'clock next morning—I have the letter-bill of the 27th of October, in which the posting of that day is entered—I wrote it myself.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did you forward the letters to the general post office next morning? A. Yes—I do not remember the letter in question—I believe it is the custom at some receiving-houses to mark letters which are put into the post, upon which no postage is paid—my master never does—if no money is paid, no mark is put on—I did not notice a pin in any letter—that letter would be included in this bill among the eleven unpaid letters—there were eleven unpaid letters—I remember that.

MR. BODKIN . Q. When you prepare letters in the morning to go to the post office, what do you do with them? A. I tie them up in the let ter-bill with a piece of string, and leave them on the counter for the person who calls for them.

THOMAS SPIKEN . I am a letter-carrier in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane, On the 28th of October last, I called at the receiving-house for the

letters, at eight o'clock in the morning—they are generally left on the counter, in the shop—I do not remember whether they laid on the counter that morning, or whether I received them from the hand of anybody—whatever I received that morning, I took safely to the post office, and in the same state.

JAMES ATTERBURY . I am a clerk in the Twopenny post office, at St. Martin's-le-Grand. On the morning of the 28th of October, I received the letters from the Drury-lane receiving-house—I checked them with the bill which accompanied them, and saw that they corresponded in number, the paid and unpaid—I then sorted them, and the porters cleared them away—according to the course of business, the letters would then go through a tunnel to the Inland-office.

JOHN FORBES . I am a messenger in the General post office; the pri soner was also a messenger there. On the morning of the 28th of October, we were both on duty in the Inland-office—it was part of our duty to stamp and prepare the letters from the receiving-houses—I was taking letters away from behind the stampers, for the purpose of being sorted—the prisoner was stamping the date stamp—about the close of the stamp ing, I perceived a few letters lying beside the prisoner on the table he was stamping at—I observed that one of them contained some coin, or something very heavy, and, very singular, there was a pin at the back of it—I took the letters up in my hand—the prisoner stopped me, and said, "Stop, they are not obliterated," that is, the Queen's head was not destroyed—there was no Queen's head on the letter with the pin in it—I laid them down again, and in consequence of the prisoner's manner, I kept my eye fixed on him—I saw him take up this letter along with the others—he went over to another table, for the purpose of obliterating them as I thought—it was not his duty to do so that morning—he came back with the same letters in his hand, and went behind a table where there is a writing-slope—I there saw him shuffling them in his hand for a little bit—he then came round, and put them down on another table along with some others that were done—thinking there was something wrong, I looked over the letters—they were all spread out with their faces towards me—there was about 150 or 200—I ran them over with my hand, and looked at the backs; and could not find the letter with the pin to it—it was not there—I then took the whole of the letters down to the sorters, which was a little way down the office—the prisoner was standing talking to one of the other messengers at the time, about five or six yards off, but not out of my sight—I came towards him again, and he said to me he thought it was time to go into the railway department, which is at the further end of the Inland-office—it is not exactly the same room, it is a place parted off at the further end, and there is a communication by arches, without opening a door—he and I walked down together into the railway department—he went to tie letters at the Stafford branch, and I at the Weedon, close by his side—Mr. Hodd, one of the clerks, came round to see the men do their duty—in consequence of my suspicion, I stepped on one side, and spoke to Mr. Hodd—we had some conversation, and I went to the Weedon branch again—the prisoner left the room very shortly—I followed him as far as the President's desk—I there met Mr. Hodd—he called the prisoner back, and said the President wanted to speak to him—I saw the President, Mr. Hodd, and the prisoner, go into a private room—I did not lose sight of the prisoner from the moment when

the letter with the pin in it was taken off the table, till he went into the president's room—he did not in that time pick up any letter from the floor, or any other part of the office, if he had, I must have seen him—this is the letter I saw.

EDWARD HODD . I am a clerk in the General Post office—I was on duty in the Inland Office on the 28th of October. About nine o'clock in the morning Forbes made a communication to me, in consequence of which I went and spoke to Mr. Holgate, the president of that department, who came out of the office—the prisoner was not in my sight at the time I spoke to the president, but he was immediately after—I kept my eye on him till Tyrrell, the officer, came—in that interval he did not stoop to pick up any letter, or any thing of that kind—I called him and said, "Mence, the Pre sident wishes to speak to you "—he made no answer—he appeared to be going from me—I called him back again, and told him not to leave, for Mr. Holgate would be back immediately—he waited then—Mr. Holgate came in in a minute and a-half or two minutes, and he and the prisoner then went into the president's room—Mr. Holgate said to him, "From in formation I have received, I strongly suspect you have a letter which does not belong to you," or words to that effect—the prisoner made no answer to that that I heard—I was shutting the door at the time, and he might have said something without my hearing it—Tyrrell was in the room at the time—as soon as Tyrrell came in, or shortly afterwards, I observed him seize the prisoner by the wrist and struggle with him—he said, "Let go, Mence "—there was a considerable struggle between them for a minute or so—I saw he was getting the advantage of the officer, and assisted—I got hold of his other hand, and in the struggle Tyrrell took the letter from him, containing one penny-piece—the letter bears the Inland Office stamp of that morning's date, which denotes it had been stamped that morning—Tyrrell afterwards said to him that he had no occasion to answer any question un less he thought proper, as it would, perhaps, be eventually brought against him, and then asked him where he got the letter from—he waited some little time, and then said he picked it up just before Mr. Hodd called him—he had a blouze on that morning, with pockets outside.

ROBERT TYRRELL . I am a constable of the Post office—I assisted in ap prehending the prisoner—the account given by Mr. Hodd is correct—I took the letter from the prisoner's hand after great difficulty—we all fell on the ground together—I still kept hold of his wrist and called out, "Mence, leave go "—while on the ground I succeeded in wrenching his fingers open, and from his hand I took this letter—after I took him into custody he got away for a short time and ran for a few minutes, but I got him again.

(Richard Battersby, oil and colour-man, Whitechapel-road; Richard Jarvis Tarn worth; and John Bellamy, engineer, Mill wall, deposed to the prisoner's good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Transported for Life .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

76. WILLIAM VERTUE was indicted for stealing on the 30th of October , 1 telescope, value 3 l ., the goods of George Baker ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 43.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Seven Days .

77. JOB JOHN WARD was indicted for the wilful murder of Timothy Easted ; he was also charged on the Coroner's inquisition with the like offence.

MR. CURWOOD conducted the Prosecution .

JANE EASTED . I am a widow, and lived, when this happened, at No. 19, William-street, Regent's-park, and had a child one year and nine months old—the prisoner and I had lived together—he is not the father of the child. On the night of this transaction I left the child close to the wall in bed, asleep, in the kitchen—it was ten o'clock as near as I can say—the child had been healthy that day, and had not the least ap pearance of disease—the prisoner wished me to go out to get him some beer and pickles—I said I had rather not go, and said "Don't hit the baby while I am gone "—I said so because he had ill-treated it before, during my absence—I at last went for the beer and pickles—I was gone about three minutes, and then returned to the room—my attention was attracted by the baby groaning dreadfully—I asked him, "What have you done to the poor baby?"—he said, "I have done nothing "—I ran to the bed, and took the child up—it appeared to be dying—I ran up to the lady, Mrs. Roe, in the parlour, and said, "Look at my poor baby "—I went to Mr. Barfoot, the surgeon, next door, and showed it to him—he gave me some medicine, telling me to to give it to the child every quarter of an hour—I saw the prisoner as I came out of the doctor's, and said, "Oh, you have murdered my poor baby "—I did not hear whether he said any thing, as I went quickly into my house, next door—the child lived till twenty minutes to three—it was taken to the hospital by the advice of Mr. Barfoot, and died rwo hours afterwards—I did not see the prisoner afterwards till he was in custody on the Sunday—I cannot say whether he remained at home that night, as I was at the hospital with the child—he was there the next morn ing—when I saw him at the station, I caught hold of him and said, "Oh, you murderer"—he said nothing to that—they took me from him—he said nothing to me as to how it happened—I had no conversation with him.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How long had you been living together? A. Three months—we had been separated a short time, and come together again, as he wrote me a letter—he said he never would ill-treat the baby—when be came in, at ten o'clock, he had some meat, and told me to get the pan to have it cooked, which I did—he sent me for the beer and pickles, while he was cooking the meat—he was frying it when I came back, just the same as when I went out—there are a great many people lodge in the house—we were to have been married—the bans were out asked, but I delayed it some time—I intended to be married to him—I was only gone from the room three minutes—I did not put on my bon-net, nor shut the door.

WILLIAM MOODY ( police-sergeant S 8.) I was present before the Ma gistrate, and heard the prisoner make this statement, which was read over to him—this is Mr. Rawlinson the Magistrate's handwriting—( read .)— The prisoner having been cautioned, says , I have a few words to say. I have been with this woman for the last five months, and we have been living together as man and wife. We had the bans put up at Trinity-church, in May or June; and when the bans were up last, I wished her to go to church and have it settled, to be married. She said we had better wait two or three weeks longer. We went and took a front-kitchen in Little Brook-street, and were there two months. We went to another place, up higher in Little Brook-street, and there I left her. She

moved to an oil-shop at the corner of York-square. I wished her to go with me, and we took this place in William-street, and were together ever since, except two or three days I was away, in consequence of having a few words. Last Friday and Saturday I had no work. On Saturday Mr. Linfield treated us to some gin and beer, and I took some wood home when I went to tea, and cleaned ray boots, and put on a clean shirt, and went out to Mr. Linfield's again, to get my money, and stopped late, and had some beer and gin. I took some supper home, and asked Mrs. Easted if she would go and get some beer; and while the beef was frying I went to the cupboard to get some onions, and fell on the child. I have no more to say at present."

JANE LASTED re-examined . The cupboard is by the side of the fire-place—nobody going to get any thing out of the cupboard could fall on the child—the cupboard is a good distance from the bed, too far for him to fall on the child—it is further than I am from the Jury, hut not quite so far as from the gentleman speaking to me—the clothes-horse stood between the bed and cupboard, with clothes on it—that was not disturbed as if it had been thrown down, it was just as I bad left it—I found a hammer in a basket, by the side of the cupboard—I had used it that evening to break coke.

Q. Supposing the clothes-horse had been thrown down by any body falling, was it in such a situation as to be at all likely to have injured the child—either the man or the clothes-horse? A. No, it is not probable.

Cross-examined. Q. What is the size of the room altogether, it is a small kitchen, is it not? A. Yes, not very large—the window is on the right-hand side of the room, and the fire-place opposite the door—the cup-board is near the fire-place—the tool-basket in which the coals were kept laid next, then the clothes-horse—the head of the bedstead was against the side of the room, opposite the window—I cannot tell the size of the bed-stead—we all three slept in it—I cannot accurately state the space between the bedstead and cupboard—the prisoner was in the habit of drinking some-times—he knew very well what he was about that night, perfectly well, but he had been drinking—it had not disturbed his intellects—we had sepa-rated, and come together again about a fortnight before this happened—I have lived in the kitchen, I think, six weeks to-day—there is an ironing-board against the kitchen-window, quite on the other side of the room.

JAMES GRAY . I am a policeman. I drew this plan of the premises—they are accurate, and made according to the scale of three-fourths of an inch.

Cross-examined. Q. Are you a draftsman? A. I was brought up to that profession, and swear it is accurate.

ELIZABETH ROE . At the time of the death of the deceased, I lived in the same house as Mrs. Easted—I had one of the parlours and one kitchen—on Saturday, the 20th of November, she brought the child to my door, and asked me to take it—it was in a dying state—I accompanied her to the hospital—I did not observe what injury it had received—I merely saw its face as she held it in her hands—I did not examine the head at all—I thought it was dying from its dreadful groans.

JOHN ROE . I am the son of the last witness, and live with her—I know the prisoner—I did not see him come home on the night in ques tion, but I heard him stumble in about half-past nine or ten o'clock—I did not see him go out next morning, but I was in the kitchen between ten and eleven in the morning, and heard my mother and another woman say something—I went out, and the prisoner followed me up stairs—I went after a policeman—no one had desired me to do so, but having heard

he had come in, I thought it my duty—I was going towards the station-house—I turned round and saw him come out of the street door—I then directly turned and followed him—when he got to Mary-street, I got up to him—he asked me what I was following him for—he had turned round several times—I said he knew very well what I was following him for—he turned round, and said he would not have me follow him—then he went further down, and started off on a run—I followed him, and caught hold of him—the policeman came up just after I caught hold of him, and asked me what the bother was about—I said, in the prisoner's hearing, what I had heard the night before, that a child had been ill used, and I did not know but what it was dead—I said, in the prisoner's hearing, that a child had been brutally ill used, as I understood, by the prisoner—the policeman asked him how he came to ill use the child—he said he fell on the child, he did not beat the child—that is all that passed.

EDWARD WADE BARFOOT . I am a surgeon, and live at No. 18, Wil-liam-street, Regent's Park. The child was brought to me on the night in question—I examined it—it had evidently received some external vio lence, and had tumefaction on the right side of the bead, just above the right ear, going all along, and extending to the middle of the back part of the head—it was a welling—I could not find whether there was a frac ture, as it felt completely pulpy—I could not then judge whether it was from one act of violence or not—I recommended its being taken to the hospital—at the post mortem examination, I found the skull was fractured, and it died of that fracture.

Q. If it had been in bed, and a man fell down on it in the bed, could it produce that injury? A. I should say not, because there was more than one fracture, and I think they were produced by more than one blow, be cause there was a large depression on one spot, and a smaller about three inches from the front, which was not so deep as the other—I would not say it was impossible to be done by one blow, but it is not probable—any blunt instrument might produce the injury, supposing it was not very broad—I do not think the instrument could have been very little more than an inch in breadth—( Thomas Kendall here produced a hammer )—such an instrument as this might produce the wound I saw—the depression was not more than two inches at the broadest part, and formed more of a tri angin—it is not necessary that the hammer should be triangular to make a triangular depression of the bone.

Q. If it had been hit perfectly flat the probability is, it would make a circular mark? A. No—that is not at all necessary—it might be circular or triangular, as far as the instrument is concerned, only it could not be made by an instrument much larger than this—it was such a wound as would probably be inflicted by this instrument.

Cross-examined. Q. Was there any separation of the skin at all exter-nally? A. No—there was a great swelling—if done with the hammer, the swelling would not be nearer the size of the hammer, as it would con tinue to swell as long as there was blood under the skin—it depends on the size of the blood-vessels ruptured by the blow—it would swell as long as the blood poured out—the mother brought the child to me as soon as she found it out—I do not swear it is impossible a fall on the child would pro-duce these injuries, but it is improbable, and it would depend on the height. Q. Supposing the part that fell on the child's head was covered with clothes, would not that be more likely to produce the appearance you saw more than a hammer—if it was a hard substance covered with the man's

clothes, for instance, a man's elbow? A. It would not be more likely—it would not account for the second depression—if the man fell from any considerable height it might cause one depression—it must be a consi derable height to cause the fracture.

THOMAS KENDALL . I am a policeman—I took the prisoner in custody in the street—he was told he was charged with ill-using a child—I asked why he was taken in custody—Roe told me he bad ill-used a child—I asked why he ill-used the child—he said he did not ill use it, that he was getting into bed, and fell upon the child—I will swear that he said that—I have produced the hammer, which I found in his coat-pocket behind.

Cross-examined. Q. Did Roe tell you the child had been very much injured indeed? A. Yes, and was gone to the hospital, he did not know whether it was dead or not—I asked the prisoner why he ill-used it—he said in Roe's presence that he was getting into bed and' fell on it—I did not write his answer down—Roe had as good an opportunity of hearing what he said as me—he had hold of his collar.

WILLIAM MOODY . I am a policeman—the prisoner was brought to the Station-house in custody, on a charge of having ill-treated a child—the constable said the child was taken to the hospital—I said "I will detain the prisoner here—you go to the hospital and ascertain if it is correct or not"—the constable returned with the mother, with * certificate from the sur geon that the child was dead—I asked her what charge she made against him—she said, "I charge him with the murder of my child"—I entered the charge on the sheet, read it over to him, and said, "This is a very serious charge"—he said, "I came home drunk last night, and getting into bed I fell on the child, but never ill-used it."

Cross-examined. Q. Were you present when he was searched? A. Yes—there were some onions, tea, and coffee found on him—I made no memorandum of the conversation—it was said in the hearing of Mrs. Lasted.

ROBERT DENDY . I am a surgeon of University College Hospital—I re member the child being brought there on Saturday night—I saw it as soon as I was called down—I found it insensible—I noticed a small mark on the right ear, and a small mark on the right side of the head—those marks alone were not sufficient to draw my particular attention—it expired in two hours—I made a post mortem examination, by order of the coroner, and found a large quantity of blood under the skin, nearly over the whole of the head, particularly on the right side, and a fracture—there were two fractures.

Q. In your judgment could those two fractures be caused by one blow? A. It would depend on the instrument employed—I conceive if it had been an instrument which bad two points of contact at the same time, it might—if it was an instrument striking two parts of the skull at one time, it might make two fractures, but an instrument with one face would make but one at a time—I think it probable such a fracture might be produced by a common hammer—they were such fractures as were likely to be pro duced by this hammer—I cannot say they were so, but such a weapon was likely to produce them—the face of it, or it might have been the side—it was certainly not the claws—I have not the least doubt the wounds caused the child's death.

Cross-examined. Q. Where did the largest fracture commence? A.

At the forehead, and extended horizontally backwards to the back of the head, across the whole of the parietal bone to the middle of the occipital bone behind—there was another fracture from about the centre of this, upwards towards the top of the head—there was a very considerable de pression of the bone there.

Q. Where was the third line of the triangle? A. It was a mere ima ginary line—the base of the triangle was in front—the fractures were not at right angles—it did not go in a direct line upward, but slanting—I merely express an opinion as to the probability of the particular instru ment doing it—I will not say other things might not produce it as well as a hammer—the bones of children of that age are not more brittle than elder persons—they are softer, and yield easier to pressure—I think it would require greater force to cause a fracture with a blow.

Q. But not with a fall? A. It would not make much difference—the kind of fracture would differ.

Q. Suppose force was applied to a part of the head, might it not produce a double fracture, one part going horizontally, and the other upwards, by the same blow, might not the fracture take two different ways? A. Yes; but you do not understand what I mean by two fractures—there was another fracture, separate from this, and depressed—there were not three fractures—the other was behind—not a third fracture—by lines, we do not mean fractures—the two lines were one fracture—there was another behind, in the back portion of the same bone, the parietal bone, near the lower part of the head—I think it very improbable all this could be produced by one act of force applied to the head—I will not swear it could not be.

MR. CURWOOD . Q. Supposing the child was in bed, and a man fell over it in getting into bed, was that likely to produce the injury? A. I do not think it likely, nor probable.

COURT . Q. Suppose a drunken man went to bed in his clothes, and two buttons to be near one another, and the man fell on the child with that part, do you think these depressions would be accounted for by that? A. No, I do not think the force could be sufficient to depress the bone to the extent it was—the force must be very great.

Q. Might not a drunken man fall with great force? A. It depends entirely on what part of his body struck the child—I do not think it pos sible that the force of a falling man would be sufficient to cause the injury, even if the buttons came against the child—here are two brad-awls found on the prisoner, produced by the policeman—I do not think these could have produced it, if in his pocket.

JANE LASTED re-examined . When I left, I desired him not to ill-use the child, because he had ill-treated it before, when I have been out of the way, as there have been marks on it when I have come home, and I men tioned it to him; and he said once he fell down in the street with it—he slapped it once in the face with his hand, when I had it in my arms—he never liked the child—he used to call it names—he said one night, "Take the little b—g—r out of bed"—that was not a great while before—I do not think it was after his last return.

Cross-examined. Q. It was about three weeks before, that he slapped it?

A. Yes—there have been marks on its bottom—I never whipped it—I

have always been a good mother to it—its name was Timothy Lasted—it

had been christened.

(William Wildman, chinaman, of Paddington; Frederick William Moore,

of Harrow-road, baker; Henry Stevenson, Praed-street, Paddington; and—Browning, baker, Spring-street, Paddington; gave the prisoner a good character for humanity and kindness.)

GUILTY . Aged 28.— DEATH .

Second Jury, before Lord Chief Justice Denman .

78. WILLIAM RHODES was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying John Sneezeby .

MR. CURWOOD conducted the Prosecution .

JOHN REED . I am a brewer's servant. On the 13th of October, about a quarter to four o'clock, I was sitting on a dray, which my fellow-servant, John Sneezeby, the deceased, was driving out of Rupert-street into Coventry-street, Haymarket—it was quite light—two busses —were coming from the Black Horse public-house, which is at the other end of Coventry-street, one behind the other—the buss —which knocked the de ceased down, and ran over him, belonged to Thomas Powles—the pri soner was driving that buss —they—were coming at from ten to twelve miles an hour, from a trot to a canter—Sneezeby was at his fore-horse, by the head, turning round the corner—he was going as carefully and steadily as any man could drive a horse—it was the second buss —which knocked him down—he was knocked down by the fore-part of the buss ,—and both wheels went over his body—he did not die for eight days—the people went up to the buss ,—and told the prisoner he must step down, if he pleased, and took the name and number of the buss —the prisoner gave himself up to the policeman, who was standing on the side of the street, and he was taken to the station—the buss —was certainly not driving carefully—he had pulled from his right side against the deceased.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Were there two drays? A. —No, only one—there were two horses in it—I never said there were more—there was a third omnibus some distance behind—Mr. Winter, Mr. Weale, Mr. Stillard, and Mr. Footed were examined at the inquest—the deceased was at the head of the fore-horse, and had it by the rein—he was crossing from Rupert-street into Coventry-street, towards the Haymarket, turning short round the corner by the lamp-post—I knew the prisoner before by sight, but not by name—I have seen him drive busses —some years ago.

— EASTWOOD . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner into cus tody—I saw two busses —coming towards the Haymarket from Whitcombe-street—they were going at between ten and twelve miles an hour, which is a very fast pace—I saw the driver of the dray turning the corner, and saw the omnibus knock him down—he was driving the dray at a moderate pace—the omnibus was stopped, and the prisoner given into my custody—in my judgment the omnibuses were driving improperly and carelessly—there are a great many foot-passengers crossing the road there fre quently, and, in my judgment, it was dangerous to those persons for the omnibuses to drive so fast—when the prisoner was taken he said he was very sorry it had happened.

Cross-examined. Q. —Is it a wood pavement where the accident hap pened? A. —Yes—it was a wet day, and the wood pavement was slippery—Idid not interfere at all to prevent any witness going before the Grand Jury—I did not interfere to prevent Mr. Weale from going before

the Grand Jury—I merely asked if one of the opposite party was wanted to go before the Grand Jury.

Q. How did you know him to be one of the opposite party? A. Be cause he was on the buss at the time the accident happened—I do not know who it was that I asked whether he was to go before the Grand Jury—it was some one at the door—I did not endeavour to prevail on the officer not to put his name on the back of the bill, stating that he was one of the opposite party—I did not speak to the officer about it—I do not know who it was—it was a person in the indictment-office—I had beard Weale ex amined before the Coroner—when Weale was called into the room, I en deavoured to shut him out, I recollect now—I did not know he was called in—I know some witnesses, who were inside and outside the omnibus, stated at the inquest that it was going at six or seven miles an hour—I did not represent that any other witness was one of the opposite party—yes, I now recollect I did, William Stillard and Winter—I prevented Winter from going in—I did not prevent Footed—I saw him there, and he went before the Grand Jury.

MR. CURWOOD . Q. Who is Weale? A. He was behind the omnibus at the time, acting as conductor—I did not see Winter there—I did not hear him examined before the Coroner.

Q. Why prevent him going before the Grand Jury? A. I did not know whether they were all wanted in there or not, or whether the persons for the prosecution only were wanted—I did not receive any instructions from any body as to how I was to act.

JARVIS FOOTED . I am a colour maker—I was in Coventry-street, standing at Mr. Smith's door, No. 21—I saw these omnibuses comes up towards me, at, I should say, about six miles an hour—they were trotting, but not sharply—I could not see the dray because there were other ve hicles in the street—I did not see the deceased, but I saw the movement of the omnibus, as though it went over something, and it was that which drew my attention to it—if the driver of an omnibus going at six miles an hour were to see a man ahead, I should say he might pull up in time to prevent an accident.

Cross-examined. Q. You had nothing to do, I suppose, with the om nibus or the dray? A. I knew nothing of either party—the driver of the omnibus pulled up immediately the man was run over—I should say he pulled up as early as he could under the circumstances—he seemed frightened when he pulled up his horses—he did not pull them to a stand-still, they walked some distance before they stopped—the omnibus was going at the usual pace of omnibuses.

THOMAS WINTER . I am a lighterman—I was in the omnibus—I could not see how the accident happened.

Cross-examined. Q. At what pace was the omnibus travelling at the time the accident happened? A. I should not think more than six miles an hour—it was on its right side of the road.

OCTAVIUS FREDERICK HERITAGE . I am a surgeon—I attended the deceased—he died on the 21st of October—the cause of his death was rupture of his kidney and spleen, combined with the hemorrhage induced by the bleeding in those two organs—the wheels of an omnibus going over him would most probably produce that.

MR. CLARKSON called

WILLIAM MILLS . I lived in Harrow-road at the time in question. On

the 13th of October, I was in Coventry-street, driving Mr. Clark's Pim-lico omnibus, coming into the City—when the deceased was driven over I was at the corner of Panton-court, on the near side of Coventry-street, with my face towards the prisoner's omnibus—I saw the pace at which he came—he began with a walk and did not come on above five miles an hour—he could not have come more than that, the distance would not allow him—he had not got above twenty-five yards from the Black Horse at the time—the wood pavement is very slippery in wet weather, and very dangerous for horses—the prisoner's omnibus was on its right side, the near side—one of Mr. Powell's omnibuses had just passed us, and was about thirty yards off—the brewer's dray came out of Rupert-street—the deceased had hold of the first horse with his left hand, trying to stop the other horse from coming on the pavement, but being on the wooden pavement the horse could not stop the weight of the dray, and the chain-brace of his own horse caught him and chucked —him under the omnibus, which came on the near side—being on the wooden pavement the deceased could not hear the noise of the omnibus—the omnibus was going so slow at the time, that he had time to scream between the first and second wheels going over him—he did not know that he had run over the man till I called, "Stop, stop, look what you have done "—he looked the re verse way—he pulled up almost immediately and got down—it certainly appeared to be an accident on the prisoner's part and nothing more—if the buss —had struck the deceased it would have chucked —him under the dray—if the splinter bar had caught him, it would have thrown him to the off side, but the chain-brace of the dray caught him—no one could have seen so well as I could from my position—there was nothing passing at the time but the two omnibuses and the dray.

MR. CURWOOD . Q. If he had looked out could he not have seen the drayman? A. You can very seldom hear any thing on the wood pavement—if parsons are passing, you must halloo very loud to get them out of the way.

WILLIAM STILLARD . I was a passenger by Mills's omnibus—I know nothing of the prisoner or any of the party—I saw the wheel of the om nibus go over the man—to the best of my judgment, the omnibus was not going at more than six miles an hour then—I did not see how the man fell—I was not looking in that direction at the time—I was sitting on the right of the coachman, not on the box—the prisoner pulled up directly—I certainly did not suppose that he was driving carelessly or recklessly.

MR. CURWOOD . Q. Do you know any thing of driving, yourself? A. I cannot say I do.

COURT . Q. On which side was the omnibus coming? A. On its proper side, the near side—I thould say it was not more than a yard from the curb—the deceased was rather nearer Oxendon-street than Rupert-street, opposite both streets, nearer the Black Horse.

WILLIAM JOHNSON . I am coachman of a Brentford omnibus, belonging to Mr. Hatfield. On the 13th of October, about ten minutes to four o'clock, I was at the comer of the Haymarket, looking back towards Co-ventry-street—I saw the omnibus the prisoner was driving, coming at about six or seven miles an hour—I was forty or fifty yards from it—I saw it start from the Black Horse as I was on my box—I saw the Pimlico om nibus standing by Coventry-street—I saw the accident happen—at that

time the prisoner's omnibus was about a yard from the curb, on his right side—I should say the deceased's own horse struck him—I saw it—if he had been struck by the splinter-bar of the omnibus, he would have fallen away from the wheel of the omnibus, rather than under it—the prisoner pulled up directly, and surrendered himself to the police—as far as I saw, there was nothing like recklessness or carelessness in the prisoner's con duct.

MR. CURWOOD . Q. Six miles is about the usual pace of omnibus driving? A. Yes—I have seen them go at seven or eight miles an hour, but never at ten or twelve—the man's own horse struck him in the chest as he was walking backwards towards the omnibus.

COURT . Q. You said you should say his own horse struck him? A. It did strike him, I saw it strike him.

WILLIAM ROBERT Loose. I keep the King's Arms hotel, at Hampton-court. I have nothing whatever to do with these parties. On the 13th of October I was standing at the corner of Oxendon-street and Coventry-street, and saw the Brentford omnibus, which the prisoner was driving—tothe best of my judgment it was going at about seven miles an hour—it was nothing like ten or twelve miles an hour—it was not going at a pace dangerous to the persons about—I saw the dray coming from Rupert-street into Coventry-street—the deceased was at his fore-horse's head, cross ing Coventry-street from Rupert-street, endeavouring to get to the near side of the street—I saw the omnibus going by on the near side of the street, which was on its right side—the deceased was more than in the middle of the road—if he had obtained the near-side, he would have been on his right side—in order to turn round the post, it was necessary to make a bend to go to the near-side—he would have to go straight across the street to get to it—the dray was going towards the Haymarket, which would bring the deceased more into the middle of the road, on the side which he was endeavouring to avoid—he had his two horses and part of the dray out of Rupert-street, in Coventry-street—the omnibus was going by on the near-side-of the road, consequently the deceased, who was at the fore-horse's head, was on the off-side of the omnibus—by some means, I do not know what, he was knocked down—I was not on the off-side to see—I was on the Oxendon-street side—the moment the omnibus passed him, I saw him lying in the road on his back—I do not know whether he was knocked down by his own horse, or by the omnibus—I could not per ceive any negligence or carelessness on the part of the prisoner—I had crossed the road myself the moment before—the prisoner pulled up as soon as he could on the wood pavement—it is very difficult to pull up on the wood.

MR. CURWOOD . Q. In order to come round the corner, the deceased must necessarily take a great sweep, which would carry him for a short time on his wrong side? A. I do not know that it would have been his wrong side, if he could have obtained it without there being any vehicle—there is no corner—he made his way direct from Rupert-street to the corner of Coventry-street—he crossed the street—I do not think the pri soner could have pulled up in time to prevent the accident—the deceased seemed determined to get to the near-side, and the prisoner concluded there was room to pass him—I imagine it was as much the fault of the drayman in not pulling his horse on one side—I do not think the prisoner

could have pulled up, owing to the slippery state of the pavement—I should say it would prevent his pulling up for ten yards.

COURT . Q. Then ought he to go at that pace on the wooden pave ment? A. That is for better judges than me—I do not think seven miles an hour an extraordinary pace—I think the wooden pavement was the great cause of the accident—I picked the man up, took him into a che mist's shop, administered some medicine to him, and helped to put him on a stretcher—I should have attended at the inquest, had I not been ill.

(The prisoner received an excellent character.)

NOT GUILTY .

First Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

79. ELIZABETH M'CORMACK was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of November , 1 pair of clogs, value 8 1/2 d ., the goods of John Law rence ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 13.— Judgment Respited .

80. MARY ANN M'HUGH was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of November , 1 cloak, value 3 l ., the goods of Hannah Pearson ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

HANNAH PEARSON . I am a widow, and live in Star-street, Padding ton, the prisoner is my granddaughter, and lived with me—I let lodgings. On Saturday, the 5th of November, I missed a cloth cloak, which had been left to me by a gentleman who died three years ago—I had seen it safe about three days before—when the prisoner came home that evening I spoke to her about it—she said she knew, nothing about it—I asked her for the key of my drawer, and she threw it on the dresser at me.

THOMAS HARRIS ( police-constable D 14.) I was called in to the prosecutrix's house, and said to the prisoner, "You hear what your grand mother charges you with "—she said, "May I be struck dead if I know any thing about it"—I took her to the station, and afterwards found the cloak in pledge.

GEORGE CLARIDOE . I am shopman to Mr. Fairlam, a pawnbroker in Lisson-grove. I produce the cloak, which was pledged on the 5th of November for 8 s . by the prisoner, in the name of Ann Blake—she had been in the habit of using the house once or twice before—I knew her face, but not her right name—I swear positively she is the person.

HANNAH PEARSON re-examined . This is the cloak I lost from the drawer, I know it by the clasp—I can swear to it—the prisoner had no right to take it—we lived on good terms, but I could not keep her from bad company—I brought her up from a child—her mother is living.

GEORGE THORNTON ( police-constable D 109.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—I know the prisoner to be the person referred to in it—I was present at her trial—( read )—she robbed a girl she was living with, but her grandmother begged her off.

GUILTY .— Transported for Seven Years.— Recommended to the Penitentiary for One Year .

81. CHARLES TYRRELL was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Rysdale , about the hour of one in the night of the 2nd of September , at St. Leonard, Shoreditch , with intent to steal, and stealing therein, 48 stocks, value 8 l .; 5 pairs of braces, value 7 s .; 1 coat, value 20 s .; 1 umbrella, value 5 s .; 3 tea-spoons, value 12 s .; 2 boxes, value 8 d .; and 96 farthings, his property .

JOHN RYSDALE . I am a silk-stockmaker, and live Wenlock-cottages, City-road, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch—it is my dwelling-house. On going to bed, on the night of the 2nd of September, I saw my house and clothes safe, the doors were locked, and the windows down—one of the windows which looks into the street had neither shutter or fastening—on coming down next morning, I found the house had been entered—I missed forty-eight stocks from my warehouse, which is part of the dwelling-house, also five pairs of braces, a coat, umbrella, nine silver spoons, and ninety-six farthings, from a cupboard, and two boxes from a lumber-room—the property altogether is worth at least 10 l .—I found foot-marks on the cill of the warehouse window, which had no fastening—the prisoner is my brother-in-law—he had been in my service, but I had dis charged him, two days before the robbery—he was aware that that window had no fastening—I am positive it was shut down.

JANE RAWLINS . I am the prosecutor's servant. On the 3rd of Sep tember I went down stairs at six o'clock in the morning—I had heard the Church-clock strike not a minute before—I found the back-door unbolted, and a few things taken from the kitchen cupboard.

WILLIAM WEST . I am pot-man at the Wenlock tap, Edward-street, City-road. In August and September last I was at the King William the Fourth public-house, Shepherdess-walk—the prisoner used to lodge there, and was in the habit of sleeping with me—on the night of the 2nd of Sep tember he was not at home—I saw him next morning at No. 11, Well-street, taking breakfast, and I told him there was a party after him, about getting him a situation—I saw him at my master's next night, and not again till he was in custody.

THOMAS GREEN . I am a labourer, and live in Weymouth-street, New North-road. On the night of the 2nd of September I left the King Wil liam the Fourth public-house, in company with the prisoner, and went as far as opposite No. 13, Wenlock-cottages—he said he was going to sleep at his sister's that night, and he would see me in the morning, to pay me a little money which he owed me—I went home, leaving him on the spot—it was then past twelve o'clock—I did not see him again till he was in custody.

Prisoner . It was only eleven o'clock when we left the public-house. Witness . It was later than that—it was my duty not to leave till the house was closed.

CHARLOTTE BEASTON . I am the wife of William Beaston, and live with my mother, who keeps the King William the Fourth, in King Wil liam-street, Strand. The prisoner came to lodge there—he said he was traveller to a wholesale stock merchant—two days after he came, he brought three spoons, and left with my mother, and a quantity of stocks—he sold some of the stocks to our customers—he said they were last year' goods, and very much tumbled, and he was selling them for his brother-in-law, in the City-road—he brought two boxes, one one day, and another the following day—he inquired for the spoons some days after, and I gave them up to him—he then asked me to purchase them—I said, if I knew the value of them I would do so—I sent our boy over to a shop opposite, to know the value, and I paid him 13 s . for them—they weigh

2oz. 12 dwt. he said he became possessed of them by his father's death, that he had left him several things, which he should dispose of, as they were of no service to him, the spoons among the rest.

Prisoner . When I came to your house on the Monday night, you asked what I did—I said I had just been living with my brother-in-law who sold stocks—as for selling the stocks, I did not see them, much less sell them Witness . I did not see him sell them, but our waiter bought two—I saw from sixteen to twenty stocks in each box.

HENRY WILLIAM DUBOIS ( police-constable N 14.) I produce the silver spoons which I received from Mrs. Beaston.

WILLIAM SHADWELL . I am waiter at the King William the Fourth. I bought one of these stocks of the prisoner, and one I had given me.

JOHN RYSDALE re-examined . These are my spoons—my initial is on them—these two stocks are also mine—I have others of the same pattern—they are such as I make.

GUILTY .* Aged 19.— Transported for Ten Years .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

82. ROBERT MULWAY was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Joseph Masters , about one o'clock in the night of the 2nd of November , at St. Mary, Newington , with intent to steal, and stealing therein, 1 watch, value 1 l . 10 s .; 1 knife, value 2 s .; 1 coat, value 3 l . 15 s .; 1 pair of gloves, value 1 s .; 1 half-sovereign, 2 shillings and 2 sixpences; the goods of Charles Bridge ; also 1 pencil-case, value 4 s .; 2 pairs of earrings, value 10 s .; 9 knives, value 18 s .; 1 pincushion, value 4 s .; 9 brooches, value 3 l .; 9 breast-pins, value 2 l .; 2 other breast-pins and chain, value 2 s .; 1 pair of boots, value 5 s .; and 1 purse, value 1 s .; the goods of Joseph Masters ; to which be pleaded

GUILTY .† Aged 20.— Transported for Ten Years .

(Joseph Buck, No. 124, Newgate-street, gave the prisoner a good cha racter.)

83. WILLIAM TROTT was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Maria Eliza Stapleton , on the 13th of Octo ber , at St. James, Westminster , and stealing therein, 2 pieces of hand kerchief, value 4 l . 10 s .; and 140 handkerchiefs, value 30 l ., her property.

WILLIAM RUSSELL . I am assistant to Maria Eliza Stapleton, a hosier and glover, Nos. 10 and 11, Burlington-arcade—they are two houses, but it is all one inside—the robbery was committed at No. 11—about half-past six o'clock, on the evening of 13th of October, I was standing behind the counter, and observed a blank space in the window—on looking closer, I saw a pane of glass broken, and missed a quantity of pieces of handkerchief, amounting to about 180 handkerchiefs—they were not hemmed when lost, but in pieces—I was shown some by Trew, about a week after, hemmed—these now produced are them.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. They are very common pat terns, are they not? A. I should say they are rather uncommon—I should not think it likely you would find many of that pattern.

GEORGE TREW . I am a policeman. On the 19th of October I was in company with Kemp at the back way of the Duke of York public-house, Turk-street, Bethnal-green—I saw the prisoner, and knowing him, I

called him by his name—I saw he was rather confused—I called to him again, and as soon as I called the second time, he ran away—I ran after him, and apprehended him about 100 yards from the place—he made a desperate resistance—I saw him put his hand into his coat-pocket—I caught hold of him, put my hand into his pocket, and pulled out six silk handkerchiefs wrapped up altogether in his pocket—I also took one from his neck, and Kemp took some from him—I asked where he got them—he said he had picked them up in the court where we saw him—I said, "You could not have picked them up there, as we have just passed there"—he said he had—I had passed through the court half a minute before, and there were no handkerchiefs there then—the court is three or four miles from the prosecutrix's.

Cross-examined. Q. You knew his wife, did you not? A. I do not know that he has got one—I never talked to him about any woman—I found nine handkerchiefs on his person altogether.

GEORGE KEMP . I am a policeman. I was with Trew on the 19th of October—I found one handkerchief in the prisoner's breeches-pocket, and another in his coat-pocket, and a pair of wet stockings.

WILLIAM RUSSELL re-examined . Here are four different patterns which I recognise—there are two of one pattern, which makes five altogether that I can speak to—we lost some of each of those patterns—we have one handkerchief remaining which corresponds with one of these—I know nothing of these stockings.

Cross-examined. Q. I—suppose you have sold some of these patterns? A. It is possible, but that I cannot answer—we had a piece of each pattern—four of the handkerchiefs found on the prisoner, and now produced, I know nothing of—we had no patterns of that sort.

NOT GUILTY .

84. WILLIAM TROTT was again indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of October , 17 handkerchiefs, value 4 l ., the goods of Charles Fossett .

CHARLES FOSSETT . I live at No. 76, Regent-court, Quadrant. On Saturday the 2nd of October, about twelve o'clock at night, I missed about seventeen handkerchiefs from a side window—it had been previously cracked, but a large piece had been taken out, and the property taken through the hole—here is one handkerchief, produced by the officer, which I recognize—all I lost were hemmed—this is a very particular pattern—I never saw one like it before, and never had one—I have been in the trade sixteen years—it is very rough on one side, and it has every appearance of the pattern I lost—it is the first handkerchief of the piece—I have the remainder with me—they are precisely the same—all I lost were different patterns—I cannot recognize any of the other handkerchiefs.

GEORGE TREW . I am a policeman—I found this handkerchief with five others done up in it, in the prisoner's pocket when I took him.

Cross-examined. Q. You produced the handkerchiefs in the last case? A. Yes; I produced all I found—I did not know that these had nothing to do with the last case—I was ordered out of court, and not knowing which case would be called on first I put them all there—I do not know where the prisoner lives—I have made inquiries, but cannot find out.

GEORGE KEMP . I am a policeman—I was with Trew when the prisoner was stopped—he said he had picked them up.

MARY ANN LLOYD . I am in the service of Mr. Fossett, and hem hand kerchiefs

—I believe the hemming of this handkerchief to be mine—I have hemmed one of this pattern, and believe it to be my work—I have no re collection of hemming more than one of that pattern.

NOT GUILTY .

85. WILLIAM REEVES was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of Oc tober , 200 cigars, value 4 l .; 1 cigar-case, value 1 s .; 4 sovereigns, 1 half-sovereign, and 10 shillings; the property of William White , his master, in the dwelling-house of Rebecca Godfrey .

MARY SMITH . I am servant to Miss Rebecca Godfrey, of No. 103, Strand—Mr. White occupies the shop and parlour—the prisoner was in his service, and was in the habit of opening the shop-window of a morning—on Friday morning, the 29th of October, about nine o'clock, I let the prisoner in as usual—he went to his master's room, took the key, and went into the shop—afterwards knocked at the door, and asked me if I would mind the shop for him while he went to fetch a bundle of wood—I watched the shop for half-an-hour—the prisoner did not return, and I called his master—no one had been in the shop from the time he left till I called his master.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. What is Mr. White? A. tobac conist—he also keeps a billiard-room underneath the shop, where the pri soner used to attend sometimes till late at night.

WILLIAM WHITE . I occupy part of the house—there is a separate en trance to my part, but it is never used—the prisoner was my servant, and had 6 s .—a week and some of his board—it was his business to open the shop in the morning—on Friday morning, the 29th of October, I gave him the keys, about nine o'clock—Smith called my attention to his absence—I went into the shop and missed a bundle of cigars and a cigar-case—I imme diately went to my desk and found it broken open by a chisel, which was by it—my cash-box was broken open, and four sovereigns, one half-sove reign, and ten shillings in silver gone—it had been safe over night—I had locked it up in the desk, and had the keys with me—there were no persons then in the house playing billiards—the prisoner was aware, I kept my money there—I described the prisoner and gave information, and he was apprehended the same day, but I did not see him till the 2nd of November, as I had gone out of town to look for him—he had no occasion to go and fetch wood for me.

Cross-examined. Q. How long was he in your employ? A. He was with me on two separate occasions, about six months each time—he had his supper with me—he did not attend a great deal in the billiard-room—I attend to it principally myself—I had a good character with him—he is an illegitimate child, and was abandoned by his parents.

ISAAC SLADE . I am a policeman. I received a description of the pri soner, and went in search of him—I found him at the Grapes public-house, in Old Compton-street, Soho—I asked if he knew any person named White, who kept a tobacconist's shop in the Strand—he said "No"—I re peated the question—he still denied knowing any such person—I then told him I believed him to be the person I was in search of, and he was my prisoner—I searched him, and found on him this cigar-case, one sove reign, and seven shillings in silver, one penny, and two halfpence.

Cross-examined. Q. Was he alone? A. Two or three females were standing in front of the bar alongside of him—I don't know that they were in his company—I had seen him there about two minutes before I spoke to him—I had not seen him in company with any female.

WILLIAM WHITE re-examined . I believe this cigar-case to be mine—I have one here exactly similar to it—it was new when I lost it—the word "cigars" is written on it in gilt characters, and it is the same colour as the one I lost.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Recommended to mercy by the Prosecutor and Jury .— Confined Six Months .

86. GEORGE BARNES and WILLIAM CORNISH were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Owen Hiles , on the 29th of October , at St. Leonard, Shoreditch , about one in the night, with intent to steal, and stealing therein, 1 coat, value 1 l . 10 s ., his goods.

OWEN HILES . I am a baker, and live in Hoxton Old Town, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. The prisoner Barnes was in my ser vice about four months, as a baker, and left about the 22nd of September—on the 29th of October I went to bed about five minutes before eleven—I locked the front door, and my boy fastened the back door—I did not see him do it—next morning, about half-past five, I came down into my parlour, at the back of the shop, where I kept a little spaniel bitch—I did not see her there—I went into the shop, and up stairs—I then went to the back door, and found the bar down, the door open, and the cellar door open—I went backwards, and found a square door at the back of the bakehouse, over the oven, open, and a place where they could get over the tiles the back way—there is a cellar-flap in the street, which is kept down by its own weight—the doors I found open I did not see fastened—my boy was directed to fasten them—I missed a frock coat.

WILLIAM HOWARD . I am in the prosecutor's service. On the 29th of October I met the prisoner Barnes at the corner of King's-row, Hoxton—He asked me where the dogs were kept—I said, Little Frisky was kept down stairs, and the other up stairs, in the back room—I met him again on the Saturday following—he said, "You have lost Little Frisky ,—have you not?"—I said, Yes—he asked me if any of the pups were gone—I said, No.

Barnes . I met him on the Friday as the robbery was committed on the Friday night—I said, "Your master has drawn his batch soon to-day"—he said, Yes—I said, "He does not lay in bed so late now as when I was with him"—he said, "No, he gets up sooner," and that was all that passed—on Saturday I met him again—I said, "Your master has lost a spaniel dog, has he not?"—he said, Yes—I asked who had it—he said, "A person in the Land of Promise"—I said, "Did he give a sovereign to have it back again?"—he said, Yes—I said, "I saw bills in the windows about it," and knowing the name, I thought it was his, and that was all that passed. Witness . He did not tell me he had seen bills in the win dows—there were bills in the windows—my master had given 1 l . to have it back, but Barnes did not say he had heard that—I believe a Mrs. Brown had it, in the Land of Promise—he had received it back before the rob bery, and it was stolen again on the night of the robbery—it has not been recovered since.

HENRY DELL . I am a baker, and live in Luke-street, Paul-street, Shore-ditch, and work for the prosecutor every Saturday morning. I went to the King's Arms public-house, Craven-buildings, City-road, last Sunday week,

and saw Barnes there—I asked if he knew of a situation—he said he did not—he said, "You work at Mr. Hiles's every week, don't you?"—I said, "Yes, I go to hatching"—he said Mr. Hues had had him up to Worship-street, he was remanded for a week, they could not find any thing clear against him, and he was discharged—I asked what he was had up for—he said, "For Mr. Hiles's coat and Little Frisky "—I said, "Were you innocent or guilty?"—he said he had taken the bitch, and he had taken the coat—I asked what he did with it—he said he had sold the little bitch for 12 s . to a man named Box behind Shoreditch church, that Box had not got possession of the money at the time, and he gave him 12 s . at his house, and he gave him a receipt to sign—he said he did not put his own name, but some one else's—he said another man had pawned the coat for 7 s ., and sold the duplicate to a man for 5 s ., who took the coat out of the shop it was pawned at, and put it into another—I asked how he got into the house—he said by the flap under the shop-window, and went out the back way—I do not know how he came to make this statement to me—he knew I was working at the prosecutor's every Saturday morning—I was; never down in the cellar, and do not know where the flap leads to.

Barnes . I never told him any thing at all about being guilty—he asked me some questions, and I said anybody could go and break into Mr. Hile' as house at night, the flap was unfastened, and anybody could go and take it away and he not hear them, as he sleeps so sound—I never told him I had done it, but that anybody might do it—I never told him that I sold the bitch for 12 s ., or any thing about the coat.

JOHN WIDDICOMBE . I am a journeyman baker in the service of Mr. Brooks of Hoxton Old Town. On the 7th of November I met the prisoner Cornish in the street—he asked me to buy the ticket of a coat which was in pawn at Mr. Elliott's in Kingsland-road—I went there, tried on the coat, and gave him 5 s . for the ticket—a week after I met Barnes—he said, "You bought the ticket of a coat, have you not?"—I said, "I have"—he said, "Don't you take it out, it is stolen; I would rather give you 6 s . than you should take it out of pawn"—I had seen Barnes before, but never had any acquaintance with him.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you know Cornish? A. Yes—I knew him before—I never knew but he was a very honest lad.

BENJAMIN RICHARD MURRAY . I am in the service of John Elliott, a pawnbroker in Kingsland-road. On the 1st of November a coat was pledged at our shop for 7 s . in the name of Will I am Harris—I cannot identi fy either of the prisoners—I have a slight recollection of Cornish, but cannot swear to him—Widdicombe came and looked at the coat next day, he produced the ticket, tried the coat on, paid the interest, and took a new ticket.

JAMES CLARK ( police-constable N 15.) I apprehended the prisoner Barnes last Wednesday week—I told him what I took him for—he said, "I have been taken once on it, and I know nothing about it"—I afterwards took Cornish.

Cross-examined. Q. Nothing transpired between you and Cornish? A. Nothing.

OWEN HILES re-examined . This is the coat I lost—I have never seen Frisky since—the Land of Promise is a street adjoining my house—I lost the bitch a week or a fortnight before, and a party there found it—I gave a reward for it—I and the officer went to find the man to whom Barnes sold the

dog, but found no traces of him whatever—when they find they are stolen they send them abroad—Barnes was remanded for a week, and then dis charged, the coat and dog not being found—the second time I missed my dog was on the morning of the robbery.

BARNES— GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Ten Years .

CORNISH— NOT GUILTY .

NEW COURT .— Thursday, December 2 nd , 1841.

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

87. GEORGE MASON was indicted for embezzling sundry sums, amounting to 70 l . 1 s . 6 d ., from the London Gas Company ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 34.— Confined Two Years .

88. JOHN FURBEY and GEORGE PRICE were indicted for steal ing, on the 9th of November , 29lbs. weight of pork, value 17 s ., the goods of James Parham , the master of Furbey; to which

FURBEY pleaded GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Six Months .

PRICE pleaded GUILTY . Aged 32.— Confined Three Months .

89. JOHN CHILDS was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of Novem ber , 21lbs. weight of cheese, value 15 s ., the goods of William Proctor ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Two Months .

90. DANIEL FITZGERALD was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s ., the goods of Alfred Robert William Mears , from his person; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Nine Months .

91. CAROLINE DRISCOLL was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of November , 1 cloak, value 10 s ., the goods of George Smellie :— also, on the 1st of November , 2 handkerchiefs, value 2 s . 6 d .,—the goods of Joseph Hawes ; to both of which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 29.— Confined One Year .

92. WILLIAM BAYNES was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of October , 1 pair of boots, value 10 s .; the goods of Alfred Sweeting , his master.

ALFRED SWEETING . I live in Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. The pri soner was in my service, on the 27th of October—it was his duty to come at seven o'clock in the morning, to clean boots and shoes—about eight I came down, and missed a pair of boots—the prisoner was gone—I have not seen them since.

EMILY SWEETING . I live with my uncle, the prosecutor. I gave the prisoner the boots just before seven o'clock, to clean, he went away soon after—I do not know what became of the boots—Hayton missed them soon after.

JOHN HAYTON . I got there at a quarter past seven o'clock—I found one pair of boots in the front kitchen, but the others were gone.

Prisoner's Defence . I did not have them; she gave me two pairs of

boots, I took them down stairs, and put them on the box; she then asked me to get some coals; my master gave me a proof sheet to take to King-street, Covent-garden, the night before, I took it in the morning.

ALFRED SWEETING re-examined . He took away a proof and copy—I have never seen or heard of it since—he never came back till he was taken by the policeman, four or five days after—he ought to have come back again that day.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Three Months .

93. EDWARD HOLMES was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of November , 3 printed books, value 9 s ., the goods of John Kissick .

JOHN KISSICK . On the 10th of November, the prisoner came into my shop, in Tottenham-court-road, and purchased half a sheet of paper, and wrapped up two old knives and forks, which he stated he was to leave there for the conductor of one of the omnibuses—I said it was a mistake —he said no, it was all right—he went to the public-house, and then came and asked us to let him look at the Dispatch newspaper—he stood with his back to the door, reading the paper—while we were at tea a coach came to the door, I went to speak to the coachman, the prisoner went out past me, I turned, and missed three volumes off the counter—I went to one shop, and he had just offered them for sale.

Prisoner . I deny being near the shop, and at the office you said you could not say they were the books. Witness . I swear distinctly to them, and have not the least doubt of him—he was two hours in and out of the shop.

HENRY WHITE . I am a bookseller, in Oxford-street—these books were offered to me by a young man for sale who made his escape—he asked 5 s . for them—I refused to purchase them—the prisoner was about three doors off—the other young man joined him.

Prisoner . The young man said, "This is the man that gave me the books; but I deny being in the shop, or knowing where it is." Witness . You were together—this was at a quarter past seven o'clock—they were lost at seven.

GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Six Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

Before Mr. Justice Coltman .

94. GEORGE PERKINS was indicted for feloniously forging and ut tering an acquaintance and receipt for 6 l . 1 s . 5 d ., with intent to defraud Samuel Seaward .

HARRIET SEAWARD . I am the wife of Samuel Seaward. The pri soner was employed in the house as servant, to go on errands and to pay bills, when there was not work for him as a labourer in the factory—I deal with Mr. Driver, a fishmonger—I have occasionally sent the prisoner with orders to Driver, and to pay accounts, which were kept in a book—I sent the book every time I sent orders—the orders were written at the fish monger's—my orders were to send fish, without specifying what sort—he sent what was convenient for the day—about the 15th of October twelve-month I tore the last leaf out of the book, and gave the prisoner the money to pay it—I received this receipt from him, but I am not sure whether it was by his own hand or not, because I had removed to the west end of the town; and in one instance, when he paid a bill for me, he was not to re turn

to the house that night—I said, "Send me the receipt by post"—whether it was in this instance, or not, I cannot say—I think I received this from his own hand, hut I cannot say positively—the one which I had by post I received in the course of the following morning—it was merely enclosed in an envelope—there was no writing except the direction—I have not got it—I suppose I burnt it—I never keep any thing of the sort—the envelope was in his handwriting, I am sure of that—I filed the re ceipt after I received it.

Prisoner. Q. Have you not had other persons call to pay Mr. Driver? A. No—I have not sent other persons to pay bills within the two years the prisoner was with us—I did not at the time I was leaving the factory—I did not give some money to Sarah Little to pay Mr. Driver, nor to Charles Witham—I came to the factory, and left a small bill to be paid to Mr. Avendry for Mr. Seaward's lunch—I paid Mr. Hill myself—I remem ber your coming with a load of turf from Epping Forest—it was shortly after we came to the new house, which was in September—I do not think the turf came till October, but am not sure—I do not think I ever caused Mr. Driver to be paid at the door—I should not do that when I had an account with him—I have had receipts put into the book, and also a stamp receipt for the last amount before this.

Q. Who did you send the money by for this former receipt, which was in January, 1840? A. I think you paid this bill yourself—here is the leaf, and the stamp receipt with it—I cannot tell the exact day I came down to Limehouse—I should think it was in October—I remember going out to a dinner party, and calling at Mr. Seaward's, in Church-row, on my way there—it is very likely you brought a parcel to me at Church-row, but I do not recollect it—I think I told you to put a parcel in the portmanteau, or said that it was for me to take home that evening—I do not know the time I went to the dinner party—I do not recollect your bringing the parcel, and having it put into my portmanteau—I remember something about the parcel, and I reprimanded you for not bringing all I asked—I think I gave you some gold to pay Miss Brown—I think you paid it—I may have taken away the gold, and given you a 5 l . note—I re member losing a note, and finding it on the floor of the store-room—I did not accuse you of stealing it, to my knowledge—I did not desire you to feel in your pocket and see if you had it, to my knowledge—I may have done it—I never sent any one to pay money to Mr. Driver but you—if you have been out, I may have sent my house servant with orders—I have no reason to doubt your honesty previous to this—before Mrs. Douglas's going to the house she did washing for me—I told you never to give money to her son—I do not know when I paid you, it was very likely in November.

CHARLES DRIVER . This receipt is not in my handwriting—I did not receive any money corresponding to that amount at the time of the date of it, or any sum of that amount—when the fish was had, the book was sent to the shop, and the fish was entered in it at the time, or the next day—this account is unsettled at the present time—I did not send for my money for some time—Mr. Seaward had left the factory, and taken a house westward—I thought it strange, and wrote about a month ago—I keep a cash book, so as to know the account has never been paid—I have no entry at all of this payment.

Prisoner. Q. You told the Magistrate you believed your account

amounted to more than 10 l .? A. I said I imagined it was more than 10 l .—I told the Magistrate I did not pay the regular attention to Mr. Sea ward's account at the time, because they were always entered in the small book, and Mrs. Seaward was so very regular in keeping the small books—I have known, when the book has not been sent to me, that the cook, or some one of the house, had entered it, and I was perfectly satisfied with it—I had not a regular account in my books, of the fish sent, so as to put it in the ledger—my brother goes round with a cart to supply fish—I can swear this receipt is not my brother's handwriting—if I am out my wife attends to my business—we are scarcely ever out together; if we are, we leave my brother—I do not think it likely he is ever out during my absence.

COURT . Q. Is there any one else authorized to receive money? A. Not any one, not even my brother, not to give a stamp receipt—I have several servants to attend the shop—this receipt is not my wife's handwriting.

Prisoner. Q. Have not other persons called at your shop besides me? A. I believe the cook has, but very rarely—I think you paid me the money for this receipt in January.

HARRIET SEAWARD re-examined . I do not know the handwriting of this receipt—I know the prisoner's very well—I should not like to say I see any similarity in it to the prisoner's handwriting.

THOMAS HOLMES ( police-sergeant K 12.) I apprehended the prisoner on the 29th of last October—I told him what he was charged with, and whatever he admitted to me might be used as evidence elsewhere—he said, "I am innocent; I deny having the receipt or the money."

Prisoner . I was going to work when you took me. Witness . You were, about five minutes before six o'clock—you wanted to know where I was going to take you, and wanted to call on your wife, and tell her—you did not see Mr. or Mrs. Seaward till you went before the Magistrate.

( Receipt read )—

" October 16, 1840. Received of Mr. Seaward, 6 l . 1 s . 5 d . C. DRIVER ."

Prisoner's Defence . Mrs. Seaward entrusted other persons to pay bills as well as me, and she was in the habit of paying Mr. Driver's brother at the door. I solemnly declare she never gave me this sum, nor did I give the receipt.

NOT GUILTY .

95. RICHARD BULL , WILLIAM JOHNSON , JOHN CRITTLE , and DENNIS LEONARD were indicted for stealing, on the 12th of Oc tober , 1 gelding, price 25 l .; 1 saddle, value 25 s .; and 1 bridle, value 5 s .; the property of Edward Long .

MESSRS. CLARKSON, CHAMBERS , and ESPINASSE , conducted the Prosecution .

CHARLES GILBERT . I am in the service of Mr. Edward Long, a farmer, at Mersham, in Kent. About seven o'clock, on the evening of the 11th of October, I locked up his black horse in the stable—I took the key to my own house—I went the next morning, about a quarter before five—the door of the stable was unlocked, the horse had been taken away, also a bridle and saddle—I cannot say when I next saw the horse—it was brought back by Charles Gower—I am sure it was my master's—I had known it about two years—I had groomed it, and attended to it—my master's bridle was brought back, and a saddle, which I believe was my master's.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You saw another black horse before you saw this one? A. No—I did not see one which my master claimed as his—I knew the horse by grooming it, and by its

ways, and by its features—it has no marks by which I know it—its make is much like the make of other horses.

CHARLES GOWER . I am in the service of Mr. Long—I was at Mary lebone police-office, on the 27th of last October—I received a black horse which was Mr. Long's—I brought it back to Mr. Long—Gilbert came to the stable just as I got there with the horse—I knew the horse myself—for two or three years I have seen it two or three times a day—sometimes I have had it at the mill or the farm—I know Crittle—he was in Mr. Long's service five years ago—I saw him on the 11th of October, at the Marlborough public-house, at Ashford, which is about four miles from Mersham, with a man and woman—I saw him again at the Paul Pry, half-an-hour after, and then there were two men with him, one of which was Leonard, and to the best of my belief, Johnson was the other—I asked Crittle where he lived when he was at home—he told me he lived at Chatham—I asked him whether he was married—he told me no—I staid there ten minutes or a quarter of an hour.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You are not sure of Leonard? A. I cannot swear to them, but to the best of my belief they are the men—I left them in the beer shop between four and five o'clock in the afternoon—I never saw Leonard before to my recollection.

Crittle . I told you I was out of place and had come to the fair. Witness . No, you never said a word about the fair.

ABRAHAM COOK . I lived at Ashford in October last—I knew Crittle years ago—I was brought up with him—about three o'clock on the 11th of October, I saw him about six rods from the Marlborough public-house, at Ashford—I am sure it was him—he spoke to me—I did not notice any one with him—I had some beer with him at the Marlborough—while I was there Gower came in—he and Crittle talked together—soon after Crittle went out towards Mersham—we had drunk our beer, which he paid for—I said I would be a pint—he said he did not want any more, he should go—he did not say any thing about any one else.

Cross-examined by — MR. PREMDERGAST . Q. Were you at the public-house a long time with him? A. No; about twenty minutes—I and my wife were with him—I did not go any where else with him.

RICHARD FORD . I live at Ashford—I was at the Paul Pry public-house about twenty minutes past one o'clock, in the afternoon of the 11th of Oc tober—there was Leonard and a taller man in the tap-room drinking—I did not see the taller one's face—he sat against the fire with his back to me—I saw Leonard again about four in the afternoon—I was in my mas ter's store-house—I saw Leonard come down, going in the line of the Paul Pry, but do not know where he went to—one man was with him, but I do not know who that was.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Do you know Gower? A. Yes; I did not see him at the Paul Pry at one o'clock—I did not know Crittle before.

COURT . Q. Did you know Leonard before? A. No; I did not see him again till I saw him at Marylebone on the 27th of October.

MARY FORD . I lived at the Paul Pry beer shop—on the 11th of October, between twelve and one o'clock, I saw Johnson—he came in and out of the house—one person besides him came in first, then they went out, and two others came in with him—I served them with two pints of mild beer—Johnson paid for it—there was a mole on Johnson's left cheek, which was

remarkable—I see it now—I cannot recognize either of the others—the latest time I saw Johnson there was between five and six.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Did you ever see Leonard with Johnson at all? A. I cannot say I did—I saw two men with him, but I did not take that notice of the others that I did of him.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. When was Ashford fair? A. On the day after Old Michaelmas—it was the day before the fair that I saw them.

HENRY ROCK . I am a fell-monger, and live at Mersham, in Kent, about half a mile from Mr. Long's—I bad a bay mare in my stable on the night of the 11th of October—I made her up about half-past seven o'clock in the evening, and locked the stable-door—I had a pannel saddle in my stable, which is used to carry skins in our trade—I went to the stable about four the next morning, and found the door was partly shut—the lock was gone, and had been prised open by an iron bar, which had been taken out of a cart—the mare was gone, and the saddle and the bridle—my mare was worth 15 l .—I would not nave taken that money for her—on the 26th of October I saw the mare again at the stable of the green-yard, St. Luke's, in posses sion of the police—I have since seen my pannel saddle at Marylebone ses sions-house.

CHARLES STANLEY . I live at Kingsworth, about two miles and a half from Ashford—on the morning of the 12th of October, about four o'clock, I was in the turnpike-road, which leads to Maidstone, near to Ashford—a man passed me on a black horse—he asked me what it was o'clock—I said I did not know whether Ashford clock had gone four or not—after that two other men came up, both on one brown horse—they were coming from Bromley-green, which is in the road from Ashford to Maidstone—they passed by me to come towards Ashford, and from Ashford there is a road to Maidstone—I do not know whether they could have come from Mer sham by that way—I saw them in the direction from Kingsworth to Ash ford.

JOHN FILMER . On the 12th of October I was toll collector at Criswill-gate, which is in the parish of Thurnam, on the high road between Ash-ford and Maidstone, about three miles and a quarter from Maidstone. About six o'clock in the morning of that day, two horses came through the gate—one person was on each horse—Johnson was one, and Leonard was the other—one horse was black, and the other was a brownish sort of a horse—Johnson was on the black horse, and Leonard on the other—the black horse had a saddle on—I did not observe the other—there is a hill coming up to the turnpike—I heard them trotting the horses up the hill hard—Johnson paid me the toll for both—it was light at the time.

BENJAMIN COLLINS . I am a tin-plate worker, living in High-street, Shoreditch. I have a stable near my house—I am in the habit of buying horses for my business—I know all the prisoners—I was out with my horse and cart on the 12th of October—I returned between seven and eight o'clock in the evening—when I got back, I saw Johnson in my yard with a bay mare and a black horse—I had seen Johnson and Bull before, and on that occasion bought a pony of them—they represented themselves as horse dealers—Bull said so, to the best of my belief, and Johnson ac-companied —him in the affirmative—on the evening of the 12th of October, Johnson asked me if I could accommodate him with a stable for the two horses for that night—I told him I was afraid I could not, as I had but one stall—he said that would do very well—I agreed to do so—I went

with Johnson from the stable, after he put them in and gave them some hay and water—in going home I met Bull in Shoreditch—I asked him how he did—he said, "Quite well"—I had had some horses on trial—he asked if either of the hores would suit me—I told him I did not want any, the one I had would suit me—I went to a public-house with Johnson and Bull—I did not see them again till I saw them at Marylebone office, about a fortnight afterwards, in custody—the horses remained in my stable till Friday morning—Bull said he and Johnson would be down the next morn ing to take the horses away—both Bull and Johnson said so, but they did not come—on the evening of the Wednesday, Leonard came, and asked me if I had two horses left at my house or stable, or left with me—I said I had—he then asked me what sort of horses they were—I told him—he said he had come from the parties who had left them, and asked me if I could take care of them for two or three days—I told him, No, I could not accommodate him so long, for two horses were in one stall, and I was afraid of an accident—I then asked him why the parties had not fetched them away who left them—he told me they were gone into the country to ascertain the price for which they were to be sold, as they had had a note that morning—he asked me if I could not accommodate him till the next morning—I agreed to let them stop one night more—I then saw no more of him till Friday morning, when he came, accompanied by Crittle, to fetch the horses away—Crittle asked me if I should like to purchase one of the horses, or if I knew of a buyer of such a horse as the black one—I told him I did not at present—I then referred them to a stable—he said he had bought it from his late employer in the country, that it bad be longed to an old gentleman—I referred Leonard to a man named Hurst, but previous to that, Crittle and Leonard agreed to take them to show a person—Crittle went out and got a boy to lead them—the horses were then taken away by Leonard—Crittle was gone to a person named Page, to see if he would have them—I saw both Crittle and Leonard again the same day in Smith field market—I asked Crittle if he had succeeded in selling them to Mr. Page—he said he was not at home—I then saw him go and speak to Page in Smithfield—on the following day, the 16th of October, I saw Crittle close by my stable—he asked me if I had heard of a customer—I told him I had not—he pressed me very much to buy one, and he went away—soon after I saw Leonard—he said he had not seen the parties from the country yet, and would I oblige him with another truss of hay, as he had not got any money, and I did—on the following Thursday evening, the 21st, I met Crittle two doors from my shop—he asked me if I knew where Leonard was—I told him I did not—he asked me if I knew where he put up the black horse—I told him I did not—I referred him to the stable in the Curtain-road—he said, if he knew where the horse was, he thought he had got a customer who would buy it there and then—on the 23rd Crittle came to me while I was standing at the shop door, and asked me if I could lend him a saddle, as he wanted to go into the coun try—I told him I had not got one by me, but if he called on Monday, I had an old one I had lent to a person, if that would be of any service to him, he might have it for a few days—I saw no more of him—when Johnson brought the horses to my stable, there was a saddle on each horse—to the best of my recollection, one was a very large one—I do not know what a pannel saddle is—that is the one claimed by Ruck—the saddles had not been removed at the time the horses were—they were left in the loft—

I delivered them to the policeman—I cannot say whether these bridles were with the horses—it was very dark.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Leonard came to you first on the Wednesday? A. Yes, I had never seen him before—he asked me what sort of horses they were—I described them—he appeared to me to be ignorant what sort of horses they were, but merely to have received in formation that there were two horses—and when he saw the horses he ap peared not to have seen them at all before—he did not tell me that be had heard that Bull was in custody—he told me they were gone into the country —that it was in consequence of some sort of message from them be had come—I understood be bad the message from their own mouth—nothing occurred to give me an impression that be had seen the horses before.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Was it not Johnson who came to you first and spoke? A. Yes—he came alone, to the best of my knowledge—it was not till he spoke to me that I saw Bull—I believe Bull is a horse-dealer.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. How do you know be is a horse-dealer? A. He came to me some time ago with a man I bad seen at Barnet—I asked Bull what he was—he said he was a horse-dealer, and travelled the country.

COURT . Q. Did you not give Leonard the information to go to Wright's? A. No—I do not know Wright.

JOSEPH WRIGHT . I am a cab proprietor, living in Pelham-street, Brick-lane. On Sunday, the 17th of October, Leonard came to my place, between ten and eleven o'clock in the forenoon—I was in bed—he after that came again, and brought a bay mare—I gave it up to the officer, at the Feather stone-street station—it was claimed by Mr. Ruck—Leonard sold me the mare—he told me he bad had it nineteen months—he came to me by the name of George Smith—I gave information myself to the Magistrate, when I heard the man was in custody—I saw the same mare at the green-yard, on the 26th of October, when claimed by Ruck.

JOHN HARVEY ( police-constable G 118.) I received a mare from Wright, I took it to the green-yard in Bunhill-row—it was claim by Ruck.

THOMAS HENRY THOMPSON ( police-sergeant D 84.) On the 13th of October I went to No. 40, Homer-street, Marylebone, and in the front-room on the first-floor I found Bull and Johnson—I said to Bull, " Dick , I have come after you"—he said, "Very well, I suppose I must go;" and in going to the station I asked if he knew what I was taking him for, I said it was for the three horses—he said, "I did not steal them, they were brought to me to the Stingo by Farren's man "—I left him in the station, and went back to Homer-street—I found Johnson re maining there—as I entered I saw him throw from him a bag—I took it up, and found it contained twelve skeleton keys—I then said, "You are my prisoner "—I found in his left band coat-pocket this cart-plate, with the name of "Thomas Blackburn, farmer, Tonbridge, Kent," on it—he said he had picked it up in the road coming from Kent—I then took him to the station.

Johnson . I deny having such things about me.

EDWARD LONG . I am a farmer, living at Mersham, in Kent On the night of the 11th of October I lost a black horse—I saw it again on the 26th of October at the green-yard at St. Luke's—it was the horse that had been taken from ray stable—I saw another black horse before, and made

a mistake about its being mine—I lost a bridle and saddle at the same time—this is my saddle, but the stirrups are not mine.

HENRY RUCK re-examined . I received this saddle, with the other, from Collins, and these two saddles from Inspector Harvey—Collins was present when I received them—one was my pannel-saddle.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDEROAST . Q. Where was it you received these? A. In Marylebone Court-house—I took them home—I kept my pannel saddle—they were both taken from the Court-house in a sack—they went down to the Borough, where we slept that night—I received them in the Borough at the Nag's Head public-house, on the 27th—I believe Gower took them home the next day—I did not part with my own—I cannot say where Mr. Long took his.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Was one of the saddles yours? A. Yes, it was a pannel-saddle—Collins was present when the two saddles were brought to the justice-room.

CHARLES GILBERT re-examined . Mr. Long's horse was brought home by Gower—the bridle came home on the horse—there was a saddle came home—I cannot say whether it was Mr. Long's, but to the best of my belief it was.

MR. PRENDEROAST . Q. What became of the saddle? A. Here it is—I have had it ever since—I cannot say whether it is the saddle belo nging to my master's horse or not—I am sure a saddle came home—I do not know whether another came home afterwards or not.

EDWARD LONG re-examined . This is the saddle I lost on the night in question—my black horse is worth 25 l .—Crittle had been in my service four or five years since—I had had the black horse two years.

Cross-examined by — MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. How do you know the saddle is yours? A. I had it made new, and there is a flaw on it, which I pointed out when I had it, and one of the stirrups' leathers has not been broken—the stirrups had been changed—they are not mine.

Crittle. Q. Did I behave dishonestly by you? A. No.

BENJAMIN COLLINS re-examined . I was present in the police-court at Marylebone when these two saddles were produced in the presence of Ruck—I do not know where these two came from, but the two that I gave to Harvey, I saw in the office—Harvey sent them by some one.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDEROAST . Q. Are you sure they were the same saddles? A. Yes—they were placed in the loft in the evening, and the next morning I went to give the horses some hay at six o'clock, and I saw the saddles there—those saddles produced before the Magistrate were the same that I had had in my stable.

MR. PRENDEROAST called the following witnesses for the defence :—

THOMAS BEIGHTON . I am a sergeant in the grenadier-guards. I know Leonard—I have had transactions with him—I remember the 11th of Oc tober very well—I saw Leonard on that day about one o'clock, or a very short time after—he was at my lodging, which was then at No. 12, Church-street, Kensington—he was with me from five minutes past one till ten mi nutes before six o'clock in the evening—we had a little discourse on former times—I had known him three or four years—I had lent him previous to that the sum of 5 s ., and on that day we had four pints of porter, and he paid me what I had lent him—he left me at Kensington-gate at ten minutes be fore six—I know the time because I went to parade—I know it was on

the 11th of October because I came into waiting on the 12th—that is to attend to all military duties for a week—to keep the books, and to warn every man to his duty, that is what is called "orderly sergeant" in some re giments, but we call it "sergeant in waiting "—my week expired on the Tuesday following—there are three sergeants, who take it in turns four teen days out and seven in—I am quite certain it was the 11th of October that I saw Leonard.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. What day of the week was it? A. On Monday, and I went in waiting on the Tuesday at one o'clock, in Kensington bar racks—I am attached to those barracks—I have no book here to show when I went on duty—I cannot bring the duty-book here—my name is down in the books—I have been looking at the books—it is given from sergeant to sergeant—it is not from looking at the book that I know of this—I can not tell when I first heard of Leonard being taken—I was out of waiting at that time—it might be from eight to ten days after the 11th of October, when I heard of this—I do not know when I was first called to give my evidence on this subject—I believe it was on Monday last—the solicitor served me with a subpoena—I had lodgings for my family—my wife was at home on the afternoon of the 11th of October—she is not here—she has a young baby to attend to, and to work—she was at home to tea that af ternoon—she knew Leonard before I did—Leonard was in the habit of visiting me at different times—the last time he visited me might be on the 4th of September—I know we had shifted quarters—we came from the Tower to Kensington, and that was the time he borrowed the 5 s .—that was not at my house—I was at a public-house with him—I was not in waiting then—we are not allowed to go to public-houses when on waiting—we may drink at home, but must keep ourselves sober—when I got my subpoena, I looked in my casual rule book to see what day it was I saw Leonard—I could not bring the casual rule book here—it is wanted at seven o'clock in the morning and again at one—they could not call the men's names over if I brought the book away—I could not have had it if I had asked the officer—the book lasts perhaps for six months—I have not seen Leonard since that day, when he paid me the money—I had not not seen him between the time he borrowed the money and the time he paid it.

Q. How do you know that it was not on Monday the 4th? A. I tell you I came in waiting the very day after—that is rather an extraordinary thing to me—I have duties to perform there which concerns myself, and not other persons—I have the books to keep, and to give them over to the other sergeant—Leonard asked me if I would go and see him—I said I was going in waiting the day following, and could not get out of barracks—Iwas to go to see him at No. 13, Beecham-street, Paddington—I have seen Bull before—my wife is his sister.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Is Bull at all connected with Leonard? A. That is more than I can tell.

FREDERICK GILBERT . I live at No. 13, Beecham-street, Paddington. On the 12th of October I saw Leonard, at half-past eight o'clock in the morning, at the door of that house—he lives there.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. What are you? A. A carpenter—I am in the employ of Mr. Dann—I do not know where he lives—he has got a job at Notting hill—he is the task master—I do not know whose job it is—I was working with Dann at a job of Mr. Scandelburg, a master-builder at Bayswater, and then Dann employed me at the job at Notting hill—I have been at that job about a fortnight—I do not know what day of the

month I went, it was a fortnight last Monday—it was six weeks before that that I left the other job—I do not know what day of the month it was when I left my other job—I was not doing any thing for that six weeks—Ican read—I have not got an almanac—I have not seen one these six months to look at it—I was subpoenaed last Friday to come here—when Leonard was taken there was a talk about it in the house—I was not in the way—I was not doing any thing on the 11th or on the 12th of October—I cannot tell what sort of a day it was—I did not take any notice of that—Leonard had a hat on—when I came round the corner, I saw him at the door—I recollect that it was on the 12th of October, because we moved out of that house on the 13th—it did not rain when we moved—my mother and I moved out—I have only removed about five minutes' walk from there—I did not inquire what Leonard was taken up for—he has been a friend of mine—I do not know the other prisoners—my mother and I had the front and back parlour in that house, and Leonard had the back kitchen.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Are you quite sure that the day you saw him was the day before you moved? Yes.

BULL— NOT GUILTY .

JOHNSON— GUILTY . Aged 23.

CRITTLE— GUILTY . Aged 23.

LEONARD— GUILTY . Aged 31.

Transported for Fifteen Years .

96. WILLIAM JOHNSON and RICHARD BULL were again in dicted for stealing, on the 8th of October , 1 gelding, value 15 l ., the pro perty of Thomas Pecknall .

THOMAS PECKNALL . I live at Sutton at-Home in Kent—I had a gelding which I lost on the 8th of October—I saw it safe on the 7th, about seven or eight o'clock in the evening—it was locked up in the stable—my son went to the stable about four o'clock the next morning—he called me up directly, and I went, and the horse was gone—I did not see it again till the 5th of November, when I saw it at the Nag's Head public-house in the Borough—I am quite sure it was mine—the inspector wished me to leave it there—I left it for a week—I got it again, and I brought it up here to-day.

BENJAMIN COLLINS . On the 8th of October, about seven o'clock in morning, or a little after, Bull brought the horse to me for sale, and John son was with him—I asked the price—he told me 20 l .—I offered him 15 l . for it if it would suit my work—it was agreed for me to have a week or a fortnight's trial—he agreed to take 15 l .,—and took 7 l . as a deposit, and if I did not like the horse he was to return the deposit—I saw no more of the prisoners till the two horses were brought to me by Johnson—they asked me whether I should like to purchase one of them, or whether the one I had would suit me—I said I did not expect to see them so soon, and I had only had one or two journeys on the horse—I had the horse in my possession till the 26th or 27th of October—I then delivered it to the inspector.

JOHN HAYNES . I am a police-inspector—the horse was given up to me by Mr. Collins—I sent down to the prosecutor about the horse—he came to town, I showed him the horse I got from Collins, and he claimed it as his.

JOHNSON— NOT GUILTY .

BULL— GUILTY . Aged 24.— Transported for Fifteen Years .

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

97. JOHN FARRELL was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of No vember , 2 30 l . Bank notes, the property of Henry Bosanquet and others: 2nd COUNT , stating it to be the property of William Rawlinson : to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

98. CHRISTOPHER LAWS was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of September , 5 wooden doors, value 1 l . 5 s ., the goods of Charles Richardson .

MR. PHILLIPS conducted the Prosecution .

RICHARD HILL ( police-constable T 113.) On the 25th of November I went to the prisoner's house, in the Pottery, at Netting Dale—I asked if he had any objection to my looking into his yard—he said "No"—I found three doors in the front yard—I asked how he came by them—he said they were his own, he bought them at a sale in the police-inspector—I then applied to Mr. Richardson about taking the doors, and the prisoner offered to take them in his horse and cart—he sent his buy across, with the horse, to the other yard, for the cart—I followed him, and found two doors in the other yard—I went back to the prisoner, and asked how he came by them—he said they were his own, he bought them at a sale in the Bayswater-road—after that, he said the three doors were his own, but the other two would do for him —we went on to the Estate, and when he got there he said, "There is where I picked up the two doors, and very nearly broke my neck over them; I put them in my cart"—they were good doors.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Not old? A. They are old, but very good—he did not tell me some of them stopped his cart in the road—he said he picked up two of the doors, and he thought they would do for him —the houses on the Norland Estate are all very good—they have not been left to go to ruin—there are a great many without doors—they are new houses.

CHARLES RICHARDSON . The Norland Estate belongs to me—about twelve months since I caused a large stable to be pulled down—these doors were part of it—my intention was to build new houses—when the buildings were pulled down they were left in the yard, which was nearly enclosed.

Cross-examined. Q. Was it an open yard? A. A fence round it—I have not seen the doors since the building was pulled down—I know they are mine—I cannot state for certainty when I saw them last—about twelve months ago they were pulled down—I went to the prisoner's pre mises—he said, "If they are yours, I will have my horse and cart, and take them"—this is one of the doors—( looking at it )

FREDERICK DOWLAND . I was foreman to Mr. Richardson. I can swear to four of the doors, but not this one—I have no doubt about the others being Mr. Richardson's—I pulled them down about thirteen months ago—I afterwards saw them in the yard—I saw them last twelve months ago.

SAMUEL LANGDON . I am foreman to Mr. Richardson. I saw these doors last about three months ago.

Cross-examined. Q. Will you swear you have seen them within three months? A. I cannot be certain exactly, it is about that time—I do not know the prisoner.

JOHN PALMER . I live in New-street, Kensington Gravel pits. I was

employed by the prosecutor on the Norland Estate—I have missed these doors from the premises about three or four months—I have seen the pri soner on the Norland Estate, in the road—he was fetching away old bricks which he had bought of Mr. Jay's foreman, Daniel Chace—the bricks were the foreman's perquisites—the doors were Mr. Richardson's—it was on the ground that Mr. Richardson had let to Mr. Stewart—Mr. Jay took the contract, and allowed Chace the old bricks for perquisites.

CHARLES RICHARDSON re-examined . No one had any property in these doors but me.

NOT GUILTY .

99. JOHN MAHONEY was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of No vember , 1 coat, value 10 s ., the goods of Michael Henry Hart .

ISAAC LAZARUS . I am shopman to Michael Henry Hart, a slop-seller, in High-street, Shadwell. On the morning of the 10th of November I left the shop for some water—this coat hung at the side of the door—the pri soner pulled it down—my fellow shopman called "Stop thief"—he ran—I followed him—he dropped the coat, and my fellow-shopman picked it up—the prisoner was taken—this is the coat.

Prisoner. Q. Did you not say you did not see it taken down? A. No—I had not taken two steps inside the shop before I saw you take it down—directly it was gone, my fellow-servant called "Stop thief"—I saw you drop the coat in about five minutes—you had got about twenty yards.

Prisoner's Defence . I did not have the coat.

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Months .

100. WILLIAM FIELD was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of Oc tober , 50lbs. weight of hay, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of Richard Dyson .

HARMAN DYSON . I conduct the farming business of Richard Dyson, at Waltham-cross. The prisoner was my carter—he was to start about one o'clock in the morning of the 30th of October, to come to my stable in Park-lane—he was allowed half a truss of hay for his three cart-horses, and was not allowed to take any more—he feeds as he goes on—he had no directions to stop at the Seven Sisters public-house—the 50lbs. of hay produced resembles my master's hay—I believe it is his.

GEORGE KEMP ( police-constable S 199.) About five o'clock in the morning of the 30th of October I was on duty in the Seven Sisters'-road—the prisoner passed me with a load of hay, a truss on the top, and a bottle-truss on the side—he drew up at the Seven Sisters public-house, and gave his horses water—he got up, took the truss of hay down, and took it to the back of the premises, and placed it in a pig sty—I then accused him of leaving it there—he denied it—I then saw him knock at the door—he said he did not leave any there—I went and fetched it from there, and have it here.

Prisoner . I never left it—the policeman walked by me—I had a young horse which ran away—I gave him a little water—the policeman came back and walked round the house. Witness . I—had been at the pig sty ten minutes before, and there was no hay there—I will swear I saw him take it from the cart and leave it there.

COURT . Q. Did he feed the horses out of the other parcel? A. No, not at all; this is about seven and a half miles from Waltham Cross.

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Six Months .

101. THOMAS THOMPSON was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of November , 1 sovereign, the monies of Thomas Twyford , his master.

THOMAS TWYFORD . I live in King-street, Holborn—the prisoner was my journeyman brass-finisher. On Wednesday, the 10th of November, I gave him a sovereign to go to the New-cut, Lambeth, and purchase a screw plate—he did not return till the following Saturday—he then said he had lost the sovereign, and had been in the country and borrowed another—he brought a parcel of old tools, which he said he had bought with part of the other sovereign.

Prisoner . I did all my endeavours to make it good—I brought tools and money to make it up. Witness . He brought 4 s . and some tools, and offered to pay that on account of what he had lost.

JOHN BRAND ( City police-constable 229.) I took the prisoner, but not till after he had been to his master's house again.

NOT GUILTY .

102. JAMES BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of Novem ber , 1 pair of boots, value 4 s ., the goods of Matthew Haine .

MATTHEW HAINE . I live in King-street, Hammersmith, and am a clothes salesman—I had a pair of boots safe at ten o'clock in the morning of the 20th of November—I missed them at eleven—these produced are them.

CHARLES STARBUCK . Between eleven and twelve o'clock on this day, I saw the prisoner standing under my mother's window—there was another one opposite, who whistled—the prisoner went towards the prosecutor's, took the boots and ran off—Mrs. Cook ran out and cried, "Stop thief"—the prisoner threw the boots down—I am sure he took them.

Prisoner's Defence . I met this young man; he took the boots down, and dropped them when he got a little way; I did not want to be taken, and ran.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Three Months .

103. SARAH MOULD was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of No vember , 9 cigars, value 1 s .; and 3oz. weight of tobacco, value 9 d ., the goods of William Fryer .

JOHN JOHNSON . I am assistant to William Fryer, who lives at Smith field-bars—at half-past ten o'clock on the 27th of November, the prisoner came into the shop and took nine cigars out of the case before my face—I took them from her—these cigars are Mr. Will I am Fryer's, and this to bacco is his too.

Prisoner . I never moved from the counter—I took them in my hand, and you said, "Put them down."

FRANCIS SOUTTER . At half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday I found the prisoner in the shop—I found she had been twice in the factory, and been turned out—I watched her the third time—she went in and took a handful of tobacco, she was placing it under her shawl, and was coming out with it—I stopped her with it—I know nothing about the cigars.

Prisoner . I did not take the cigars out, nor did I go from the place, nor did he give me in charge for taking up the tobacco as I went in the factory—I have known this young man before—he had taken liberties with me, and

would not give me the money he ought, and I found where he lived, and went and broke the windows. Witness . That is not true—I appeared against her for breaking the windows—she had a month for that, and then came and broke them again.

Prisoner . I merely took the tobacco up in my hand, as it did not appear to me like tobacco—I merely took the cigars for a lark as he was weighing them, and I should not have done that had I not been in liquor.

NOT GUILTY .

104. WILLIAM WARD was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of Oc tober , 1 coat, value 8 s ., the goods of Joseph George Simons .

CATHERINE SIMONS . I am the wife of Joseph George Simons, of Noble-street, Goswell-street—the prisoner lodged with us for a fortnight. On the morning of the 27th of October he was going out, and asked me for the use of the coat, as it rained—I refused, as it was my son's, but he pressed me to lend it him and I did—he said I should have it the next morning, but I saw no more of it.

Cross-examined by MR. SYMONDS . Q. I believe it was a very wet morn-ing? A. Yes; I did not suggest to him that he ought to have a great coat—I lent it him for that day—he said when he came home that night that he would return it at six o'clock the next morning, and 5 s . that he owed me—there was some conversation about the coat requiring mending—I did not hear from my daughter that she had a conversation with him as to the price I would accept for it.

FRANCIS HALIFAX . I took the prisoner in charge.

Cross-examined. Q. What did he say? A. He said he did not steal it—he borrowed it.

NOT GUILTY .

105. WILLIAM JAMES CHANDLER was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of November , 1 watch, value 1 l . 10 s ., the goods of John Lingworthy .

JOHN LINGWORTHY . I am a sailor, belonging to the schooner Sarah Ann . On Wednesday morning, the 3rd of November, about eleven o'clock, I went into a shop opposite St. Katharine's Dock—I had a watch with me—the prisoner came in, and asked me where I got it—I said my father bought it, and gave it to me—he asked if that was true—I said it was—I had at the time two bundles of clothes in my hand—he asked me where I got them—I said I bought them in a shop a little further on—he asked me to show him—I went and showed him—I saw he was a police-officer by the buttons on his waistcoat—he took my watch from the shopman, and said I should go home with him to his house—I said I would go with him—I went to his house with him, and had a dinner and some beer—I had never seen him before—he had the watch all this time—he had put it into his pocket—I took my clothes to his house, and left them there—after dinner he took me out, and said he would find me a ship the day following—he then left me in the street, and said I should go back to his house again, but I could not find the way back—(he had the watch at that time)—on Saturday I went to the shop where he took the watch from me, and the man sent me to the office—on Sunday morning I met the prisoner by the Dundee Arms public house—he asked where I was going, and said if I would go with him he would give me my clothes, and he would bring the watch down to where I had been lodging, at two o'clock.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. What were you going to do with your clothes? A. I—had bought them, and was looking for a lodging—I went into the shop to sell the watch—I told the prisoner I was look ing for a lodging—he took the watch out of the man's hand—he said he thought I came by it improperly—he said he suspected I had got the clothes dishonestly—I took him to the shop, and there he found it was right, and then he asked me to go home with him.

HENRY GIDEON . I keep a clothes shop. On the 3rd of November the prosecutor came in about half-past ten o'clock, and said, "Will you buy this watch?"—I said, "No, I buy nothing of lads"—the prisoner, who is a Thames police-officer, tapped him on the shoulder, and said, "I want you"—he took the watch from my young man's hand, and went out.

Cross-examined. Q. What shop do you keep? A. An outfit shop for seamen—the prisoner took the watch out of a young man's hand who lives with me—the prosecutor offered it to him first, and he was looking at it—my young man applied to the prosecutor, and asked if he wanted to buy any clothes—he did not lay hold of him, and pull him in at the door—my young man does not "catch" people—he "plys" them, and asks them if they want to buy—I have not cautioned him against asking lads—I sell old clothes and new.

THOMAS JOHN LATTIMER . I live with Mr. Telfer, a pawnbroker, in Ratcliff highway. I produce this silver watch, which was pawned by the prisoner, on the 4th of November, about five o'clock in the evening, for 15 s ., in the name of John Cook.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe he has on other occasions pawned things of his own? A. I do not know that he has—this duplicate—( looking at one )—was given at our shop.

JAMES EVANS . I am superintendant of the Thames-police. I went to the prisoner, and asked what he had done with the watch—he hesitated—I said, "Have you pawned it?"—he said, "Yes," and handed me the duplicate of it—I said, "How is this, you have not pawned it in your own name?"—he said he did not know they wrote this name on it.

Cross-examined. Q. Had he been with you some time? A. He came in April I think.

NOT GUILTY .

106. THOMAS TAYLOR was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 1 table, value 5 s .; the goods of Thomas Deering ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

THOMAS DEERING . I live in Wilson-street, Drury-lane, and am a cabi net-maker. On the 9th of November, a person came to my shop—I fol lowed the prisoner, and took him with this table—it is mine—I had seen it safe five minutes before—he said he had given a boy 1 s .—for it.

ELIZABETH LORIMER . I am the wife of William Lorimer. I live in Wilson-street. About ten minutes after seven o'clock that evening, I saw the prisoner take the table from the prosecutor's door—I told the prosecu tor, and he took him in about three minutes with it.

WILLIAM TROTMAN ( police-constable F 47.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined One Year .

107. JOHN THORPE , DAVID WHITE , and HENRY HILL , were indicted for stealing, on the 10th of November , 56 yards of printed gingham, value 15 s ., the goods of Michael Smith ; and that Thorpe and White had been before convicted of felony .

MICHAEL SMITH . I am a draper, and live in Crawford-street. On the 10th of November, two of the prisoners were brought into my shop by Mr. Hunt, with this printed gingham, which is mine—it had been tied on a bundle outside the door.

JAMES HUNT . I am a linen-draper, and live in Crawford-street. About two o'clock that day I saw the prisoners go to the prosecutor's shop and take the gingham now produced—they all three took hold of it and lugged at it together—I cannot say which of them took it, but I saw it first on Hill—I ran and took Hill—the other two walked a short distance and then ran—I am sure of their persons, and swear to them.

JOHN BERRY ( police-constable D 88.) I was coming down Crawford-street on the 10th of November—I saw Hill drop something, and the other two running away from him—I took White, and took Hill from Mr. Hunt—Thorpe was running away, but was brought back by some person.

CHARLES BURGESS GOFF . I produce a certificate of White's former conviction, which I got from the Clerk of the Peace of Surrey—( read —he is the boy.

JAMES BROOK . I produce a certificate of Thorpe's former conviction, which I got from the Clerk of the Peace, of Surrey—( read )—he is the boy.

THORPE— GUILTY . Aged 15.

WHITE— GUILTY . Aged 13.

Transported for Seven Years—Convict Ship .

HILL— GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Three Months .

OLD COURT .— Friday, December 3 rd , 1841.

Third Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

108. MARTHA PROSSER was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of November , 23 yards of lace, value 30 s ., the goods of John Whitehouse ; and that she had before been convicted of felony.

MARY WHITEHOUSE . I am the wife of John Whitehouse, a draper and laceman, in Oxford-street. The prisoner came into the shop on the 13th of November, in company with another woman, who asked for some lace—I put a box of lace down—I cut two yards of quilling, and then I called the shopman forward—the women both sat down about the centre of the shop—Henrietta Smith, my apprentice, spoke to me, and in conse quence of what she said, I spoke to the shopman who was attending on them—the other woman paid 2 s . 1 d . for some lace—the shopman told them he missed some lace—the prisoner said she did not know any thing about it—we desired her to hold up her cloak, and from under it dropped this piece—I requested her to go into the other room at the back of the shop, which she did—I then searched her and took from her person this other piece of lace, containing about seven yards and a half—it was in her bosom under her dress—she said she did not know how it came there—she then took from the other side of her bosom this piece of lace, and threw it on the floor—those three pieces of lace were in the box I put before the prisoner—I am confident of that—my husband's

shop mark is on all of them—Henrietta Smith picked up the piece of lace which the prisoner threw down, and on that the prisoner said, "Don't be too hard"

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Had you said any thing to call for that observation? A. Nothing whatever—the shopman is not here—Henrietta Smith and three others were in the shop, besides the prisoner, the shopman, and myself—the first piece of lace was underneath the pri soner's gown, next to her skin—I am quite positive, I took that out my self —two other persons were present at the search at the back of the shop, besides Smith and myself.

HENRIETTA SMITH . I am apprenticed to the prosecutor. I saw the prisoner and another woman in the shop looking at some lace—there was a box before them—I was about four yards from them, on the inside of an opposite counter—I saw the prisoner take a piece of lace from the counter and put it under her cloak—I told Mrs. Whitehouse what I had seen, and she spoke to the shopman—I heard the shopman say there was lace missing—the prisoner said perhaps it had fallen on the floor—she got up, and I saw a piece of lace drop from under her cloak on the floor—the prisoner picked it up and put it on the counter—she was taken to the back part of the shop by Mrs. Whitehouse—I saw her search the pri soner, and take a piece of lace from her bosom—I then saw the prisoner take another piece from her bosom and throw it on the floor—I picked it up and gave it to Mrs. Whitehouse, and said, "Here is a piece she has taken from her bosom and thrown on the floor"—a policeman was sent for, and both the women were given in charge.

Cross-examined. Q. If I understand you rightly, the piece you saw her put under her cloak, you saw her afterwards drop? A. It was before she went to the back of the shop—I did not see her take more than one piece—she was sitting sideways to me, about four yards off.

BENJAMIN ALBECK ( police-constable D 203). The prisoner and another woman were given into my custody—I took charge of the lace.

GEORGE FARROW ( City police-constable No . 223). I know the pri soner—I have a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—I was present at the prisoner's trial last October—she is the person described in the certificate—( read .)

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Nine Months .

109. JOHN CONNELL was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of No vember , 1 handkerchief, value 4 s ., the goods of Alfred Augustus Mayhew , from his person.

ALFRED AUGUSTUS MAYHEW . I am a carver and gilder, and live in Rathbone place. On the 11th of November, about eleven o'clock at night, I was in Wellesley-street, Marylebone, looking at a galanti show, when I felt a pull at my pocket, I turned round, and saw my handkerchief in the prisoner's hands—took hold of him—he dropped it—I took it up, charged him with it—he said he had not seen it—the handkerchief produced is mine.

HENRY FOWLER ( police-constable E 111.) The prosecutor gave the prisoner into my charge with the handkerchief—he denied knowing any thing of it.

Prisoner . I was looking at the show, and did not see it at all.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Six Months .

Before Mr. Baron Parks .

110. JOHN RICHARD PACKARD , JOSEPH PACKARD , and ALFRED KENNETT were indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Michael Aungier .

MESSRS. CLARKSON and BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

JOHN HAMBLY . I am an officer of the sheriff of Middlesex. I knew the deceased, Michael Aungier—in November last I had a warrant against the goods of the prisoner, John Richard Packard, who is a chymist, residing in Drury-lane—I executed it on the 5th of November, and took the deceased with me—I left him there in possession of the goods, between twelve and one o'clock at noon—he was at that time in good health, and quite sober—he was about sixty years old—I had employed him some time in a similar capacity—in consequence of information, I went next morning to Packard's house in Drury Jane, between ten and eleven o'clock, and found the premises shut up—I knocked and rang, but could not get admission.

Cross-examined by MR. JONES . Q. Did you subsequently obtain admis sion? A. Some of my people did that day, the 6th of November, and I got in between one and two, after I left Bow-street—I knew then that Aungier was dead—I have since obtained possession of the goods, and sold the whole under a fi fa .—Mr. Thompson lives at No. 31, Chancery-lane—Mr. Moul ton, a law stationer, lives at No. 18—it is on the same side of the way as our office, No. 31—I don't live there myself—Mr. Thompson does.

Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK . Q. Are you in partnership with Thompson? A. No, his name is on the warrant—all the goods on the prisoner's premises have been sold—I believe they were in the same state as when I left the deceased in possession—the execution has not been sa tisfied.

MR. BODKIN . Q. When you regained possession between twelve and one o'clock, it was after the prisoners were in custody? A. Yes.

CHARLES PEARSON . On the 5th of November I was in the service of the prisoner John Richard Packard, who is a surgeon and chymist in Drury-lane—some officers came there that morning, and one was left in possession—he sat in the kitchen—it was about five o'clock in the evening as near as possible—about nine o'clock master went into the kitchen, and the deceased asked for a glass of gin—master said, "Very well, you shall have it," and gave him no gin, but some rum and water in a tumbler—I tasted it—the tumbler was about three parts full—the officer was quite sober—he drank the rum and water—master had then returned to the parlour—he came into the kitchen very shortly after, and asked the officer to step into the next room, which is the parlour—the kitchen and parlour are on the same floor—the man went into the parlour—it was about half-past nine or ten o'clock—I went into the room afterwards—I found master, Mr. Joseph Packard, and the officer there, and Jemima the maid servant—the prisoner Kennett was not there then—there was spirits on the table in tumblers, and wine glasses too—there was no wine on the table then—I cannot say whether there was wine in the wine glasses—they appeared to be drinking—the officer did not seem to have any thing the matter with him then—about half an hour after I was called in again—the same glasses were on the table as I had seen before—there was no wine—there was rum in the officer's tumbler—I believe it was rum—I do not know the colour of port wine—there was some red wine on the table in tumblers, and rum and

water as well, and there was gin and water—master kept gin in that room in a gallon stone bottle, which was in the cupboard—the spirits had been poured out of the stone bottle into the tumblers—the same persons were still at the table, with the maid servant, and Kennett was there the second time I went in—he had come about ten o'clock—when I went in the second time master sent me with a note to the Garrick's Head public-house, which I took—it was about ten o'clock—I was to wait for an answer, which I did, but did not get one—a man returned with me to the house—master gave him an order for supper for four, to be brought at half-past twelve o'clock—the glasses were still on the table—the rum and wine were also kept in stone bottles—some of the glasses were empty, and some full—they appeared to be drinking continually—I was in and out of the room from then till half-past twelve o'clock, and the materials for drinking were still on the table, and they appeared to be still drinking—the supper came at half-past twelve o'clock, and two bottles of red wine in decanters—I placed them on the table—all the three prisoners were at that time sitting round the table with the deceased and maid servant—I waited at supper—the maid servant supped with them—I saw red wine given to the officer—the maid servant drank wine as well as themselves—there was no spirits on the table then, I fetched two more bottles of red wine during supper, by master's directions, about one o'clock, making four bottles—it was all drank except a very little at the bottom of the decanter—it was all drank in wine glasses—three pints of porter was sent for—that was not all consumed—there was very little left—I cleared the table after supper—after the table was cleared the maid servant took something out of the cupboard in stone bottles by master's direction—only one bottle was brought out while I was there—I do not know what it was—I saw her take one bottle out as I went out of the room—I cannot tell whether it was gin or rum—when I went into the room again I saw some spirits in tumblers—it appeared to be rum—what was in the officer's tumbler was red—it was nearly full—they were still round the table, and continued drinking there for about half an hour after I cleared the supper away—that would make it about half-past one o'clock—I went into the room again at the end of that time—the officer was then very tipsy, and did not appear able to help himself—master directed me to go and fetch a cab —Mr. Rennet joined in that order—the prisoner Joseph Packard was present at the time—after getting the cab , I went into the room and told master I had got it—my master and Mr. Kennett lifted the officer down stairs into the little room behind the shop, called the surgery—he did not appear at all able to help himself at that time—master put a smelling-bottle to his nose in the surgery, and said, "This will do you good"—the deceased made no answer to that—I do not know whether he was able or not—they then lifted him up stairs again and put him on the sofa—he remained there about a quarter of an hour—the cab was waiting—I saw some water in a tumbler, and some spirits put into it by Mr. Kennett—my master and Joseph Packard were in the room—they gave the tumbler to the man while he laid on the sofa—they put it to his mouth—he took it—he remained on the sofa about quarter of an hour—Master and Mr. Kennett then carried him down stairs—Joseph Packard followed them down—they lifted him into the cab and shut the door—master and Kennett went with the cab , and Joseph Packard stopped at home.

Q. Where did Kennett get the spirits from, which he mixed with the water when the man was on the sofa? A. From the stone bottle—it was a kind of red colour, not so dark as rum—the maid servant fetched the stone bottle—it was about three o'clock in the morning when the cab went away—my master and Kennett returned in about half an hour—I went to bed about four o'clock, and got up between eight and nine—as I came down stairs, the servant came out of the parlour to me with a message from master, the door was open at the time—I was close to the door—she spoke loud enough for master, who was lying on the sofa, to hear—I was going down to open the shutters—she said, "Don't you open the door"—I said, "What for?"—she said, "Mind your business"—I heard a loud knocking at the door, and ringing shortly after—I did not go down to see who it was, as Jemima told me not—it was repeated several times but I did not go down—this occurred at different times in the course of the day—master was up stairs in bed most of that day—Foulkes' master's landlord lives next door round the corner—master gave me a note for him about ten o'clock, and by his direction I got out of his bed-room window with it, jumped on the leads, and got through a little window into Mr. Foulkes' house—roaster was at that time in his bed-room—I cannot be certain that the note now produced is what master gave me—it was directed to Mr. R. Foulkes—it was given to me wrapped up—I believe this to be the note—I was to wait for an answer, but Foulkes was not at home, and I left it—( note read )—" Dear Sir,—How would you advise me to act in this matter?—the man got intoxicated last night, and my brother and Mr. Kennet prevailed on him to take a ride, therefore I thought it best to keep him out. Would you have the kindness to let my boy go for Mr. Knight?—Yours, truly, R. PACKARD ."

Cross-examined by MR. CHAMBERS . Q. The man was sitting with you in the kitchen that evening, did he complain of being unwell? A. Yes, he said he had got a very bad cold from having slept in damp sheets—the last time I saw spirits on the table there was water mixed with them—my master appeared to be drunk as well as the deceased—they held the deceased's arms, and assisted him down stairs—carried him down—he put his foot on the stairs, and they led him down—when he got down he sat in a chair—master put the scent bottle to his nose—I do not remember his turning away, and saying he did not like it, nor whether he answered or not—I have heard master say he was a surgeon—it is a chymis's and druggist's shop—I never saw master take soda and brandy—I know what soda is—I do not know whether there was soda with the spirits and water—I did not see any soda—I cannot tell whether there was any in the water—I do not know whether the man drank the whole, I did not wait—I saw the man put it to his lips—master was very drunk when he went into the street to the cab when I first saw him in the morning he was on the sofa down stairs with his clothes on, he had breakfast, and went to bed—I do not recollect at what time he was in bed—when I went with the note, I did not see Foulkes' man bring an answer to the note—the maid servant did not appear tipsy, she did not go to bed at all, she appeared quite con scious of what she was about when I went to bed—I do not know at what time master went out the next day.

Cross-examined by Mr. JONES . Q. The deceased asked for drink before any body proposed to give it him? A. Yes—master kept a cask of por ter in the house—I saw the deceased drinking some porter which the ser vant

gave him at dinner, and some afterwards, before master gave him the spirits and water—I heard him say it was his birth day, but nothing about liking to be a little jolly—Kennett did not live in the house—he was in the habit of calling—I had not seen him that day before—it was about ten o'clock that he came, as near as I can say—it was an hour before I or dered the supper from the Garrick—I do not know whether the water which was given to the deceased with the spirits on the sofa was brought from the surgery—I know soda when I see it—I did not see any mixed with the water or the brandy—I was not in the room all the time the man was there.

Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK . Q. Did you see the soda bottle in the surgery or in the shop? A. was in the shop down stairs on the shelf—the prisoner Joseph had nothing to do with the business—he only came to see master—if people came in at times, he would serve them—I did not fill the glasses at supper.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Used Joseph to sleep at the house? A. Yes, he had slept there for about a month—he is a medical student, and lived at another doctor's—I do not know whether he was an apprentice or student— Kennett came about an hour before the supper came—the deceased dined about half-past five or six o'clock with me and the servant—we drank porter then, and had some in about an hour and a half after—I fetched it in a pint pot, and he bad some in a tumbler—he was perfectly sober after that, and when he asked master for the gin, and when I first went into the room, where they sat round the table—master had not the word "surgeon" painted over the door—people came there to ask his advice—I do not know what has become of Jemima.

MR. JONES . Q. Have you seen her lately? A. No, not for a fort-night.

JOHN KEMP . I am a driver of a cab . On the 8th of November I was called from a stand in the Strand, about half-past two o'clock, by the servant man, to Drury-lane—when I got there, I was desired to wait, which I did about an hour—it was a chymist's shop at the corner of Russell-street—the three prisoners came down, and said there was a friend of theirs rather tipsy—they wished me to drive him home—they gave me a glass of brandy and water—I had then been waiting about a quarter of an hour—they all three spoke to me—after that, two of the gentlemen, I cannot say which, brought a person down stairs, very tipsy—I did not see the third—they assisted the man down by his arms—he teemed very tipsy—I was stand ing in the front shop at the time, and the door half open—I could not see where they took the person—there is a little room behind the shop, with a glass door—I could not see through the door, and did not see any thing given to the man—I heard one of the gentlemen say, "Take it, it will do you good"—the gentleman was in the back room, and the man too—I do not think I heard it said more than once—he remained there a short time, and they took him up stairs again, advised him to lay down on the couch, and he would be better—he was brought down in about twenty minutes—I cannot say which brought him down—the three gentlemen were there—he was in a very helpless state—two of the gentlemen assisted him into the cab , and the same gentlemen went with me on the box—it was Mr. Kennett and John Richard Packard—the third person remained in the shop, the door stood spent—I was directed by one of them to go to the Hum-mums in Covent-garden—when I got there, they both got down, and told

me to take the deceased to No. 18, Chancery-lane, giving me half-a-crown—they did not open the door of the cab , or take any notice of the man in-side—they left—I drove to No. 18, Chancery-lane, knocked, but could not procure admission—I staid there, trying to get in, five or ten minutes—I then tried to arouse the man in the cab , but could make no sense of him—I drove back to the house in Drury-lane, rang the night bell three or four times, but could not get any answer—I then took the man to Bow-street Office—the man was then crouched down at the bottom of the cab —I lifted him on the seat, then went to the inspector, stated the case to him, leaving him on the seat of the cab —he groaned at that time, or made some noise—the inspector would not interfere, and I went round to Drury-lane again with the man in the cab , and rang the bell, I could not make any body hear—I brought him back to Bow-street, took him out, and put him on the step of a door, and waited till a policeman came up, which was two or three minutes—I cannot say whether he was alive or not when I pat him on the step—he was in a very helpless state—the policeman looked at him, and said he was dead—we took him to the station on a stretcher—I went with a policeman to Drury-lane again between four and five, rang the bell, but nobody answered—as I returned to Bow-street, about five in the morning, with the policeman, I saw Joseph Packard and Kennett—I pointed them out to the inspector, who took them.

Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK . Q. You did not go up stairs? A. No—I cannot say who the two who brought him down stairs and put him into the cab were—they were up and down stairs two or three times—their manner to the deceased was very kind.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did he appear intoxicated when they brought him down? A. Yes, very drunk—the third man was in the shop when they brought him down, and when they put him into the cab .

RICHARD LATTER . I am a policeman. On the forenoon of the 16th of November I saw Kemp in Bow-street, and a man on the step of a door—in consequence of what Kemp said to me, I looked at him, and he appeared to be dead—I took the number of the cab , got a stretcher, and took him to the station—I then went to Drury-lane to Mr. Packard's house, rung and knocked, but could not get admission—I was there five minutes with Kemp—we made a second attempt to get in, but failed—on return ing we met the prisoners Kennett and Joseph Packard, and from what Kemp said I took them into custody—they were standing in Bow-street—they wanted to know the reason I took them—I said they would see—the inspector afterwards told them in my presence they were to be de tained, to know how the man came by his death—they said they did not know any thing about it—Kemp told the inspector that Kennett was the man that helped to put the man in the cab —Kennett said he had nothing to do with it, neither had he been in Drury-lane—about an hour after I saw Kennett again—he told the inspector then that he was there, and told him the name of Mr. Packard, the owner of the house—Ken nett was drunk when I took him, but must have known what he was about—I afterwards fetched Mr. Snitch, the surgeon, to the station— he saw the deceased.

Cross-examined by MR. JONES . Q. Was it more than an hour after you took him that he said he had been in Drury-lane? A. About an hour—he had been in the charge-room that time—he appeared rather more sober than before—he did not appear very much intoxicated when I

took him—he could stand and walk—he had hold of the other gentleman's arm—they walked as well as I could myself—I was sober.

Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK . Q. When Joseph Packard said he knew nothing of the matter, you had told him the man was dead? A. did not tell him so till he was at the station—he said he did not know any thing about the case at all.

MR. BODKIN . Q. When did he say he had not been in Drury-lane? A. Mr. Kennett said that soon after be came to the station.

MR. JONES . Q. Hare you seen Mr. Foulkes in Court to-day? A. No, nor his son.

CHARLES JAMES SNITCH . I am a surgeon, and live in Brydges-street, Covent-garden; I am appointed to attend oases at the station at Bow-street. On the 8th of November, I was called there and shown the body of a man—I saw no appearance of external violence whatever—I noticed nothing more than the appearance of ecchymosis round the throat, that would fol low a pressure, which took place during life, or it might proceed from any thing done immediately after death, but not after the body was cold—I have heard the particulars of the treatment he received—I should think the situation he was in the cab , very likely to conduce to the ecchymosis appearance, I mean falling down in the cab with his head downward—I no ticed saliva coming from his mouth, and slime from his nostril—the pupil of the eye was dilated—I made post mortem examination the following day at three o'clock, in the presence of Mr. Brooks, and have a note of that examination—( reads )"—Externally the body presented no marks of vio lence. It was intimated by a gentleman present, that he thought he per ceived a red line round the throat, but upon examination it proved to be nothing more than the usual appearance from ecchymosed blood, probably arising from the position, as I understand the body was crouched down at the bottom of the cab . On removing the cal varium or scull cap, the following appearance presented itself:—the blood vessels of the dura mater or outer covering of the brain were distended with congested, that is, congealed blood; this membrane adhering very firmly to the scull bone; the blood vessels on the brain were in the same gorged and distended state; on re moving a portion of the brain, a quantity of water, about two ounces, was seen in the ventricles, the usual quantity being but a very few drops; there was also a slight rupture of some of the minute vessels, and a few drops of blood effused. The chest was next examined; the heart small in size, but perfectly healthy, and somewhat fat; the lungs distended with congested blood. The abdomen was next examined; the external surface of the stomach, the small and large intestines, exhibited the blood-vessels in the same full and distended state as those of the brain, vis., surcharged with congested blood; the liver appeared perfectly healthy, and proved so on being cut into and examined, from which I infer the man could not have been a drinker, at least not a confirmed one; but this is not always the case, as I have seen, the livers of habitual drunkards sometimes quite healthy—the urinary organs full of urine. The stomach was very carefully removed from its situation; in detaching it, a few drops of fluid escaped, which a gentleman present, Mr. Coatee, said had a strong spirituous smell; I did not myself detect any particular odour; the contents were emptied into a bottle. The internal condition of the stomach was next examined, its coats found to be extremely thin, more particularly so in parts, its blood-vessels exhibiting the same full state

as in the other organs; its whole complexion indicated some little degree of inflammation. It was next washed, and the water deposited in another bottle; these two bottles I carried to a gentleman of the name of Wondor, but I was not present at his examination of them.

Q. What is the result of all this examination as far as you can judge? A. As far as my observation goes, there was nothing exhibiting any poi sonous matter—there was an appearance of spirituous liquors—under such circumstances, I can come to no other conclusion than that the deceased died from a state strongly bordering on apoplexy, but whether caused from the excess of spirits, wine, or malt liquor, or whether the result of his age, I am unable to state—if unaccustomed to drink, the effect would of course be more likely to cause such a termination—I should say the position he was in the cab , was likely to cause suffocation, and such ap pearances presented themselves—I conceive the ecchymosis about the neck arose from pressure at the throat, but it was very slight—it indicated pressure during life.

Q. Supposing him to be in the state described, the vessels congested as you have told us, would pressure on the throat, arising from the position he was found in the cab , be likely to cause death? A. It would assist in doing it.

Cross-examined by MR. CHAMBERS . Q. How long would two ounces of water be collecting in the ventricles? A. I cannot tell—I did not re gard the water of as consequence, as there was sufficient to account for death without the presence of water—it might be some time in collecting, or might collect very quickly, if he was the subject of previous disease—it is hardly probable that it would collect in five or six hours, but I have known children going to bed well, and in the morning a considerable quantity of blood effused into the brain—water will effuse in a very short time—I do not know why that should occur with adults, as well as infants—it does not flow quite so rapidly in adults—it would not go on after death—his liver was perfectly healthy, and altogether I should say he was a healthy subject.

Q. Was there a predisposition to apoplexy as far as you could judge? A. He was certainly short-necked, but there was nothing beyond that—the adhesion of the dura mater to the scull-bone, must have been the re sult of some inflammation existing for a considerable period from some chronic disease of some length of time—it is frequently met with at that time of life, but not to that excessive degree—I found animal matter, and vinous and fermented liquor in the stomach, about a pint in all—it was fowl, ham and porter, but Mr. Brooks more particularly examined the contents of the stomach—apoplexy may be produced by an over loaded stomach with solid food, particularly where there has been stimulating liquor, but I should not say so of the present case, because after having a large quantity of spirits, wine and beer, as I understand, he was put into a cab and driven about for one, two, or perhaps more hours, in the streets of London—I attribute it to solid food, stimulating liquor, and exercise in a cab —solid food taken by a person unaccustomed to live well, has a powerful effect if taken to excess—the term excess depends on the habits of a person—what is one man's meat, is another man's poison—but his stomach was not distended—there was barely a pint, liquor and all—the solid contents were partly undigested, and partly digested—I am forty six years old—I very rarely attend dinner-parties—drinking largely after dinner may lead to imme diate

death—all the world are in the habit of eating and drinking too much—there are more individuals starved to death (if I may use the expres sion) by over eating than under eating.

Cross-examined by MR. JONES . Q. The presence of water on the brain indicated an unhealthy state, did it not? A. Yes, generally speaking it must indicate some fore gone disease, but I do not pay much attention to the water, seeing so much that was sufficient to account for death, inde pendent of that.

Q. Throwing aside all the other appearances, might not the water alone be sufficient to cause death? A. I fear not, having opened the heads of persons free from disease, and found water, when in life there was no in dication of water—it is an acknowledged fact that persons go about in good health with a large quantity of water—I cannot impute the death to the water in this case, seeing what I did besides—if I had found the body perfectly free from all disease, and two ounces of water on the ventricles of the brain, I should say that had something to do with the death, and probably it would have caused death.

Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK . Q. Is not a person with that quantity of water on the brain more likely to die of apoplexy than one who had none? A. No—the water found there was thrown off by the blood vessels, and when you find apoplexy, there is generally a rupture of blood vessels—the coats of the stomach, being thin would indicate there was a little disease—I do not think the fat of the heart would at all tend to produce apoplexy—the water on the brain, fatness of the heart, and thinness of the coats of the stomach, altogether would combine to pro duce apoplexy—the ecchymosis was only on one side of the neck, and exceedingly slight.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Was there any thing in the appearance of the animal portion of the contents of the stomach to account for death? A. There was nothing; unusual—from the appearance at the post mortem examination, I fear it is more likely that his death was caused by the treatment he received.

COURT . Q. Supposing he had a quantity of spirits and water and port-wine together, with his food, and afterwards was placed in a cab , driven about from place to place, looking at the state of his body after death, what should you attribute death to? A. I should be fearful such treatment had accelerated death.

BENJAMIN BROOKS . I am a surgeon, and was present at the post mortem examination—I have heard the evidence of Mr. Snitch, and concur with him in the appearance the body presented, and in the probable cause of death.

COURT . Q. Yon are of opinion, from what you observe, if he had taken a considerable quantity of wine, spirits, and food, and was then driven about in a cab . it would have occasioned his death? A. think it would have accelerated his death.

JOHN RICHARD PACKARD— GUILTY . Aged 22.

JOSEPH PACKARD— GUILTY . Aged 24.

ALFRED KENNETT— GUILTY . Aged 22.

Confined One Month .

First Jury, before Mr. Baron Parke .

111. JOHN MANDENO was indicted for killing and slaying Caroline Potter .

ALFRED WILLIAM WARDER . I am surgeon to the Chelsea work-house

—I attended on the deceased Caroline Potter, in October last—she died on the 22nd of October—she was in a state of pregnancy at that time—I was not present at her death—I attended the post mortem examination—the cause of death was injuries, and sloughing of the womb—the uterus was not inflamed—it was in a state of ecchymosis, with a large slough in the middle of that ecchymosis—I attribute that to external violence—the only marks on the body which could at all be attributed to violence, were some very slight remains of bruises about the right groin, but they were so slight that I did not take any notice of them—while alive she com plained of pain about the womb—I have not the least doubt of the cause of her death—kicks or blows about the womb would certainly produce the effect I saw—from the appearance after death, I should say the injury was inflicted a fortnight before, or it might have been six or seven weeks before.

Prisoner. Q. If the deceased was intoxicated, which was very often the case, and was to fall down a flight of stairs, would that cause the inju ries she received? A. Any violence applied might cause the injury.

ELIZABETH LAWRENCE . I knew the deceased Caroline Potter—she was the widow of William Potter, a sawyer—she was thirty nine years old—she lived with the prisoner from the beginning of February—I saw her the day before her death, in the workhouse—she was not able to walk at that time—she complained of the lower part of her stomach—I was in the same house where the prisoner lived with her, in August—on the 18th of July, I saw the prisoner kneel on her chest, with his hand to her throat, attempting to strangle her—I saw him ill-treat her many times after that—I saw him strike her on Wednesday, the 22nd of September—he kicked her on the right side of the lower part of her stomach—it was a very violent blow indeed—she seemed to suffer much pain from it, and com plained—this was on the Wednesday—she was laid up on the Friday—she was compelled to apply to a doctor—two other doctors attended her before Mr. Warder—she applied to them—she walked about a little, but very tri fling—she complained then of violent pain at the bottom of her stomach—she first complained of that violent pain on the Friday after the 22nd of Sep tember—I lived in the same house with her—I never knew of her falling down stairs—she was never better, from the 22nd of September till she died—she was never able to go about as usual during that time—I never observed him strike or ill-use her after the 22nd of September.

Prisoner. Q. Do you know how long I was away from her before she died? A. About a fortnight—I cannot exactly say—I did not hear her say that you promised to send up a letter in a fortnight—she went across the water one Sunday to her sister's—she was not able to get about as usual—it is very nearly a mile from her sister's—she was in the habit of drinking at times.

COURT . Q. Did you ever know of her having any other injury? A. No further than kicks and bruises—I never knew of her meeting with any accident in any way to cause these injuries.

MARY ANN MACKEY . I am a nurse in the Chelsea workhouse. The deceased came there on the 22nd of October—she was in very great agony all over, particularly the lower part of her body, and that continued till she died—I had her in my hands when she died—the child was prematurely born at that time.

Prisoner's Defence . About a month before she died, I came home about

nine o'clock at night; she was intoxicated and lying at the bottom of the stairs. I helped her up as well as I could, and got her up stairs. There is a door at the bottom of the stairs, which was propped open as she was lying down, so she must have gone up stairs before she fell down, because the door shut by its own weight, without any body shutting it. She sat in a chair. I could not get her to bed that night. In the morning she com plained of a pain in her side.

ELIZABETH LAWRENCE re-examined . I never heard of her being found at the bottom of the stairs—I live in the house.

Prisoner . At the time I am speaking of I was not at home much in the day time, and you used to go out as soon as it got dark, and not come home till two or three o'clock in the morning, and then you were intoxicated, so I should not think it very likely you could see it. Witness . You cannot prove that—I never heard the deceased complain of having fallen down stairs—she never said that she made a pillow of her bonnet by smashing her bonnet up.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined One Year .

112. MICHAEL BRIANT and CHARLES DONOVAN were in dicted for feloniously uttering a forged request for the delivery of 2 coils of spun-yarn, with intent to defraud John Thompson the younger.

ROBERT SELBY . I am foreman rope maker, in the employ of Mr. John Thompson, Jun., Love-lane, Shadwell. On the 17th of November, about twelve o'clock, the prisoner Donovan came to me in the rope ground, and asked for a coil of two yarn spun-yarn for the ship Clare, by order of Mr. Coker, who I knew as a rigger and ship chandler, doing business for that ship—I refused to let Donovan have the rope without an order—about half-past two he came again, and Briant with him—Mr. Wriggles worth, our clerk, gave me the order—I then ordered Toole, our lad, to get out two coils of spun-yarn—the prisoners were standing close by when I gave Toole the order, and were near enough to hear what I said—I told Toole to get the spun-yarn out, and go with them to the ship, and I would go into the office and get the delivery note for him—I left the prisoners standing by the coils of rope, and went into the office, where the clerk wrote out the delivery notes—I afterwards went out, and the prisoner! and the coils were gone—I sent Toole in search of them, and went myself, to Mr. Coker—I afterwards gave information at the station, and the prisoners were taken that evening—I saw the rope next morning at a shop in Brook-street, where the prisoners were taken from.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Did you know either of the pri soners before? A. Yes, both—they had lived in the neighbourhood for some time past—I have spoken to them—I have seen them working about the ships—the coils weighed Icwt. 2qrs. and 12lbs. —we are in the habit or having boys as young as them come on such errands—Mr. Thompson and his father were partners formerly, but the partnership has been dissolved some years—Mr. Thompson, Jun. has no partner now, nor has he had for some years past.

COURT . Q. When the clerk gave you the order did you ask Briant any thing? A. Yes, where he got the order from—he said from Mr. Coker—Ilooked at it again and said, "This is not Mr. Coker's writing"—Dono van turned round and said, "No, Mr. Coker could not write it, he wa too busy at the time, but a man named White wrote the order."

MARTIN TOOLE . I am in Mr. Thompson's employ. I was in the rope-house when the prisoners came in together—Donovan asked for Mr. Selby—I saw Brianthand Mr. Wrigglesworth an order—I got the spun-yarn out by Mr. Selby's order—he told me to go with them—the prisoners were alongside of me at the time, and near enough to hear what was said—I went to get a delivery note to take with the rope, and when I had got it the prisoners were gone, and the spun-yarn with them.

— WRIGGLESWORTH . I am clerk in Mr. Thompson's employ. I received an order from the prisoner Briant, which I immediately took to Selby, and left with him—I returned into the counting-house to make out the delivery notes.

WILLIAM ISAACS . I am a policeman. I produce the order—( read )— "November 17, 1841; Please to let the boys have one coil of two-yarn spun-yarn, and one coil of three yarn spun-yarn, for Clara . Will I am Well Coker."

WILLIAM COKER . This order is not my handwriting—I did not authorize any one to sign it—I have a person named White in my service—Inever authorized him to write it—this is not his handwriting.

Cross-examined. Q. Is White still in your service? A. Yes—the Magistrate did not order him to come here—it was not said at the police-office that White had written it—I called White into my counting-house, and he wrote his name on a piece of paper, which I have here— White was never authorized to sign—he is about twenty one or twenty-two years old.

WILLIAM ISAACS re-examined . I saw the prisoners examined—I believe this to be Mr. Ballantine's handwriting—I have seen a great deal of it since I have been at the Thames Police, and have seen him write a great many times—( read )—" The prisoner Donovan says, 'Yesterday, about half-past twelve o'clock, we was coming down the Highway, and two men met us, and said did we want to earn 6 d .; we said yes, and they told us to go to Mr. Thompson's for two coils; we went, and Mr. Thomp son said we should not have it without an order; we came back and told the men; they got us an order, and we went and got the rope.' The pri soner Briant says, The men met us and asked us if we wanted to earn 6 d .—; we said yes, and they told us to go for two coils of rope to Mr. Thompson's; they said that we were to say it was for the ship Clara , Mr. Coker; when we came away we thought Mr. Thompson's young man was following us, and we missed him, and gave it to the men at the top of Love-lane. "

HENRY GOULD . I am a policeman. I apprehended the prisoners on the 17th of November, at No. 36, Brook-street, which is about 150 yards from Mr. Thompson's premises—they were in bed together—I called them to open the door, I got no answer, and I broke it open—I then asked them if they had been to Mr. Thompson's rope factory with an order for any spun-yarn—they both said they had not—I asked if they had been there on any occasion, and they said they had not.

WILLI AM ISAACS re-examined . On the morning of the 18th of Novem ber I went to a coffee shop in Brook-street, and found in the back-yard 1cwt. 2qrs. and 12lbs. of spun-yarn—Mr. Selby came to me on purpose to go with him.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you see the landlord of the coffee-house? A. I did—he was not bound over, and is not here—I did not ask the land-lord

any question—I cannot recollect whether I asked him how the yarn came there—I believe he did say he did not know how it came there—I cannot say he denied all knowledge of it—he was present when the rope was found, and said he did not know how it came there—I forgot that when you asked me at first, I have so many cases to attend to—I have been a po liceman six years—I did not think it necessary to bring the landlord here—this is the rope I found there—( producing a large quantity )—it is almost too heavy to carry—the prisoners might carry it by a truck—they might carry it in their hands.

ROBERT SELEY re-examined . The rope-yarn I found at this shop was Mr. Thompson's—the shop is between thirty and forty yards from the out side of the prosecutor's premises, and about 150 yards from where the rope was taken.

(Briant received a good character.)

BRIANT— GUILTY . Aged 13.

DONOVAN *— GUILTY . Aged 15.

113. MICHAEL BRIANT and CHARLES DONOVAN were again indicted for stealing, on the 17th of November , 2 coils of spun-yarn, the goods of John Thompson ; to which

BRIANT pleaded GUILTY . Aged 13.— Confined Three Months .

DONOVAN pleaded GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Six Months .

Second Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

114. MARY ANN MAY was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of No vember , a cloak, value 1 l . 5 s .—the goods of Thomas Hall ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

115. JOHN COOPER and JOHN VALENTINE were indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Spraggs , on the 9th of November , at St. Luke , and stealing therein, 1 blanket, value 4 s .; 1 counterpane, value 4 s .; 1 sheet, value 2 s .; and 1 night-cap, value 6 d .; his goods: and that Cooper had been previously convicted of felony.

MARY SPRAGGS . I am the wife of Thomas Spraggs, a soap manufac turer, of George-row, John's-row, St. Luke's. On the evening of the 9th of November I went into the bed-room on the ground-floor, and found the windows thrown open nearly to the top—I had not been into the room seven eleven o'clock in the morning—it was then a little way up—I missed from the bed the quilt, blanket, sheet, and night-cap, my husband's pro perty—those produced are them.

THOMAS SFRAGGS . I am the husband of the last witness. Between four and five o'clock, on the 9th of November, I went into the room—the front window was about four inches up—there was a nail which stopped it going up higher—I shut the window and door, and left it shut—there was a catch to it, but it would not hold—the things were safe in the room when I shut down the window—when I missed the property the nail was forced right out—I could not get the window down without taking the beading off—it was a strong nail driven into the wood, to keep the bottom sash from going above for inches from the bottom—I occupy the whole house.

JAMES BRANNAN ( police-sergeant G 20.)—About half-past five o'clock in

the day on the 9th of November, I was in Helmet-row, St. Luke's—I noticed the prisoners in close conversation—Cooper had a large bundle with him—I went up to him, and asked what he had got—I laid hold of Valentine—Cooper resisted very much—I put my leg before Valentine's, and he stumbled on his hands and knees—I called out "Stop thief"—he escaped—I asked what was in the bundle—Cooper said there was nothing in it—I said, "Where did you get it?"—he said, "I picked it up by the church wall"—it contained the articles stated, which I have produced—Cooper was detained a few days, and discharged, because I could not find the owner of the property—on the 22nd of November Valentine was brought in—I said he was very nimble in effecting his escape from Helmet-row on the night of the 9th of November—he said he was never there at all—I am sure he was—I knew him before.

Cooper . I picked the things up by the church wall; I did not know what they were; the policeman came and asked what they were: I said I did not know; Valentine was not with me; I was by myself. Witness . They were both together.

WILLIAM HORSNELL ( police-constable G 172.) On the 17th of No vember I went in search of Cooper—I had been looking for Valentine as well—I had seen the prisoners together on the 9th of November, between eleven and twelve o'clock, about 400 or 500 yards from the prosecutor's house, close by the church wall.

Cooper . I was never near St. Luke's church at that time of the day, it is quite false. Witness . He was, and Valentine, and another along with him—I have known them a long while.

HENRY REDMAN ( police-constable G 224.) From information I re ceived I went in pursuit of Valentine, and took him at his father's—I told him what it was for—he said he knew Cooper very well, but he was not with him when the robbery was committed, and he repeated the same at the station, and said he was not with Cooper on Lord Mayor's day.

( Witness for the Defence .)

JOHN PATEMAN . I am a carver, and live at No. 3, Richardson's-buildings, Hatfield street, Goswell-street I have known Valentine for the last five years—he has worked for me nearly two years up to the time of the transaction—he was with me on the 9th of November, till about six o'clock in the evening—he used to go home to his meals—he was with me at half-past five that day—he went home at half-past four or five, and came back again in half-an-hour—I do not think it was after five when he came back—he was with me about five—I can not swear positively to the time—he went away somewhere between four and five, and between five and six he must have come back—I do not know the prosecutor or the other pri soner—I know George's-row, it is not above three minutes' walk from Helmet-row—I do not live far from the prosecutor.

JAMES BRANNAN re-examined . I laid hold of Valentine by the arm—it was as near half-past five o'clock as possible—I am quite sure of him—I have known him a considerable time—I do not know Pateman—I have never seen him before—I know his address, it is about two hundred yards from where I laid hold of Valentine's arm—it may be three hundred yards, but I do not think it is—I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, from Mr. Clark's office—I was present at the trial—Cooper is the person—( read )—I also know Valentine, and I am very much in clined

to think, in consequence of the long character his master gives him that he must know he has been in the House of Correction.

JOHN PATEMAN re-examined . I do—he and some boys were out to gether, and one of them threw a boot over a wall, he went to get it, was taken there, and fined 15 s ., and not having the money was sent to the House of Correction.

COOPER— GUILTY . Aged 20.— Transported for Ten Years .

VALENTINE— GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined One Year .

116. CATHERINE BARNES was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of November , 1 sheet, value 3 s ., the goods of Albert Warren ,—2nd COUNT , stating it to be the goods of James King .

MR. HORRT conducted the Prosecution ,

JOHN CALLOW ( police-constable G 72.) On the 24th of November between twelve and one o'clock at night, I saw the prisoner in Baldwin's gardens—I asked what she had got—she said a sheet—I saw the corner of it from under her shawl—I asked how she came by it—she said that Mr. Warren had given it to her—I said, "Come back with me to Mr. Warren"—she took me to No. 13, Baldwin's-gardens, and said that was where she lived—the door was open—we went down stairs, knocked Mr. King up, and he claimed the sheet—in going to the station, she said the sheet was her property.

JAMES KING . I am landlord of the house. I was awoke by the policeman on the night of the 24th—this sheet is my property—it was in a room which I let to Mr. Warren.

ALBERT WARREN . I did not give this to the prisoner—I know her and have occasionally employed her as messenger—I believe she was in distress.

GUILTY . Aged 50.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Fourteen Days .

117. CHARLES THOMPSON was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged request for the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud John Robinson .

THOMAS BARTHOLOMEW . I am warehouse keeper to Mr. John Robinson, of Nassau-place, Commercial-road. On the night of the 8th of Novem ber, the prisoner came into the warehouse and produced this note—I took it and asked him where he came from—he said a gentleman at the corner of the street gave him the note to bring in, and that he was to give him 6 d . for his trouble, and said very likely he would have a parcel to bring away—I sent for a constable—Mr. Vesper deals with us for articles such as are expressed in this note—( note read )—"13, Sidney-place. Sir,—Send by bearer, 2 best pilot or Petersham coats and trowsers, four or five sizes, blue or brown. Addressed to Mr. Robinson. (Signed) THOMAS VESPER ."

Cross-examined by MR. FRASER . Q. Is that note in the handwriting of any body who you know? A. No, not at all—it is not in the writing of a person in the service of my master, that I am aware of—Mr. Robinson has another order in the same handwriting as this—I received them both—the first was brought by another boy, not the prisoner—the first succeeded—when the prisoner brought the order I looked out, but could see no gentleman—we took him to the corner and asked him if he saw any one about there that had sent him in, but he had gone—he was detained long enough to alarm the person who was waiting.

GEORGE CORNER . I am shopman to Thomas Vesper, a pawnbroker, of

Sidney-street, Commercial-road. He deals with Mr. Robinson for clothes, such as are described in this note—I write all his orders—I never knew him to write one himself—this writing is similar to that of a young man who lived in our employment, but who was discharged nine months since—I believe it to be his—it is not mine, nor my master's—I have seen my master write for the last ten years—I do not know the prisoner—our house is half a mile from the prosecutor's.

ROBERT GORDON ( police-constable K 337.) The prisoner was given into my charge at Mr. Robinson's warehouse, at half-past seven o'clock in the evening—he said he was ordered by the man who stood at the corner of the street to go into the shop and deliver this note, and perhaps he would have a parcel to bring, and he would give him 6 d . for doing so—I was on duty not far from the shop—I saw no man, but he had time to walk off if he had been there.

DANIEL DERRY ( police-sergeant K 27.) I produce the paper—the Commercial-road is in the direction of Black wall, and about two miles from it.

NOT GUILTY .

118. ANN SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of November , 1 bottle, value 1 d —and 1/2 a pint of brandy, value 2 s ., the goods of Francis Harrisson , her master.

FRANCIS HARRISSON . I am a publican, and live in Broad-street, Ratcliff the prisoner was in my service about seventeen days. On Thursday, the 4th of November, I was at dinner in the bar of my house—in consequence of information I went into the tap-room and saw the prisoner with a bottle of brandy in her hand—I asked her what she had got—she said, "Nothing"—I took it out of her hand, and said it was a bottle of brandy—she said, "Well, sir, it is of no value," and put her hand into her pocket—having lost a good many articles while she was in my service, I supposed she might have something in her pocket—I called Mrs. Harrisson, and she stopped by her while I called a policeman—I gave her into custody—I found the cellar door open and the key in the lock—I had locked it myself, and hung the key up in the bar—I believe this brandy to be part of my stock—I have compared the quality—the prisoner had no business with the key—I never let her go into the brandy-cellar.

JOHN CLUTTERBUCK . I live at Burn-street, Limehouse Fields. I was at Mr. Harrisson's tap-room on the 4th of November, and saw the prisoner come in, light a candle, and go down into the cellar—I could see the cellar from where I was standing—she remained there about a minute and a half or two minutes, and came up again with a bottle and a candlestick—she covered an apron over the bottle—something was dripping on the floor, as if the bottle was full—on her going into the kitchen I told Mr. Harrisson, who was in the bar at dinner—I did not see what part of the cellar she went to—I believe the coals are kept there.

BARTHOLOMEW BRENNAN . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner—I have the bottle of brandy—I was not present when it was compared with the stock.

Prisoner's Defence ( written .)"I took a candle to go into the coal-cellar for some coals, and found a bottle filled. I did not know what it contained. The house is a regular through fare to the skittle-ground and bagatelle-rooms, for any one to come in at all hours of the night. I was half-starved while I was there."

FRANCIS HARRISON re-examined . She brought no coals up—there was

some brandy on tap in the port-cellar, which leads out of the coal-cellar—the keys are kept in the bar—she came into the bar while I was busy, and presently after, when Clutterbuck gave me information, I missed the key.

GUILTY . Aged 30.

119. ANN SMITH was again indicted for stealing, on the 25th of Oc tober , 1 sheet, value 1 s . 6 d .; 4 rings, value 3 s .; 2 pinafores, value 9 d .; 1 thimble, value 6 d .; and 1 scent-bottle, value 6 d .; the goods of Francis Harrison , her master.

FRANCIS HARRISSON . I am a publican, and also deal in jewellery. On discovering the prisoner with the bottle, I saw she had a piece of rag, which was taken from her by the policeman—it contained three rings, a scent-bottle, a silver thimble, and three duplicates—the things were all mine, and were taken from a drawer in my bed-room.

JOHN GREGSON . I am shopman to Mr. Ashbridge, a pawnbroker of Broad-street, Ratcliff. I produce a sheet, which was pledged on the 25th of October, for 1 s . 6 d . and a ring of the same date, in the name of Ann Smith; also three pinafores, pledged in the name of Whittey—I do not know the prisoner—they were pledged by a female—the duplicates found in the rag are the counterparts of these duplicates.

BARTHOLOMEW BRENNAN . I am a policeman. I took the rag out of the prisoner's hand—it contained three rings, three duplicates, a scent-bottle, and a thimble.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

Prisoner's Defence . His daughter gave me the scent-bottle before she went into the country. I took the thimble to hem a handkerchief with, and put it into my pocket. I know nothing about the things at the pawn-broker's. I picked up the tickets.

GUILTY . Aged 30,— Transported for Seven Years .

( The prosecutor stated that he had lost 30 l . worth of property while the prisoner was in his service .)

120. SARAH SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of Novem ber , 1 gown, value 3 s . 6 d ., the goods of John Massey .

MARGARET MASSEY . I am the wife of John Massey, and live at James-street, Oxford-street On the 4th of November, I hung out a gown on a line by the room door—I saw it safe at twenty minutes past eight o'clock, and missed it at the half-past—this is it—( produced .)

MARY ECKETT . I am searcher at the Mary le-bone Police station.

About twenty minutes to ten o'clock, on the 4th of November, I was called to search the prisoner—she was brought in on another charge—I found this white gown on her, underneath her own gown—she undressed herself—I gave her petticoat—she said "No, I will have the gown next"—I said "I never heard of such a thing"—I found it was wet, and said it was not hers, she had taken it off some person's line—she said she had washed it, and thought it a very good place to put it on to dry—I delivered the gown to Johnson, to find the owner—she was wearing it round her, under her petticoat, not on her shoulders.

Prisoner . I had the gown outside; it was not so wet as she says; I bought it. Witness . It was quite wet, or I should not have noticed it.

ANDREW JOHNSON ( police-constable D 108.) I took the prisoner into

custody on Thursday, the 4th, took her to the station, and afterwards re ceived this gown from Mrs. Eckett—it was quite wet at the time—the prisoner said it was her own.

Prisoners Defence . I bought the gown for 25. of a woman in Oxford-street, who said she was in distress. My friends are in too much trouble to come here. My mother heard of my being in custody, and died in con sequence; she is lying dead now.

MARGARET MASSEY re-examined . I do not know where the prisoner lives, nor whether her mother died in consequence of this case.

Prisoner . She knows my mother very well, and me too. Witness . I do not—I do not know whether her mother is dead or alive—I have seen the prisoner before, but never knew any thing of her—her mother sells fruit in Oxford-street.

GUILTY .* Aged 30.— Confined One Year .

NEW COURT .— Friday , 4 th December , 1841.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

121. JOHN RUSSELL was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Years .

122. WILLIAM UNDERWOOD was indicted for a like offence; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Confined Three Months .

123. WILLIAM MOORE was indicted for a like offence; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

124. WILLIAM REN was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Twelve Months .

125. ELLEN REASON was indicted for a misdemeanor.

MESSRS. ELLIS and BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

JANE LAWRENCE . I am the daughter of William Lawrence, of Sussex-place, Kensington. On the 29th of October the prisoner came for half an ounce of tobacco, which came to 1 1/2 d .—she gave me a shilling—I gave her 10 1/2 d . change—I put the shilling into the corner of the till while she was there—I am quite sure I put it separate from any other—I looked at it again in five or ten minutes—no one had been to the till in the mean time—I still found it apart from the others—I found it was bad, and put it aside—on the 6th of November, about two o'clock, she came again for half an ounce of tobacco—she gave me another bad shilling—I remembered her when she came in—I put the shilling into the till with the other bad shilling—my brother came home, I gave him the two shillings—I am sure I gave him the two I had from her—on the 16th of November she came for two ounces of tobacco and an ounce of pins, which came to 9 d .—she put down a 5 s . piece—my brother was in the way—I handed it to him—I found

it was bad—my sister went for change for it—I told the prisoner it was bad, and told her it was the third time she had passed bad money at our house—she said it was not—she afterwards said, if we would let her go she would get good money for the two shillings she had passed before—she was going away—I locked the door—a policeman was called, and took her.

Prisoner. Q. Why did not you give me in charge the second time? A. I was not certain you was the person, but when I saw you the third time I was certain about it.

WILLIAM LAWRENCE . I am Jane Lawrence's brother. I received the two shillings from her on the 6th of November—I took them home—when I came back from home I gave them to my sister—I am sure they are the same—on the 16th of November I received a crown-piece from her—I gave it to my sister to get change—I gave it and the two shillings to Horse.

MARTHA LAWRENCE . I got a crown from my brother on the 16th of November, and I gave it him back—I am sure it is the same.

ROBERT HORNS ( police-sergeant 714.) I took the prisoner—as we were going to the station she was anxious to say something about the first two shillings—I told her to be cautious, as I should repeat it—she said, "I passed the whole of the money; but the two shillings I don't think they can do any thing with me for; it was not within the specific time"—and she thought the 5 s . piece would be fatal.

MR. JOHN FIELD . I am inspector of coin to the Mint These are all counterfeit, and the two shillings are cast in the same mould.

Prisoner . I am very sorry, it is the first time, and I hope it will be the last.

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Six Months .

126. JAMES BOLTON was indicted for a misdemeanor.

MESSRS. ELLIS and ESPINASSE conducted the Prosecution .

JOHN LEATHERDAN . I live in Great Peter-street, Westminster. On Saturday, the 13th of November, the prisoner came to my shop—I served him with half an ounce of tobacco—he gave me half-a-crown—I gave him 2 s . 4 1/2 d .—he asked for two sixpences for a shilling—he gave my sister a shilling, and I gave him two sixpences—my sister gave me the shilling before he was out of the shop—I found it was bad, and ran out, but the pri soner was gone—I nailed the shilling on the mantel-shelf, and after that I gave it to the officer—I swear he did not give back the same shilling as I gave him—I saw him turn round—I think he took this from his sleeve—I saw him put the two good shillings in his right hand, which he kept closed when be gave my sister the shilling.

ANN LIND . I am Mr. Leatherdan's sister. The prisoner came into the shop—my brother gave him 2 s . 4 1/2 d . change—the prisoner laid down this shilling on the counter—I took it up—he turned to go out—after he was gone 1 gave the shilling to my brother—it was a bad one—my brother nailed it on the mantel-piece.

MARY THOMAS . My husband keeps a chandler's-shop in Peter-street, Westminster. On the evening of the 23rd of November, the prisoner came for some butter—he gave me a half-crown—my husband gave him two shillings change—I sent out to get change to give him 4 1/2.—I saw the two shillings my husband gave him—they were good—he returned to the

counter and put down the two shillings and the butter—I made an apology that my child was so long—when I gave him the 4 1/2 d . he said, "Is this a good shilling?"—I said, "What my husband gave you, I am confident are good"—I took the shilling, and found it was a bad one—I said to my husband, "The man says you have given him this shilling"—he said, "Don't give it him back"—he sent the child for the officer—my husband is not able to attend here—I marked the shilling, and gave it to the officer—I know the shillings my husband gave him were good, because I saw them.

WILLIAM KEATING ( police-constable R 39.) I apprehended the pri soner—I received this shilling from Thomas, and one from Mr. Leather dan —there was 1 s . 4 1/2 d . found on him.

MR. JOHN FIELD . These are both counterfeit.

Prisoner's Defence . I went to Thomas's shop with a good half-crown—directly the man came out of the parlour he took some silver out of his pocket, and threw down two shillings—I stood at the door till the child came with the change—she put it all down together—I saw one shilling was a bad one, which I refused because it was bad; no other money was found on me.

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined Nine Months .

Before Mr. Justice Coltman .

127. WILLIAM SMITH was indicted for a misdemeanor.

MESSRS. ELLIS and ESPINASSE conducted the Prosecution .

JANE BAYNHAM . I am the wife of William Baynham, a grocer, at Ux bridge. About nine o'clock on Saturday, the 16th of October, the pri soner came to our shop for half a pound of candles, which came to 3 1/4 d .—I served him—he offered me a shilling—I saw directly that it was a bad one—I asked why he gave me a bad shilling—I do not know what answer he made—I said I would detain it—he demanded to have it back—I made an attempt to weigh it, and he attempted to snatch it from the scale, but failed—I laid it securely by out of his reach—he still wished to have it—Is till denied it—I inquired his name—he told me his name was Thomp son, working for Hutchinson, a builder, at I ever—he still wished to have the shilling, and caught up a candlestick from the counter, and was very abusive—I asked his name again—he said, "Smith, working for Thomp son"—he still wanted the shilling, and offered me some other money, which I refused—I gave him the shilling after he became so abusive, as I thought he would throw the candlestick through the window—he then left.

RICHARD ROADKNIGHT ( police-sergeant T 11.) I was on duty at Uxbridge on the 16th of October—I received information, and saw the prisoner—I watched, and saw him go into the Red Lion public-house, which is from fifty to eighty yards from Mr. Baynham's—I went quietly in behind him, and saw him leaning over a little window-sill that looks into the bar—he asked the landlord for a lodging, and put down two good six-pences on the sill of the window which was open—the landlord said, "You can't lodge here, you are drunk"—he then said, "D—your eyes, you think I have got no money," and pulled some money out of his pocket—the landlord said, "You have got some bad ones there"—I caught it out of his hand—there were five bad shillings, three good ones, and four good sixpences—he was drunk—I took him into the bar to search him, and he took something out of his pocket and held it in his left hand—I could not

see at the moment what it was, and while the landlord and I were trying to get it out of his hand, he took something else out of his pocket, and put it into his mouth—I saw it was a shilling—he swallowed it, and said, "It is gone now, you b—, I could swallow you"—I took him to the station—he said I might fetch Powell or Field, he had served twelve months at Brixton, and they could not give him more than three years.

MR. JOHN FIELD . These five shillings are all counterfeit, and cast in the same mould.

Prisoner . I had come from Reading that day—I changed a sovereign at Uxbridge—I don't know where I got these shillings—I was very drunk.

GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Two Years .

128. JOSEPH COLE was indicted for a misdemeanor.

ANN SUTTON . I am the wife of Henry Sutton, a baker, of Well-street, Mile End, New-town. On the 17th of November, the prisoner came to the shop, and I served him with a half-quartern loaf—it came to 4 d .—he gave me a bad half-crown—I made an excuse to get change, and went to the door, and beckoned Hill, who is a good judge of silver, to look at it—I found it was bad, and told the prisoner I would give him in charge—he said he would give me in charge—he ran out of the shop, and Hill after him—I saw no more of him till he was in custody—I kept the half-crown, and gave it to the policeman.

JOHN HILL . I am in the service of Mrs. Jeff, of Well-street. Mrs. Sutton called me, and showed me a bad half-crown—the prisoner was in her shop at the time, and I heard him say he would fetch a policeman to Mrs. Sutton for stopping the half-crown—he ran off I ran after him, and called "Stop thief"—he said he would hit me if I called after him again—he went into the first house in Dunk-street—I got a policeman.

JOHN SHEEER ( police-constable A 184.) I went to Dunk-street, and I saw the prisoner come out of a house, but he got away—I produce a half-crown, which I got from Mrs. Sutton.

SARAH SWAN . I am living at Mr. Battersby's, an oilman, in Whitechapel-road. On the 23rd of November, about twenty minutes to five o'clock in the evening, the prisoner came in, I served him with a 1 d . candle—he offered me a shilling, which I saw was bad—Mr. Battersby came into the shop, and I gave him the shilling—he told the prisoner it was bad—the prisoner said, "Stop a minute," he Aung the candle on the counter, and ran out—Mr. Battersby followed him.

RICHARD BATTERSBY . I saw the prisoner—Miss Swan gave me a shil ling—I told the prisoner it was bad—he said, "Stop a minute," and ran out—he ran as far as Little Turner-street, in the New-road—I then gave him into custody—I had the shilling in my hand the whole time—I showed the shilling to the inspector—the prisoner made a grab at it as it laid on the bar, but he did not get it—I marked it, and the officer has got it—before I laid it down I saw the prisoner fumbling about his wrist, and put his hand up to his mouth, and his throat being naked, he seemed as if he swallowed something.

WILLIAM RONAYNE ( police-constable K 232.) I took the prisoner—he went part of the way quietly, and then made great resistance—I saw the shilling laid down on the bar—he made a rush at it—I produce it.

JOHN FIELD . These are both counterfeit.

Prisoner . I hope you will have mercy on me—this is the first time.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Six Months .

129. WILLIAM GIBBONS was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of October , 26 gross of boxes of matches, value 5 l . 2 s . 6 d .; 22 quires of brown paper, value 5 s . 12 1/2 lbs. weight of black lead, value 5 s . 3 d .; 2 3/4 quires of emery paper, value 2 s . 6 d .; 9lbs. weight of stone-blue, value 11 s .; and 1lb. weight of powder-blue, value 2 s . 6 d .; the goods of Benjamin Cribb and another, his masters.

MR. HOWARD conducted the Prosecution .

BENJAMIN CRIBB . I am in partnership with my brother, William Cribb—we are manufacturers of matches, at Clarence-place, Regent's Park-basin. The prisoner was our porter and carman for about eighteen months—he was in the habit of coming home late, and it was his duty to stop there and attend to his horse—that frequently occurred when most of the other persons were away from our premises—on the 30th of October, in conse quence of Mr. England calling on me, I went down to his house—Mr. England brought to my house about 8lbs. of blue, and two gross of con greves—I compared the blue which he brought with what we had—I missed about 4lbs. of blue from a parcel we had of 7lbs., and that was all that I could miss from our store—about 4lbs. of the 8lbs. of blue that. Mr. England brought, corresponded with that parcel of 7lbs. —I have no doubt whatever it came from there—there were two or three different qua lities in that which was brought by Mr. England, and the rest of the blue he brought corresponded with other blue we had on our premises—after I went to Mr. England's house, the prisoner came there, and I gave him in charge—I went with the officer to make a search at No. 7, Clarence-gar dens—in the front kitchen we found the prisoner's wife—I knew her, as he and his wife had lived on part of our premises for a considerable time—she appeared to be living in that front kitchen—we searched, and found Twenty-four gross of congreves and other matches, and various other arti cles there—all the matches were of our manufacture—we found twenty two quires of a description of brown paper we use for packing—there were two quires and three quarters of emery paper which resembled what we sell-there was 12lbs. of black lead, which is an article we sell—there was 1lb, of powder-blue—we never had but 1lb. of powder-blue on our premises, and I afterwards found that that 1lb. was gone—I had seen it safe some months previously—I have no doubt that these articles are ours—the con greves that Mr. England brought to me were also our manufacture—the lowest price at which we sell congreves, is 2 s . 9 d . a gross—the 4lbs. of stone-blue he brought is such as we sell at 20 d . per lb., and the other blue was worth from 1 s . to 1 s . 2 d .—amongst the congreves found at the prisoner's, were some with the name of May on them, which we manu facture exclusively for Messrs. May.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. I believe you knew the prisoner before he was in your service? A. When we took the wharf he was living there with his wife, and we took him into our employment—I cannot say when we lost any of these things—the prisoner had our confidence—we have sixty or seventy men—I and my brother live on the premises— when the prisoner came home with his cart in the evening, he had to go to the stable, but he could get to any part of the premises, as we had been

obliged to build new premise! this summer, and they were not finished—our premises are enclosed—there is a gate next to the street, and the canal is at the back—we have no retail trade—I have known Mr. England two years, and have had dealings with him.

MR. HOWARD . Q. Your dwelling-house adjoins the yard? A. Yes—some person from our house would open the gale for the prisoner to come in with his cart—in consequence of our repairs we were obliged to deposit goods in the stable.

JOHN ENGLAND . I keep a chandler's shop in Vere-street, Clare-market The prisoner called on me on the 29th of October—he said he had some congreves, and blue and black lead if I wanted any—I said I did not at present want any—he said, "Let me persuade you to have them—you shall have the blue at 6 d . a pound, and the congreves at 2 s . 3 d . a gross"—I said, "I am generally in the habit of paying more to your governors than that," meaning Messrs. Cribb whom I dealt with—he said, "I will bring you some"—I said, "You had better call another day"—he came the next morning with the prosecutor's cart—he brought me two gross of congreves, put them down on the counter, and a cloth full of blue—he said, "Come let us see what it weighs"—he put it into the scale and it weighed eight pounds—I asked him what it came to—he said 8 s . 6 d .—I said, "There is the cloth, you must heave off something for that"—he said, I will heave you off 6 d .—he said the whole came to 8 s ., that was 4 s . for the blue, and 4 s . for the congreves—I paid him 5 s . in part, and said he had better call again for the remainder—he said he would call about eleven o'clock that day—after he left I put the goods into my little cart, and took them up to Mr. Cribb—I left them there, and went home—Mr. Cribb and the policeman came down to my house shortly after—the prisoner came according to his appointment, and was taken—I then went to Mr. Cribb's and got the same parcel—I took it to the station.

Cross-examined. Q. How long have you dealt with Mr. Cribb for articles of this description? A. About two years—I keep a general shop—I knew the prisoner by seeing him at Mr. Cribb's, and he occasionally brought me goods.

JOSIAH BROOKS ( police-constable F 44.) I accompanied the prosecutor to Mr. England's on the 30th of October—the prisoner came into the shop, and I took him—I went with Mr. Cribb to No. 7, Clarence garden—I searched the front kitchen and found the articles which I produce—these others are the goods which Mr. England brought to the station.

WILLIAM CRIBB . The goods I gave to Mr. England were the same he had brought there—I had them locked up in my parlour till he came.

BENJAMIN CRIBB re-examined . I had taken sufficient notice of the parcel Mr. England brought to my house to know that it was the same that was brought to the station afterwards—this is it—the stone-blue is of different kinds, mixed together in lumps of different sizes and qualities—here is about 4lbs. of the best quality—this is what we had 7lbs. of on our premises—I have the residue of it here, and it exactly resembles it—we had not sold any of this 7lbs. —these are the congreve matches which Mr. England brought to me, part of them are called "Promethean lustre matches "—these labels are from stereotype blocks, made for us ex clusively—we sell these at 5 s . per gross—here are four or five sorts of con greves, and we sell none of them at less than 2 s . 9 d . a gross—I have looked over the matches found in the kitchen—here are twenty-four gross in the whole—they are all of our manufacture—here is the pound of powder-blue

which we had on our premises—we purchased it expressly for an indi vidual, it was too expensive, and was returned to us, and put on a par cel of mustard, which has stained the paper—I am quite certain we had never sold it—all this other property is such as we had on our premises—when the prisoner came at night he used to let himself out when he had done his work, if I and my brother were in the office, which is at the bottom of the yard, where we frequently were when he went out.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Eighteen Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

130. MATILDA BRACE was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of November , 5 pairs of stays, value 3 l . 10 s .; and 1 bustle, value 5 s . the goods of John Avery , her master.—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of Mary Ann Avery , her mistress ; and also for embezzlement ; to both which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Recommended to mercy .—(The prisoner received a good character.)

Confined Twelve Months .

131. WILLIAM COLLYER YOUNG was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of November , 2 sovereigns, 1 half-crown, 4 shillings, and 1 six-pence, the monies of Henry Rowe , from his person.

HENRY ROWE . On Saturday, the 1st of November, I employed the prisoner to remove my furniture—on the following Monday, I saw him again, and took him to a coffee-shop in Long Acre, to have refreshment—I gave the woman, who was servant there, a five-shilling piece—I was then taken very ill, and leaned on the table—I was not at all in liquor—I was taken with a swimming in my head—I could not hold up my head at all—in a short time after I felt the prisoner's hand in my right band waistcoat pocket—there was no one else sitting in the box with me—he was sitting on my right hand side—I caught hold of his wrist and asked what he was about—he said only holding my head up—I put my hand into my pocket, felt my money was quite safe, and thought it might be a mistake—I leaned my head on the table again, and some time after I raised my head up and found he was gone—I felt in my pocket and found my money was gone also—I had had two sovereigns, half-a-crown, a sixpence, and a few halfpence—I fell asleep part of the time while I had my head on the table—I had not felt his hand in my pocket after I found the money safe—I saw him the following night on Saffron-hill—I said he had robbed me—he said he was very sorry for it—I gave him in charge—he said he was very sorry he had robbed me, and offered me 1 l . 3 s . 6 d .—he said his father had the other sovereign—he begged of me to have mercy on him—I said I would not have more mercy on him than he had on me, he bad robbed me of my last shilling—I was ten minutes too late at the police-office next morning, and he was discharged for want of evidence—I had him taken again.

Cross-examined by MR. SYMONDS . Q. Where are you living now?

A. In White Horse-yard, Drury lane, with a person named Win wood, as my wife—my removal from Kingsgate-street was completed on the Satur day, with the exception of a few things taken on Monday—I could not

pay my rent on the Monday, which was the day I received my money, because the prisoner robbed me—I went to this coffee-shop at four o'clock—I had only had one glass of liquor all day, and we had a pot of beer among five persons—I swear I was not drunk when I went into the coffee-shop—I was not stupified with liquor—I am very often taken with a giddiness, through over exertion in my work—I was quite capable of taking care of myself and my money—I have known the prisoner a very short time—I have seen him about a year and a half, but have not spoken to him above a dozen times—on my oath I never handed my money over to him to keep for me, saying I was not able to take care of myself—I lived with a person named Sydes in Speldhurst-street—I went there as servant—I was out of work at the time—I was aware that he kept a brothel—I believe he kept two—half of the bad houses in that neighbourhood did not belong to him—I was not there above three or four months, only till I got into work, and then I left him—necessity compelled me to go there—I did not feel the prisoner's hand when he took my money—I have heard that he will come into some property next March—I have not made a proposition to him that when he comes into his money he should employ it in brothel keeping—the person I live with does not keep a brothel—she has done so—I have been living with her nearly two years—she hat got several children grown up—I made an appointment with my landlord for him to be present on Monday morning when I received my money, and he was there—I did not carry him about town the whole day, avoiding and shuffling the payment of the rent the whole day—I had 10 s . to go down in the book, and that I wished put down, as well as the 1 l . 14 s . I owed him, and I said if he liked to come down where I lived I would pay him when I got my book at my lodging—he left me in the street.

COURT . Q. What business are you? A. A bonnet blocker—I got my money on Monday, the 1st of November—I let my shop for 3 l .—I had had 10 s . the week before for deposit, and I received 2 l . 10 s . that day—I had some beef-steaks and coffee and two loaves, at the coffee shop.

EMMA BEAUMONT . I assist my mother in the coffee-shop in Long Acre. I remember the prisoner and prosecutor coming in—they had two Beef-steaks, two cups of coffee, and two loaves—I brought in the beef-steaks in about ten minutes, and the prosecutor gave me a five-shilling piece, and when I came in after going to the bar, I brought him in 3 s . 6 d . and 1 d .—I gave it to the prisoner, because the prosecutor had his head on the table—the prisoner was eating one steak—I went to attend to some more gentlemen in the room—I came to the table again, and saw the prosecutor and prisoner whispering together—I thought he had awoke him up—I went on serving—the prisoner came and asked for a bottle of soda-water, which I let him have—he gave me 6 d .—in ten minutes after I had to go and take another order—I said to the prisoner, "Had you not better rouse your friend, we don't allow sleeping here?"—he said, "No; he is in li quor"—I said, "You had better rouse him, and take him out in the air"—he said, "Oh, no, let him sleep"—I went on serving, and in the mean-time the prisoner had gone, but the prosecutor was still there with his head down on the table.

Cross-examined. Q. Did not the prosecutor appear to you to be very much in liquor when he came in? A. No, he appeared to me to be ill, he looked so pale—he knew what he was about when he gave me the 5 s ., but after that he fell into a state of stupor and fell asleep—there were a

good many persons in the room—there was only one other person in the settle the prosecutor was in.

WILLIAM HOLLAND ( police-constable M 146.) I went with the prose cutor to take the prisoner at his father's house, in Dridport-place, Hoxton. I told him he was charged with stealing 2 l . 7 s .—from the person of the pro secutor—he immediately fell back into the chair, and pretended to faint, but it was mere sham—I told him it was no use playing that gammon —he recovered in a minute or two and said, "Henry Rowe, don't give me in charge again, you shall have your money"—on his way to the station he said he did not steal the money, but the prosecutor gave it to him to mind; that he was very sorry for what he had done, but he had spent it—I searched him at the station, but no money was found.

Cross-examined. Q. Did he not appear very much distressed at this charge? A. No, he appeared to go on in this way merely to excite com passion.

CATHERINE WINWOOD . I live with the prosecutor. I went with him on Tuesday night to Saffron-hill, and saw the prisoner—Rowe gave him in charge—the prisoner said to Rowe, "I am very sorry I have robbed you,"—he offered him 1 l . 3 s . 6 d . and asked him not to punish him, or to that effect; not to send him to the station—Rowe gave him in charge.

Cross-examined. Q. What may your age be? A. Fifty—I lived in Newcastle-court, Strand, for three months—in going to the station the pri soner laid hold of my hand and said, "Mrs. Winwood, you have known me ten years, and for God's sake beg Henry Rowe not to appear against me, he shall have every farthing; I am sorry I have robbed him."

Q. When you lived in Newcastle-court, did you not keep a brothel there? A. You may term it what you please—I had lodgers there—I had them for weeks together, but they never paid me my rent, and I was compelled to leave—I was aware that they had visitors night after night—I lived with a person named Barrett for seven years, as housekeeper—I lived with him as his wife—I took his name for three years—I have several daugh ters—one of them had the misfortune to have a child—I was left a widow with seven young children, and I brought them up in industry and honesty, not in laziness or theft—I declare in solemnity that the prisoner said he had robbed Mr. Rowe.

MR. SYMONDS called

WILLIAM TAYLOR . I am a surgeon, and live in Vine-street, Hatton Garden. On the 1st of November I was in a coffee shop in Long Acre—the prosecutor and the prisoner were sitting in one of the boxes there when I went in—my attention was drawn to them by the prosecutor being ex tremely ill, and complaining of being sick—he appeared to me to be in toxicated, and to be ill from that—they were neither of them exactly sober—they were then whispering together, and I saw the prosecutor hand over some money to the prisoner—I did not hear what he said exactly, but I caught the words, "Take care of this for me, for fear I have it taken from me"—I happened to be in the coffee-shop again the night before last, by accident—I had been to see a friend, and arrived late—I went in there, and during the time I was sitting taking a cup of coffee, I heard a conversation about this business, and that brought it to by recollection—I was asked a question and was subpœnaed immediately.

JURY . Q. Did you see money pass? A. Yes, but I did not see the amount.

COURT . Q. Do you know the prisoner? A. No, my Lord, they are both strangers to me—I have a surgery in Vine-street, and have been in that lodging upwards of twelve months.

NOT GUILTY .

132. THOMAS BUNCHER was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 1 breast-pin, value 5 l . 5 s . the goods of John Cobb , from his person.

JOHN COBB . I am clerk to a solicitor. On the 9th of November, be tween four and five o'clock, I was by Queen-street, Cheapside—there was a large crowd, and I missed my breast-pin from my cravat—a stranger drew my attention to it and to the prisoner—I saw the prisoner attempting to get away—the person who saw him take the pin had got hold of him—a policeman came up, and he was given into custody—the pin was afterwards found by Kidman, who gave it to the policeman at the station, about ten minutes afterwards—I did not see him find it—I left him in the crowd to look for it—it was my pin he brought to the station, I am quite certain.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. This was Lord Mayor's day? A. Yes, the procession was returning—it had not arrived at Queen-street—I went to the station with the policeman and the prisoner.

BENJAMIN KIDMAN . I am a baker. I was in Cheapside, near Queen-street, on the 9th of November—I saw the prisoner in company with two others—they were very busy in the crowd—the procession had just passed in returning—it had gone up Cheapside going to Guildhall—I saw the pri soner lean on Mr. Cobb's shoulder, and with his left-hand be took the pin from his cravat, with an intention of passing it to the two who stood be-hind—I saw his hand go towards them with the pin in it, as the other two were pressing against Mr. Cobb's back—I caught hold of the hand that the pin was in, and one of the two pushed me away—I lost hold of the hand, and immediately collared the prisoner—at the same time I said to the prosecutor, "You have lost your pin"—he assisted me in taking the pri soner from the pavement into the street—the policeman pushed forwards and he was taken to the station—I then went and pushed the people away as well as I could—I succeeded in picking up the pin, and took it down to the station.

Cross-examined. Q. Where do you carry on business? A. At No. 158, Upper Thames-street. I was looking at Lord Mayor's show—there was a great crowd—the prisoner was standing by the side of the prosecutor, with his two hands On the prosecutor's shoulder—I took up the pin myself—I took hold of the prisoner's hand when the pin was in it, and when I was pushed away by his companions I saw the pin drop—I did not pick it up the moment it dropped, and I have never said so—I did not pick it up till after he was in custody—I have been a witness in this Court several times—I consider it justice.

Q. You are a sort of amateur policeman? A. Yes—if you think proper to call it so—I swear that I saw the prisoner take the pin out of the prosecutor's cravat—his companions were close to him, and I was following them up to see what they were doing.

JOHN VALE ( City police-constable No . 403.) I took the prisoner to the station—Kidman afterwards brought this pin which I have here.

MR. COBB re-examined . I know this is my pin from the stones, and the general appearance of it.

Cross-examined. Q. It is very much disfigured? A. Yes—it has been

trodden on—there is one stone lost out of it—I swear distinctly it is mine—I felt a pressure on my shoulder, but being in the crowd I did not notice it.

JOSEPH FULLER , a brewer of Blackfriars-road, gave the prisoner a good character.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Ten Years .

133. CHARLES HARPER was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Squires on the 15th of November , and cutting and wounding him, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.

WILLIAM SQUIRES . On Monday night the 15th of November, about ten minutes past one o'clock, I was at the corner of Church-street, Shore-ditch, on the side the church is on—I cannot tell what happened to me as I was knocked on the ground, which completely stunned me and took away my senses—I received a blow with some hard substance, which is all I recol lect—I cannot account how I got home, but when I came to myself I was in my own bar-parlour—I was very much contused, and the doctor was dressing my lip, which was cut with a stone—I bad a wound on my head, my nostril and my lip—Mr. West attended me—I had no knowledge of the prisoner before.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. I believe you keep a public-house in Hackney-road? A. —Yes—I had been to a party at my daughter's—I drank very little—I left there about a quarter-past twelve o'clock—I do not know who I had seen before this happened, as it took the past out of my mind.

WILLIAM HENRY BAKER . I was in company with Mr. Squires on this night—I saw the prisoner just behind us at the corner of Cock-lane in Church-street—there was a man and three or four females with him—I heard him say, "These are some of the party, and I will smash their b—y brains out with a stone"—we looked at him, and the women tried to per suade him that we were not the party—he told them if they did not get out of the way he would knock them down—we might have gone on a little further, but I stopped and looked at him to see whether he would throw the stone—he had a stone in his hand which I saw him take up—he then threw it at the prosecutor—it hit him on the lip, and it glanced off and knocked me down at the same time—it was one of the large paving-stones—he seemed to throw it with all his might with his two hands—he then ran away—the blow stunned me at the time, but I reco vered and saw the prisoner running away—we took Mr. Squires to a doctor's in Shoreditch—the prisoner was brought back by the policeman to the doctor's that same night—I knew him to be the same man—he had been close against a gaslight previous to his throwing the stone, and I had such an opportunity of seeing him that I am sure he is the same man—I saw the policeman run after him, and he was brought back to the doctor's in about ten minutes.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe you had been at this party at his daughter's? A. I was there but not with him—there were two persons coming home with him besides me—there were three or four females and one or two men with the prisoner—I did not see any other man have a stone in his hand—I had been drinking a little, but not much—I had supped previously to going there.

Q. Did you not say something to the females who who were in the

prisoner's party? A. Not to my knowledge, nor did any of my friends to ray knowledge—I had never seen the prisoner before to my knowledge.

NATHANIEL JAGO . I was with the prosecutor and Baker—I saw the prisoner and another person each pick up a stone off a heap lying in Church-street—they followed us and said we were some of the party, and they would smash our brains out—we made no reply, but walked on—the prisoner threw the stone with both his hands and knocked Mr. Squires down—he seemed to throw it with all his force, and Mr. Squires fell down instantly—I called out police—the policeman ran across the road and pursued the prisoner, who ran away—he was brought back in about ten minutes, and I am quite sure he is the man.

JURY . Q. How far was he from the prosecutor at the time he threw the stone? A. —Two or three yards.

EDWARD NEWMAN . I was with the prosecutor and the witnesses—I saw the stone thrown—no pro vocation had been given to the prisoner or his party by any of us that I know of—I saw him run away, but I did not see the policeman go after him—he was brought back to the doctor's shop, in about ten minutes—I am quite sure I had seen enough of him to know that the prisoner was the man.

Cross-examined. Q. Did yon see another man with a stone? A. I thought there was another man—it was two or three minutes from my first seeing the stone to the blow being struck—we were followed by the prisoner and his party—they appeared to be very angry, and said they would beat our b—y brains out

MARK HENRY CARTER ( police-constable G 173.) I was on duty, and saw the prosecutor fall to the ground, that was "the first thing I observed—there was a cry of "Police"—I went to his assistance, and saw the pro secutor bleeding very much in the face—I was directed by one of the wit-nesses to the prisoner, who was then running away—I followed him from that spot to Norton Falgate—I overtook, and secured him—I had not lost sight of him at all—I did not notice any other person running.

GEORGE WEST . I am a surgeon. I was called out of my bed at two o'clock in the morning, on the 16th of November—I went to the Green-gate, Hackney-road, of which Mr. Squires is the landlord—I found he had a severe contused and lacerated wound on his upper lip, which extended into the nostril, also a contusion over the nose, and under the left eye—his lip was cut on the outside in the shape of the letter A inverted—it was such a wound as might be made by a paving-stone being thrown at him forcibly—there was another wound on the back of his head, which might have been occasioned by his falling—the wounds in themselves were not dangerous, but the symptoms that might arise might make them dangerous.

MR. DOANE called

CHARLES PATERNOSTER . I am a silk-weaver, and live in Dunning's alley, Bishopsgate. On the night in question, I was in company with Abraham and some females—we were at the corner of New Inn passage—it used to be called "Dirty-lane"—it was a quarter before one o'clock—I was going home, and bidding good night to my friends—I saw the prosecutor and his party going home towards Shoreditch—there was a scuffle, and one man struck another with his fist—a stone came directly and cut the same man in the face, and threw him on his back—the same man who had the fist put in his face, was knocked down by the blow with the stone

—I did not see the prisoner there—the man who threw the stone was bigger than the prisoner—they were all big men—the whole of them stood five feet eight inches—no man like the prisoner was there at the time of the stone being thrown—I can positively say that the stone was not thrown by the prisoner.

COURT . Q. What was the next thing that happened? A. I saw the man taken into a doctor's shop, but previous to his being taken there, the man who threw the stone, and the parties who were with him, ran across the road, and I lost sight of them, and saw them no more—I saw them running across the road, and I lost sight of them by their running—I did not hear "police" called, nor did I see the policeman following after them—I do not know the prisoner, nor did I know any of the party who threw stone.

WILLIAM ABRAHAM . I live in Pool-terrace, City-road—I kept a coffee-house in Gray's Inn-lane, formerly, but I am now waiting to get into busi ness again. I was in Shoreditch on that night, with Paternoster and Betsy Gillett—I saw Mr. Squires and his friends going along—there were six or seven of them passed the end of the passage—they came back about two yards, and there was a scuffle ensued amongst Mr. Squires's party, one of them hit him in the face with his fist, and another person threw a stone, hit him in the face, and he was knocked down—the policeman brought the prisoner back in about five minutes afterwards—I had never seen the prisoner before—I was near enough to see the person who threw the stone at Mr. Squires—it was not the prisoner—he was taller and stouter than the prisoner—I did not see where the person came from who struck Mr. Squires with the stone, but he was on the curb-stone close to Mr. Squires's party—I was at the corner of the passage, bidding good night to Mr. Paternoster.

BETSY GILLETT . I am single—I work at the fur business, at No. 13, Bridgewater-gardens—I live in Glasshouse-yard, Goswell-street. I was with Paternoster and Abraham on this night—I was standing with them, at the corner of the passage—we were wishing one another good night—I saw Mr. Squires and his party moving on—I saw one man bit Mr. Squires with his fist, and then another man, who was on the curb, threw a stone at him—I saw him fall from the effect of the blow—they were on the same side of the way as I was—the man who threw "the stone, was a tall stout man—I afterwards saw the prisoner brought back in custody—he was not the man who threw the stone.

COURT . Q. Was he one of the party at all? A. No, they were all bigger men than him—I heard the call for the police—I was with Mr. Abraham.

GUILTY of an Assault . Aged 21.— Confined Six Months .

134. JAMES EDWIN was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of No vember , 1 flannel shirt, value 1 s ., the goods of John Farrer Cresswell , and being in a vessel in a port of entry and discharge.

CHARLES SARGENT . I am a constable of the West India Docks. On the 16th of November the prisoner came up to the gate where I was sta tioned, to go out—I asked him what he had about him—he said he had nothing—I then asked him whose coat he had got on his back—he said he was going to take it to the captain's house—I asked what ship he be longed to—he said, the Catharine Elizabeth , and this coat was left out

to be taken to the captain's house—I searched and found on him a jacket, a coat, and this blue shirt—I took him on board the Catharine Elizabeth —I found no one on board—I detained him by order of my head constable.

JOHN FARRER CRESSWELL . I am apprentice on board the Catharine Elizabeth —this shirt is mine—I know it by a blue cotton on the shoulder straps—my mother put them on—I had left it safe at three o'clock, on the afternoon of the 16th of November, in the forecastle, and I missed it on the morning of the 17th—the prisoner came on board the ship to help the cook—I had not given him authority to take my shirt—I did not sleep on board—he was not on board when I left—he had not been on board while the ship was in the dock—he had been at the captain's house as servant—till about three days before this he had no such coat or jacket as those that were found on him by the officer when he came from the West Indies, or when he was at the captain's.

Prisoner . He gave me liberty to take the shirt. Witness .—I did not

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Days, the captain engaging to take him abroad .

135. RICHARD GOWER and JOHN DAVIS were indicted for stealing, on the 16th of November , 3 bags, value 6 d .; 9 sovereigns, 5 half-sovereigns, 16 crowns, 273 half-crowns, 1269 shillings, 780 six-pences, and 42 fourpenny pieces; the property of Thomas Woodward and another; and that Gower had been before convicted of felony.

MR. CLARKSON conducted the Prosecution .

THOMAS WOODWARD . I am a miller and flour-factor. I live in St. Martin's-le Grand, and am in partnership with my son—on the 16th of November, I was out with my gig collecting money—I put the money I collected into a bag under the seat of my gig—about half-past twelve o'clock at noon, I was stopping at a baker's shop at Hoxton—the cushion was on the seat, and the apron over it—I left no one in the gig—I was not in the shop a minute and a half, in fact, I was not in the shop, but on the step—I was told that I had lost my bag, and I then missed it—I think it contained 133 l . 5 s . 6 d . in sovereigns, half-sovereigns, crowns, half-crowns, shillings, sixpences, and fourpenny pieces—in consequence of what a gentleman told me, I ran down a court close by, and before I got to the bottom of the court, I met the two prisoners coming up—I laid Hold of Gower—he asked me what I laid hold of him for—I said I suspected he had been robbing me—he said, "I have got nothing of yours, I am only a working mechanic going home to my dinner"—Davis went by me, and I called out "Stop thief "—I saw him stopped by a baker's man, at the top of the court—I still kept hold of Gower, and when I got him to the top of the court, he said,' "For God's sake don't collar me as I go across the street; your money is safe at the baker's shop"—I had not then said any thing to him about the baker's shop, or where I had lost my money—after they were in custody, the bag and its contents were shown to me—the bag is here, and it contained the money stated.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You found your money at the baker's shop as Gower had said? A. Yes.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. When you placed this bag under the seat was it visible to any body? A. No, the apron of the cushion

covered it—the last place I put money into the bag was in Brick-lane, about half-a-mile from where I lost it.

MARY ANN HARRIS . I keep a pastry-cook's shop in Hoxton New Town. On the 16th of November, about noon, I was at my door, and saw the prosecutor's horse and gig standing at the baker's, which is the second shop from me—after he had left the gig and gone to the baker's, I saw Davis go to the gig—he took a bag from under the seat—he took it across the road and gave it to Gower, and said to Gower, "For God's sake run"—the prisoners then went down the court together out of my sight—Mr. Woodward came up in about a minute and a half, and I saw a gentle-man speak to him—Mr. Woodward went across, down the court after the two prisoners—he returned with one of them in hold, and some other person had the other—I have no doubt but that the prisoners are the men.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Are you quite sure of Da vis? A. I am—quite certain he is the man who took the bug—I am positive I saw the bag in his hand.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. You saw them but a very short time? A. It was about a minute and a half altogether.

JOHN SWINTON . I live in Castle-place, Kingsland, and am in the ser vice of Mr. Sutton. I was in Hoxton about noon on the 16th of Novem ber—I was in the court opposite the baker's shop—it is called Windsor-place, and saw Gower come down at a quick walk, carrying a bag before him—there was another person with him, but I did not notice him suffi ciently to swear to him—they went down to the bottom of the place as far as I could see—they then returned without the bag—there is a passage through there, but it is for the accommodation of the householders only—I saw Mr. Woodward take hold of one of them—I did not see the other stopped—there was a young man with Mr. Woodward—he went down the court in the direction the prisoners went, returned and brought the bag up with him—I did not see where he put it.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS . I live in Windsor-place. About noon on the 16th of November, I was looking out of my window—I saw the two pri soners come down close together, and one of them was looking over his shoulder suspiciously—Gower had a round jacket on and a bag in his hand, which seemed to have something heavy in it—when they had got about three-parts down the court, I saw Mr. Woodward come after them, and several others with him—I went down to my door and saw the two prisoners coming back—they had not got the bag then—it was similar to the one produced.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Can you tell the weight of a bag by looking at it? A. No, it appeared 30lbs. or 40lbs. weight.

NATHANIEL M'COLE ( police-constable N 53.) I was on duty on the spot, and took the prisoners into custody—I sent for further assistance—Gower said "Let me go, I am a respectable man"—I said, "We cannot let any one go till I have got further assistance"—Davis said, "I am not a prisoner"—I said, "You are, and you will remain there"—I found in the bag nine sovereigns, five half-sovereigns, and the rest of the money stated, amounting to 133 l . 5 s . 6 d . this is the bag—the Magistrate al lowed the prosecutor to have the money.

GEORGE KEMP ( police-constable N 82.) On the 16th of November, about twelve o'clock, I was in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch Church— I saw the prosecutor go by in his gig—soon after the two prisoners passed

me, and went towards Hoxton Town, the game way that the prosecutor had gone—in a short time I was told that I was wanted—I went to the place, and found M'Cole in charge of Gower—I saw Davis at the back of the shop—I went and picked him out—I said, "Here is another of them"—the bag and its contents were found at the baker's shop—I did not see the gentleman who gave information—he left his name, but not his address, and I could not find him.

Cross-examined by — MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You have known Davis and his family some time? A. Yes, I have a slight knowledge of him—I never knew any thing against him.

WILLIAM NORMOYLE ( police-sergeant H 15.) I produce a certificate of Gower's former conviction—( read )—he is the man who was tried—I was present at the trial.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Are you sure he is the same person? A. Yes, there is no doubt about it.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . A. Do you know the other man? A. Yes, by appearance, but I cannot say any thing against him.

GOWER— GUILTY . Aged 27.— Transported for Ten Years .

DAVIS— GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Twelve Months .

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

136. MARY FITZGERALD was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of September , 22 wine-glasses, value 1 l .; 5 glass goblets, value 5 s .; 6 glass tumblers, value 6 s .; 1 finger-glass, value 1 s .; 1 jelly-glass, value 1 s .; 5 decanters, value 1 l .; 8 bottles, value 5 s .; 4 jugs, value 2 d .; 2oz. weight of pepper, value 2 d .; 3 pints of wine, value 5 s . 3 pint' of gin, value 4 s .; 2 handkerchiefs, value 5 s .; 2 blankets, value 15 s .; 2 sheets, value 10 s .; 2 pillows, value 10 s .; 1 bolster, value 10 s .; 1 bed, value 6 l .; 1 mattress, value 2 l .; 2lbs. weight of soap, value 1 s .; and 4lbs. weight of candles, value 2 s .; the goods of Abraham Slowman , her master; and ALFRED WINSLOW , for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.—3rd COUNT , for receiving them of a cer tain evil-disposed person; to which

FITZGERALD pleaded GUILTY . Aged 21.— Recommended to mercy . Confined Nine Months .

MR. CLARKSON conducted the Prosecution .

ABRAHAM SLOWMAN . I am an officer of the Sheriff of Middlesex; I live in Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane, and keep a house for the reception of persons arrested. Winslow had been in my service—he quitted it about September—Fitzgerald was in my service, and continued so up to last Monday fortnight—in 'consequence of something, I had her taken into custody—I understood that the two prisoners were about to be married—while my wife and family were at Herne Bay I missed some property, and suspected the prisoners—on the 8th on November I went to Wins low's lodging in Falcon-court—I met him coming up out of the kitchen where he lived with his family—I told the officer that was the man—I found his mother, father, and sister there—I saw a box there which I un derstood had belonged to Fitzgerald—I had it opened, and a quantity of tumblers and goblets, two decanters, and water-bottles, and other things, were found in it—the officer found some other wine glasses, goblets, and

other decanters, about the place—I found a bed in the next room, and a bolster, pillow, and mattress, which were mine—I found two bottles of wine, and two bottles of gin, which were mine—some soap, candles, and other things, and two handkerchiefs, one of which had my wife's name in full—when they were found, Winslow said Mary had brought them there—the officer searched a box belonging to Winslow, and found a bank book belonging to a society, and some pawnbroker's duplicates, one of which was for a gold guard-chain, which I have since seen—on taking the du plicate to the pawnbroker's, I asked Winslow whether it was not Master Lewis's chain—he said he did not know—I said, "You know it is his"—he then said he told Mary it was master Lewis's chain—Lewis is my son— Winslow said Mary brought it to him—there was an entry in the bank-book of a payment of 20 l . in September—Winslow was brought away in custody—the value of the property I found there is 20 l . odd—I went back and took Fitzgerald—she made a statement, and appealed to me to con sider her situation.

Cross-examined by MR. CHAMBERS . Q. How long had Winslow been in your employ? A. About twelve months—he had about 2 s . a week and his board and lodging—the glasses I had had no marks on them, bat I had similar ones to these, and Winslow said Mary brought them to him—she was then my servant—the wine-bottles are very particular, and must have come out of my cellar—he did not say how he got the handkerchiefs.

JOSEPH THOMPSON ( police-constable F 39.) I have heard what has been stated—it is true—Winslow said Mary brought them from her mistress or her master's—I will not swear which—they were found in two different rooms—part in a box of Fitzgerald's, and part in a box of Winslow's.

(Winslow received a good character.)

WINSLOW— GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined One Year .

137. JOHN TIPSON was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of Novem ber , 24dwts. of silver, value 6 s ., the goods of John Joseph Dyer , his master.

JOHN JOSEPH DYER . I am a watch-case maker, living in Nicholls-street, Shoreditch. The prisoner was in my service—it was his duty to make watch-cases. About half-past nine o'clock in the evening of the 9th of November, he was brought into my parlour, and accused of taking some silver—when I came home I asked if he had got any—he said no, he had not—I sent for a policeman, and said I would give him into cus tody—he then gave one piece of silver up, and said he had no more about him—the policeman found nothing on him, but on the way he threw se veral more pieces away, and some turnings—they weigh 24dwts. together—they are worth about 6 s .—I am confident they are mine.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How long has be been in your employ? A. Nearly two years—I have fourteen or fifteen persons in my employ—I did not tell his son on Tuesday that I would recommend him to mercy.

JOSEPH WHITE . I am a watch-case maker, and am foreman to Mr. Dyer. About nine o'clock at night, on the 9th of November, I went round to look up the silver—I saw a piece of silver doubled up in the prisoner's hand—I saw him put it into his pocket—I ran in doors and told Mrs. Dyer—I stopped him in the passage, and accused him of taking a piece of silver, which I saw in his hand—he denied it—I sent for Mr. Dyer, and

he sent for a policeman—the prisoner delivered up this one piece in my presence—I did not see the other.

Cross-examined. Q. What did he earn? A. From 20 s . to 25 s . a week—he is married, and told me he has got two daughters at home.

JOHN HARLEY ( police-constable G 24.) I took the prisoner—I opened his clothes, and then took him away—I saw him throw tome pieces of silver away, and some turnings.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 60.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Three Months .

138. ANDREW WHOMES was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of November , 2 bottles, value 6 d .; 3 pints of wine, value 6 s .; 3 sovereigns, and 3 shillings, the property of Brooks Hugh Bullock ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Seven Days .

139. WILLIAM JONES was indicted of stealing, on the 13th of No vember , 1lb. 2oz. weight of cheese, value 11 d ., the goods of William Harrington .

WILLIAM HARRINGTON . I keep a chandler's-shop in Drummond-crescent. The prisoner came to my shop on the 13th of November, he asked me to weigh him 1lb. of cheese—I cut It, and put it into a piece of paper—he walked out of the shop—I said, "You have not paid me for it"—he said, "Never mind," and took to his heels, and set off—I ran after him as quick as I could, but he got some distance—a neighbour stopped him—this is the cheese.

REUBEN RICHARDSON . I ran after the prisoner, and asked him what he had got—he said, "Nothing"—I found this cheese on him.

GUILTY . Aged 35.— Confined Three Months .

140. MARY COLLINS was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of No vember , One-third of a bushel of pears, value 1 s . 6 d .; and 1 basket and cover, value 1 s . 6 d .; the goods of George Ellis .

GEORGE ELLIS . I am a salesman in Covent-garden market. About seven o'clock in the morning of the 20th of November, I had occasion to leave my stall—a person came, and gave me information—I missed half a sieve of pears—I found them in the prisoner's lap, in the market, in a few minutes—I found the basket on some other hampers in the gangway.

ALFRED SIBLY . I was in the market about seven o'clock—I saw the prisoner try to thieve a sieve of apples from a shop next to ours, and in two minutes she came by with half a sieve of pears, and seeing Mr. Ellis's name on the basket, I gave him information.

Prisoner . I beg for mercy.

GUILTY . Aged 39.— Confined Four Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

141. CATHERINE FOLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 1 pair of boots, value 14 s .; the goods of Henry Hay Ruxton .

THOMAS TITCOMB . I am footman to Mrs. Rhodes, at Paddington. On Wednesday morning, the 10th of November, I went into the back-room on the dining-room floor, and missed these boots, which are Mr. Henry

Hay Ruxton's—he is nephew of the lady with whom I live—they were safe on Monday morning.

Prisoner . I had had a drop to drink; Titcomb gave me the boots, and told me to say nothing about them; a little time before he gave me a pair of gaiters to pawn. Witness . I did not—she was found drunk—I did not give her any liquor from the pantry—I did not give her any thing to pawn.

WILLIAM GLASSCOCK ( police-constable D 22.) I found these boots in the prisoner's possession between ten and eleven o'clock on the 9th of November—she said, the next morning, that she won the boots at a raffle at a public-house in Monmouth-street, but she did not know the sign.

GUILTY . Aged 29.— Confined Six Months .

142. WILLIAM COCHRANE was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of November , 2 half-crowns and 1 shilling, the monies of Robert Rothman and another, his masters.

ROBERT ALGAR . I am a chemist, living at Kensington, and am partner with Mr. Robert Rothman. I thought it necessary, about the 29th of No vember, to mark 1 l . 7 s . 6 d .,—and locked it in my desk in my shop—the key was placed on a shelf, concealed behind some papers—the prisoner was in my service—the next morning I went to the desk, and missed two half-crowns—the prisoner produced them in my shop, and then another shilling.

THOMAS PRICE ( police-constable T 65.) I took the prisoner.

Prisoner . I took the money out of the till, and my master struck me in my eye, and asked me to give him the money; I gave him the two half-crowns, and then the shilling.

GUILTY . Aged 12.— Confined Three Months; the last Week solitary .

143. JOSEPH CETTA was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of No vember , 2 looking-glasses and stands, value 3 l . 10 s ., the goods of Carlo Joseph Garbanati .

CARLO JOSEPH GARBANATI . I live in Southampton-street, Strand. The prisoner came to me on the 4th of November, and asked me to lend him a toilet-glass—I asked him who he was—he said his name was Cetta, and he was in partnership with his brother, in Brook-street, he travelled with a horse and cart, and his brother attended at home—I said, "If you are his brother, I should not object to let you have it"—I knew his brother very well—after he had one, he said, "You had better lend me another, to have a choice; and if I don't sell them, I will return them to-day, towards the evening," and if he sold them, he would bring the money that day—he never came back—the next evening I went to his brother's—he was in the country—his wife said her husband had no partner—I have not had the glasses or the money—I trusted him on his brother's account—I author ized him to sell one—he was to bring back one, and the money for the other.

Prisoner . I said, "I have not got the money to pay," but I gave my name; I said, "You know my brother;" he sent a boy to bring the glass down; I saw there was a speck in it; I said, "There is another by the window;" he said, "You can take two, and sell them both, if you like." Witness . I deny it.

JOHN CETTA . I did not authorize my brother to go and have these glasses.

NOT GUILTY .

144. JOSEPH CETTA was again indicted for obtaining goods by false pretences.

ANTHONY GREGO . I am a looking-glass manufacturer, in Eyre-street Hill. Between five and six o'clock, on the 13th of October, the prisoner came to my shop, and said, "My brother has got an order for six mantel-piece looking-glasses, he has only got five in the house; could you let him have one to make up the order?"—I knew his brother as a very respectable man—he asked the price and the size, and went back, as he said, to his brother, to let him know—in about an hour he returned, and said, "My brother does approve; if you will let me have the glass, my brother will return the money to night or to-morrow morning"—I never saw him again till he was in custody—I let him have the glass in consequence of his statement that his brother wanted one.

Prisoner . I asked for them in my own name, not my brother's; Wit-ness . I did not know him—I should not have let him have it but for his brother.

JOHN CETTA . I live in Brook-street. I did not employ the prisoner to get a glass from the prosecutor—I did not tell him I approved of the size and price—I had no order for six.

GUILTY . Aged 28.— Confined Eighteen Months .

145. GEORGE PHILLIPS was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of November , 4 printed books, value 10 s ., the goods of John Blake Smith ; and that he had been before convicted of felony: to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined One Year .

146. THOMAS JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of No vember , 1 plane, value 3 s ., the goods of Morris Haderman ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

MORRIS HADERMAN . I am a carpenter, living in Compton-place. I was working on a building in Grenville-square, Clerkenwell, on the 4th of November—the prisoner came in there—I spoke to him—when he was gone I missed a plane—I ran, and called out "Stop thief"—he ran away—a man was coming, and he dropped the bag the plane was in—the bag was picked up in my presence, and my smoothing-plane was found in it

Prisoner. Q. Did you see me take it? A. No—you walked away till you got to the square, and you ran when I called "Stop thief."

CHARLES ELLIOTT ( police-constable G 182.) I heard a cry of "Stop thief," and saw the prisoner running very hard—I caught him—this bag was given to me by a man in the road—I asked the prisoner if this was his bag—he said it was—I asked him what there was in it—he said he was sorry to say there was something in it which did not belong to him.

Prisoner's Defence . That I must deny; he did not ask me that, nor did I tell him so; there was a person who picked the bag up; perhaps he put the plane into it; I cannot say how it came into the bag.

DONALD FRASER ( police-constable P 181.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined One Year .

147. CHARLES KNIGHT was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of No vember , 48 yards of linen cloth, value 25 s ., the goods of Alfred William Edward Joyes .

THOMAS PHIPPS . I am shopman to Alfred William Edward Joyes, of Whitechapel-road. In consequence of information, on the 5th of Novem ber, I went in pursuit of the prisoner to Buttress-street—I saw a person standing at the corner, watching—I went to Mr. Greedus's house, asked them to open the door, they did so, and I found this linen, which I had seen safe an hour and a half before—it is my master's.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. It was outside the door? A. Yes—I knew it by the private mark which Mr. Joyes made.

BENJAMIN GREEDUS . Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon I was standing near the door of a house in Buttress-street—I saw the pri soner and another standing near there—they were putting a coat round this linen, and the other, who was caller than the prisoner, had no coat on—I took it for a Guy Fawkes—I saw Phipps come by me, and then had a sus picion—I went to my door and knocked, and said, "Oh, my God! you have got stolen property here, take it out"—Phipps came to the door—I said, "Here is the property," and the prisoners made their escape out the back way—I did not know either of them before.

Cross-examined. Q. You did not expect them at all? A. No; but the door was open, and they ran in.

WILLIAM KAIL . I am a silk trimming manufacturer; my garden joins Greedus's. Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon of the 5th of November I was at my work in the front parlour—two persons came through the passage—I heard a bit of scuffle—I got up—they opened the door and went through—one of them said, "Master, it is only a lark , I let us through"—I believe the prisoner is one—I should not know the other—they had no property when I saw them.

JOHN WILLIAM BAILEY . I saw the prisoner and another running down Honeywood-street—the prisoner had the cloth on his shoulder—the other was holding it up behind—they ran down Buttress-street—Gree due was at the corner, smoking his pipe.

Cross-examined. Q. What are you? A. A hair-dresser—I had not seen the prisoner before—I know he is the person—I saw their faces.

MAURICE CALNAN ( police-constable H 152.) I took the prisoner.

(The prisoner-received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Three Months .

148. JOHN HEWETT and JOHN SOREY were indicted for steal ing, on the 19th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 4 s ., the goods of Charles Harris , from his person.

CHARLES HARRIS . I live in Liverpool-street, Gray's Inn-road. Be tween two and three o'clock, on the 19th of November, I was in Holborn—I received a communication from Smith—I looked, and my handker chief was gone—I had seen it safe about half an hour before—I went with Smith to Featherstone-buildings, and saw three persons crossing the road—they were pointed out—I have not found the handkerchief.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Hewett had nothing about him? A. No—my handkerchief was silk, with more red than any other colour—Hewett was taken in ten minutes in Burnham-place—I do not know that he was ever near me.

COURT . Q. Were the prisoners two of the persons you saw? A. Yes.

WILLIAM YORK SMITH . I am a cheesemonger, and live in King-street, Snow-hill. I was near Chancery-lane, and saw the two prisoners and another following the prosecutor—he went towards Featherstone-buildings, and crossed—they crossed and followed him, and Hewett drew a red silk handkerchief out of his pocket—I told the prosecutor, and the three persons ran down Featherstone-buildings—I went down Red Lion-street, and there we saw them cross the court, to go to Red Lion-square—the policeman went with me, and we took the two prisoners—the other got away.

Cross-examined. Q. What sort of man was the other? A. Short—not so tall as the prisoners—I watched them, because I saw them noticing gentlemen's pockets—I was a witness here two or three years ago—I am out of a situation.

THOMAS HIND ( police-sergeant E 83.) I went down Red Lion-street to meet the prisoners—I saw three of them—I took Hewett, and Sorey ran away—my brother officer took him.

Cross-examined. Q. You found no handkerchief? A. No—I do not think he had his own handkerchief on him.

HENRY BACON ( police-constable E 61.) I took Sorey—he was running away—I asked what he had done with the handkerchief—he said he had not got one—he had got about 100 yards when I took him.

(Hewett received a good character.)

HEWETT *— GUILTY . Aged 20.

SOREY *— GUILTY . Aged 24

Confined One Year .

OLD COURT .— Saturday, December 4 th , 1841.

Fourth Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

149. GEORGE DAVIS was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of November , 1 coat, value 15 s ., the goods of Henry Stein :—also on the 16th of November , 1 box, value 2 s .; 1 coat, value 1 l . 8 s .; 2 pairs of trowsers, value 14 s .; 1 waistcoat, value 5 s .; 1 pair of drawers, value 6 d .; and 1 pair of braces, value 6 d .; the goods of John Jarvis ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Six Months .

150. RICHARD STACEY was indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of November , 1 hammer, value 1 s .; 1 mallet, value 1 s .; 4 screw-drivers, value 1 s . 6 d .; 7 bits, value 1 s . 6 d .; 1 dowell plate, value 2 s . 6 d .; 3 chisels, value 2 s .; 2 pair of compasses, value 1 s . 6 d .; 1 pair of winches, value 1 s .; 1 file, value 1 s .; 1 handle, value 1 d . turkey-slip, value 2 s .; 1 brad-awl, value 2 d .; 1 saw, value 3 s . 6 d .; 1 stock, value 7 s .; 1 square, value 2 s .; 1 worm-bit, value 6 d .; 1 rule, value 3 s .; 1 chisel, value 2 s .; 1 cap, value 8 d .; and 1 basket, value 1 s . 6 d .; the goods of John Collett ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 45.— Confined Six Months .

151. JAMES MACKMUDIE the younger was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of November , 1 pair of trowsers, value 6 s ., the goods of James Mackmudie ; and that he had been before convicted of felony; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Six Months .

152. JOHN DOLMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of August , 5 shillings, 24 pence, and 36 half-pence, the monies of James Smith , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Three Months .

153. HENRY MILLS was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , 9lbs. weight of iron, value 1 s .,—the goods of Edwin Henry Job , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 13.— Judgment Respited .

154. EDWARD MEW was indicted for stealing, on the 12th of Novem ber , 3lbs. weight of leather, value 3 s ., the goods of Charles Edwin Kendall .

EDWIN JOSEPH KENDALL . I live with my father, Charles Edwin Ken dall—our premises are on Saffron-hill—these ten pieces of leather were taken from a shed at my father's back premises on Saturday morning the 12th of November—it is valued at 3 s ., being only in two pieces when taken, but being now cut into ten pieces, 1 s . is the full value.

JOHN COLLINS . I am a shoemaker, and live in Field-lane—I have known the prisoner some time—he brought this leather to me on Saturday morning the 12th of November, cut up as it is now, and asked 1 s . 3 d . for them—I gave him 1 s .—I asked who it belonged to—he said a man from Deptford commissioned him to sell it—he formerly worked for me.

BENJAMIN FARROW ( police-constable G 200.) I apprehended the pri soner—he owned selling the leather, and said he was authorised to sell it by another lad who lodged in the same house with him in Field-lane.

Prisoner . He said I had better tell him the whole particulars—I should be sure to get off. Witness . I did not tell him so, nor any thing of the sort—he stated this directly I took him—I went to Field-lane—there had been such a person there, and I know he is a bad character.

Prisoner . I sold three different lots for the person—he gave me 6 d . for myself.

EDWIN JOSEPH KENDALL . I know nothing of the prisoner—there is a back entrance to the premises—I have seen the lad he names, but not for nine months—I have not seen him about the place—I think it likely more than one person was concerned—there were a number of calf skins in the loft, and a person unacquainted with the business would not know their value—the prisoner being a shoemaker would, and they were not taken.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Baron Parke .

155. EDWARD BEAUMONT SMITH was indicted for feloniously forging an Exchequer-bill of 1000 l ., with intent to defraud our Lady the Queen .—2nd COUNT , for uttering the same with like intent.—Other COUNTS , varing the manner of stating the charge; to which be pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 44.— Transported for Life .

156. WILLIAM GREGORY BIGG and JOSEPH RALPH PAYBODY were indicted for forging and uttering, on the 9th of October , an order for the payment of 200 l ., with intent to defraud Robert Snow and others.—Other COUNTS , varying the manner of stating the charge.

MESSRS. BODKIN and CHAMBERS the conducted the Prosecution .

CHARLES WARD . I am a clerk in the banking-house of Robert Snow

and others in the Strand, near St. Clement's church—there are four partners. On the 9th of October, a little before five o'clock, the prisoner Bigg presented a cheque for payment for 200 l ., which I produce—I asked what he would have for it—he said, "Notes," and I think he said three 50 l ., two 20 l ., and one 10 l .,—while the clerk was getting the notes, I took the opportunity of going into Sir John Dean Paul's room—he is one of the partners—I took the cheque with me, came back, and desired the prisoner to go into Sir John's room—after he had been there a few minutes, Sir John called out, "Stop him," and I saw the prisoner running towards the door, and very near the door he was stopped by a person—he was taken back into Sir John's room, and a constable was tent for—( cheque read, dated 9 th October , 1841, for 200 l . Signed, Robert Wynne Williams )—here is another cheque for 100 l ., dated 7th. August, 1841—I paid this on the 10th of August—three days after it bears date—it purports to be signed by Mr. Williams—I have the entry of the notes I paid for it, which was three of 2 l ., Nos. 94484, 91525, and 92935, all dated 9th of March—four of 10 l ., Nos. 63303, 63304, 63305, and 63306, dated 10th of June—here is a cheque purporting to be signed by Mr. Williams, dated 16th of September, for 100 l ., which I paid on the 17th of September, with ten notes of 10 l ., Nos. 45216, 45217, 45218, 45219, 45220, 45221, 45222, 45223, 45224, and 45225, dated 10th of July—I have no recollection of the person to whom I paid them, whether it was either of the prisoners or not—( cheques read ).

SIR JOHN DEAN PAUL, BART . I am one of the firm of Snow and Co. Ward made a statement to me about the 200 l . cheque on the 9th of October—he brought Bigg in to me—I had desired him if such a transaction took place, to do so, having received a communication—he was brought into my room—I said, "You are my prisoner for forgery"—he replied he was per fectly innocent of any thing of the kind, and wondered how I dare accuse him —I said I should send for Mr. Williams, and he would soon prove it was a forgery—he replied, "You need not do that, for Mr. Williams is out of town"—I said, "If he is out of town, how came he to sign this cheque here to-day?" and said, "Why, you convict yourself by such a statement," on which he attempted to run away, to escape through the shop—I called to them to stop him, which they did—a policeman was sent for, and he was given in charge—Mr. Williams at that time had an account at our house.

ROBERT VAUGHAN WYNNE WILLIAMS . I am an attorney and solicitor, in Paper-buildings, Temple—the prisoners were both in my employ at writing clerks for some time, and together for about a year or fifteen' months—I was in the habit of drawing cheques on Snow's bank—Paybody had 18 s . a week, and Bigg 15 s .—I drew my cheques from a cheque-book which I kept in a drawer in my desk in my own room, locked up—previous to the prisoner's being taken into custody that cheque-book had become unsewn, but I do not know from what cause—that was while they were in my service—Paybody quitted me in April, this year, and Bigg in August—( looking at the three-cheques )—these are not my signatures, they are all forgeries—the signatures are a very good imitation of mine, but the body is not—the prisoners had opportunities of seeing my signature while in my office, constantly—I never sign the name of Vaughan, but merely Robert Wynne Williams—the name of Harrison is on two of these cheques as paid—he is my law-stationer—used to pay him cheques from time to time—I used to give them to him myself.

THOMAS EDWARD WHITEHEAD . I am a policeman. I was called to Messrs. Paul's banking-house, on the 9th of October, and received Bigg in charge—I took him to the station, searched him, and found on him a 10 l . note, No. 45222, dated July 10th, 1841, which I produce—I also found on him some blank cheques, similar in form to these produced—here are four of them.

GEORGE WESTON . I am a policeman. I was on duty at the station when Bigg was brought there—Mr. Williams's clerk came with him—I heard him tell Mr. Williams's clerk that Pay body was at the bottom of it, and said, "You will find Paybody down by St. Clement's church, dressed in a butcher's dress"—in consequence of that I went down to St. Clement's church, which is twenty or thirty yards from the banker's—I did not suc ceed in finding him there—I returned to the station, but did not see Bigg again—I then went to Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, from information I received, and there found the prisoner Paybody, standing outside his shop, talking to a female—it was a butcher's shop—as soon as the female left him, I told him he was my prisoner, on suspicion of being concerned in uttering a cheque of 200 l ., on Sir John Paul—he said, "I know all about it"—I then told him he must go with me—I had a cab —waiting for him—he jumped into it, and on the way to the station I said, "I expected to find you down by the church"—I did not say what church—he said, "Who told you I was there?"—he said, "I will tell you the truth, I was there, Bigg called on me this afternoon, and asked me to go on a walk with him "—that he went as far as the church, and re mained outside, while Bigg went in with the cheque, and he said, "I always considered Bigg to be a man of property"—when he said he knew all about it, I understood him to say that the female who had just left him, told him all about it, that he knew it from her.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Have you mentioned all this before to-day? A. Yes, at the first examination—Paybody was allowed to go on bail by the Magistrate, Mr. Hall, at the first examination.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Was he afterwards taken into custody? A. I took him again on the Thursday following—the depositions were taken before that—what I said at the first examination was taken down by Mr. Bur-naby.

JOSEPH GOSTICK . I am a clerk in the office of Mr. Williams. I saw Bigg the day he was taken into custody—he sent for me to a neigh bouring Public-house—I went and found him there—he first asked me what was going on in the office—I said we were going on very well, and had plenty of business—he asked me if Mr. Williams was in town, and before I could answer, he said, "I know he is"—I said Mr. Williams was in Wales.

JOHN CRAMP . I was in Simithfield in August last, I think on the 13th, and saw Paybody there—he was then carrying on business as a butcher—I saw him bargaining for five sheep with Mr. French, and he asked my opinion of them—I was present when he bought them for 31 s . each.

JOHN ARCHER . I am pen-man to Mr. French. On the 13th of August I delivered five sheep to a man with Mr. Gillatt, the drover—I first went over to Hill's, the banker's, and found they had been paid for.

WILLIAM KIDD . I am in the employ of Mr. Gillatt, a drover—I drove nine sheep, by his direction, to Paybody—I think it was about four months ago, as near as I can guess—I cannot say whose pen they came from—I do not recollect driving five sheep there.

JOHN GILLATT, JUN . I am the son of Mr. Gillatt, a drover—I received five sheep from French's drover, some time in August—I directed Joseph Davis to drive them to Paybody's.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Were you examined at Bow-street? A. Yes.

JOSEPH DAVIS . I cannot recollect driving five sheep to Paybody's—I drove nine there on the 10th of September—I do not recollect driving any in August.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Were you examined at Bow-street? A. Yes.

WILLIAM GRACE . I am clerk to Pocklington and Co., bankers, West Smithfield. These two 10 l . notes—(Nos. 45217 and 45216, dated the 10th of July, 1841)—were paid into our bank on the 17th of September—I wrote on them at the time, "Paybody, Goodge-street," which was the name and address given by the party who paid them in—they were paid in to the account of William Henry Billing, a beast and sheep salesman, in Smith-field, for six sheep, at 385. each, 11 l . 8 s . it is our habit, unless sheep are paid for before three o'clock, to give an order for their delivery when paid for—it was after three o'clock—the order produced is what I gave—I cannot recognize the person who made the payment, whether it was Paybody or not—I gave it to the drover, who came afterwards—it is not usual to give it when the money is paid, unless asked for.

JOSEPH AINSWORTH . I am a drover. On the 17th of September, Pay body sent me to Pocklington's for an order, where I got the order produced—I received it without paying any money, and gave it to Pay body, just by the Ram-yard, in Smithfield, an received six sheep from that yard, and drove them to his house in Goodge-street.

Cross-examined. Q. Were you examined before the Magistrate? A. Yes.

SAMUEL MAT . I recollect, on the 17th of September, six sheep being lodged at the Ram-yard, where I attend, in the name of Billing, by his drover—I have the book here in which they are entered—I delivered them to whoever brought the note, on the 17th of December.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Is the entry in your own writ ing? A. Yes—I do not know who brought the note for them.

EDWARD WINNING . I am clerk to Jones and Co., bankers, Smithfield—( looking at four 10 l . notes )—this note, No. 45218, was paid in on the 20th of September, with another, on account of Batten and Son, for nine sheep—the other three, Nos. 45223, 45224, and 45225, were paid in on the 27th, two to the account of Inwood, salesman, for nine sheep, and the other to Mountford, for two beasts, the whole of them have the name of Paybody on them, which I wrote when I received them.

THOMAS GREGORY . I am penman to Mr. Batten, salesman, in Smith-field. On the 20th of September, I delivered nine sheep from his pen to Joseph Davis.

JOSEPH DAVIS re-examined . I am drover to Mr. Gillatt. On the 20th of September, I received nine sheep from Thomas Gregory, and took them to Mr. Paybody's house—I heard him tell master he bought them of Batten.

JOHN GILLATT . I am a drover. I had eleven sheep delivered to me, and sent my man with them to Paybody—I cannot say the dates, but while he was in business, I caused all he had to be driven—my son may have driven some to Paybody from Inwood, I never did.

JOHN GILLATT, JUN ., re-examined . I drew nine sheep from Mr. In-wood

wood's pen, between three and four months ago, and delivered them to Joseph Davis, to drive home to Paybody's.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Have you any memorandum which leads you to speak to them? A. No, I do not keep a book—I have given sheep to Davis before—I only speak to the time by guess but I never drew any but once from Inwood's.

JOSEPH DAVIS re-examined . I drove nine sheep to Paybody's—they were given to me by Gillatt, junior, on the 20th of September.

Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON . Q. Do you keep any book or memorandum? A. No, I noticed the day of the month, because I was out on Sunday, the 19th—my attention was called to it first at Bow-street—I cannot say how long after—I had sheep from Gillatt, junior, before, I think about a month before, and drove them to Paybody's that time—it was nine—it was Batten's nine which were delivered on the 20th of September, because Gillatt and I went together to draw them.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. Did you drive any from In wood's? A. Yes, nine—I cannot say when, but it was after I drove Batten's—I cannot say how long after.

EDWARD IVENS . I am a salesman, and keep an account at Messrs. Pocklington's. When we sell beast in the market, it is usual for the person to pay the money into the bank, with the account—when they apply for the delivery of the beast, I generally send my drover to see if the money is paid in—I make an entry in my book of the transaction—I remember selling two beasts, on the 4th of October, for 34 l ., to Pay body—Jennings was my drover—the beast were fetched away in the usual course that day, I having ascertained that the money was paid into the bankers'.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. By Paybody, do you mean the prisoner? A. I cannot say that—it was a person of that name—I do not know his father.

MR. BODKIN . Q. What sort of beast were they? A. Half bred, between Shropshire and Hereford.

JOHN GILLATT, JUN ., re-examined . I know Paybody the elder, he is a butcher—he does not live with his son, but in Lumber-court.

JOHN CRAMP re-examined . I know the prisoner Paybody—he showed me these beast—I do not recollect the date—they were half bred, between Shropshire and Hereford—he told me he bought them of Mr. Ivens—it was on a Monday, several weeks back.

EDWARD IVENS re-examined . I did not sell him two beast of this de scription on any other day than the 4th of October—it was the first time I sold to that name—I have my book here.

BENJAMIN LACEY . I am one of the firm of Pocklington and Co., bankers, Smithfield. This note, No. 45220, dated the 10th of July, 1841, was paid into our house on account of two beast, in the name of Paybody, to the account of Mr. Ivens.

JOHN JENNINGS . I am drover to Mr. Ivens. I remember two beast being bought of master on the 4th of October—the prisoner Paybody was one of the party who bought them—I saw him buy them—I delivered them to John Gillatt.

JOHN GILLATT, JUN ., re-examined . On the 4th of October two beast were delivered to me from Jennings for the prisoner Paybody—Kidd, one of my men, drove them.

WILLIAM KIDD re-examined . On the 4th of October I drove two beast,

by the desire of Mr. Gillatt, to the upper slaughter-house, Clare-market—I delivered them to Bates, for Paybody.

JOHN BATES . I belong to the upper slaughter-house—we slaughter beast for Paybody. On the 4th of October, I slaughtered two beast brought by Kidd, for Paybody.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Were there other beast there at the time? A. Yes, different breeds.

JOHN MOUNTFORD . On the 27th of September, I sold two beast at Smithfield to somebody unknown, who gave in the name of Paybody, for 36 l .—I told him to pay it into Jones and Co., my bankers—after I heard they were paid for they were taken away.

JOHN GILLATT, SEN . I received two beast on the 27th of September from Mountford's drover—by Paybody's direction I told Kidd to drive them to the upper slaughter-house for him.

WILLIAM KIDD re-examined . I drove two beast to the upper-house for Paybody on the 27th of September.

JOHN BATES re-examined . I—have a book in which I enter the names of persons who send beast—I have not got it here—I recollect on the 27th of September, two black beast coming for Paybody, I slaughtered them—two halves of the carcasses went to Newport-market, and two to his shop, by his direction—one bullock was killed on Monday, the other on Tuesday.

HENRY GOODING . I am clerk to Jones and Co., bankers, Smithfield. On the 20th of September, a 10 l . bank-note, No. 63306, dated the 10th of June, 1841, was paid into our home on Mr. Batten's account, for nine sheep—I do not know the person.

JOSEPH DAVIS re-examined . On the 20th of "September, I drove nine sheep to Paybody's house from Batten's pen.

JOHN BROOM . I am penman at Mr. Mossman's, salesman, Smithfield. On the 30th of July, I recollect Paybody buying four sheep at 28 s . each—Mr. Biggerstaff are master's bankers—after inquiring if they were paid for they were delivered to Gillatt to drive.

JOHN GILLATT JUN ., re-examined . I received an order from Paybody to get four sheep from Broom—I caused them to be delivered to Paybody.

JOHN BIGGERSTAFF . I am a banker at Smithfield. This 10 l . note, No. 03909, dated the 10th of June, 1841, was paid in on the 30th of July, for four sheep, at 28 s . each, bought of Mossman, in the name of Pay-body—I do not know who paid it in.

ROWLAND WILSON . I am clerk to Mr. Cooper, meat-salesman, New-port-market; Paybody dealt with him for meat. On the 24th of July, I received this 10 l . note, No. 03911, dated 10th of June, 1841, from him, in payment for meat.

CHARLES WARD re-examined . I paid this 5 l . cheque purporting to be drawn by Mr. Williams at our banking-house, on the 22nd of July—I gave for it Nos. 03907, 8, 9, 10, and 11 10 l . notes, dated 10th June, 1841—I do not know to whom I paid it.

MR. WILLIAMS re-examined . This cheque is not my writing, nor was it written by my authority—it is altogether a forgery.

MR. BURNABY . I am chief-clerk at Bow-street, police-court. I was in attendance when Paybody was first brought on a charge on the 11th of December, before Mr. Hail, the Magistrate—I took down what the witnesses stated, and have it here—Bigg was on that occasion re manded

and Paybody allowed to go at large on bail—he was brought to the office a second time on the 15th of October, on the same charge—I was in attendance—Mr. Jardine was the Magistrate then—Mr. Hall did not at tend to it further with regard to the prisoners, that I am aware of—I am not the clerk who prepared the depositions for the Court.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. You was present at the state ment made by Weston? A. I do not know whether he was examined afterwards—I was not present—the statement he made on the 11th of Oc tober was not returned—I have it here.

(Robert Jeffries, butcher, Nos. 3 and 4, Fitzroy-court, Tottenham-court-road; Edward Ireland, butcher, Newgate-market; William Randall, coffee-house-keeper, No. 119, Blackfriars-road; William Langfield, car penter, No. 15, Great Chapel-street; Ann Stock, wife of Edward Stock, lighterman, No. 10, Bond-court, Walbrook; and Eliza Lassy, wife of a pianoforte-maker, No. 3, Chapel-street, Tottenham-court-road; deposed to Paybody's good character: and Edward Hopper, rope-maker, Osmond-terrace, Blackfriars-road; Richard Rolfe, gentleman, No. 40, Brewer-street, Somerstown; and Richard Jackson Tugwell, Brook-hill, Clerken-well, to that of Bigg.)

BIGG— GUILTY . Aged 20— Transported for Fifteen Years .

PAYBODY— GUILTY . Aged 20.— Transported for Twenty Years .

157. ELIZABETH COPE was indicted for unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously setting fire to a certain dwelling-house of Sarah Simpkin , the said Sarah Simpkin and others being therein. 4 other COUNTS varying the manner of stating the charge.

SARAH SIMPKIN . I am matron of Hans Town School of Industry, Elizabeth-street, in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea. I live in the house, which is governed by a committee of ladies—I have the sole management of the house—none of the ladies reside there—the prisoner has been under my care there for five years in January. On the 4th of November, between eight and nine o'clock, an alarm of fire was given—I went up stairs to my bed-room, and observed the bed on fire—I got assistance and ex tinguished it—about 20 l . worth of damage was done—the bed and furni ture were burnt—the wainscot was injured very trifling—it was not blazing—the floor was a little injured—it was only scorched, and the paint of the wainscot blistered—the governess, who was in the adjoining room, told me of it.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. I believe the prisoner came to you quite a child? A. Yes, and her character was very good—the pre mises were purchased before I went there—I am a salaried officer—I pay the servants' wages, and charge it on account to the committee, who repre sent the whole proprietors—I have been there twenty-five years—I know Margaret Williams, a schoolfellow, had been speaking to the prisoner before she said any thing to me—I do not know of Williams making her any promise—I have no lease in my possession—it is leased to the Rev. Mr. Fry Elvein, who is minister of the Lock Chapel, and was chaplain of the establishment at the time—Mr. Nevill is the chaplain now.

COURT . Q. Who is Mary Carey? A. The secretary—she has nothing to do with the house—the paint of the room was scorched and blistered, it was not in flames, that is all.

NOT GUILTY .

158. WILLIAM JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of No vember , 1 gown, value 8 s .,—the goods of William Richards .

HENRY HUMPHREYS . I live at the Fox public-house, Oxford-street, with William Richards. In the morning of the 11th of November, I was in the bar about half-past one or two o'clock—the prisoner was there—I saw him walk part of the way up stairs, and then go on his hands and knees—he came down in five or ten minutes with a gown under his arm—I tried to lay hold of him on the stairs, but missed him—he threw the gown at my feet and ran to the street-door—I took it up, followed him, overtook him, and asked what he had to say for himself—he said, "Nothing," and I gave him in charge.

ELIZABETH MONCAR . I was in the prosecutor's service. On the 11th of November my mistress went to bed at half-past eleven o'clock—I hang the gown she had on that night in her bed-room up stairs—that now produced is it.

SAMUEL CHESTER . I am a policeman. I took him in charge, and have produced the gown.

Prisoner's Defence . I had been drinking too much beer.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 32.— Confined Three Months .

159. CHARLES FOLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 3rd of No vember , 48 chissels, value 1 l . 4 d .; 1 rule, value 1 s . 6 d .; 2 brushes, value 2 s .; 2 hammers, value 2 s .; 5 files, value 2 s . 6 d .; 1 jacket, value 3 s .; 1 cap, value 6 d .; 1 apron, value 6 d .; and 1 square, value 1 s .; the goods of John Daymond : 1 bow-drill, value 10 s .; and 4 bits, value 2 s .; the goods of Matthew William Johnson .

JOHN DAYMOND . I am a marble-mason, and live in Upper Charlton-street, Fitzroy-square. I was at work at Mr. Johnson's—I left at half-past six o'clock in the evening, leaving my tools in the shop, which was fastened with a latch, but not locked—the gates were locked—on the follow ing morning, at half-past six, I went there and missed the articles stated.

JOHN VITON . I am a policeman. On the 10th of November I took the prisoner into custody—I found in his fob five duplicates—he said they belonged to him.

WILLIAM SHEAHSBY . I live with Mr. Blackburn, a pawnbroker, of Skinner-street, Somers-town. I produce a rule pawned by the prisoner on the 4th of November.

JOSEPH JONES . I live with Mr. Aldous, a pawnbroker, of Berwick-street, Soho. I have a mason's drill, pawned on the 5th of November, in the name of John Collins—I cannot speak to the prisoner—one of the du plicates produced by the officer is the counterpart of mine.

NEVILL JAMES HATES . I am in the service of Mr. Benton, a pawn-broker, in Tottenham-court-road. I have a brush, pawned on the 4th of November—I do not know who by.

JOHN DAY . I am in the employ of Mr. Jones, a pawnbroker, of Hol born. I have a hammer, pawned by the prisoner on the 4th of November—I am sure of him.

Prisoner . I never pawned the article. Witness . I took it in of you—he said it was his father's, who was a mason, and one of those who struck at the House of Commons.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

Prisoner's Defence . I picked the duplicates up.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY .* Aged 17.— Confined Twelve Months .

160. ANN BOWYER was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of Novem ber , 2 petticoats, value 3 s .; and 1 pair of trowsers, value 18 d .; the goods of Joseph Parfitt ; and that she had been before convicted of felony.

JOSEPH PARFITT . I am a policeman, and live at No. 5, Ann's-build ings, Leather-lane. On the evening of the 2nd of November I was called by Mrs. Emmerson, and received from her a pair of trowsers and two petti coats—I took the prisoner into custody—the trowsers are my property.

ELIZABETH PARFITT . I am the prosecutor's wife. These petticoats are mine—I hung them out to dry in the back yard of my house, about half-past three o'clock—they were safe at half-past seven—I left the door open.

LUCY EMMERSON . I live near Leather-lane. On the 2nd of Novem ber I was near the prosecutor's house, and saw the prisoner—I saw her try every door—at last she went to the prosecutor's—the street-door was open—she went into the house, into the back yard, and came out with something in her apron—I gave an alarm, and stopped her—she threw the things down—I picked them up—the prosecutor claimed them.

Prisoner's Defence . I met a person whom I knew in Leather-lane; I told her my troubles, and she gave me 1 s . and a pint of beer; she said she had no more with her, but if I would come with her she would make me a pre sent of 6 d .; she went away, came again, and said she had got something, but could not bring it out; I then went to her home, as she said, and she said, "You go and pledge my child's petticoat and my own." I went, and found them wrapped up with the trowsers—I was to come to her at Hatton-garden, but before I could get there the witness took me. I looked to see if I could see the woman, but could not, and I afterwards heard she did not live there.

ROBERT NICHOLLS . I am a policeman. I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—she is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 51.— Transported for Seven Years .

161. THOMAS BOAK and MARY ANN JEPSON were indicted for stealing, on the 9th of November , 12 pairs of stockings, value 1 l .; 26 yards of lawn, value 1 l . 6 s .; 42 yards of holland, value 1 l . 2 s .; 4 handkerchiefs, value 4 s .; 9 yards of printed cotton, value 5 s .; 6 yards of calico, value 2 s .; 3 handkerchiefs, value 9 s .; and 2 pieces of diaper, value 1 l . 10 s .; the goods of William Timothy , the master of Boak; to which

BOAK pleaded GUILTY . Aged 32.

JEPSON pleaded GUILTY . Aged 20.

Confined Nine Months .

(The prisoner Boak received a good character.)

162. JOHN HURD was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of Novem ber , 1 machine for sweeping chimnies, value 3 l . 10 s ., the goods of James Rowles .

JAMES ROWLES . I am a chimney-sweeper, and live at Hounslow. On Saturday, the 13th of November, the prisoner came and asked me for work, and I engaged him as a chimney-sweeper—we went to the Bell public-house, and remained there till a little after ten o'clock in the evening—the prisoner left before I did—I did not see him again till between twelve and one the next day, when he was in custody—when I went to the public-house I had left the door of my house unlatched, but there were persons at home—

when I went to bed I left the door unlatched—the prisoner was to sleep in the house—when I got up in the morning, I found he had not been in my house that night—I missed a sweeping-machine, consisting of eighteen joints, from the foot of the stairs—I found six joints of it, on Sunday, at Ealing.

THOMAS WALLIS . I am a chimney-sweeper, at Ealing-grove. On Sa turday, the 13th of November, about nine o'clock in the morning, I saw the prisoner with a sweeping-machine—I bought it of him—on the follow ing morning he brought me another part of the machine, which was after wards seen by Rowle.

Cross-examined by — MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Are you quite certain the prisoner sold the machine to you? A. Yes.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

GUILTY .* Aged 24.— Confined Eight Months .

163. PETER WELCH was indicted for stealing, on the 7th of No vember , 2 half-crowns, 4 shillings, and 2 sixpences, the monies of James Dunn , from his person.

JAMES DUNN . I lived in Jackson's-court, Long-alley. On Saturday, the 6th of November, I received a part of my week's wages, about 13 s . 6 d .—I afterwards got intoxicated, and was locked up in the station—I con sider I spent about 2 s . or 2 s . 6 d . before I was locked up—I cannot exactly say, being drunk—to the best of my knowledge there were two half-crowns in my pocket—there were other persons in the station—we were all locked up together—I felt my pockets in the morning, and missed my money—I recollect something about some body trying to get my money from me, but being drunk I could not exactly swear to it—I do not think it was the prisoner—I consider it was a younger lad than he—when the prisoner was called out of the cell, I think 10 s . were found in his mouth.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. I understand you were pretty considerably drunk? A. On the Saturday night I had been so—I will not swear I took my money with me into the cell.

JOHN JENKINSON . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner into custody on Saturday night, the 6th, on a charge of felony—I searched him at the sta tion, and found no money about him—before I searched him I asked if he had any money—he said no—he was put into a cell by himself, and locked up—he remained there all night—some other persons were put into the cell afterwards—I saw the prosecutor in the cell on Sunday morning with five or six persons—I did not see the prisoner searched on Monday.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe, what you find on a prisoner, by the rules of the police, you take away from him? A. Yes.

JAMES BRANNAN . I am a police-sergeant. I was at the station on the Saturday night when the prisoner was brought in—I heard him tell Jenkinson he had no money—on the Sunday night I went into the cell in company with the Inspector, and Dunn was there, and six or seven prisoners—I heard the prosecutor say he was robbed of 10 s . or 12 s .—the inspector asked the prisoner if he had any money—he said he had not—out the following morning I was present when the prisoners were called out, and saw the prisoner put something towards his mouth—I seized him by the neck, and took two half-crowns, four shillings, and two sixpences from his mouth—I told him he had said the night before that he had no money, and he said he had it in his shoes.

NOT GUILTY .

164. MARTIN MOSS was indicted for stealing, on the 21st of No vember , 1 watch, value 10 l .; 1 watch-chain, value 3 l .; 1 seal, value 30 s .,; and 1 key, value 10 s .; the goods of Henry Stead , from his person.

HENRY STEDA . I am book-keeper to Mr. Kirkwall, the official As signee, and live at Wapping-wall. On the afternoon of the 21st of Novem ber, between five and six o'clock, I was coming up Mansel-passage, Haydon-square—there are some posts at the end of Mansel-street—I had got near them, and saw a person who I believe to be the prisoner—he passed me through the posts—in passing he snatched at my watch, chain, and seals, drew my watch from my fob, and ran away—I followed him, crying, "Stop thief," into Haydon square—I lost sight of him for two or three seconds, not more, as he turned the corner of the rail-work in the square—I went on in that direction, and found him in custody of the con stable—I observed him more by his dress than his face it was rather dusk at the time—I did not see any one but him in the direction he ran.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Did the prisoner speak to you when he was taken into custody? A. Yes; he said he was not the man, and said I was mistaken—I had a better opportunity of observing his dress than his face—it was a momentary transaction—there was a light at the end of the passage—his face was shaded by the light—he did not turn back on taking my watch, but went on in the same direction, and I turned round and pursued him—I believe he is the man—I swear to him to the best of my belief, from the circumstances.

COURT . Q. Do you mean from the circumstances, or from what you recollect of his looks? A. From what I recollect at the time he took the watch from me, and the subsequent circumstances—I should not have been able to swear to him if he had not been taken near the place.

CHARLES INGLE . I am a policeman. About half-past five o'clock on the evening of the 21st of November I was at the corner of Church-street, Haydon square—I heard a cry of "Stop thief," and saw the prisoner run ning in a direction from Mansel-passage round the square—there was no person running with him or near him, nor any person in the square at the time—I seized him and asked him what was the matter—he said "Nothing"—I asked him what he was running for—he made no reply—I took him back in the direction he had run from, and met the prosecutor when we had got about twenty yards—I asked him if he was the person that was calling out "Stop thief"—he said he was, and they had stolen his gold watch, chain, seal, and key—I asked if the prisoner was the person—he said he had every reason to believe he was—the prisoner said he thought he was wrong—the prosecutor asked him where he was going—he said, to Rosemary-lane—he asked where he came from—he made no answer to that—I took the prisoner to the station, and afterwards went back to Haydon-square, looked for the watch there, and found it down Shippy-yard, about ten or twelve yards from where I had stopped the prisoner, and over a brick wall—it was not broken, nor had it stopped—it went on right afterwards—it was rather dark where I stopped the prisoner.

Cross-examined. Q. It is rather a high wall, is it not? A. Yes—I cannot say how far it is from the posts in Mansel-passage.

COURT . Q. If a man had come from Mansel-passage, would he have passed this wall? A. No—he was going towards the wall—I stopped him about ten yards before he got to it—he had not got to where the watch was found—if he had thrown it, he must have thrown it forward—it fell

on some grass which has sprung up between the bricks—there are some ruins there.

NOT GUILTY .

165. THOMAS WEBLE was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of November , 1 pair of shoes, value 2 s .; 2 stockings, value 4 d .; 1 jacket, value 2 s .; 2 pairs of trowsers, value 3 s .; 1 cap, value 6 d .; 1 knife, value 2 d .; 1 razor, value 1 s .; and 1 pair of spectacles, value 9 d .; the goods of Charles Smithson , in a vessel in a port of entry and discharge.

CHARLES SMITHSON . I am ship-keeper of the Lady Peel which was lying in the West India Docks. On the morning of the 18th of November I was in my hammock, between decks, and heard something moving on deck—I went on deck to strike a light—a person rushed against me, ran past me, and went across the galley into the Hope , which was lashed along-side us—I struck a light, and saw the place all in confusion—I afterwards missed the articles stated from the galley—I called the night-watchman, and searched four ships in the docks—about six o'clock in the morning the prisoner was found, and all the articles on him—I know they were all safe in the galley the night before.

THOMAS GLADWELL . I am a constable in the West India Docks. On the morning of the 18th of November, at Smithson's request, I searched the different ships in the West India Docks, particularly the Hope —I found the prisoner in the coal-hole of that ship—he had all these articles with him—I asked what he was doing there—he said he belonged to the ship—I said, "If you belong to the ship, what do you do here at this time in the morning?"—he then said, "I do not belong to the ship, I work on board"—I asked if the clothes he had. on were his own property—he said they were—I called the prosecutor, and he identified the articles.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

GUILTY . Aged 28.— Confined Six Months .

166. MARY ANN EVANS was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of November , one gown, value 5 s ., the goods of James Franklin .

THOMAS GOLDER . I am shopman to James Franklin, a pawnbroker, in Tottenham-court-road. On Saturday, the 13th of November, about twelve or half-past twelve o'clock, I saw the prisoner at our shop, looking at a gown which hung in the shop for sale—I soon after missed the pri soner and the gown—it was afterwards brought back by Clench—it is my master's property—it was not sold to the prisoner.

EDWARD CLENCH . I live in John-street. About the middle of Saturday, the 13th of November, I was going past Mr. Franklin's shop, and saw the prisoner inside—I saw her take a gown off a hook, put it under her shawl, and run away with it—I followed her, and called "Stop thief"—I came up to her in Greek-street, Soho—there was no policeman by to give her in charge—I charged her with stealing the gown from Franklin's—she said it was false, she struck me, and walked up and down—a mob of people got about, and she threw the gown down—I took it back to the shop—she prayed of me to let her go.

EDWIN M'COY . On the 13th of November I saw a mob in Crown-street—I followed it to Greek-street, and saw the prisoner with a gown—she threw it at Clench—I followed her to High-street, St. Giles's—I saw a policeman there, and gave her into custody.

JAMES GARNER . I am a policeman. In consequence of what M'Coy told me, I took the prisoner into custody, and told her what she was charged with—she denied it—I took her to the prosecutor's.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

( Prisoner's Defence . As I was coming along Tottenham Court-road, three females and two boys passed me, and dropped this parcel—they seemed drunk—I hallooed after them, but they ran different ways—a woman came across the road, picked up the parcel, put it in her apron, and said, "Don't say any thing about it, we will go and pawn it, and halve the money"—I said I would do nothing of the sort, she then took it, and said I should have nothing of it—a mob came, and she went away—I went to Bond-street, to see a friend, and returned in about two hours the same way—as I returned, these boys came up to me, and asked if I knew any thing of the party who took the parcel—I said, no—they said if I could tell any thing about it, they would give me half a crown, and if I did not they would give me in charge—I said, "I did not care," and they gave me in custody—I know no more of it than the dead.

GUILTY .* Aged 36.— Confined One Year .

167. JAMES WARHAM ALEXANDER was indicted for stealing, on the 12th of November , 4 brushes, value 8 s .; the goods of William Skinner .

WILLIAM SKINNER . I am an oilman, and live in Hereford-street, Fitz roy-market. On Friday, the 12th of November, in the evening, I was behind my counter—it was dark—I heard a noise, ran out, and four brushes were gone—I had seen them ten minutes before—I saw the prisoner running down Hereford-street, and followed him into Grafton-street—I took him by the collar, and accused him of stealing the brushes—he denied it, and at the same time I saw the handles of the brushes underneath his jacket—he dropped them—I gave him into custody.

Prisoner. Q. Did you see me take them? A. No.

HENRY ROBERTS . I am a policeman. On Friday evening, the 12th of November, I was called by Mr. Skinner, and found four brushes at the prisoner's feet—the prisoner said a lad with an apron on had dropped them at his feet in passing.

Prisoner's Defence . I was coming from Tottenham Court-road, and met a lad I knew by sight, when the man caught hold of me—the boy dropped the brushes, and ran away.

WILLIAM SKINNER re-examined . I did not observe any other boy with him—there were persons about him.

GUILTY . Aged 15— Confined Four Months .

First Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

168. JOSEPH WOOD was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of Novem ber , 1 pair of shoes, value 3 s ., the goods of John Marchant ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined One Month .

169. JAMES LEWIS was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of Novem ber , 1 blanket, value 12 s .; and 1 iron rod, value 3 s .; the goods of Robert Fox ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 45.— Confined One Month .

170. SAMUEL BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of No vember , 1 pair of boots, value 3 s ., the goods Nathan Blake ; to which be pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 31.— Confined One Month .

171. WILLIAM KEYTE , the younger, was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of October , 1 coat, value 3 s ., the goods of John William Hurst ; also for stealing, on the 8th of November , 1 coat, value 10 s .; and 1 pair of trowsers, value 3 s .; the goods of John William Hurst ; to both of which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

172. THOMAS GATELING was indicted for stealing 5lbs. weight of mutton, value 2 s . 6 d .; the goods of James Venables ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined One Month .

173. SAMUEL WOOD was indicted for stealing 6lbs. weight of white lead, the goods of the London Dock Company ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Fourteen Days .

174. THOMAS BURN was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of No vember , 1 pair of scales, value 13 s .; and 1 weight, value 1 s .; the goods of Peter Mudie .

OLIVER ROGERS . I live with my father, John Rogers, a bootmaker, in St. Martin's-street, Leicester-square. On the night of the 26th of November, I was by the shop-door—I saw the prisoner unhook the scales from the chain at Mr. Mudie's which is next door—he put them under his arm, and ran away with them—I went into the shop, and told Mrs. Mudie—Frederick Mudie ran out after him.

FREDERICK MUDIE . I am the son of Peter Mudie. I ran after the prisoner, and followed him as far as St. Martin'-lane, when I saw him collared—he had the scales under his arm, which were what we lost, and a weight in them.

Prisoner . The weight belonged to a place where I had been at work that day. Witness . It is our own weight.

WILLIAM HILL . I am a policeman. I was on duty in New-street—I heard a cry of "Police," and saw the prisoner stopped with the scales under his arm.

Prisoners Defence . I was at the corner of Orange-street, Leicester-square—a man came and asked me if I could tell where to sell the scales—I said I did not know—I asked what he wanted for them—he said 4 s .—I said they were not worth it to me—I had 3 s . in my pocket, which I gave him for them—I did not run—I walked slowly to the corner of New-street—the policeman saw me, and I gave myself up immediately.

FREDERICK MUDIE re-examined . Not more than two minutes elapsed between the scales being lost, and their being found on the prisoner—I saw him going along by the square, but I was not aware he was the same man—I followed an ostler, and he stopped the prisoner in St. Martin's-lane—he was walking very quick up New-street, and when he saw the policeman, he walked away again—there was no time for him to have bought the scales of another man—as soon as the boy cried out, he

ran away with the scales—I directly ran out, and ran down Orange street—I could not have been above two minutes getting to St. Martin's-lane—I went up Castle-street and through St. Martin's-court—I did not have him in view all the time—the ostler is not here, we did not know where he lived—I thought I first saw the prisoner going across the square—I then ran down Orange-street, thinking to meet him, and the ostler came running before me there—I followed him, he got to the prisoner first, and collared him.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Six Months .

175. EDWARD SIMPSON was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of November , 1 pair of boots, value 1 l . 14 s ., the goods of Samuel Mel luish .

WILLIAM HENRY WATKINS . I am fifteen years old, and live with my father, in Eagle-street, Red Lion square—I am shopman to Mr. Mel luish, a boot and shoe-maker, No. 28, Bell-yard, Temple-bar. On the 27th of November, I was coming out of my master's back-room into the shop, at a quarter to twelve o'clock, and saw the prisoner take a pair of boots up singly, and run away with them—they were just inside the shop—I called to my father and ran out after the prisoner—he ran up towards Carey-street—I called, "Stop thief "—as soon as I called "Stop thief," the second time, the prisoner dropped the boots, and ran towards Lin coln's-inn—I did not see him taken—I am sure I kept sight of him till he dropped them—I have no doubt the prisoner is the person.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How far is the back-room from the door of the shop? A. Not above a dozen yards—the boots were not fastened together, they stood on the top of a box—they could not have been taken from outside—he must have come two steps into the shop—there were no other boots there—I saw the prisoner's features as he turned round to go out of the shop—I had never seen him before to my know ledge—he snatched up the boots and ran away with them directly—he was not dressed as he is now, he had a Taglioni great coat on—I have not the least doubt of him.

HENRY WATKINS . I am foreman to Mr. Melluish—I was at work at the shop when my son called out, "Father"—I saw the prisoner leave the door with the boots in his hand—I followed him, but he had turned round the corner before I got up—I did not see him throw them down—the boots were picked up by a strange man, who gave them to me, and I gave them to my son—I overtook the prisoner in Lincoln's-inn, New-square, and gave him into custody—the boots picked up are my master's, and are worth 1 l . 14 s .—I cannot swear the prisoner is the person that took them—I was shown him when I went to the top of Carey-street, by the man who gave me the boots—I saw him turn in through Lincoln's-inn gate—he was running, and others were pursuing him.

JAMES HEYGATE ( police-constable F 54.) I was on duty in Lincoln's-inn, New-square, and saw Watkins having hold of the prisoner—he was given into my custody.

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Six Months .

176. HENRY SUTOR was indicted for embezzlement.

MR. CHARNOCK conducted the Prosecution .

SUSANNAH KLOS . I am the wife of John Klos, a baker. The pri soner

was in our service—the butler of the Dowager Countess of Essex, is a customer of ours—it is our custom for the servants to account to us every Saturday night for the money they receive—whatever they receive in the course of the week they pay on the Saturday night—the young woman at the shop receives the account of the bread they deliver—the money is not paid to me—I have the book here—my daughter keeps it—she is not here.

MATTHEW MAWSON . I am under-butler to Lady Essex, and deal with the prosecutor—the prisoner delivered bread to me. On the 30th of Oc tober I paid him, on the prosecutor's account, 18 d .; on the 6th of Novem ber, 18 d .; and on the 13th of November, 1 s . 10 (1/2) d . for bread I had re ceived from him.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. You do not know that it was the 30th of October, do you? A. Yes—I have recollected it since I was be fore the Magistrate—I paid the prisoner money every Saturday for the last three months—I generally paid on Saturday—I sometimes paid on Monday, when I was out on Saturday—he has been in the habit of leaving bread at the house for six months, I should say, but I did not pay him every Saturday all that time, only since Lady Essex has been out of town, which was in September—I paid him from 18 d . to 2 s . every Saturday—I am quite sure I paid him on the three days in question—either I or one of the servants took the bread in, but no one but me paid the money—I am quite sure I paid it with my own hand.

JOHN MULWOO . I am clerk to the prosecutor. I keep an account of the receipts of monies, and always know what is paid—the sums paid are entered in this cash-book—the parties who carry out bread and receive money do not give their accounts to me—it is accounted to me by my master, who receives the money—( referring to the book )—here is no entry of 1 s . 6 d . received by the prosecutor from Mawson on the 30th of October—on the 6th of November, here is 1 s . 7 d . entered as received from Maw-son—these entries are made by me.

COURT . Here is an entry on the 30th of October, "Essex, Servant, 1 s . 11 (3/4) d .; ditto, 1 s . 7 d .:" on the 6th of November, "Essex, Servant, 1 s . 7 d .;" and on the 13th of November there does not appear any entry. Witness . Those entries are for money received for former weeks.

MATTHEW MAWSON re-examined . Mrs. Langford, another servant of Lady Essex, also has bread of the prosecutor—we are on board-wages, and pay our own bills.

COURT to MRS. KLOS . Q. Here is a larger sum entered on the 30th of October than you charge him with embezzling? A. The reason of that is, he left more bread with the servant than he accounted for at home, and at a less price than we allowed, and that makes the difference in the money.

JOHN MULWOO re-examined . This entry certainly relates to former weeks—it cannot relate to the week for which the bill had been made out—if he was paid on Saturday, the 30th of October, he would not have accounted for that till that day week—the bill is generally made out for the running week, and he accounts for his bread for the week before, and that accounts for the sums varying, because it is for former weeks, and not for that very week—if he received 1 s . 2 (1/2) d .—on the 30th of October, he ought to account for it on the 6th of November, the ensuing week, and so on—he would keep it all the week—if he receives on the Monday for the week before, he ac counts for it on the following Saturday—the sums which are put down in

the cash-book were received and accounted for, but he withheld these three sums—the prisoner does not make any entry in this book, he has nothing to do with it—I keep this book, and make out the bills every Saturday—I do not debit him with the bread—what he has accounted for on these days refers to former weeks—these sums in the pass-book exactly corre spond with the cash-book—the two books must correspond—what he re ceived on the 23rd of October would be accounted for on the 30th.

MATTHEW MAWSON re-examined . I do not remember whether I paid him any thing on the 23rd of October.

ELIZABETH LANOFORD . I am housekeeper in the service of Lady Essex. I deal with Mr. Klos—the prisoner brought bread to the house—I paid him 1 s . 7 d . about a month or five weeks ago—I do not know whether it was on the 30th of October, but it was somewhere about that time—I could almost be positive it was the 30th—mine is a distinct account from Mawson's—I did not have a bill—I did not pay weekly—this was for three or four weeks—the prisoner never delivered any bills to me, and gave no reason for not doing so.

MRS. KLOS re-examined . This other book is made from the prisoner's directions—on the 16th of October here is entered against "Essex, Servant, 1 s . 11 3/4 d ."—on the 23rd, 1 s . 7 d —on the 30th October, 1 s . 2 1/2 d —the 1 s . 7 d . is Mrs. Langford's account, and the other Mawson's—the amount of bread supplied was taken from his own lips—he told me what is down here—each man tells me what be leaves at each house every day when they settle—we do not charge him with the bread when he takes it out, only when he brings it home—we count it when it goes out; and when he comes back, if any is left, it is marked to him, and at night he would account to me for the bread he has left to each person at each house—I know he left more bread than he accounted for, by what is said—there were three loaves on the bill, and he said he had left four—he has weekly bills to distribute every Monday morning.

JOHN KLOS . The prisoner was my servant—he never accounted to me for 1 s . 6 d .—on the 6th of November—he left more bread with Lady Essex's servants than I have in my book—he must have taken bread from other customers, and kept the money—I made out the bills from what he told me—he never accounted to me for 1 s . 2 1/2 d . on the 6th of November—he was taken into custody on Saturday night, the 13th.

NOT GUILTY .

177. JAMES BRYAN was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of No vember , 2 sovereigns, and 1 half-sovereign, the monies of Thomas Staples , from his person.

THOMAS STAPLES . I am toll-collector at the Duncan-street bar, Islington, and live in White Lion-street—I have known the prisoner about five years. On the night of the 2nd of November, about seven o'clock, he went into the bar-house with me—I was rather sleepy—when I awoke I missed two sovereigns and a half from my pocket—it was in a tobacco box—I found the box in my left-hand breast-pocket, which was a different pocket, and the money gone—it was in a leather bag, and a piece of paper as well—I am sure it was safe in my pocket between six and seven—the prisoner sat by my side while I was dosing—I had no light there when I missed it—he said, "I think you had better wait four or five days, and then you will see the boy with a new suit of clothes"—meaning a boy who was with me about five—but my money was safe after that boy was gone—the prisoner

went away soon after, and returned in about a quarter of an hour, then went away, and I did not see him again—I left the bar at nine, met a constable I about eleven, and went with him to the prisoner—I did not see him hand any thing to his sister—the constable showed me a handkerchief—I did not see him give it to any body—if I have said so, it is not true—if I have said I saw the constable take the handkerchief from her hand, it is not true—I saw it after he took it away from the sister, and he put it into his pocket—I did not see the prisoner give it to his sister—the prisoner was taken to the station—the handkerchief being opened, two sovereigns and a half were found in it, such coin as I had lost.

Prisoner . About half-past six o'clock I was coming by, and a boy who was often about there, said, "You can come and sit with me, as I have nobody here;" in a short time he said I had better go away for fear the master of the toll-box should come and find me there; I left, and when I came back he said he had lost his money, and suspected two boys who had been there; I said, "You had better look about and see if you have got it, and you had better search me." Witness . He went away while I was asleep, and when he came back, I felt about his clothes, but could not find it, but he had been away before that.

Prisoner . He told me to pull off my boots to see if it was there—he said, "Don't tell any body that I have lost it, for nobody knows I have got it," and when at night he came and took me out of bed, the constable had the money in his hand, but I never saw It at all.

JOHN DAVIS ( police-constable N 101.) The prosecutor spoke to me, and I went with him and took the prisoner—he denied the charge—while I was coming down stairs I saw a female, who I believe was his sister, on the stairs—I was first, the prisoner next, and the sister behind him—I saw him at the bottom of the stairs, put his hand behind him, and the sister was behind him—I saw her take something from his hand—I seized her hand, and took a handkerchief from her with two sovereigns and a half in it, rolled up in paper—when he saw me find it, he denied having had it—I am quite certain be banded it to his sister—I seized her hand imme diately before it got out of my sight.

Prisoner . I was putting on my clothes, and was in my drawers and shirt; I could not have had it, for I dressed in his presence; he caught hold of me directly I opened the door, and would not leave go of me. Witness . He sleeps in his clothes—he was lying on shavings—his clothes were on when I went, except his jacket.

THOMAS STAPLES re-examined . The paper the money was found in was not what I lost it in—one sovereign was dated 1836—I stated that at Hatton garden.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Six Months .

NEW COURT .— Saturday, December —4 th , 1841.

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

178. JOHN LORNS was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged order for the payment of 15 s . 6 d .:—also, another forged order for 24 s .; to both which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 33.— Transported for Seven Years .

179. CHARLOTTE BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 1 d . 1 crown, 1 half-crown, 2 shil lings, 1 sixpence, 4 pence, and 5 halfpence, the property of Charles James Hopkins ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

180. PHILLIP HARRIS was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of November , 2 half-crowns and 1 shilling, the monies of James Crozier ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined One Month .

181. MARY ELTHON was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of No vember , 4 shirts, value 2 l .; 7 pairs of stockings, value 3 s . 6 d .; 4 handkerchiefs, value 4 s .; and 2 cravats, value 2 s .; the goods of Edward Lam bert , Esq., her master.

EDWARD LAMBERT, ESQ . The prisoner's sister was my laundress. On Wednesday, the 24th of November, the prisoner came to supply her place—I gave her on that or the following day, two shirts to get washed, and some stockings and handkerchiefs—she brought one shirt back, and I gave her another on Saturday—I have ultimately missed four shirts, and the other things stated—these articles are mine—they are marked exactly as mine are.

THOMAS VORLEY . I am shopman to a pawnbroker. I produce some shirts which were pledged by the prisoner on the 20th of November.

MR. LAMBERT re-examined . The prisoner came to me on the 24th—I never saw her before, but her sister had pawned half-a-dozen shirts pre vious—I attributed this crime to my servant, but I discovered that the prisoner was the person who pawned them all—she lived with her sister—she could have taken her sister's key and gone to my chambers.

WALTER CROW . I am a pawnbroker. I have one shirt pawned by the prisoner on the 27th of November.

MR. LAMBERT . This shirt is mine.

Prisoner . I pawned this one to get some soap and other things—I know nothing of the other articles.

GUILTY . Aged 28.— Confined One Year .

Before Mr. Justice Coltman .

182. WILLIAM SMITH and MARY DAVIS were indicted for steal ing, on the 8th of October , 6 curtains, value 2 l . 10 s .; 2 candlesticks, value 2 l .; 1 pair of snuffers and tray, value 10 s .; 1 table-cover, value 10 s .; and 2 sheets, value 10 s .; the goods of Mary Ann Lewis , in her dwelling-house.

ELIZABETH THOMAS . I live at No. 16, Oxendon-street, the house be longs to Mary Ann Lewis, and the furniture is hers. On the 8th of Oc tober, in the evening, the two prisoners came there—they did not say any thing on coming in, but walked up stairs into the first floor front room—they remained there about an hour, and went away about half-past eight —Davis came down stairs first, and Smith came after her—when he got to the foot of the stairs he dropped a piece of coin—he looked down, and Davis went out of the door—Smith then walked along, looking down, and when he got to the door, he said, "If my lady calls here to-morrow even ing, will you allow her to wait?"—I said, "What time?"—he said,

"About this time"—(it was then about half-past eight)—he did paid me 5 s . for the room when he first went in—when they went from the door, Charlotte Gray, the housemaid, went up stairs—I followed her—I was on the stain when she went into the room—I then went into the room—it was the room the prisoners had been in—the room was in darkness—I put my band on the table to feel for the candlestick, and felt that the table-cover was gone—the housemaid went and got a light, and I then missed six bed-curtains, a pair of sheets, a pair of plated candlesticks, a pair of snuffers and tray, and the table-cover—all these things had been safe in the room when Smith paid me the money, and no one had been in that room but the two prisoners—there was no one in the house but the pri soners, me, the housemaid, and cook—the cook never came out of the kitchen—I saw the prisoners again on the 22nd of October, at No. 11, Shepherd-street—I am certain they are the persons.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. This is a brothel, is it not? A. It is a house of accommodation for ladies and gentlemen—I cannot say what the females are, whether they are prostitutes or not—I never ask them whether they are or not—if women who walk the street are brought there by gentlemen, I never ask what they are—I have lived there about four months—I am a widow, and have children—I call myself chamber-maid in this house—I do not know a woman named Dale—Mary Ann Lewis hired roe as chamber-maid to this place—she told me she was a widow—I have known her four months—I saw her at the Black Bull public-house in Holborn—I cannot say the day of the month—I was like other ser vants inquiring for a situation—I went there and saw Mrs. Lewis—she appeared in every way a respectable woman—we had appointed to meet there—I received a letter, and went there, and Lewis hired me to be chamber-maid at this house—she did not go there with me—I have never seen her in Oxendon-street—I do not know that that house has been indicted—I never heard of it till now—I have heard Mrs. Dale spoken off, but I never saw her.

Davis . It was quite impossible for a person to take all these things. Witness . The window was unhasped, and the cord of the furthest blind was cut away.

COURT . Q. What does that window look out upon? A. The window that was unhasped looks into James-street, Haymarket, and there is a dead wall faces it belonging to the Tennis-court—it is a narrow street—the window could not be opened without breaking the blinds—there are short blinds beside the long ones, and to open the window properly the sofa must be moved, which had no appearance of having been moved.

MART BENNETT . I live at No. 11, Shepherd-street. The prisoners came there together on the 22nd of October, and in consequence of what passed at that house I sent to No. 16, Oxendon-street, and Elizabeth Thomas came—she saw the policeman there, and challenged them as being the parties who had been at her house, and they were taken into custody.

RICHARD BOOR ( police-sergeant C 15.) I apprehended the prisoners at No. 11, Shepherd-street, which is a brothel, about half-past nine o'clock in the evening, on the 22nd of October—Thomas saw them and recognised them in a moment as the persons who had been at her house—she gave them into custody for robbing the house in Oxendon-street—they said nothing.

CHARLOTTE GRAY . I am house-maid at No. 10, Oxendon-street I

saw the prisoners come there on the 8th of October—they remained there from half-past seven o'clock till half-past eight—they were in the first floor back room—after they were gone I went into the room and missed the articles stated—I saw them safe not two minutes before they came—no one was in the room but them.

Davis . The owner of the house I believe is now in a county prison—I have only to say I know nothing of it.

NOT GUILTY .

183. WILLIAM SMITH and MARY DAVIS were again indicted for stealing, on the 12th of October , 1 painting, value 1 l . 15 s .; 2 ornaments, value 1 l . 5 s .; 1 counterpane, value 1 s . 15 s .; 2 sheets, value 4 s .; and 2 towels, value 2 s .; the goods of Mary Williams ; and that Smith had been before convicted of felony.

MARY WILCOX . I live at No. 8, Edward's-yard, and am servant to Mary Williams—she does not live there, but at Highgate—there are two servants in the house, Ann Jones and me—Mrs. Williams comes every week for her money. On the 12th of October Davis came and asked if she could have a room—I told her, "Yes"—she asked if it was well-furnished—I said, "Yes"—she said a gentleman she was about to meet was very elegant, and she would return with him in half-an-hour—she went away, and returned with Smith about ten o'clock—they went into the back room on the first floor—my fellow-servant went up with them—in about ten minutes Davis came into the back yard, and opened my kitchen-door—she had no bonnet on—she said she was afraid if I had not a front room ready, her gentleman would not stop—I told her I would light a fire in the front room, and it would be ready in a few minutes—she then went up again to the back room—I lighted the fire—my fellow-servant knocked at the door of the room they were in, and told them the front room was ready—they went into it, and remained there twenty minutes or half-an-hour—Davis then came down stairs and Smith behind her—my fellow-servant opened the door to let them out—I was coming in at the back door at the time—I heard Smith say to my fellow-servant, "Will you allow my lady to wait here to-morrow night, I will meet her it half-past nine o'clock?"—he then said to Davis, "Go on, my dear, I will overtake you"—he then said, "By the bye, I have left my gloves up stairs, but that will do when I come to-morrow night"—I was going up stairs to fetch them when he made his way out of the house—he had paid my fellow-servant 5 s . for the room up stairs—I was in the adjoining room, and saw him give her the money—that was after I had lighted the fire in the front room—he said to Davis, "Excuse me Madam for a few moments" then closed the door and paid it—after he was gone I went up stairs—I found one candle in the front room that they had been in, and one in a little bed-room adjoining—I missed two towels from the dressing-table, and a large counterpane and two sheets from the bed in that little room, and from the front sitting-room which they bad been in an oil-painting had been cut out of the frame and was gone, and two china ornaments—I had placed all those things there myself when I lighted the fire—I found one of the panes of glass in the window was broken, which was not broken when I showed them into the room, and the window had been unfastened, which I had fastened down myself, which is a general rule when we close the shutters—I had hasped it about half-past eight o'clock—I am quite sure

the prisoners are the persons—I saw them again on the 23rd in custody—I have never seen any of the property.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Where is this house? In Edward's yard, Langham-place—it is not a public thoroughfare—there are four houses in it, and some stables—the front of the house is in Edward's-yard, which leads into Edward-street—you can get out of Edward's-yard by going through a public-house, which will lead into Portland-street—our house is only one story high—there are two back rooms and two front rooms up stairs—I have lived there nearly six months—the bed was made, all but sheeting, before the prisoners came—I put the sheets on after they were there—I am a widow, and have two children—when I went to this house I had been out of place a long time, and was glad to take any place—a female friend who had been in the habit of living in such places, told me of it—I went to the house, but Mrs. Williams was not there—I waited there to be hired, and Mrs. Williams came three days after and hired me—I had never seen her before—she has never lived on those premises since I have been there—my fellow-servant pays her what money is taken in the house—it is taken from the till and given her—I sometimes take money there—it is put into a drawer, which is kept locked up—my fellow servant generally locks it, but I lock it some times—I never paid Mrs. Williams any thing—she comes every week from three to four o'clock in the afternoon—she receives no regular sum, but whatever is taken in the house—some weeks there it more taken than others—I have 6 s . a week and what I receive at the door—Mrs. Williams pays me the 6 s . out of the money taken—she never stays in the house, and I do not know where to find her at Hampstead—I do not know whe ther she is married or single—for aught I know she has got a husband—I never heard but that she was a widow—she did not complain of the loss of this property before the Magistrate.

Davis. Q. Who did I come with when you first saw me? A. By yourself.

JOSEPH SHACKLE . I produce a certificate of the former conviction of the prisoner Smith, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—I appre hended him, and was present at his trial—he is the person.

Cross-examined. Q. How many years is that ago? A. I—took him on the 14th of January, 1837, with two other persons—I had him up to the 4th of February in my custody, and I have seen him since, and spoken to him—I will swear he is the man.

SMITH— GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Ten Years .

DAVIS— GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Twelve Months .

184. THOMAS CONWAY and JAMES WHITE were indicted for stealing, on the 15th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s ., the goods of William Roy , from his person.

WILLIAM ROY . About eight o'clock in the evening of the 15th of No vember I was standing at the corner of Wellington-street, Strand—a friend asked me if I had lost any thing—I looked, and missed my handkerchief, which I had in my hand about a quarter of an hour before, in St. Paul's Church-yard—the policeman showed it to me in about three-quarters of an hour.

JOSEPH THOMPSON ( police-constable S —39.) About eight o'clock in the evening of the 15th of November, I saw the prisoners at the corner of

Chancery-lane—I waited a few minutes at a pastry-cook's shop till they passed me, following the prosecutor and a gentleman who was with him—I followed after them to the corner of Wellington-street, through Holy well-street—I then saw Conway take a white pocket handkerchief from the prosecutor's pocket and carry it in front of him—White was close to him, covering him—the prosecutor then turned up Wellington-street—the pri soners still continued on westward, along the Strand—I saw they did not run—I went up after Mr. Roy, and told him what I had seen—I then went down the Strand, westward, after the prisoners—I could not find them—I took Mr. Roy's address, and went back, and, with the assistance of a City police-constable, I took the two prisoners, who were at the cor ner of Chancery-lane—I took them to the station, and the constable took off White's hat, and in it found this handkerchief—I asked White where he got it—he said he bought it on Holborn-hill—I am confident they are the men—I knew their resort, and where to find them.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

Conway's Defence . I was never near Wellington-street, and know nothing of it.

White's Defence . I went into a public-house on Holborn-hill; a man man came in and offered this handkerchief for sale for 1 1/2 d ., and I bought it.

(James Tebbetts, shoemaker, gave Conway a good character.)

CONWAY— GUILTY . Aged 21.

WHITE— GUILTY . Aged 31.

Transported for Ten Years .

185. MARY MILLER was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of Octo ber , 1 medal, value 3 l . 10 s .; 1 fork, value 7 s .; 6 spoons, value 1 l . 2 s .; and 1 napkin, value 1 s .; the goods of William Witham , in his dwelling-house.

ELIZABETH M'NAMARA . I am servant to Mr. William Witham, of No. 49, Eaton-square; the prisoner's husband is a fellow-servant of mine, and she occasionally came to the house to see him. Between a fortnight and three weeks ago I missed a silver medal from the drawing-room table, and one or two days after I missed five silver tea-spoons, a salt-spoon, and a dessert-fork—I had never seen the spoons after I missed the medal—I had seen none of them within a month—I should think I had within three months—I have since seen the silver medal and the salt-spoon with a crest.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Had you known her long? A. About a year and a half—I knew she was poor.

JAMES MAY ( police-sergeant B 7.) I went before the Magistrate when the prisoner was under examination—I saw her sign this statement, and Mr. Burridge also—the articles produced before the Magistrate were claimed by M'Namara—( read )—"The prisoner says, 'I took them through distress; I told the pawnbrokers the things were my husband's master's; I intended to get them out as soon as I could.'"

GUILTY .— Recommended to mercy by the Prosecutor and Jury .

Confined Four Months .

186. HENRY SARUM was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of November , 1 chair, value 3 s . 6 d ., the goods of Henry Wearing .

JAMES SMITH . I am shopman to Henry Wearing. On Friday, the 19th of November, about half-past four o'clock, I went into the

Warehouse-room to get a deal table out for my mistress—I returned to the shop in about three minutes, and missed a chair, which I had seen safe five minutes before—a woman gave me information—I ran down Wentworth-street, and saw the prisoner walking away with the chair on his back—I went up to him, and told him the chair belonged to my master—he said nothing—I took it from him, and be ran away—I followed him with the chair in my hand—he went into No. 21, New-court, George-street—I went a little way from the house to look for a policeman, but did not lose sight of the house—I saw the prisoner then come out of that house and go into another at the corner of George-street —he came out of there, and went into a chandler's shop—the policeman then came up, and I gave him in charge at the corner of the chandler's shop—I am sure the prisoner is the same man—he had a hat on—the gas was lighted, but there was no gas in our shop.

WILLIAM PRICE ( police-constable H 25.) I took the prisoner by Smith's desire—he was going in to the chandler's shop—I told him he was wanted—he said, "What for?"—I told him he was charged with stealing a chair from a shop in Brick-lane—he said he knew nothing about it—he went very quietly till within one hundred yards of the station—he feigned to be very much intoxicated, but I do not believe he was so—he then put his foot out and threw me down, but with the assistance of the beadle, who happened to be near, I got up and secured him.

Prisoner . I know nothing about it—I was never there at all—the witness Smith, says I had a hat on, but I had a cap—I never wear a hat —I was at a public-house drinking, at half-past four o'clock, just against the lodging-house. Witness . I think he had a hat on.

JAMES SMITH re-examined . I believe it was a hat—he appeared to be very much intoxicated—when I asked him for the chair, he gave it me very quietly, and then ran away.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined One Month .

187. JOHN SCOTT was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of November , 2 pence, the monies of Sophia Winterburn , from the person of Elizabeth Mary Winterburn .

ELIZABETH MARY WINTBRBURN . I live with my mother, Sophia Winterburn, a baker, in Gray's inn-lane. On Monday, the 8th of Novem ber, about half-past five o'clock in the evening, the prisoner came and asked for a half-quartern loaf—he had a shilling in his hand—I weighed the loaf and put it on the counter, and supposing he wanted change for the shilling, I put sixpence on the counter and took twopence out of the till to make up the rest of the change—he snatched the twopence out of my hand—I then saw the shilling was a bad one, and told him of it, I said if he would give me my change I would say nothing about it—he said I dare not do so, and he would serve me out if I called a policeman to him—he then ran out of the shop, taking with him the loaf, the two penny pieces, and the sixpence, and left the shilling on the counter—I had put the loaf and the sixpence down for him to take, but be did not put down the shil ling till afterwards—I ran out after him, and cried out for the people to stop him—he was stopped in about ten minutes and brought back to the shop.

Prisoner. Q. Did not you take the twopence out of the till and put it down? A. No, you snatched it out of my hand.

PETER FLANNAGAN . On the evening in question, I saw the prisoner with the loaf in his arm, running away, and the witness after him, calling "Stop that man with the white apron and the paper cap"—I ran after him, and other persons joined in the pursuit—I did not see him stopped, but I saw him Drought back in about ten minutes.

JAMES O'BRIEN ( police-constable G 59.) I saw the prisoner in the hands of a young man, on Eyre-street-hill—he had a loaf—I took him back to the shop, and found on him 6 d . of half-pence, and two sixpences in silver.

GUILTY .* Aged 21.— Confined Nine Months .

188. WILLIAM BISHOP was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of November , 1 pair of shoes, value 7 s ., the goods of James Ayling and another, from the person of John Dwyer .

JAMES AYLING . I am a boot and shoe-maker. On the 8th of Novem ber, I went to the Rose and Crown public-house, Crown-court, Islington, to measure a woman named Mary Bush, for some shoes—I saw the pri soner and another there—I believe he heard Bush give me the order for the shoes—he had the opportunity—she told me to send them home as usual—on the 13th, I sent them home by John Dwyer.

JOHN DWYER . I am errand-boy to the prosecutor. I was sent with a pair of shoes to Mary Bush—my master had told me to go to No. 9, Rose and Crown-court, but I forgot the number, and I asked a woman at the top of the court, if she knew where a person of the name of Bush lived, and she told me at No. 7—I went there, and saw a man named Briant—I left the shoes with him, and told him they were for a woman of the name of Bush—as I was coming out of the court I saw the prisoner—he told me to give him the shoes, and he would give them to Mary Bush when she came in—I told him I had given them to Briant—he told me to go and bring them out of Briant's and give them to him—I did so, and then returned to my master—I am sure the prisoner is the man—I saw him again on the Wednesday morning following.

ROBERT BRAY ( police-constable N 178.) I apprehended the prisoner, and told him he was charged with stealing shoes—he said he knew nothing of the boy or the shoes—he said he saw the boy go down the court with the shoes in his hand.

MICHAEL BRIANT . I was sitting by the fire—Dwyer came to the door, and asked if a person named Bush lived in the house—I said there was—he said, "Here is a pair of shoes to give her"—I put them down—in a few minutes he came, and said he had left them wrongly—I gave him the shoes, and he went out

Prisoner . This witness knows I sell fruit in the street—I was not home that night till half-past nine. Witness . I cannot say what time he came home—I never knew any thing bad of him.

NOT GUILTY .

189. PRISCILLA GOBELL was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of November , 2 sheets, value 2 s .; the goods of Walter Pemberton ; 2 pairs of earrings, value 16 s .; 1 veil, value 3 s . 6 d .; 2 pairs of cuffs, value 6 d .; 3 yards of ribbon, value 3 d .; and 1lb. weight of sugar, value 9 d .; the goods of Oliver Horton Smart , her master.

CAROLINE SMART . I am the wife of Oliver Morton Smart. The pri soner was in our service, and quitted on the 19th of November—I was present that evening, with my husband and the officer, when her box was searched—it was locked—she unlocked it—we found in it a pair of gold drops, a pair of gold earrings, and some cuffs, belonging to us, and some shirts, and two night-shirts belonging to Mr. Walter Pemberton—I know them by the initials on them—this veil was found in her pocket, and several other trifling articles were found in her box.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How long had she been in your service? A. About four months—she was to have 5 l . a-year, and her perquisites—ours is a lodging-house, and we have lately opened it as a coffee-shop—she had received 5 s . wages—she had previously been in our service, for six months—she was away twelve months, and then we took her again—she gave notice this last time—I owed her about 1 s ., some-thing of mine was in pledge, and she advanced the money to pay the interest—here is a pair of drops, and a pair of gold earrings—these drops cannot be worn without the earrings on the top of them—these earrings are my cousin's, who was staying at our house—I gave 35 s . for the veil—I have worn it these twelve months—these things were not put in a box to be thrown away—there were winter things in the box—I never used the veil as a duster—there were some handkerchiefs in the box of Mr. Pemberton's—he lodged with us six months—he left these shirts behind him—I believe the prisoner has no father or mother—it was between six or seven in the evening that I searched her box—she was going directly—I should have paid her wages before she went—I wear these cuffs on my wrists in the winter.

WILLIAM HILLS ( police-constable E 72.) I took the prisoner—she was searched by a woman, but not in my presence.

NOT GUILTY .

190. GEORGE CHILCOTT and ANN FRANCIS were indicted for stealing, on the 11th of September , 2 sheets, value 5 s ., the goods of Henry James Whiteman .

AMELIA ANN WHITEMAN . I an the wife of Henry James Whiteman, and live in Arlington-street. About four months since, the prisoner, Francis, hired a furnished apartment at our house, and she and Chilcott came to live there—we gave them warning three weeks previous to the 18th of November—they should have quitted on the 18th—Francis said they could not go then—on the 19th, I said we must have the room by that evening, as it was very particular—she said she did not know whether she could let us have it, and in the evening, she said they could not go—we then asked if the property was safe, and said we thought it must be pledged—she denied it—I asked to see the property—she said she would not satisfy my idle curiosity—we then insisted on searching, had the policeman, and missed a pair of linen sheets—I gave her into custody—Chilcott was not there then—he was taken on the 22nd—there was some rent owing, which we were willing to forgive them, if they would give us the duplicates and possession of the room.

Cross-examined by MR. PRICE . Q. But Francis was in prison, was not she? A. No—we made her that offer, and she sent word she would not—we had given her a week's notice three weeks previously, and she said

she was afraid she should not be able to go on account of the money—that was the reason she gave from week to week, but we did not press for the money, so that could not keep them—we wished possession of the apartment, and would have got the goods out ourselves—there was 1 l . 14 s . due for rent, at 4 s . 6 d . a-week—we had received very little, and there was work done—it was ten o'clock at night when I had the policeman in—Francis was then lying on the bed—we had called the policeman before, and then we thought we would give her a little further time, we begged of her to go in the mean time, but she would not—we had promised a friend to sleep in that apartment, and I expected to be confined shortly, and wanted the room—Francis knew that—she did not tell me, that if I would give her a little time, she would pay me up every thing—she had told us repeatedly she could not go, and that night she told us, very impudently, that we had not given her a legal warning—Chilcott after wards came that same night—we refused to admit him, and he went away—we found out he was not her husband, which we did not know before.

MARY ANN REDMAN . I am the wife of a policeman. I searched the female prisoner at the station, and found on her a duplicate for a sheet, pawned at Sharwood's, in St. John's-street Road—I gave it to Davis.

CHARLES DAVIS ( police-constable G 170.) I apprehended Francis on the 19th of November—she said she had not pledged the sheets; if they would give her till the morning she would replace them again—I after-wards received a duplicate from Redman, and went with it to Mr. Shar wood's, from whom I received a sheet—Mrs. Whiteman was with me, and identified it—I left it at the pawnbroker's, and it was brought to Hatton-garden office on the Saturday—I apprehended Chilcott on the Monday—I found nothing on him—on the Tuesday a friend of his came to the office, and he sent him for a duplicate—he brought it, and it was given to me—I went to Sharwood's with it, and one of his men brought the sheet next morning—both the sheets were taken back to the pawnbroker's till the Thursday, and after being brought to the office they had them again.

Cross-examined. Q. How do you know it was a friend of the prisoner's that brought the ticket? A. Chilcott told me so—the two prisoners had been kept separate.

SAMUEL FROST . I am in the service of Mr. Sharwood, a pawnbroker—I produce a sheet which was pawned by the male prisoner on the 11th of September—it remained in our custody till the prisoners were taken—the male prisoner had been frequently in the habit of pawning things with us since that time, and redeeming them.

Cross-examined. Q. He never left any thing unredeemed? A. Only this sheet—Mrs. Whiteman and the policeman came to our shop afterwards, and claimed it.

EDWARD EASTMAN . I am in Mr. Sharwood's service. I produce a sheet which was pledged with me, I believe, by the female prisoner, but I could not positively swear to her.

MRS. WHITEMAN re-examined . These are the two sheets that were missing—our initials are on them, "H. A. W.," for Henry and Amelia Whiteman.

MR. PRICE . Q. Did you not receive some sheets on the Friday morn ing? A. Yes, one pair clean, and a pair of pillow-cases—Francis told me on Saturday she would make it right, but we were told so repeatedly.

NOT GUILTY .

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

191. MARY MILWARD was indicted for stealing, on the 22nd of No vember , 4 towels, value 6 s . 6 d .; 2 dusters, value 1 s . 2 d .; sheet, value 1 l . 1 s .; 1 handkerchief, value 3 s .; and 1 toilet-cover, value 4 s . 6 d .; the goods of John Conquest , her master.

JOHN CONQUEST . I live in Woburn-square—the prisoner was my cook. On the 22nd of November she went out for a cab ,—and was going to leave me—her boxes were locked, and a bag was in the room—I called up my servants, and in their presence I found in the bag a duster and a sheet—I had her boxes opened, and all these other things were found in them, except I one duster, which was found in her pocket.

Prisoner . I did not put them there—I had left my keys on the table. Witness . The bag and boxes were locked, and she took the keys out of her pocket.

JANE KIMBER . I am the prosecuter's servant. I saw these things taken out of the bag and boxes in the prisoner's bed-room—the prisoner took the keys out of her pocket when she came back from getting the cab .

GUILTY . Aged 45.— Confined Six Months .

192. JOHN M'DONALD was indicted for stealing, on the 14th of No vember , 1 pocket-book, value 6 d .; 8 sovereigns; 1 half-sovereign; and 1 piece of foreign coin, value 1 s . 6 d .; the property of David Hanson , from his person.

DAVID HANSON . I am a seaman—the prisoner was my shipmate. On Sunday night, the 14th of November, I got drank—I had in my pocket a Pocket-book, eight sovereigns and a half, and three American coins—I had received my wages the night before—the last time I was sober was about seven o'clock that evening, and I then had my money safe—this coin ( look ing at it )—is the largest of the coins I had in my pocket-book with my money—the prisoner is one who was with me when I got drunk—I met him in Wapping, in a cab —with two girls—the next day he called to me out of the cab door,—took me to a public-house, and gave me a glass of rum—he told me that I had taxed him with the money the night before—he cried like a child, and took this half-crown, tossed it out of his pocket, and said, "That is more than any of your countrymen would do for you"—he then took me to the King William public-house, and said he had left a sove reign there—he went out of the King William, and bought a watch—he had no watch when he left the ship.

Prisoner . I know nothing about the American piece.

HUGH M' LACHLAN . I am a chronometer-maker, and live in Upper East Smithfield. I bought this coin of Ellen Roach.

ELLEN ROACH . I sold this coin to Mr. Luckley—the prisoner gave it to me as a present about eleven or twelve o'clock on the day on which he was taken—he gave me his coat to keep for him—there was 2 s . in the coat.

JURY . Q. Was he drunk or sober when he gave you the coin? A. He was sober—he and three of his shipmates had come to sup the night before he left his coat with me, and next day he said the coin was of no use to him, I might sell it for its value.

FREDERICK PICKERING . I am an officer. I received this coin from Mr. Luckley—I took the prisoner, and found this watch on him—he said he

had got 10 s . 6 d ., which was all the money he had, and he had bought the watch for 2 l .

DAVID HANSON re-examined . The prisoner received his wages, 4 l . odd, on the same night that I received mine—he had come on board at Milford Haven—I came from America.

Prisoner . I left my coat, and when I came to overhaul it there was 2 s . and this piece in it—I took the 2 s ., and gave the piece to the girl.

GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Six Months .

193. GEORGE SCATHINGWOOD was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s ., the goods of a man whose surname is Holland , but whose Christian name is unknown, from his person:—2nd COUNT , stating it to be the goods of a man unknown.

JOSEPH BATEMAN . I live with my mother, Catherine Bateman, in De vonshire street, Vauxhall. On the 12th of November, about two o'clock in the afternoon, I was in Martin's-lane—I saw a lady and gentleman walking—the prisoner crossed over, and took a handkerchief from the gen tleman's pocket, and put it under his jacket—I went and told the con-stable, who ran after him—I have not seen the gentleman since—some person told him of this, and he ran up, but he was in a great hurry, and would not stop—I forget whether he told his name or not.

CHARLES BROWN ( police-constable F 128.) I received information—I went and took the prisoner—I took this handkerchief from him—he said he was very sorry—he hoped I would forgive him, and he would never do it any more—the gentleman came up in a great hurry, said his name was Holland, and promised faithfully to come the next day, but he did not—he said this was his handkerchief—I have tried to find who he was, but could not

Prisoner's Defence . The handkerchief is mine—I brought it out of the country with me—I pulled it out of my pocket to wipe my nose, and walked with it in my band—I did not put it in my pocket.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

194. CHARLES BURRY was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of November , 7 bottles, value 1 s . 6 d .; 3 quarts of wine, value 16 s . 3 d .; 3 pints of brandy, 7 value 12 s .; 1 half-pint of gin, value 2 s .; and 1 handker chief, value 2 s . 6 d .; the goods of Frederick Braithwaite .

FREDERICK BRAITHWAITE . I am an engineer, and live in Bath-place, New-road—the prisoner was my groom. On the morning of the 15th of November, in consequence of what I heard, I found a cupboard locked and nailed—it was opened in my presence, and contained six bottles, three of port, two of brandy, and one of gin—the prisoner gave up his key, and I went with the officer to his lodgings, and opened a box there which was pointed out by his landlord as his, and found in the box another bottle in a handkerchief—I called the prisoner up, and told him to tell me the whole truth.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. I believe you told him it would be better for him to tell the whole truth? A. Yes—this is my hand-kerchief—the name is picked out, but I have the fellow one to it—the prisoner was about to say there would be a bottle of wine found in his box, but the officer stopped him—I know the bottles from their being splashed

with lime—I had my cellar washed about two years ago, and the bottles were splashed—I went into the cellar and missed the four bottles from the top row—I can say positively this is my wine.

ALLAN FERRIE . I was called by Thomas Mason to the stable of Mr. Braithwaite, and there I saw six bottles—I told Mr. Braithwaite of it

THOMAS MASON . I am carman to the prosecutor—I was in the stable about seven o'clock in the evening of the 16th—the prisoner had one key, and I the other—I saw a cupboard open that the prisoner had the command of—it caused me to look in there, and I saw the neck of a bottle—I called Ferrie, and then the cupboard was nailed up—one morning the prisoner asked me if I had had any thing out of his cupboard—I said, "No"—I asked what he had lost—he said it did not signify, it was a thing of some consequence, he should have to make it good—he then said it was three bottles of wine and two of brandy.

Cross-examined. Q. Did he not say more to you? A. No—I do not know whether any thing was said about the value of it—he did say it was 24 s . or 25 s ., which he should have to make good—he told me he got them from a friend a long distance off, who were moving their goods, and they particularly wished him to take care of these bottles, and he should have to make them good.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Confined Six Months .

195. THOMAS HARWOOD was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of November , 2 live ducks, price 4 s ., the goods of Charlotte Grace Gurney .—2nd COUNT , stating them to be 2 dead ducks.

MR. PRENDERGAST conducted the Prosecution .

CHARLOTTE GRACE GURNEY . I live with my father at Northholt—these ducks were my own. On Sunday last I had eight docks, and on Monday I missed two—I gave information about it—two ducks were shown to me by the officer—I am sure they were mine.

Cross-examined by MR. HORRY . Q. When you saw them on Sunday they were alive? A. Yes—I have been in these habit of feeding and attending them for the last three months—I know them by their plumage.

JOHN SMITH ( police-constable F 190.) I was at Northholt last Monday evening—I saw the prisoner about two hundred yards from the prosecutor's premises—he had a basket—I asked what he had got—he said some potatoes that he had brought from Barges, meaning his brother-in-law—I said I wanted to see them—he then said, "To tell you the truth it is a piece of meat I bought"—I took down the basket, opened it, and found these two ducks in this bag—I felt the heads of the ducks and said, "This is very curious meat, Tom "—I asked him where he got them—he said he bought them on Saturday night of a man for 2 s .

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Months .

196. CHARLES BROWN and REUBEN MATTHEWS were in dicted for stealing, on the 24th of November , 30lbs. weight of lead, value 5 s ., the goods of William Daubney Holmes , and fixed to a building.

JOHN JAMES CLARK . I live in King-street, Westminster, and am agent

to William Daubney Holmes, the lessee of a house in Fludyer street, Westminster.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Is not this property in Chancery? A. I do not know—I believe Fludyer, to whom the property belongs, to be a lunatic—Mr. Holmes could not have been here, he is in Holstein—Mrs. Dillon lives in the house—I do not receive the rent for Mr. Holmes, I transact his business.

COURT . Q. How do you know this house belongs to Mr. Holmes, A. Because he told me that he was the lessee, that he had taken the house on a lease—he would address me as his agent.

Cross-examined. Q. How long is it since he told you this? A. From six to nine months since—I do not know who receives the rent—Mrs. Dillon is not here.

GEORGE FEOWERDEN . On Wednesday, the 24th of November, I went to the house in Fludyer-street, and received information—I told them to put the candles out, and I went up stairs—I saw two persons on the roof over the stable—I went and gave information—the police went in the back way—the lead was gone from the gutter—I did not see who the parties were—the house is unoccupied—Mrs. Dillon is taking care of it—Mr. Holmes gave her the care of it.

Cross-examined. Q. Who pays the rent of it? A. Mr. Holmes—I believe he has taken the lease of it.

GEORGE STEVENS ( police-sergeant A 13.) I received information that two persons were on the premises—I took three policemen with me, and posted two outside and took one in with me—I saw a person climb along the back of the premises—I took the light and found the two prisoners in a hole on the premises, and two pieces of lead, which were matched with what was in the gutter, and the place where it came from corresponds exactly—I have not the least doubt it belonged to the house—it was in a wet state when it was found.

Cross-examined. Q. Did it appear to have been taken off the roof? A. Yes, I did not see any other person on the roof—I did not hear Mathews say there was another person on the roof—the prisoners were searched—I found this handkerchief on one of them.

HENRY LOCKYER ( police-constable A 90.) I went to the house, searched for about a quarter of an hour, and found the two prisoners in a hole, and this lead.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you search the prisoners? A. I did not—I had one in custody—I was sent away by the Inspector to make further search—there was a handkerchief taken from one of the prisoners—Matthews said there had been several persons on the roof before them.

NOT GUILTY .

197. HENRY FINCH was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of No vember , 2 glazed window-sashes, value 8 s ., the goods of Horatio Peacock and another, his masters.

HORATIO PEACOCK . I am a carpenter and builder, in partnership with one other person. I have a yard at Shadwell with a quantity of old build ing-materieals in it—the prisoner was in my employ for the last seven weeks—I have lost two glazed window sashes—they were safe about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th of November—I found them afterwards at a broker's shop in Back-lane—I missed them on the 23rd—Mrs. Gar-dinner

diner came down to my workshop with a policeman, and said she bought them of the prisoner.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS Q. How long have you known him? A. Ever since he was a boy—he has been in the employ of Mr. Burl, a broker, eight or ten years—he has a wife and two children—I wish to recommend him to mercy—his wages were 18 s . a week, and 1 s . 6 d . extra

MARY GARDINER . I bought the sashes of the prisoner on the 22nd of November.

Cross-examined. Q. You have known him a good many years? A. Yes, between twelve and fourteen years—he has borne a good character.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Six Days .

198. MARIA SHARP was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of No vember , 1 pair of boots, value 3 s . 6 d ., the goods of William Spencer , her master.

WILLIAM SPENCER . I am a salesman in Whitechapel-road; the pri soner was in my service. I missed a pair of boots—I called a policeman and gave the prisoner in charge—the boots were safe in my shop at half-past eleven o'clock on the 28th of November—the prisoner gave me the boots—I asked her where she got the boots that she wore the day before—she said, "I took them, and meant to tell my mistress of it"—I knew she was in want of boots, and had occasion to go out on the Sunday night when she took them.

Prisoner . I meant to tell my mistress of it on Monday morning. Wit-ness . It was very early on Monday morning that we found it out—she might intend to tell her mistress—we have engaged another servant, or I would take her back.

NOT GUILTY .

199. HENRY SHELTON SHEARS was indicted for stealing, on the 14th of November , 1 watch, value 3 l .; 2 sovereigns, 6 shillings, 4 six-pences, and 15 l . Bank-note, the property of William Cullum , from his person.

WILLIAM CULLUM . I was discharged from the ship Britannia , at Portsmouth, on the 14th of November. I received three 5 l . notes and some silver—I came up to London with the prisoner and fourteen others—we got drunk, and when we got to Vauxhall four of us got into a coach—the prisoner was alongside of me—I then fell asleep—I got out at Bishops-gate-street—the prisoner came with me to my father's—we had more to drink, and he went away—I then missed my watch, a 5 l . note, two sove reigns, and some silver—I am sure I had my watch when I left the Crown public-house—it was safe when I was in the hackney-coach—I am sure of that.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Do you remember doing any thing with your watch in the coach? A. Yes, I took it out to see what time it was—the prisoner remarked that it did not go, and I put it up to his ear—I cannot say how much I had drank—I fell asleep in the coach—I wanted to pay for the coach-hire, and Johnstone told me to put my watch in my pocket and take care of it

WILLIAM JOHNSTONE . I am a seaman. I was paid off, came up by the railway, and got into the coach—I went to Cullum's father's house—he put his hand into his pocket and missed his watch and money—I said

I suspected Shears—I heard him tell the coachman at Vauzhall he was going to Ratcliff-cross—I went down there, made inquiries, and found him at Mr. Watson's—I said, "Halloa, Harry , what brought you down here?"—I called him on one side and said, "I came down after these things of Bill's" —he said, "What things?"—I said, "The watch"—Mr. Watson said, "If you have any thing to say, speak it out"—I said it was a private affair—the prisoner then told Watson to bring the watch—he took it down from a blue dish in the corner, and the prisoner gave it to me—I asked him again for the money—he said he had got no money—I said, "Yes, feel in your pockets like a good fellow"—no money was found.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you not say to him, "I want those things you have taken charge of?" A. Yes—seventeen of us came up from Portsmouth—there were two girls at the inn—I told the prosecutor to be careful of his money—he did not lose it, for I saw it at Vauxhall—I told the Magistrate that I sat alongside the coachman outside the coach—Kain sat inside.

COURT . Q. Did Cullum complain when at his father's house of the loss of his watch? A. Yes, the prisoner was gone then—I heard Shears say that the prosecutor had taken his watch out at the Farnham station, and given it to him.

JOHN KAIN . I came up in this coach from Vauxhall—I saw the watch in the coach—I did not hear the prisoner give any account how he came by the watch.

Cross-examined. Q. Where did you sit in the coach? A. Alongside Cullum—Shears sat opposite—Shears said he was going to Ratcliff-cross—I did not hear him say he was going to London-street

JOSEPH WATSON . I am a scourer and dyer, living in London-street; the prisoner's wife worked for me. At half-past seven o'clock in the even ing of the 14th of November, he called on me—he was drunk—he asked if his wife was there—I said, "No; will you walk in?"—he said, "Yes"—I sent for his wife—he was very sick—he left two sovereigns, two half-crowns, a five shilling-piece, and a watch with us.

Cross-examined. Q. He was in such a state that you wished to take care of his money? A. Yes, he gave me all the money he had.

MR. PHILLIPS called

MRS. WATSON . I am the wife of Joseph Watson. I remember the pri soner coming home—I asked him to leave the watch and money when he was going out with his wife—he said, "I will, you take care of the watch, it is not mine"—my husband was out at the time—he came in—I gave him the watch—he put it into a vegetable dish.

NOT GUILTY .

200. MARY CLARKSON was indicted for stealing, on the 26th of November , 1 gown, value 5 s ., the goods of Catherine Leach .

CATHERINE LEACH . I live in Frederick-place, Westminster. About half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th of November, I was in a parlour adjoining my shop—the shop was in charge of a little boy, who came to ask the price of a pair of boots—I went out, and missed a gown—I had seen it safe a short time before—I went after the prisoner, and asked her what she had taken—she said, "Nothing"—I saw a bit of the gown hanging out from her dress—I pulled it out—this is my gown.

FRANCES ROYAL . I live in Buckingham-row. I was passing the prose cutor's shop, and saw the prisoner standing on the ledge of the door—I saw her take something off a hook at the door, and place it quickly under her shawl.

Prisoner's Defence . I was passing the shop with my child—the child seeing the gown lying on the pavement, brought it to me—the prosecutor came at the same time and accused me of stealing it

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Months .

201. GEORGE RUSHTON was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of November , 18 plates, value 7 s ., the goods of Samuel George Richmond , and that he had been before convicted of felony.

EDWARD HOLT . I live in York-gardens, Palmer's-village, Westminster. At half-past five o'clock I was passing near the prosecutor's shop, and saw the prisoner cross the road opposite the shop—he saw some one at the window, and moved—he waited, and took up a pile of plates—I told an officer—the prisoner saw him, he then threw the plates down, and ran away.

EMMA LEVY . I am in the service of Samuel George Richmond. The officer brought the prisoner to my house with these plates—we had such, and missed them.

WILLIAM MILLERMAN . I was passing the shop—I saw the prisoner with a pile of plates—he threw them down—I ran and took him.

Prisoner's Defence . I never had the plates in my possession.

NIGHTINGALE WATTS ( police-constable P 45.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Westminster—( read )—the prisoner is the man.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined One Year .

202. CHARLES HURLIN was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of Robert Grubb , from his person.

ROBERT GRUBB . At a quarter-past three o'clock in the afternoon of the 28th of November, I was in the Hackney-road—I heard something, felt, and missed my handkerchief—I turned, and saw it in the prisoner's hand.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How near were you to him? A. I had hold of the collar of his coat—I am footman to Mr. Barker, in Ca-dogan-place, Chelsea—I am sure I saw it in the prisoner's hand—there was another person crossing the road too—he was pushing the handker chief into a box bush while I had bold of him.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Three Months .

203. BENJAMIN KING was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of No vember , 1 comforter, value 5 d ., the goods of David Stroud .

DAVID STROUD . I live in Tottenham-court-road. I have lost a com forter—I have no doubt about this one now produced being mine.

JAMES SMITH ( police-constable E 107.) I was on duty, and saw the prisoner take this from the shop-door, and place it in his basket—he walked away—I then ran and took him.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Two Months .

204. HENRY MUNN was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of Octo ber , 3 handkerchiefs, value 9 s ., the goods of James Raymond , his master.

ANN RAYMOND . I am the wife of James Raymond, a laundress, and live in Westbourn-street, Paddington. On the 20th of October I missed three silk handkerchiefs that I had had to wash—this is one—it is mine—I told the prisoner if he had pawned them and would give me the tickets I would forgive him—he said he had pawned them, and had sold the tickets.

JOHN LLOYD . The prisoner was apprehended, and since he has been committed his mother gave me two tickets and this handkerchief.

NOT GUILTY .

205. DAVID STROUD was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of No vember , 168lbs. weight of lead, value 1 l . 1 s ., the goods of Alexander Cowan .

ALEXANDER COWAN . I am a general dealer, living in Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell. I was at a sale in the Strand on the 19th of Novem ber, and bought a lot of lead, some pullies, and a truck—the prisoner was present—it required two men to take down some machinery—I sent the men there, and on Friday I went—the men told me the prisoner had been for the lead—I had not authorized him to take it—I have seen it since at Mr. Clark's.

Prisoner . Mr. Cowan was not the buyer of these goods—Mr. Sherman bought them. Witness . Mr. Sherman bought it, and I bought it of him—I paid the auctioneer for it and have the receipt.

Prisoner . At the "knock-out" it was offered for 15 s .—I told Mr. Cowan I would give 15 s . for it, but it was not ready—I considered that I bought it fairly of Mr. Cowan. Witness . Not a single word passed between us on the subject—if he had purchased it he would have bad the order to get it, but I had the order in my pocket.

WILLIAM CLARK . I am a lead-merchant, and live in High-street, Bloomsbury. I purchased this lead of the prisoner.

WILLIAM DOUGLAS ( police-constable F 93.) I took the prisoner—he told me where he had sold the lead—he said he heard Mr. Cowan offer the lead for sale on the day previous, that he had not the money then, and he took the liberty of going the next morning and getting it—he sold it, thinking to get a few shillings by it—that he had gone to Mr. Cowans, and offered the money to Mr. Cowan's son.

Prisoners Defence . I went and offered 15 s . to the prosecutor's son—he said, "I have nothing to do with it, my father will be here presently."

MR. COWAN re-examined . He had not been to my house, and had not time to do so—he asserted at the office that he had paid for it, and the Magistrate remanded the case from one day to another that he might bring witnesses, as he said he could prove, that he had offered the money to my son.

GUILTY .* Aged 35.— Confined Nine Months .

OLD COURT .— Monday, December 6 th , 1841.

Third Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

206. ANN BOWLING was indicted for unlawfully attempting to drown herself; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Fourteen Days .

207. HENRY MARRIOT was indicted for unlawfully attempting to drown himself; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Fourteen Days .

208. JOHN JACKSON was indicted for obtaining 10 l . by false pretenses; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined One Year .

209. JOHN THOMAS was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of No vember , 1 sovereign, the monies of William Robertson .

WILLIAM ROBERTSON . I lodge at M'Farlane's, in Ratcliff-highway. On the 16th of November, I went to bed there—I bad a sovereign in my watch pocket—I placed my trowsers at the foot of the bed, and when I got up next morning the sovereign was gone—the prisoner and another young man slept in the same room—I spoke to the prisoner about it, and he said something which threw suspicion on the other person who slept there—I then spoke to the other young man—We prisoner went out shortly after—I afterwards gave him in charge from something I was told.

THOMAS SQUIRE ( police-sergeant K 14.) I went to a house in Blue-gate fields, at the request of M'Farlane, and found the prisoner there—I asked if he had any money about him—he said, "No"—I searched him, and found 13 1/2 d . and a knife in his pocket—I asked him where he got it—he said he had earned it by taking some clothes down to a shipmate, and the knife was bought at Mr. Cadman's—in taking him to the station, a halfpenny dropped from his trowsers—I afterwards found four half-crowns wrapped up in a piece of paper, concealed in the lining of his hat—he said he knew nothing of them.

WILLIAM CADMAN . I am a cutler, and live in High-street, Shadwell. On the 16th of November, between four and six o'clock in the afternoon, I sold this knife to the prisoner—he paid me a sovereign, and I gave him change, chiefly in half crowns.

Prisoner . The money was paid to a woman and not to the man, and not in gold, but silver. Witness . I served him myself, no woman sells in my shop—the knife came to 1 s . 6 d .

PATRICK M'FARLANE . I live in Ratcliff-highway—the prisoner lodged in the house for some weeks—I never received any money from him—he told me he belonged to a half-pay officer—to the East India Company, at St. Helena, that he bad been very ill used by his captain in coming to this country, and as he had no money, I gave him some to get ft warrant—I am positive he had no money—if he wanted a halfpenny I gave it to him.

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Fourteen Days .

210. GEORGE DIXON was indicted for feloniously assaulting Wil liam Drake , on the 26th of October , putting him in fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person, and against his will, 1 handkerchief, value 5 s .; and 1 flask, value 3 s ., his property; and immediately before, at the time of and after the said robbery, feloniously beating, striking, and using other personal violence to him.

MESSRS. CLARKSON and — DOANE conducted the Prosecution .

WILLIAM DRAKE . I am a coal and timber merchant, and live in George-street,

Bloomsbury. On the 26th of October, I and my brother and friends proceeded to Gravesend in the Bachelor steam boat—we went from the Adelphi-stairs—we took many parties on board going down the river—I saw the prisoner on board coming back—I cannot be positive that I saw him going down—we returned by the same boat—it had been engaged for the purpose by a friend of mine, and I assisted my friend in collecting money for refreshments, which were served on board—I received money from many persons for refreshment—I am positive I saw the prisoner on board on our return—my attention was particularly called to him—we arrived at Adelphi-stairs about seven or half-past seven o'clock—the ma jority of the passengers left before me—I was among the last that landed—I was dressed in a frock-coat, and a macintosh, in the pocket of which I had a silk handkerchief and metal flask in basket—I had given over the money I had received to my friend—I might have collected about 3 l .—as soon as we landed, (my brother was with me) I was attacked by the prisoner, who struck me two or three times about the face and head—I could not say whether it was with his hand or any thing else, but he put his hand in my macintosh pocket, which contained the flask and hand-kerchief—I said, "What are you doing, what are you about, Scotty , I know you?"—I was then knocked down and severely kicked about the head and left side while I was down—there were other persons with him—my brother interfered to take my part, and he was also ill used—I was rendered almost senseless—I was in a very bad state—I have not re-covered my flask or handkerchief—one skirt of my macintosh was cut off—this is the macintosh—the pocket is cut away.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. What was the boat hired for, to go to see a fight? A. To go to a prize fight, between one Adams and Carty or Carter—it was to be at or near Gravesend—Mr. Banks and Mr. Dismore hired the boat—Banks keeps the Hare and Hounds public-house, Buckeridge-street, St. Giles's, where the "Daughters of Harmony" meet—I did not patronize either of the fighting men—I did not bet a shilling—I had some brandy in the flask, which I brought from my own house, not being then aware that I was going to render any assistance—I did not take it to give Adams while he was fighting, I swear that—one Lynch was on board, and a person named Pitman—Lynch did not strike the prisoner in my presence—I was in the fore-cabin—I saw nothing of any dispute between Lynch and the prisoner—I did not see the prisoner's nose bleeding—I told the Magistrate that I served refreshment on board the boat—I might not have told him whether I received money—I do not think I ever spoke to the prisoner before in my life—the blows I received caused a bruise on my face, and my eye was cut—it is not well yet—I believe I told the Magis trate about part of my macintosh being cut off, and that I lost my hand-kerchief and flask from the pocket of my macintosh—the macintosh was before the Magistrate, but was not shown—I had no party on board—I have been to fights occasionally, perhaps half-a-dozen in my time—( look ing at his deposition )—this is my handwriting.

Q. You did not say a word to the Magistrate about your collecting money for provisions? A. I said I had assisted Banks in serving provi sions—I was not walking about the deck with a broom-stick over my shoulder—I know a man named Jerry —I do not know whether he is a friend of Banks—he was on board, I believe—he sells poultry—he went casually, as other people, I believe—I do not know whether he went with

Banke's party—I think I collected money from him—I was not present when Jerry was fighting, and did not hear the captain say he would put the vessel on shore if there was any fighting—I was quite sober—I went aboard about half-past nine o'clock in the morning, and got to Gravesend about one—I heard that the fight was about three o'clock, but I do not know—I went to it—Adams, I believe, won—I drank out of my brandy-flask at the fight, and gave my brother some too—Pitman came up, and I believe I gave him a sip—there was not much in it—Adams did not drink out of it—the loser was not knocked about much—there were two fights, but the last I saw very little of—I did not observe that one of the party was very much hurt—they appeared as men fighting generally do—I went on board the boat again as soon as I could.

MR. DOANE . Q. Had the prisoner attempted to rob you before? A. Yes, in the aft-cabin—we were coming up the river at that time—I had been receiving money from passengers for refreshment—I heard the pri soner breaking the bottles and plates there—I went up, and was stir-rounded by people, the prisoner among them, who felt about my pockets—I dropped the bottle, which I bad taken hold of, and succeeded in getting on deck, and told Mr. Banks—the people who surrounded me, and laid hold of my pockets, called the prisoner Scotty , and he was with them at the time.

JOSEPH DRAKE . I am the prosecutor's brother. I went in company with him on board the boat to Gravesend and back—I was with my bro ther when he landed at Adelphi Pier—he was attacked by the prisoner and several others—I saw him struck right in the face, and knocked down—I saw the prisoner there taking part in it—I tried to get my brother out of their hands, and they knocked me down—I lost a handkerchief and a pair of gloves, but did not name it.

Cross-examined. Q. About how many people were on board the boat when it went down at first? A. Ishould think from 100 to 150—can-not say whether they all came back again—I was not much on deck—I was a good deal in the cabin where Banks was—in the hind part of the cabin, where they kept the beer and things—there was plenty of drink served—there might be very likely a dozen persons altogether on the Adelphi Pier at the time my brother was struck—I know a man called Jerry Bryan—I did not see him fighting on board, nor hear the captain say he would run the boat ashore if there was fighting going on—Pitman is a friend of mine—I know Lynch—I have heard that he struck the pri soner, whom they called Scotty —I did not see him with a black eye—I cannot say whether I heard it on board or afterwards—I did not hear Lynch ask Pitman to interfere or strike Scotty —I did not hear Pitman say, "I don't care a d—n for Scotty or his mob; if his mob was much stronger than that, I could beat the whole lot of them"—I was occasion-ally bringing a thing or two up from the cabin—I did not observe any one on board intoxicated—they were not breaking bottles where I was—I was in the cabin where the provisions were—I cannot say whether it was the hind or fore part—I was not selling brandy out of my brother's flask—my brother's flask had nothing to do with Banks—I occasionally assisted Banks—I do not attend the "Daughters of Harmony" and do not know Mary Ann Lockwood, the charwoman.

HENRY SARD . I am employed as porter at the Waterman's Adelphi Pier I remember the Bachelor coming in on the night in question—the

first thing I heard was a call of "Murder"—I ran to see what it was, and saw three or four men beating another man—I heard him say, "For G—'s sake don't murder me"—he was then knocked down, and he said again, " Scotty , for G—'s sake don't murder me"—I think I recognize the prisoner as being there—I heard the words " Scotty , don't murder me," and " Scotty , I know you."

Cross-examined. Q. You did not go before the Justice? A. No—I knew none of the parties—I was subpoenaed here—it was not at all a dark night—it was not eight o'clock—I should say it was about seven—I have seen the prisoner since that time, in the yard at Bow-street—the more the man said " Scotty , I know you," the more he was beaten by the prisoner's friends—I should say he said twice, " Scotty ,—for G—'s sake don't murder me"—I went into the yard at Bow-street, where the witnesses were, not in the lock-up—I was walking about there—an officer asked me to go—I do not know his name.

REUBEN WARREN . I am master of the Waterman steam-packet, and live at Woolwich. On the 26th of October I was lying off alongside the pier at the Adelphi, and saw the Bachelor steam-packet coming up, and the passengers land—after the greater part of the passengers had come out, I observed a disturbance on the pier—I went forward, and heard somebody say, "I do not want any of this, Sootty" —the man was instantly knocked down, and kicked after he was down—a cry of "Murder" was raised—the man was surrounded, kept there, and ill-used for about five minutes—there was a cry of "Murder" and "Police," and we all made a party, and went on the pier, and then they all ran away—I thought the man was left there for dead.

JAMES TIDMARSH ( police-constable M 51.) I received instruction to apprehend a person called Scotty —I knew who to look for by that name, and apprehended the prisoner on Monday, the 1st of November, about nine o'clock in the evening, at the George public-house, St. George's Market, in the Borough—I told him I wanted him for a lock job at first—I after-wards told him I wanted him for robbing a person named Drake, and ill-using him—he said, "I know nothing about it"—in going down to the sta tion, be said he did not expect this from them persons—I have produced the Macintosh—I got it on the 1st of November, from a constable of the E division—I do not think he is here.

Cross-examined. Q. Were you examined before the Magistrate? A. I was not.

WILLIAM DRAKE re-examined .—I gave my Macintosh to a constable of the E division—it was then in the state it is now, and has been in this state ever since the night in question.

( Witnesses for the Defence .)

THOMAS SMALLWOOD . I am a law-stationer, and live in Denzile-street, Lincoln's-inn fields. I was on board the Bachelor on Tuesday, the 26th of October, coming up from the fight at Gravesend, in company with two other persons—I did not belong to Banks's party, or the prisoner's—on arriving half-way between Gray's and Blackwall, I saw Lynch strike the prisoner in the mouth—the prosecutor and his brother were on deck at the time, and saw it—I swear that distinctly—the prisoner pulled a white cambric handkerchief from his pocket—he did not return the blow—I know the prosecutor quite well, and know Lynch to be his intimate friend—Pitman

is also an intimate friend of his, and was of Banks's party—I said some-thing to Pitman, which I do not think the prosecutor heard, but he heard Pitman's answer to me, which was, that he did not care for Scotty , mean-ing the prisoner, or any of his mob; their mob was a great deal stronger than his, and he would lick the lot of them, if not on board, they would ashore—I saw Jerry there—he is also a friend of the prosecutor—in con-sequence of what I said, Jerry . jumped off the paddle-box, and said, "I will fight the whole of them"—the captain said, if they did not desist from fighting, he would drift the boat on shore, and they might all be drowned—I saw the prosecutor selling some brandy out of a flask all day—I bought some of it myself—it was a dark-green bottle, in wicker-work—the prose cutor told me, on my applying for some brandy out of it, that it was taken for Carter, who was the unsuccessful man in the fight—I left the boat at Black wall.

MR. DOANE . Q. Do you keep an establishment as a law-stationer? A. I keep an office, no shop, at No. 2, Denzile-street—I have lived there about seven months—I am in business on my own account—I have three clerks at present—my name is up as a law-stationer—I know Jem Burnt, a friend of the prosecutor's, and Banks—I have seen him at Banks's house—I sometimes go to the "Ladies' Harmonious Club" there—they let me in—I have been a law stationer a year and a half—before that I was an attorney's clerk—I was never a tailor—I did not hear Lynch accuse the prisoner of picking his pocket—he made no accusation to him when he struck him—he did not say some of the swell mob were attempting to rob him—I was smoking and drinking there, and during that time there was no accusation except in the way chaffing —I will swear he made no accusation—nobody struck Lynch while I was on board—I remonstrated with Pit-man on the impropriety of Lynch striking the prisoner, and Pitman remarked about his party being stronger than the other—I have known the prisoner about two years—I have only an occasional acquaintance with him.

MR. PAYNE . Q. What is Lynch? A. I do not know—they tell me he is a wood-cutter—he lives in St. Giles's—I have seen it written up in the Rookery —he is in the same line of business as the prosecutor—a wood-chopper —the prosecutor sells halfpenny bundles of wood—he has people there chopping wood and tying it up in bundles.

THOMAS HARRISON . I am a surveyor and accountant, and live at No. 105, Star-street, Edge ware-road. I was on board the Bachelor on the day of the fight in company with Smallwood and a friend of mine named Floyd—I also met a gentleman I know named Cousins—I was on hoard from Gray's to Blackwall—the boat did not go to Gravesend at all—I saw a person strike the prisoner—I think I should know the person again—( looking at Lynch )—I would not swear to him, but I think he is the person—I do not know the prisoner, I never saw him before, nor Banks, nor Drake—I do not know whe ther the prosecutor was on deck at the time the man struck the prisoner, I could not distinguish—I went with the boat to the Adelphi Pier—there was a great rush to get on shore—I did not see the prisoner leave the boat—I saw him pass me, as I was compelled to push my way through the crowd—there were from twelve to thirty people quarrelling and fighting—I should say they were all drunk going down and coming back—there were provisions on board—the prisoner passed me at the Adelphi Pier, and two or three people with him—Cousins, Floyd, and I came up the steps to George-street

together—the prisoner and the persons with him were a couple of yards I before us—I went away from the place as well as I could—the pier leads into George-street—I saw the last prisoner in the Strand—he was going towards Charing-cross—I went towards King William-street—I saw the prisoner twice—the last time he was about fifty yards from the court lead ing into the Strand, and I suppose three hundred yards from the pier—that was I suppose about a quarter of an hour after the first time I saw him—when I saw him first was just as I got into George-street, out of the boat—I lost sight of him—he went towards Charing-cross.

JAMES COUSINS . I am a broker and appraiser, and live at No. 16, Castle-street, Long-acre. I was in company with Mr. Harrison on this occasion—I saw the prisoner at the Adelphi Pier when the boat arrived—he went up George-street just before me and Mr. Harrison—I lost sight of him in the Strand, about five or six minutes after leaving the boat—I saw him two or three times before we got into the Strand.

Q. Was there time for him to have got back, had a fight, and committed a robbery, between your seeing him first and last? A. I should say not.

COURT . Q. Did you hear the disturbance? A. There was a disturb ance, and I got through as well as I could—I did not hear a shouting of "Murder"—I was not present when that occurred.

MR. DOANE . Q. Were you with your friend Harrison all the time? A. Very nearly—we were together for two hours after we landed—I am a Furniture-broker, and have lived where I now do fourteen or fifteen years—I have never been absent any part of that time—I was never charged with any offence—I was never taken up charged with having committed felony at a fire—that I swear.

MR. PAYNE . Q. Is there any foundation for that at all? A. Not at all.

COURT . Q. Have you known the prisoner before? A. I have seen him occasionally at sporting-houses, Jolly Allen's, Jem Burns, and Tom Spring's, not at Banks's—I have known him four or five months.

JOHN FLOYD . I am a portmanteau-maker, and live in Wild-street, Drury lane. I was on board the Bachelor steamer on the day in question and saw the prisoner—I believe I saw him after I left the boat, in George street, with another person—I imagine he walked before me a short dis tance, and likewise passed me in the Strand—I and a gentleman went and called a cab out of King William-street—the prisoner was going towards Temple-bar—I was going that way—I was in King William-street—that is a little nearer to Charing-cross than George-street—I did not hear a cry of "Murder," or "Police," or " Scotty ," on the pier—I was in company with Harrison.

RICHARD HUGGARD . I am a house and estate agent, and live at No, 58, Marchmont-street, Brunswick-square;—my offices are in Mitre-court, Fleet-street. I was in company with the prisoner on the day in question—I left the boat at the Adelphi Pier with him—he went with me from the steam-boat—I took him away because there was a general fight ensued at the pier—I saw him from the time he left the boat, and went with him to a public-house, No. 45, Strand—I was in his company, for about half-an-hour after he left the steam-boat.

Q. From the time he left the boat with you till you left him did he interfere with the prosecutor or strike him at all? A. No, he did not—his mouth was bleeding at the time, and he had a white handkerchief

smothered with blood—I gave him my card to take out a warrant against the party who struck him—he did not strike the prosecutor, or interfere with him on the pier at all—I did not see him do so—I must have seen if he had—seven or eight of us went to the public-house—I went on shore with him from the steam-boat with all the rest of them—they all rushed—he did not strike the prosecutor there, or any person.

MR. DOANE . Q. You know the prisoner very well? A. No, I never saw him in my life before that day—I took him away from the general fight because his mouth was bleeding—he had been very much ill-used on board the steam-boat—I did not take him away from the general fight—he went away—I persuaded him if he stopped there he might get worse served—there were several more there—I did not hear "Murder" called, nor "Police"—I did not hear the man say, "I know you, Scotty" —I did not hear the word " Scotty " that day—if that had been called out during the general fight, while the prisoner was there, I think I must have heard it—six or seven of us went away in company together; I, the prisoner, and four or five others—we all walked together up George-street and into the Strand, till we reached the public-house, which is towards Temple-bar—it is three or four doors from the little court which goes up the steps—I walked to the public-house—I have been a house-agent two years—I was with two friends on board—one was named Martindale, and the other Ser geant Leslie, who was out in Portugal—they had nothing to do with it—I did not know the prisoner or the other party.

GUILTY .† Aged 22.— Confined One Year .

211. WILLIAM BOND and MAURICE SHEEDY were indicted for stealing, on the 16th of November , 448lbs. weight of rope, value 40 s ., the goods of George Bishop .—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of the St. Kathreine's Dock Company .

MR. CLARKSON conducted the Prosecution .

WILLIAM BUND PRICE . I am master of the barque Thomas Laurie , which, in September last, laid in St. Katherine's Dock, and had brought home some bales of wool, secured with ropes of hemp round them—we call them bands—the wool was landed on the 14th of November—the bands of hemp were cut from the bales—some remained on board, and some on the quay of the dock—they were the property of George Bishop, the owner of the vessel—I had authority from him to dispose of them—on Monday, the 15th of November, about eleven o'clock in the morning, I was on board the vessel in the Dock—the whole of the rope was lying on the quarter-deck—the prisoner Bond came to me and asked if I would dispose of it—I said, "Yes," and asked what he would give me for it—he said 10 s . a cwt.—I said he should have it at that price—I said he should have it weighed alongside the ship, and pay the money for it before it was taken out of the Docks—he said, "Very well"—he said he would come to-morrow morning and take it away, and pay me for it—we did not agree to any particular hour that he was to come, but he was not to have it unless I was present—he went away—I went on board between eleven and twelve next morning, and found the goods were gone—there was about 4cwt. of rope there the day before, it appears so since—he was not to have them away till they were weighed and paid for—I am cer tain that was the agreement—I never had dealings with him before—goods

cannot pass through the Docks without the signature to an order like this now produced—it must be signed by the master of the ship, or the chief officer during his absence—here is an imitation of my signature to this pass—it is not my writing—I know nothing of it, and was not aware that Bond had done it—when I found the goods gone, I went to the Dock-gate.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did you see the Bond again in the course of the day after making the bargain? A. No, I left the ship about an hour after making the bargain, and do not think I returned till the following morning—I am sure I did not see Bond that afternoon—I never sold bale-bands before—I left an apprentice and another boy in charge of the ship—Penn, the apprentice, was the principal person—I am quite sure I had no conversation with Bond that afternoon—I am not aware that I told him if he did not have the rope somebody else should—I cannot say I did not—I am so frequently down at the Docks, I will not swear I was not there in the afternoon, but I am certain I did not see him—there was not more than one conversation about the rope—I did not say any thing to him about what was to be done if I was not there when he came for it.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did you ever authorize him to take away the goods without the money being paid first? A. No.

WILLIAM HENRY PENN . I am apprentice to Mr. Bishop. On the 15th of November I saw Bond talking to the captain on the quarter-deck—on the following morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Bond came on board again—it was not usual for the captain to come so early in the morning—I asked Bond if he was going to take the rope away—I supposed he had authority to take it—he said he was come to take it—we threw it from the vessel on to the quay—Sheedy stood on the quay and assisted in loading it—I went down to my breakfast while this was going on, supposing it all right—when I came up I found the rope and the prisoners both gone—I made inquiry of King, a Cus tom-house officer, and then went out of the gate into the street after the prisoners—I found them drawing a truck along with the bands in it—I asked Bond if he was going to pay me the money—he said, "Oh, yes, I will be back again in five minutes"—the captain ha told me what the agreement was—I told him he knew the agreement between the cap tain and him—he said, "Oh, yes, he did"—I did not tell him what the agreement was—he said he was going to sell them first—they had never been weighed—I still permitted them to go—I afterwards told Captain Price what had happened—I knew it had not been paid for—I received no money for it—if I had known they meant to take it out of the gate, I should not have allowed it, because of the captain's orders.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. The captain did not tell you to take the money? A. No, he said they were to be weighed and paid for before they left the Docks—I was about half-an-hour at breakfast in the aft-deck, leaving the prisoners up stairs throwing out the things—I saw the things again when I went into the street—they were carried openly in the truck—I saw them again the same evening, and the prisoners too.

THOMAS KING . I am an officer of Customs. I was at the quay along-side the Thomas Laurie , about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th of November—while there, the prisoner Bond came to me and said he had bought some bands of the captain, and asked me if I would pass them—I said, "Not without the proper order"—he then left me, returned in about

two hours, and asked me if he got an order from the landing waiter, would that be sufficient—this was between two and four o'clock—I said I did not care where he got the order from so as he brought one—he afterwards brought Hosken, the landing-waiter, to me—Hosken asked me what quan tity I thought there was there—I said I was no judge, I thought about 1 1/2 cwt. or 2cwt.—Hosken said, that coming from Sidney there was no duty on it, and not more than 1 d . from any other place, and said I might let them go—I then said to Bond, "You may take it"—he said, "Very well, I won't take it to night, I will come for it in the morning"—at nine o'clock next morning I was on the quay by the side of the vessel, Bond came and asked me to lend him pen, ink, and paper, which I did—he returned the pen and ink—he did not say what he wanted it for—I afterwards saw a quantity of bale-bands being thrown from the Laurie , and Sheedy put ting them into the truck—they were taken away without being weighed—soon after, Penn came ashore to ask me if they had been weighed—I said not.

Cross-examined. Q. How many pairs of scales are there about there to be used? A. Several—there was no person belonging to the Dock to superintend the weighing in this case—it should be somebody from the ship—I had never seen Bond before.

RICHARD FINLEY HOSKEN . I am one of the officers of St. Katharine's Dock. On Monday afternoon, the 15th of November, a man came to me on the quay, about three hundred yards from the Laurie , and asked me to sign a pass for 2 cwt. of rope—it was merely for it to go duty free, not for delivery—I said it must be landed first, and I must see it—he said the tide-waiter, the officer on board, would not allow it to be landed without an order—I said he might land it as there was no duty on 2 cwt., and as far as we are concerned, he might land it—I walked with him down to King, and told him he might land it—next morning this pass was brought to me to sign for 2 cwt. of rope—I altered the figures into words at length—to the best of my knowledge it was Bond brought it to me, but I have not the least recollection of the person I saw the evening before—I believe it was Bond brought it—I wrote my name across it to signify there was no claim for duty.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you know Bond before? A. Never.

WILLIAM ANDREW HUNTER . I am a wharfinger in the employ of the Dock Company. On Tuesday morning, the 16th of November, between eight and nine, the prisoner Bond came to me with this pass—I observed to him that there was an inter lineation in it—he explained that it had been altered by Hosken—it is the rule of the dock not to allow any thing to pass the gate without the signature of the master or chief officer of the vessel—I had seen Bond two or three times before in the dock, but never on business—I found Hosken's name across the pass—I was in the act of delivering bullion from a vessel, and signed the order in pencil—I should not have signed it if I had not supposed it was the handwriting of the master of the vessel.

Cross-examined. Q. Is it the practice to have orders signed by the captain of the vessel? A. Unless it is the person in command—we do not know their signatures, but we take it for granted it is theirs—there are five wharfingers at the dock altogether.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. If he had business with any body in the dock, could he have it away, or must he have an order? A. The same order

exists all over the dock—I returned the pass to him after receiving it from him.

HENRY POPE . I am a constable and gate-keeper at St. Katharine's Dock. Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning of the 16th of No vember, the prisoners came to the principal entrance gate with a truck con taining bundles of rope—Bond presented this pass—I examined it, and seeing it signed by the proper officers, and purporting to be signed by the captain, I allowed it to pass through, which I should not have done if I had considered it was not the signature of the captain—about twelve o'clock, Price came to me, and I showed him the pass—in consequence of what passed between us, as I saw Sheedy, some time after in the dock, I went to him, and said there was something wrong about the rope, and he had better see Mr. Taylor about it—immediately after, I met Mr. Taylor, who is the superintendent of the dock police—I told him this was one of the persons who took the rope out—Sheedy said he did not buy the rope himself, he merely assisted the other out with it—we went alongside the ship, and saw Price—I left Sheedy with Taylor while I went to the Brown Bear public-house, Smithfield—I there saw Bond—I told him there was something queer about the rope, and he must come to the dock with me—he said he should not go back to the dock, that he had bought a cwt. of rope of the captain, and the captain might come to him, and he would pay him, or he would come down about three o'clock to the captain—I said I was an officer, and if he did not go I should take him—he came with me—I directly after went to Sheedy's house, No. 5, Brown Bear-alley, East Smithfield—I found the rope there in the cellar—I brought it away—it weighed better than 4 cwt.

Cross-examined. Q. It would not be convenient to keep it in a room? A. No, there was nothing wrong in putting it in the cellar—I found Bond about one hundred and fifty yards from the dock-gate—I had no difficulty in finding him—Brown Bear-alley is close alongside the public-house—I believe I have seen Bond before in the dock, but I know nothing of him.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. What is the worth of the rope? A. 10 s . a cwt.—it was about one o'clock in the afternoon when I found it in Sheedy's cellar—Bond had not told me where to find it, nor given me any informa tion about it—I did not ask him where it was—Sheedy gave me his card, and told Taylor where Bond had caused the rope to be placed.

JOSEPH TAYLOR . I am superintendent of the police at the dock. Be tween twelve and one o'clock in the afternoon of the 16th of November, Sheedy was given into my custody by Pope—I sent Pope to look after Bond—he told Sheedy he was taken for taking a quantity of rope from the Thomas Laurie —he said he did not buy it, but assisted in taking it out of the dock in the truck—he said it was in his cellar, and gave me his card—I went and got it out, returned, and saw Bond—I told him he was taken for obtaining, under false pretences, a quantity of rope from the Thomas Laurie , without paying for it—he said he was willing to pay for it—I said he must satisfy the Magistrate of that, and he had got it by false means— he admitted having written the pass, by which means he got it out, and said he thought there was no harm in it.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe he said he intended to pay for it, and the captain might have the money now? A. Yes—29 s . was taken from Bond at the office when he was searched on the Wednesday—he was remanded

on his own recognizance till the following day, Captain Price not appear ing.

Bond . That same afternoon the captain told me to call next morning for the rope, and if he was not there to pay the lad for the rope—he says he never saw me that afternoon, and he did at half-past three.

W. B. PRICE re-examined . I did not see him or tell him he might pay the lad instead of me—I never authorized him to pay the lad.

(Bond received a good character.)

BOND— GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined Six Months .

SHEEDY— NOT GUILTY .

NEW COURT .— Monday, December 6 th , 1841.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

212. HENRY ROGERS was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of De cember , 1 coat, value 16 s ., the goods of John Creed Dexter ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

213. GEORGE WILLIAM STANLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of November , 1 printed book, value 2 s ., the goods of Mary Ann Stenson ; and that he had been before convicted of felony; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 37.— Confined Six Months .

214. THOMAS JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of No vember , 3 bushels of coke, value 1 s ., the goods of William Hare and others, his masters ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Two Months .

215. PETER M'EWEN was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of Oc tober , 1 handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of Henry Sant , from his person ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .* Aged 19.— Transported for Ten Years .

216. JAMES WHITING was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of Oc tober , 1 ring, value 10 s ., the goods of Mary Poulson , from her person.

MARY POULSON . I am single, and lodge in Golden-square. On the 16th of October I met the prisoner near the United Service Club—he said, "How do you do?" and he represented himself to be Sir Thomas Murray—I took him home with me—I took two rings off, and put them on the table—I put them on my finger again—he took one off, and told me if I would come to the United Service Club he would make me a present of a 5 l . note, and return me the ring—he took it off—I resisted it, but he would take it.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Did you think he was Sir Tho mas Murray? A. When he had a cloak on he appeared better than he does now—he did not take his cloak off—this happened at a lodging-house in Queen-street—I afterwards had a quarrel with him in the street, and gave him in charge—at the first interview I put on a satin-dress to please him—I lent him a book, which was of no value—it was left with

me by a friend about a month ago—there were pictures in it—he took the ring from my finger—I insisted he should not.

COURT . Q. After that did you meet him in Regent-street? A. Yes. I asked him to give me the ring, or the value of it—he told me to meet him at ten o'clock, and he would give me the ring and 2 l .—he took the ring against my will—I went to the Club and found no such person there— when he got to the corner of the Club-house, he said his carriage was in St. James's square.

HOWARD HALL . I have this ring, which was pawned by the prisoner, on the 4th of November, in the name of John Smith.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 32.— Confined Six Months .

217. ALEXANDER SMITH and CHARLOTTE SMITH were in dicted for stealing, on the 23rd of November , 2 pewter-pots, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of James Lawrence .

JAMES LAWRENCE . I keep the Devonshire Arms public-house, Devonshire-street. Both these pots now produced are mine.

WILLIAM STEVENS ( police-constable D 82.) On the 23rd of November I found one of these pots in Alexander Smith's hat, and the other under Charlotte Smith's arm—they said they had got nothing—they were walk ing away from the prosecutor's, and about 150 yards from the house.

Alexander Smith . The night before I picked up two pots, and was going to the house. Witness . They had come by the house.

ALEXANDER SMITH— GUILTY . Aged 22. CHARLOTTE SMITH— GUILTY . Aged 32.

Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Months .

218. HENRY M'CAVE was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of No vember , 1 pair of trowsers, value 7 s ., the goods of Moses Samuels ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

MOSES SAMUELS . I live in Strutton-ground, Westminster. About eight o'clock in the evening of the 15th of November, I was in my shop, serving a customer—I turned, and saw the prisoner running away—I ran after him, and took these trowsers from his arms—they are mine.

Prisoner . I was not running. Witness .—You were running, and making the best of your way.

Prisoner. Q. How were they fastened? A. On a nail, and tied up with a string, which was broken.

ABRAHAM VINCENT ( police-constable B 85.) I took the prisoner, and have the trowsers.

Prisoners Defence . I wished to purchase a pair, he stated that I tore them down from his door; he took them out of my hand, he said I was so drunk he could make nothing of me, and after that he said I gave him im pudence, and was going to slap his face; I looked at the trowsers—he took them down, and chucked them on the counter; he followed me half-way up the street with a policeman—the prosecutor had not the trowsers with him when I was taken.

ABRAHAM VINCENT re-examined . I took him about fifty yards from the prosecutor's house—the prosecutor had not the trowsers with him—he threw them back into the shop, and ran to stop the prisoner—he made

no representation that he wanted to buy them, till he got to the station, and there he stated he wanted to buy them—he had 1 1/2 d . on him.

( Witness for the Defence .)

— M'CAVE . I am the prisoner's father—he asked me to buy him some trowsers—I said, "Go in and look at them, I will come and pay for them"—he went in.

ABRAHAM WRIGHT ( police-constable B 99.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )— the prisoner is the person; and he had been convicted before that.

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Transported for Fourteen Years .

219. HENRY BAILEY and JAMES GAUNTLETT were indicted for stealing, on the 10th of November , 1 pair of trowsers, value 5 s ., the goods of the Directors and Guardians of the parish of St. Marylebone .

ROBERT DANLY . I am a pauper in the Marylebone workhouse. On the 10th of November I lodged in a room with Bailey in George-street, Lisson-grove—about half-past nine o'clock on that morning I went with Bailey to the long-room at the workhouse for relief—Bailey then went into the yard and got on the wall—Gauntlett came and spoke to him—Bailey remained on the wall a quarter of an hour—I told him to come down—he said he would not, no one could see him—I then went and asked him again to come down—he did so, and had a pair of trowsers under his jacket—he told me that Gauntlett gave them to him—he went across into the men's yard, and put them on—he had not trowsers on when he went there—he did not get over the wall—they must have been given to him by some-body, as he never got off the wall—these are the trowsers—he showed me a pawn-ticket from Gideons's—it was like this one—I was admitted into the workhouse afterwards, and Bailey came in a quarter of an hour after me—Gauntlett came up to him and said, "If you have got the ticket, do away with it, there has been a row about it, and all the men know it"

JAMES JOHN MESSER . I live at Mr. Gideon's, a pawnbroker, in Stafford-street, Lisson-grove. I produce the trowsers, which were pawned by a young man, but I cannot swear to the prisoner.

ROBERT FORD . I am foreman of the tailors, in Marylebone workhouse. These trowsers belong to the Directors and Guardians of the poor of that parish—they had their buttons on them, but they have been cut off, and others put on.

JAMES BAKER . I am a pauper. I missed a pair of trowsers like these from under the bed on the 6th of November.

EBENEZER BOWYER ( police-constable D 143.) I was present when the prisoners were charged with stealing these trowsers—Bailey said he knew nothing about them.

BAILEY— GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

GAUNTLETT— NOT GUILTY .

220. WILLIAM FORD was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of November , 3lbs. weight of coffee, value 4 s . 6 d ., the goods of Thomas Nicholls .

JAMES HIND . I am a carman, employed by Thomas Nicholls, and live in Goswell-mews, Goswell-road. About half-past six o'clock, on the 15th of November, I was in Church-lane, Whitechapel, with twenty bags of;

coffee, of various weights in a cart—the prisoner was brought to me—he had some coffee, which corresponds with the coffee in the bags—I found one of the bags was cut.

FRANCIS PICKWAY . I am watchman to the East and West India Docks. At a quarter past five o'clock in the evening I was going through Church-lane—my attention was attracted to three boys about a cart—the prisoner was engaged with his hand inside the cart, taking something out of a bag into his cap—I seized him—the other two ran away—he had his cap half full of coffee, which corresponds with what was in the bag.

GUILTY . Aged 15.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Nine Days and Whipped.

221. THOMAS WEBB was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of No vember , 1 wooden tray, value 1 s .; 11 muffins, value 6 d .; 42 crumpets, value 1 s . 1 cloth, value 9 d .; 1 bell, value 1 s .; and 1 yard of baize, value 9 d .; the goods of William Metcalfe , his master.

WILLIAM METCALFE . I am a muffin and crumpet baker, living in Hoxton. The prisoner came on the 6th of November and wanted to know if I would employ him—I gave him the crumpets and muffins, and sent him out—I never saw him again, or the crumpets and muffins.

Prisoner . I—had them, but I sent the board, baize, and bell home by a boy.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Months .

222. JANE HAYDON was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of Novem ber , 1 sovereign and 6 half-crowns, the monies of Thomas Reade , from his person.

THOMAS READE . I am servant to Charles Moss, of Old Ford, Essex. On Tuesday, the 24th of November, I met the prisoner's daughter, and went home to a lodging with her—I had a sovereign and six half-crown in a purse—I put it into my coat pocket—I spread the coat over me it the bed—after I had been in bed with the daughter, the prisoner came into the room, and laid down by the side of her daughter—I awoke about four o'clock in the morning—I saw the prisoner had got the skirt of the coat—the daughter pulled the coat from her, and asked her what she was doing rummaging the man's pocket—I took it from her, looked in the purse, and said I had been robbed—the daughter asked me what of—I said a sovereign and six half-cowns—the daughter said, "Mother, you must have the money, I know the man had money"—she said, "I have got no money, only one halfpenny"—I said I would send for a policeman—the daughter said, "Let us shake the straw, perhaps it may have fallen out"—I said, "It could not fall out of the purse"—the prisoner stooped down and picked up three half-crowns, which she offered to me—I said it was of no use without she gave me the other three and the sovereign—she stooped again and found another half-crown—I went down stairs, and after a little while they came down—I said they had better give me the money—the prisoner said she had only one shilling—the daughter said, "If you have, you must have robbed the man of it; I know you had no money last night"—I was quite sober.

WILLIAM POTTER ( police constable K 273.) I took the prisoner to the station.

ELIZABETH NICHOLLS . I searched the prisoner at the station, I found a halfpenny in her hand, and she took this sovereign out of her mouth.

Prisoner's Defence . I went with my daughter into Stratford; I was not very well; she left me; some strange gentleman came up and asked if I was in distress, and he gave me something which I thought was a shilling; I put it into my mouth, and never took it out till at the station; I did not know it was a sovereign.

GUILTY . Aged 51.— Confined Six Months .

223. MICHAEL M'LOCHLIN was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of November , 1 pair of trowsers, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of George Frederick Hall .

HOWARD HALL . I am shopman to my brother, George Frederick Hall, a pawnbroker, in Norfolk-street, Middlesex Hospital. At half-past nine o'clock, on the 27th of November, I saw a pair of trowsers pulled down—I went out, and saw the prisoner going past the window, doubling up these trowsers—I took him—when I got to the door the trowsers were lying across the railing, and another boy went away, but the prisoner was the boy who was folding them up when he pasted the window the win dow was empty, as I was cleaning it.

Prisoner . I saw a boy take them down and throw them on the rails, and I showed him the boy, who was running away. Witness . When I laid hold of him he said something about another lad that lived in the Hamp stead-road taking them—I swear I saw the prisoner rolling them up.

Prisoner's Defence . I was not with the other boy; I saw him take them and run away.

GUILTY .* Aged 14.— Transported for Seven Years.— Convict-Ship .

224. SAMUEL JAMES PHILLIPS was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , 1 key, value 1 d .; and 1 sovereign; the property of Edward Twydell .

EDWARD TWYDELL . I live in Brunswick-street, Clerkenwell, at the house of the prisoner's father. I went to the station about two o'clock in the morning of the 30th of November—I was shown a key there—it was mine—I missed a sovereign from my box.

GEORGE DAWE ( police-constable G 71.) I stopped the prisoner by Sad ler's-wells—I found in his possession two accordions—I took him to the station, and found this key on him and 4 s . 1 d .

NOT GUILTY .

225. SOLOMAN LEVINE and EDWARD BEAMOND were indicted for feloniously receiving 6000 yards of calico, value 120 l .; and 18 yards of canvas, value 1 l .; the goods of Alexander Forbes and others, well knowing the said goods to have been stolen; and that Beamond had been before convicted of felony.—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of Thomas Hosie and others.—3rd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of George Langster and another.—4th COUNT , stating them to be the goods of William White and others.—Several other COUNT , stating them to be the goods of various other persons.

MESSRS. CLARKSON and BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

EDWARD IRELAND . I am foreman at Miller's-wharf, Thames-street. On

the 9th of October this order was brought to Miller's-wharf by a person, but it was neither of the prisoners—I had seen the man who brought it before and knew his person but not his name—in consequence of the delivery of this order I gave the man who brought it the goods mentioned in it—it was three bales—the marks and numbers were mentioned in the order—he had a cart—I helped to put the bales into the cart, and he drove away.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Do you know the name of the man? A. No—he had been at the wharf four or five times before—there were two men there who are in my master's employ—the man was about my height, and had sandy whiskers.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Look at the prisoners and state whether you will swear it was neither of these men? A. It was neither of these men.

THOMAS HOSIE . I am one of the persons to whom Miller's-wharf be longs—I have more than one partner.

JOHN SAYWARD, JUN . I live in Hereford-place, Commercial-road, and keep a linendraper's shop—I know the prisoner Levine—he called on me on Monday morning the 11th of October, I think between ten and eleven o'clock, or between ten and twelve, he brought some small patterns of calico, about quarters of yards—he asked me 5 d . a yard for them—I offered him 3 1/2 d .—I ultimately agreed with him for twenty pieces at 4 d ., a yard—they had stamps on them, one stamp blue and two red I believe—I saw him again that afternoon—he came I think about five or six o'clock—he wanted to know if the calicoes had come—I told him they had not, and that I should like some more with the blue stamps on them—he said he did not know whether he should see the parties that night or not—on the following morning thirty pieces of calicoes came—I was below stairs, and I was called up, I found the goods there and the two prisoners—I had never seen Beamond before, but I had seen Levine—I said I must look at the calicoes to see that the lengths were right, and told them to come again in the evening—they went away and came again in an hour and a half after, about twelve o'clock in the day—I had then examined some of the lengths, and was satisfied that they were right—I paid them at the rate of 4 d . a yard for the thirty pieces—I have the bill of parcels here—it was brought to me ready written, and the receipt was written to it in my shop by Levine—I then paid him 29 l . 11 s .—Beamond was present—I think I saw Levine again that afternoon or evening—he was there alone—I asked him if he should have any more calico—he said he did not know—he brought me four pieces more the next day—he came alone, and I paid him—this is the bill—it was written in my shop I believe, but I will not be positive—I sometimes use blue ink, and this is written in blue ink on the head of one of my bills—I did not see it written, but the probability is it was written there—I paid him for them at 4 d . a yard, the same as the first bargain—I afterwards sent twenty-eight of these pieces to Luck and Co., of Bread-street, and gave the other six pieces to Miller the constable—I also gave him another piece which I received from my father.

The bills being ready were headed "Bought of E. Beamond;" and the receipt signed " S. Levine ."

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How long have you known Levine? A. About three years—I frequently bought of him before—I should not have bought of him if I had seen any thing suspicious in his dealings—I gave what I considered a fair price—I have been in the trade twenty years I dare say—I charged Luck and Co. 4 1/4 d . a yard for these calicoes—we consider Luck and Co.'s a very respectable house indeed—I

have known them about twelve months—I think they live in Bread-street, Cheapside—it is a very customary thing indeed in trade for persons to sell what are called cheap lots, and some of the most eminent houses in the City buy them, the largest houses in the trade, persons who are turning hundreds and thousands.

MR. FRANCIS HOBLER . I have acted for a great number of years as clerk to the Justice-room at the Mansion-house. I remember on the 16th of October Mr. Alderman Pirie sitting for the then Lord Mayor—the two prisoners were under examination—after certain statements had been made, and several hearings, the Magistrate remitted the case to the County—I have a note of what was stated by the witnesses and the prisoners on that occasion.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Are these the original notes? A. Yes—I will not undertake to say I took every thing down they said—I cannot say that—I should think Beamond was not three minutes in making his statement, or not two minutes perhaps—I did not take it all down—here is the essence of what was said—here are a great many contractions in it I—I do not recollect whether Beamond was cautioned before he spoke, that what he said would be given in evidence—that has sometimes been done at the Mansion-house, but there is no fixed rule of any kind.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Do you, or do you not, interfere with the pri soner to prevent his making any voluntary statement? A. Very seldom—( reads )—"Edward Beamond and Solomon Levine being sworn, Levine says, On Sunday, while I was out, Beamond came, and wanted to see me at St. Thomas-the-Apostle—he asked if I could do any thing in calicoes—I went to Whitecross-street with him—Mr. Sayward offered 4 d .—I have known Beamond eleven months—Mr. Manning only offered 3 d .—I re ceived the money of Sayward, and gave the money to Beamond.'"

"Beamond says, 'Two men came to me on Sunday, to know if I would buy goods—I said I had no money—they said they would bring samples—one was a short man in black.'"

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Will you be good enough to attend to what I read—( reads )—"On Sunday, whilst I was out, Beamond came, and wanted to see me at St. Thomas-the-Apostle—he asked if I would do any thing in calicoes—I went to Whitecross-street with him." Do you mean by that note, that Levine represented that he went out on the Sunday with him, or the Monday? Witness . Immediately I suppose—I will not undertake to swear that he did not say it was on the Monday he went to Whitecross-street.

SADLER SPEAKMAN . I am a linendraper, and live at Shadwell. I remember the 14th of October very well—in the early part of that week, Levine called on me, and said he had got some calicoes to dispose of—he said he had sold some to Mr. Hallett, and he would call on me the next morning in his way down—on the 14th he came with Beamond, and brought two pieces of calico with him—he asked 4 d . a yard for them—I said I should not buy them, I did not want them—I said if I took twelve pieces, they would take something less—Beamond then said 3 3/4 d .—I said if they would take an eighth off I would—I bought twelve pieces of one quality, at 3 1/2 d . and an eighth, that is 3 5/8 d ., and they brought them down in the afternoon—I remember seeing the pieces on the counter, and the two prisoners were there—the lengths were taken, and I paid the money down to Levine—I wanted 2 1/2 per cent, off for cash, and he gave

me half-a-crown—I required an invoice—he came down the following day, and made the invoice out in my shop, on the back of one of my bills—this is it—he has given me discharge, "by cash, 10 l . 11 s ."—this was on Friday, the 15th—he was without Beamond then—the inspector called on me, and nine whole pieces and three short lengths were given up to the police, but not in my presence—a part of them had been sold—I know them.

Cross-examined by MR. HUDDLESTONE . Q. How long have you known Levine? A. I think four or five months—I have known him as dealing in articles of this description—he gave me his own address, but not Ber mond's—I did not ask him any thing about Beamond—I should think I gave a fair price for them—I sold them at 3 3/4 d . a yard—Levine told me he was the agent.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. What have you known about Levine? A. No thing more than as a commission agent—he called on me with goods, and referred me to parties in the neighbourhood, to Mr. Cadman, an iron monger, next door, and several others, whose names I did not notice.

EDMUND MANNING . I live in Aldgate High-street, and am a linen-draper. On the 13th of October, I purchased twenty-four pieces of calico of the prisoner Levine—I first saw him about them on Tuesday, the 12th, I believe—he told me he had some calico to sell, and he brought two piece the same day—he asked 4 1/2 d .—a yard for them—I declined to give that price for them—he asked me what I would give—I told him I did not want them, and would rather not have them—at least I said I would not give more than 3 1/2 d .—he turned round to Beamond who was with him, and they talked a little, and Beamond said, "Well, I shall get a farthing a yard"—then Levine said, "Very well, you shall have them"—he asked me how many I would have, whether I would have ninety pieces—I said no, I would have twenty pieces—I ultimately agreed to buy twenty pieces—they then went away—twenty-four pieces of calico came the next day, the 13th—I did not see who brought them—I saw a bale lying in the shop—I afterwards saw the prisoners on the same day—I said there were more than I ordered—one of the prisoners said, "Well, I suppose you will take them?"—I said, very well, as they were brought to me I would—I told Levine if he would make out an invoice and leave it, I would see if they were right—he then wrote out this invoice, and left it—Levine called in the afternoon—I paid him—Levine wrote this receipt—( read )—"Re ceived 20 l . 11 s . as per account, S. L. Levine"—I did not see Beamond when I paid the money—nothing was said about the ownership of the goods—seventeen of the pieces were ultimately given to the policeman—the rest went into my stock, and have been sold.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How long had you known Le vine? A. About fifteen years—in the course of that time I have had many transactions with him as a commission-agent I never knew any thing likely to excite suspicion—I should not have dealt with him if I had—it is very common to sell in that way—some of the highest houses in London deal in that way, in cheap lots—I gave what I considered a fair price—I sold seven pieces at 4 1/4 d ., and some at 4 1/2 d .—I should not have thought of giving 5 d . for them—the goods were left with me some time, as I wished to be certain all was right—I did not know where Levine lived—I asked him to put his address on the invoices, and he put "No. 116, Lucas-street, Commercial-road," readily on my requesting him.

JOHN SAYWARD re-examined . I buy my Scotch goods where I can get

them cheapest—I have some similar to what they brought, but not with the same stamp on them.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. What do you mean by similar? A. Goods got up in a similar way to these, of the same width—we buy them in 30 inch, 32 inch, and 34 inch.

JOHN SAYWARD . I am the last witness's father, and live in New Road, St. George's. In October I purchased two pieces of calico of Levine—I had this bill and receipt—I gave 4 d . a yard—I said, "Make out a bill and receipt, I will pay you;" which he did—both the prisoners were together—( bill read )—"October 12, 1841. Mr. Sayward to S. L. Levine, 116, Lucas-street, Commercial-road, 2 pieces of calico, 120 yards and a half, at 4 d ., 2 l . 0 s . 2 d . Received, S. L. LEVINE ."—I delivered one of them to Miller, and the other my son had.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How long have you been in business? A. Thirty years—I gave a fair price for these goods—I have known Levine some years, by being about the neighbourhood, and buying of him—he is a commission-agent—I saw nothing unfair in the transaction in any way—I got no profit on the piece I sold to my son.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. When did your son have it? A. The next day—I did not want these goods particularly—they brought them in for a sample—I have bought goods with this mark on it, but it is two or three years ago—I bought them of a wholesale house.

— WILLIS ( examined by MR. PHILLIPS ,) I saw the person who came to take away the calico from Miller's Wharf, the man that came in a cart—only one man came after them—he was rather a tallish man, about five feet eight or nine inches—he was an elderly man, I should think about thirty-five—he was dressed in a dark frock coat, I think a black coat—he came in the morning before with another man, whom I knew—his name was Richard Styles—Caywood was with me—I and he have not been talk ing about it on the road—I was not told to describe the man who came for the calico.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Was he either of the two prisoners? A. No.

GEORGE CAYWOOD ( examined by MR. PHILLIPS .) I saw the man who came for the calico—I think he had a black coat on—I am quite sure it was neither of the prisoners.

HARRIET SLEGG . I am unmarried, and live at No. 116, Lucas-street, Commercial-road. I know Levine—he came to lodge at my house on the 9th of August—I have seen Beamond at my house—he came to see Le vine—I might have seen him at the latter end of August, or the beginning of September—Beamond came to my house on the 13th of October—Levine was not at home—Beamond asked for him—he brought two par cels of calico in a cart—one had the appearance of a bale, the other was in a bag—I told him Levine was not at home—he asked if he might leave the goods, and I gave him permission—he left two packages, a sort of bale and a bag—the bale was in paper—they were placed in my wash-house—I saw Levine about an hour afterwards, when he came to the door, and Beamond with him—Levine asked if there was any thing left for him—I said, "This gentleman has left two packages"—they went into the wash-house, and looked at the two parcels—I believe they took two pieces out of one of them at that time, and went out—the whole of the goods were taken away the next day, the Thursday, in a cab there were four pieces left behind, which I think must have come out of the bag—I do not think

the bale was opened at all—they took them away together—I am a dress-maker—there is no shop at my house—Levine asked me if I would like to purchase a piece—the four pieces were left in the wash-house before purchased one—I removed them from the wash-house, on account of the dampness, and put them in Levine's bed-room—I purchased one piece between myself and two friends—I gave 4 1/2 d . a yard for it—they came back together about five o'clock—they then took the three remaining pieces away—the bag was in the back parlour at the time they took that away with them.

Cross-examined by MR. HUDDLESTON . Q. What business has Levine been carrying on? A. I considered him a commission-agent, and he sold goods for various persons—I know several he sold goods to.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. When did Beamond first come to your place? A. About the latter end of August—I should think Levine had then been there a fortnight—Beamond brought a large quantity of lard with him —it was left at my house, and remained there four or five days—it came in a bag—it was taken away in smaller parcels—I saw no one take it but the two prisoners.

WILLIAM LAST . I am traveller to Luck and Co., of Bread-street, and live in Spencer-street, Goswell-road. They sell Gordon and Barren's Scotch goods—our cloth is stamped in red, but it is a particular stamp of our own—all our goods are delivered through Messrs. Sangster—I remember, six or weeks ago, calling on Mr. Sayward, junior—I saw there some pieces of calico like these that are here—they attracted my attention—I knew then as Gordon and Barron's factory—I went back to my employers, and told them I had seen them—I wrote a note to Sayward, and purchased the whole of them, twenty eight pieces, at 4 1/4 d . a yard—we sell them at 5 d . and 5 1/2 d ., and have a commission out of that—my attention was attracted by the lowness of the price in comparison with what we pay—a communi cation was made to the house of Oliver, Dear, and Co., and to Sangster's—we have never sold so many as twenty-two pieces to any one person in town—one or two pieces of a width is the general quantity—they are sold at a list price.

Cross-examined by MR. HUDDLESTON . Q. This is not the crest on your goods? A. No—ours is a lion—we are in the habit of sending these goods into the country—we have not had them above two months in the house—during that time 150 to 200 pieces have passed through our house.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. But you never sold any with the dove on them, or the stag like these? A. No.

HUGH RUSSELL . I am clerk in the house of George Sangster and Co., in Queen-street, Cheapside—they are agents to G. Forbes and Co.—there are two partners—I received, on the 15th of September, invoices for Oliver, Dear, and Co., Luck, and others, by post, that these things were to come—the bale marked "O. D. and Co.," was consigned to Sangster and Co., to be applied to the exclusive sale of Oliver, Dear, and Co.—those for Luck and the other, to whom they were directed—I have examined the whole of the pieces found—sixty-five "pieces—they are marked on the invoice "G. G. and P.," "O. D. and Co.," and bear the stamp peculiar to these marks—the goods are of the same description as those in the invoice in every respect—the bale marked "O. D. and Co." is No. 349, containing forty pieces thirty-two inches, hard finished—it corresponds in

all particulars with those which have been found—those marked "W. and G." correspond with those which have been found—they are hard finished—" G.G. and P." are called soft finished, and so are the goods—the width and the seal correspond exactly, and the general number that they pack is thirty in one bale, but "O. D. and Co." are packed forty; and of that mark here are thirty three pieces found, which are three more than are usually supplied to any house but Oliver, Dear, and Co.—the signature, "John Russell, for George Sangster and Co.," on this order, is not my handwrit ing—it is altogether a forgery—the marks in this order and the numbers correspond with the marks in the invoices which were duly remitted to us, so that the person who forged the order must have had access to that in voice—inquiries were instituted by my principals into this matter, in con sequence of information from Luck and Co., and on my going to the wharf I found this order—the printing is like our orders, but they have put the number of the premises 85, and our house is No. 5—( read )—" London, October 9, 1841. Mr. Hosie, Miller's Wharf, please to deliver R. Steynes the undermentioned goods, 21—40—84, 3 bales for G. Sangster and Co. H. RUSSELL ."

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. What number of these kind of goods are annually remitted from Scotland to your house? A. I cannot say—the dealings are very large—to the amount of some thousand pieces, and they are all marked as these are—they are sold to all the houses whose particular marks they bear, and sold at what they call a list price—they go into the country parts of England—I should say, under the cir cumstances, that these goods have not travelled about—I will not say that some of them have not been in the country.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. How do you know these? A. I have been round to the witnesses and found the goods to agree exactly with those missing, and I found from the persons I have been to that they could give me accounts of all they had been dealing with.

JAMES BROWN . I live at Aberdeen, and am in the employ of Alexander Forbes and others—they trade under the name of Gordon, Barron, and others. On the 27th of February, 1841, I packed three bales for Miller's-wharf, consigned to Sangster and Co.—I have got my book, in which I entered the goods as I packed them—one bale is entered in my own handwriting—they are marked with "O. D. and Co.," which I put on a bale forwarded for Oliver, Dear, and Co.—it was stamped with a dove in red—this piece corresponds with the quality, and finish, and the width, and the dove—about thirty pieces were marked with my own mark.

Q. Now look on the next occasion on which there was a package made up marked "G. G. P?" A. Yes—here it is—it is not in my own handwriting—I looked in the book and checked the packages as they were packed—about the 14th of September there were thirty pieces packed marked with a stag in red, the Aberdeen Arms, and Gordon, Barron, and Co.—this piece—( looking at one )—corresponds in all respects—this is soft-finished—the goods which were packed that day were soft-finished—about four of these are marked with my own handwriting—Mr. Forbes's name is Alexander, and there are several other partners.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How many thousands of these are consigned from your house to London in the course of a year? About nine or ten thousand, on many of which I write figures—a great many of

them with these stags on them, and the Aberdeen Arms—there are thou sands of pieces of soft-finish and of this width made up—I will not swear—I these came in the bales—they are similar—one piece is like another piece suppose twenty thousand have been marked with my figures in the last three years.

HUGH MCKENZIE . I am a bleacher in the employ of Gordon, Barron, and Co.—I have a book in which I enter the bleaching of their calico— this piece "O. D. and Co," with a stag on it, was bleached on the 18th of April, 1840—this piece, "No. 195," on the 1st of February, 1840—the whole of these marked "O. D. and Co." were bleached from September 14, 1839, to April 18—these marked "G. G. and P." were all bleached between the 1st of May, 1841, and the 22nd of the same month—on the 15th of September, 1841, I assisted in packing a bale for Miller's-Wharf, containing thirty pieces of thirty-two inch width and soft-finish, marked "G. G. and P."—these pieces which are here correspond in all particulars with the pieces I so packed—on the 1st of February, 1841, I assisted in packing a bale marked "W. G. and Co."—it contained thirty pieces of thirty inches wide, and hard-finish, what we call beetlings—some of the pieces here produced correspond in all particulars with them—no goods are sent to London with a dove on them, except to Oliver, Dear, and Co., nor any with a stag on them except to Grant, Grant, and Phillips.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How many thousands of pieces are sent in the course of twelve months to these different houses? A. About ten thousand—these pieces which are here correspond in all respects with hundreds and thousands which are sent to London—I will not venture to say when these pieces came into this country.

WILLIAM NICOL ( police-constable K 177.) I was called to the house of Mr. Speakman on the 15th of October—I found Levine there—he was given into custody—I told him he was charged on suspicion of stealing these goods, or being concerned with others in stealing them—he said, "I did not steal them, I was employed to sell them on commission"—I said, "For whom?"—he said "For a man name Beamond in Little St. Thomas Apostle"—he told me he did not exactly know the name of the man—after taking him to the station, in consequence of something he said to me, I went to a public-house in Whitecross-street, and took him with me—that was where he said the man would be found—we waited nearly an hour, and could find no man—I then went to Little St. Thomas Apostle and found Beamond there in the top back room in bed—there was only one bed and two or three chairs in the room—it was a very small room—Levine went in with me—he said to Beamond, "They have taken me about the calico"—Beamond said, "You did not sell it for me"—Levine said, "But I sold it with you"—Beamond then got up and I took him away—Levine told me previously that he had sold some to Mr. Manning—I went there and received seventeen pieces of calico—Levine said he would tell all when he got before the Magistrate.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Levine was giving you an account of the pieces he had sold? A. Yes—he said he had sold twenty or twenty-four pieces to Mr. Manning—he told me voluntarily about Mr. Manning.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Did you give the pieces of goods you received to Miller? A. I did.

ELIAS MILLER ( City police-constable No . 408.) I have produced sixty-five

pieces of calico—I received twenty-eight of them at the house of Luck and Co., seven from Sayward the younger, one from the father, twelve from Speakman, and seventeen from Manning.

GEORGE GILBERT . I am in the employ of Oliver, Dear, and Co. Mr. Dear's name is James—Mr. Oliver is deceased—there are others—they are consignees of all the calico that comes from the house of Gordon, Barron, and Co., marked with the dove—it is not a common occurrence to sell as many as thirty pieces to one purchaser.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Do you speak from your own recollection or from books? A. From both—I have referred to the books to be perfectly certain—I could trust to my memory, but this was so sin gular a circumstance that I referred to the books.

MR. BODKIN . Q. For the last four years have you sold forty pieces to one person? A. Yes. on the 12th of December, 1840, to Mr. Amos, of Bristol—that is the only instance in which forty pieces have been sold to one customer these four years.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How many pieces do you dispose of in the course of a year with the dove on? A. I do not know—I will not swear that we have not distributed twenty thousand through England in the last three years—we are the only persons who receive those with the dove on them, and we distribute them—there are but few sold in London—I should think not thirty pieces in a year.

JOHN BRAND ( City police-constable, No . 316.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner Beamond's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—he is the man who was then tried and convicted.

(Benjamin Dudfield, a custom-house broker; Moses Cohen, a merchant;—Emanuel, watch maker, of the Minories;—Poland, a tailor; and Morris Simmonds, of Prescott-street; gave Levine a good character.)

LEVINE— GUILTY . Aged 52.— Transported for Fourteen Years .

BEAMOND— GUILTY . Aged 40.— Transported for Twenty Years .

226. GEORGE SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 23rd of No vember , 1 coat, value 15 s ., the goods of George Thomas Beare .

GEORGE THOMAS BEARE . I am a seaman, and lodge at Mr. M'Carthy's. I pulled off my coat and left it on the kitchen table on the 23rd of No vember—Mr. M'Carthy came and asked if this was my coat, and it is.

ISABELLA M'CARTHY . I live with my brother John, who keeps a lodg ing-house for seamen. On the 23rd of November I saw the prisoner, who had no business in the house—he had no coat on—he went into the kitchen and put this coat on in my presence—he went up stairs with it—I told my brother, who stopped him in the passage with it.

WILLIAM ISAAC ( police-constable K 223.) I took the prisoner—he denied being near the house—he said he had been out and sold his mats—he had got as far as Welclose-square.

Prisoner . I was along with a man-of-war's man—he said, "Where is the house?"—I showed him the house—he said, "There is a coat down stairs, go and put it on"—I went down and took it—a drunken sailor went down with me.

ISABELLA M'CARTHY re-examined . A man came in with him who he lodged there, but was not drunk.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Three Months .

227. JAMES GIRDLESTONE was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of November , 1 box, value 6 d .; 1 coat, value 7 s .; 1 pair of trowsers, value 2 s .; 2 pairs of breeches, value 4 s .; 3 shirts, value 3 s .; 3 cravats, value 1 s .; 2 shirt fronts, value 1 s .; 3 stockings, value 6 d .; 3 handker chiefs, value 6 d .; 1 printed book, value 6 d .; 1 pair of gloves, value 1 d .,; and 1 pack of cards, value 4 d .; the goods of John Coker .

JOHN COKER . I am a private in the 16th regiment of Lancers. I left a box at No. 25, Dean-street, Westminster—it contained the coat and other articles stated—this now produced is my box and the property in it.

JOHN MOORE . I live at No. 25, Dean-street. On the 18th of Novem ber, about half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon, the prisoner came and said that John Coker had sent him for the box—I gave it him and its contents.

JOHN COKER . I did not send him for the box—I had known him for about ten days.

JAMES CLIFT ( police-constable A 121.) I found the box in Castle-street, Long-acre—it was not locked—the prisoner said at the station that he had not been sent for it—he said it was at Castle-street, Long-acre.

Prisoners Defence . A young man told me to go for it; I gave it to him, and he was taken in Charles-street, Long-acre.

JAMES CLIFT re-examined . The other man was taken, but released.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Four Months .

228. THOMAS REDDINGTON and MICHAEL JENNINGS were indicted for stealing, on the 24th of November , 1 chair, value 8 d ., the goods of John Hargrave ; and that they had been before convicted of felony; and CHARLES UNDERWOOD for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

WILLIAM VICTORY . I live with my father, in New-street, Westminster, I was in Husband-street, St. James's, and saw Reddington take a chair that belonged to Mr. Hargrave—he gave the chair to Jennings, who carried it across the road to No. 2, Hopkins-street—Reddington went up Hopkins-street, and went away—it was between seven and eight o'clock in the evening.

ELEANOR HARGRAVE . I am the wife of John Hargrave. I missed a chair like this on that day, but I have not sworn to this, it is so very frivo lous—I do not wish to be hard on the boys.

JOHN WILLS ( police-constable C 125.) I went to Underwood's, in Hopkins-street—he has an apartment there—I asked him where he got this chair from—he said some of the boys had brought it—he did not know what boys—I found it near ten o'clock in the evening.

Reddington's Defence . I was not out after five o'clock that evening, which my aunt can prove. The officer took me as I was going to bed, at half-past eleven, in my aunt's room. Victory is a thief. I was going down the Haymarket one night, and he asked me to pawn a handker chief for him. I got 2 s . on it. I did not see him that night, and I wanted something to eat; I spent a shilling, and the next morning I told him I had spent the money—I gave him the ticket.

Jennings Defence . I was not in the parish that night till ten o'clock.

GEORGE KEMP ( police-constable N 82.) I produce a certificate of Jenning's former conviction, which I got at Mr. Clark's office—( read )—he is the person.

JOSEPH MOUNT ( police-constable C 115.) I produce a certificate of Reddington's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—he is the person.

REDDINGTON— GUILTY . Aged 17.

JENNINGS— GUILTY . Aged 17.

Transported for Seven Years .

UNDERWOOD— NOT GUILTY .

229. CHARLES UNDERWOOD was again indicted for feloniously receiving, on the 22nd of November , of an evil disposed person, 1 chair, value 9 d ., the goods of Anderson Campbell , well knowing the same to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

MARY CAMPBELL . I am the wife of Anderson Campbell; he lives in New-street, Seven Dials. On the evening of the 22nd of November I lost a chair—this is it.

THOMAS WELLS ( police-sergeant C 1.) I found this chair at the pri soner's the second evening after it was lost.

NOT GUILTY .

230. CHARLES DARBY was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , 1 cloak, value 15 s ., the goods of Gregory Dumanski .

GREGORY DUMANSKI . I was at the Palace Arms public-house, Pimlico, on the evening of the 30th of November, and lost my cloak—this now produced is it.

JOHN PENROSE . I was at the Palace Arms, on the evening of the 30th, of November, about half-past nine o'clock—I saw the prosecutor and pri soner there.

JOHN CURRY . I am a corporal in the First Battalion of Coldstream Guards. I met the prisoner at a quarter-past ten o'clock that night—he had a bundle with him which contained the cloak—I took him into custody.

Prisoners Defence . I went into the Horse Guards and had a pint of beer; a gentleman asked me to drink with him, which I did; I then went out, and a man gave me the cloak to pawn.

GUILTY .* Aged 22.— Transported for Seven Years .

231. WILLIAM CAPES was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of November , 13lbs. weight of bacon, value 7 s ., the goods of John Ayling ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

JOHN AYLING . I live in Barnard-street, Bethnal-green; I keep a shop.—On the evening of the 25th of November, I was sitting in my par lour, and heard somebody come into the shop—I looked, and missed two pieces of bacon—I went out and found the prisoner, who had one of them under his arm—I had seen them safe three or four minutes before.

WILLIAM THOMPSON . I saw the prisoner take the bacon from another person, who came out of the shop with two pieces—he was three or four yards from the shop.

Prisoner's Defence . A man asked me to buy it; he left one piece with me, and ran off.

GEORGE TREW . I am a policeman. I produce a certificate of the pri soner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY .— Confined One Year .

OLD COURT .— Tuesday, 7 th December , 1841.

Second Jury, before Mr. Recorder .

232. JOHN ROSS was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of July , 3 shirts, value 9 s .; and 1 towel, value 6 d .; the goods of Martha Dixon .

The property belonging to Mary Dixon, the prisoner was ACQUITTED .

233. ELIZABETH M'CABE was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of July , 1 spoon, value 2 s .; 1 pair of stays, value 4 s .; 1 apron, value 6 d .; 1 pillow-case, value 6 d .; 1 napkin, value 6 d .; 1 pair of ear rings and drops, value 7 s . 3 necklaces, value 12 s .; 1 brooch, value 6 s .; 11 knives, value 4 s .; 10 forks, value 2 s .; 2 salt-cellars, value 1 s .; 1 wine-glass, value 8 d .; 1 rummer, value 1 s .; 1 tumbler glass, value 1 s .; 2 mugs, value 9 d .; 9 chimney-ornaments, value 1 s .; 2 soap-trays and covers, value 1 s .; 5 brushes, value 18 d .; 3 cakes of soap, value 6 d .; and 2 ba sins, value 3 d .; the goods of James Beagley , her master.

MR. PHILLIPS conducted the Prosecution .

JAMES BEAGLEY . I keep the Camden Head public-house, Camden-town. The prisoner has been in my service from six to ten months, and in consequence of something which happened, I asked her if she had seen any body go up stairs—I asked her for the key of her box—she said she would not give it me—I asked if she would allow her box to be searched—she said no, nobody should search it; there was nothing there which it was not fit for a man to see—I asked her to allow my wife to search it—she said no—I said, "If you have any thing belonging to me, give it up"—her mother lived at Ratcliff, five or six miles from me—I gave her into custody—she would not go up to have her box searched—sergeant Daniels was present when a witness searched it—it was not opened till he was present, and the door of the room was locked.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. She had been nine or ten months in your service? A. From six to ten—we had the greatest respect for her, every body in the house had—she was a good servant, but I thought she had some bad adviser—I would have permitted her to be bar-maid, if she Would have liked to take it—I was talking about it, but my mistress said, "Stop a little till we get busier"—my mistress did not object to it, she was so fond of my little boy—she is between nineteen and twenty years old—she had perquisites in her situation—they were not a great deal, perhaps 2 s . 6 d .—a-week, sometimes 4 s . or 5 s .—it is a small public-house—she was house maid, and waited in the parlour—I had no barmaid at the time, only my wife, my mother-in-law, and sister—my mother-in-law was going to leave.

Q. Does Mrs. Beagley occasionally take a little drink? A. Never—I know what occurred yesterday—I blowed her up yesterday for going into a hot room where there was smoking going on.

Q. Was she so drunk yesterday that she could not cross the road with out your assistance? A. No; fainting—I never knew her drunk—I never offered the prisoner two sovereigns—there have been jokes between us, and before my wife—when she was nursing my boy, going to take him out a walk, the boy has said, "Dada , kiss me before I go; now kiss Lilabella

I do not call her by that name—her name is Elizabeth—at the office she booked her name as "Betsy"—that is what I call her—I do not deny but I have made her one of the family, and she had a good situation—I certainly have kissed her when the boy has asked me—the boy is only two years old—I went to the prisoner's father while she was locked up—I did not tell him that as soon as she got out of this I would take her back again—I swear that—never any thing of the sort—I did not tell him I had been kissing her—there never was any unpleasant feeling at home about this—the pri soner never complained of my conduct to her—she always behaved as a good girl till this happened—I never endeavoured to thrust my hand up her petticoats—what I have done I am not ashamed to do before any body, I have done nothing to the girl though I am accused of it, and my character injured—it is merely the town talk since she has been in custody—I never heard it before.

Q. Did you ever ask her for a lock of her hair? A. Never, no more than a lock of my wife's hair given me before I was married, was set in a brooch—it came home from being repaired—I asked Betsy to look at it—she said, "Dear me, it looks a great deal better than it did, is that your mistress's hair?"—I said, "Yes, Betsy, you have got a good looking head of hair; if I was a young man, not married, I should like a lock of it in a brooch"—she turned round, and said, "Master, I should not like to give my hair away without it was to somebody I respected"—I said, "Oh, Betsy, I am a married man."

Q. Did she call out, and tell your wife of it? A. Oh no, it was merely a joke—she never gave notice to leave—I never heard that she had done so—I never heard it was said so—she did not bring a sovereign to me which she had found—it was laying on the table about half-past seven one morning, I was serving customers—my wife was in bed—we take it by turns to get up in the morning—my man and me are always up first—I did not know the sovereign was there—she did not bring it to me—she said, "Master, here's a sovereign"—I said, "Oh, I suppose my wife left it there last night?"—I have a tailors' club held there, and I suppose she gave change late at night—this was about three or four, two months ago.

Q. Did you ever tell her not to go to the house of your wife's mother? A. She would not allow her to come—I told her she was not allowed to go—I never told her not to go—I had quarrelled with my mother-in-law—my mistress said to my mother-in-law, who went to live opposite us, "I will send Elizabeth over for the boy," and my mother-in-law said, "If Elizabeth comes, I will slap the door in her face"—I told her my mo ther-in-law would not allow her to come over to fetch the boy, and would slap the door in her face—I did not tell her they were jealous of her—it was about three weeks or a month ago that I talked to her about being bar-maid—I gave her into custody yesterday fortnight.

Q. Did she refuse to take the bar-maid's place? A. I did not put the question to her—all I said, was, "I must have a bar-maid," and said to my wife, "We may as well learn Elizabeth the business, and have some body to do her work"—I said to her, "If you like to take this place, I shall advance your wages"—she did not refuse it—she said she should not dislike it.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Had you any idea that she was robbing you at that time? A. None at all.

RICHARD DANIEL ( police-sergeant S 12.) I was called in by Mr. Beagley on the 23rd of November—I went and saw the prisoner—I was present when her boxes were opened—one I opened with a key which I found in her pocket—the other was opened by a locksmith—I asked her to give me the pocket, and in the pocket I found the key of the first box—she gave me some keys on a ring—I found a key for the other box, but I could not open it with the key—it would not open it—I found in her boxes some knives and forks, a quantity of farthings, some crockery, linen, a pair of stays, some china ornaments, and some carpet—I said nothing to her about them—she was in custody, and not present.

Cross-examined. Q. How many boxes were there? A. Two—they were in a back room at the top of the house—I believe this key opened the box—I rather think this is the key which belonged to the other box which I could not open readily—I did not take the lock off—I thought the key was too small for the lock—I did not notice whether the aperture for the lock appeared the shape of the key—I did not find that the lock had been hampered—I will not swear it had not—I tried it and found I could not open it, and the locksmith said he thought it was on account of the lock having been a little rusty, not that it was not the key, but that the lock was rusty—that was his opinion—I have a list here of what I found in each box—in the box which opened easily, I found six plates, two salt-glasses, two basins, one wine-glass, one rummer, one tumbler, and two china cups—I beg to say that this is to the best of my belief—the room is very small, and there was a bad light—there was also one jug, two bottles of oil, three cakes of soap, one housewife, nine chimney-ornaments, one candlestick, one pair of snuffers, one corkscrew, four brushes, two pieces of carpet, and a piece of green baize—the knives were found in the box the key would not open—the articles named at the top of this list were found in the second box, I think as far as the knives—all the articles were found in the two boxes—I found the money and bag in the second box—the hampered one.

ISAAC SAMUEL BOWLINE . I am a locksmith and bell-hanger. I went to the Camden Head public-house, to open a box—I picked the lock in the usual way, because the key would not open the shoot—the police-ser geant was with me.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you taken the trouble to take off the lock? A. No—I am not employed to do it,—( box produced ) I rather think this key belongs to the box I picked, or this—the lock appeared to want oiling, and I found in a hole where the staple went down, a piece of straw bent, or something had got in, the lock had not got its action—the lock seemed corroded.

Q. How long would it take corroding? A. It depends on the situa tion it is in—it might become dusty or damp—it might be so in three months, or it might be twelve months—the lock catches—the shoot will not go back—it is not the wards that are affected—it is the bolt.

MARY BEAGLEY . I believe the two boxes which have been produced, to be the prisoners—they were in the room she slept in—they are not mine—I have looked at the articles produced, and know them to be my own property, every thing here is mine—the knives and forks are mine—I know this carpet—it was taken off the parlour benches by the carpenter, and was found in the prisoner's box—it was taken off the benches because it was worn out—we were going to have the benches re-carpeted—I know

these plates and ornaments—this soap-dish and crockery for a dressing-table are mine—these basins, and the brushes are mine—the brushes are new, and have never been used.

Cross-examined. Q. I am afraid you are not very well, or is there any thing the matter with you? A. I am very well, thank you—I was very middling indeed yesterday.

Q. Very middling, I believe, when you were in the middle of the road? A. I was not very well—I had been to the public-house a short time before—I do not know the sign of the house—I cannot say what time I got there yesterday morning—I had nothing to drink there—I will swear that—I had not any thing to drink at the public-house—I did not bring any drink with me—I do not say I had nothing to drink all day—I had some porter at the public-house—nothing else—I swear that—I had nothing to drink any where else—I was very well when I had drunk the porter—I cannot say to a few moments how soon after I became middling—I am occasionally in the habit of taking a little something when I am at home—I consider every body requires a little refreshment—I take a little spirits occasionally—not in the morning, unless I am very unwell—some times I may be very well of a morning, and sometimes unwell—when unwell of a morning I have taken a little spirits—I have quarrelled with my mother occasionally, not very often—she has left our house—the prisoner never gave me notice to quit nor notice to leave at all—she never gave me any warning whatever to leave the house—I never knew that my husband was in the habit of kissing her—he never kissed her in my presence—I should certainly have been very angry if he had—these jokes have not taken place in my presence.

Q. Do you remember your husband wanting her to be bar-maid? A. He spoke of it—I said it should not be—I would not have it on any account—I did not think we required a bar-maid—I believe my mother has said she should never like the girl to come into her house—as she was very disagreeable to my mother—I did not like her much, because she made herself unpleasant to the family—I do not say she was unkind to the little boy—she behaved as a servant ought to the child—I never noticed any particular fondness to the child—the prisoner was sometimes called Elizabeth, and sometimes Betsy—no other name by me, nor in my presence or hearing—the little boy never said, in my presence, "Papa, kiss me, and now kiss' Lillabella' "—I should certainly have been very angry if it had.

Q. Do you remember ever hearing of a lock of hair that was put into a brooch? A. I have heard speak of it—I cannot positively say who I have heard speak of it—I have heard it pass as a joke—I cannot say how long it was before the prisoner was taken up—I should think it was a week be fore—it was before she was taken up—I cannot tell who talked about it—my husband was there.

COURT . Q. Whose hair was put into the brooch? A. It was supposed to be hers.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. You supposed so, did you not? A. It was sup posed to be hers—I did not suppose so—they were talking about a brooch—I supposed it to be my own, because I had given my husband such a one before I was married—I do not believe it to be her hair—I believed it to be hers then, and said so.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. How much did you drink of the porter yesterday?

A. I might have drunk half a pint, or a little better—there is no pretence that I am aware of for saying that I was intoxicated—there was smoking in the room—I drank nothing before I left home—no spirits—I had taken breakfast—I did not take porter, or any thing at breakfast.

Q. What do you attribute your feeling faint or middling to? A. I had not been well for some time.

COURT . Q. Have you been worried about the prisoner? A. I have very much—I did not exactly think my husband too free with her—I have heard him joke with her—I did not consider there was any thing improper between them—I certainly was uneasy about her when I could not meet my demands—I knew nobody but her and my own family went to my bed-room—I was not uneasy about my husband being attentive to her—we have cupboards to put the old carpet and things away in—I dare say this carpet would have been joined together, and used for the servant's-room, or some purpose—I did not give any directions what was to be done with it—I mean to represent on my oath that I was not intoxicated yester day.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Will you swear you were not intoxicated at Marylebone office when you were there? A. I can swear it.

GEORGE GEORGE . I am a table-knife cutler. These knives and forks produced are what I sold to Mr. Beagley some time in May last—I sold him some on several occasions—I recognize these as having been sold to him.

JURY . Q. What makes you recollect the knives as being sold in May to Mr. Beagley? A. It so happened that the blades of part of them are what I took out of some old silver handles—being a working man I know them.

JOHN HADGLEY . I am a carpenter. I know this capet—I took a carpet of his description off the seats at the Camden Head, public-house—I have a piece in my pocket to match it—I put new carpet on.

Cross-examined. Q. Where did you get that piece from, Mr. Beagley? A. No—it was in my basket, which had been standing there—I took it off the seats in August.

COURT . Q. How came you to have part of it in your basket? A. By standing against the back door—I cut it off another piece that was there—they asked me if I could bring a piece like it.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. You have brought a piece of carpet there, what do you consider it matches with? A. I cannot see any match of the pattern or width—it is not the same pattern.

COURT . Q. Where did you get it, and how came you to bring it here? A. It was lying against Mr. Beagley's back-door, along the landing—I cut it off myself—Mr. Beagley asked me if I could bring a piece—I cut it off another piece, which came off the seat—I took it off myself before I put the other on.

( The carpet produced was a very different pattern to that the witness had .)

MARY BEAGLEY re-examined . This is my signature to this deposition—it was read over to me before I signed it.

Q. Read the last two lines of it? A. ( reads )—"The stays are mine, and have been stolen from my drawers, so have the napkins, ear-rings, and jetkins."—I adhere to that statement—I swear the stays are mine, and were stolen from my drawers, with the napkins, ear-rings, and jetkins.

( Witnesses for the Defence .)

JUST RANGER . I am a draper, and live in Well's-row, Islington. I know this pair of stays perfectly well—I sold them to the prisoner, I think about eighteen months ago, or it may be something less—I cannot speak exactly to the date—I know them by the characters in the busk in the centre being in my own handwriting, which I put on myself—the letters "1 g," which is the private mark for 5 s . 6 d —I have been in business myself about six months, but at the time these stays were sold I carried on the same business for Mr.—of Islington.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Do they seem to have been worn? A. —Yes, they certainly have—I cannot say whether any one was present when I sold them—I think not—I remember the circumstance perfectly well, from having sold a pair to the prisoner the evening before, which, being a misfit, she exchanged—there are two "1 g's" on them—the top characters look like mine, but the second I can swear to—I am not in the habit of making a double set of characters—my employer, at the time I first lived with him, occupied the house in Wells-row, and while with him he took premises in High-street—the greater part of the stock was transferred to the pre mises he now occupies—having the order from the prisoner for a pair of stays, I sent down to him to state the same, and these were the pair sent up—they might have had the characters on in pencil when they were at the other shop—I cannot say that I remember the double set of characters being on them—according to my impression I put both, but the second I put when I received the stays from the other house—both marks are in pencil.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did you go before the Magistrate and make this statement? A. —Yes.

WILLIAM BLACKMAN . I keep a glass and broker's shop, at No. 6, York-street, Camden-town. This pair of salt-cellars I sold—I have had them frequently in my hand—I had them by me some time, and people ex-amined them almost every day.

Q. To whom did you sell them? A. I should not like to swear posi tively to the prisoner, but I really believe it to be her—I think it must be near upon three months ago—I am sure I sold them to a young woman—I am sure they are the same—I went before the Magistrate to state this.

CAROLINE BETTELEY . I am the wife of Jacob Betteley, a china and glass dealer, and live at No. 128, High-street, Camden-town. We keep a shop—I know the prisoner—I sold her such a soap-dish and brush-tray as these—I cannot say bow long ago, but it may be about six months ago—I have such articles in my shop now—I believe these to be the articles I sold her.

MRS. BEAGLEY re-examined . I believe this to be the brooch I spoke to before the Magistrate—I believe it to be ours—I was present when these things were found in the boxes—they all belong to the house—I believe the brooch to be ours—it resembles it, and I believe it is ours.

JAMES SERGEANT . I live at No. 125, High-street, Camden-town. I believe this to be the brooch I sold to the prisoner about six or eight weeks ago—I am positive I sold her one of that pattern, and I believe this to be it.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Have you any entry in your book about it? A. No, we do not make entries—I am a hair-dresser, and sell brooches and fancy articles—I do a good business—we keep books, but do not enter

articles we sell, except on credit—we do not enter in a cash-book—I am not the proprietor of the shop—I do not know whether my employer keeps a cash-book or not—I never saw one—if there was one, it would be my duty to enter what was sold in it—I have no private mark on the brooch.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. That is the reason you do not speak positively? A. Yes—we always put the private mark on a ticket, which we take off when we sell it—the price of it is 4 s . 6 d .—or 5 s .—it is mosaic gold—my master keeps a shop.

COURT . Q. When you sell an article at 4 s ., do not you state to your master, "I have sold this at 4 s .,?" A. My employer happened to be in the shop at the time the prisoner bought it.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Are you quite sure this is the girl? A. Positive—I have lived with my master eight years.

J— HUNTSMAN . I am a chemist and druggist, and live at No. 47, High-street, Camden-town. I sold the prisoner a scent-bottle with a silver top, with a ring at the back—it was puce or purple glass.

RICHARD DANIELS re-examined . I had one answering that description, but I believe it is not included in this charge—it was property supposed to belong to the prisoner, and not produced before the Magistrate.

NICHOLAS M'CABE . I am a coal and coke dealer, and live at No. 3, Bear-street, Ratcliff. The prisoner is my daughter—she was eight years in good service before she went to Mr. Beagley's—I believe she had 15 l . in her possession before she went there; I often told her to put it in the Savings'-bank, but she has said, "Oh, father, it is safe enough in my box"—I have seen the prosecutor since my daughter has been in custody—he came to the house I was at, not my house—he told me, on that occasion, that if my daughter got out of this scrape , he would take her again into his service; he said he would take her to morrow if her trial was over to-day.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Was there any one present when he said that? A. Yes, my wife and the woman who owned the house—I do not know her name—she is not here—I was overcome at the Court-house, and was forced to be carried out into a house; they gave me a drink of water, I recovered myself, and sat on a chair about an hour; and during that time Mr. Beagley came in to me, and said, "When the trial is over, I shall take her to morrow"—this was a little while before the trial came on, the day she had her first hearing at Marylebone—I cannot tell what time of the day it was—it was in the afternoon—I cannot tell what o'clock—it was in one of the little houses that join the police-office—a private house—I was overcome at seeing her at the office, and was taken there—she never put the 15 l . into any savings'-bank, or she would have told me so—I am certain of it—I often told her to do it, and she said her money was safe enough in her box—she told me so two or three months before she was taken up, or more than three months—I know she did not put it into the savings'-bank.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did she ever tell you any thing about being the barmaid? A. She did—she gave me a reason for declining to be barmaid—that reason applied to Mrs. Beagley.

ANN M'CABE . I am the prisoner's step-mother. I remember her en tering Mr. Beagley's service—she had 15 l ., then—it was in gold—I saw it when she was packing her clothes in her box—she had a coral necklace,

and an imitation pearl necklace—I remember her coming home while in Mr. Beagley's service, about two months before she was taken up—she made a complaint about her box having been attempted—she had some far things from me when she left our house—I cannot tell the number—I told her to take what quantity she liked out of the drawer—I always have a number of farthings—my husband wants them in his business—I know she had black-drop earrings, and she lost the top of one—she also had a black necklace, and I wore it on my own neck on going to a funeral—to the best of my belief this is the necklace, and these the drop earrings—I have been her step mother eleven years, and never knew her deprive a single person of a farthing.

WILLIAM HENRY FINCH . I live at No. 5, Moon-street, Islington. I was sent to pay some money for a coral necklace for the prisoner—it was such a necklace as this—I brought it home for her—I have known her about two years—I never heard any thing against her character till she was apprehended—I knew her living at the Angel and Crown, Islington, for twelve months.

MARY LAINSON . I live at No. 27, Aldgate. These black earrings and necklace are similar articles to what I sell—I cannot positively say I sold them—I never sold the prisoner a pair of black earrings like these, to my recollection—I have no recollection of it whatever—it is impossible for me to say whether I sold such articles on the 19th of August—I do not enter articles in a book—I sell similar earrings to these—I see this is my box they are in, and that is quite sufficient, for this box was given with the articles—I am in the habit of placing articles in a box in this way—that is my box, but that does not imply that they are my earrings.

COURT to MRS. BEAGLEY . Q. Can you state where you got these jet ornaments? A. I bought them in Tottenham-court-road, to the best of my belief—I cannot tell the person's name—it is some years back—I bought the brooch just on the other side of the New-road, at Mr. Baylis's, I believe, some years back—I never wore it above once—I dare say per sons have seen me wear it—I generally kept my earrings in a box in cotton—I bought this pair of earrings, I think, of a Mr. Harrison—I have worn them—it is more than two years ago since I wore them—they were perfect top was not off—I believe I gave 4 s . 6 d . for them—I cannot say—one what I gave for the brooch—I bought the stays at the bar, over the counter of the public-house—I cannot positively say who of—I did not try them on to see if they would fit—the general way of trying is by a piece of tape—I cannot positively say when I bought them—it was of a woman—I cannot say in what year, or whether it is five years ago.

Q. On the solemn oath you have taken, do you mean to represent you bought these stays over the bar; take warning before you answer? A. It might be in the kitchen—I will swear I bought them either in the bar or kitchen—I cannot say when—I frequently buy things of people in the kitchen—when people stand at the bar, we ask them to come into the kitchen.

Q. Is there any human being who ever saw you in possession of the stays? A. I do not know—on my oath the stays belong to me—I do not know what letters are on them—I tried them on, but not to wear them any length of time—I never wore them—they did not fit then—I have not tried them on since the prisoner has been apprehended—I do not think I tried them on this year—I rather think it was last year.

JULIA SULLIVAN . I am a widow. I was outside in the neighbourhood

of this Court yesterday, between three and four o'clock, and saw Mrs. Beagley tipsy in the court-yard, and in the public-house—her husband as sisted her across the road—she was drunk.

COURT . Q. Can you be mistaken, could it be faintness or any other cause? A. No, she was laughed at by the men.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Was there any body with her but her husband? A. No, it was not faintness—I could not be mistaken, it was too evident—she stood up in the court-yard, against the railings, to recover herself—she could not stand—I saw her drink brandy twice, as well as porter, yes terday, at the public-house.

FRANCIS JOHN HOLLOWAY . I am a sail-maker. I came to the Old Bailey yesterday with a friend, to see a person named Evans, a stranger, who had come up about a situation—I met with him in the Old Bailey—I saw Mrs. Beagley cross the road from the Pitt's Head public-house over to this Court—she appeared to me in a beastly state of intoxication—she fell down on one knee, and was pulled up again by the man with her—I believe she was intoxicated.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Were you in the public-house? A. I had been in it, but was coming away—I was not in it while she was there—I am not acquainted with the prisoner's father—I saw him here this morning—I have spoken to him—I spoke to him four or five days ago for the first time in my life—it is since the sessions have been on—I heard from a friend of mine that he had a daughter here—I was along with Mr. Silvester—the father told me about his daughter's case.

COURT . Q. Do you take an interest in it from what he said? A. I took an interest so far as this, I came with Mr. Silvester, who took an ac tive part in the prisoner's defence.

NOT GUILTY .

233. ELIZABETH M'CABE was again indicted for stealing, on the 19th of November , in the dwelling-house of James Beagley , 1 piece of printed-paper, value 1/2 d .; 13 sovereigns, and 5 half-sovereigns, and other monies, his property.

JAMES BEAGLEY . While the prisoner was in my service I missed some money—in consequence of that, and what happened in the last case, I had the policeman called in and the prisoner's box examined—I first had my man's box searched—the policeman examined the prisoner's box and found the money in question, which is the subject of this indictment—I had a forged 1 l . note, and that was found in the prisoner's box among other things.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . You were in Court when your wife was examined? A. Yes.

Q. Did you hear her swear that you never joked or took any liberty with the prisoner in her presence? A. She said not to my notice—I have kissed the girl in her presence once or twice—not often—I cannot say how often—I will swear it was not a dozen times—we made the girl one of our family—perhaps I may have kissed her a dozen times.

COURT . Q. Did you not before her box was opened, tell her that if she would deliver up the things or the money, you would let her go quietly away unharmed? A. I did—she said she had nothing in her box that did not belong to her—but she would not allow a man to overhaul her things—I proposed that my wife should do it, and she declined, saying she

wished the box opened in the presence of her mother—I first sent her away in custody, and then let the policeman examine her boxes—she re fused to go up stairs, and insisted on her mother being sent for before they were examined.

Q. On your solemn oath, was not your wife drinking brandy at the public-house yesterday? A. In the public-house after standing some time, I believe I got her some—she tasted it—I found her sitting there by her self—I said, "It is very foolish to sit here among the smoke, you will get overcome"—I blowed her up for being in a smoky-room—she had got damp in her feet.

Q. When had you seen the forged note? A. I do not know that I had seen it for twelve months, but I cannot say how long—I do not think it is two years—it belongs to my wife—her mother had taken it—she is not here.

COURT . Q. Where was your money kept? A. In the left-hand corner of a drawer in my bed-room—the drawer was not locked—the money had not been there long—I suppose about six or seven weeks—sometimes the door was locked, and sometimes not—there was no key of the drawer—I had a sister of my wife's in the establishment—she is not here—she re sorted to the room, and my wife, myself, and the servant.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Do you mean to swear the girl did not on two occasions give you notice to leave, and at last say she would quit on the 7th of the month, when her quarter was up? A. Never—I never offered her two sovereigns.

COURT . Q. How do you know what money you had? A. I cannot say within a few pounds, between 40 l . and 50 l . I do not know the 10 l . note, or the three 5 l . notes—they have not been found—no note has been found but the forged note—I had talked about the forged note, it had "forged" stamped right across it—the prisoner can read.

JURY . Q. Did you ever pay the prisoner any money? A. Not one farthing. not for wages—I dare say my wife has advanced her some.

MRS. BEAGLEY . I never paid any wages to the prisoner—I never gave her any money.

Cross-examined. Q. Will you swear you never paid her any money during the six or ten months she lived with you? A. Let me recollect myself if you please—I believe I did, I think it was about 5 l .

COURT . Q. Where did you keep your keys? A. Generally down stairs in the bar—I very seldom take them out—I have not got them with me now—I cannot exactly say how the forged note got into the box.

RICHARD DANIEL . I am a policeman. This forged note was found in the box, the lock of which was hampered—all the money was found in that box—I saw no keys besides those the prisoner gave up—I did not apply to any one for keys before I broke open the box—I had no conversation with Mrs. Beagley before the box was broken open—Mr. Beagley sug gested that it should be broken open—the first box I went to was the one which opened readily—that box was not full—I cannot tell which box the carpet was in—I heard the prisoner refuse to have her box opened in the presence of any man, and I did not think it any use to ask her to see it opened, although nothing had been found against her when she was given

in charge—it did not occur to me—I heard her entreat that her mother should be sent for before any box was opened.

NOT GUILTY .

234. GEORGE HYAMS was indicted for feloniously receiving, on the 1st of November , of an evil-disposed person, 27 yards of satin, value 6 l .; and 9 yards of silk quiltings, value 4 l . 10 s .; the goods of James Dickons Saltmer , well knowing them to have been stolen.

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

MOSES CORONEL . I am shopman to Mr. George Wood who keeps a clothes shop in Holywell-street. On the 18th of November, the witness, M'Knight, came to my master's shop—in consequence of what took place between us, I went to Mr. Saltmer, in Friday-street, and made a communi cation there of what had happened.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. I believe M'Knight told you all manner of falsehoods? A. He did, innumerable falsehoods—I should not think his word was to be taken on any occasion—he denied most decidedly before my face every thing that had taken place between us—he told me he came from Bread-street, which was quite false—he gave me the slip in a very cunning wry—he went into a shop, told me to wait for him, and he got out at the back-door—in consequence of my suspicion, I took a cab , and went to Mr. Saltmer to put him on his guard—M'Knight wanted me to buy some articles—he said they were taking stock at his firm, and when there were short lengths, they were divided among the young men in the establishment—he nearly deceived me altogether—when I saw him at Mr. Saltmer's, I asked why he kept me so long in St. Martins-lane—he said, "Who are you, and what are you?"—I said, "I think you have made nice sort of fun of me, deceiving me in this way," and I called him a confounded thief—he said, "If you call me a thief, I will make you prove your words," and denied having seen me at all.

MR. BODKIN . Q. What articles did he bring to you to sell? A. Silk velvet waistcoat-pieces—these now produced are them—I should think they are worth about 6 l .—they might cost more to be cut off a piece, but as remnants they are worth about that—I asked what he wanted for them—he said, "I think they are worth 1 l ."—my suspicions were then aroused—there are six lengths, and I should think them worth 1 l . each.

BENJAMIN M'KNIGHT . I am sixteen years old. In October last I was in the employ of Mr. Saltmer—I have been with him little more than three months—my father is also in his service, and has been so for about two years. On the 18th of November I went to Mr. Coronel's, No. 1, Holywell-street—about a week before that I had been to No. 17, which is the prisoner's—my attention was first attracted there by seeing a board outside, stating that they bought goods—I had nothing with me when I first noticed that board—I spoke to the prisoner on that occasion—he was at the door—I asked him if he would buy some figured satins—he said, "Yes"—I went there next evening with four pieces of black quiltings, and three lengths of figured satin, about nine yards in, each length—these are the black quilt ings I took—(looking at four pieces)——took the satins and quiltings from my master's stock—I have since pointed out to my master the patterns in the warehouse of the silks I so took—I wrapped them up in a brown paper

parcel—I got to the prisoner's house about half-past five o'clock—he was at the door—I went in and said I had brought the satins—I opened the parcel, and he said, "Oh, these are not satins"—the quiltings were at the top—I said, "No, but the satins are underneath"—he looked at them, and then asked me what price for the whole—I did not say any price—I asked him to give as much as he could—he said he would give 12 s . for the whole lot—I said that was very little—he said he did not wish to give more, and I took it—he paid me—no one else was in the shop at the time—I believe this was on Friday evening—there was a light in the shop—the shutters were up—nothing more passed—the day after I went to Mr. Coronel's I was taken into custody at my master's warehouse—I did not upon that make a statement of my conduct in the transaction—I afterwards disclosed what I knew of these robberies—in consequence of which I was taken to Holywell-street by inspector M'Lean, and Evans the warehouse-man—a parcel was made up like the one I had carried to the prisoner—Evans carried it—I saw Evans go into the prisoner's house—I went in first—the prisoner was not in—he came in shortly after, and I pointed him out to Mr. Evans—I was in the shop—I said, "This is the person I sold them to"—I did not hear the prisoner make any observation—I never said in the prisoner's presence what I had sold to him—he was taken in custody—I come from Newgate to give this account to-day.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. You are an honest boy in your own eyes, I suppose? A. No—I am speaking the truth—I consider myself a boy of truth—I have told a falsehood—I mean I have told the truth to-day—this is not the first time I have told it—I had some trans action with Mr. Coronel—when he questioned me in the warehouse I did not tell the truth—I did not tell a word of truth before Mr. Coronel—it was on Thursday night I kept him dodging me from shop to shop—I gave him the slip by going out at the back-door—I knew the house, and had been there before—I went in at the door and told Mr. Coronel to wait for me, in tending to let him remain in the street while I slipped through the back door—I am not acquainted with many shops at which I can get out at the back—I saw Mr. Coronel at my master's the night I was taken—I knew him—I denied ever having seen him in my life—that was the first falsehood I told about him—every word I said about Mr. Coronel was untrue—when I went to sell these things I told the prisoner the truth—I did not tell him I was a warehouseman—I never represented that to anybody—I did not tell the prisoner these were remnants and perquisites which were to be divided among the warehousemen—I could not tell it with truth—I never said so to anybody else—I said so to Mr. Coronel—there was not a word of truth in it—did it to make him buy the goods, to make him think me honest.

Q. Knowing at the time that there was hardly a greater rogue going at large than yourself? A. Yes, that is the truth—the first things I stole were those I sold to the prisoner—as I got into Holywell-street, the thought first flashed across me—I am very sorry now that I sold him things stolen from my master—I was sorry when I reflected on it—it was about a week after I sold to the prisoner that I tried to sell to Coronel—I tried to sell twelve lengths of figured velvet—I offered them for sale at a shop in New ington—they bought them—I went into another shop before that—no other—the shop where I gave Mr. Coronel the slip is in St. Martin's-lane—I had often been there for my master—I never attempted to sell any thing there—it is Mr. Ferguson's droper—we called at three other shops

that night—I called at Mr. Ferguson's for a bag—I had some velvets with me—I did not intend to sell them—it was not the velvet I offered to Coronel—I had brought them from a Mr. Freeman's, opposite Mr. Ferguson's, to put into the bag—I kept Coronel waiting for me at three houses—I did not tell him I was going to sell things—I told him I went to take a parcel to the master of the shop—I had three parcels with me—I had those par cels with my master's knowledge—I had three shops to call at with my master's knowledge—I bad three parcels in all—I had not all three with my master's knowledge—I had two with his knowledge—I never gave a false address to any body—I did not tell Coronel that I lived in Bread-street—I swear that—I never mentioned Bread-street to him—the prisoner's door was open when I went in—the shop was shut—any body could have gone in and seen me there, and what I was about—I was in the shop when the parcel of quiltings was found which I had sold to him about a week before—it was lying on the back counter—there were plenty of places of concealment in the shop—it was found tied up in the brown-paper parcel in which I had sold it—the prisoner did not ask me my address—I swear that—I did not give him "Bread-street"—I had no object in deceiving the prisoner—I deceived Coronel because he wanted to know how I got them—I did not tell Coronel where I lived—he asked me—I did not tell him "Bread-street," or anywhere—I made him no answer—he then put on his hat, and came after me—I swear I never mentioned Bread-street to him—I never gave my address as "Bread-street" to any one—always the true one—I could have given Coronel a false address, but I did not—I did not like to tell an untruth—I did not deceive Mr. Coronel—I have dealt with Jones at Newington—I am a witness against him—it was out of sorrow for my sins that I turned witness, no other reason—I do not exactly under stand you—I wished Mr. Saltmer to have his property back—I told of this before I was threatened to be prosecuted.

Q. On your solemn oath, did you tell one word until you were promised not to be prosecuted yourself? A. Yes, I did—Cuthbert told me that my master would not prosecute me if I told—I answered you before without thinking—my memory came back after seeing Cuthbert—I was not afraid he would contradict me—I said it quite in mistake—I understand the question—I do not know that it was to get off myself that I told the story—Cuthbert told me, over and over again, that I should be prosecuted unless I gave evidence—it was after that I told the story against the prisoner—I did not tell Cuthbert a word till he told me I should not be prosecuted—it is to save myself that I have come to give evidence, and also from sorrow for my sins, both—I do not think about being safe—I should not have told any thing unless I had thought I should be safe—I believe I should have done so now, because I am very sorry for it.

Q. Do you care how many you convict, provided you get off yourself? A. I do not wish them to be hurt—I do not wish them to be convicted—if the Jury do not believe me, I think I should run the risk of being pro secuted—I wish to convict the prisoner that I may save myself—whether I am prosecuted or not depends very much upon whether he is convicted; and the same with respect to Jones, if the Jury do not convict, I think I run the risk of being tried myself.

MR. BODKIN . Q. When you left Coronel what house did you first go to? A. Mr. Milie's, in St. Martin's-lane—I believe he is a woollen-draper—he is a customer of my master's—I took a parcel there on my muster's business—I went from there to Mr. Freeman's, a customer of my

master's—I had to fetch some velvets from there—I then went to Mr. Ferguson's, and took the velvets there which I got from Mr. Freeman's, to put into my master's bag, which was there, to take them home—Mr. Ferguson's house has a front and back door.

RICHARD EVANS . I am foreman to the prosecutor, who has premises in Friday-street. I heard of Coronel's coming to the warehouse the next morning, in consequence of which I spoke to M'Knight—he made a statement to me—Mr. Saltmer was not there—he came in about an hour afterwards—M'Knight's father was present—Mr. Saltmer gave M'Knight two hours to consider to tell me all—at the expiration of the two hours I went and fetched Cuthbert, and Inspector M'Lean was sent for—some patterns were pointed out to me by M'Knight, which I have here—he pointed out these figured satins with respect to the prisoner—they are worth about 6 s . a yard—I have examined the stock, and three pieces of that pattern, of nine yards each, are missing—I afterwards went with M'Knight and the Inspector to Holy well-street—a parcel was made up to carry—M'Knight went in first and I followed him—the prisoner came in in about three minutes, and M'Knight said, "That is the man I sold the goods to"—I did not hear the prisoner make any observation—I di rectly came out to the inspector, who was outside—when he came in, the prisoner said, "I suppose this boy has been stealing these goods which I bought?"—the inspector then came in—he said, "Come, I want these goods"—he muttered something—the inspector went round, the parcel was Jying there, and he took possession of it—it contained the black quiltings produced—I then asked him where the figured satins were—he said he had never seen them—the inspector searched about, but found nothing more—he was taken into custody and brought away.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. And afterwards bailed that same night, was he not? A. He was—these quiltings are cotton and silk—it is used for facing coats and waistcoats—this is very different—that might be bought for 18 d ., when this is 10 s . 6 d .—this is all cotton—I should say there is very little silk in it, if any—we do not keep any tiling of that sort—the prisoner muttered something I did not understand—the officer went round the counter and took up these black things—it is a small shop—they laid on the back counter in paper—I cannot say whether it was the paper they were sold in—when the officer said, "I want the things," the prisoner did not say, "They are there on the counter, in that paper"—he muttered something about remnants—he said they were remnants—he did not point to them when he muttered—M'Knight said, "I think these are them"—it is a dark shop, and they were on the back counter—the prisoner said in answer to the officer's question, that those were the only goods he had ever seen from him, and he knew nothing of the satins—we made a search, but never found a bit of satin.

JAMES DICKONS SALTMER . I am an importer and dealer in foreign silks, and live in Friday-street. Evans has given a correct value of the silks, the patterns of which he showed in the book—I know these three lengths of nine yards each are missing from the stock—they are 6 s . a yard—these quiltings have been missed from the stock—two lengths are worth 10 s . 6 d . a yard—there are four yards and a half of that—one length, about two yards, worth 7 s . a yard; another, about three yards, worth 7 s . —the value of them is taken at an average—there is 4 l . 2 s . 3 d . worth found, as part of what was sold at 12 s .,—I have given the price at which

we have sold them—that is the wholesale price—perhaps the retailer may be satisfied with 1 s . a yard profit—they are chiefly sold to tailors—I have a customer named Milie, in Warwick-street, and Freeman and Ferguson, in St. Martin's-lane—I believe on the day M'Knight went to Coronel he had to go to those customers for me.

Q. Did you at any time before he was taken into custody, notice his leaving the warehouse carrying any thing with him? A. I did on one occasion—one evening when I returned from the West-end about seven o'clock, he was about returning home, and had a small brown paper parcel—he took it up, but I did not notice that he took it out—my suspicions were not excited.

FRANCIS M'LEAN . I am inspector of the police. I was called to the prosecutor's premises on the 19th of November, and took M'Knight into custody—in consequence of what he had said it was arranged that I should go with him to Holy well-street—Evans carried a parcel—I went into the shop after Evans and M'Knight, as Evans beckoned me, and I found the prisoner there—I had scarcely entered the shop before I observed a brown paper parcel at the back part of the shop, on the counter—I took it and showed it to Evans—it was not tied up, but folded up in brown-paper—I showed it to Evans, and asked if he could identify it—he immediately said he could—I said to the prisoner, "Where is the rest of the things?"—a conversation passed between Evans and him, which I did not hear, being engaged watching the shop—he seemed in a very great deal of trouble, and his wife too, we could hardly keep her quiet—I did not hear him make any answer when I said, "Where is the rest of the things?"—I searched the house as well as the shop, but found nothing of the prosecutor's.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Although you did not hear him say any thing, you will not swear he did not? A. Oh dear no.

(The prisoner received a most excellent character.)

NOT GUILTY .

( See Surrey Cases, page 234.)

NEW COURT .— Tuesday, December 7, 1841.

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant .

235. THOMAS MAJOR was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of De cember , 10 cheroots, value 2 s ., the goods of James Essex .

JAMES ESSEX . I live in Park-street, Camden-town, and am a tobac conist. I missed some cheroots at a quarter before eleven o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of December—I had seen them safe about a quarter of an hour before I missed them—I received information, went after the prisoner, and found him with these cheroots in his jacket pocket, they are the exact quantity I had lost—they exactly corresponded with mine.

CAROLINE ESSEX . On the 2nd of December the prisoner came into the shop—he bought some cigars—immediately after he went I missed this bundle of cheroots.

GUILTY .* Aged 16.— Transported for Seven Years.—Convict Ship .

236. WILLIAM SKINNER was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of December , 11lbs. weight of leaden-pipe, value 1 s . 2 d ., the goods of Lewis Lewis .

LEWIS LEWIS . I am an ironmonger, and live in Crawford-street—the prisoner worked for me occasionally—I sent him into the front area to repair a cistern, on the 2nd of December—he came up and asked me for some money to get some compo'—I saw a bit of leaden-pipe in his cloth—I took it out and found it was mine—I then missed it.

Prisoner . I did not intend to take it away. Witness . It was wrapped up in his cloth with some tools—I said, "What have you there?"—he said, "My tools"—I then found this—he said, "Pray, forgive me, it is my first time."

JURY . Q. Where was the lead kept? A. In the front kitchen, which was used as a warehouse—he was working as a bricklayer—he is not a plumber.

GUILTY . Aged 64.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Two Months .

237. JOHN STEED and MICHAEL SULLIVAN were indicted for stealing, on the 11th of November , 1 coat, value 18 s ., the goods of Thomas Harding .

THOMAS HARDING . I am an excavator, and live at Paddington. On Wednesday afternoon, the 11th of November, at half-past three o'clock, I left my coat in my cart, at the side of the road, while I went to look at my men—I missed it.

RICHARD HOPCROFT . I was in the prosecutor's employ. I heard an alarm about half-past three o'clock, and ran after the prisoners—they were together—they ran across Nottinghill-park—they turned their heads, and saw me running—Steed threw the coat from his left arm—I caught him at the bottom of the hill—a man who followed me picked the coat up, and brought it to my master's.

Steed's Defence . I had been to Bayswater to look after a job—I did not drop it.

STEED— GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Three Months .

SULLIVAN— NOT GUILTY .

238. MICHAEL SHEEN was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of December , 1 cloak, value 12 s ., the goods of William Elliott .

ALEXANDER ANDERSON . I am assistant to William Elliott, of New Church-street, Marylebone. On the evening of the 2nd of December, I was waiting on two ladies in the shop—I received information, and went out—I saw the prisoner running, with a cloak under his arm, which was my master's—I had seen it safe ten minutes before.

GEORGE BREMBLY . I was standing at the corner of Church-street, within two or three doors of the prosecutor's shop. I saw the prisoner running across the road into the Edgware-road, from the prosecutor—the assistant called, "Stop him"—I ran and stopped him.

Prisoner's Defence . The cloak was given to me by a gentleman to take care of—I did not steal it.

GUILTY . Aged 46.— Confined One Year .

239. WILLIAM BENNETT was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of December , 1 leather housing, value 5 s ., the goods of Mark Rawlinson .

MARK RAWLINSON ., I am a carman, living in Shoe-lane. About a

quarter to five o'clock, in the evening of the 1st of December, I left my cart—I had a leather housing on my horse—in consequence of what a boy told me, I ran after the prisoner, and saw him running with the housing under his arm—he dropped it—I picked it up—he was stopped—I am sure he is the man.

Prisoner . I was coming through Neville's-court, another man met me, asked what I wanted—this man came up with the leather in his hand, and said I stole it—I said, "I will wait till the policeman comes," which I did for five minutes. Witness . There was another man with him, who ran away, but the prisoner is the man who dropped this—the other man was on before me—the prisoner was on before him.

GEORGE CANNON . I saw the prisoner running up Neville's-court, and after he turned the corner, he dropped it—I am sure he is the man who dropped it.

GUILTY .* Aged 24.— Transported for Seven Years .

240. JAMES OGLEBY was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of December , 1 trowel, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of James Lucas .

THOMAS LUCAS . I am assistant to my father, James Lucas, a builder, in Cromer-street. About twelve o'clock, on the 2nd of December, I left my trowel inside the second-floor window of a house in Monmouth-street—I missed it—this now produced is it.

JOHN O'BRIEN . I am a broker, and live in Monmouth-court. Between two and three o'clock, on the 2nd of December, the prisoner came to me with this trowel, and asked me to buy it—I asked where he got it—he said he had picked it up in the street—he was taken the next day—I went to the station, and took the trowel.

WILLIAM MASON ( police-constable G 127.) I took the prisoner into custody from Mr. Lucas's description.

GUILTY .* Aged 13.— Transported for Seven Years.—Convict Ship .

241. DAVID EVANS was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of No vember , 1 stove, value 7 s ., the goods of John Weeks .

JOHN WEEKS . I am a smith, living in Church-street, Bethnal-green. Between seven and eight o'clock, on the 24th of November, I missed a stove—I went out, and found the prisoner and two others in four or five minutes after—the prisoner had the stove on his shoulder.

WILLIAM ELLIOTT . I was walking by the prosecutor's shop—I saw three lads standing at the door—I walked on, turned, and saw the prisoner put the stove on his shoulder.

Prisoner. Q. What did I do with it? A. You went across the road, and turned down a turning—I did not see a man give it you.

Prisoner's Defence . A man asked me to carry it to Whitechapel—he put it on my shoulder.

GUILTY .* Aged 18.— Confined Six Months .

242. WILLIAM MURRELL was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of November , 1 jacket, value 11 s .; and 1 waistcoat, value 3 s .; the goods James Weedon , the younger.

JAMES WEEDON . Jun. I lodge at Ruislip. On the 24th of November, I had a velveteen jacket and waistcoat lying on my bed in my sleeping-room—the prisoner was a labourer in the same place, and lodged with me —I got up early on the morning of the 25th of November, and they were gone—these produced are them.

RICHARD DAVIS . I am a pawnbroker, and produce the jacket and waistcoat. The prisoner came to me on Friday week—he said his mother bad bought him a jacket, and it was too small—I got these from the prisoner.

Prisoner's Defence . I saw a bundle by the roadside, and found these things in it—I went to Davis's, and swopped them away with him, and when I heard it was lost, I went and asked Mr. Davis to let me have them again.

GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Three Months .

243. ANN PARSONS was indicted for a misdemeanor.

NOT GUILTY .

244. CHARLES CURTIS was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of November , 44lbs. weight of lead, value 5 s ., the goods of Benjamin Dra per ; and JAMES WATERS , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.

BENJAMIN DRAPER . I am a plumber, living at Hounslow. On the 20th of November, I went to my melting shop—I found the window broken, which led me to suspect the place had been entered—I missed half a cwt. of old lead which had been left in my shop—I informed the police-man —the lead now produced is mine—it was brought to me by Waters on the Tuesday following, the 23rd—he asked me if I would buy some lead—I found it belonged to me, end the officer took him.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDEROAST . Q. Half a cwt. is rather heavy for inch a lad as Curtis to carry? A. Yes.

CHARLES JEFFS ( police-sergeant T 20.) I received information on the 23rd of November, that the lead had been offered at the prosecutor's house, I took Curtis into custody on the 20th—I saw some footsteps—I compared them with Curtis's—I took him on suspicion.

NOT GUILTY .

245. ELIZABETH JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of November , 9 1/2 yards of printed cotton, value 5 s ., the goods of Edward Jenkins ; and that she had been before convicted of felony.

HENRY GIBBS . I live with Edward Jenkins in New Church-street, Marylebone. About eleven o'clock on the 30th of November I heard something snatched down—there was some printed cotton hanging inside the door—I went round to the door and saw the prisoner standing there—as soon as I went to the door she left it—I missed one piece of cotton from the place—I followed the prisoner, brought her back, and took this print from her.

THOMAS HASELDINE ( police-constable D 104.) I took the prisoner, and have the cotton.

THOMAS HARRISON ( police-sergeant D . 14.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—she is the same person—and she had been before convicted of felony.

GUILTY .* Aged 21.— Transported for Seven Years .

246. FREDERICK GOSLING was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of November , 1 pair of boots, value 8 s ., the goods of Israel Foster ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

GEORGE HOMES . I am in the service of Israel Foster, who keeps a shoe-shop in Lower-street, Islington. I was at home on the 27th of November—I missed a pair of boots—I had seen them safe a quarter of an hour before

—I ran out and saw the prisoner running away with them—I ran after him, and tried to secure him—the policeman came up—he threw the boots away—the policeman took them up, and took him.

THOMAS HOBBS KING ( police-sergeant N 22.) I saw the prisoner throw the boots away—I took him.

HENRY BLYTH ( police-constable K 302.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Transported for Seven Years .

247. SARAH MEAD was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of November , 1 sheet, value 2 s .; 1 table-cover, value 1 s .; and 2 blankets, value 8 s .,; the goods of Harriet Crighton .

HARRIET CRIGHTON . The prisoner lodged with me—I missed this sheet, table-cover, and two blankets—I sent for a policeman, and found the tickets of them in her room.

Cross-examined by MR. STEPHENS . Q. Did not the prisoner give the tickets to the policeman? A. Yes—she took them from the fire-place—I believe it was done through great distress.

HENRY FOWLER . I am a pawnbroker—I have a blanket pawned by the prisoner.

LAWRENCE LAW . I have a sheet pawned by the prisoner.

NOT GUILTY .

248. CAROLINE WILDAY was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of November , 1 cloak, value 19 s ., the goods of Joseph Norbury .

THOMAS BISHOP . I am shopman to Mr. Joseph Norbury, of Crawford-street. On the 11th of November he had a cloak safe inside the shop—it was missed at seven o'clock in the morning, on the 12th—this is the cloak—I made it up.

HENRY FOWLER ( police-constable E 111.) I stopped the prisoner in the street with this cloak, at a quarter before nine o'clock in the morning, on the 12th of November.

Prisoner's Defence . I was going down Edgeware-road—a man asked a woman to buy this cloak—he wanted 10 s . for it—she said if she saw him on her way back, she would have it—he ran after her and said she should have it for 8 s .—he saw me stop, and said, "Will you buy it?"—I wanted one and bought it—I was going to show it to my friends and was stopped.

HENRY FOWLER re-examined . She told me she bought it at a shop in Holborn.

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Three Months .

249. EDWARD COLEMAN , JOHN RYAN , and JOHN KEMP were indicted for stealing, on the 26th of November , 4 caps, value 3 s . 9 d ., the goods of William Lance .

JOHN EATON ( police-constable S 199.) Between eight and nine o'clock at night, on the 26th of November, I met the three prisoners—they had all new caps on—I had known them before, and knew they had old caps—I saw Coleman separate from the other two, and he had something under his jacket—I took him, and told a butcher to take the other two—I found one of these caps under Coleman's jacket, and this other on his head—the other prisoners had each one of these caps on his head—Coleman said they had found them.

WILLIAM LANCE . I live in High-street, Camden-town—I lost these four caps between half-past six and eight o'clock that evening—I can swear to their being mine.

(Owen Hart and James Harley gave Coleman a good character; Mar garet Massey and Bridget Preston gave Ryan a good character.)

COLEMAN *— GUILTY .

RYAN *— GUILTY .

KEMP †— GUILTY .

Transported for Seven Years .

Convict Ship.

250. ELIZABETH BEDWORTH was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 2 s . 9 d ., the goods of Richard Wilcox Fairlam .

FREDERICK LEIGHTON . I am shopman to Mr. Richard Wilcox Fairlam, a pawnbroker in Lisson-grove. On the 19th of November the prisoner came to the shop—I missed a handkerchief when she was gone—I went after her and brought her back—I said, "You have got a handkerchief—she said, "No, I have not"—I said, "You have it in your bosom"—she said, "I have not, you may feel"—I said no, I would get a women, and she pulled it out.

ELIZABETH SACHEVERELL . I was in the shop, and took this handkerchief from the prisoner's bosom.

Prisoner . I did it through distress.

GUILTY . Aged 39.— Confined Four Months .

251. ELLEN HAYS was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of Novem ber , 1 frock, value 1 s ., the goods of Thomas Shine .

SARAH ELIZABETH SHINE . I am the wife, of Thomas Shine—he keeps a shop at Poplar. On the 20th of November the prisoner came, and when she was gone I went after her and told her to come back, as she had something belonging to me—she seemed confused—she came back and threw this frock into my shop—it is my husband's—she has a sick husband, and I believe was in much distress.

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Confined Nine Days .

252. JOHN HOY was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of November , 1 coat, value 16 s .; and 1 handkerchief, value 1 l .; the goods of Frederick Smith .

FREDERICK SMITH . I live in Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell—I had a box in my room. I missed a coat and handkerchief from it on the 8th of November, in the evening—they had been safe that morning—these now produced are them—I had not seen the prisoner in the house, but he is a companion of my landlord's son.

WILLIAM LEWIS . I am a pawnbroker. This coat and handkerchief were pawned by the prisoner on the 8th of November, in the name of John Davis.

Prisoner's Defence . The prosecutor gave me the coat, and asked if I would pawn it.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

253. WILLIAM DUNN was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of Decem ber , 1 plane, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of Adam Williamson Smart .

ADAM WILLIAMSON SMART . I am a broker, and live in Great Earl-street, Seven Dials. I had this plane safe on the 1st of December, and my wife afterwards missed it—this is it.

JAMES LEWIS ASHMAN ( police-constable T 119.) On Wednesday evening the 1st of December I was on duty in Monmouth-street—I saw the prisoner and two others—the prisoner had this plane under his arm—I stopped him and asked where he got it—he said he picked it up in Hale's yard.

Prisoner . I got it from a boy who picked it up.

GUILTY . Aged 11.— Confined Nine Days , and Whipped.

254. JAMES SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of Novem ber , 1 coat, value 4 s .; 1 handkerchief, value 6 d .; and 1 snuff-box, value 6 d . the goods of George Addison .

GEORGE ADDISON . On the 27th of November, about six o'clock, I left my coat on a sieve in Covent-garden-market—in half-an-hour I heard it was gone—I saw it at the office in Bow-street—this is it.

THOMAS RAFFAR . I was at work in Covent-garden-market on Satur day evening the 27th of November—I saw the prisoner about—I watched him and told the beadle—I saw the prisoner go and take the coat—he went under the piazzas and opened it—I ran and caught him—he threw me down and the officer caught him.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Three Months .

255. ELIZA MASLIN was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of June , 1 bed, value 2 l ., the goods of Sarah Weaver .

SARAH WEAVER . I live in Short's-gardens, and am a widow. I let the prisoner a ready-furnished lodging—in consequence of what I heard, I went into her bed-room, and the bed was gone—I told her of it, and she said she would get it by twelve o'clock—I called the policeman, and he took her—she said at the station that she had pawned it, but would not tell where—we cannot find it.

SOPHIA MADDOX . I spoke to the prisoner about this—she said she had pawned the bed, and sold the ticket.

Prisoner . A person that lodged in the back attic pawned it for me, and I do not know where—she is since dead. I was in very great distress, and must have perished if I had not been taken the morning I was.

GUILTY . Aged 45.— Confined Two Months .

256. JOHN JONES was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of Novem ber , 1 pewter pot, value 1 s . 6 d ., the goods of Charles de Neve .

CHARLES DE NEVE . I keep the Earl St. Vincent public-house in Tor rington-street, Torrington-square. This pot is mine—I do not know the prisoner—he had no authority to take it.

JOHN ARMSTRONG ( police-constable S 154.) I found this pot on the prisoner on the 27th of November, at half-past eight o'clock in the morn ing—I asked what he had got—he replied, "Nothing."

Prisoner's Defence . I picked it up in the road as I was coming to work.

(The prisoner received a good character; and a witness engaged to em ploy him.)

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Nine Days .

257. CHARLES CAMPBELL was indicted for a misdemeanor.

RICHARD HAMILTON . I live in John-street, Cornwall-fields, and am a rigger. Between five and six o'clock in the evening of the 29th of Octo ber, the prisoner came to me—he said his name was Archibald Gibbons, that he had come from Singapore, with his ship, and he was very glad he had found a decent place—he said he was a sail-maker, and had been out for eighteen months—the name of the ship I could not ascer tain—he said all his things were to be fetched up next day, and he had about 50 l . to take as wages for the voyage of eighteen months—he said he wanted the loan of 4 s . or 5 s . to go to see his shipmates, and to treat them—I told him 4 s . or 5 s . was rather too much for him to spend, as it was late in the evening—he said, "Give me 3 s .," which I did, and away he went—it was on account of these representations, and saying he was so very happy he had fallen in with a countryman of his, or I would not have done it.

JOHN CRIGHTON . I live at Gold's-hill, and keep a lodging-house. On the 29th of October the prisoner came to me about half-past eight o'clock at night—he said he had come home from Singapore, and had eighteen months' money to receive—he was happy to think he had come to a de cent, respectable house, and to a countryman of his—he asked me for a pint of rum—I would not let him hare it—I gave him some beer, and he went to bed—next morning he got 3 s ., and said he was going to see his shipmates at the Sailors' Home to know When they were going on board for their things—I went with him to the Home—he went in and came out, and said they were gone on a cruize.

Q. But what pretence did he make when he got the money? A. He got it after breakfast, on the 30th, and told me he would pay it back again when he got the money—he told me his wages were due, and asked for some money to go to see his shipmates—I desired my wife to give it him—I should not have done so if he had not said he had this money due to him.

MARY SAKEY . The prisoner was brought to my house on the 6th of November—he said he wanted a lodging where he should be comfortable and safe—he said he wanted his clothes fetched up, as he had come off a voyage, and should be paid on Thursday—after he had sat a bit, be said his ship lay at No. 4, West India Dock, that he came from Singapore, in the Ann Anna , and that he had been carpenter on board—he said, "Can you lend me a shilling or eighteen-pence?"—I said, "Yes," and told the money out of my pocket—he took a half-crown, and said that would do—I should not have let him have it if he had not said he came from Singa pore, and that this money was due to him.

JAMES DIXON . I am superintendent of the East and West India Docks. There is no such ship as the Ann Anna , nor has there been for the last two years, and there has been no ship in the East and West India Docks from Singapore.

Prisoner's Defence . I came home in the John M'Duff , from Singapore—I asked Mr. Hamilton for a lodging, and he gave me 3 s .—I asked Mrs. Sakey's son if he would come down with me—I asked her for a shilling, and I had at the same time 6 s . 6 d . in my pocket.

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Transported for Seven Years .

(There were nine other charges against the prisoner at the Police Court.)

ESSEX CASES .

Before Mr. Recorder .

258. ABRAHAM RUST was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of No vember , 2 tame geese, price 10 s ., the property of Samuel Aveline .

SAMUEL AVELINE . I live at Holloway down, Laytonstone, in the parish of Layton. On the 29th of November I had three geese—I found two dead, one on the premises, and one in a field adjoining my house.

DANIEL SHINE . On the 29th of November, at half-past eleven o'clock at night, I was on my beat at Holloway-down—when I got opposite to the prosecutor's house, I heard a goose make a noise—I came to the gate in front of the house, and saw the prisoner standing close by an out-house—I went to the place where he stood, and found the door of the out-house open, and the prisoner inside—I took him into custody—he had not got any thing—I asked what brought him there—he did not give me any dis tinct answer—I called at the prosecutor's house, which was about four or five yards off—somebody answered me from the window, and in a little time Mr. Aveline came out, and we took the prisoner to the station—I then came back, searched, and found a dead goose in a field close to the house, about seven or eight yards from where I took the prisoner—I did not find any other goose myself—I searched the prisoner, and found no thing on him—the neck of the goose I found was broken—I do not know whether it was warm—it was quite flexible.

Cross-examined by MR. CHAMBERS . Q. It was the cackling that at tracted your attention? A. Yes—it lasted about two minutes—it was in the out-house—I had to climb over a gate to get to it—it was moon-light—I suspected there was something wrong with the geese at the time, and went as fast as I could—the prisoner did not tell me he had heard the cackling.

JANE AVELING . Between eleven and twelve o'clock at night I saw the policeman get over the gate—I opened the window, and asked what he wanted—he said there was a man in the out-house—I then went to the back part of the house, opened another window close to the out-house, and there saw the policeman with the prisoner in custody—I went down stairs, opened the door, and admitted him—after the prisoner was taken to the station I went with my son to the out-house, and found a dead goose there —I did not see the goose that was found in the field—I had not locked the out-house that evening, but I saw that all the bolts were secured—there had been three geese there—I found one there still alive.

Cross-examined. Q. Do not geese make a great noise if there is any thing the matter in the night? A. They have done so.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 33.— Confined One Month .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant .

259. EDWARD STANBROOK and CHARLES SMITH were in dieted for stealing, on the 16th of November , 1 handkerchief, value 4 s ., the goods of John Wright ; to which they pleaded

GUILTY .*— Confined Three Months .

260. ELIZABETH TANDY was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of October , 1 pair of gloves, value 1 s . 9 d ., the goods of Matthew Aylett , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

Before Mr. Recorder .

261. PHILIP SPARKS was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of November , 30lbs. weight of potatoes, value 1 s ., the goods of Samuel Cornell .

SAMUEL CORNELL . I am a farmer, and live at Hill Farm, Woodford-bridge, Essex. On the 17th of November I went to Romford—I returned, and received information about the prisoner, who had been in my employ for about seven years—I had directed him that morning to put two sacks of potatoes into my cellar—I got a policeman, and went and found the pri soner in the road with a bag of potatoes—I examined them—they were exactly like what I had in my cellar—the sacks in my cellar were defi cient in quantity—I found thirty pounds of potatoes in the prisoner's bag, but I missed more than that.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Did you measure the pota toes that were left in the cellar? A. No, but I could tell that I missed more than 1cwt.

ELIZA MOTT . I am in the prosecutor's service. On the 17th of No vember I was in the dairy, and saw the prisoner employed in taking pota toes into the cellar—I noticed, when he came up from the. cellar, that he had some potatoes in a sack on his back—he then emptied them out of the tack into a bag—the sack was such a one as my master uses for potatoes—I told my master when he came home.

GEORGE ABRAHAM MOORE ( police-constable K 76.) I went with the prosecutor, and met the prisoner with the potatoes on his shoulder—I asked where he got them from—he said from where he worked.

GUILTY . Aged 46.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Fourteen Days .

KENT CASES .

Before Mr. Recorder .

262. WILLIAM SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of October , 2 spades, value 6 s .; 1 kettle, value 5 s .; 1 pair of shears, value 2 s .; 1 stew-pan, value 3 s .; and 1 sack, value 2 s .; the goods of William Ackhurst ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 31,— Confined Three Months .

263. WILLIAM WOOD was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of No vember , 10 shillings and 2 sixpences, the monies of Robert William Greener , his master.

ROBERT WILLIAM GREENER . I am a fishmonger, and live at Deptford; the prisoner was in my employ about four or five months. On the 19th of October he went out with goods, and all the money he took he made away with, and I discharged him on the 20th for doing so—I afterwards took him back again—he remained about eleven days—I was to give him 6 d . a

week, find him lodging, and give him two-thirds of what he earned—if he earned 6 s . I gave him 4 s . out of it—I sent him to market to buy fish, and when he sold it he should bring the money to me—on the 2nd of Novem ber I gave him ten shillings, and two sixpences, and he was to receive 1 s ., from a salesman in the Borough-market, which was left on some baskets—I saw him the same morning, and he said he had received it—he never brought me the money—I saw him no more till I gave him in charge, two days after—he said nothing till he was taken before the Magistrate—I have four lads in my employ.

Prisoner . He gave me so much money to go to market with, and for every shilling I earned I had to give him 4 d . for the use of it. Witness . I deny it—I never lent him any money—he was my weekly servant—I gave him two-thirds of the profits.

JOSEPH GREIG ( police-constable R 107.) I took the prisoner into cus tody on Thursday, the 4th of November—I told him I took him for rob bing his master of 12 s .—he said he had lost half-a-crown of the money, and did not like to come home—I only found three halfpence on him.

Prisoners Defence . He gave me 11 s .—to go to market with; lost Half-a-crown in the Borough-market, and did not like to come home with the rest.

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined One Month .

264. JABEZ WATTS was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of Novem ber , 1 hat, value 11 s ., the goods of Thomas William Tanner .

ISAIAH BOND ( police-constable R 99.) On the 24th of November, about ten o'clock, I was on duty, and stopped the prisoner with this hat—he said he had stolen it from a shop—I took him to Mr. Tanner's, a hatter in Church-street, and they claimed the hat—I did not know him before.

CHARLES JAMES CHURCHER . I am shopman to Mr. Thomas William Tanner, a hatter, at Greenwich. This is his hat—I had seen it safe at five minutes past nine o'clock, on the counter in the shop, about two yards from the door.

(The prisoner pleaded poverty.)

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Six Weeks .

265. WILLIAM LYALL was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of October , 1 knife, value 1 s ., the goods of William Jiggins .

WILLIAM JIGGINS . I am a malster, at Mr. Page's Brewery, Greenwich. On the 31st of October I left my breeches in the malt-house, and a knife in the pocket—when I returned, between seven and eight o'clock on Monday morning, I missed it—I found it on the 5th of November—this now produced is it—I know the prisoner and his father—he never worked on our premises, but used to come down the yard to see one of the lads.

WILLIAM SMITH ( police-constable R 49.) I took the prisoner into custody, on the 5th of November, in a beer-shop in Church-street—I found the knife in his pocket—he said he knew he had done wrong, he knew it was Jiggins's knife.

Prisoner's Defence . I found the knife, and had not the least intention of keeping it; I meant to return it to Jiggins again.

WILLIAM JIGGINS re-examined . I am sure the knife was left in my pocket, and had not fallen out—my breeches were lying at the foot of a bed at Mr. Page's—I slept up stairs—the door below was left open—there was nothing else in the trowsers.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Baron Parke .

266. ROSINA CRICK was indicted for stealing, on the 22nd of No vember , 2 waistcoats, value 4 s .; 1 shirt, value 5 s .; 1 pair of trowsers, value 17 s .; 1 pair of drawers, a fork, and other articles; the goods of Piercy Ben , her master.

ANTHONY MORRISS . I am servant to Mr. Piercy Ben, a captain in the Royal Artillery, quartered at Woolwich—the prisoner was my fellow-ser vant. On the 22nd of November, about the middle of the day, she told me she had been discharged—I afterwards saw her bring a bundle down stairs, wrapped in something white—I saw her carry it to the door, and give it to a boy, and the boy left the house—I followed, and brought him back—she took the bundle from him, went into the house again, locked the door after her, and left me outside—soon after I saw her bring another bundle, carry it to the back door, and return without it—I went up stairs from the kitchen, and was ordered to fasten the doors—I fastened the back door, and while fastening the front, the prisoner walked out—I followed her, and told her to come back—she said she would not—I kept her till the policeman came, and gave her in charge—she desired me to let her go several times—I said I would not—she said she would make away with herself—when she said she had been discharged, she said she had not been paid her wages, and she had told her mistress that she might leave it with me, and she would call at my quarters for it the day after—I saw the bundles after they were opened—she had no bundle with her when I said I would give her in charge—I believe the bundles I saw examined at the house to be those I saw her with a few minutes before.

MARY MORRISS . I am the wife of the last witness, and am occasionally servant to Captain Ben. On the 22nd of November, between ten and eleven o'clock in the day, I was employed there—I heard Captain Ben give the prisoner notice—she was discharged at a moment's notice—she af terwards told me she was discharged from the service—I saw her go up to her room after that—I followed her, and saw her take a large bundle from under her bed—she put some more things into it, and brought it down stairs—I heard her tell Mrs. Ben, she was ready to go, and Mrs. Ben told her to wait till the captain returned, and she would pay her her wages—the prisoner said if she would give it to my husband she would call next day for the money—she had put the things into the bundle be fore she said any thing to her mistress about her wages, and she took it out—I told her Mrs. Ben wished to see the things she had—the bundle was in the passage—she brought it into the hall and opened it—there were some pieces of chintz which I know to be Mrs. Ben's property, also some pillow-cases, a shirt, and pair of stockings, and Captain Ben's trowsers—she had been three months and two days in the service—a pair of drawers were found upon her at the police-station—I believe the bundle I saw in the hall was the bundle I saw her take from under the bed—there was another bundle tied up in it—the two bundles were made into one.

MARIA HILL . lam female-searcher at the station. On Monday the 22nd, when the prisoner was brought in, I searched her, and found a fork in her bosom—she said, "O Lord, what have I done in my flurry, put this in my bosom!"—I also found a pair of men's flannel drawers on her person—she was wearing them—she said they were her husband's, and she wore them because she had the rheumatism.

GEORGE BAKER . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner into custody—here are the drawers found on her.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

Prisoner's Defence . Mrs. Ben asked to see my things—I opened them all to her, and she was perfectly satisfied nothing belonging to her was in the bundle—I went up stairs, dressed, came down, and said, "I am going;" she said, "Very well, you can go, and I will pay you your wages when Captain Ben comes in"—I went down into the kitchen, Mrs. Morriss went up stairs, and said I had got something belonging to her in a bundle; she came down and desired to see the bundle; (I said Mrs. Ben had seen my clothes, and was satisfied nothing of hers was there;) she brought it in, opened it, and these were inside; I know nothing of them, I am innocent.

GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Three Weeks .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant .

267. ALEXANDER HENDERSON and ROBERT ADAMSON were indicted for stealing, on the 26th of October , 220lbs. weight of coals, value 3 s ., the goods of Anthony Strother , their master.

ANTHONY STROTHER . I am a coal-merchant, living at Woolwich—the prisoners were in my employ. On the 26th of October, I sent them to Plumpstead-common with two wagons of coals, each containing thirty sacks, and each sack 2341bs.—they returned at half-past ten in the morning—Henderson told me they were all right—I thought that rather singular—Adamson was not present then.

WILLIAM HENRY LOCK . I am in the employ of Mr. Power, at Plump stead. About half-past six in the morning of the 26th of October, I saw the two prisoners coming with coals—I saw Henderson undo the rope at the back of the wagon—Adamson took a sack, and went in the way to Bull's-fields—Henderson was doing the rope up—Adamson returned with an empty sack under his arm—I then went to work—I undid the gates when the prisoners came to the house, and afterwards found there was a sack deficient —Henderson said to me, "Do you live here?"—I said, "Yes"—he then said, "We are done ."

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. What time in the morning was this? A. Between half-past six and seven o'clock—it took place about three quarters of a mile from my master's—they had not then taken the coals to my master's—I did not count the sacks till they got to the house—I went straight on to Mr. Power's—I am not in his employ now, I have finished my work—I told my master as soon as he got up—one Bull also was charged with this—he was standing by—he was discharged, and both the prisoners were admitted to bail—Francis Price was not present when they came—he came after—he saw the empty sacks counted—I was directed by the maid servant to open the gates—I did not tell her what I had seen—I made no complaint that there was any deficiency—I did not tell the prisoners what I had heard them say—I have known Henderson before—Bull was standing at the end of the wagon not doing any thing

—it was on my information he was taken up—he lives at Woolwich as far as I know—he is a respectable man.

WILLIAM LITTLE ( police-constable R 205.) I took the prisoners, and Bull was taken by another officer—the coals were said to be taken to a man in Bull's-fields—I took him for receiving the coals—I did not search his house,

MR. BALLANTINE to ANTHONY STROTHER . Q. Did you send out these coals yourself? A. Yes—I know the number of the sacks—I know Price to be the coachman of Mr. Power—Henderson has since been in my ser vice, on and off nineteen or twenty years, and Adamson about nine months —I did not re measure the coals on account of something Mr. Power told me.

NOT GUILTY .

268. ROBERT RUDD was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of Octo ber , 1 handkerchief, value 1 s ., the goods of Mary Allen ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 13.— Confined Three Months .

269. ELIZABETH TURNER was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of November , 1 blanket, value 3 s . 6 d .; and 1 set of bed furniture, value 10 s .; the goods of Ann West ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 59.— Confined Three Months .

Before Mr. Justice Coltman .

270. ELEANOR ATTWOOD was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of November , 1 watch, value 1 l . 10 s .; 1 watch-chain, value 1 d .; 2 rings, value 1 d .; and 3 watch-keys, value 3 d .; the goods of John Connor .

JOHN CONNOR . I am a Greenwich pensioner. I saw my watch safe on Wednesday, the 3rd of November, in my chest under my bed at Green-wich—I missed it on the Saturday morning—I had sent the prisoner to my chest on Friday, the 5th, to get some bread for tea, about six o'clock—I had seen my watch in the chest about two o'clock that day—she is a capmaker—she drank tea with me on the 4th and on the 5th, but did not drink tea regularly with me.

Prisoner . He told me to pawn the watch—he was drunk. Witness . I did not—I was sober, and was capable of walking as well as at any other time—I had no liquor that day—we had had the beer served out in the College, and had a pot or two of beer, which I gave the prisoner the money, to buy—I suppose she must have taken it when she went for the bread—she passed that night with me—I lived at Chatham, but I never gave her the watch to pawn, either at Chatham, or at Greenwich.

JOHN EVERDEN . I am shopman to Mr. Sharpe, a pawnbroker. The prisoner pawned this watch with me in the morning, on the 6th of Novem ber, for 15 s ., in the name of Ellen Connor, a lodger, No. 15, Queen-street, Greenwich—she said it belonged to her husband, who had recently been admitted into the College—I did not know her before.

EDWARD VINCENT ( police-constable No . 131.) I was with the prosecutor on the Monday after this happened—the prisoner came up in a state of inebriation, and gave herself up to me, she said she was the woman who had stolen the watch on Friday, and she had pledged it on Saturday, at Mr. Sharpe's, for 15 s .

Prisoner's Defence . I came from Maidstone on purpose to see the pro secutor—I used to live with him in Chatham, and he told me when I was in want of a friend to apply to him.

NOT GUILTY .

271. WILLIAM GURNEY was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of October , 4lbs. weight of beef, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of William Barton , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Recommended to mercy .— Confined Fourteen Days .

272. GEORGE ROUSE was indicted for embezzling and stealing 1 Weighing-machine, value 12 s ., which he had received as servant to, and on account of Thomas Hunsdon Gore ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 33.— Confined Fourteen Days .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant .

273. THOMAS BIRCH was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of October , 2 1/2 lbs. weight of coffee, value 4 s . 6 d .; 1 bottle, value 2 d .; 1 pint and a half of wine, value 1 s . 6 d .; and 2 1/2 lbs. weight of bacon, value 1 s . 8 d .; the goods of James Topley , his master.

JAMES TOPLEY . I live at Greenwich. I went to the station at Green-wich, and the policeman told me something—I came with the policeman to my shop, and said to the prisoner, who was my shopman, "The more I go into this business, the more I see you are implicated; the policeman stopped a man with coffee and ginger-wine, and you stated you were the master of the shop, and caused the man to be discharged"—we searched the prisoner's box, and found nothing there but a document in his waist-coat pocket, which corresponded with the things the man had the day be fore—here is the document, it is in his own handwriting—I came down, and showed him the document, and said, "Is not this your handwriting?"—he said it was—I said, "Is not the man that I saw in the cell at the station, your brother?"—he said, "No—he is my brother-in-law, and the woman in the shop is my mother"—he said he was very sorry, and it should be made up to me if I would let him off—I was talking about the goods that had been given to the man—I asked him what customer had been four or five days before, and paid for these goods—he did not offer to deny it then—he said he was very sorry for it, and it should be made up to me if I would not have him locked up—he said the goods the man was let off for, had been bought and paid for by a regular customer in London—I asked what regular customer I served in London, who would tell their son to call four or five days afterwards for goods—I said I should have found an entry in my book, and there was no entry—I know the things were parted with from the evidence of the policeman.

ELIZABETH COX . I was in Mr. Topley's shop on the 27th of October —the policeman came in, and asked the prisoner if he was master of the shop—he said he was—the policeman asked him if he had served any Per son that morning with more than lib. of coffee—he said yes he bad served a young man with 2 1/2 lb. of coffee, a bottle of ginger wine, some bacon and sugar, and the policeman said he had not got the sugar when he was stopped.

JAMES CONNOR ( police-constable R 191.) On the 27th of October I

was on duty in the Broadway, Deptford, I found on a person some coffee, wine, and bacon—that person was let go, as the prisoner said he was master of the shop.

NOT GUILTY .

274. CATHERINE SULLIVAN was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of December , 5 dishes, value 1 s . 10 d .; and 1 basin, value 2 d .; the goods of George Beaver .

GEORGE BEAVER . I keep a broker's shop, and a stall, in Greenwich market. On the 2nd of December, about seven o'clock in the evening, I missed some dishes and a basin from the stall, which were safe a quarter of an hour before—these now produced are them.

ANN BETTLES . About twenty minutes or a quarter before seven o'clock that evening, I saw the prisoner go to the stall, and take three of these dishes—I followed and took hold of her.

Prisoner . I did it from poverty—it is my first offence.

GUILTY . Aged 49.— Confined One Month .

275. JOHN ARBUTHNOTT was indicted for an assault.

NOT GUILTY .

SURREY CASES .

Before Mr. Recorder .

276. SARAH ROACH and MARY BRYANT were indicted for stealing, on the 18th of May , 18 yards of ribben, value 13 s ., the goods of John Dennis and another.

CHARLES SIMPRINGHAM . I am shopman to John Dennis and Son, of Tooley-street. On the 18th of May, between four and five o'clock, the prisoners came into the shop, and the shopwoman showed them several boxes of linen—as I went round the counter she said to me, "p s q," which is a term we use when we see anybody in the shop doing wrong—they left the shop—we afterwards missed a piece of ribbon, which the policeman brought to the shop about eight o'clock that evening—I know the ribbon produced to be ours—I had it in my hands between twelve and one o'clock that day, and cut the edges to trim it, and noticed it was faded a short length in—how it got from the shop I do not know.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. When did you cut the edge? A. About nine o'clock that morning—I swear to it by the style of ribbon, and it being faded—I went before the Grand Jury in Surrey about this, and was in Court when the charge was read over to the prisoner—the charge was not gone into there—I believe that was the fault of the clerk.

COURT . Q. If you preferred an indictment there, how came you here on the same charge? A. We knew the parties were frequently at our shop—the policeman did not tell me to Come here—my employers said they knew their characters to be bad, and they deserved punishment—I knew they had been imprisoned six months for another offence, from the Surrey Sessions—I think we came before the Grand Jury here the next Sessions.

Q. Having a bill found in Surrey, and not tried, why prefer another bill here? A. It was my employers' wish, as we often missed things

after they had been at the shop—they knew I had been to the Surrey Sessions—the young woman who served the prisoners is not here.

JOHN TIDMARSH ( police-constable N 51.) On the 15th of May I was on duty in Tooley-street about half-past six o'clock in the evening, and saw the prisoners about fifty yards from the prosecutor's house—I followed and saw them go into a tailor's shop there—they came out—I went in and came out—they saw me following them, and Bryant offered a bundle which she had to Roach, who refused it—I took them in charge—I asked Bryant who the bundle belonged to, and what it contained—she said it did not belong to her—I asked Roach if it was hers—she said not—I found it contained a gown-piece and this roll of ribbon—the witness did not describe any mark on it.

Cross-examined. Q. Were you before the Grand Jury at Horsemonger-lane? A. Yes—I was in Court there when the charge was read over to the prisoners—the clerk forgot this indictment till after they were convicted and sentenced on a first indictment—we came here the next Session and preferred a bill—I cannot tell why we did not go to the Surrey Ses sion—I have not told them to send the depositions here—I did not consult the Magistrate about it—he said this was a harsh proceeding—a note was sent to the superintendent for me to attend here—I was ordered to attend.

NOT GUILTY .

277. ANN PARSLEY was indicted for a misdemeanor.

JOHN RED BURN . I am shopman to John and Richard Davis. On the 7th of September the prisoner came to the shop and said she wanted some goods for Mrs. Souter, of Newington—I had seen her in the shop before, and knew her at that time to come from Mrs. Souter—I served her with twelve yards of delaine, eight yards and a half of thread lace, two table-cloths, twelve yards of sheeting, and goods, altogether amounting to 4 l . 3 s . 1 d .—I believed she was still in Mrs. Souter's service—I furnished the goods on Mrs. Souter's account—she said the goods were to be booked to Mrs. Souter, of Newington.

REBECCA SOUTER . I am the wife of Thomas Souter. The prisoner was in my service, and left four years ago last May—I never authorized her to order goods in my name after leaving me—I did not authorize her to go to Mr. Davis's for these goods.

Prisoner .—Distress drove me to it.

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined One Month .

278. HENRY PLEDGE was indicted for embezzling the sums of 2 l . 2 s . and 16 s ., the monies of Emanuel Jeffery his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.—(The prisoner received a good character.)— Recommended to mercy — Confined Two Months .

Before Mr. Baron Alderson .

279. JEREMIAH NEALE was indicted for feloniously assaulting Patrick John Kennedy on the 16th of November , and cutting and wound ing him upon his head and left side of his neck, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.

PATRICK JOHN KENNEDY . I am a labourer, and live at Pail-and-Pun cheon-court, Bermondsey, in the same house as the prisoner. On Monday

the 15th of November I was in bed—I had been asleep, and was awoke by the prisoner touching my toe—I got out of bed and made towards him, and made a blow at him—he fell, not in consequence of my blow, but to hide himself—he was very much in liquor—when I laid down again he wanted me to go and fight with him outside in the court—I said I did not want to fight him, if he wanted fighting I would talk to him in the morning when he was sober—that would not satisfy him, he wanted to light right or wrong—he said if I did not fight him I had no business to sleep, and he would cut our heels and our ancles off—there were other lodgers in the room, but they were asleep—I said nothing—I knew I had no business to stop in the room when he said this, and I dressed myself and went down stairs—he had gone down before me—when I got down I found him outside the door—he asked me what I wanted—I said I wanted no quarrelling but to go to bed—I then asked what he wanted—he said, "Come on, I am ready for you"—he was making towards me—I defended him off by striking him somewhere in the face with my fist—I cannot say where, I struck him a hard blow—his face did not bleed—I did not give him a black eye—I bit him about the mouth I believe—I did not knock his teeth out—he then struck me over the eye with a knife, and after wards cut me down the back of the neck and over my left ear—the policeman parted us—I was instantly taken to Guy's Hospital, and got my head dressed.

Prisoner. Q. You saw no knife in my hand? A. I felt it scratching down my neck—I could not see it—it was too dark.

THOMAS MICKEY ( police-constable M 152.) I was passing the court, and heard a cry of "Take the knife away from him!—he has got a knife!—murder!—he is killing me with a knife!"—another voice said, "There is a policeman at the top, why not call him?"—I went up, and found the pro secutor on the prisoner—they both had hold of each other—he said, "Po liceman, he has got a knife in his hand; take it"—I caught hold of him, and saw his left hand drawn out of his left pocket—I said, "Where is the knife?"—he said, "I have got no knife"—I put my hand into his left pocket, and found this knife—it was shut, and was not bloody—there was a good deal of blood from the wound, all over the prosecutor's shoulder and frock—I saw the prisoner fumbling in his pocket before he drew his hand out—I did not look at the point to see if it was bloody—I took him to the station.

PETER LAY . I am a dresser at Guy's Hospital. I saw the prosecutor when he was brought in—he had three or four small wounds, and one cut behind his left ear—the cuts appeared to be done with a knife—I think this knife would do it—there was not the least danger from the wounds—there had been some bleeding, not much—the knife would not necessarily have been bloody if it had inflicted the wound.

Prisoner's Defence . That night, as I was going to bed, I chanced to put my hand on this man's bed, as it was so near mine; he told me to mind what I was about or he would knock me down stairs; I said he should not do it: he got up, shoved me across the bed, and said, if I wanted any thing to come down stairs, and he would give it me; he was drunk as well as me; when we got down stairs he struck me, and I struck him; a witness stood by, and hallooed out to him, "Do you think he has got a knife?" I had got a knife in my pocket, but I never used it or took it out at all. If it was not a couple of pins I had in the cuff of my jacket that did it, I do not know what else it was.

PATRICK JOHN KENNEDY re-examined . I had no quarrel with the pri soner before—he is a very good-tempered man when he is sober—I have known him seven years, and never knew him in any trouble before.

GUILTY of an Assault . Aged 22.— Confined Four Months .

Before Mr. Recorder .

280. MARY JACKSON was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of April , 1 sovereign, 5 shillings, 11 pence, and 1 halfpenny, the monies of George John Lloyd , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Judgment Respited .

281. JAMES HOLLANDS was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of No vember , 1 jacket, value 6 s .; and 1 handkerchief, value 1 s .; the goods of Robert Bennington , in a vessel in a port of entry and discharge.

ROBERT BENNINGTON . I am a sailor on board the brig Durdon , which was lying in the Commercial Dock at Rotherhithe. On the 4th of No vember, about a quarter-past nine o'clock, I missed my jacket from the forecastle, where I had seen it five minutes before.

CAROLINE CAVENDON . On the 4th of November, about half-past eleven o'clock, the prisoner came to my lodging at Deptford, and asked whether the landlord belonging to the house was in—the mistress said he was not, did he want him?—he said, "Not particularly"—after he had been there two or three minutes, he asked me if I would go on an errand for him—I said "Yes"—he took off his short frock which he wore, took off this jacket, and asked me to go and pledge it for him, which I did, at Mr. Tighe's, in the Broadway, for 2 s ., which I gave to the prisoner—our house is about two miles and a half from the Commercial Dock.

JOHN TIGHE . I am a pawnbroker, and live in the Broadway, Deptford. I produce a jacket which was pawned with me by Cavendon, on the 4th of November, for 2 s ., in the name of "James Holland"—she told me she was pawning it for a man of that name—it was before dinner-time.

WILLIAM GEORGE OSBORN . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner into custody on the 4th of November—a man named Cobham was also taken—the prisoner said he knew more about the jacket—that the other man knew nothing at all about it.

( Property produced and sworn to .)

Prisoner's Defence . I met a man by the Surrey Canal, who asked if I wanted to buy a jacket; I said "Yes;" he wanted 3 s .; I had only 2 s ., which I gave him, and said, if I saw him again I would give him the other shilling.

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Three Months .

Before Lord Chief Justice Denman .

282. MICHAEL CONLON was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary Bridget Mahoney , on the 12th of September , and cutting and wound ing her upon the top, forepart, and right-side of her head, with intent to murder her.—3 other COUNTS , stating his intent to be to maim, disfigure, or to do her some grievous bodily harm.

MESSRS. CLARKSON and DOANE conducted the Prosecution .

MARY BRIDGET MAHONEY . I am single, and live with Mr. Allman, in Upper Stamford-street; my father lives in Bond-court, John-street, Commercial-road

On Sunday night, the 12th of September, my mistress gave me leave to go home—I left about eight o'clock, and met my sister Mar garet and George Lartin, and went with them towards my father's house—just before we got into John-street, I saw the prisoner with his wife and a man and woman, on the other side of the way—the prisoner called after us, and made use of very improper names—he said, "You had better go home to such a house, or you will not be able to get up early enough in the morning"—I said he had better go about his business, and that there was another way to make him pay for what he had said—Lartin went up to him and said, "Are you aware that you are taking these young womens' character away?"—I said to Lartin, "You had better come away, don't have any conversation with him, there is another way to make him prove what he has said, besides having any words with him"—I went up to Lartin to tell him to come away, when the prisoner and his wife struck me both together—the prisoner struck me with his fist on the head, and tore my hair—part of my head is completely bare, and he tore the skirts of my gown off, and tore my collar—my mother came up, and he commenced beat ing her in the same manner, and tore her hair—I went to my father's, changed my dress, and came to the street-door to go home, and saw a crowd of people outside—as I went down the steps of the door, the prisoner came to the gate of the fore court and threw a stone, and said, "Take that," making use of bad words, and struck me on the forehead—I do not know what happened afterwards—I was taken to the surgeon's—I saw some flower-pots thrown down, but I cannot say who threw them—he threw a brick at me—I had not abused him, or offered him the slightest provo cation—I was at St. Thomas's Hospital from the 12th of September to the 1st of October.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Do you mean to state that it was done without the slightest provocation? A. Not the least—I used no violence—I did nothing to the prisoner's wife—I believe Lartin has lived with his friends since the transaction—he has not lived in our family—he has not lived in my mother's house since the transaction—I did not see any of the prisoner's windows smashed—there was nothing whatever done to him by any of the party.

COURT . Q. What is the principal injury you was in the hospital for? A. The blow on the forehead.

GEORGE LARTIN . I am a barge builder, and live in John-street, Com mercial-road. On Sunday night, the 12th of September, I was coming oat of my father's house in Bond-court, and saw Miss Mahoney and her sister coming along—I spoke to them, and was with them when this oc curred—I saw the prisoner standing at the end of Bond-street, talking to two females and a young man—I knew him by sight—as we passed he called after the females—he called the prosecutrix a b——w——, telling her to go home to a b——house, and then she could get up early in the morning—I went to him and said, "Don't you know that you are taking these females characters away; you are doing very wrong, it is not only them who hear it, there are people standing at their own doors, and they tear it as well"—he said, "George, we don't want to have any quarrel ling with you, go about your business"—Miss Mahoney came to me and said, "George, don't talk to them people, we have another way to make them pay for it, without a disturbance in the street"—he directly came round, struck her, tore, her dress off her back, and terribly ill-used her—

her mother came up, and I stopped him from striking her, as he had her against a brick-wall—I pulled him away from her—after that I thought all was quiet—the prosecutrix went into her father's house with her sister and me—in about ten minutes after I thought all was quiet and came outside the door, and saw the prisoner at his up-stairs window throwing flower-pots out—the prosecutrix was just in the door then—he stood with his head out of the window, throwing the pots down on the people below—there must have been twenty people there outside the railing—there were three inside the railing—he threw the pots down into Mr. Mahoney's front yard—I did not speak a word to him—I saw the prosecutrix leaving the house, and when she came outside the door, about ten minutes after the disturbance, the prisoner deliberately came out of his house with a brick in his hand, and stood about six yards from Mahoney's house, in front of the house, said something, and flung the brick at her—it struck her on the head—she was immediately conveyed to Mr. Menzie's—she fell down, a young man named Thorn picked her up, and carried her to the doctor's—her sister fainted—the prisoner afterwards threw a pint pot and hit Mr. Mahoney on the side—he threw nothing else but the flower-pot.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you never represented that he flung a flint stone at her? A. There was a flint stone flung—I believe that he flung it—I have never said that I saw him fling it—I was before the Magistrate—I believe the prisoner was allowed to go on his own recogni zance—I saw him at large afterwards—I believe one of the women I saw the prisoner with, was his wife—I did not speak a word before it happened—he insulted the women in the street, and I asked him what he had to do with them—I have not been very intimate at Mahoney's house—I have sometimes been there, once or twice a day—I was there three times on Saturday—I have told all that happened—there were no stones or any thing thrown from our yard—I did not see the brick—I used no kind of vio lence myself—one Bennett was present—I know Jones, a master baker, he might have been at his door at the time this took place—I did not see him nor his shopman, Choun—I know Boddy—I did not see him there—nothing happened to the prisoner's wife in my presence, nor was any violence used to her—I did not see Mrs. Beechey there—I do not know a woman named Parker—I have never spoken to her to my knowledge—I did not see her there, to my knowledge—I do not know Mrs. Austin—I had nothing to do with the violence used, more than pulling the prisoner from Mrs. Mahoney.

MARGARET MAHONEY . I am the prosecutrix's sister, and was in the service of Colonel Douglas. On the Sunday evening I was with my sister and Lartin, going to my father's—I saw the prisoner with his wife, and a man and women on the opposite side of the way—we passed him, and took no notice of him—after we passed him he called us very improper names, telling us to go home, or we should not be able to get up early in the morning—Lartin went up and asked him if he was aware he was taking the young women's characters away—my sister went up and told Lartin to come away, then instantly struck my sister, and tore her dress—after that we went home to my father's house, to change her dress, and after that he hove out the flower-pots—I saw him do it—I was standing at the door—I was obliged to go on one side to get away from the flower-pots—I was going out at the time—there were several people standing round, whom I

did not know—I saw him throw them from his window—my sister was on the step of the door when the prisoner came out in the act of fighting, with a brick in his hand—he hove it at my sister, and said, "Take that," using a bad name, and struck her on the forehead, and she fell.

Cross-examined. Q. You saw nothing happen to the prisoner's wife? A. Not any thing—she was let go quietly along—nobody molested her in the slightest degree—Lartin was by my side when the flint stone was thrown—I saw it quite plain, and saw who threw.

MR. DOANE . Q. Did you see the prisoner throw a flint stone? A. Yes, before the brick was thrown.

JOHN THORN . I live in James-place, near John-street; I am a stranger to all these parties. On the evening in question I was in John-street—I heard the cry of "Murder," and ran to see what was the matter—I saw the prosecutrix and her sister in the fore-court—I stopped some minutes, and saw the prisoner come out of his own house and throw the brick violently—he merely crossed the fore-court, and threw it—he did not aim at either party that I know of—the two sisters were standing together, and it struck the prosecutrix—he threw it towards them—he was five or six yards from them—I did not see him throw any thing else.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you ever said you saw him coming out and throw a large flint stone before he threw the brick? A. No, I said a brick—I saw a flint—I did not see it thrown—they told me it was thrown—I did not tell that gentleman (Mr. Crisp) that I saw the prisoner throw a large flint stone at the persons in the court.

JOHN SHEREDAN . I am a policeman. I took the prisoner into cus tody, and took him to Union-hall—the prosecutrix was unable to attend—I produce a flint and brick, which I got from Margaret Mahoney.

MARGARET MAHONEY re-examined . This is the flint stone which was thrown—I gave that and the brick to the officer—I picked them up before my sister was picked up.

JAMES VAUGHAN . I am a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital. On Sun day night, the 12th of September, the prosecutrix was brought there—I examined her head, and found a scalp wound in the forehead, on the right side, extending about an inch or more—it exposed the covering of the bone—she was insensible, and was about three weeks under my care—it was a dangerous wound.

Cross-examined. Q. Dangerous, because it might produce erysipelas, I suppose? A. Yes.

( Witnesses for the Defence .)

ANTHONY BENNETT . I have been nine years a labourer in Mr. Watkins's manufactory in the Commercial-road. I was in company with the prisoner, his wife, and another young woman, on the night in question—we were standing at the corner between John-street and Bond-street—Lartin came over and said to Conlon, "What have to say to these young women, my friends?"—Conlon had not at that time said any thing to either of them—he turned round and said, "Nothing"—the prosecutrix came over and swore she would knock the prisoner's wife's brains out—she collared her by the throat, and said she would have her brains out—her mother ran over after her, and Lartin came over—I tried all I could to make peace between them—I took no part in the affray—Lartin came and struck him—I heard a cry of "Murder," ran over to the corner of John-street, and picked the prisoner up.

who was down—Lartin came and said, "D—his eyes, I will have it out of him," and pitched into—him—I saw no more.

MR. DOANE . Q. Did you see the garden-pots thrown? A. No—I did not go down to the place at that time—I did not see the flint and brickbat thrown.

GEORGE JONES . I am master-baker, and live in John-street. On the night in question I was standing at my own door between eight and nine o'clock—I noticed the prisoner, his wife, and two men coming up John-street—when they got opposite my door they stopped talking together—I saw Lartin walk over to them—he said, "What is this you have got to say concerning my friends?"—the prisoner replied, "I do not know your friends, I have no friends but my own here, who I am talking with"—the prosecutrix and her sister advanced towards the prisoner and made use of most dreadful oaths, and said they would tear her liver out—they imme diately collared her, and had her to the ground—I saw Lartin strike the prisoner—he brought him back some distance and struck him many blows—at last he knocked him down and began to kick him—I saw a young man go in among the few gathered together, and pick him up, and as he picked him up I saw Lartin strike him again in his harness—I have no connexion with the prisoner or his friends—a great crowd of people collected.

MR. DOANE . Q. Did you see the prosecutrix's gown torn off? A. No, nor the flower-pots or flint thrown—I did not go off the step of ray door—I did not see either of the Mahoney's struck.

WILLIAM CHOUN . I am journeyman to Mr. Jones. I did not see the commencement of this, but when the prisoner went down the court to his own house I went down with him—he had all his things nearly torn off his back at that time—we had to pass Mahoney's door, and saw three of them—they were stripped to their stays to fight, waiting for the prisoner, and when he came by the door they all three laid hold of him and beat him—Lartin also took him by the neck and hit him three or four times—I did not try to assist the prisoner—I did not know him before—I told Lartin he ought to be ashamed of himself—some man then took hold of the prisoner and took him away, and I took him into his own house myself—the women came hooting to him to come out again, and somebody came and pushed the door—when I came out I met one of them with a stone and a brick in her hand—somebody begged her not to throw it at the window, and she said she would be d—if she would not—I heard the window smash—I could not see who did it.

MR. DOANE . Q. Were you there when the garden-pots were thrown? A. No, nor the flint or brick.

JAMES BODDY . I am a master-carman, and live in Bond-street. On Sunday the 12th of December, between eight and nine o'clock, as I and my wife and family sat in the kitchen we heard violent screaming—my wife went up, and I followed, and my children also—I opened my door and saw two men fighting—I do not know them—there was a cry of "For G—sake let this good woman come in or she will be murdered"—it was the prisoner's wife—I saw her afterwards—she was then being dragged on the curb of the pavement by females, who I did not know, but I have since found one of them to be Bridget Mahoney—I went to lift the prisoners wife and found she was grasped by Bridget Mahoney by her long hair behind—I ungrasped her hand and she was taken away—she was down at the time and her hair was entangled in Mahoney's hand.

—— BEACHEY . I am the wife of James Beachey, and live in Bond-stree. On Sunday night the 12th of November I was in my room with my door open, and heard screams of "Murder" and "Police"—I went up and saw the prisoner's wife in the hands of three women, her hair being pulled off her head—I said, "For G—sake some man release the woman"—Mr. Boddy opened his door—I instantly went to the corner of the street and saw the prisoner in the hands of Mrs. Mahoney pulling her face down, and I saw her clasp the prisoner by his whiskers, and he put his hand on her hair and cap to prevent her hitting him—she had him by the side of the face, and her daughter Mary came and struck him—I also saw a strange man come and strike him—I should not know him again—I also saw Lartin strike him in his mouth, and I saw him strike him again and knock him down.

---- PARKER . I am a widow, and live at No. 27, Bond-street. I heard a most dreadful noise between nine and ten o'clock—I went down to see what it was, and saw Miss Mahoney pick up the bricks and throw them into the prisoner's window—they returned again, and as Bridget Mahoney was running into her own house she fell down on the corner of the step, and received a blow—she was afterwards carried to the doctor's—I had seen her smash the prisoner's windows with the bricks she flung.

MR. DOANE . Q. How many brickbats did she throw into the window? A. I do not know how many—I saw more than one thrown by both the sisters—I cannot say what sort of brickbats they were—I saw no garden-pots thrown—I am no friend of the prisoner's nor an enemy of the other party—I saw the prisoner at his own room-window after Bridget Mahoney fell down and was carried to the doctor's—I did not see him come out of his house.

COURT . Q. Give us some notion of the manner in which she fell. A. She was running into her own gate, and fell down and hit her forehead on the right hand side going in doors.

---- AUSTIN . I am the wife of John Austin, a carpenter, in Bond-court. Hearing a most dreadful confusion in the court, I went out, and saw Mary Bridget Mahoney run out of the prisoner's yard on the opposite side, and she fell against the step of her own door—the blood ran very furiously from her forehead—both parties are strangers to me, and I have no interest in coming to speak.

MR. DOANE . Q. When she fell she was carried to the doctor's? A. I went to my own door, and saw her carried away then—when she fell the prisoner was up at the window of his own house—I swear that.

MR. CRISP . I am solicitor to the prosecution. In consequence of there being no depositions taken before the Magistrate, I thought it right to take as accurately as I could from the witnesses what they deposed, and fur-nished the other side with a copy of it—I heard the witness Thorn say that he never told me he saw the prisoner threw a large flint stone at the people—he distinctly told me he saw a flint stone thrown first, and after wards a brick, by the prisoner.

JAMES VAUGHAN re-examined . It was a contused wound—it must have been from a stone or something—a fall might account for it, but she must nave fallen very heavily—if she had fallen down her face would most likely have been injured, and it was only injured at the one part on the forehead.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Recorder .

283. JEREMIAH DELAY was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of November , 52lbs. weight of lead, value 8 s ., the goods of James Easton and another; and CHARLES MAYHEW for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.

WILLIAM TOOGOOD TIMEWELL . I am a clerk in the service of James Easton and another, engineers, wheelwrights, and lead merchants, in the Grove, Great Guildford-street, Borough. This piece of lead, now produced, weighing 52lbs., resembles the lead on my master's premises—it has no particular mark, but it is cast in a particular way—the prisoner Delay was employed as a labouring bricklayer on the premises—he had access to the lead—he was desired to remove it out of the way where they were building a boiler—I found it at a marine store-shop in Redcross-street—I was after wards with the officer when he took Mayhew in Castle-street—he said he had taken a piece of lead from Delay, and had sold it in Castle-street, that Delay gave it him in the Grove, Great Guildford-street, and that it was handed out at the door of the factory to him.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did Mayhew say he got it from Delay? A. Yes—I have no doubt I told the Magistrate of it—I meant to do so if I did not.

SILAS HARRIS . I am a blacklead merchant, and live at the Grove, Great Guildford-street. On Monday, the 29th of November, I saw a bricklayer's labourer come out of Mr. Easton's gate with something, which he gave to Mayhew, who was waiting at the side—I followed him to Wright's shop in Redcross-street, and saw it weighed—I afterwards fol lowed Mayhew to his house in Castle-street, and then gave information to the police, and to the prosecutor.

MANY ANN WRIGHT . I am the wife of James Wright, a marine-store dealer. The prisoner Mayhew came to my shop with this lump of lead—he said it was his property—I gave him 1 d . a pound for it—that is the price given at our shop for lead—I do not know whether it was new lead—I gave 4 s . 4 d . for it.

SOLOMON GARNETT . I am a policeman. I went to Redcross-street, and found the lead, and to Castle-street, and found the prisoner Mayhew—I told him I wanted him for stealing a piece of lead out of the Grove—he told me he had a piece from the Grove, that a man had given him, and he had sold it at a shop in Redcross-street.

Cross-examined. Q. Who was with you? A. Mr. Timewell—I asked Mayhew the name of the man who had given it him, and he said be did not know—I did not hear him mention Delay's name.

JAMES TIDMARSH . I am a policeman. I took Delay into custody—he denied all knowledge of it, but in going to the police-court, I told him to carry it—he said, "It is not the first time I have carried it—it dropped from a cart in the Grove, and I gave it to Mayhew to sell for me—he gave me 18 d . for my share."

Cross-examined. Q. Who was present at the time? A. Several police-men —he told it to me without my asking.

(Delay received a good character.)

DELAY— GUILTY . Aged 40.— Recommended to mercy .— Confined One Month .

MAYHEW— NOT GUILTY .

284. MARY NIBBS was indicted for stealing, on the 20th of April , 1 purse, value 2 s ., and 15 sovereigns, the property of Ann Grimmett , in the Dwelling-house of Elizabeth Beatrice Alsager .

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

ANN GRIMMETT . I was in the service of Mrs. Elizabeth Beatrice Alsager, the widow of Captain Alsager; she lives at Balham-hill, in the parish of Streatham. On the 8th of February the family left town, and I left on the 19th—I left fifteen sovereigns in a small drawer in a chest, in my bed-room, at the top of the house—I locked the drawer and took the key with me—the prisoner had been left in charge of the house, and had Willis, her niece, with her—I returned on the 12th of October, and went to my drawer next morning—I found it still locked, but had a difficulty in getting it open—I found the things in it all turned about, and my money gone—I called the prisoner up, and told her I had been robbed—she said she did not know any thing about it—(she was merely a charwoman left in charge of the house)—I told her the drawer must have been undone, I thought by a key—I asked if there could be any key in the house which would undo the drawer—she then fetched a key, which I tried to the drawer—it un locked three of them, one of which my money had been in—next morning I noticed marks of a chisel on the drawers all over the house, and on my drawer also—they could be seen without opening the drawer—two chisels were found in the house—the police were called in.

COURT . Q. Before you noticed the marks, had you been all over the house to examine whether they must have been made after you ascertained your own loss? A. No, I did not see the marks till the police found them out—my sight is not good, and I might not observe them if they had been there before.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. How long has the prisoner's husband lived in the neighbourhood with her? A. Some years—he worked on Mr. Borradale's farm—I do not know whether he was his bailiff—the prisoner was discharged on bail—I think the marks on the drawers were mentioned before she was discharged—we also indicted Willis, and the Grand Jury ignored the bill—I do not know any thing of the prisoner and her husband being known as people of property—I have known her seven or eight years in the neighbourhood—I have not spoken to Willis this morning—the prisoner only brought me one key—she had not two in her hand—I have not brought the drawer here, or the chisels—she went for the key directly I told her to fetch what she had—I lost a purse, which I have not found—there was no other charge against her.

SAMUEL LONGBOTTOM ( police-constable V 10.) I took the prisoner in charge on Monday, the 18th of November, and went to her lodgings the same day, in the Balham-road, rather better than a quarter of a mile from Mrs. Alsager's—I found her husband there, and in a box under their bed I found from 400 l . to 500 l . in one bag, and about 100 l . in another bag, in gold and silver—the 100 l . was in a black stocking—I found under the same bed a tea-caddy, which I produce, with two purses in it, one con tained about 9 l . or 10 l . in gold, silver, and copper—there were two or three farthings, and separate from the purses, not wrapped in any thing, I found fifteen sovereigns loose in the bottom, where the sugar basin would be—a purse, with money in it, laid over it—her husband was present when the money and caddy was found, but not when the caddy was broken open—

it was locked, and brought away locked as it was—I opened it when I got home—I have not the key of it.

Cross-examined. Q. The prisoner was in custody, did you ask her for the key of the caddy? A. No, she was in Horsemonger-lane, I had no opportunity—I enquired about it, and I was told not—Busain, my inspector, told me I could not see her—I asked him if I was to apply to the Magis trate, and he said it was best not—only my wife was present when I broke it open—I took the niece in charge—I have not brought the drawer here—the inspector did not tell me not to bring it—the marks were very visible—when the drawer was open you could see where the chisel had been—there are no marks outside—I have never seen the key the pri soner produced—the chisels are Mrs. Alsager's—I have known the prisoner and her husband about the place for four years myself—I cannot say whether they are much respected, nor whether it was neces sary to bespeak the prisoner's services three weeks before they could he had.

MR. BODKIN . Q. How long had she been in custody when you found the caddy? A. One day—she was searched when she was taken—I was not in the room.

HANNAH WILLIS . I am the prisoner's niece, and was with her at Mrs. Alsager's, when the family left town. The tea-caddy belongs to me—I lent it to the prisoner.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you got the key now? A. No, my aunt has it—she has lived eighteen years where she does now—my uncle is about fifty years old—I know he lent some money to a gentleman named Brand—I was taken into custody on this charge by the officer—I was not in the house when my aunt was apprehended—I had been in the house with her nearly all the time—she never had the charge of a house before—she went out to work for gentlemen and ladies in the neighbourhood—they have been obliged to wait a long time for her at times, she was so en gaged.

COURT . Q. Did you know any thing of two chisels in the house? A. I never saw them—I saw the key, which was left in a drawer for my aunt to put her things into—when the cook came home, she went to her drawer next morning, then called my aunt up, and said she had left fifteen sover eigns in her drawer, which were gone, and asked if there was any key in the house which would open it—my aunt gave her what keys she had, and among them was the key of the caddy—the keys were all returned to my aunt.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Do you know which key opened the drawer in question? A. The one that had been left in the drawer when they left—the footman was at the house for three months after Mrs. Alsagar left—he had one gentleman come once and slept in the same bed with him—there was a Jew came twice—he did not sleep there.

DAVID M'LEAN . I was footman to Mrs. Alsager, and remained in the house up to the 30th of June. After she left, my uncle, who is seventy-three years old, came to see me one Saturday night, slept there, and went away on Sunday—he lives at Poplar, and is a ship-carpenter—a Jew came twice I believe—he was in the habit of buying old liveries of the servants, and he did buy some—I slept in the front room, the best room, to protect the house.

Cross-examined. Q. Did your uncle walk from the house? A. Yes, and I went with him as far as Clapham—I cannot tell where the Jew lives.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Was the Jew taken up stairs? A. No, he was not beyond the lobby—I have seen him since at Clapham, but not to speak to him—he is always to be found—there were chisels in a drawer in the library, with other tools, belonging to the late captain—that drawer was always open—I have not been up stairs to examine the marks on the drawer—I was never up stairs after the 30th of June—the prosecutrix occupied the garret, and the prisoner the adjoining room.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Was she permitted to go out in the day time, al though in charge of the house? A. She was to go out occasionally—she told Mrs. Alsager that it might be about three days a week—she always slept there, except for three days, when she went to see her father, or to bury him.

SAMUEL LONGBOTTOM re-examined . I saw the chisels fitted to the marks on the drawers—they appeared to have been made by the chisels—I mentioned this to Mr. Painter the Magistrate.

MRS. GRIMMETT ( looking at the fifteen sovereigns .) Here is one which is the colour of one of mine—I cannot say any thing about the others—I had noticed two of my sovereigns being of the present Queen's reign, and there are only two among them of this reign—one was a brighter colour than the other, and here is a little difference in the colour of one of these.

Cross-examined. Q. Had one of them, to the best of your judgment, never been in circulation? A. Yes, Captain Alsager had brought some new sovereigns home from the Bank, and mistress gave me one.

SAMUEL LONGBOTTOM . Directly I found the sovereigns I looked over them, having been told there were two particular ones—the rest are all of the reign of George IV., except one, which is William.

HANNAH WILLIS re-examined . When my aunt borrowed the caddy of me it used to stand on the top of a bed in a front room at her house—she bor rowed it when I first took it home, two years ago, and had the use of it all along, and. the key—it was in her exclusive possession—I had not the key at all.

MRS. GRIMMET re-examined . I received thirteen of the sovereigns last Christmas—I have had one of the sovereigns by me some years—I kept them altogether in my drawer, not in my pocket, so that they could not get soiled.

HANNAH WILLIS re-examined . The key of the drawer my aunt used was in the servant's room, which my aunt slept in, next to the cook's room—it was left in the drawer, so that any one could get at it for three months, but after the footman left my aunt locked the drawer, and took the key with her, and as she cleaned all the rooms she locked them, and took the keys.

NOT GUILTY .

285. JANE THURSTON was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of No vember , 5 sovereigns, 1 20 l . Bank-note, and 1 5 l . Bank-note, the monies of James Turner , in the dwelling-house of Ann Colbert .

MR. PHILLIPS conducted the Prosecution .

JANE TURNER . I am the wife of James Turner. On the 28th of Oc tober we were lodging at No. 6, Chester-place, Borough-road, which is kept by the prisoner's mother, Ann Colbert—I had the misfortune to put

my knee out on that day—I had a 5 l . note, along with other monies, which I placed in a canvas bag in a drawer up stairs, which I locked—in conse quence of hurting my knee I lived for some time in the room of the pri soner's mother—on the 6th of November I gave the prisoner the keys of the drawer up stairs, to bring me down my canvas bag which the money was in—she took the keys, and went up stairs—her mother brought the bag down, and said, "Here is the bag with the money, take care of it"—she introduced a carpet-bag with a padlock and key, and said, "Here is a bag, put the money in it, and lock it up," which I did, and it was put into the cupboard—I did not look at my money before I did so—I remained in that room till the 14th of November—I then opened the bag, and missed a 20 l . note, 5 l . note, and five sovereigns—I have since seen the 5 l . note—I know it by the number and date—I had put it down when I took it from Glynn's banking-house, on the 17th of September—I did not write any thing on it—I did not take the number of the 20 l . note—I did not have that from there.

Cross-examined by MR. RYLAND . Q. How many persons have you ac cused of stealing this money? A. No one but the prisoner and her mother—we did not accuse them, we gave them in charge—we laid an information of our loss at the police-office, and they advised us not to take either of them till we made inquiry—I gave evidence against them both before the Magistrate—the mother was discharged on the third hearing—they were out on bail between the examinations—I mean to swear that I never ac cused any third person of having improperly had this money—I was mar ried on the 28th of February last, at St. Sepulchre's church—my husband and I have not lived on very bad terms with respect to this money—it was money which came to me in my own right—I always had it in my own possession—I never charged my husband with endeavouring to get hold of it against my will—I swear that—I had counted my money on the 31st of October—I had eleven 5 l . notes altogether in this bag, and one 20 l . note—I have a memorandum of the numbers of the notes, which I wrote when I took them from the banker's—I wrote it on the 29th of October—I received them on the 17th of September—I counted my money on the 29th of October, and on the 31st it was safe in the bag—I counted it all over on the 31st, and it was all safe—the 29th was the day after we went into the prisoner's mo ther's house—I had no particular reason for counting it then—I went to my drawer, and saw it safe in the bag—I have the numbers and dates of all the 5 l . notes; at least my husband has—I had not paid any of the 5 l . notes away before I discovered my loss—from the 17th of September till the 31st of October I had not paid any away—I was never out of the house—we had taken the Axe public-house in Milton-street, and all the money was paid away then except the note the prisoner stole.

Q. You said this moment you had not paid away any? A. Not of that money—there was none of the eleven 5 l . notes or the 20 l . note paid away.

COURT . Q. Do you mean that you had eleven 5 l . notes and one 20 l . note on the 31st of October? A. Yes—when we took the money from the banker's we took the Axe public-house, and paid away all that money except this 5 l . note—on the 28th of October we let the house, and received 160 l . in notes; but this 5 l . note that was lost was the only one remaining out of 224 l . 1 s . 3 d . which I received from Glynn's on the 17th of Sep-tember—24 l . of it was in gold; one 100 l . note; two 30 l .; five 10 l .; and five 5 l .

MR. RYLAND . Q. Had you any money by you at the time you re ceived the money from Glynn's? A. Not any—I paid away the whole of that money when we took the Axe, except one 5 l . note—on the 28th of October we let the house, and were paid 170 l . in Bank of England notes—I did not take the numbers and dates of those notes—there was one 20 l ., three 10 l ., ten 5 l ., and 16 l . in cash; therefore I had then eleven 5 l . notes altogether, including the one in question—when I counted the money in the bag on the 29th of October, there was 160 l . in it, consisting of one 20 l ., three 10 l ., eleven 5 l . notes, and about 50 l . in gold; and I had about 5 l . in my pocket—I have lost about 30 l .; a 5 l . note, a 10 l . note, and five sovereigns.

COURT . Q. How can you tell that the note in question was not one of those you paid away? A. This was the only 5 l . note I had in my possession of those I received from Glynn's—I paid all the others away—I am certain this was the note I retained—after I had paid away the other 5 l . notes, I looked at the one remaining, so as to know the number of it—I swear that—I took the number of this note the day before I left the Axe—it was the only note I then had in my possession, and it was in my purse—here is the memorandum I made—the note is dated July 13th, 1841, and No. 64319—I wrote that on the 27th of October, the day before I left the Axe.

MR. RYLAND . Q. What was your reason for making that memoran dum, when you had only one 5 l . note left? A. Because I should know it was my note—my husband took the other notes from Mr. Brown, who took the Axe of us—after we went to the prisoner's mother's house on the 28th of October, we put the money altogether—my husband had not ac cess to the bag—he never saw the money after he gave it to me—I never told any body the number of this 5 l . note, till it was shown to me—I stopped it at the Bank—I went with my husband to do so, on the 18th or 19th, I think—I do not know whether or not my husband took the paper with him—I told them the number and date, and they stopped it—I do not think I produced the paper—I think I stated the number and date from memory—I believe the prisoner's mother takes in washing, and does what she can for her livelihood—I believe it is a respectable house—I do not know—I knew the prisoner a year and a half ago—she used to do needlework for me—she goes out to needlework and dress-making—she made me two dresses at home once, and also came to my house to work; and in September they went to live at this house, and she wrote me a note, saying they had apartments to let, and would be happy to accommodate us—she did no millinery at home, while I lodged there, nor did she go out—she did nothing at all while I was there—her mother took in a little washing, and there were other lodgers in the house—there was a lady, her daughter, and son, in the first floor; a Mrs. Holt, her daughter, and niece, and a little girl.

Q. Now, there being all those persons in the house, do you mean to assert that you and your husband have not quarrelled about his getting possession wrongfully of this money? A. No, not about the money—I do not know whether there was a looking-glass smashed one day—I be lieve there was—my husband smashed it—we were quarrelling then—it was not because I charged him with attempting to break open the drawer where the money was, to get possession of it—( looking at a chisel )—I

never saw such a thing as that in my husband's possession—Mrs. Colbert used it to flute her caps.

Q. What were you quarrelling about when the glass was smashed? A. He wanted to go out, and wanted me to give him a few shillings, and I would not—I am forty-three years old, and he is twenty-three—I am po sitive I never charged him with attempting to break open the drawer, and take the money—nor ever quarrelled with him about it in the hearing of the lodgers—we have had words the same as man and wife would have—when I counted my money on the 14th of November, I missed 30 l —not more—80 l . in notes, and 38 l . in gold, was left—that would make 148 l . in all.

Q. I thought you said just now that from the time you counted it on the 31st of October till you missed this none had been taken out, is that so? A. Yes.

COURT . Q. You said you had 160 l . how do you account for the dif ference? A. When we went to the house we paid 9 l . or 10 l . away in bills, which I can produce—that was out of the 160 l . I had no other money—I say when I counted my money on the 29th of October there was 160 l ., and there was the same when I counted it again on the 31st—it was after that I paid some away.

MR. RYLAND . Q. Have you not stated that between the 31st of October and the 14th of November you had never been to the bag at all? A. I bad not been to the bag at all, only in the presence of the prisoner's mother—I was never out of the room—no money had been taken out of the bag between the 31st of October and the 14th of November—on the Tuesday after I met with the accident I gave my husband five sovereigns to pay for painting the bar, a sovereign to buy him a pair of boots, and a sovereign to pay for moving the goods—I had some medicine for myself, and a lotion for my knee, and a bit of calico, and 1 paid the prisoner's mother 1 l . 4 s . for rent—I calculate that I spent about 10 l . altogether for every thing—that 10 l . was part of the 160 l ., and came out of the bag after the 31st of October, and after the 6th of November—I did not count my money on the 6th of November—my hus band was at home at the time I sent the prisoner up stairs for the money.

Q. Why not send him to fetch it? A. He was not in the room at the time—he was up stairs in the room where the money was—I was in bed, and not able to go up stairs myself, and I asked the prisoner as a favour to go and get it for me—I did not think it necessary to ask her to give my husband the key to get it—I placed implicit confidence in her: not more I think than I did in him—I sent for it because I wanted some money, and when the prisoner's mother brought it down I took out half-a-sovereign—I did not count the remainder.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Was anybody ever present when you counted your money? A. The prisoner and her mother were on the morning of the 29th of October—I counted it in the parlour before them—between the 6th and the 14th of November I went to the bag and took a half-sovereign out, but did not count the money—I did not disturb it.

COURT . Q. Do you mean to say that during the whole time your hus band never had access to your money-bag? A. No, what I thought proper he should have I gave him—I had the keys of the drawer where it was, in my possession—I always kept the key about me, and when I went to bed I put it in my pocket under my head.

JAMES TURNER ( examined by MR. RYLAND .) I am twenty-three years of age—I have been married to the last witness nine months—I first heard of the loss of the money on the 14th of November—I knew very little about the money myself—my wife was very careful of it indeed—we had very little squabbling about it—she never charged me with stealing it—I swear that—I have seen some of the lodgers here—my wife never complained that I tried to break open the drawer where the money was, and take it away against her will—I did break open a drawer—I did not expect to find the money there—I broke it open to aggravate her—the money was gone—I did not know the money was in the drawer that I broke open—I expected it was—I did not break it open for the purpose of taking the money—if I had found it there I intended to have taken it to her for her to give me some out of it—I smashed a glass one day—it was my own property—I had not been quarrelling with my wife about the money—we had had a few words and I revenged myself on the glass—I never told the lodgers when the money was missed that I had got it, and if it was all right I would have a flare up , and if the old girl behaved herself well I would give her back part of it, nor anything of the sort—I deny the whole of it—I did not say the money was all right, and I had got it—I never did take any of it against her will, nor with her will—I helped to count it on the 14th of November—there was ten 5 l . notes, three 10 l . notes, and 37 l . in gold—I had never seen it counted before.

EDWARD M'KEANE . I am clerk at Messrs. Glynn's bank. I know the prosecutrix—I cannot say that I saw her on the 17th of September last—I have an extract from our book here, not the book itself—I made the extract last Thursday—I made the original entry in the book, and made the extract from the original entry.

COURT . Q. Have you refreshed your memory by the original entry to-day? A. Not to-day—I have a recollection of the note in question from my reference to the entry the other day, I bore it in mind.

Cross-examined. Q. When did you look at the book? A. Last Thursday, when I made the extract—I am quite certain the two agree—I compared them with particular care that there should be no mistake—there is never more than one note of the same amount, number, and date in cir culation—that is a rule at the Bank.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. Can you tell whether you paid away any 5 l . note on the 17th of September? A. I paid away several—the memorandum I have is a list of the notes I paid away—here is one 5 l . note, No. 64319, dated 13th July, 1841.

MARTHA NICHOLLS . I am the wife of John Nicholls, a baker, in Union-street. I have known the prisoner about two months, and may have seen her a dozen or twenty times—I know her person quite well—she has dealt at our house for bread—I received a 5 l . note from her.

Q. Should you know it again; did you put any writing on it? A. I put writing on a 5 l . note—I do not remember whether I wrote on the note I received from her at the time or not—the note that was produced to me had my handwriting on it—I have been examined before—I know the prisoner as a customer—I remember her coming and asking me for change for a 5 l . note—I do not recollect whether or not I wrote any thing on it at that time—I saw my handwriting on the note which was pro duced before the Magistrate, but I do not know when I wrote it—I did

not know my writing was on it till I saw it—I must, no doubt, have put it on a short time after I received it—perhaps five or ten minutes after.

Q. Are you sure it was the same note you received from her that yon put the writing on? A. I took no other—I had, no doubt, other 5 l . notes at the time, up in my bed-room—I took the note I got from her to the rest—I always write on them before I put them away, but I might possibly have left it till the evening, till I went to bed—I wrote on the note—I do not know how soon after I received it—perhaps ten minutes—I am sure I wrote on it before I put it among the other notes—I wrote on it "No. 6, Borough-road "—I did not know her name, so I put the resi dence—I knew where she lived by our leaving the bread.

COURT . Q. Are you sure it was on the note you received from the pri soner, that you wrote "6, Borough-road?" A. I—really cannot say, to be sure—I am not sure it was on that note.

MR. PHILLIPS . Q. What other note was there for you to put it on? A. I had no other to put it on.

COURT . Q. Do you speak to it from finding your writing on it, or do you recollect putting, "6, Borough-road" on it? A. I do not recollect writing it, certainly—I always write on them as soon as I have them—I know I wrote, "6, Borough-road" on a note—I changed her a 5 l . note, and the note produced has my writing on it—that is all I know about it—I cannot positively say this is the note I received from the prisoner—I did not write "6, Borough-road" by mistake upon a note which I did not receive from the prisoner—I only received one note from the prisoner—I have no recollection of writing this on the note.

MR. PHILLIPS declined proceeding further with the Prosecution .

NOT GUILTY .

286. JAMES WALTER JONES was indicted for feloniously receiving of a certain evil-disposed person, on the 4th of November , 11 yards of velvet, value 14 l ., the goods of James Dickons Saltmer , well knowing it to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

RICHARD EVANS . I am warehouseman, in the employ of Mr. Saltmer, of Friday-street, Cheapside—the witness, M'Knight, was taken into cus tody, and made a statement. On the 19th of November I went to the prisoner's shop, No. 2, Cumberland-row, Newington-butts, accompanied by M'Knight and Mr. M'Lean—it is a second-hand clothes' shop—I and Mr. Knight went into the shop together—I had a parcel—the prisoner was at home, and an elderly man sat by the fire-side with him, who immediately went out—he was lame, and walked with a stick—on M'Knight seeing the prisoner, he said, "That is the man I sold the goods to"—to the best of my belief those were his words—I called M'Lean in, who said to the prisoner, "I must have these goods"—the prisoner said, "Oh, what I bought of this young man?"—M'Lean said, "Yes"—the prisoner said, "The twelve lengths"—he said he did not know the value of them when I told him, and said he had bought the twelve lengths for 9 s ., he said he did not know what a velvet was, that he never had a silk velvet in his shop, and did not know the value of it at all—he began to cry—he said he had sold them to a stranger, and if the inspector

would allow him to go, he might he able to find that stranger, but he could not without—the inspector said, no, he must go with him—he asked the inspector if he would go with him to his master's shop, and they went out together—the prisoner had no hat on—I stopped at the shop—they were gone about ten minutes—they came back to the shop—the prisoner was crying very much—he said he did not know the value of them—we came away in a cab with him—his house was searched, but nothing was found—he was taken to the station, and there he said he only had six lengths—when M'Knight made the statement to me at my master's warehouse, he pointed to some patterns of velvets in our books—I have ascertained that velvets of that pattern are missing to a much larger extent than M'Knight acknowledges—a waistcoat-length is 7/8, where he says he has only cut 3/4, I miss three or four yards—the velvets he pointed out are of different patterns, some worth about 325. a yard, some less, none under 24 s .

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Repeat what passed between you and the prisoner when you were in the shop with M'Knight? A. M'Lean said he must have these goods—the prisoner said, "You mean the goods I bought of this young man?"—I said, "Yes, what have you done with them?"—he said, "I have sold them, I am not obliged to keep them"—I said, "To whom did you sell them?"—he said, "To a stranger, if you will allow me to go perhaps I can find him"—we said, "Perhaps you can give his address?"—he said "No, it is somewhere in the City."

COURT . Q. Then the word "goods" was mentioned throughout in the conversation? A. Lengths they were called—I called them twelve lengths—the prisoner said "remnants."

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Do you know whether pieces of velvet are cut up for stocks? A. Very few—I have never seen them.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Were the words, "twelve lengths," used by any body in the prisoner's presence? A. By me—when he said they were remnants, I said they were twelve lengths for waistcoats—he said they would not make boys' waistcoats.

FRANCIS M'LEAN . I accompanied Evans and M'Knight to the prisoner's shop at Newington—Evans and M'Knight went in first—they afterwards called me in—I asked the prisoner where the twelve cuts were—Evans and him were talking—he said he had sold them to a stranger for 2 s . profit—he also said he was a poor young man, and that was his shop—I searched the shop, but found nothing—I said he must go with me—he said he thought if I would let him go he could find out the person he had sold them to—he began crying two or three times, and said, "Will you go down with me to the other shop?"—I accompanied him there—it was about a hundred yards—he was crying almost all the way—when I got there I found it was Mr. Davis's shop, who it appeared was his employer—I asked Davis if he knew any thing about the sale of them—he said he did not know any thing about them—some conversation passed, but it was just at the Sabbath, and they begged me to let him go back to shut up the shop, which I did—I made no search at Davis's—I took the prisoner to the station, and there he said he had not bought more than six cuts—he acknowledged to the twelve at the shop—he said he gave 9 s . for them.

JAMES DICKONS SALTMER . The value of the twelve lengths of goods pointed out by M'Knight would be 5 l ., if cut into twelve waistcoat lengths—I should certainly say such articles are not used for velvet neckcloths—I have seen velvet neckcloths, but never any of that sort.

BENJAMIN M'KNIGHT ( a Prisoner . See page 198.) I was in the prose cutor's employ—I took twelve lengths of velvet from his premises—eleven were sufficient for a waistcoat, and the twelfth for two—I afterwards pointed out to Evans some of the patterns which I took—I first saw the prisoner one Saturday night, about three weeks ago, at his shop at Newington Causeway—I had nothing with me then—I asked him if he would buy some length of figured velvet for waistcoats—he said, "Yes"—I went again on the Mon day, I believe, and took the twelve lengths which I have mentioned with me—I got there about half-past eight o'clock in the evening—I found him there—there was a boy present in the shop—he was bringing in some waistcoats as they were going to shut up—he went out and came in again—I opened the parcel—the prisoner asked what I wanted for them—I did not mention any price, but he said he would give me 9 s . for the lot—he said nothing more—I said, "Would he give more than that, it was not enough for them"—he said no, he was a man to his word—he said nothing else—I took the 9 s . which he paid me.

Cross-examined. Q. Is it true that your master and Cuthbert gave you two hours before you made your statement, after they told you they would prosecute you, if you did not tell what you knew? A. I do not think it was quite two hours.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Did any body tell you you should be prosecuted if you did not tell this story? A. Yes, Mr. Cuthbert—he told me it would be much better to confess every thing, that Mr. Saltmer did not wish to hurt me at all—that was on the occasion when I was given two hours to consider what I had to say.

COURT . Q. Is it true you were threatened to be prosecuted if you did not tell this story? A. Not in those words—I do not remember its being said that I should be prosecuted unless I did tell—Mr. Saltmer told me to confess every thing, and that he did not wish to hurt me—that is all I re member he said I was likely to be prosecuted if I did not—I told him this transation—it was not suggested that I was to be made a witness of.

JAMES CUTHBERT . I was a ward-constable; I have resigned that office. I was called to Mr. Saltmer's before M'Knight was taken into custody—I saw him—I should wish to remark that I had some conversation with Mr. Saltmer before I saw the lad—I should not have acted upon that, had I not been deceived by Mr. Saltmer—I should not have lent myself to any thing—Evans came to me when I was at home and said, "We have another job at our house"—I said, "Well, you had better have an officer, for if it is a prosecution I shall have nothing to do with it, as I have resigned office"—he said, "Oh, it is only just to frighten that lad of ours"—I went and saw Mr. Saltmer, and had some conversation with him—he said it was merely to know to what extent, and he would start him—I went into the cellar where the lad was, and said to him, "This is a sad affair"— he said, "Yes, it is"—I said, "Well, Mr. Saltmer has every reason to believe you have taken more goods than what you say"—he said, "No, I have not"—I said, "I am confident Mr. Saltmer is of opinion that you have, and if he would not prosecute you, would you tell all you have taken"—he directly turned round and said, "Has he said so?"—I said, "I will call him down, and he shall say so"—I left Evans and him together in conversation, and called Mr. Saltmer down—there was some conversation, and Mr. Saltmer said he had made no promise—I then walked away to the other end.

Cross-examined. Q. Would you have lent yourself to this frightening the boy by the threat of a prosecution if you had not been induced to do so by what Evans said? A. Certainly not—I should have thought it wrong to do so.

J. D. SALTMER re-examined. Q. Will you explain under what circum stances M'Knight made the statement? A. I was a great deal engaged at the time in business, and was desirous of ascertaining all I thought he had taken—I sent for an officer—Cuthbert was brought—I said, "This youth has been robbing me, and perhaps you can get from him better than I can the ex tent of his depredations"—I certainly did not authorise him to hold out to the lad, that if he told the truth he would not be prosecuted—I did not tell Cuthbert that I did not wish to hurt him at all, and that it would be better to confess the whole—it never was my intention not to prosecute the lad, and when Cuthbert said, down stairs, "If you will promise not to pro secute him he will confess to all he has done"—I said, "I will make him no promise, but give him pencil and paper, and let him write down all he has taken."

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant .

287. RICHARD HITCHMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 12th of November , 1 purse, value 1 s .; 10 shillings, and 2 sixpences; the pro perty of Joseph Limperani , from the person of Christiana Judith Limperani .

CHRISTIANA JUDITH LIMPERANI . I am the wife of Joseph Limperani; we live in Albany-road, Camberwell. On the 12th of November, at five o'clock in the afternoon, I was going home with my daughter from Walworth-gate —I got to the corner of Albany-road, between the wall and the Watch-box, exactly at the angle of the road, I felt the proximity of three young men who had been following us—I felt myself touched, and one of the men immediately passed me—seeing him put his left-hand into his pocket, and connecting that with having been touched, I put my own hand into my pocket, and immediately missed my purse—I saw a man pass me who I thought had put his hand into my pocket—I told my daugh ter I had been robbed, and my purse was gone—a policeman being in the immediate vicinity I gave information immediately—the man who passed me, and put his hand into his pocket had on a brown Taglioni coat, with pockets in front—I lost a purse containing, as nearly as I can recollect, 11 s .—next morning the prisoner was produced to me—from his personal appearance he bears a resemblance to one of the three men who were there—I did not turn my head to look in his face—I had got change from Mr. Townsend, and one of the shillings was excessively black between the head and the rim—I have since seen one which I believe to be that—to the best of my belief this is it—( looking at a shilling )—the purse has not been found—this shilling is the only one I can identify.

Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS . Q. I believe it was the shadows of the men you saw? A. I saw the men sideways, by a side glance—I cer tainly did not see them from top to toe—as I turned my head I saw two heads on one side, and one on the other—I did not see their faces suffi ciently to identify them—my money was in a green purse.

EDWARD TOWNSEND . I am a wine-merchant, and live in the Walworth-road. On the afternoon of the 12th of November Mrs. Limperani came to my shop—I gave her 9 s . 6 d . in change of a sovereign—I noticed one

shilling was particularly black—this one ( looking at one ) resembles it-——when the policeman produced all the money I recognized two shillings, this black one and this other—this has very much the appearance of a bad one on the arms side—I had taken it of a girl but a few minutes before.

MARIANA LIMPERANI . I was walking with my mother that evening—I perfectly recollect three persons being about us—I identify the prisoner as being one of them—I have not any doubt about it—we met them first —they then turned back and walked immediately behind us—I turned then and looked at them a second time, and after my mamma had disco vered the robbery I saw the prisoner at the corner for a moment, but he turned away—I did not see him again till he was in custody—I have not any doubt that be is the man.

Cross-examined. Q. This was about five o'clock? A. Yes—it was a light afternoon—I had noticed the three men—I have always been equally positive that the prisoner was one of the men I saw—this is my handwriting to this deposition.

Q. Did you not say, "To the best of my belief the prisoner was one of those persons?" A. Yes; I only swore to the best of my belief, and so I do now.

COURT . Q. You have said to-day, "I am sure he is the man;" do you mean to the best of your belief? A. Yes, of course.

THOMAS BALES ( police-constable P 191.) On the evening of the 12th of November I saw the prisoner at the corner of the Albany-road—I knew him—I afterwards received information from the prosecutrix, and went in the direction she pointed out—I met the prisoner—I asked if he knew any thing about a purse—he said, "No, what purse?"—I took him to the station—he pulled out of his left-hand pocket ten shillings and two six-pences, and he said that was all he had got—the two shillings now pro duced are part of what he produced.

JURY . Q. How long elapsed between the prosecutrix speaking to you and your finding the prisoner? A. About five minutes—he had got about a quarter of a mile from the place—I looked over the road, but did not see the purse.

GUILTY .† Aged 25.— Transported for Ten Years .

288. ROBERT OLIVER was indicted for embezzlement; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Confined Three Months .

289. MARY NOY was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of November , 3 sovereigns, 4 half-sovereigns, 2 half-crowns, 1 shilling, 2 sixpences, and 15 groats; the monies of Charles Beck , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Three Months .

290. WILLIAM WALLER , ANN GIFFIN , and MARY DAVIS , were indicted for stealing, on the 28th of October , 9 sovereigns, 1 half-sovereign, and 6 shillings; the monies of James William Kenning , from his person; and that Giffin had been before convicted of felony.

JAMES WILLIAM KENNING . I am a dealer in poultry, living in Nep tune-street, Rotherhithe. About six o'clock, on the 8th of October, I

went to the Black Bull public-house, in Rotherhithe—Waller came in—I drank with him—I was tipsy at the time—before I was tipsy I had ten sovereigns, which I got from my brother—I changed one of them, and had half-a-sovereign and some silver—I did not go to sleep at the Black Bull—this is my handwriting—( looking at his deposition )—I told the Magi strate I fell asleep in that house—I did not read this—I signed it—it was a misunderstanding—it was at the Victoria I went to sleep.

GEORGE WOOD . I am pot-boy at the Neptune public-house now, but I was pot-boy at the Victoria, on the night of the 28th, when the prosecutor and Waller came there—the prosecutor was drunk—they sat down by the win dow—I afterwards saw Davis on one side of the prosecutor, and Waller on the other—Giffin was standing before him—they were drinking together—the bell rang for me, and I went to get change for 1 s . for my master—when I came back, Waller offered me 1 s .—I saw Davis take the prosecu tor's head on her lap, and Waller and Davis spoke over his back—I went out, and returned in five minutes—Davis and Giffin were then gone out-Waller offered me 1 s .—I wanted to know what it was for—he said, "Put it in your pocket"—I took it in my hand, and said, "I don't want it"—I gave it him back again—then Giffin and Davis came in again—Giffin used bad language, and said, "We have only got two or three shillings"—Waller had not said any thing to her—they all bid me good night, and went out; and while I was telling my mistress what they had offered me, all three came in again—I took my supper in the tap-room—Davis and Giffin went into the yard, and Waller went across to where the prosecutor was sitting, he put his hand into his pocket—he then came to me again, and offered me half-a-sovereign, and said, "Put this in your cly "—I said I did not want it—he had got half-a-crown, one shilling, and three halfpence—when he offered me the shilling he said he had only got two or three shillings—he asked me if I had seen anything—I said "No"—he said, "Oh, I thought you saw it all"—Giffin said, "I have only got two or three shillings out of him."

Giffin . You do not tell what you drank yourself out of the liquor the man paid for. Witness . Giffin said she should meet me on the next night, and give me 1 s .—I said I should not want her money—Davis did not offer me any thing—Giffin offered me something to drink—I said I did not like it, but I did take a drop after a while—I did not see the prosecutor sober at all—while they were talking in the tap-room they all three ran out the back way—my mistress went out the front way, and brought Giffin and Davis back—(Waller went away)—they came into the tap-room, and asked me to lift the gentleman up, and said he was their friend, they would take him away with them—Davis said that as well as Giffin—I did so—my mistress said, "We had better have a policeman in," and while she was saying that they both ran out the back way again—my mistress went to the door, called a policeman, and told him—he went by the top of the alley, and let them come out and run away—he ran after them, came back, and said he could not catch them—I am sure I saw Waller's hand in the prosecutor's pocket—I did not see what he took out.

JAMES MELLISH ( police-constable M 222.) I took Davis—she said she did lot rob the man; but she was certainly in company with Giffin and Waller, and they offered the pot-boy money—I did not see the prosecutor till next morning—he said he had ten sovereigns at the Bull public-house, and had

changed one, and had nine sovereigns, half-a-sovereign, and some silver—he did not say where he got this money from.

Davis's Defence . They asked me to have something to drink—I went in with them—we had a pint of gin and cloves—then he said he had no money—he took 2 s . out of his pocket—there was 4 d . change—he spent that in biscuits—that was all I saw of his money.

Waller's Defence . It does not look likely that I should go back to the house if I had been guilty—the prosecutor was as sober as I am—he was in other company at the Black Bull public-house.

Giffin . And so he was when he went with us two girls—I offered the Pot-boy no money.

JAMES MELLISH . I produce a certificate of Giffin's former conviction, which I got from the office of the Clerk of the Peace for Surrey—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

WALLER— GUILTY . Aged 23.

GIFFIN— GUILTY . Aged 20.

Transported for Ten Years .

DAVIS— NOT GUILTY .

291. ALBERT NORMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of October , 1 coat, value 3 l .; 1 pair of trowsers, value 1 s . 6 d .; 1 shirt, value 4 s .; 1 waistcoat, value 12 s .; 1 pair of gloves, value 12 s .; 1 pair of boots, value 15 s .; 2 pairs of stockings, value 2 s .; 2 handkerchiefs, value 12 s .; 1 pair of gloves, value 3 s .; 1 hat, value 5 s .; the goods of Thomas Bigden ; and 1 coat, value 6 s .; the goods Abraham Andrews ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined One Month .

292. MARY ANN WYATT was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of November , 7 wine-glasses, value 4 s .; 3 custard cups, value 1 s .; 1 tum bler, value 1 s .; 1 salt-cellar, value 1 s .; 3 decanters, value 5 s .; 1 scent-bottle, value 4 s .; 1 bird's bath, value 2 s .; 1 bottle, value 6 d .; 1 brush, value 6 d .; 20 yards of ribbon, value 2 s .; 1 bonnet-lining, value 2 s .; 3/4 of a yard of woollen cloth, value 2 s .; 3 yards of velvet ribbon, value 18 s .; 1 apron, value 3 d .; 1 pair of stockings, value 9 d .; 1 towel, value 8 d .; 6 printed books, value 2 s .; 1 cloak-lining, value 1 s . 6 d .; 1 cloak-collar, value 2 s .; 1 waistcoat, value 1 s . 6 d .; and 1 book of pictures, value 2 d .; the goods of Gabriel Riddle , her master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Judgment Respited .

293. MARY ANN WYATT was again indicted for stealing, on the 26th of October , 1 glass cruet, value 5 s .; 6 knives, value 1 s . 6 d .; 6 forks, value 1 s . 6 d .; 1 pair of stockings, value 1 s .; 1 pair of socks, value 6 d .; 4 printed books, value 1 s . 6 d .; 1 salt-cellar, value 1 s .; 1 coffee-pot, value 2 s .; 1 mustard-pot, value 6 d .; 1 mug, value 6 d .; 2 wine-glasses, value 1 s .; and 1 cup, value 1 s .; the goods of Gabriel Riddle , her master; and SARAH PARKER , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen; against the statute, &c.—3rd COUNT , for receiving of a certain evil-disposed person; to which

WYATT pleaded GUILTY . Aged 22.— Judgment Respited .

MR. PAYNE conducted the Prosecution .

GABRIEL RIDDLE . I am a manufacturer, living in Black friars-road.

Wyatt was my servant on the 2nd of November—on that day I saw Parker in my house—in consequence of something which occurred, I went to a house in Redcross-court, which Parker represented as her house, with two police-officers, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening—we passed through a passage into a back room where Parker was—we looked round, and did not see any thing belonging to me, or where any thing could be secreted—she then led the way to the wash-house behind, where there were two or three women—we looked round, and found nothing there—an officer said it was her sleeping-room—we wanted to know where any property was likely to be that belonged to me—she said it was up stairs—one of the washerwomen then said, "You must not go there, my husband is there"—Parker said she was not going to that room, it was another room—we went up to the top room, second floor, we found nothing there—we were examining the boxes, but the washerwomen came up, and were very angry that their room was being searched—in the mean time Parker had got down stairs again—we came down—she went to the front-room on the ground-floor—we searched in that room—Parker was in the room—and we found the articles stated in the indictment, which be long to me.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Was the husband in the room when you went? A. Yes—the value of the articles is 18 s . or 19 s .—these stock ings have the mark of "L. Riddle" on them—they are worn—the mark underneath is "S P," with the figure 3.

PATRICK KELLEY ( police-constable M 36.) I went with Mr. Riddle to the house, and searched a back-room on the ground-floor—I did not find any thing there—I went into the wash-house—we came down from up stairs—I was standing in the passage—Parker came down, and went into the room—she came out, and attempted to go out—I stopped her.

JOHN CHANNER ( police-constable M 24.) I went to the house—I did not hear Parker say any thing.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Justice Coltman .

294. JOHN MAHONEY was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of November , 8 horse-shoes, value 6 s .; 1 pair of pincers, value 2 s . 6 d .; and 1 pair of hames, value 4 s .; the goods of Benjamin Whitley , his master.

SAMUEL WRIGHT ( police-constable P 172.) I took the prisoner into custody on the 13th of November at his master's shop—I told him it was for robbing his master of some horse-shoes—he said he had not—I searched him and could find nothing on him—I told him I must search his house —he said I should find nothing there belonging to his master—I took him with me to his house in Regent-street, Peckham—I first searched the coal-cellar or cupboard which is by the side of the sitting-room—I there found a pair of pincers and a pair of hames which his master identified—I then went up into the back-room—there was a bedstead pushed against the cupboard-door—I told him I must have the bedstead away to search the cupboard—he said it was no use, there was nothing there, but I moved it, and searched the cupboard and found eight horse-shoes—he said to his master, "They are your property, and I am sorry for it"—nothing was said to induce him to make the statement—he said it voluntarily.

Prisoner . I had not been at work that week—I had a bad hand—he

came and said he had information that I sold shoes and iron—I said they were my master's—I took them out on Saturday night, and sometimes take them to my house.

BENJAMIN WHITLEY . The prisoner has been in my service about three years. On the 13th of November he was taken into custody—I was present when he was searched at the shop—10 s . was found on him which he afterwards admitted was my property—I went to search his house with the policeman, we searched the coal-cupboard, and the first thing found was a pair of pincers, which were mine—when they were first brought out the prisoner said he had had them for years—I said I could swear to them—he then admitted they were mine—I had asked him for them several times within the last three months, and he said he knew nothing of them—the next articles found were a pair of names—he said he had them by him for years—I said they were mine—they belonged to a person named Bates, who had sent them to be repaired—he then said, "They are your property, master, I did not know they were there"—I searched up stain— we searched all round the bed—the policeman said he must have the bed moved to search the cupboard and the bed—the prisoner's wife was stand ing by the side of the cupboard putting the child to sleep, she moved, and the cupboard was opened—the prisoner objected to the bed being moved, and said there was nothing more—I swear she said so—imme diately the officer opened the cupboard he pulled out eight horse-shoes, and said, "Here is something here"—I said, "That is some of the things I have been looking after for a long time"—the prisoner said, "They are yours, master, I hope you won't give me in charge, if yon will let me go I will not show my face any more," as he was sure I should not employ him any more after that, and he would sell all he had and pay me whatever I demanded—I said it was out of my bands, I could not take any part in it—I gave him in charge—we went directly to the station-house—on the Monday following we went to Union-hall—before we had been before the Magis trate the officer came to me and said the prisoner admitted it was my money—the prisoner said he had received the money that was in his posses sion from Camden-lodge, which is a place where I shoe horses, and he meant to pay me—he was not employed to shoe horses on the Monday morning.

Prisoner . They were horses in the back fields. Witness . He was not employed there—he was not able to do anything on Saturday night, he was lame—it was part of his duty to do that work on Saturday night or Monday morning—they were brickmakers' horses—he used to take shoes from my place for that purpose—he used to shoe their horses every week—he used to look round to see if anything was wanted—he generally knew the week previous, or on the Friday, what was wanted—he bad been lame, and another man was employed to do the work that week.

Prisoner . My master knew the shoes were in my house three weeks; I never could get an opportunity of putting them on. Witness . I had no knowledge whatever that he kept shoes by him longer than from Sa turday night to Sunday morning—he generally took them from the shop on Sunday morning—he was to come to the shop and take what was wanted—I remember, three weeks previous to his being taken, that Smith's omnibus broke down, and it had a new spring made to it—I know of no shoes being taken from the shop that evening; but it is very probable they were.

Prisoner . I took the shoes when it suited me, because I had to put them on; it was my duty to keep them in repair, and so long as I did it he did not know when it was done; I never sold a shoe belonging to him, or wronged him or a halfpenny.

THOMAS CLARIDGE . I am a dealer in marine-stores. On the 3rd or 4th of November the prisoner offered me some new horse-shoes to sell—there might be upwards of a dozen—I have known him several years—he went by the name of Mike .

Prisoner . I could take my solemn oath I have not seen that man for four or five years; he never came into my house. Witness . You know I have; and this conversation was in your own house, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning; I have seen you five hundred times in the last five years; your house is No. 4, Regent-street.

COURT . Q. How came you to go to his house? A. I keep a shop, but I go round to purchase articles, and the prisoner called me as I went past.

BENJAMIN WHITLEY re-examined. Q. Was the prisoner in the habit of being away from you from nine to ten o'clock? A. Yes, very fre quently.

JURY . Q. Do not you know that he often took shoes from your shop on Sunday morning, to shoe these horses? A. Not without my know ledge, unless I was out—I have trusted him to take them to the brick-fields, but never to keep any by him, because I always kept a stock at the stable at the brick-field—he was employed by me from the 1st to the 8th of November—he was attending his work as usual—Claridge did not come to me to make this statement—the officer gave me the information—I went to Claridge's shop on the evening the prisoner was taken—I had information about a fortnight before from quite another party—these pin cers would be necessary if he were going to put on horse-shoes—I had missed the pincers about four months—I am confident that these names were on my premises—they are repaired—they had been missing six months—I should not have known they were lost if I had not found them—here is a swivel on them which I can swear to—I observed to the prisoner at the time, that it was not worth putting on—these shoes were made for a horse that treads very hard, and here is a piece of steel put on the shoe, and here is a particular mark on this.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant .

295. WILLIAM BURTON STEWARTSON was indicted for steal ing, on the 2nd of October , 1 sovereign, 1 crown, 1 half-crown, 2 shillings, 3 sixpences, and 3 groats:—also, on the 9th of October , 1 sovereign, 1 crown, 1 half-crown, 2 shillings, 3 sixpences, and 3 groats:—also, on the 16th of October , 1 sovereign, 1 crown, 1 half-crown, 2 shillings, 3 six-pences, and 3 groats:—also, on the 6th of November , 1 sovereign, 2 crowns, 1 half-crown, 2 shillings, 1 sixpence, and 3 groats; and, on the 13th of November , 1 sovereign, 2 crowns, 1 half-crown, 2 shillings, 1 sixpence, and 3 groats; the monies of Thomas Henry Maudsley and others, his masters; to all of which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Two Years .

296. ANN JONES was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Four Months .

Before Mr. Recorder .

297. LEVI THOMAS and WILLIAM M'CLIVE were indicted for feloniously and piratically stealing, on the 13th of May , upon the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, 1 boat, value 19 l .; 3 oars, value 1 l . 4 s .; 1 sail, value 2 l . 10 s .; 1 cask, value 1 l . 6 s .; 20 fa thorn of rope, value 15 s .; the goods of John Temperley and others: 1 watch, value 1 l ., the goods of Samuel Jefferson : 2 shirts, value 10 s .; 2 woollen shirts, value 12 s .; 1 jacket, value 1 l .; and 2 pairs of trowsers, value 2 l . 12 s .; the goods of John Buurmester .

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution .

SAMUEL JEFFERSON . I was mate on hoard the barque Jane , which laid off a port of Mexico, in May last—she was an English vessel, and had sailed from Liverpool—the prisoners both belonged to the ship—one of the seamen gave me information in May last, in consequence of which I looked about and missed a boat, and four men of the vessel were gone—the prisoners are two of them—I also missed some oars, a top-gal-lant studding sail, a cask, my own watch, and some clothes belonging to two seamen—I had been on deck myself till eleven o'clock the night before, and left the prisoner Thomas on deck in charge of the watch—the other prisoner was below—the master of the vessel had been on shore some days—the captain made a communication to the English consul of what had occurred—I am sure the prisoners are two of the men.

Thomas. Q. You gave the watch in my charge when you went below? A. Yes, I was in the habit of doing it—it was a small silver watch.

COURT . Q. Who had charge of the vessel in your absence? A. He had during the two hours of his watch—I have seen it safe since—( pro duced ) —this is it.

M'Clive . We did not steal any clothing from the vessel, it is a mistake. Witness . Two of the men complained of losing their clothes.

JOHN BUURMESTER . I was a seaman on board the barque Jane —I remember when she laid off the port—I was on deck about nine o'clock—Thomas came up to me and said, "You are a dead man"—in consequence of that I went below—I went up on deck again about three o'clock in the morning—four men were then gone from the vessel—the pri soners are two of them—the boat and sails, cask and other things were gone from the vessel, which were on board when I went below—the boat was on board, lying aft, when Thomas said, "You are a dead man"—I missed a jacket, waistcoat, two pairs of trowsers, and four shirts, of my own.

Thomas. Q. Did you see me take anything belonging to the ship? A. No—it was not Jackson that told me if I did not go down I should be a dead man.

M'Clive. Q. You did not see me take any of your clothes? A. No—Jackson was one of the four men that went.

JOHN TEMPERLEY . I was master of the barque Jane , and am part owner of her with others—the value of my property taken from the vessel is about 40 l .—the boat was worth nineteen guineas—I have not recovered any part of it—I was on shore at the time—the vessel was sixteen miles

from shore, on the high seas—in consequence of a communication from the Admiralty, I went to Cork, and found the two prisoners in custody—I saw this watch there—it was given to Roe by the Cork constable.

JOHN ROE . I am an officer. The watch was handed to me by the Cork officer at Guildhall—I was not at Cork—the officer is not here.

Thomas's Defence . I was taken from the ship into the boat in conse quence of being in liquor; the apprentice had given me liquor, and I did not know where I was till next day; I laid in the bottom of the boat all night, till next day, when I told Jackson I wished to be put on board my ship again; he said it was impossible; I was landed on the Spanish main, and when I got back, the ship was gone; I delivered myself up to the Spanish Consul, and said I had the mate's watch, and delivered it up. I knew nothing of its being taken from the ship till next day.

JOHN TEMPERLEY re-examined . I first heard of them about the 18th of May—the boat was taken between the 11th and 16th—I heard nothing of them till they got to Cork, but they were arrested by the Consul—Jack son was also arrested, and broke out of prison.

Q. Was there any allowance on board to make him intoxicated? A. The only complaint in the ship was for the want of that allowance—I do not know how the prisoners were taken.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON re-examined . Thomas was perfectly sober at eleven o'clock at night, and there was no means of his getting any thing after-wards—Jackson was not so powerful a man as Thomas—he had been sick with ague.

Thomas . I had one bottle of brandy, and one of rum given me by Williams and a boy on board besides, they had some gin in a bowl three parts full.

THOMAS— GUILTY . Aged 22.

M'CLIVE— GUILTY . Aged 21.

Confined Twelve Months .

ADJOURNED TO THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER.

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