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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

SESSIONS PAPER.

MAGNAY, MAYOR.

EIGHTH SESSION, HELD JUNE 10TH, 1844.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE,

Taken in Short-hand

BY HENRY BUCKLER.

LONDON:

GEORGE HEBERT, CHEAPSIDE.

TYLER & REED, PRINTERS, BOLT-COURT, FLEET-STREET.

1844.

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, June 10th, 1844, and following Days.

Before the Right Honourable WILLIAM MAGNAY , LORD MAYOR of the City of London; Sir John Gurney , Knt., one of the Barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer; Sir John Williams , Knt., one of the Justices of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench: Matthias Prime Lucas , Esq.; Thomas Kelly , Esq.; Sir Chapman Marshall , Knt.; Sir John Pirie , Bart.; Aldermen of the said City: the Honourable Charles Ewan Law , Recorder of the said City: Thomas Wood , Esq.; Michael Gibbs , Esq.; John Johnson , Esq.; John Kinnersley Hooper , Esq.; Thomas Farncombe , Esq.; William Hughes Hughes , Esq.; Aldermen of the said City: John Mirehouse , Esq., Common Sergeant of the said City; and Edward Bullock , Esq., Judge of the Sheriffs' Court; Her Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City, and Judges of the Central Criminal Court.

LIST OF JURORS .

First Jury.

Henry Clark

Robert Davis

William Owen

Charles Davis

Edmund Bramley Rayner

Samuel Rackstraw

Thomas Bryant

Jonathan Pearce

Stephen Wynne

James Moss

Henry Russell

William Palmer

Second Jury.

Geo. Brackenbury Berkley

John Ryan

James Webb

John Probert

Stephen Winder

John Morris

Thos. Robert Mellish

Henry James Bevis

Peter Piddington

Robert Wood

Newman Pratt

George Pearson

Third Jury.

John Roe

Henry Matthews

Alfred Knight

William Peacock

Samuel James

James Edmund Pyne

James Frederick Allen

Hugh M'Diarmid

George Mash

Henry Smithers

John Batt

George Ewart

Fourth Jury.

John Piper

William Parsloe

George Mason

Arthur Martin

William Green

William Smart

Joseph Craddock

Samuel Moginie

Francis Reed

William Dicker

John Priest

William May

Fifth Jury.

Lawrence Nuttall

Thomas Demry

Henry Cook

William Dakes

Edward Wright

Joseph Maslin

George Newman

Robert Arnold

Joseph Wright

George Mumford

Alex. Philip Muddiman

David Marshall

Sixth Jury.

Thomas Preston

W. Neale

John Budge

John Evans

Wm. Henry Sheppard

Hugh Bradley

Philip Mihill

Thomas Warner

Henry Noak

William Nash

John Bullen

Allan Templeman

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT .

MAGNAY, MAYOR . EIGHTH 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, June 10 th , 1844.

First Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1540. THOMAS FAIRNEY was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury.

No evidence.

NOT GUILTY .

1541. GEORGE CHALLINOR was indicted for an assault, with intent, &c.

NOT GUILTY .

1542. JOSEPH VANNER was indicted for embezzling 21 s ., the monies of James Thomas Heather , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined One Week .

1543. JOSEPH HERRINGTON was indicted for stealing 1 watch, value 3 l ., the goods of John Stutely , to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 63.— Confined One Month .

1544. SARAH LANNING was indicted for stealing one petticoat, value 2 s .; 2 shifts, 3 s .; 1 night-gown, 1 s . 6 d .; 3 gowns, 10 s .; 2 caps, 1 s .; 1 pair of stockings, 1 s . 6 d .; 1 pair of stays, 2 s . 6 d .; and 1 shawl, 3 s .; the goods of Maria Gardner ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Months .

OLD COURT .— Tuesday, June 11 th , 1844.

Second Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1545. DENNIS M'CARTHY was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of John Crockett , from his person.

HENRY DAVIS ( police-constable E 25). On the 10th of May I was on duty in Holborn, between Southampton-street and Museum-street—I saw the prisoner following Mr. Crockett—I watched for some time, and saw him lift the skirt of his coat, take a handkerchief out, put it in his breast and run off—I crossed and took him with the handkerchief—there was a scuffle—I was knocked down by the mob, and the handkerchief dragged from me—Mr. Crockett had claimed it in the prisoner's hearing—he begged him to let him go and said he would not do so again—I took him to the watch-house—it was a silk handkerchief, red and coloured.

Prisoner. The gentleman said, "Let him go, he has done nothing." Witness. Nobody said so in my hearing.

JOHN CROCKETT . I live in High Holborn, and am a pawnbroker. On the evening of the 5th of May, about seven o'clock, I was in Holborn—I called, and saw the policeman holding the prisoner—I saw my handkerchief in

the prisoner's hand—it was silk, a red border and stone-coloured middle, with spots—I am certain it was mine—the prisoner went on his knees, and begged me to let him go—I had Mrs. Crockett waiting for me—a mob col lected—I was glad to get away—it was safe when I left my house, which was thirty yards off.

Prisoner. Q. Did not you tell the policeman to let me go? A. No—I said I did not want the bother, and had rather let him go—I did not say he had done nothing.

Prisoner. I was taken to the station, and there was no owner for the pro perty, but next day this person came—there was plenty of time for the police man to get somebody to claim it.

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

(The prisoner had only been liberated five days from an imprisonment of twelve months for a similar offence.)

1546. ANN MERGROVE and MARY MASON were indicted for fe loniously assaulting William Duggin , putting him in fear, and taking from his person, and against his will, 1 watch, value 1 l . 5 s .; 1 breast-pin, 7 s .; 2 half-crowns, 4 shillings, and 2 pence, his property; and feloniously beat ing, striking, and using other personal violence to him.

WILLIAM DUGGIN , dyer, Field-terrace, Battle-bridge. On Sunday the 5th of May, near twelve o'clock at night, I was in the City-road between the canal basin bridge and the Sportsman—I had been drinking—Mergrove ac costed me, saying, "My dear, will you come home along with me?"—I did not say I would, but I went with her to Parr's-place, Cottage-lane—I can not say what time we got there—I had a small old-fashioned silver watch, a gold union pin, two half-crowns, four shillings, and two penny pieces—when we got to the door of a house there it was opened—I stood at the door a second or two, pausing whether I should go in or not—I was not desirous of going in—I had a cigar in my hand—I wanted a light, and went in to get one from a candle on the table—Mergrove directly shut the door, and said, "You had better sit down for a minute or two"—I do not recollect whether I sat down or not—I did not like the appearance of the place, and told her it was very late and I must be going—she stood against the door and said I should not go without I paid 5 s . for the room—I refused to do so—she used some bad expression, and Mason came in and said I must pay 5 s ., for I had been along with the girl—I told her I would not pay anything, I had only been there a second or two, and I did not see that I had anything to pay for—she said I had been along with the female, and I should pay 5 s . before I left the place—she instantly bolted the door, top and bottom, locked it and took the key away—I made an effort to get out, but there was no chance—they took me by surprise—I was not aware she had fastened the door—she did it while I was parleying with Mergrove—finding I was de termined not to give anything they both caught hold of the ends of my cravat and pulled it the reverse way—at that time I suppose they disengaged the union pin from my handkerchief—they pressed me down by the back part of my neck, on an old sofa—I was almost strangled, and had hardly any power—I distinctly felt their fingers in my waistcoat pocket, in fact all my pockets were rifled at the same time—during the struggle a man came in from the back place, and made the same demand, that I was to give them some money—I made an effort to get to the door and he intercepted me—my hat fell off in the struggle, and he kicked it towards the back place from whence he came, as if to get possession of it—this is it—it is broken in all parts—I screamed out murder, and made a desperate struggle to get away—the door was then

opened by some one, and they all pitched me into the street—they tore my coat completely off my back—this is it—it was new, and the second time of wearing—on coming out I missed my pin, my watch, and money—I waited for assistance—no one arrived for about twenty minutes, and during that period Mason came out and pushed me backwards into the kennel—she then lifted up my coat as a flag and said, "There, you b—"—I got a policeman when I got into Goswell-road, and he took them into custody—I have not recovered my pin or watch.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. You had been drinking? A. A little, I knew pretty well what I was about—I knew what I was going with Mergrove for—I did not pay her any money, I had no occasion to do so—nothing had transpired—I was not there three minutes before this occurred—I had been about a second with Mergrove when Mason arrived—the man came in while I was quarrelling with the women—he was also taken into custody—I made every effort I could to get out—I took up the poker at one time to defend myself—I did not swear I would knock Mason's brains out—it was directly taken from my hand by the two females—I had been at my brother's that night—I was not exactly drunk—I left my brother a little after eleven o'clock—I did not go into a public-house after that, I came direct from Cambridge-heath towards King's-cross—I had a glass of gin and water at Mr. Stevens's, the Duke of Cambridge, and nothing else—I had been there with my brother all the afternoon—we went there about eight or nine o'clock, and then went for a walk to Clapton and back—we had no drink there—all I had at Mr. Stevens's was half a glass of gin and water, and that is all I had that evening.

COURT . Q. What had you had in the afternoon? A. Very little—very little animates me, I am not used to drink.

JOHN REDMAN ( police-constable G 232.) Duggin applied to me about a quarter or half-past twelve o'clock—he pointed out the house to me where he was robbed—I asked what he had lost—he said, "A watch and pin"—I asked what else, and he told me—the door of the house was ajar—we went in, saw the prisoners and the man, and he gave them into custody—I told the females to put their bonnets on, they must go with me to the station—the man directly ran out at the back door—I ran out at the front door, and sprang my rattle—he was caught by another constable—I came back, and took the two females into custody—they were searched, and nothing was found on them—I found no pin, watch, or money—I searched the house afterwards, and left two con stables there, while I went to the station—the prosecutor was the worse for liquor—he seemed to understand what he was about pretty well.

CHARLES NICHOLLS ( police-constable G 166.) I was in Goswell-road on the night in question, and heard the springing of a rattle—I saw a man run ning, and rook him into custody—I found on him a half-crown, a shilling, and two penny pieces—the prosecutor had told me his loss before I found it.

JAMES STEVENS . I keep the Duke of Cambridge, in Felix-street, Hackney-road. On Sunday, the 5th of May, the prosecutor and his brother came to my house, about four o'clock—we sat in the bar together, and had a glass of gin and water apiece—he went home to his brother's to tea, and came back again about eight o'clock—they had a dram at the bar, and went for a walk—they returned about ten o'clock, and had a glass of gin and water and a pint of ale—he had then his union pin in his cravat—I should say he was not the worse for liquor—he spoke rationally enough—I was about having a lodge fitted up, the Knights of Burgundy—he was telling me he should come down and join it the following Wednesday night—in my opinon he was sober enough to know what occurred.

Mergrove's Defence ( written. ) "He told me if I would take him home he would give me half-a-crown; he went home with me; when I got home he refused paying me; he was quite in liquor. Mrs. Mason came home shortly after; the prosecutor then began to use me ill; I put my back against the door, to prevent his going out; he pushed me to the other side of the room, and took up the poker, and swore he would knock my brains out. When I found my life was in danger, I opened the door and ran into the parlour, and the prosecutor after me; he then swore he would break the chimney-glass. Mrs. Mason endeavoured to take the poker from him, when he struck her violently across the arm; he then struck the fender, and broke it into pieces; Mrs. Mason screamed, 'Murder!' I then ran out through the kitchen for assistance, and Thomas Mapson was going by at the time: he came and took the poker from his hand, Mrs. Mason ran out of the front door into the street; the prosecutor took the candle and candlestick off the table, and threw it at her; it missed its aim, and it fell into the gutter; he then struck her with his fist several times; she struck him again; her dress got torn; she ran into the house, and prosecutor after her, but he was pre vented from going in, by a man that rescued her from him: he then went away, and returned in a few minutes with a policeman, and gave us all three in charge: he did not say he was robbed until we all got to the station."

JOHN REDMAN re-examined. They charged the prosecutor with using the poker at the time—I found a poker lying in the room, and the fender and some small pictures, over the mantel-piece, broken.

NOT GUILTY .

OLD COURT .— Wednesday, June 12 th , 1844.

Third Jury, before Baron Gurney.

1547. REGINALD WHITAKER was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering an order for the payment of 170 l . with intent to defraud.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

THOMAS BRIGHTMAN . I am a gardener, and live at 19, Wimpole-street. On the 22nd of April, I advertised in the newspaper, and received a letter next day, which induced me to go to the Peacock, at Islington, on Tues day, the 23rd—I got there a little after two o'clock in the afternoon—I was shown into the parlour—I said I had come to see a gentleman named Clarke, and in a short time the prisoner came into the parlour—he asked the waiter if anybody had been inquiring for him—I said yes, I was the person who had come to inquire for him—he said, "Oh, sit down"—I had the letter in my hand, and said, "Is this your hand writing?"—he said it was, that he wanted me as a porter to himself and father, to deliver light parcels and messages—I showed him two written recom mendations—he seemed very well pleased with them—he said he would give me 1 l . a week to start, and if I suited him and liked the place he would ad vance me considerably in two months—I had some drink at my own expense, and he had brandy and water—we parted, he said he would write for my character, and let me know as quick as possible—he was dressed in dark trow sers, a cloak, and blue spectacles, with glass sides and front—I was about ten minutes with him—I left him there—on Tuesday the 30th of April, I received another letter, signed Clarke, in consequence of which, I went to the long-room in the Custom-house, on Wednesday, at eleven o'clock, and after some time saw the prisoner there—he came into the middle of the room to me—I had waited about a quarter of an hour—I followed him to the door—he said he had

written for my character, and he and his father were very well satisfied with it, as is mentioned in the letter, that he had nothing particular for me to do that day, but on going down the steps he gave me a blank letter to take to the Bank of England hotel, by the Great Western Railway office, this is it—I was then to meet him at the Gloucester coffee-house, Piccadilly, at half-past one—I went and left the letter, and afterwards to the Gloucester coffee-house—I met him on the pavement—he asked if I had taken the note—I said I had, and he gave me 1 s . to get my dinner—he then said he had business to do with a wine merchant by Leadenhall-street—I was to meet him at half-past three o'clock at the East India-house (this was on the 1st of May)—I went to the East India-house, and found him on the steps about half-past three o'clock—he said he wanted me to go to the bank in Old Bond-street—he pulled a bag out of his pocket, and took out a check for 170 l ., this is it—I was to bring him 70 sovereigns and ten 10 l . notes to the King's Arms, opposite the East India-house—I went to Old Bond-street with the check, got there in about forty minutes, and presented the check—I was detained, told it was forged, and was taken into custody—I told how I became possessed of it, and was afterwards taken to the King's Arms, Leadenhall-street, but did not find the prisoner there—I could hear nothing of him—I was discharged that day—when I saw him at the India-house, he wore a brown coat and dark trowsers, but no cloak or spectacles—on the 18th of May, I saw him looking in at a picture-shop window in Great Portland-street, about two o'clock in the day, and recognised him—I stood by him a short time, passed and noticed him—he at last moved on into Oxford-street—I followed him into Hyde-park, saw a policeman there, and gave him in charge—I said I gave him in charge for giving me a forged check to take to the bank—he gave his name as George Reginald Whitaker, No. 3, Quickset-row, New-road.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did he not say he knew nothing whatever of the charge, and had never seen you before in his life? A. Yes—I went to my own apartment in Wimpole-street, on my way to the bank, and showed the check to my landlady—I was there a very little while—I had a little porter there—it is a gentleman's house she is minding—I then went to Bond-street—I did not hear the prisoner implore the Magistrate to remand him, for the waiters and persons at the places I mentioned to be pro duced—I think you spoke of it—the waiter was produced at the second examination, and saw the prisoner—Mr. Bush declined calling him.

CHARLES HOLYER . I am cashier at the bank of Sir William Call and others. On the 1st of May this check was produced to me by Brightman—I at once doubted its being Mr. Princep's, the drawer's, handwriting—I de tained it, and had Brightman taken in charge—Mr. Princep had an account with us—we detained Brightman in the house a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes—I accompanied him to the police-station—the check is not an impression from our plate.

HENRY T—— PRINCEP . I live in Hyde-park-gardens. I have an account with Messrs. Call—this check has not my signature—no part of it is my writing, nor was it written by my authority.

PETER GLYNN ( policeman. ) I took the prisoner in charge, I went directly to No. 3, Quickset-row, New-road, and found his name and address were correct—( check read. )

Witness for the Defence.

MRS. THOMAS . I live at No. 3, Quickset-row, New-road. The prisoner lodged with me for a year and seven months—he never had a cloak of any kind, nor blue spectacles—he bore the best of characters, and kept good hours—on the morning of the 1st of May he went out about a quarter to

twelve o'clock—I am certain he did not go out before that—I had occasion to make his bed furniture, and could not finish it in consequence of his re maining at home—my house is a considerable distance from the Custom-house.

MR. DOANE . Q. How do you recollect it was the 1st of May? A. There was a dispute between my youngest daughter and the servant respecting the day, that Wednesday morning—my daughter said it was the 1st of May—the servant went out, and saw the sweeps, and on coming home said it was the 1st of May, as there were the sweeps.

ELLEN ALWRIGHT . I am a sempstress. On the 1st of May I was at work at No. 41, Craven-street, Strand, and went to Mrs. Nichols's, No. 38, in that street, at two o'clock, to fetch a bonnet to be cleaned—I remained there till after three—there was a child there at dinner—I afterwards went out with the child and the bonnet—the prisoner was there when I went, and I left him there—I returned between four and five—he was still there—Mrs. Nichols and her nurse were there then.

MR. DOANE . Q. How do you know it was the 1st of May? A. I worked there the day before and the day after—the children were very anxious to see Jack-in-the-green.

(The prisoner received an excellent character.)

NOT GUILTY .

First Jury, before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1548. SAMUEL WITHERS and HENRY GILES ATKINS were indicted for uttering a forged 5 l . Bank of England note, with intent to de fraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England .—2nd COUNT , with intent to defraud John George Weston .

JOHN GEORGE WESTON . I am a tobacconist, and live at No. 35, Holborn hill. On the 25th of April, about seven o'clock, the two prisoners came to my shop together—Withers spoke first, and asked me the price of goods, which I told him—he then said that he wanted to make a purchase, and that he had a bill, which he produced—I said, if it was a good bill I had no objection to take it—he said it was accepted by a party in the Custom-house, if I in quired I should find it worth my notice—he left it with me to see if I would take it—this is the bill—it is accepted by a Mr. Burnside—his residence is stated in the bill as Spring-terrace, Horsemonger-lane—I went next day to the Custom-house—I did not find any such person as Burnside—I did not see the prisoners myself afterwards till they were in custody.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. I believe you entered into an ar rangement with Withers to take some cigars on your discounting the bill? A. No—he left it with me to inquire—I said, if I found it was good, I would take it—I did not inquire at No. 5, Spring-terrace, as Burnside was not known at the Custom-house—the prisoner represented him as a clerk or officer there—I inquired of several people in the hall—I found he was not in the Custom-house at all, and did not trouble to go to Spring-terrace—I have been there since, and found a Mr. Burnside lived there; and next day we went, and he was gone, and his goods also—I did not know Burnside, and never took two bottles of wine with him—when I went after Withers was in custody, I was asked to take a glass of wine by a person representing herself as Mrs. Burn side—I did not see Mr. Burnside there at all—the address of Withers, No. 15, Stand-gate-street, Lambeth, is on the bill—I went there to arrest him—he was not there—nobody knew the name of Withers there—after a deal of inquiry, and waiting about all day, we found him, and found he had lately married a person named Bath—he was living there by that name.

JAMES MORRISON . I am in the service of Mr. Weston. The prisoners

came to the shop when master was not there—I had not seen them when mas ter was there—they came together, about ten o'clock, on the Saturday even ing—Withers said they had made an agreement with Mr. Weston for some cigars, and they had come to take them away—they named what sort they wanted, and I gave them 2lbs. of cheroots, 2lbs. of different sorts, and 2lbs. of British Havannahs—they took them away, and Withers gave me a 5 l . bank-note—Withers came back, and said he would take another pound of cigars—the goods amounted to 3 l . 1 s .—I gave him 5 s ., which was all the change I had, and they went away—I put the 5 l . note into the till until I went home—I then gave it to Mr. Weston—there was no other note there—it was the only note I ever took.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe Withers called three times that day? A. Yes—the first time was about one o'clock—he asked me if Mr. Weston was at home—I said No, I thought he was at the other shop in Queen-street—they went out, then called again, between four and five, and asked if Mr. Weston was in—I said I had not seen him since—I did not tell them he was at the shooting gallery—they called the third time about ten, and asked if Mr. Weston was within—I said "No"—Withers said he had come for the cigars, he had made an agreement with Mr. Weston, and I let him have them—he said he had been into the country, and was going again, and would come for the change of the note when he came back on Monday—he told me to tell master he was the Mr. Withers who had left a bill with him the day before—I told master so—master had told me not to give up the bill, and I did not—I looked at the number of the note when it was first given to me to see the number—I am certain of that—this is my signature to this deposition—( the deposition stated, "The note was No. 1769; I took no note of the number at the time; I put it into the till; I noticed the number at the time. ")

MR. WESTON . The witness gave me the 5 l ."note—I looked at it, and pronounced it bad immediately—I went on Monday morning to the Bank, and had it marked "forged"—this is it.

JOSHUA FREEMAN . I am inspector of Bank-notes at the Bank of Eng land. This note is forged in paper, plate, and signature.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you call it a good imitation? A. No.

THOMAS GREATHEAD . I am a cheese monger, and live in Bridge-row, Lambeth. I received this 5 l . note, which has been produced, on Saturday, the 13th of April, from a woman—on looking at it afterwards I imagined it to be forged, and sent after her—she brought the prisoner Withers to me the same day, and said, in his presence, he was the person who had paid it to her—he asked to look at it—I showed it to him—he said it certainly was the note he had given her, but from the parties he had it from, he did not think it was a bad one—I told him my impression, it was; that I had spoken to the woman, and I should have the money back on Monday—I had given her the change for it—on the Tuesday they paid four sovereigns—I kept the note till Saturday, the 27th, about eleven o'clock, or from that to one, when Atkins brought the remaining sovereign, and took the note away—he was not with Withers when he came before, but he had called in the meantime with a mes sage, and he said he had come from Withers to pay the sovereign and take the note.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you know who the woman was? A. Yes; I had known her some years—I think Withers said he knew it was the note he paid the woman, because the name of Mason was on it—he looked at it, and said it was the note—I cannot say he recognised it by the name on it, but I had seen that name on it—it had been kept separate from other notes—I told the woman I believed it was a bad note—she proposed to take it back, and pay me.

SARAH MURRAY . I live in Temple-street, St. George's-road. On this Saturday night the two prisoners came to my house—Atkins came first with a bundle to Mrs. Danks; I live next door, and she not being at home, I took the bundle from him—Withers came to Mrs. Danks's shortly after, and she not being at home, I went to him—he said, "Have you seen Atkins? because he has got a bundle of mine"—while I was talking, Atkins came up—I was standing at my door, and we had a little conversation—the bundle was opened, and about a dozen cigars taken out and given to me—they then went away.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you know Withers's residence? A. No—I never saw him before, nor his wife.

JAMES WOOD . I keep a public-house in Blackman-street, Borough. On Saturday, the 27th of April, Atkins came to my house, and offered me 2lbs. of cheroots—I bought them of him.

Cross-examined. Q. What did you pay for them? A. Sixteen shillings—that was a fair price—I have known him about four years as a tobacconist—I never heard anything against him—he kept a shop in Dover-road when I knew him.

JOSEPH TODHUNTER ( City police-inspector. ) I have produced the note—it has been in my custody—I apprehended Withers on the 29th of April, in Stangate-street, Lambeth, going into his house, No. 15, I believe—I ap prehended Atkins on the 3rd of May, in Kent-street, Borough.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you search Withers? A. Yes, and the house afterwards—I found on him a bill for 4 l . 14 s . 6 d ., at three months' date, a similar bill to the one produced, but the drawer of this is the acceptor of the other; also a spoiled bill for 9 l . 15 s .

Atkins's Defence. Mr. Weston has known me many years; I gave him an order a week before for cigars.

WITHERS *— GUILTY . Aged 25.— Transported for Ten Years .

ATKINS — GUILTY . Aged 32.— Confined Two Years .

Third Jury, before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1549. DANIEL WRIGHT was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a warrant and order for the payment of 390 l ., with intent to defraud Sir Samuel Scott and others.

MR. CLARKSON conducted the Prosecution.

GEORGE TAYLOR . I am a clerk in the banking-house of Sir Samuel Scott, Bart., and two others—they carry on the business in Cavendish-square under the firm of Sir Claude Scott and Co. On the 3rd of May the prisoner pre sented this check for 390 l . to me, and said he wished change for it for Mr. Redmayne, of Bond-street—Mr. Redmayne was a customer of ours—I gave him six 50 l . and four 20 l . notes, and ten sovereigns—the check was forwarded from our house to the Bank, and was afterwards returned to us as forged.

Cross-examined by MR. WILKINS . Q. I presume that you have before cashed checks on the cashiers of the Bank of England? A. Yes—I cannot say that I know an instance where the cashiers of the Bank of England have cashed a check of this description—it was their rule to refuse to cash checks not written upon printed forms; but, with their alterations lately, I cannot say whether it is so now—the indorsement induced me to cash the check—I know Mr. Ceates—I believed this to be his writing at the time it was presented to me.

ARTHUR MAITLAND . I am a clerk in the Bank of England. This check was produced at the Bank, and returned as being forged—I examined the signature of Pulsford—it is not his writing—we have only one William Puls ford

who keeps cash at the Bank—we never pay checks, except on printed forms.

Cross-examined. Q. Then, whether forged or not, you would never have cashed this check? A. Certainly not.

WILLIAM PULSFORD . I live at No. 11, Hyde-park-terrace. I keep cash at the Bank of England—this check for 390 l . is not my handwriting—I never authorised any one to put my name to a check of that sort—I knew nothing of Mr. Redmayne previous to this transaction.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. It is not at all like your writing? A. Not at all.

GILES REDMAYNE . I am a silk-mercer, and live at 20, New Bond-st. I did not send this check to be cashed on my account, or for my accommodation, by the prisoner—I never saw it till it was produced by the policeman—I have a clerk named Ceates—I never authorised this indorsement to be made—it is not Ceates's handwriting, nor at all like it, in my opinion—I only know the prisoner as the brother of a lad who is an apprentice of mine, and lives with me—I have seen him once or twice at his father's, and spoken to him.

FREDERICK. CEATES . I am a clerk in Mr. Redmayne's service. The in dorsement, "For Giles Redmayne, T. Ceates," on this check, is not my hand-writing—I did not send the prisoner with it, to get it cashed for Mr. Red mayne.

JONATHAN WHICHER ( police-sergeant A 27.) In consequence of informa tion I received I went in pursuit of the prisoner—I traced him to Birming ham, and, on the 24th of May, I apprehended him at the Victoria hotel, Eus ton-square—a female was in company with him—they were in one of the par lours, at breakfast, between ten and eleven o'clock—I asked the prisoner his name—he said, "Day"—I told him I was an officer, and I was going to ask him some questions, which he would do as he pleased about answering—I asked him if he recollected buying a gold watch at Whistler's, in the Strand—he said he did—I asked if he knew where he got the 50 l . note from with which he paid for it—he made no reply—I told him he must consider himself in my custody, on suspicion of uttering a forged check at Scott's, in Cavendish-square, for 390 l .—he made no reply at that time, but afterwards he said it was a bad job, and he must put up with the consequence—he asked me seve ral times if I thought he should be transported—I searched him, and found on him five sovereigns and 4 s . 6 d ., and in a writing-case, in the room, 70 l . in gold and a quantity of jewellery, a gold watch and pin, and articles of wearing apparel, most of them new—this is a list of them, which I made at the time—part of the things were given up to the female, when she was discharged—I found in the prisoner spocket-book a check similar to the one produced—it is signed "Pulsford," the same as the other—I brought him and the woman away in a cab —he said, "It is a good job you took me to-day, for I think I should have uttered that other check to-morrow; yet I don't think I should have had the heart to have done it"—he said he was in difficulties at the time he did it, and it was through the women—I asked him, at the time I found the gold, if he had any more money—he said no, he had lost two of the 50 l . notes.

( Check read )—" 11, Hyde-park-terrace, 3rd May, 1844. To the Cashiers of the Bank of England. Please to pay Mr. Giles Redmayne, or bearer, the sum of 390 l ., which place to my account. Your obedient servant, WILLIAM PULSFORD .

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Twelve Years .

Fourth Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1550. JOHN SIMMS was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of Sept ., 1 watch, value 2 l . 10 s .; 26 numbers of Loudon's Magazine of Botany, 2 l . 8 s .; 4 waistcoats, 18 s .; and 1 time-piece, 8 s .; the goods of Thomas Cooke , in the dwelling-house of Thomas Sills ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

1551. BENJAMIN LAMBERT was indicted for stealing 1 bushel of a mixture of bran, beans, and chaff, value 2 s .; the goods of Richard Claxton , his master.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

RICHARD FLEMING GILLAS . I am clerk to a merchant, and live in Rose place, Mile End-road. I am acquainted with Mr. Claxton. On the morning of the 24th of May, by his direction, I watched, and saw his wagon at Briggs's cow-yard, Hackney-road, loading—I watched the prisoner from there to Cam bridge-heath-road—the nosebags appeared to have been emptied into another bag—there was one bag containing something—I watched him down to the premises of Chadwick, a green-grocer, in Cambridge-heath-road—when he got near there the wagon stopped, and the prisoner took a bag from the fore part of it, and went up a passage behind the man's premises, and shot it into the bin in the stable—I got a policeman, went with him, showed him the bin, and it turned out to be the horses provender—the policeman took possession of it put it into a sack, and brought it to the station—the policeman and I followed the prisoner—I came up with him in Bow-road, and gave him in charge.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. What did the prisoner do at his master's place? A. I did not see him at his master's place, I watched him from Briggs's cow-yard.

WILLIAM EDWARD BALL ( police-constable N 365.) On the morning of the 24th of May, in consequence of what Mr. Gillas told me, I went into Chadwick's stable, and in a bin which he pointed out, I found a quantity of food for horses, which I took charge of, and produce—I afterwards took the prisoner into custody—I told him he was charged with robbing his master of some corn—he said, "Oh, it is only that I picked up on the road."

Cross-examined. Q. He said, first of all, "Why, what me?" did he not? A. Yes.

RICHARD CLAXTON . I reside at Cann-hall, Wanstead—the prisoner was in my service about a year and a quarter this time—he had been so before, as carman—in consequence of some suspicions I entertained, I gave directions to Mr. Gillas—on the morning of the 24th of May, I sent the prisoner out to Mr. Briggs', in Hackney-road, for a load of manure—he took three horses and a nosebag—I examined the nosebag before it left my yard—it was full of cut chaff, bran, and beans, mixed—when it came back it was empty—this pro duced is such as they usually bait their horses with.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you know anything about the corn that went out on this particular morning? A. Yes, it was such corn as this, it is what I feed all my horses with—I charge him with stealing a portion of what he took out in the nosebag, and which ought to have fed the horses—if they had been fed properly it would not have been brought back—it would depend on the time they were on the road—a portion usually comes back—I went to Briggs's yard with Gillas, to watch, and was there from nine till half-past nine o'clock, while the cart was loading—I got there about the time the cart arrived—Briggs keeps horses.

MR. DOANE . Q. Where were you at Briggs's? A. Outside the yard—I

did not see the cart leave Briggs's—I had then left—the nose-bags were then full, on the horses—it was his duty to go direct from Briggs's to my house—he had no right to stop on the road—Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick were brought before the Magistrate, and were dismissed—the sack is not mine, it is one which the officer found at Chadwick's, and put the corn in—I expect that the corn was emptied out of the nose-bags in Mr. Briggs's yard—there were two wagons together on this day.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined One Month .

1552. TIMOTHY TOBIN and JOHN M'NALLY were indicted for feloniously assaulting John Hatfield , and cutting and wounding him on his head, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

JOHN HATFIELD . I am a labourer in the service of Mr. Curtis, a builder; they call me Long Jack. On the 4th of May, about nine o'clock in the evening, I went to the Grave Maurice public-house in Whitechapel-road—the two prisoners were there, and other persons—I knew them before—I sat down, and was drinking a pint of beer—one prisoner sat on one side of me, and one on the other—after about an hour or more, I missed about half-a-crown out of my breeches pocket—I said I had missed a half-crown—M'Nally said, "Who do you think has got it?"—I said, "I don't know who has got it, it is as likely to be you as any one else"—on that M'Nally jumped up and hit me with his fist on the cheek—I did not return it, but came out of the public-house—the prisoners both came out afterme—I went towards North-street, and when I got near Gillass's butter-shop one of the prisoners struck me a severe blow on the side of the head, which knocked me down at-once senseless, and while I was down I received a kick in the jaw—I cannot say from whom—I do not think there were any persons near me but the prisoners—I did not ob serve any—they followed me from the public-house to the spot where I re ceived the blow—I do not know what happened afterwards till I found my self in the hospital—they kept me there a week, I then came out, and in four days was obliged to go back again.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Did you not say first, in the public-house, that Tobin had robbed you? A. Yes—he had left the house and came back again—while he was out I said, "Where is Tobin?"—M'Nally said, "I don't know where he is"—I then said, "I have lost some money"—I had been friendly with M'Nally before that—I had no notion that he had picked my pocket—I looked round once after leaving the public-house, and saw two men following me, but I cannot say who they were—when I was knocked down I had no opportunity of seeing who the persons were—I cannot say who the two men were that were following me, or that knocked me down—I do not know whether the prisoners are the same two or not—I saw the two prisoners leave the public-house when I did.

Tobin. Q. Where were you when you say I struck you? A. Near the butter-shop—I cannot say whether you of M'Nally knocked me down—you did not hit me at all that I know of.

JAMES DAVIS . I am potboy at the Grave Maurice. On the 14th of May I remember the prosecutor coming there—the prisoners were there—I knew them—I heard the prosecutor say he had lost some money—I saw M'Nally hit him, and heard him say if Tobin was there he would kill him, or they would kill him—I remember the prosecutor going away—the prisoners went out shortly afterwards.

Cross-examined. Q. How long after? A. About five minutes—it is a large public-house—there were four, five, or six persons there, or there might have been more—M'Nally had a paper cap on—he is a stoker to an engine, or something of that sort, at Mr. Lechmere's, close by—I cannot say whether he wore a light shoe, I have not observed—Tobin had a glazed hat on—Tobin was not in the house when M'Nally struck the prosecutor—I saw him return and leave the house with M'Nally after the prosecutor.

THOMAS HILL . I keep the Grave Maurice. On the night of the 4th of May, between eleven and twelve o'clock, I was in the parlour—I heard a dis turbance in the tap-room, and as I was going in I met the prosecutor coming out—he was fresh —I recommended him to go home—I went to the door with him, and he left—at the time I was recommending him to leave the house, the prisoners were both following him out of the tap-room, threatening him—one of them said, "We will serve you out, you b——"—I cannot say which it was, but I believe it to be Tobin—they left about five minutes after the prosecutor—I did not look at the clock.

Cross-examined. Q. Does M'Nally generally wear very light shoes? A. I cannot say, I never noticed his shoes—he is an engine-driver, I believe—I knew him by his using my house.

ANN RAYMENT . I am the wife of John Rayment, a labourer, and live in Wellington-street North, Whitechapel-road. On this night I was at the top of North-street, talking to a friend, and saw the prosecutor walking in a direc tion from the Grave Maurice, towards the Blind Beggar public-house, with his hands in his pockets—the two prisoners were just behind him—I knew them before, and have seen them in Whitechapel—I saw them walking along to gether, a few yards behind the prosecutor—when he got to the butter-shop I turned round my head, and saw him falling—I said, "Good God, it is Jack Hatfield, fallen down!"—I then saw the prisoners—M'Nally stood nearest to him—they both made their escape off the pavement into the road—the pri soners were the nearest persons to him at the time he fell—M'Nally had a paper cap on, and the other a shiny hat—I assisted in doing all I could to help the prosecutor—he was bleeding very much indeed.

Cross-examined. Q. How do you get your living? A. I am a charwoman, and take in washing—I am quite sure M'Nally had on a paper cap—I have never said that he had a shiny hat—Tobin had a shiny hat—there were three or four persons passing at the same time as the prisoners, but they walked right on, and we're not behind Hatfield—the path is wide, and they were not on the pavement.

MR. DOANE . Q. Have you any doubt whether these are the two men? A. I am sure they are.

CHARLES BULLWINKLE . I live at Mr. Gillas's butter shop. After eleven o'clock, on this Saturday evening, I was closing the shop, and putting up the window, and saw Hatfield coming along, with his hands in his pockets—as he was passing I had my back to him—I heard a blow, turned round, and saw a man turn from him, and Hatfield was lying on the ground—I saw a man near him, not quite as tall as himself—I cannot speak to either of the prisoners—M'Nally was one if it was either of them—I only saw one man near him, and he walked gently away—he had a shiny cap on—before I heard the blow, he said, "You b——, you say I robbed you of a half-crown"—Hatfield was in a senseless state, and a little the worse for liquor.

Cross-examined. Q. You are sure there was but one man? A. Only one—if there had been two I think I should have seen them—there were not two—I am sure the man had on a glazed hat, and not a paper cap—my back was to the pathway at the lime Hatfield came by, so that I could not see who was

there, till I turned round again—I then saw only one man there besides Hat field—five or six came up after he was down—it is not a dark spot—the shops were lighted up—it was a few minutes to twelve o'clock—the shops were not shut up—it was very light on the pavement.

COURT . Q. Was your back to the pavement when you heard the expres sion, "You b—, you say I robbed you of half-a-crown?" A. Yes, and when I heard the blow and fall.

Tobin. Q. Did you see me there? A. No.

WILLIAM DEACON , tallow-chandler, Somerville-street, North-street, White chapel. On this night, near twelve o'clock, I was in front of the butter shop, in a piece of waste ground, just off the edge of the curb—I saw the prosecutor walking past the shop, with his hands in his pocket—I did not see any one following him—I saw M'Nally meet him—he said, "You b—, you say I robbed you of half-a-crown"—he then struck him a blow on the left side of the jaw—he instantly fell down backwards, without bending—M'Nally then turned round, and walked deliberately away towards North-street—I directly looked towards Hatfield—he was motionless—I did not look to see who else was there—I then went home, after seeing Mrs. Rayment and others go up to assist him—I did not notice any one near him but M'Nally at the time he fell—I did not notice whether he had a cap or hat on.

Cross-examined. Q. You saw him go up to Hatfield? A. Yes, strike him, and walk away—I first gave evidence of this on the 22nd—I was sub poenaed—I did not give information to anybody before the day they were brought up.

COURT . Q. How was it known you could give evidence? A. Some per son heard me make use of an expression that it was a shame such a blow should be struck without having some punishment for it—I made that remark openly on the spot, in front of the butter shop—I do not know who heard me—I had never seen M'Nally before, to my knowledge.

Tobin. Q. Did you see me there? A. No.

JURY . Q. What was there particular in M'Nally's appearance that made you believe it to be him that struck the blow? A. His dress, appearance, and walk—I saw his features.

SAMUEL HILL . I am dresser under Mr. Andrews, a surgeon at the London Hospital. Hatfield was under Mr. Andrews' care—I attended to him—he was brought in early on Sunday morning, the 5th of May—I found a lacerated wound at the back of the scalp, about an inch long—his face was very much swollen, and had a small wound—the laceration on the head might very likely have been produced by a kick—his mouth was full of blood—I afterwards discovered that a small artery had been ruptured—I was called up about an hour after I had been in bed, to stop the hemorrhage—he remained there at least a week, then left, and returned for another week—I think the brain had sustained some injury in consequence of the violence—I think there was con cussion—we had to rouse him before he could answer the questions I put to him—the lacerated wound was torn, and a portion of it smashed, about one-eighth of an inch wide—a common shoe might possibly make the wound—it was in the hairy part of the head—it was caused by some blunt instrument—it might have been a stone, or a kick with a heavy shoe, or falling against a step, or anything of that sort—I attribute the rupture of the small artery to the wound in the face—that was a much cleaner cut than the one at the back of the head—that might have been done with the fist—the cleanness of the cut was owing to its having caught against the tooth—the man is not well now—it has given him a general shock, and done him a deal of harm—he

had lost a great deal of blood—a fall without bending the body would be of much greater weight than if the body yielded.

Cross-examined. Q. The blow behind the head, I suppose, might have been done by the fall? A. It might, and also the wound in the face—all I saw might possibly have been produced by a fall, but it is not likely that a wound both behind and in front should be produced by a fall.

MR. DOANE . Q. He must have struck against two hard substances, or have had two falls? A. Yes.

JAMES HANDS ( police-constable K 248). I went into the London hospital and saw the prosecutor on the 6th of May—in consequence of what he said to me I took Tobin into custody, (M'Nally was afterwards taken into custody by another constable)—I asked if his name was Tobin—he said no, it was Holland—I asked if he knew anybody named Hatfield—he said he did not—I asked if he was in any row or disturbance on the Saturday previous—he said no—I asked if he was at the Grave Maurice—he said he was, but he was not in any row , and had seen nothing of it—I took the two prisoners to the hos pital, and asked Hatfield, in their hearing, if they were the men—he said they were—they both said, "Did I strike you?"—and he said, "Yes"—Tobin asked whereabouts it was he struck him, but the nurse would not allow him to be asked any further question, he was in such a weak state.

Tobin's Defence. I never saw him after leaving the public-house till I was taken to the hospital.

MR. PRENDERGAST called

PATRICK FINING . I went to the Grave Maurice on this night—the prisoners were there and a good party—I left the house with M'Nally, and went along down towards the Blind Beggar, and the corner of North-street—Tobin was not in our company then—he was in the public-house at the corner of North-street—we met with the prosecutor—he was lying on the pavement—he never moved—he looked almost dead—he was in a very bad state—M'Nally had not struck or touched him in any way—I stood close by, and had gone with him all along from the public-house—Tobin had gone out of the public-house before us—I cannot say whether he went down the road, or which way he went after he got out—I went home—I live in John-street—M'Nally lives in Queen Ann-street—he and I came out of the public-house together—Tobin went out first—he was a-head of us—he could not have left two or three minutes before us—I saw him go out—M'Nally went out next, and I followed him out—I did not see anybody in a glazed hat when we came up to the prosecutor—M'Nally wore a cap—Tobin had a glazed hat in the public-house—I did not see the man fall—I only saw him on the ground.

MR. DOANE . Q. How long had you been in the public-house that even ing? A. About three quarters of an hour—I went somewhere about eleven o'clock—I was in the tap-room—I did not know the prisoners were there till I found them there—I went there to have some beer—Davies, the pot-boy, served me—I and John Barry, and Peter Foy, had three pots of beer—they are not here—they were not friends of mine—they lodged in the same house—one was my bed-fellow—they left before me after drinking the three pots of porter—I staid to listen to a man singing a song—I heard Hatfield complain of being robbed of half-a-crown—M'Nally was there—Tobin was not—I have been slightly acquainted with M'Nally about four months, and lived near him—I afterwards saw Tobin come in and go out again—I saw M'Nally strike Hatfield in the public-house—Mr. Hill, the landlord, spoke to Hatfield and helped to send him home—I saw him leave the tap-room and go out—Tobin had then left—I swear that—he came in afterwards.

COURT . Q. You mean to swear Tobin was not in the public-house when Hatfield was spoken to by the landlord, and went out? A. No, he was not—Tobin and M'Nally did not follow Hatfield out of the tap-room—Hatfield went out of the house first, and the prisoners afterwards—I did not hear either of them say "We will serve you out"—if it had been said I think I should have heard it.

MR. DOANE . Q. Then Tobin came in after Hatfield had left? A. Yes, and M'Nally told him he had been accused of this—I and M'Nally then went out, about two minutes after Tobin—M'Nally never parted from me after we left the public-house, till we found Hatfield lying on the pavement—I did not see Tobin when we got outside the public-house—I did not see Mrs. Rayment when I saw the prosecutor on the ground—there were a good many people on the road—this is the first time I have been called on to give an account of this matter—M'Nally's wife asked me to do so—I heard of his being taken up about the 6th of May—Mrs. M'Nally knew where I lived—she has been to me once, twice, or three times, but I rather declined to come—the week after it happened she asked me to come up—I had constant work, and did not want to come and lose a day's work.

MR. DOANE re-called

JAMES DAVIS . I do not know Fining—he was not at our public-house at all that night—I did not serve him, Peter Foy, or John Barry with three pots of porter or any porter.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Is he not a customer of yours? A. No, I have never seen him in the house since I have been there—I am certain he was not there that night—I was in the tap-room all the while the prisoners were there, and am sure he was not there at all—there was one or two other men there—he might have been there on other nights without my observing him.

THOMAS HILL . I cannot say whether Fining was-at my honse that night, because I did not see all their faces; I did not see him there, and do not remember ever seeing him in my life—I am certain the prisoners were together, when I heard one of them say, "We will serve him out"—Tobin had not left the house while Hatfield was there.

TOBIN — GUILTY . Aged 42.

M'NALLY — GUILTY . Aged 22.

Confined Six Months .

OLD COURT .— Thursday, June 13, 1844.

Second Jury, before Edward Bullock, Esq.

1553. PETER CLOVER was indicted for stealing at St. Mary's, White chapel , 1 cash-box, value 1 s .; 22 sovereigns, 2 half-sovereigns, 2 crowns, 12 half-crowns, 40 shillings, 40 sixpences, and 2 £5 Bank-notes, the property of Charles Tanner , in his dwelling-house; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy.— Transported for Ten Years .

1554. MARY CHAMBERLAIN was indicted for stealing 1 gown, value 5 s ., the goods of John Cody .

MARY CODY . I am the wife of John Cody, a tailor, and lodge on the second floor in Adam and Eve-court, Oxford-street. On the 8th of May, at ten o'clock in the morning, I went to market, leaving my gown on a nail by my room door—I returned at twelve and missed it—the prisoner lodged in the house about nine months ago, and has been in my room since—she was brought there in the afternoon, and I asked how she came to take my gown—she said she did not—I gave her in charge—this is my gown.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Where was the gown? A. In the front room—I left my husband at home at work in the back room.

SUSAN CURTIS . I live on the first floor of this house. On the 8th of May, about twelve o'clock, the prisoner knocked at my room door—she had nothing with her then—she asked for Mrs. Cody—I told her to go to the second floor—she went up stairs—I heard her coming down in five or ten minutes, and saw something tucked under her shawl—she left the house.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you know her before? A. I had seen her.

EMMA LARLAND . I keep a wardrobe in Holland-street, Soho. On the 8th of May, about half-past twelve o'clock, the prisoner brought me this gown to purchase—I refused—she asked if I thought it would fit her—I said I would alter it for her—she said she bought it of a poor distressed woman.

JAMES BLOOM . I took her in charge—she denied the charge.

GUILTY . Aged 36.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Fourteen Days .

1555. JOHN EVANS was indicted for stealing 1 jar, value 1 s .; and 10 1/2 ozs. weight of tobacco, 3 s ., the goods of David Wells .

DAVID WELLS . I keep a to bacconist's shop in Weston-street, Somers town—the shop is partitioned off—one part is a shoemaker's. I was in the shoe shop on the 16th of May, and heard somebody in the tobacco shop—I looked through the glass door, and saw the prisoner go round behind the counter, take a jar of tobacco off the shelf, put it under his arm, and walk to the door, where I stopped him and took the jar from him.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Two Months .

1556. JOHN HEARLEY and WILLIAM GINIVAN were indicted for stealing 2lbs. 14ozs. weight of soap, value 1 s . 2 d ., the goods of John Oulds, and that Hearley had been before convicted of felony.

JOHN EAMES . I manage the business of John Oulds, oilman, Tottenham Court-road. On the 20th of May, about ten o'clock at night, I was behind the counter, and saw the prisoners come to the door—they each tried to take some soap from within the shop—Hearley took some, and they walked away—I ran out, calling "Stopthief!"—they ran away together up Tavistock-street—I saw Hearley with the soap—a gentleman stopped him and I stopped Ginivan, and gave them in charge.

EVERARD PARKINS ( policeman. ) I heard a cry of "Stop thief!"—I found this soap in an area—I took Hearley to the station-house.

THOMAS CALE ( policeman. ) I picked up this piece of soap in Tavistock-street—the prisoners had run in that direction.

GEORGE ROBERTS ( policeman. ) I produce a certificate of Hearley's former conviction, and know him to be the boy—( read. )

HEARLEY — GUILTY . Aged 17.— Transported for Seven Years .

GINIVAN — GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Two Months .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1557. ELIZABETH LINDSAY and ELLEN LINDSAY were indicted for stealing 1 counterpane, value 2 l .; 6 blankets, 2 l . 8 s .; 5 quilts, 2 l .; 90 towels, 3 l .; 54 dusters, 1 l . 16 s .; 52 yards of linen sheeting, 4 l . 14 s .; 12 pieces of linen sheeting, 4 l . 14 s .; 5 window curtains, 10 s .; and 1 plate, 2 d .; the goods of our Lady the Queen , their mistress: and JAMES LIND SAY , for feloniously receiving the said goods, well knowing them to have been stolen.—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of George John, Earl Delawarr , their master.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL , with MESSRS. ADOLPHUS and GURNEY , conducted the Prosecution.

MR. HENRY SAUNDERS . I am inspector in the Lord Chamberlain's department, at the palaces—Earl Delawarr is the Lord Chamberlain—I have known the female prisoners for fourteen or fifteen years, in Her Majesty's establishment—Elizabeth was a servant in the linen department, and Ellen was a house maid in the palace all that time—Elizabeth had charge of the linen in the Lord Chamberlain's department, to send it to the wash, and deliver it out to the parties requiring it in the establishment—Ellen had to do the housemaid's duties, but resided in the same apartment as her sister—I saw the articles stated in the indictment at the house of Mr. M'Nair, in Eaton-place.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Do you know whether Elizabeth's mother had preceded her in any employment in the palace? A. It was before my time if she did—I never knew it—she was not in the Lord Chamberlain's department—there is probably more linen at Buckingham palace than at Windsor, but there is no allowance for either—it has often hap pened that Elizabeth has applied for linen at Buckingham palace, being short—she has not obtained new, but linen has been borrowed from other places, Brighton or Windsor, to make it up—I never heard of the linen belonging to Elizabeth, or her friends, being used to meet any exigency—I have not ex amined the stock of linen to see that it corresponds with the account—it would be my duty to do so if I had a doubt—if a complaint was made that linen was wanted, we should trust to the party who had it—nobody filled a situation above Elizabeth—the written account of the linen is kept in the Lord Chamber lain's office—no accurate stock has been taken—it is difficult to do so without seeing the linen, which you cannot while the Court reside there—she would re ceive the new linen from the seamstress, and deliver it to the different servants below her as they required it—she would receive the old linen from the parties in charge of the palace—that which was worn out would be delivered by her to me or somebody connected with the office—it would wait the Lord Chamber lain's direction as to its ultimate disposal—the greater part of the condemned linen is in boxes—in some instances it is sent to the hospitals, and in others it waits the direction of his lordship—Sir Thomas Marsh was the deputy-chamberlain—he would have authority to act for his lordship—I do not know that there would be anything unusual in his allowing Elisabeth any old linen unfit for use—I do not know the fact that it was so—I know nothing about it—Sir Thomas Marsh has been dead, I think, five or six years—he acted in the reign of William IV., and has not held office in the present reign—some of the blankets are powdering ones, and some bed blan kets—I never heard any complaint of either of the prisoners—it was reported within the last six weeks that Elizabeth was about to be married.

CHARLES BRIMFIELD . I live at No. 25, Upper Eaton-street, and am a servant out of employ. The male prisoner Dr. Lindsay lodged at my house upwards of five months—I have seen both the females visiting him there at times; not all the time he was there, but between two and three months—Ellen visited him more frequently than Elizabeth—they usually came in the evening, except on Sundays; they sometimes then came to tea with their brother—I never observed them bring anything—I have been in James Lind say's room when he was away—when he first came he had a very small quan tity of linen, no more than a gentleman would usually have—after he had been there some time I observed a great change; he had new linen, such as sheeting, towelling, and things of that description—I had observed nothing but gentlemen's linen previously—the only thing I particularly noticed was

a counterpane marked "V. R., 1840"—I saw a corded box brought by a carrier—I saw the counterpane marked "V. R." after that box was brought—an intimation was given that Dr. Lindsay was about to leave, about three weeks previous to his leaving, but no regular notice; it was that he would leave at the latter end of May, or beginning of June—on the 21st of May I saw a cart stop at my house, and two large boxes were taken away-Dr. Lindsay was present when they were put in—I was coming down stairs, and he was on the stairs seeing the boxes put into the cart—he said he was taking the boxes away out of our way—the cart went to Mr. M'Nair's, No. 9, Bel grave-street South—it stopped previously at No. 17, Lower Eaton-street, and left two smaller boxes.

Cross-examined by MR. KELLY . Q. How long have you been out of place? A. Between two and three years—I was last in the service of the Earl of Gains borough—I was only a month with him—I left him because I found there was a practice of robbery going on—I made it known to his lordship, and have every reason to believe the housekeeper was connected—she re futed everything I stated, in consequence of which I gave his lordship notice to leave—I was butler and steward—before that I was in the service of Sir Roger Gresley for three years, up to his death—I was out of service nearly twelve months before going to Lord Gainsborough—I was in the house I now have, doing nothing but letting lodgings—Dr. Lindsay intimated about leav ing about three weeks before he went—I understood he was going to Scot land—I had agreed with another lodger on the 21st of May, who was not coming for nearly a fortnight—he sent the boxes away the same day that I knew the lodger was coming, or the day after—I had an opportunity of see ing what linen was in his chest of drawers—I walked into his rooms frequently to see that everything was in its proper place—I opened his drawers.

Q. Were they locked or unlocked? A. Unlocked when I saw them—I opened the drawers, as I had suspicion things were being carried into the house clandestinely—the drawers were the only place the linen was in—I first looked into his drawers about two months back, or between two and three months.

Q. How do you know that at first he had but little linen, and that belonging to himself? A. Because it was marked with his initials—I saw it in his drawers—I looked into them before there was an increase—it might be curiosity induced me to look into the drawers—they were fre quently open, left ajar, and I had an opportunity of looking into them, going into the room—I first opened the drawers between two and three months ago—I might have looked in once or twice before—there was an increase—I will not swear it was not six times—I saw the drawers seve ral times left open, and had an opportunity of looking into them, without pulling them open at all—I never told him I had looked into his drawers—I found, on opening them, more linen than there was before—it was folded—I did not unfold it to examine it—I saw the counterpane in a large square box on the 20th of May, the day before the boxes were taken a way—that was the first time I saw it—the box was in his bed-room—it was open when I saw it—it had a lock, but was not locked, or corded—I only looked into the box that once, about twelve o'clock in the day—Dr. Lindsay was out at the time—there were some blankets at the top of the box, and the counterpane under them—they were all folded—I did not unfold them—I saw the mark on the counterpane without unfolding it—I took out the blankets—there were two—I think there were other things in the box which I did not touch—the "V. R." was a large stamp in the corner—I had seen the box arrive about

the 7th of May—it was empty, and was put into his bed-room—I had been into the bed-room between the 7th and the 20th, and looked into the drawers, but not the box—the only thing I saw marked was the counterpane—I knew of some boxes with something in them, going to Mr. Graham's—I was not aware that Dr. Lindsay had any books—those boxes were invariably locked—I am not aware that he had any fossils—I knew nothing of Dr. Lindsay before he came—I heard he had served in the Navy—my wife saw the things in the drawers only once, to my knowledge—there are three large and two small drawers—they were mine, and were part of the furniture—both his rooms were on the second floor—there is a passage between them—there were no drawers in the sitting-room.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. The box on the 7th of May came empty? A. Yes—Dr. Lindsay came first to lodge with me at the latter end of December—I think it was in April I first observed linen I had not seen when he first came—I am sure it was before May—I first saw some towelling and sheeting in his bed-room drawers—I think I gave information of this to Mr. Murray, at the palace, the beginning of May—it was after the box came, and before I knew Dr. Lindsay was going to leave—it might be a fortnight before—he was a weekly tenant—Lord Gainsborough's housekeeper remained in his service when I left.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. After you made a communication to Mr. Murray, did Steed, the policeman, come to your house? A. Yes, and saw the different things in the prisoner's room, in my presence—the other lodger was not coming the day the goods were removed—I do not know whether Dr. Lindsay was aware that he was not coming for a fortnight—no property belonging to Dr. Lindsay was removed—none of his personal linen was re moved.

ELIZABETH BRIMFIELD . I am the last witness's wife. The prisoner James lodged on our second floor—I was in the habit of seeing both his sisters there, separately—Ellen came most frequently—they sometimes came to him at five o'clock, but more generally between eight and nine in the evening—they at times brought things—I never saw but one bring anything, that was Ellen—I saw her bring a brown paper parcel about the middle of March—I have seen her bring brown paper parcels on several occasions—the last time was about a week before Dr. Lindsay was apprehended—I have at times gone into his room, and observed the drawers—when I at first saw them they contained his wearing apparel, and nothing else—I afterwards saw, from time to time, the things in the drawers increased, and saw towels, and new linen, I suppose for sheeting, but not made up—I remember about the middle of March a box being brought to the lodgings—a small hat-box was brought a few days after the large box—another large box was brought on the 7th of May.

Q. After the last large box came, did you go into the prisoner's room, and notice anything there? A. No more than I have seen before in the drawers—there was a large brown paper parcel, which contained two blankets—I be lieve I saw a counterpane, sewed up in some flannel, and laid in a drawer—I never saw it open—it was wrapped in flannel—when Ellen came she generally went first into the sitting-room, and afterwards into the bed-room—I have heard them lock the bed-room door when Dr. Lindsay and Ellen have been in the bed-room—I remember the day Dr. Lindsay removed the boxes—Ellen came to the house the evening before that, and they were very busy in the bed-room that night—I saw the bed-room door was shut—I cannot say whether it was locked—I could hear paper, and hear them very busy about in the room—Ellen remained about an hour, I think—I saw the boxes put into the van next day—Dr. Lindsay was coming in and out up to the time of his apprehension,

which was on the Wednesday, the day after the boxes were removed—before the box came on the 7th of May, Dr. Lindsay said a packing-case would come from the country—it was an empty box.

Cross-examined by MR. KELLY . Q. What part of the house do you in habit? A. The kitchens and attic—when I heard the noise of paper in the bed-room, I was on the landing at the top of the stairs, listening—I had been in the habit of listening at the door from about the middle of March, when I first suspected things were not right—the noise was the wrapping up of two large blankets, papering and sealing it, and packing a hat-box—it was wrap ping up something—my servant had been applied to for a hammer and nails be fore that—the large box was corded up before the hammer and nails were asked for—he asked for them the day before the boxes were removed—he asked for them for packing or nailing some small boxes—I first looked into the drawers, after the boxes came, some time in March—I found the drawers locked—they were always locked after the linen was in them—I swear that—my husband showed me the linen—I did not unlock the drawers—I do not know that my husband did—he called me into the room, but I have tried the drawers before, and found them locked—I did not ask him how he opened the drawers—he told me he did it with another key—he has showed me the contents of the drawers several times between March and the 21st of May—Dr. Lindsay was always out when they were looked at.

Q. Did you ever open the drawers with a key, or see it done? A. No, only with my husband—the bed-room door was never locked, it was always left open—at the time I heard them lock the bed-room door I was on the flight above, listening—I am quite sure it was the bed-room door I heard locked—Dr. Lindsay had named several times that he should go into the North, but I think he first intimated he was going to leave about three weeks or a month before—I believe it was on the 20th of May we engaged another lodger—it was a lady going to take the sitting-room—I mentioned it to him on the 20th—he told me he should keep his bed-room on till the 3rd of this month, but I might let in the lady—the two large boxes were packed up before the 20th—it was a hat-box, and large brown paper parcel, and some small boxes of his own they packed after the 20th—I was never present at any packing—he paid 14 s . a week—his sisters frequently passed the evening with him, and sometimes took tea—I did not know them before he became my lodger—I never told him I had searched his drawers—I have borrowed a sovereign of him several times, when my husband has been out—never more than a sove reign—I do not know the contents of the small boxes which went to Mr. Graham's.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. When did you first see Steed? A. Not till Dr. Lindsay was apprehended—my husband first showed me the key he opened the drawer with in March—it was the key of my own drawer—neither I nor my husband ever had occasion to go to Buckingham palace.

ELLEN CASTLE . I was in the service of Mr. Brimfield—I went into their service on the 18th of March—itwas my duty to attend Dr. Lindsay's rooms and keep them in order—I went into his sitting-room, once and saw one or two counterpanes on the table—they appeared new—I did not see any mark on them—it was about three weeks or a month before he was apprehended—I never saw the counterpanes after—I saw two large boxes, and a band-box in his bed-room—I used to move them to sweep—they seemed rather heavy at all times—I have seen both the female prisoners come to see him very often, but Ellen most frequently—she sometimes came in time for tea, and generally left about nine o'clock—I have seen Ellen repeatedly in the bed-room—I did not observe whether she came out again immediately—I only heard them talking there—I do not know whether Dr. Lindsay went in when she was

there—Ellen was there the night before he went away, not Elizabeth—she was in the bed-room while they were packing the boxes—only these two boxes were packed—he did not pack up his own linen or clothes—I saw a brown paper parcel in the bed-room closet—I took it in—it had been lying there a long time in the closet after I took it up—I had taken it in when I first entered the service—I do not suppose I had been there above a month—I believe it was brought there by Mrs. Stewart—I never saw it after it was put into the closet.

Cross-examined by MR. KELLY . Q. Did you put it into the closet? A. No—I took it up—I am not sure whether to the bed-room or sitting-room—Dr. Lindsay put it into the cupboard I believe—it laid there a considerable time after—that was the last I saw of it—it was the parcel Mrs. Stewart brought—I took it in about two months before he left—I first saw the counterpanes about six weeks before he was apprehended—I saw them when I went into the room by accident—Dr. Lindsay was not there—I think he was in the bed-room—they were not folded up—they looked rather tumbled, and were on the middle table—I never saw them in the house afterwards—I saw some at Bow-street which appeared like them.

JAMES STEED . I am inspector of the A division of police. I am generally on duty at Buckingham palace—I had orders to go to Brimfield's house, and went on the 11th of May—Mr. Lindsay was out at the time—I went into his bed-room with Brimfield and saw a quantity of linen, counterpanes, and towels, which I afterwards saw at Mr. M'Nair's—I did not observe a mark on either of the counterpanes that day—the articles were in a chest of drawers—on the 22nd of May I went to Mr. M'Nair's, in Belgrave-street, with a search warrant, and found two large boxes there which I opened—they contained a variety of articles, linen, counterpanes, and blankets—I conveyed them to the Lord Chamberlain's office, Buckingham palace—they are here now—there was a counterpane marked "V. R." and a crown, a blanket with "W. R." and a crown, and a linen duster marked "V. R., 1839"—it appeared to have been marked with blue thread and picked out—the stain only is left—after con veying the boxes to Mr. Saunders' I apprehended James Lindsay—he was about to say something—I cautioned him, and told him the charge—and he said he must communicate with his sisters—he said there Iras no pro perty there belonging to the Queen—I told him there was a blanket, marked "W. R." and a crown—he then said he had charge of them for his sisters, whose perquisites they were, that he had nothing more to do with them—I searched his lodgings, and found a common plate, which I brought away—the words "Buckingham palace" are on it—I took him to the station-house, and had the plate with me—as I was conveying him there, he laid it was a paltry thing, could not I hide it—I afterwards apprehended the female prisoners—Elizabeth said, "What shall I do, can you give me any advice?"—which I declined—that is all she said—I produce the boxes—the counterpane appears new—the blanket has "W. R." and a crown on it—here is the duster, which has had "W. R." on it, but picked out—the blanket is an old one—here are other dusters and sheeting—there are eight blankets, five quilts, seven dozen and eight towels, four dozen and a half duster, and forty-two yards of sheeting—that is all that was in the boxes—the sheeting and dusters appear to be new, and some of the towels—on the 11th of May, when I went to Lindsay's lodgings, I saw articles of this description in the drawers—these appear to be the same—there were no fossils or books in the boxes at Mr. M'Nair's.

Cross-examined by MR. KELLY . Q. On Wednesday the 22nd, you appre hended Dr. Lindsay? A. Yes, between eight and nine o'clock at night—I searched the boxes which went to Mr. Graham's, they contained books and fossils—there

were two large boxes—I told Dr. Lindsay he must go to the station—, he made the observation about the plate at the door of the room, when we were about to leave the house—we were going in a cab —I had the plate in my hand when he made the observation about it—it was open, so that anybody could see it as I crossed the pavement—I was in plain clothes—I kept it open in my hand till I got to the station—I had procured a cab beforehand—I think Brimfield had sent for it—it was at the door when I went out—I had told him I was going to take him in a cab , and it was at the door that this passed about the plate—the observation was made at the room door—I examined the things at M'Nair's on the 22nd, before he was apprehended—I examined the things at Graham's on the following Saturday—he gave me a written order to examine the boxes at Graham's, after he was apprehended, on Saturday, as I asked him for it—I did not examine every thing at the lodging on the 11th of May—they were in the drawers—I did not take them out, nor observe any mark on them, except the plate, which I saw in the front-room cupboard, not locked up.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. The female prisoners made state ments before the Magistrate, at what period of the examination was it? A. The latter part, I believe—it was at the first examination—I believe the charge was taken as affecting the whole property—there were not three separate charges—I knew nothing of Brimfield till I was ordered to go to his house—I received orders from Mr. Murray to investigate the case—Brim field never told me he had a key of his lodger's drawers—I saw him open them with a key on the 11th of May.

MR. HENRY SAUNDERS re-examined. These are all the sort of articles which would be under the charge of Elizabeth Lindsay—the towels and dusters, and these articles would be under her charge from the time they arrived from Harrington House, St. James's, in the Stable-yard—articles of this de scription were used at the palace—these dusters are entirely new—I find one has the mark picked out—I imagine the others have had the marks picked out, for they are all new, and each corner has been washed—these articles are entirely new—none of those which are not new could have been condemned.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL Q. Were these things the servants would have as perquisites? A. Certainly not.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Were the prisoner appointed by warrant? A. I cannot say—some of the blankets are old, and there are new ones—I have taken stock as far as the linen is concerned—it is impossible to take stock of the counterpanes and blankets—it is almost impossible to tell, where the Sovereign is, whether articles are deficient.

ROBERT M'NAIR . I live at No. 9, Belgrave-street, Pimlico, and am an officer in the army—I have known the male prisoner eighteen months or two years—two or three months ago he told me he was going on a visit to Scot land, and expressed some difficulty where he should leave his heavy luggage in his absence—I understood it was books and fossils, as he told me he had a quantity of books and fossils, and found a difficulty in leaving his heavy lug gage behind him, as he should give up his lodgings—I said I should be happy to take charge of them, and on the 21st of May, when I came home from duty, I found two boxes had been left and placed on the top of the landing of the stairs—they remained there till next day, when the officers came—I saw them opened after the inspector came.

Cross-examined by MR. KELLY . Q. He is a M. D. is he not? A. Yes, he was a surgeon in the navy—he first announced his intention of going to Scotland perhaps before the present year—he thought he should visit Scotland during the summer.

JOSEPH DAVIES . I am in the employ of Mr. Harding who carried the linen to and from Buckingham palace to the laundress at Fulham—I received a square deal box about five weeks ago from Ellen Lindsay to take to Mr. James Lindsay—I took it to Mr. Brimfield's—it was only one box and empty.

JOHN ROBERT BOUSTRED . I am clerk at the police-court, Bow-street—I attended the examination of the prisoners, and took down what they said—this is what I truly took down—it was signed by them and also by the Magistrate.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Was it in answer to questions put to them? A. Partly so—Elizabeth made a statement first, and she was merely asked in explanation by Mr. Hall—I read every sentence as I went on—I do not think this, "I never mentioned to Mr. Saunders about using my own linen" was in answer to a question—I do not recollect that she was asked whether she had mentioned it to Mr. Saunders—she might have been asked that—I think she was asked when her mother died, and also whether she intended her remarks to apply to both the palaces, and whether she had used her sister's linen at the palace—she was not asked whether she considered the property her own—the questions only applied to the last one or two sentences—I think the Lord Chamberlain and Sir William Martin, the deputy Cham berlain, were present—none of the household servants were in attendance.

MR. ADOLPHUS . Q. Was she cautioned before she said anything? A. Yes—she was told whatever she said would be taken down in writing, and might or might not be hereafter used as evidence against her—no question was asked to gain information from her, only in explanation of what she had said before—( read )—"Elizabeth Lindsay, after having been duly cautioned says, This property I considered my own; my mother left a quantity of linen to my sister, and she left it with me at St. James's-palace where I then resided. I had occasion to resort to that linen from time to time to use when pressed for linen for the household; with respect to the four blankets now produced, they were given to me by the late Sir Thomas Marsh during the time of his late Majesty, they had been condemned as unfit for use; I told Sir Thomas Marsh they were little fit for use, that they might be used for ironing blankets, and he told me I might do with them what I pleased; with respect to the new linen produced, I took that to re-place the linen belonging to my sister which I had used at the palace. The counterpane marked "V. R." I know nothing of, I suppose my sister does; I was not aware that the duster which has been produced was among the linen. My mother died about fourteen years ago. When I speak of the need of linen, I mean that observa tion to apply to Buckingham palace as well as St. James's palace, until the present time—I never mentioned to Mr. Saunders about using my own linen at any time.—The prisoner Ellen Lindsay says, 'I confirm what my sister has Said; the counterpane marked "V. R." I must have taken by mistake for my own counterpane. I know nothing about the duster. The plate I took to my brother's with a piece of pudding, and he has asked me once or twice to take it back, and I have neglected it.'—The prisoner James Lindsay says,' I always considered that the property which they brought to me was theirs; they told me so, and I took charge of it for a time for them. I never received it under any other impression than that; that observation applies to every article spoken of.'"

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. Were the linen and other articles before the Magistrate? A. They were—these things were all produced.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. There was no professional person in attendance for them at the time these statements were made? A. No, only on the second examination.

Evidence for the Defence.

MARY CHEVERTON . I am employed as charwoman at the Queen's palace, Pimlico—I have been so six years and three months—I have been in the habit of receiving for use sheets, pillow-cases, towels, dusters, and other things—they were given out by the prisoner Elizabeth—I have had them frequently from her without marks, and used them in the Queen's service—I returned them to her—I have had them a great many times while I have been there—the prisoners had linen of their mother's—I did not know their mother—I have seen the prisoners with linen of their own—I cannot say what quantity, but a great many articles—I have known Elizabeth twenty-two years—I re member when the mother died—I saw those things in Elizabeth's possession when the sister came to London—Elizabeth was at that time employed in St. James's palace—I have known the sister since she has been in London, twelve or thirteen years.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. Did you work at St. James's palace? A. I did occasionally—I first went to work there fourteen years ago—I think in George IV. time—I was employed occasionally now and then, a few days in a year—not as I am now—the different heads employed me—I have been at St. James's palace a fortnight, and then two or three days preparing for the arrival in London—I have been employed regularly every day at Bucking ham palace for six years and three months—I saw the linen Elizabeth had at St. James's palace with a Miss Cockett that she was with at first—that was thirteen or fourteen years ago—she named to me that she had linen—I saw her with sheets and blankets among her clothes—she merely said, "These are my mother's"—they were in a box put separately—I never saw what quantity there was—I cannot form a notion—I cannot say that I saw them more than once at St. James palace—I may be wrong as to its being fourteen years ago—I do not recollect noticing them again—I did not see any but what I have named—all the linen delivered to me at Buckingham palace I returned to her when I had done with it—it was her duty to send it to the wash.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Do you remember whether this was about the time the sister came from the country? A. It was after she had just come from the country—I had gone to see her—she showed me the box containing the arti cles—her sister was not present—I believe Miss Cockett was seamstress at the palace—the articles belonging to the palace were kept at the office where Miss Cockett resided then—these things were in her private room where her clothes were kept, not where the King's property was kept—I afterwards saw that sort of linen, sheets and blankets used in St. James's palace—I could not tell that they were the same—I frequently had them without the royal mark.

COURT . Q. What is your business as char woman? A. I make the beds and keep the apartments clean allotted to me—I returned a sheet with out the royal mark as late as last week.

ELIZA SUMMERS . I have been a regular charwoman at the palace for nearly seven years. During that time I have occasionally received dusters without the royal mark—I have not noticed them every time I took them—it has occasionally happened during that time—after using them I returned them to Miss Lindsay.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. Do you mean a number of dusters were delivered out without the mark, or among the number there would be oc casionally one without a mark? A. One or two—I may have noticed this once a week or not so often, not once a month particularly—I will say once in three months—I may have noticed two or three and taken them back—some were the same description as the others—they have not been all alike—some of those unmarked were different from the other dusters—there were

some unmarked ones like the others—I frequently found unmarked dusters like the marked ones.

JANE HOLMES . I have been six years in the Queen's palace, at Pimlico, as charwoman, regularly employed during that time. I have had from Eliza beth Lindsay dusters and towels, and frequently had them without the royal mark, for the whole six years—I have noticed them several weeks, week after week, and month after month—I have had sheets without the royal mark, and a pillow-case—they were used in the palace—I have known her give other people in the palace linen without the royal mark.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. Are you employed with others, or is yours a separate department? A. A separate department—we all receive the linen from Elizabeth Lindsay—I receive half-a-dozen dusters every day—both the marked and unmarked were sometimes of the same description—I received a dozen towels each day, sometimes unmarked—I did not examine, but should say they were about the same description of towels—I have had sheets un marked twice during the six years—the last time was when Prince Holen holme came over—I drew them to make the beds—I think this was two or three years ago—that was the last time I drew the sheets—there was one pair then unmarked—I never observed but that one pair.

BODKIN . Q. They were for the Prince's suite? A. Yes—I cannot say whether the arrival was unexpected—we have about four regular char women—the number of extra ones varies.

ANN VAUGHAN . I am a housemaid at the palace. I do not know how many housemaids there are—it is our duty to receive the bed and other linen from Miss Lindsay—I have been employed there six years, and received linen from her during all that time, according as we want it—it depends on the number of visitors—I receive towels, dusters, sheets, and pillow-cases every day, and if company come we have more—I very frequently had dusters de livered out without a mark—I cannot say about towels—I did not notice them—I frequently had dusters without a mark, sometimes one, two, or three out of a dozen, which we have at a time—they have not always been of the same kind—I have not had eight or ten in a week without a mark—they were returned to Miss Lindsay with the others—I receive about three dozen dusters in a week—it is according to the work—I may change eight one day, and six another—we take back the dirty, and get clean ones—there may be twenty housemaids—they all apply to Miss Lindsay for linen—she directs the change of linen—nobody but the housemaids and charwomen apply to her—all the housemaids draw chamber-towels—I may have had unmarked towels, and not noticed them, or sheets—I had an un marked duster among a dozen, the week before last—I have noticed two, three, and four in a week—I have not applied for linen and not obtained it—I never wanted much.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. From whom do you draw linen now? A. Mrs. Potbury—I have dusters and towels from her, and have found one unmarked since.

SARAH KING SHOT . I am a housemaid at the palace, and have been so three years next October. I drew towels and dusters from Miss Lindsay sometimes three dozen in a day—we have them every day—I have had both towels and dusters without marks—I had a towel about ten days ago—it has not occurred very often—I have sometimes had two or three out of three dozen—it often occurred during the three years, but I did not take particular notice till the last twelve months—I have had good ones unmarked—before that I have had old ones without marks repeatedly—I had one pillow-case unmarked—I have had sheets, but none unmarked, that I observed—I have

not applied for linen, and not got it—about two months ago I asked for towels and got them in the evening.

HANNAH HOBBS . I am a housemaid at the palace, and have been so about seven years. I drew sheets, towels, dusters, and pillow-cases from Miss Lindsay, sometimes two dozen towels at a time; a dozen or half a dozen dusters, seven or eight pairs of sheets, I had towels, and dusters every day; sheets and pillow-cases twice a week, and sometimes once a week or fortnight,—during that seven years some of them have been unmarked—I observed a pair of sheets without marks about a month ago, and have seen several dusters without a mark—on only one occasion I had a towel without a mark—the pillow-cases have always been marked—the dusters may have been unmarked five or six times, sheets only once that I noticed—I think I noticed a duster about a month ago—there are nearly thirty housemaids—I have ap plied for linen at different times, and could not obtain it—I have applied to Miss Lindsay, and obtained it perhaps next day—I have not been days with out it, to my knowledge.

MRS. FORD . I am housemaid at the palace, and have been so three years. I had sheets, pillow-cases, and other linen from Miss Lindsay, and had to wels and dusters without marks; I cannot say how often—I cannot say about sheets—I have applied for articles, and had to wait for them; I cannot say how long.

SOPHIA HARDING . I am laundress to the Queen, and have been so ten years. During that time I have received linen from Miss Lindsay, and have noticed sheets, pillow-cases, towels, and dusters without the Queen's mark—it frequently happened at the latter part of the time—I may have had a dozen towels and dusters unmarked at a time, some pillow-cases and sheets—they have come every time linen came, which is every day.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. Do you mean every day you would find towels, dusters, pillow-cases, and sheets unmarked ? A. Yes; that has oc curred during the whole ten years—the things came to me every day at certain seasons of the year, when her Majesty was in town—within the last two years I have every day found a great number of unmarked dusters, towels, and pillow-cases—I should rather think thatsome of the same things which came unmarked, and which I sent back, came again—some of them had not any mark, and others had marks which were not her Majesty's marks—there were various letters, M and L, and a variety of letters—I have seen towels, dusters, sheets, and pillow-cases so marked.

COURT . Q. Do you mean that there have been for this length of time things coming which you knew not to be the Queen's property? A. I have supposed them not to be the Queen's, because they were not marked with her name—they came counted with her Majesty's linen—I cannot say to whom they belonged—I never made any inquiry how they came there, be cause they were sent with the others, and I of course thought it was right.

NOT GUILTY .

(There were two other indictments, on which no evidence was offered.)

First Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1558. ANN DOYLE was indicted for stealing 1 bag, 6 sovereigns, and 1 half-sovereign, the property of William Hyland , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 13 .— Confined Ten Days .

1559. MARTIN BOWMAN was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of April , at St. Martin-in-the-Fields , 1 watch, value 35 l .; 1 brequet chain, 2 l .; 1 seal, 2 l .; and 1 pencil-case, 1 l .; the goods of John Henry Manners Sutton , in the dwelling-house of Edward John Dent .—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of Edward John Dent; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 13.— Recommended to mercy, supposing him to have been the dupe of older persons .— Judgment Respited.

1560. FREDERICK HAMILTON , alias ANDREWS , was indicted for stealing 1 gelding, price 6 l ., the property of James Rouston , and that he had been before convicted of felony.

MR. PAYNE conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM SCOLEY . I am servant to Mr. James Rouston—he has a farm on the Harrow-road. On Wednesday evening, the 1st of May, a little before seven o'clock, I saw a cart-horse of my master's in the straw-yard—I missed it on Thursday, the 2nd, a little after eight o'clock—I saw it again the same evening, in the possession of Mr. Rouston—it was produced at the police-court, and is here now.

JAMES ROUSTON . I am the master of Scoley—I had a cart horse in the straw-yard worth 6 l .—I lost it in the morning—on Thursday, the 2nd of May, I found it at Mr. Winkley's, a slaughterer in Green-street, and brought it home again.

RICHARD LINDSEY . I comer from Mr. Winkley, the knacker's, in Green-street, Blackfriar's-road. On Thursday, the 2nd of May, I heard a horse was to be sold—I went to the Obelisk Livery-stables, near the Surrey Theatre, be tween twelve and one o'clock, and saw the horse there, which was afterwards given up to Mr. Rouston—I waited till the prisoner came to the livery-stables—he told me the price was 3 l .—a person pointed him out as the owner—I said I would take him to my master, and if he approved of it I would bring the 3 l . back—I took it to Mr. Winkley—he told me to fetch the owner—I fetched the prisoner—master asked him where he came from—he said from Brentford—he asked why he parted with the horse—he said it was too big for him, he wanted a smaller one—master asked him if he knew Mr. Burford at Brentford—he said he did not—he said he knew Bevan—master said, "Is that the lowest price, 3 l .?"—he said he should not take less for it, and went away without stopping for the money—I do not know why.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. Were there many persons in the stable at the time? A. The ostler and three young men—I had never seen the prisoner before—my master is not here—I never said I was not certain of the prisoner—I looked at him to know him again—he had on a kind of fus tian-dress—there was nothing very particular about him—I knew him directly I saw him—I have no doubt of his being the person.

GEORGE HIMBURY ( police-constable D 102.) On the 2nd of May I went with Mr. Rouston to Winkley's, and found the horse there—Mr. Rouston took it away in the evening—it was the same horse that is here now—on the 8th of May I took the prisoner into custody in the tap-room of the White Horse public-house, Edgware-road—I told him I wanted him for the horse which was stolen out of Mr. Rouston's yard in the Harrow-road, which he offered to Mr. Winkley for sale—he said he knew nothing about it—as I was taking him to the station I saw he had no hat—I left him in custody of my sergeant, and went back to the White Lion court, and there found his hat in the hands of the ostler, who gave it up to me—further on, going to the station, he threw the hat away, and said, "George, take care of my hat" (meaning a man named George Dixon who works at the boats)—he asked me for his hat in the morning to go to the office—this statement was read over to the prisoner, and the Magistrate signed it—I believe this to be Mr. Long's handwriting—I have

seen him write—( read )—"The prisoner says, 'I did not steal the horse; the horse was brought to me, and I have witnesses to prove it.'"

GEORGE BAINES , ( police-constable N 51.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—I was present at the trial—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Transported for Ten Years .

1561. MARGARET KELLY was indicted for feloniously assaulting John Dimmock , and stabbing, cutting, and wounding him on the left side of his face, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.

JOHN DIMMOCK . I live in White Horse-court. On the 6th of May I was in bed—the prisoner came into the room, and my wife with her—the room was dark—the prisoner had a knife—I never spoke a word to her—she cut me with the knife—when she had done it she said, "Take what I give you"—she did not address me before—I did not interfere between my wife and her—she stabbed me in the cheek, right through into my mouth—I was taken away to the hospital directly—she shoved the door in when she came in—I do not know whether she addressed my wife—I had been in bed two hours—I started up when she stabbed me, and then fell backwards—I had not risen from my bed and approached her—when she stabbed me I had got about a yard from the bed—I did not utter a word when I rose from the bed—I said "Peace" to my old woman—that was not because there was any altercation going on—she did not mention my name when she stabbed me—she said nothing about old Dimmock then.

Prisoner. Q. Did not you come down stairs and break open my door? A. No—nor did I strike you—I never had any words with you—my wife came home late from work that night—I had nothing on but my shirt and night-cap.

MARY DIMMOCK . I am the wife of the last witness. The prisoner and I had a quarrel on the Sunday before as this happened on the Monday night—we did not meet together on the night of the 6th—I met her on the top of the place—she jawed me, and called me names—I made no answer but begged her to let me alone, I was tired and wanted to go to rest—she came to the window and chucked bricks in at the window—I ran up stairs into the room—she bounced in and stabbed my husband at his bedside—we had no quarrel, only having words—the quarrel the day before began because I mentioned the man's name that came into her place—I made her no answer on the Sunday all the while she was jawing —I fastened the door—I said to her, "You have got so and so in the room"—the man was a pensioner—his name is Mr. Fred—she said she would have him in spite of me—I said I did not care who she had, and she kept on all the while—she went to drink with this man, and kicked up a row all the while—nobody answered her—she was coming home about ten o'clock at night and met me—she jawed me and called me names—I never answered her—she came to the window when he was in bed and asleep, and chucked bricks in at the window—the neighbours came and said, "What are you about?" and she ran up stairs—I had no light—she had a candle in her hand—she shoved at the door, I shoved it against her, she shoved it and came in—he got out of bed and she stabbed him at the bedside—I have one of her shoes which she left in the room—I found the knife against the bed along with her shoe—I gave it to the policeman.

Prisoner. You called me all manner of names, and threw a brick-bat on my shoulders? Witness. No—your witnesses were in liquor—my husband did not break open your door.

GEORGE RYDE . I am house-surgeon at St. Bartholomew's hospital. On the night of the 6th of May, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the prosecutor was brought to the hospital with an incised wound in the cheek, about two inches long, completely through into the mouth—it appeared to have been inflicted by some sharp instrument, such a knife as this would do it, used with force—he lost a considerable quantity of blood from the wound, which might be dangerous considering his usual habits—the wound itself was not danger ous, but I feared erysipel as from the excitement of the system.

Prisoner. I know I threw a piece of a bason at him. Witness. It decid edly could not have been done in that way—it was a clean cut wound, and one of that depth could not have been so produced.

JOSEPH PARFETT ( police-constable G 38.) On the 6th of May I was on duty in Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell-green—the prosecutor's wife said some thing to me—I went to White Horse-yard, and found several persons holding the prisoner, and saying, "This is the woman that stabbed the man"—at the station, she said it was done by a bason—I went back and searched, and the prosecutor's wife produced this knife—there was about a pint of blood on the floor—the blood was on the knife at the time—it is on now—a broken bason was produced to me, but there were no signs of blood on it—that was in the adjoining room to where this happened—a person in the next room pro duced it.

Prisoner's Defence (written. ) I was waiting at my own door, about a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening, when she began to abuse me; she then went up into her own room, and threw a brick out of her window, which fell on my shoulder, and hurt me very much; she then threw a second, which fell on my arm, and hurt me; the prosecutor then came down, and struck me, in presence of the neighbours; I went to my own room, and fastened my door; he followed, and forced it open with great violence; I screamed, "Murder," Burke came to my assistance, and said, "Are you going to murder the woman in her own room?" the prosecutor's wife threw a bason at me; it missed me; I threwit again, and it hit him in the cheek, but I had no intent to injure him; Mrs. Mulligan saw it; I never had the knife in my hand, neither did I ever see it before it was brought to the office; the prose cutor has been convicted at this Court.

ANN MULLIGAN . I live at No. 6, White Horse-court, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. The prisoner and Mrs. Dimmock have been quarrelling for these five months—the prosecutor never interfered between them until this night—they were jawing one another—the prisoner was down stairs, and Mrs. Dimmock was up stairs—something was shoved out of Dimmock's window, I do not know who by, or what it was; it was like a bit of brick, or some kind of dirt—the prisoner ran to the dust-hole, and gathered up whatever she could, and resented the blow back again—I then saw the prosecutor get up, and come down stairs in his shirt—he took the prisoner by the shoulder, shoved her about in the court, and shoved her against the wall—she then took the candle out of my room, which is just opposite hers, on the ground floor, and ran up stairs—the prosecutor followed her, and broke in her door—I went up, on hearing them kicking the door, and Mrs. Dimmock told me to come down, she did not want to hurt me—I said, "It is no use breaking the woman's door"—when the prisoner's door was broken, she opened her door, came out, and kicked a board off Dimmock's door—I had hold of the prosecutor all the time, outside, on the landing—he then went into his own room—Mrs. Dimmock was then in her own room—she was standing just at her own door—you can step out of one room into the other—they shut the

door, and whatever Mrs. Dimmock shoved out to the prisoner I cannot say, but she resented the blow again out of her own room—the prisoner cried "Mercy"—there was a man down stairs, who came up and said, if any one offended a lone woman he would be the man for them—the prisoner did not go into Dimmock's room—she never left her own room—she was in her own room when she kicked their door in—the doors are close together—a woman who lodges in the house said, "Put your shoulder to the door, Margaret, and bolt it"—the prosecutor kicked half the prisoner's door off—when she kicked their door Mrs. Dimmock opened it, and shoved in a basin or something—I saw it coming into the prisoner's room, it was like a saucer—I was in the room, and she resented the blow back again out of her own room—I was the first that went into Dimmock's room—I did not think at first it was so great a cut till a candle was brought—he got the cut by the prisoner throwing whatever she threw into his room, it caught him on the face—I did not see it, I had no candle—I saw her throw the thing, but did not see what it was—she then ran down stairs, I did not see her go into Dimmock's room.

BRIDGET BENTLEY . I am a servant when I am able to be so—these two women have been quarrelling for five months, there has been no peace in the place—they were at it early and late—on this night I heard them abusing each other, and heard a great many people in the yard—I looked out of the window and saw the prosecutor there in his shirt, he had hold of the prisoner by the neck shaking her, and she said, "What have you got to do with me that never offended you?"—the prisoner ran up stairs to her own room, and put her back to the door—I was in bed in her room, my bed was close to the window—the door was broken in on her—I said, "Bolt the door, and nobody can break it"—a a few minutes after I saw the prisoner putting her hand on the table as if looking for something to heave into the room after him—what she heaved I cannot say, but she heaved something, and I heard the prosecutor say, "I am slaughtered"—Mrs. Mulligan went into the room to wipe the blood off his face—Mrs. Dimmock went for a policeman, who came and took him to the hos pital—the prisoner was taken to the station—then two policemen came and searched the prisoner's and prosecutor's room for the knife, but could not find it—between five and six o'clock next morning Mrs. Dimmock put her head out of the window and said, "Here is the knife"—I said, "Where did you find it?" she said, "Under the side of the mattress"—I said, "Show it to me"—she said, "No, I won't, it is a white handled knife"—I said, "Why I have been two years and nine months in this room, and I never knew Margaret Kelly to have a white handled knife, unless it was borrowed from your room"—the prisoner did not go into Dimmock's room at all.

JOSEPH PARFITT re-examined. I got the knife at the police court at eleven o'clock next day—the prosecutor's wife produced it there.

GEORGE ROYDE re-examined. The wound might have been inflicted by throwing a knife out of the hand, if thrown with considerable force, but I do not think it likely—it could not have been done by a part of a saucer, or any thing of that sort, it was much too cleanly cut—the edges of the wound were so closed that I had to insert a fine probe—the wound was about two inches long—it could not have been done by a throw, unless it took a slanting direction—it is much more likely to have been done by holding the instrument in the hand.

JOHN DIMMOCK re-examined. This is not my knife.

MARY DIMMOCK re-examined. I do not know whose knife it is—it is not mine.

GUILTY . Aged 42.— Confined Twelve Months .

OLD COURT .— Friday, June 14 th , 1844.

Third Jury, before before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1562. JOSEPH GATES and WILLIAM WEEKS were indicted for stealing part of a smoke-jack, value 10 s .; the goods of John Pink .

WILLIAM TOWNSEND . I live in Harlington-place, Church-street, Maryle bone. I work for Mr. John Pink, a builder—he has a house there which is being pulled down—I was working there—on the morning of the 31st of May I missed part of an old smoke-jack, which had been taken down, and was lying in front of the building—I found part of it lying at the back of the building—I found the prisoners together on Mr. Farrar's building, on the same premises—I asked what they had done with the brass part of the old smoke-jack—they both replied they knew nothing about it—I laid hold of Gates's collar—he said, "I have not got the old brass, the other boy has got it up stairs"—Weeks was up stairs then—Kent came and asked what I had lost—the prisoners were standing close by and could hear—Kent said he had picked it up in the back premises of Mr. Farrar's warehouse, and said, "This is it"—I did not say before the Magistrate that Gates had gone up stairs and brought it down—I put my mark to what I stated, this is it—it was read over to me—( The deposition being read, stated , " Gates went up stairs and fetched me apiece of brass, which was a part of the old smoke-jack. ")

JAMES KENT . I work for Mr. Farrar, and live in Church-street, St. Giles's. I came on these premises about half-past eight in the morning, and saw the prisoners there—Weeks was in the act of hammering up part of an old piece of smoke-jack—when they saw me Gates tried to make his escape out of the place—I asked Weeks how he came by it, and picked it up and looked at it—he said "He found it near the sewer," which they were digging out—it was a kind of box—I would not give 1 d . for it—I gave it him again, but said, "Do not break it up, if you want the brass of it unscrew it"—I then went away—I afterwards found the iron part of the box in the warehouse—the prisoners were at work at Mr. Farrar's place, but not for him—Weeks had been at work for six or seven weeks, and was a very honest lad—Gates afterwards came to me, and asked what I had done with the piece of iron—I said I had chucked it into the rubbish—Townsend afterwards came, and I gave him information, and gave him the iron part of the box, which I found in the wash-house.

ALFRED HUGHES . ( policeman. ) On the 31st of May I took the prisoners in to custody—I told them I should take them to the station—Gates said, "There were two, others in it, and they ought to be taken too."

( Property produced and sworn to. )

NOT GUILTY .

1563. MARY ANN HUNT and EMMA BRAY were indicted for stealing 1 watch, value 3 l .; 1 guard-chain, 10 s .; 1 handkerchief, 3 s .; 1 tobacco-box, 1 s .; 1 sovereign, and 6 shillings; the goods of Michael Murphy , from his person.

MICHAEL MURPHY . I live in New-street, Westminster. On Monday afternoon, the 27th of May, I met the prisoners at the Nag's Head, Tothill-street, Westminster—I went with them to a house in the Almonry—I had been taking a little drink in the public-house, but was sober—it was three o'clock in the afternoon—I went into the bedroom, they were both present—my watch was in my pocket, my guard and handkerchief round my neck, and my tobacco-box in my coat pocket—I went to sleep—when I awoke I missed

all I have stated, and a sovereign and six shillings—the prisoners were then gone—I called the police—this is my watch-guard, I identified it at the pawn broker's before he showed it me—one link is lost—it is the one I had about my neck at the time.

VALENTINE SIMMONDS . I am shopman to Mr. Williams, pawnbroker, Westminster. On Monday afternoon, the 27th of May, about four o'clock, both the prisoners came into the shop—I knew them before—Hunt pawned the watch and guard for 3 s . and they both went away together.

JOHN HUDSON ( policeman. ) I took Hunt into custody—the prosecutor pointed her out at a public-house—I afterwards took Bray from a description—he did not point her out.

Hunt's Defence. I met him at a Tom-and-Jerry shop, with another young man; they asked me to drink; I did so, and sat down by his side; he asked me to go home with him, and gave me this as he had no money.

HUNT — GUILTY . Aged 17.

BRAY — GUILTY . Aged 19.

Confined Six Months .

Fourth Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1564. EMMA HAYES was indicted for stealing, a 10 l . Bank-note, the property of Joseph Severn , her master, in his dwelling-house; and THOMAS HAYES , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen, against the Statute, &c. ; to which

EMMA HAYES pleaded GUILTY . Aged 13.— Judgment Respited.

JOSEPH SEVERN . I am an artist, and live at No. 21, James-street, West minster; the prisoner Emma was engaged to assist my nursery-maid, and had been with us about a fortnight—she slept at home. On the 21st of May I received a letter from my wife, with a 10 l . note in it—I put it into my dress ing-gown pocket, and on going up stairs at night I put it into my dressing case in a hurry—I am sure I put the 10 l . note and letter in and locked it, but a slight portion of the corner of the letter was visible outside—I opened my dressing-case next morning, about seven o'clock—I found the letter had fallen down in the box, and the 10 l . note was missing—I recollect the note had the name of Scott and Co. on the back of it, but do not know the number.

JAMES HIBDEN . I am shopman to Messrs. Shepherd, of the Kent-road, Borough, hardwaremen. On the 21st of May, about seven o'clock in the morning, the male prisoner came to our house, and bought goods, amounting to 2 l . 11 s . 7 d ., and paid me a 10 l . note—I gave him 7 l . 8 s . 5 d ., all in silver, having no gold—I produce the note.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did you ask who he was? A. I asked him no questions, I did not ask his name to put on the note, as I con sidered him a hawker, and they seldom have an address—I know the note by Scott and Co., which I observed on it before I gave him in charge.

MR. SEVERN . I know this to be the note—I recollect the handwriting on it.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you venture to say it is the note? A. I cannot be mistaken—I did not know the male prisoner—I went to his house, and found it was a decent place, and his wife is a decent woman—I find by in quiry he is a respectable man.

COURT . Q. This child was not in a condition to have a 10 l . note? A. No—the male prisoner is her father.

ELIZA BINGHAM . I live in William-street, St. James. On the 21st of May, about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, I met the prisoner Emma,

and the showed me a 10 l . note—this is it—I saw "Scott and Co." on it—I looked at the writing on the back.

JOHN PORTSMOUTH ( policeman. ) In consequence of information, on the 22nd of May, I saw the male prisoner, and asked if he had got the note his wife gave him—he said he had not, that he had changed it at Shepherd and Co.'s, No. 132, Kent-street—he gave me the bill of the goods he bought, and said he had 7 l . 8 s . 6 d . in silver change, which he gave me—he lives in Palace-street, Pimlico, about two miles from Kent-street—there are two shops of the same kind as Shepherd's, not a quarter of a mile from the prisoner's house.

Cross-examined. Q. Did not the wife go to meet him? A. Yes, we found him in the street, coming home—his wife said, "There is a fine piece of work about the note I gave you this morning"—I asked if she had given him a note—he said, "Yes"—he said the girl said she had found it—he made no attempt to escape—he bears a very respectable character—he had a parcel of combs and brushes—I believe he deals in hardware—he did not equivocate.

THOMAS HAYES — NOT GUILTY .

1565. ELIZABETH AHORN was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding William Woodcock in and upon his head, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.

MR. O'BRIEN conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM WOODCOCK . I am a seaman. On Thursday morning, the 6th of June, I went into the Harrow, at Poplar, called for a pint of beer, and asked two females who were there to drink—two other females came in, and the prisoner asked me to give her some beer—I said "No," and told her to go away two or three times—I shoved one of them away—the prisoner spat in my face, crossed the room, pulled off her cap, and began to show fight—all three began on me, and before I could get out of the door she struck me over the head with a pint or a quart pot—I bled full half a pint—I am sure it was her.

RONALD ROBERTSON . I am a surgeon, and live at Poplar. I dressed the prosecutor's head on the 6th of June—there was a cut down to the bone, about an inch and a quarter long, at the top of the head, it might be in flicted by a pewter pot, but with considerable violence—the only danger was that erysipelas might follow.

JAMES CRAIG ( policeman. ) On the 6th of June I saw the prosecutor with his arm over his face—he came to the station, and complained of being struck by a female—I found the prisoner with three females at the Harrow, and asked who had assaulted the man—The prisoner said, "Has the one-eyed b——r gone to the station?"—I said I would take them all to the station, and he pointed the prisoner out—she said he had fallen down and grazed his head against the fire-place—I went and examined the fire-place—the bar runs straight, and it is impossible it could have happened so.

Prisoner's Defence. I went into the Harrow; the prosecutor and a strange woman were there; she came over and told me she had been there all night, and had lost her bonnet; I said, "You are a foolish girl to stop here and lose your clothes;" the prosecutor jumped up and said, "Mind your own business," and called me names not fit to use; he was going to strike me and I gave him a push, and he fell towards the fire-place; I put up my hand to save the blow.

WILLIAM WOODCOCK re-examined. I did not attempt to strike her—I did not fall against the fire-place.

GUILTY of an assault. Aged 26.— Confined Six Months .

1566. JAMES MARRS was indicted for stealing, at St. Marylebone 4 coats, value 4 l .; 12 yards of silk, 1 l .; 1 shawl, 1 s .; 3 watches,5 l .; 3 s . rings, 1 l . 10 s .; 7 tea spoons, 2 l .; 1 pair of ear-rings, 6 s .; 3 shillings, and 8 pence, the property of William Risk , in his dwelling-house.

WILLIAM RISK . I live at No. 29, North-street, Lisson-grove, and go out as a waiter. I have the house in trust under the prisoner's mother's will—the prisoner was jointly to have the property when it is out of debt—he is nineteen years old—on the 3rd of June he was in the parlour with me about five o'clock, and left soon after five—these four coats are my own—the Nor wich crape belonged to my wife, who is dead—the spoons are my own—the two watches were under my care for the prisoner—he did not return at all—I went out to attend a dinner, and returned about half-past eleven—the parlour where he slept was locked—I went up to my bed-room, found a false key in the door, found the drawer and nine more locks broken open, and missed the articles stated—I have found the four coats, a shawl, and Norwich crape.

Prisoner. He has always been trying to do me out of the place—I have asked him for money to get clothes which was left for me in his hands—he told me to go thieving—I took these things behind his back, as I knew he would not let me have them—I know nothing of the spoons—he wants me out of the country, that the property may come into his hands—he fed me on bread and water, and charged it in the book at 10 s . a week.

Witness. I had no money at all—I have done everything I could for him—I got him a situation and he robbed his employers—the mother left the lease of the house, which has 15 l . ground rent—the furniture is worth 17 l .—I pay the ground rent—I have lodgers, and take their rent and account for it—I had to pay the mother's debts—she died in 1834—I have not rendered my account at Doctor's Commons—I cannot tell how much I have received, without the books—I have not received 200 l .—I cannot say how much I have laid out for the prisoner—I got him a place and clothed him.

EDWARD HARRIS ( police-constable E 50.) I stopped the prisoner in Church-street, St. Giles, with a bundle, and asked what it was—he said he did not know—that he brought it from his master, a tailor at No. 17, Lisson grove, and was taking it to Drury-lane—I found out the prosecutor, who identified these four coats, which were in the bundle with this Norwich crape in an old shawl.

Prisoner. My mother's brother was left trustee—he died and the pro secutor turned me out—he wanted me to go for a soldier.

WILLIAM RISK . re-examined. The administration was granted to me—the uncle would not have anything to do with it—I cannot recollect what the property was sworn under—I think all the expenses of proving the will were 4 l .—the coats are my own—the prisoner had everything as I did.

Prisoner. I was told everything in the house belonged to me—he got me two coats at a rag shop, and put them down at 2 l . 14 s . 6 d

NOT GUILTY .

1567. THOMAS FREDERICK WEBB was indicted for feloniously ut tering a forged request for the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud Louisa White .

LOUISA WHITE . I am a widow, and live in Great St. Andrew-street. On the 3rd of May, between three and four o'clock, the prisoner came and put this request on the counter—he said nothing—I opened it, and believed it came from Livermore's in Oxford-street, who are customers of mine—I saw my shopman deliver the goods to the prisoner with an invoice—they were worth 2 l .—I had never seen the prisoner before, but have no doubt of him—( request read )—"Per Bearer, one set balance-handle knives and forks, and

you will oblige, to go by twelve o'clock train. W. Livermore; H. Liver more, 30, Oxford-street. To Mrs. White."

CHARLES CHATER . I am the prosecutrix's shopman. On the 3rd of May I delivered the goods to the prisoner.

HENRY LIVERMORE . I am in the service of William Livermore, of Oxford-street, ironmonger. The prisoner was formerly in his service about three months, as errand-boy, and left about Easter—the "H. Livermore" on this request is not my writing, nor is it William Livermore's—it was never issued by authority of the house—the goods were never delivered—he deals with Mrs. White.

WILLIAM PEACOCK . On the 8th of May I apprehended the prisoner in Queen-street, Drury-lane—he said he knew nothing of the charge.

Prisoner to MRS. WHITE . Q. Are you sure I am the person? A. Yes—he was ten minutes in the shop—he came again on the 4th and 8th of May—I am quite certain of him.

GUILTY . Aged 18 .— Confined Two Years .

(There were two other charges against the prisoner.)

1568. SARAH HEWLET was indicted for stealing 2 napkins, value 2 s .; 1 handkerchief, 6 s .; and 1 thimble, 1 s .; the goods of Henry Wickens , her master.

There being no evidence against the prisoner, except a confession which was extorted, she was

ACQUITTED .

1569. GEORGE BROWN and GEORGE FORD were indicted for steal ing 3 handkerchiefs, value 6 s ., the goods of Henry Banham ; and GEORGE HATTON , for receiving 1 handkerchief, well knowing it to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

HENRY BANHAM . I am a gardener, and live in Upper Cambridge-street, St. Pancras. On the 29th of May, at twelve o'clock, six silk handkerchiefs hung in my garden at the back of the house—I received information, and missed them shortly after.

HANNAH SUTHERLAND . On the 29th of May I saw Brown and Ford stand at a gate opposite—Brown took a bag off his shoulder—they walked up to the bridge—I saw them come back again—Brown went over to the right, and Ford to another place, and crossed over to a gate, and got into the prosecutor's garden—he came out, and both went down the road together—I was at work at my window opposite, and saw this—he had to go over two gardens to get to the prosecutor's—I am certain it was Ford I saw go to the garden.

ALFRED ALLEN . I live in Upper Cambridge-street. I saw Brown go into this garden, and take the handkerchiefs off the line—Ford was walking up to the bridge and back, while Brown was in the garden—he got over the rails of the garden—I saw him take the handkerchiefs, put them into his bag, and run down the road—Ford was running first—they both met together in Brewer-street—when Brown saw a policeman coming, he gave the handker chiefs to Ford, who ran down the footpath—Brown was taken.

Brown. If I went and took them, how could Ford? two could not take them.

JOHN HARVEY ( policeman. ) I took Brown at the corner of Brewer-street—I saw Ford standing with him, but he ran down St. Pancras-road, towards King's-cross—I told Brown he must go with me for stealing three handker chiefs from the Counsellor's-ground—he said, "God bless you, it could not be me; I don't know where it is," and said he was at Pentonville at twenty minutes to twelve o'clock—this was about a quarter to one—Upper Cam bridge-street is called the Counsellor's-ground.

JAMES HERSEY ( policeman. ) On Wednesday afternoon, the 29th of May, about a quarter to three o'clock, I saw Hatton and Ford come down Brewer-street, in the way from the Counsellor's-ground—I had seen them in the fields—I followed them down to Brewer-street, saw Ford take a hand kerchief off his neck, and give it to Hatton—I lost sight of Hatton close to a pawnbroker's—I stopped and saw him come out of the pawnbroker's, fol lowed him into Weston-street, where they joined each other, and I secured them walking together—I found the handkerchief on Hatton—when I told them what I took them for, they both said, "It is mine," and at the station Ford said, "I bought it last week down Saffron-hill; the chap wanted 4 s . for it; I gave him 2 s ."—I had seen them together for half an hour.

HENRY BANHAM . This is my handkerchief, and one of the three taken.

Brown's Defence. I declare I was not there, and I do not know the other prisoners; two could not take them; if I had done it I would not have stood where everybody was passing.

Hatton's Defence. This boy bought a handkerchief; I was asked to pawn it, and went to do so; I was told it was bought for 2 s .; the pawnbroker would not advance 2 s .

JOHN HARVEY re-examined. They were standing together when I saw them—Ford ran from Brown—I should not have allowed him to pass, but I had a wrong description of his dress—I am quite sure of Ford—I knew him well before.

HANNAH SUTHERLAND re-examined. I am sure it was Ford I saw go over into the garden—I did not see the handkerchiefs taken.

ALFRED ALLEN re-examined. It was Brown I saw go in and take them—Ford went on the path in the garden—he stood up against the rails—I only saw Brown in the garden.

BROWN — GUILTY . Aged 18.

FORD — GUILTY . Aged 17.

Confined Six Months .

HATTON — NOT GUILTY .

OLD COURT .— Saturday, June 15 th , 1844.

1570. JOHN BURCHELL was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Robert John Burchell , at Stepney, about four in the night of the 5th of June , and stealing therein, 2 coats, value 3 l .; 4 waistcoats, 30 s .; 2 pairs of trowsers, 2 l .; 1 handkerchief, 1 s .; 1 cash box, 2 s .; the goods of Arnold Herbert Dolman: and 1 watch, 15 s .; and 4 s .; the property of Robert John Burchell ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Twelve Months .

1571. MARGARET DAVIS was indicted for stealing 1 blanket, value 4 s .; and 1 bolster, 6 s .; the goods of John Garrett .

JOHN GARRETT . I live in Penny-fields, Poplar, and am a dyer. On the 21st of May I let the prisoner a furnished room—in about a week she brought a man home drunk at two o'clock at night—I would not let them in, and about eight o'clock in the morning she left, saying she should soon come back and pay the rent, but did not—in the evening I missed these things—I met her on Friday, and gave her in charge—she said she had taken the things to her sisters for her child to lie on—that is my blanket and bolster.

WILLIAM PURSER . I live with my mother, who is a pawnbroker. The prisoner pawned this bolster, but I am not quite sure she pawned the blanket.

PATRICK MADDEN ( policeman. ) I took her in charge—she said she took the things and pawned them, intending to return them on Saturday.

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Four Months .

Before Mr. Justice Williams.

1572. JAMES HORSTEAD , GEORGE BRAGGER , ROSETTA BRAGGER , and MARY ANN ASH were indicted for the wilful murder of Luke Williams , and charged on the Coroner's inquisition with manslaughter.

MESSRS. WILKINS and PARRY conducted the Prosecution.

ANN WILLIAMS . I am the widow of Luke Williams, who kept the Checkers, at Wapping-wall. He was formerly in the army, and had a pension from Government—on Saturday morning, the 18th of May, he left home at half-past ten to go to the Bank to get notes for thirty-two sovereigns, which he had with him—I went, between nine and ten that night, to the house of Ni cholson, No. 6, Brunswick-place, in consequence of information from Wardle—I saw Rosetta Bragger, Mary Ann Ash, Louisa Ash, and Rebecca Ash, Louisa Ash's mother—my husband was not there then—they were all in a beastly state of intoxication—I asked them if my husband had been there—they all said they had not seen him—I am certain they all said so—I returned home, went back about a quarter to twelve o'clock, and saw my husband standing outside under Nicholson's window—Nicholson told him to go home about his business—my husband said he should not till he got his money—I stood under the window an hour or more, and my husband returned home with me and a sailor with him named Wardle, who has gone to sea—he then had 7 s . 6 d . about him—next morning, between six and seven o'clock, I went with him to Nicholson's house—I knocked at the door, and saw Rosetta—she looked out of the room window—my husband asked her where Richard Brag ger was—she said he was not there, he had left at six o'clock that morning, and asked what he wanted—he said, "You know what I want; I want my money I was robbed of lastnight by Nicholson and Bragger"—she said, "I know nothing of your money"—I got into the house nearly an hour after I got there—I was obliged to get a policeman before I could get in—Mrs. Ash opened the door—it was then near eight o'clock—I then saw Mary Ann Ash—she and Rosetta Bragger asked my husband what he wanted—he said, "I want my money that I was robbed of last night by Dick Bragger and Nichol son"—they said Nicholson was not at home, he was gone out with his milk, and would not be in till eleven o'clock, and they knew nothing of the money—my husband said, "You know all about it"—we waited there till a quarter to eleven, when Nicholson came in—my husband asked him for his money, and so did I—he said, "I know nothing of your money"—my husband said, "You know all about it," and he immediately left the house—I asked Mary Ann Ash where Nicholson was gone—she said he was gone to the Lamb, which is nearly opposite—she immediately left for him—I saw neither of them afterwards—I went over to the Lamb, but found none of them there—I re turned to Nicholson's house, and left my husband there, about twelve o'clock, waiting to see Bragger and Nicholson, to obtain his money—I went there again at four in the afternoon—the parlour shutters were closed—I knocked at the door—Mary Ann Ash opened it—I asked if my husband was there—she said, "Yes, he is"—she opened a side parlour door, and said, "There he is, take him home"—her sister Louisa immediately followed, and told her to put me out of doors—I said, "It is all darkness here, you had better get me a light"—Mary Ann said, "I will see you d——first"—I could not see him dis tinctly—I said I would immediately get a policeman if she did not open the window, and she did—I then saw my husband seated on a chair, quite insen sible, in one corner of the room, leaning forward in a stooping position, bleed ing very much at the nose and mouth—the back of the chair he sat on was broken—it appeared a new chair—there was a large brass fender there very

much bent inward—the carpet and the room was in general disorder—there was nobody in the room with my husband when I went in—I asked Mary Ann Ash how this occurred—she said, "I don't know, find out if you can"—I immediately got a policeman, fetched a cab , and George Bragger assisted the policeman to put my husband into it—Mary Ann Ash, Rebecca Ash, George Bragger, and Elizabeth Jameson, were in the house—I took my hus band home, and got medical assistance for him about eight o'clock—he lin gered till Wednesday evening, about eleven.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Did George Bragger appear to come from the Lamb opposite? A. I believe he did—my husband was in liquor or Saturday evening, but not on Sunday.

ELIZABETH HILLIER . I am the wife of John Hillier, who keeps the King's Head, Brook-street, Ratcliffe. On Saturday evening, the 18th of May, Mr. Williams came to our house, with a person he called Mary Ann, (I think it was Ash,) and another young woman without a bonnet—Mary Ann Ash called for a quartern of brandy, which Mr. Williams paid for—he and the females drank it—Richard Bragger and Nicholson came in afterwards—Mary Ann said to Nicholson, "Where is Dick ? "—I do not know his reply, but she went towards the door, and Dick came in—Mr. Williams said, " Dick , where is the half-sovereign?"—he accused him of taking it—that led to quarrel—a scuffle took place between him and Richard Bragger—Mr. Williams called him a b——rogue, and offered to fight him—Bragger got out, and held him by the coat, and said, "I do not wish to strike you"—Williams offered to strike him—Bragger let go of his coat, and they struck each other—Bragger struck him on the left eye, which bled—I said he ought not to strike an old man—he afterwards assisted in washing the eye—after that they appeared on friendly terms again—Mary Ann went away about half-past nine, and Bragger and Nicholson also—Williams took what appeared to be two notes out of his pocket, and some silver and gold—Nicholson picked them up, laid them on the counter, wrapped them up, and gave them to him—Williams left our house at twenty minutes to twelve, rather in liquor—the others had left a considerable time before—Williams fell from his chair, on his right side, in the course of the evening, about half-past eleven—shortly after he got up, he put his hand to his head—I asked if his head was bad—he said, "Yes, very bad"—my house is about five minutes' walk from Brunswick-place.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Did he fall with his head on the floor? A. I did not perceive that it went on the floor—he fell on his right side, head and all—I should think he was in liquor then—he was at my house from half-past seven to twelve, drinking and talking—I should think he was very much in liquor—he spent 5 s . or 6 s . in my house that day, all in brandy, and one bottle of ginger-beer—he received the blow in the eye about eight—he did not appear stupid and sleepy from that time—he sat with Mary Ann by the side of my bar, and afterwards stood with his back against the counter—he was rather in liquor then.

WM. WISEMAN ( policeman K 156.) On Sunday morning, the 19th of May, I accompanied Mrs. Williams to Brunswick-place, about half-past eight o'clock, and saw the deceased outside the house, No. 6—he had a severe black eye—a seafaring man was with him—he knocked at the door—Rosetta Bragger opened the window, and asked what he wanted—he said he wanted his money, and asked her to open the door, which she refused—he broke a pane of glass, undid the hasp of the window, got in and opened the door—I went in with Mrs. Williams and Mumford—the two female prisoners came down stairs—Williams asked Rosetta where his money was, and asked for Nicholson—she said he was out with his milk, and would not return till eleven—they

denied all knowledge of the money—the prisoner's mother came in afterward I and Mumford left a little after nine—in the afternoon of the same day I went again with Mrs. Williams to the house, and was joined by Mumford—we got there at one or two minutes to four—there were several persons outside—the shutters were closed—I noticed several panes of glass broken—one was broken in the morning—I went into the house, and saw Mr. Williams in the kitchen, sitting on a chair, with his head on his breast, and breathing very heavy—Elizabeth German was bathing his temples—both the female prisoners were there—Horstead came in about two minutes after I was in the house—George Bragger was in the kitchen when I went into the house—Horstead was intoxicated, and was talking to Mr. Williams, but I requested him to go out—Rosetta said to Horstead, "You did this"—Horstead said, "No, I lent him 1 s .," and said the old man had squared up to him, and a scuffle ensued—I apprehended Nicholson next morning, and Mary Ann Ash about eleven—Rosetta and George Bragger were with her, but I did not take them myself—Mary Ann denied all knowledge of the money—I took her to the station—on the Sunday afternoon I saw that Horstead had a mark on his nose and forehead—blood had been streaming down.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Horstead lived directly opposite Nicholson? A. Yes—he did not live with him—there was a great excite ment in the neighbourhood on Sunday, about a robbery being practised on Williams the day before—Ash's mother made her escape out of the house over the back wall, at the time I went in—I went after her, and took her—when Horstead came in, at fouro'clock, he commenced talking—I requested him to go away—he said, "What is the matter?" and being intoxicated, I advised him to go away—it appeared, from his observation, that he did not know anything was the mutter till hesaw him—I had not been there before four o'clock—Rosetta was taken on Monday morning about eleven, at the same time as Mary Ann—I didnot hear on Sunday morning that Rosetta was charged with robbery—the shutters were open on Sunday morning—they were partly closed at fouro'clock—the neighbours were outside the house—I did not see the window broken—I saw Williams break one in the morning—he was perfectly sober then—he was complaining of being robbed, and insisted on getting in—Iwent there on Saturday, but heard nothing of it till Sunday morning—it is not on my beat.

ISAAC MAIDMENT ( police-constable K 186). On Sunday morning the 19th of May, I went on my beat about nine o'clock—about ten, I met Mr. and Mrs. Williams and a sailor in the Commercial-road—in consequence of a complaint Williams made to me I went with him to No. 6, Brunswick-place, and there saw Mary Ann Ash, Mrs. Ash, and George and Rosetta Bragger—my ap pearance produced some confusion—Williams asked Mary Ann Ash where Nicholson was—she said he was gone out to Mr. Taunton's, and she would go and bring him over—she went over and did not return—I asked Williams in the presence of George and Rosetta Bragger where the other man (Richard Bragger) was—he said he did not know—I then went over to Mr. Taunton's—I did not find Nicholson or Mary Ann Ash there—I then returned to No. 6, and remained there about half an hour, and then left, leaving Williams and his wife there—I met George Bragger coming from No. 6, as I returned there—about eleven o'clock I saw Mary Ann Ash in Commercial-road along with two females—I spoke to her, and took her back to No. 6—Mr. Williams refused to give her into custody—he said he wanted to see the two men.

WILLIAM LEE ( police-constable K 268.) On Sunday the 19th of May, in consequence of information I received from Wiseman, I went to No. 6, Brunswick-place, about ten minutes after three o'clock—I saw George and

Rosetta Bragger there, and Williams—I said, "Well, Mr. Williams, what is the matter now?"—he said, "They have robbed me again"—I said, "Who has robbed you?"—he said, Dick Bragger and some one else had taken the money out of his pocket in thekitchen—after some conversation, Rosetta said, "He has blacked one of your eyes, and I will black the other before you leave here"—she repeated that three times—I told her she had better mind what she was saying—no one was then present, but Williams and her—George Bragger and Mrs. Ash werein the kitchen—I went into the kitchen and asked George if he had seen his brother Richard—he said no, he had not seen him for the day—I called Mr. Williams out, and told him he had better leave—I then left—I had been there about twenty minutes—he was quite sober and collected at that time—I left the prisoners George and Rosetta there, and Mrs. Ash—next day Imet George Bragger and said, "George, I want to speak to you; do you recollect my calling at the house yesterday afternoon?"—he said, "Yes, very well"—I said, "Did anything take place there after I left?"—he said, "Yes, there was, and very serious too; I should sooner have thought of hearing of Mr. Williams' death than he being out"—I said, "Who told you that he was out?"—he said Wiseman had just told him that he was out by the cab stand—I did not tell him the contrary, but said, "What was it took place?"—he said there was a tall man came in just after I left, as he thought a policeman; that he knew him personally, but not his name, that he lived opposite; that he asked for a pen and ink, and asked Mr. Williams some questions. Mr. Williams said he was ready to answer him any questions he thought proper, that some conversation took place between them, and he said he would not answer him any further; that the man then asked Williams to stand something to drink; Williams said no, he had got no money, neither did he want anything to drink; that he promised to lend him 1 s ., that they had some words together, thathe (George) went out and went over to the public-house to have a glass of half-and-half, that he was shortly afterwards called by Mrs. Ash, saying, if he did not come to Mr. Williams' assistance that man would kill him; that he went in and saw Mr. Williams on the ground; that the tall man struck and kicked him, and the blood was coming from his nose and mouth; that he hauled him off, and said he would not see Mr. Williams served like that, and he lifted him up and put him in a chair; that Mr. Williams said, "Oh dear, I am done, I am done!" and he did not hear him speak any more after—I asked if there was nothing said about Mr. Williams being ill used—hesaid no, he did not think there was—George Bragger was not apprehended on this charge.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Was Horstead present during any parr of this conversation? A. No.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. At the time you had this con versation with him, were you aware that Williams had been taken home by his wife? A. Yes, I had seen Williams that same morning—the conversation passed by many questions from me and answers by him—I took him to the office as a witness against the others—I asked him these questions with that view—he willingly answered every question I put to him—he was called as a witness, but was the worse for liquor, and gave his answers with impertinence—Mr. Ballantine was sitting at the time—it was the first examination.

ELIZABETH GERMAN . I am single, and live in High Shadwell. On Sunday morning, the 19th, about ten o'clock, I saw Mr. Williams at Nicholson's house, with Mrs. Williams, a seafaring man, Mary Ann Ash, and Rosetta Bragger—I saw he had a black eye—about half-past three in the after noon, as I was going to callfor Mary Ann Ash, at Nicholson's, and she called me in at the Lamb—George Bragger and Nicholson were there—shortly after,

Mrs. Ash came and called some one to the assistance of Mr. Williams, as there was a man ill-using him—George Bragger went first, and I followed closely after him—when I got to the house I found Williams lying on the ground, and Horstead leaning over him—no one else was in the room—Mr. Williams had a little blood on his chin, and his upper lip was a little swollen—after George Bragger picked him up and put him on a chair, Williams said we would not have seen him ill used had we been there, and I said I would not—I have known him some time—I am not an unfortunate girl—I asked Mr. Williams who had struck him in that manner—he pointed to Horstead, and said that was the man that had done it—Horstead told him he owed him 2 s .—Williams denied having two, and said it was but one—Mary Ann Ash came and ordered Horstead out, and he left the room—I told him he ought to be ashamed of himself to ill use Mr. Williams in the way he had, and he threatened to serve me the same—I bathed Mr. Williams's temples while he was sitting there, and I moved him into the kitchen—Horstead came in again after that—he was very tipsy—he showed a paper or letter which he either said Mr. Williams had ordered him to write, or had written himself—I saw some blood on Mr. Williams's shirt when I was bathing his temples—he com plained of his head very much, and said he was going mad—I noticed that the fender was very much bent, as if some one had fallen on it.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. I believe Horstead was standing over him, as if he was about to pick him up? A. Yes, he did not appear to me as if he was going to hit him—his hands were open—there was very little blood on Williams's face—nothing that denoted that he had been severely used that I could see.

GEORGE MUMFORD ( police-constable K 207). I took Horstead into custody on Monday morning, 20th May, at his own lodging in Brunswick-place—I told him I wanted him to go along with me to the station, that he was charged with assaulting Mr. Williams—he said, "Very well, I will go with you, I know nothing about assaulting him, I recollect being called over on the Sunday by the old woman (meaning Rebecca Ash). I went inside the house, and some quarrel occurred, but who caused it I do not know. I was very badly treated myself. I received four or five blows about the head and face. I recollect seeing the old woman, and Mr. Williams and some other parties in the house, but who they were I do not know, I was very drunk at the time, if I had not been I should not have gone in."

WILLIAM LANE . I am one of the boys of Ratcliff-school, and live in Dor set-street, opposite the Railway. On Sunday afternoon, 19th May, about half-past three o'clock, I was under the Railway, very near Brunswick-place. I heard the smash of a window, which took me to a house in Brunswick-place, I do not know the number—I looked in at the window, and saw Hor stead beating Mr. Williams, who was lying on the floor—Horstead had his fist up, and hit him, kicked him, and jumped on him—I saw him do that—the two female prisoners, another man, and an elderly woman were in the room at the time—I saw nobody touch him besides Horstead.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Had you ever been to Nicholson's before? A. No, I had never seen any of the persons before to my know ledge—I did not see Patteson there—I saw Mrs. Upton—I have seen Mrs. Ash since, and am sure she was one of the parties that was in the room—I did not see her go out to fetch Horstead—I did not go into the room, I looked in at the window—I guess the time to be about half-past three, or twenty-five minutes to four, because when I came from the George it was about a quarter past three, I heard a gentleman say so—Horstead was drunk—I was there about half an hour altogether—I cannot say how long I was looking in at the

window, it was a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes, if not more—I was standing about—a short man shut the shutters, I cannot swear who he was—the old woman went out backwards—there was no policeman there then—Mrs. Williams came after the shutters were shut—I was first examined as a witness at the Thames-police, and before the Coroner afterwards—my father took me to the Thames-police, on Whitsun Wednesday—they summoned him for my appearance—nobody examined me before I went there—I did not see any policeman in Brunswick-place till Mrs. Williams told me to go and fetch one, and when I was going I saw a policeman close behind me—I cannot say what policeman it was—I went away a little after to get my tea.

THOMAS PATTESON . I am a gas-fitter, and live at No. 4, Brunswick-place—on Sunday, 19th of May, about ten minutes to four, I was in No. 5, the adjoining house to Nicholson's, and heard a smash of a window—when I got to the door I heard the cries of murder in a man's voice, two or three times—I went and looked in at the window where the smash was, it was No. 6—I saw Mr. Williams lying on his back, and Horstead had hold of him—he was in a fustian coat—I knew him before—Mr. Williams had hold of him by his hand kerchief, in the attitude of a scuffle—Horstead was standing over him—Mr. Williams said, "Do not murder me, let me go"—there was blood from each of their faces—I do not think I remained at the window above a minute and a half or two minutes.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you see Horstead strike Williams any blow? A. No, he was in the attitude of striking, but I did not see him strike.

DANIEL ROSS . I am a surgeon, and live in High-street, Shadwell—I was called to see the deceased on Sunday night, 19th May, about ten o'clock—he was sitting in an arm-chair in the kitchen quite insensible, his head inclin ing on his breast—I noticed his face more particularly on the following morn ing—I then noticed a bruise under the left eye, and a cut on the internal part of the lower lip—he was quite insensible then—at that time I saw no other marks—his face was swollen on the left side—I noticed a small quantity of blood on the front of his shirt—I visited him several times during the Monday, he was insensible the whole day—he died about eleven o'clock at night—as sisted by Dr. Pereira, I made a post mortem examination—the external marks of violence were, a bruise under the lower part of the left eye, a cut on the inter nal part of the lower lip, and a bruise on the scrotum—we opened the head, and on reflecting the anterior part of the scalp, and examining as far as the orbit, we found no internal injury corresponding with the blow on the eye—the skull was then removed, and on cutting into the dura mater , a large quantity of dark coagulated blood oozed out—that was more particularly on the left side of the head—there was also a quantity of extravasated blood on the under surface of the anterior part of the left hemisphere of the brain—the escape of blood on the brain was the cause of death—that was caused, I should say, by external violence, a blow or a fall—a blow on the mouth which knocked him backwards with his head on the fender, causing a dent on the fender, might produce it—I should say the blow or fall on the Saturday night could not possibly have caused the effects produced—supposing the blow or fall on the Saturday night to have caused extravasation of blood, insensibility would have come on in a short space of time, I should say half an hour, but I cannot positively say—I should say that the blow had been inflicted a very short time before he complained that the pain in his head was making him mad, and his becoming insensible—I should say perhaps half an hour, or not so long.

Cross-examined. Q. Can you pronounce any opinion on such a question as that, with any degree of certainty whatever? A. I think I can—I found one bruise on the scrotum—I carefully examined internally, and found no

injury corresponding which could produce death, it was quite superficial—the blow that inflicted the injury on the lip might produce the extravasated blood on the brain—it was not a very severe cut—it had bled—there were, pos sibly, half-a-dozen drops of blood on his shirt, or more—I cannot positively say—if the man was in an excited state on the Saturday, I should say a slight blow or fall would be very likely to produce such appearances, as I saw—my opinion is, that the blow given on the Saturday had nothing to do with the cause of death—I found no mark on any part of his person that would denote he had fallen on a fender—if he had fallen with any violence on a fender I should have expected to find some external appearance—it is not necessary there should have been a wound—this was a case of compression, not concussion—we could not trace out which vessel it was that had been ruptured—there was a large quantity of blood extravasated—I cannot swear positively as to in how long or short a period the extravasated blood would make its appearance, but certainly within two hours, if the hemorr hage was going on—the only blow indicating violence to any extent was the one on the under lip—I think that blow might produce compression of the brain in a man of his age, with the vessels in a brittle state—he was fifty-eight years of age—at that period of life the vessels of the brain are more liable to give way—I was not in the least puzzled to find a cause for the extrava sation—I cannot swear whether the violence was caused by a blow or fall—it was either one or the other—the shock from a blow or fall would cause the concussion and rupture of the vessels—when I say concussion, I mean the shaking—the shaking of the brain would account for the rupture—that might have happened from an accidental fall—even in temperate persons, the vessels are much more brittle in the decline of life—it would be more so with a person of intemperate habits—a blow then would be more likely to lead to compression, which would be followed by stupor and death.

JURY . Q. Is it not possible and exceedingly probable, that the excite ment alone of a man being robbed, and drinking, would produce the appear ances you found on the brain? A. It is possible, but not probable.

(Horstead received a good character.)

HORSTEAD — GUILTY of Manslaughter. — Strongly recommended to mercy.

Confined Two Months .

G. BRAGGER, M. A. ASH , and R. BRAGGER — NOT GUILTY .

1573. RICHARD BRAGGER , ALEXANDER NICHOLSON , and MARY ANN ASH , were indicted for stealing 3 sovereigns, and 2 Bank notes, the property of Luke Williams , from his person.

No evidence.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Justice Williams.

1574. THOMAS JOHN WILLIAMS was charged on the Coroner's In quisition with killing and slaying Robert Harrison Thurlow .

MR. RYLAND conducted the Prosecution.

HENRY THURLOW . I am father of the deceased, Robert Harrison Thurlow. I saw him alive last at half-past six o'clock on Sunday evening, the 19th of May—I saw him on the Tuesday week following, dead—I recognised his person.

GEORGE CLARKE . I am a coach-maker. On Sunday the 19th of May I went with the deceased and another little boy to London-bridge—we got into a skiff there, near Fresh Wharf, on this side London-bridge—there were some steam-boats moored near there—there were thirteen persons in the skiff and two

rowers, fifteen in all—we were to pay 1 d . each—the prisoner was one of the watermen, and seemed to have the management of the boat—we just started from the stairs, going down towards the Tower—the tide was running down rather strong—the boat had got into the stream—at the time we started there was a steam-boat started from Temple-pier, and the swell of the steam boat drove us against the Diamond steam-boat, which laid at the stairs landing her passengers—I saw the steam-boat on our right when we ran against the Diamond—it was the waves caused by the steamer from the Temple-pier drove us against the Diamond, I suppose, but I had not seen the steamer at Temple pier—it might be the waves caused by the wind—a steam-boat had just passed through London-bridge—we just saw the hind part of it as we started—she left a swell behind her—she was going a different way to us—we got into her swell when our boat was pushed off, and it drove us against the Diamond, which was on the other side of us—when she fouled the Diamond, the prisoner called to the passengers to sit still—two females jumped up, and so did the other passengers, and made a spring from the boat, which forced the water into the boat—they sprang from the boat to get hold of the Diamond to save themselves, and they were all immersed in the water—I saw Thurlow on board just before it happened, and did not see him again till I was at the inquest.

Cross-examined by MR. WILDE . Q. Some of the passengers were young? A. Five or six of them were—I was never on the water before—the young persons were from eight to fourteen years old—others were grown up.

WILLIAM BARNES . I am the prisoner's brother-in-law, and was rowing the boat with him on the 19th of May—I do not know whether it was a licensed boat, it belonged to his father—the prisoner is a waterman—I do not know whether he is licensed—I cannot say how many persons were on board—as we were rowing out from the stairs, a steam-boat was going from Fishmongers'-pier, a dumb lighter laid against London-bridge wharf, then another boat, another dumb lighter, and the Diamond, which nearly occupied the navigation of the first arch, it was impossible for any steamer to go out with safety—the instant we struck against the steam-boat, my brother told them to sit still, but they all rose up—if they had sat still, no doubt they would all have been saved—had not the steam-boats been there the accident would not have happened—the current took all power from us, it took the boat away—the steam-boat coming from Fishmongers'-pier caused the swell, and took all power from us—it was about two yards from the bridge, and the distance of the bridge from our boat—the stern of the boat nearly touched the bridge—the steam-boat moved from the bridge at the time we moved—it left a great swell, which drove us against the Diamond—the navi gation of the arch being stopped up made the swell the greater—the best waterman on the river could not have helped it.

Cross-examined. Q. What are you? A. A currier—I have been on the water many times, and two or three times in this boat—she was able to carry the persons if it had not been for this swell—they were not larger than eight grown-up persons—the boat went down from their rising up.

JAMES EDWARD CUTLER . I am beadle of the Watermen's Company—I have seen the boat in question—it was not licensed—if it had been it would have been licensed to hold four persons besides the waterman—it ought to have the number of persons for which it was licensed painted on a conspicuous part—it had not so—she was owned by the prisoner's father—the prisoner was apprenticed to his father, who is a licensed waterman, but had not a license for this boat—he would lawfully have charge of a boat as an apprentice.

Cross-examined. Q. You only presume the boat was not licensed by not

having a number on it? A. No, it was not—if the boat bad been licensed a number would have been given, which should be put on the boat—I have examined the books of the Company, and it is not licensed—he never had but one license—that was sixteen years ago, and for a wherry—there was a name on the back board of the boat—I saw the boat, turned bottom upwards, on the steps of the bridge, after the accident—I do not think it could carry more than four grown-up persons with safety—they carry more than they are licensed for sometimes without an accident.

DAVID CROMARTY . I am a constable of the Thames-police. On Sunday evening, the 19th of May, I was at Fresh Wharf, rather below bridge, and saw the defendant in a skiff, close to the stairs, with thirteen or fourteen children in the boat—he had the management of it—there was a number chalked on it, but not painted, and no owner's name—he shoved it out with the scull, not sitting down to row, and the rush of the tide through the arch drove her athwart the Diamond steam-boat's bow—I saw no swell—the boat was laying in the eddy—there were two or three standing up—it was not any swell caused it, it was the rushing of the tide through the arch—I had seen a steamer go up some time before—I did not see one move from Fishmongers'-pier—the tide carried her against the steamer that was moored—I succeeded in saving two children, and three more were dragged out.

Cross-examined. Q. This boat was close on shore at the time? A. Yes, about the middle of the arch—I thought the accident arose from the strength of the current coming through the arch, it took the boat suddenly.

WILLIAM BROOKS . I found the body of the deceased at the eastern en trance of the London Dock, on the Middlesex shore, thirty or forty feet from low water mark, on the 28th of May—I was present when the father saw it.

DANIEL ROSS . I am a surgeon. I saw the body—the death was caused by suffocation from drowning.

WILLIAM CROMARTY re-examined. There was a back board to the seat of the boat, with "Licensed to carry eight" on it, but she would not carry more than six safely—I should say, if she had not been near the steamer, she might have carried those thirteen young persons—I do not attribute the acci dent to the number of persons on board, but tothe strength of the current—if there had not been any in the boat she might have sunk just the same—I should say the accident was through his negligence—he ought to have known the danger of going in between the eddy and the tide—his negligence was pushing off in a standing position, instead of sitting down and taking the sculls—he was standing up, as well as one or two more—if he had been seated, and rowed her up, she could have gone clear of the steam-boat.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1575. WILLIAM CURTIS , alias John Johnson , SARAH BENNETT , and LOUISA GROVES , were indicted for robbery on Azere Desire Le Boullenger , putting him in fear, and taking from his person 1 box, value 2 d .; 5 sovereigns, 1 half-sovereign, 2 half-crowns, 22 shillings, 8 sixpences, and 3 groats; his monies; and immediately before, and at the time of the said robbery, cutting and wounding him in and upon his right hand.—2nd COUNT , for beating, striking, and using other personal violence to him, before and at the time of the said robbery; and that Curtis had been before con victed of felony.

AZERE DESIRE LE BOULLENGER ( through an interpreter. ) On the night of the 14th of May I was in a public-house in a large street; I do not recol lect the name of it—I took a pint of beer there with a pint of gin in it—a

little girl asked me for alms—I gave her a penny—she thanked me several times—I took her by the hand and gave her a kiss on the cheek—she said she had got a sister who was very pretty, and wished me to go with her—I gave her 3 d . at the door, and went along with her—it was from about half-past one to two o'clock—she conducted me to a house, where I saw the prisoner Groves—I saw nobody else then—she afterwards required 1 s . for the room, and 2 s . for herself—I told the little child that brought me to the place to go away—I did not perfectly understand, but I understood so much that they called for somebody—Bennett appeared, and asked me for 10 s .—I refused to pay the 10 s . because I had made an agreement to give 2 s ., and 1 s . for the room—at that moment she opened the door and called some person to her assistance, and in came two men—Curtis is one of them—he laid hold of me by the lapelle of my coat, and tore it, and asked for 10 s .—I said I should not give it him, because I had made an agreement to give 2 s ., and 1 s . for the room—there were many blows struck between me and him—he struck first he struck me in the breast after that, and I fell backward by the blow which was given me through what appeared to be a pane of glass, but which was nothing but paper—if was part of a window—at that moment Bennett went out of the room, and fetched in a knife, which she gave into Curtis's hand—he made a blow towards me, and I put up my hand to save myself—the moment afterwards, Curtis put his band into my pocket, and drew out a box contain ing 5 l . 10 s . in gold, and from 32 s . to 34 s . in silver—the little child, who was in the room at the time, had mentioned that I had a box containing gold—nothing else was taken—my watch was not taken from me; the policeman found it on the floor—I received a wound on the wrist—Groves remained in the room all this time, but did nothing—I called the police, and the moment I did so Bennett put her hand across my mouth—I tried to make my escape into the street, and met a policeman in the passage.

WILLIAM BAKER ( police-constable E 108.) On the night of the 14th of May I was in the Rookery , Church-street, St. Giles's, and heard a cry of "Police"—I went to No. 10, Church-street—I there law the prosecutor cry ing "Police," and bleeding very much in the passage—he complained of ill usage and being robbed—talking French, I could not understand him, but he pointed out the room where he had been ill-treated—I went to it, and when I entered the room I saw there bad been a great deal of disturbance—I saw a quantity of blood on the floor—two panes of glass were broken—on coming out of the room, I picked up a goldwatch which he identified as being his, and I gave it into his possession—I did not find either of the prisoners in the house—I saw a bonnet hanging up in the room, and this cap also, which I had seen on Curtis's head ten minutes before the robbery was committed—I took particular notice of it—I had seen him standing on the steps of that house, in conversation with another man and Bennett—I took the prosecutor to the station, and in the morning sent for an interpreter—from the descrip tion he then gave, I suspected them to be the parties—I apprehended Groves in the same room last Friday night, three weeks after the robbery.

Curtis. Q. Why did not you take me into custody, when I have been at liberty a month since this happened? A. He was taken by one of the F con stables on another case—I had seen him previous to that, but, from the description that was given to me, and knowing the whole parties, I expected to take them all together, knowing that Groves was keeping on the room; that was the reason I did not take never met you three doors from the house, and asked you and another man to go to a public-house to drink with me.

GEORGE WADDINGTON . I am gaoler of Clerkenwell Police-court. The three prisoners were in my custody on Wednesday last—Curtis was in No. 3 cell, and Bennett and Groves in No. 2—I was sitting in the room attached to the cells, and I heard Curtis first speak to Bennett, calling her Sal —he said he was glad Lou , that is one not in custody, had got off, for she had been to see him in the well , meaning Clerkenwell-prison—Bennett then directly called out " Nobby ," (meaning Curtis,) "the swell says it was a black-handled knife, but that's a lie, it was a white-handled knife; he made a mistake there;" and she said, " Nobby , they have got your cap and Tom's "—he said directly, " Sal , did you say it was my cap?"—"No," said she, "I did not own that"—"Well, don't you," he said, "there is enough against me, old girl , I will try and get you girls off, for I am sure of being lagged ; and it is no use all getting lagged ; I will get you two off"—they both said, "Thank you."

Curtis. It is false. Did not Bennett say they had brought a knife up against me, that the prosecutor said it was a black-handled knife, and the policeman that it was a white-handled one? Witness. No—she said the pro secutor said it was a black-handled knife, but he was wrong, it was a white-handled one.

Bennett. I said they had brought a black-handled knife, and the police man had brought a black-handled one as well.

GEORGE JOHN RESTIEAUX ( police-constable E 49.) I apprehended Bennett last Monday morning, the 9th of June, in Three Pigeon-court, Clerkenwell—I told her I took her for the robbery of the Frenchman—she said she had nothing to do with it, Nobby did it in the yard—I know Curtis, and know he has gone by that nickname—I asked her where her sister was—she said she had not seen her for these three weeks—she said she was drinking at Hodgson's, that the Frenchman came in, and gave her a glass of ale, which belonged to another man, and then he took her little sitter to her room, and wanted to have to do with her.

Bennett I did not say Nobby had done it in the yard. Witness. You did.

Curtis's Defence. On the night the prosecutor states he was robbed, I passed up George-street into Church-lane, on my way home. I heard a noise in the passage; I had lived in the house a fortnight before this happened, and had moved three doors away. I went in, and a female told me there was a Frenchman had got Sarah Bennett's little sister, and wished * * * I instantly went to the room; Bennett said, "For God's sake go in, and get him out." I went in, and he was in the room with his trowsers down, and the little girl sitting on the bed crying. I asked what he was doing; she said he wanted * * * He said, "Me will pay the girl." I said, "You had better go out of the place, or I will fetch a policeman." The candle went out, and he went to the window, and smashed both his hands through it, and by that means I suppose he cut his hands. I laid hold of him by the throat, and said "Come out, I will show you the way." I took him down, and he stood on the step of the door, talking to me some moments. I told him to be off about his business, and he got off the pavement. I stood at the door about five minutes, and then went home and went to bed.

Bennett's Defence. I met with a friend, and went to a public-house; we had not been there two minutes before the Frenchman came in, took my sister outside, and gave her 1 d . I was tipsy, and did not notice it. He gave her three halfpence more, and on coming out, I saw him near the bottom of Ox ford-street, with my sister in his arms; when I got in-doors she was crying, and Curtis came in at the time.

GEORGE JOHN RESTIEAUX re-examined. I produce a certificate of Curtis's

former conviction, from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—I know him to be the person.

CURTIS — GUILTY .

BENNETT — GUILTY .

Death Recorded .

GROVES — NOT GUILTY .

1576. WILLIAM CURTIS was again indicted for stealing 3 pairs of boots, value 1 l . 16 s .; the goods of John Baptist Tousant Lorist .

JOHN BAPTIST TOUSANT LORIST . I keep a boot-shop, in Brownlow-street, Holborn. Last Saturday fortnight, before nine o'clock in the morning, I was in my passage, and saw a man run out of the shop-door, and run towards Holborn as fast as he could—he apparently had something under the left side of his coat—I followed him into Chancery-lane, crying, "Stop thief"—he there dropped three pairs of boots and ran on—I picked up the boots—a witness helped me—I then returned, and met the prisoner in custody—I said, "That is the man"—I am sure of him—these boots are mine.

WILLIAM KIMBLE . Last Saturday fortnight I was in Holborn, about twenty minutes to nine o'clock in the morning, and saw the prisoner running from Brownlow-street—there was a cry of "Stop thief," which he himself joined in—I saw him drop three pairs of boots—I picked one up, and gave it to the prosecutor.

JAMES WRIGHT ( police-constable F 52.) I apprehended the prisoner in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane—he would get there by turning out of Chancery-lane—I directly showed him to the prosecutor.

Prisoner's Defence. I know nothing of the robbery; I followed with the mob; I did not halloo anything; the policeman came and took me; I asked what it was for; he said he would tell me presently, and the prosecutor came up and said I had stolen these boots.

GUILTY .

(There were two other indictments against the prisoner.)

Before Mr. Justice Williams.

1577. WILLIAM HEARD was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Catherine Shehan .

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

ELLEN SHEHAN . I am a widow, and live in Carrier-street, St. Giles's. The deceased, Catherine Shehan, was my daughter, and was twenty-seven years old—she lived in the same room with myself, two other daughters, a son, and the prisoner—we all slept in the same room—on Saturday night, between one and two o'clock, we were all in bed except Catherine—she came into the room where we were all in bed—she had taken enough—she said, "Mother, is any one out?"—I said, "No"—she said, "Is there no fire or candle light?"—I said, "Un dress and get into bed, never mind"—she got angry, and began to talk—her brother said, "If you don't leave off talking and get into bed. I will put on my clothes and go out," which he did—she still kept on talking—the pri soner awoke up with the noise, and said, "Why don't you go to bed, and let us sleep?"—she spoke very roughly to him, and called him very ugly names—she went on with a deal of rough talk, and gave him a deal of sauce —he got out of bed, and they had a struggle on the floor—I got up, took her round the waist, and sat her down on the foot of the bed—I put my knee over her to pacify and keep her from talking—I had some difficulty to keep her down—she was violent and struggled, and while I had her down on my knee on the bed, the prisoner came and hit me on the knee with a stick—I sat on the bed, and she with me, and he hit her on the head once—her head

bled, but not a great deal—one of my daughters told him to throw away the stick, which he did, and went down stairs—my daughter complained of pains in her head that day—she stayed at home all Sunday and Monday—she did not get tipsy on Monday—no drink was brought to my house except a drop of beer, which I brought myself.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did she fall on the ground? A. I did not see it—she called him a son of a wh——I am sure he struck her with the stick—Johanna saw the first of it—she was in the room all the time.

JOHANNA SHEHAN . I am the daughter of the last witness. I was in bed on this Sunday morning between one and two o'clock—Catherine came in and awoke me by jawing at my mother—my brother got out of bed, and told her to go to sleep, and then he went away—the prisoner afterwards awoke up, and said, "Go to bed, and let us sleep"—she persisted in making a disturbance—she said it was not often she disturbed him, and he could go out the same as her brother did—she was still jawing him—what she said I do not know, but I saw him on the floor, and he struck her with his fist—she afterwards called him some very bad names—I did not see him strike her with the stick—I saw it in his hand—my sister desired him to put it down, and he did so and went out.

Cross-examined. Q. She was tipsy? A. Yes.

MARY SHEHAN . I am the sister of the deceased—I was awoke out of my sleep on this Sunday morning when Catherine came home—after my brother had gone out I heard the prisoner say, "Go into bed, and let us sleep"—I then fell asleep, and heard no more till I heard Catherine on the bed, saying, "O dear, O dear, what shall I do?"—I jumped out of bed, and saw the prisoner on the floor with the stick in his hand—I told him to put it down, and not hit her with it—he put it down, and walked out—after he was gone I saw her head bleeding—I did not hear her complain of her head that night—she did on Sunday and Monday—I was out on Tuesday—I saw her on Wednesday morning as I was going out with my basket—she was still kept in her bed—I was not present when she died, I saw her dead.

Cross-examined. Q. Was not the prisoner, generally speaking, a quiet sort of person? A. Yes—my sister was intoxicated, and was very abusive.

WILLIAM BENNETT . I am a surgeon, attached to the infirmary of the workhouse of this parish—I first saw the deceased on the Monday, between one and two, in her own room—she was perfectly sober—she was in a state of great prostration—I understood that she had received some blows on the Sun day morning, and that she had vomited large quantities of blood—I found considerable contusion round the left eye—the symptoms were principally those of stomach disease, and I treated her for hæmatemesis—I found a wound on the head which had been dressed—she never mentioned any head symptoms to me—she always directed my attention to the region about the stomach—her expression was that her heart was burst, which is a very com mon expression among that class of people—I saw hex on Tuesday—the symptoms were rather improved, but still the same—on the Wednesday I found her in a state of complete collapse, in fact evidently dying—she died within an hour after my seeing her—on the Friday following I made a post mortem examination—I found undoubted acute inflammation of the stomach—the head presented very slight appearances of congestion, nothing more than I should expect to find in almost all cases where no blow had been given—in my judgment the cause of death was acute inflammation of the stomach, occurring on a state of chronic inflammation—there was a large patch of co agulated blood on the stomach, from which part, no doubt, the blood which she vomited had come—in my judgment the blow on the head had nothing to

do with the cause of death—she would have died had she received no blow, the blow might have aggravated the symptoms to a slight degree, and I have no doubt it did, but in my opinion she would decidedly have died had she received no blow.

Cross-examined. Q. Were all the symptoms you saw before you made the post mortem examination, consistent with the existence of this acute inflammation of the stomach? A. Perfectly—the vomiting of blood I think referred to the old disease of the stomach, which was of long standing.

COURT . Q. Do you think she would have died as soon from the inflmma tion of the stomach, if no blow had been given? A. I have recently had a case in which death occurred thirty hours after the attack of acute inflamma tion, and so it is quite possible—it is impossible for me to give a decided opinion—I do not think the blow contributed at all to the death, I attached no importance to it during life.

MARY SHEHAN re-examined. I saw my sister vomit blood between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday morning.

NOT GUILTY .

First Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1578. HENRY PAGE BRYANT and THOMAS JOHNSON were in dicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Wetherill Hartley , at St. George, Hanover-square , about ten in the night, with intent to steal; and that Bryant had been before convicted of felony.

WILLIAM GARLAND . I am a pork butcher, and live at No. 6, Queen-street, Pimlico. On Sunday evening, the 9th of June, about half-past nine or a quarter to ten o'clock, I was opposite my shop, and saw the prisoner and another go against Mr. Hartley's door, which is next to mine, and is in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square—Bryant knocked at Mr. Hartley's door twice, and put his ear down to listen both times—I thought they were friends of Mr. Hartley, and did not take any particular notice of them at the time—I then saw Bryant lay hold of the handle, and put his other hand down, as if trying the door, to see if it would open—that occupied about two minutes—they all three then walked away together—in about two minutes the two pri soners came back—Bryant took hold of the handle of the door, and opened it, he put Johnson in, and followed in himself, and shut the door after him—I said something to a person I was talking to, and went over with him, and knocked at Mr. Hartley's door—I told him to stand at the private door, and I would stand at the shop door—I knocked twice, the last time very loud—receiving no answer, I went to the private door, and knocked there—the lodgers came down—I spoke to them—they knocked at the parlour door, and said Mr. Hartley was not at home—I then stood between Hartley's shop door and my own, and had not been there two minutes before I saw the prisoners coming along my passage—they had climbed the wall between Mr. Hartley's passage and mine—I asked what business they had in that shop—Bryant said he had been to make water—I told him a grocer's shop was a devilish rum place, he had been there for some other purpose—he said, "Me, me, Sir, me?"—I said, "You"—I called another man, and told him to lay hold of that boy—I went to lay hold of Bryant—he ran away—I ran after him and brought him back, called a policeman, and gave him into custody—I afterwards came back with the police to Mr. Hartley's premises, and there saw a towel, a plate, and fork, lying on the ground—there are some rabbit-hutches in that part of the yard where they had got over, and they were broken down fresh, and two bricks on the wall had been partially removed—the top of the wall is protected by a piece of wood going across—I am sure the two persons I saw come out of my passage are the two persons that had entered the prosecutor's

shop—they had no way of getting to my premises, but by getting over the wall—I saw the policeman pick up a small crow-bar in the yard.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You have not carried on the trade of a pork butcher long, have you? A. All my life, off and on—I have been in my present shop four years and six months—I was in the police—I was dismissed because I refused to take a drunken and disorderly woman to the station—I was reported, and inspector Forbes said I was insolent to him—Mr. Lowrie said he would fine me a day's pay—I said I did not want to walk all day, and have no pay—I was taken to Scotland yard—Mr. Mayne asked me if I would submit to this allowance—I said no, and he said he had no other alternative but to dismiss me—I came into the police for taking one of the swell mob in the park—Mr. Justice Gazelee gave me five guineas for it, and the Grand Jury recommended me—I was a butcher at that time—I did not take Bryant on the spot—I had quite view enough of him to know him again—I was about twenty yards from him—he was taken about thirty or forty yards from the prosecutor's door—it was in the same street—there were a great many other persons in the street—I cannot say that I saw the faces of the men at Mr. Hartley's door—I was not a yard from my own door, when I saw them coming along my passage, and I went and met them at the pri vate door—that was all the opportunity I had of observing their faces—it might not have been more than a quarter of a minute—Bryant ran about forty yards, and I after him—he said nothing when I took him—when he came out I said it was no use his running, I would catch him—I caught him, and brought him back—he did not deny being in Mr. Hartley's premises—they knocked at the door with the knuckles.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. I do not understand you to say you saw Johnson taken into custody? A. Yes, the man who was with me took him, directly he came out of the door—I did not lose sight of him at all.

WILLIAM WETHERILL HARTLEY . I am a grocer, and live at No.28, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico. I occupy the shop, parlour, kitchen and bed-room, and let the remainder of the house. On Sunday afternoon, about two o'clock, I went out—I fastened the parlour window and the door leading into the pas sage—I went out at the shop door, locked it after me and took the key with me—I returned a little after ten at night, put my key in the door, but found it had been unlocked, still I could not enter, it having been bolted at the top—I found my passage full of people who told me what had happened—I went into the yard and found the parlour window thrown open to the top—I saw a plate, towel, and fork in the yard—I had left them on a sideboard close to the window, inside—I found a box of safety lights on the counter—they were not mine—there was no crow-bar in the premises belonging to me.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. How do you get from your house into the yard? A. I have a side door that goes out of the parlour into the passage, that I also locked before I went out, leaving the key inside in the lock—my lodgers go in and out at the private door—I found that door closed on my return—by going in at the private door you may get into the shop, but the door in the passage that leads into the parlour adjoining the shop was locked as I left it—I found nothing disturbed in the shop—I should not have known any one had been there had the door been as I had left it, and the box of safety lights being on the counter, and the plate, fork, and towel, being in the yard—one of my lodgers has been with me three years, and the other eight months—one is a policeman, and the other is a person named Ellis—there were no marks of violence on the shop door—it opens with a key.

WILLIAM PHELPS ( police-constable B 107.) A little before ten o'clock I heard a cry of "Police," and came up—Garland had hold of the two prisoners, one in each hand, close to the prosecutor's house—he delivered them into my custody—I found a small crow-bar, with a plate, fork, and towel, in the yard.

Cross-examined. Q. You saw no marks of a crow-bar on the shop door? A. No.

MR. HARTLEY re-examined. I had used the towel, plate, and fork for my dinner that day, and put them into the window-seat, close to the window which was found open—there was another plate—I put one plate on the other, the knife and fork on the top of the plate, and threw the towel over them, and when I came home the towel, plate, and fork were in the middle of the yard.

Cross-examined. Q. A person wanting to get on the window seat would remove them? A. I thought they must have been dragged out with their coat tails as they were getting out, and to prevent their making a noise in breaking, they had put them down in the yard.

RICHARD BEARD ( police-constable B 17.) I produce a certificate of Bryant's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—I was present at the trial and know him to be the person.

(The prisoners received good characters.)

BRYANT — GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Two Years .

JOHNSON — GUILTY . Aged 17 .—Recommended to— Confined Three Months .

1579. THOMAS HUSSEY and HENRY ALFRED YOUNG were in dicted for stealing, at St. Pancras , 1 coat, value 1 l . 10 s .; 1 hat, 1 l .; 1 pair of shoes, 10 s .; 4 spoons, 15 s .; 1 1/2 lbs. weight of cigars, 15 s .; 2 shells, 4 d .; 12 half-crowns, 20 shillings, and 20 sixpences; the property of William Flowerday Silcock , in his dwelling-house.

WILLIAM FLOWERDAY SILCOCK . I keep the Neptune public-house, So mers-town, in the parish of St. Pancras. I know Young—he has been about my premises at times—he was employed by me one day seven or eight days before the 14th of May—he showed me some red glass buttons on cards about that time, either that day or the day after—Hussey is a stranger—on the morning of the 14th of May I went to bed between one and two o'clock—every thing was safe in my bar at that time, and the doors bolted—I was called up about seven next morning, went to the bar and missed 3 l . of silver off the stove, about a pound and a half of cigars, a coat, hat, some tea spoons, spoons, a pair of shoes, and some shells—I have since seen the hat, three and two shells—these are them—two of the spoons are old fashioned and of different patterns—I have some at home which match them—the new one is marked with my initials, and I have others to match—I know the hat by the shape of it, by its fitting me, by the maker's name inside, and by having worn it.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. I see your deposition is signed "William Silcock." A. Yes—I do not use the name of Flowerday—it is the name I was christened by—I always sign my name "William Silcock"—I have "W. F. S." on some spoons and silver tankards—Flowerday was my mother's maiden name—it is my name by reputation in the family.

Cross-examined by MR. MCMAHON . Q. Were the outer doors of your house bolted? A. Yes—my barman called me down in the morning—he was up before me, but not long—he came up to me directly—it is his duty to do all the business of the house before I get up—he is not here—here is only "W. S." on this spoon.

MARY ANN WILSON . On the 10th of May I let a lodging to Hussey,

which he occupied till the 16th—Young called on him frequently while he was there, and went into his room—on the 16th of May, in consequence of what Mrs. Neale told me, I went into his room about half-past nine, and found the two prisoners and two females there—in consequence of which I told Hussey to leave—he was the last of the four that left the room—he said, "Mrs. Wilson, will you allow me to leave that bag?" pointing in the corner, "till I call in for it presently"—I said, "Yes, but I shall take it down stairs, for I never will let you into my room again"—I then pointed to the cupboard saying, "And that parcel also, I suppose?"—he said, "Yes, if you like"—I took it and followed him down stairs with the bag and parcel—I afterwards saw these spoons, the hat, and other articles tied in the handkerchief—I went to the station and gave information—the officer came back with me, and I de livered them to him—I had seen some red glass buttons in hit room on the 12th.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. It was not Young's lodging, but Hussey's? A. Yes—I saw no property on Young—he said nothing—I turned him out first.

Cross-examined by MR. MCMAHON . Q. Did he sleep there with Hussey? A. Yes, at least he came with him—my lodgers are respectable people.

SARAH NEALE . I lodge at Mrs. Wilson's—Hussey occupied the room under mine—I have seen him in company with Young several times—on Tuesday morning, the 14th of May, I heard some persons enter Hussey's room about day-light, and in the course of the morning I saw the two pri soners looking out of their window—I heard them talking to themselves, something about getting over a brick wall, and what they should say when they got over the brick wall, but I did not understand what it was—I after wards heard a great sound of silver—it seemed to me as though they were taking it up by handfuls.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. What time was it you heard this? A. Between eleven and twelve in the day—I do not know whether they spoke of what they had done or were going to do, when they spoke about the brick wall—they had their heads out of their window, looking out into the back yard—I was looking out of my window above them—I did not speak to them—there is a very high brick wall at the back of our house—I do not know what brick wall they were speaking of—I could not understand whether it was a wall they had got over, or should get over—I do not know how the girls got in that were found there—I did not see them come—I heard them there, and informed Mrs. Wilson—that was on the morning of the 16th—my husband is a coachman.

Cross-examined by MR. MCMAHON . Q. Did you hear the footsteps of the two prisoners? A. I could not say whose footsteps they were—they went into Hussey's room—I heard no persons come up between that time and hear ing them talking out of window—I was in the house all the time—I do not think any other persons could have come up and gone into their room without my hearing them.

WILLIAM POCOCK ( police-constable F 81.) On the 16th of May I went to Mrs. Wilson's house, and received from her this hat, three silver tea-spoons, two shells, two packets of cigars, and a silk handkerchief—she described the prisoners to me—on the 25th of May Hussey was taken by another constable—on the 1st of June I apprehended Young in Clare-market—I told him what he was charged with—he said he knew nothing of Hussey further than his sleeping in his lodging one night.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Did you ask him about the glass buttons? A. No, he said nothing to me about them—he did at the police-court.

MR. SILCOCK ( re-examined. ) These articles are all mine—there is a brick wall at the back of my house—that gives access from the back yard of the next house, but all the back doors and windows were fastened, and had not been touched—I fancied some one must have been secreted in the house, and then have let themselves out at the door, which is fastened by three bolts—I believe Young has borne a good character up to this time—I know his mother and brother to be respectable.

(The prisoners received good characters.)

HUSSEY — GUILTY . Aged 17.

YOUNG — GUILTY >. Aged 17.

Recommended to mercy.— Confined Six Months .

1580. WINIFRED WALDEN was indicted for stealing 1 half-crown, 1 shilling, and 1 sixpence, the monies of Michael Kelly .

MARGARET KELLY . I am the wife of Michael Kelly, a labourer, and live in Sun-court, Milton-street—in March last I lived in Pump-court, Golden-lane, On the 20th of May I was confined—on the Monday following, the 25th, the pri soner came to see me—I had a half-crown, a shilling, a sixpence, and the dupli cate of a counterpane, on my table—the prisoner noticed them to me—I wanted to send for my mother to go to the pawnbroker's for the counterpane—the pri soner said she would bring it; that she was going with her husband's dinner to the Curtain-road, and the pawnbroker's was quite handy to it—I said I would rather not trouble her—she said she would go—she took up the money and ticket, and went—she never returned with the money or counterpane, but next day she gave the ticket to my little girl in the street—I did not per severe very hard against her taking it, as she was a neighbour, and thinking her an honest woman that would not take advantage of me—a fortnight after wards I went to her, and asked her for the money—she said she had had the misfortune to spend it, and she had nothing to give me that Saturday night—she has never come to me with any since—I thought when she took it that she intended to take the counterpane out, but she told me she fell into some company, and spent the money.

NOT GUILTY .

OLD COURT .— Monday, June 17 th , 1844.

Third Jury, before Edward Bullock, Esq.

1581. JOHN BUDMOE was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Lucy Borgus , with intent, &c.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1582. WILLIAM BURTON NEWENHAM was indicted for unlawfully taking Frances Louisa Wortham , a girl under 16 years of age, out of the possession, and against the will of Jane Wortham , her mother.

MESSRS. WILKINS and PARRY conducted the Prosecution.

JANE WORTHAM . I now reside in Gordon-street, Islington. On the 13th of October last, I resided in Gerard-street, Islington—I have one daughter, an only child, named Frances Louisa Wortham—on the 14th of October last, she was fourteen years and nine months old—she was born on Christmas eve—I am a widow—I have known the prisoner since June, 1840—he was lodg ing on the same terrace where we resided—he came to lodge with us about that time—between 1840 and 1842, when my husband died, the prisoner was intimate with our family—he boarded and lodged with us while my husband

lived, and was present when my husband died—I and my daughter were present—I do not remember anything especial that then occurred be tween my husband and the prisoner—when the prisoner came into the room my husband was unconscious of everything—he had said nothing previously to the prisoner, that I am aware of, in reference to myself—my husband told me the prisoner had said something to him—the prisoner said he would assist me as far as he could—I was aware before my husband's death that my daughter was to become entitled to some property—she became entitled to it six months after her father's death—the prisoner was perfectly aware of that fact—I have had conversations with him on the subject since my husband's death, and my husband has had conversa tion with him about it—it has been a matter of conversation between my family and the prisoner—after the death of Mr. Hawkins, the tenant for life, I consulted the defendant in reference to this property, in consequence of which he took the deed to Mr. Hammond, his solicitor—I showed him a copy of the settlement, and he took it to ascertain if the child was entitled to the property—this is the copy I gave him to take to Mr. Hammond—that was about the 23rd of January, 1843—I also showed him this letter about the 12th of October—( This was a letter from Christopher Pemberton to Mrs. Wortham, dated Cambridge , 11 th October , 1843, advising her, as Mr. Wortham had not made a will, to apply to the Court of Chancery, as early as possible, to appoint her guardian to her daughter )—I also showed the prisoner this letter the day it arrived—( This was a letter to the same effect, from John Hawkins, dated 2nd October , 1843, accompanying an account of the rents of the estate from the 11 th of October to the 11 th of January, and showing an annual rental of 400 l . odd.)—after giving him the copy of the deed, he told me Mr. Hammond would write to the trustees—after my husband's death my daugh ter was at school at Stockwell Common—the prisoner was occasionally in the habit of visiting her there with me—I was not aware of his doing so by himself—I showed him the letter which has been read on the 12th of October—I saw him on the morning of the 13th—I asked him if he had seen Mr. Hammond—he said, "No," but he would see him, as he wished the bill filed in Chan cery—no further conversation took place that morning on that subject—the prisoner returned to Gerard-street in the afternoon, about half-past three—my daughter was then present—a servant of the landlady of the house was also present—I was going out when he came in—my daughter asked me if I would be home to tea—I said, "Yes"—I then went out—I returned between seven and eight, and my daughter was not there—I found the doors locked, and on opening the front dressing-room door, this note, in the prisoner's handwrit ing was on the table—( read— "My dearest Jane,—We are gone to Furnival's Inn.—Yours affectionately, dear Jane, WILLIAM")— he had never addressed me in that style before (Mr. Hammond's offices are in Furnival's Inn)—I waited their return till the morning—I then went to Mr. Hammond's—he was out of town—I saw his clerk—acting under the advice of my friends I took certain measures—I saw my daughter and the prisoner again on the 28th of March this year, at the station-house—the prisoner never, during the whole time I knew him, made any proposals of marriage to me in reference to my daughter—he never spoke of such a thing—I never consented to his taking my daughter away from Gerard-street, Islington, on the 13th of October—I received this letter in the envelope—it is in my daughter's handwriting. ( This letter was an exact copy of one found in the prisoner's own handwriting at the time of his apprehension, see page 206.)

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Mr. Wortham died in 1841? A. In 1842—my daughter will be sixteen years old next Christmas—I never heard her express herself in terms of affection or regard for Mr. Newenham—I

never saw any of his family—I have made no inquiries about him for the purpose of learning who he was—no one ever came to my house, nor any letters—I thought very favourably and very highly of him—I found him, both before and after my husband's death, a very stedfast friend to me and my family, when my relations would not say a word to me, and I believed him to be very much my friend—he left his furniture with me to save ex pense—I told him I did not want it; but he said, if it was not in my way, I surely would allow him to leave it there—I was in the habit of using it every day of my life—I had no place to put it, unless I used it—I had some furni ture of my own, but not sufficient—the furniture I had was not bought from time to time by Mr. Newenham—it was in the house in which Mr. Wortham died—he never bought me any furniture—he might have added a few books to his own things, but be never purchased new furniture—when my husband died my circumstances were very much straitened—I was in a house at the time—I sold my furniture, and paid for the house and funeral—it was not to avoid an execution that Mr. Newenham advanced money for that purpose—there was a half-quarter's rent owing when Mr. Wortham died, and Mr. Newenham advanced the day after the funeral 5 l . 10 s . to pay the remainder, on purpose that my furniture should go out of the house to be sold, to defray the funeral expenses, in order that it might not be stopped by any process; but I still owed rent when I left the house—there was one chiffonnier and two arm-chairs belonging to Mr. Newenham, and a carpet, hearth-rug, fender, and window curtain; not carpets—there was only two rooms of his furniture—there was one hearth-rug and carpet, and so on, not hearth-rugs and carpets—there were crimson damask window curtains and muslin curtains hanging to the windows—those things are all perfectly safe—there were some cut glass lustres on the mantel-piece—Mr. Newenham bought them, and sent them in a few days be fore he went away—there was one picture and six tea-spoons—those were a present to me from Mr. Newenham—there were two table-spoons—I never saw any plated candlesticks—there was one bed-room candlestick—there was no double set of mahogany drawers, nor any linen or clothing—I have no linen of his—he has not furnished me with money to purchase my own per sonal linen—I have bought some dresses with money which he has given me—I was not in need of under linen—there was a piano-forte—he once ad vanced a small sum to my husband before his death, to help to pay the rent; and I think once after that he advanced about 1 l .5 s .—that is all I know was ad vanced, and that was paid again—I am quite sure that I never knew Mr. Newenham had any affection for my daughter—I wish I had known it—I have never said that he appeared to like my daughter better than me, no thing of the kind—my daughter was a child—I had no servant in Octo ber last—there was the servant belonging to the landlady of the house—I left my daughter alone with Mr. Newenham on the 13th of Octo ber, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, and returned between seven and eight—I certainly expected to find them there on my return—he had been there with me nearly all that day—he was in the habit of being with me almost the whole of every day—he was generally in the sitting-room—I had only been three days in Gerard-street, and he was putting the place to rights, putting the pictures up—there were pictures in the bed-room—he might have put some up in my bed-room—I never saw him in my bed-room, either in Gerard-street or any other bed-room, except he went in by himself—he was not there when I was—we were all in and out of the bed-room during the few days we were in Gerard-street—he was not in the habit of sitting with me in my bed-room there, or at other lodgings—I never saw him in my bed-room, except he asked to walk in there—he never sat in my bed-room—my daughter and I had no quarrel on the

morning of the day they went away—I was exceedingly angry with her—I took her by the shoulders and desired her to leave the room—I did not strike her, I swear that.

Q. Why, did not the prisoner, in endeavouring to save her from your vio lence, get his own face scratched? A. I never saw his face scratched by me; I never touched it—he asked me what was the matter, and I said he should not interfere between my child and me, I knew how to correct her, and I de sired her to leave the room—she had said she would run away from school, if I placed her there again, for she was never well at that school—she did not say that I had insulted her by using harsh language to her, and calling her an idle wretch and a nasty hussy; that is not language I use to my child—I never used that language; nor did she say, "Mamma, you have insulted me by using gross names to me, and you have injured me by your personal vio lence"—the child never said that in my hearing, nor did she say, "I am re solved no longer to submit, and I now tell you I am determined to run away the moment I can do so"—she told me she would run away from school; that was all I heard, and I desired her to leave the room—she was not then at school, but I was going to place her there again—the quarrel was about that—she said she was never well there, and I said she should go—she had never tried to run away from home before—on the Sunday before the 13th I was in the street, and saw her get into Mr. Newenham's phaeton, and I desired her to go out and come home with me—she did not object to come home with me; she came directly, and readily—she did not, on the 13th, say, "Mamma, I am resolved no longer to submit, and I now tell you I am determined to run away the moment I can do so," nor did I say she might go when she liked, as I was determined no longer to follow her—I said, if she left any school I thought proper to place her in, I would not follow her—I think it was on the morning of the 13th that I remonstrated with her, or the day be fore—I think it was the day before—I think I could swear it was not on that day—I did not see Mr. Newenham from breakfast time till about one o'clock, and I know there was no quarrel then—it might have happened after one; I am sure I cannot say.

Q. Did not you say to Mr. Newenham, on putting on your bonnet and shawl, "I see all your attentions are directed to Fanny, I shall quit this house, and will not return to it again?" A. Oh, no; he knew I was coming back to my house—I never said any such thing; nor did I add, "I know that your intention is to marry Fanny, therefore only act honourably by her"—no such thing happened—I left the house, and said I would return to tea—the child followed me down stairs, and asked me, and I said I was coming back to tea—I was not very angry when I went out; I was hurt at the manner in which my child had acted towards me, and I knew who had made her act so—Mr. Newenham took her part, and therefore I suppose he had induced her to act in that manner, for she had never said she would run away from any place—he said I was harsh to her—I did not suppose then that he had induced her to act so, but I now know it was him—I did not know whether or not he would be there on my return; that would have been a matter of no consequence, so that my child was perfectly safe—I could not expect to find him there—he had his hat on when I left, and said he was going out again—I never had any conversation with my daughter, or Mr. Newenham, about any sum of money to be allowed to me—I never heard before my daughter left me, of a sum of 40 l . a year to be allowed to me—I never expected it, or had any conversa tion with anybody about it—my husband was in difficulties before he died—I remember Mr. Newenham leaving for a time before he died—he used to

take his meals with us then—I did not say we should be obliged to him to return, for we had not the means of keeping the house without his assistance—we said we should be very happy if he would return, but we could have kept the house, by letting it to others—I am quite sure the prisoner did not pay my husband's funeral expenses, or advance the money for them—it was paid after Mr. Newenham sold my furniture—he came and rendered me an account, and I then told him to go and pay the funeral expenses—they were paid a fortnight after the funeral—before my marriage I had lived with Mrs. Shirley, a milliner in Fleet-street, as an assistant, and also with a Mrs. Smith—I was a milliner's assistant at the time of my marriage—I was assistant to Mr. Wortham, who was a linen-draper at Leamington—I was not one of his shopwomen, I was in the show-room.

Q. When did Mr. Newenham first begin to buy clothes for your daugh ter? A. Clothes, sir! he said he would advance me a little money to pur chase a few things when my husband died, on purpose for her to go to school—he had not purchased any clothes for her before my husband's death—he bought her a muslin frock, to go to a dance in, while she was at Miss Towers' school, in the Barnsbury-road—that was a long time before her father's death—that is all he purchased—he did not buy her shoes, stockings, and gloves—he might have made her a pair of shoes, but he never purchased them—I know he can make shoes—he has made them in my house—her father bought her stockings—the prisoner did not furnish the money for them—he did not buy her a gold watch for which he gave 20 l .—that gold watch was a present to the child in her father's life-time—he wished to present it to her—her father would not allow her to have it, and after his death he said he had his consent, and he gave it to her—I said I would not allow her to wear it, but he never purchased it—he told me he had had it for years—I think it was a gold watch—she has got it now—it was on her person the night they were apprehended—I did not see them apprehended—the watch was only lent to her on several occasions—since he has been away he has given it to her—the day they went, it was on the chimney-piece, and when I returned, it was gone—I have seen my daughter wear it repeatedly when she has been going out—she never went out alone with the prisoner—she might have done so once or twice, not often—twice before this—I cannot tell how often—she went out alone with him twice the week before he went away with her—she has not been out with him repeatedly alone—I am sure she has not twenty times, I may safely say, not during their whole acquaintance—the prisoner took a shawl of mine out of pawn that Mr. Wortham had pledged, as he thought I could sell it and get a little by it—I did not sell it—there were two taken out—I sold one—he furnished me with the means of taking it out of pawn—he also took my seals out of pawn—he did not take out a ring—I never had a ring in pledge, nor ever had any money lent on one—I never deposited a ring with a broker in the Barnsbury-road—my seals were there—there was no ring with them.

Q. Did not he furnish you with money to lend to an acquaintance of yours, named William Scott? A. Yes, he lent Mr. Scott half a sovereign—he was in distress, and came to me to help him—I had not the money, and borrowed it of the prisoner—at least he said he was sorry for him, and he would give him a half-sovereign, which he did, and said he wished he could give him more, but he could not—he gave me the half-sovereign to give to Mr. Scott—he did not lend it to me—Mr. Scott came to ask me if I thought Mr. Newenham could assist him, and I told him I was sure Mr. Newenham could not—Scott was my acquaintance—he might have lent me the money, but I understood that he gave it to Scott—I put it down with other

money I have borrowed of him. and would have paid Mr. Newenham—I have no wish that he should lose by a friend of mine—he has never given me an opportunity of repaying him—whilst I was living at Saunders's, in King Ed ward-street, he was in the habit of being with me every day—I went there in Feb., and left, I think, in June last year—I was not in the habit of going to places of public amusement with him—I went one evening to the theatre, I think the Surrey, at half-price—ray daughter was with us—that might have been a month or two before we left King Edward-street—we have also been to the Princess's Theatre with him—I could not recollect that at first, I have had so much trouble—I am sure those are the only two theatres I have been to with him—oh, yes, to the Haymarket—I know of no other place—I do not remember, after coming out of the Princess's, going with him and my daughter into a public-house, and having porter—I could not swear that did not take place—we might have done so—that is not an uncommon thing for any one to do, after sitting in a hot theatre—we might have gone from Swin ton-street to the Surrey the night before last Christmas, and afterwards gone to Silcock's public-house, at the foot of Blackfriars-bridge, and had some porter—I took no gin there, I swear that—if I ever went into such a place with Mr. Newenham, it was at his request, to get a glass of porter—I was never with him at Mapp's public-house, near Hemingford-terrace, Copen hagen-fields—I will swear that—I know the house well, but I was never there—we used to get our porter there, when we lived in Hemingford-terrace—I was never in that house with any one, nor at Putt's, in Copenhagen-street, or Merrett's, in St. John-street-road, or at the Belvidere-tavern—I have never been with Mr. Newenham and my daughter to any of those places, except on the evening of coming out of the theatre—we were once at the Surrey, once at the Princess's, and once at the Haymarket—and I think at the Hay market we never went anywhere, but came straight home—those were all the evenings I ever went into public-houses with him, if I did so all those even ings—Mr. Newenham was not in the habit of being with me every day, while I was living at Rose's, in Swinton-street—he was sometimes not there for weeks—I only had one room there, it was a bed-room and sitting-room—I was there two or three months—I think my daughter was with me all the time—he was in the habit of being with me and my daughter in that room—we had no other room to ask him in—I never knew him there as late as twelve o'clock at night—it might be ten, or half-past ten—when he had four miles to walk he did not like to stay so late—I have known him in the house as late as twelve or one in the morning, when he has been dining with the lady down stairs—that was in 1843, some months before he went away with my daughter—he was not in the habit of being with me in that one room at Rose's for hours together—he has come in to tea, and stayed to tea, and gone about half-past ten—he has come as early as four, and stayed till half-past ten, but not when my daughter has not been there—he has been there when my daughter has not been there I think once, when my daughter was visiting an aunt over the water—I have been country excursions with him in his phaeton—I never was at Ramsgate or Margate with him—we went through Cambridgeshire last June—we were out for a fortnight, not travelling all the while—we were a fortnight down at Walton in June, and in July we went again, and stayed till Sept.—we used to travel in his phaeton—my daughter used to sit next to him in the phaeton, and I on the other side of her—there was room for three—he sat on one side, and she in the middle—we were not travelling all the while from June to Sept.—Mr. Newenham paid the expenses—it was to save him from arrest that I went—he begged of us to go with him—he told me there were half a dozen executions out against him, and wished me and my daugh ter

to go with him, in order that he might avoid arrest—I was not in the habit of making my daughter perform any of the menial offices of the house—she assisted me—I am sorry I did not bring her up to work more than I have done—I was not in the habit of employing her to black-lead the stoves—she would sometimes do such a thing—she preferred doing it, and I let her do so while I was doing the other part of the room—it must have been done by one of us—she did not wash the floor—it was carpeted—I generally washed the floor while she did the other part—she might have done it—I really cannot recollect these sort of things—I never proposed to Mr. Newen ham that she should go to boarding-school—he wished me to allow him to pay for her schooling, and I said I would not—that was some months, perhaps three months, after her father's death—she went to boarding-school about seven or eight months after her father's death—he paid for it—I allowed him to pay for her schooling with a perfect understanding that he should have it again as soon as I got the rents, when her property came.

Q. When will you undertake to swear either you, or anybody in your pre ence, ever spoke to Mr. Newenham about any property of your daughter's for the first time? A. I spoke to him about it at Mr. Hawkins' death, and we had repeatedly talked about it before then—I cannot say when for the first time—he knew that Mr. Hawkins was in ill health, and he often said it was not likely he could live long, and it was a pity the child should be so uneducated; and he hoped that instead of sending her to a house of business to learn dressmaking or millinery, I would allow him to send her to school, and I would not—the first time he made that proposition was perhaps three or four months after her father died—I had no means of keeping her—I must have gone into a situation myself—I was speaking of doing so, and of course intended to place the child in some safe place, when he begged of me to allow him to send her to school.

COURT . Q. Then there was no fortune till after Mr. Hawkins' death? A. No.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Will you undertake to swear that you or anybody else in your presence ever spoke to Mr. Newenham about any property of hers at that time? A. No, I never heard any one—he knew it—I never represented to the keeper of the boarding-school that Mr. Newenham was my daughter's guardian—I have understood since that he represented himself so—I swear I never did—I never so represented to Miss Brown at Stockwell, nor anything to that effect—I told her he had been residing with us before Mr. Wortham's death—I did not treat about the school, it was Mr. Newenham that settled about it—I saw Miss Brown about it—I did not tell her that I could not engage until I had consulted Mr. Newenham, her guardian, or until I had consulted Mr. Newenham—I went with Mr. Newenham to ask the time the child was to go a few days after Mr. Newenham had seen Miss Brown, and then I went with him—I did not see Miss Brown before he did, or any other school-mistress, and represent that I could not engage with her till I had seen him—( looking at a letter )—this is my writing, and the fly-sheet is my daughter's—I do not know that my daughter wore a ring with Mr. Newenham's hair in it—she wore one with her own hair in it—I am sure it was not his—she told me it was her own, and I believed it, for it looked exactly like hers—I asked her to give it me, and she would not—I made no inquiry of her about it—Mr. Newenham gave it her before her property came—I do not know whether she prized it—she sometimes wore it—not frequently—I have seen her without it for weeks together—she never showed any attachment to it or to the pri soner—I never noticed any—I went and took the lodging in King Eward-street—Mr. Newenham went with me—he lent me the money until I could

get some—(now and then I had a little money)—that money is down in the book, and is not paid—how could it be?

Q. Now, did he not supply you with money to enable you to live in those lodgings from time to time? A. Yes, he did—he would not allow me to accept a little money from my own family—they wrote to say they would assist me, and he said, "Why should you put yourself under obligations to them when I can lend you without inconvenience, and you know you will get your daughter's money soon"—I have seen him with 200 l . last summer—I had the charge of his pocket-book to take care of his money—I had no thing to do with his bankers' book—he had no banking account, I am sure, at that time—there were two banker's books, one of Sir John Paul's, and one of Latouche's, left among a lot of old books that were to be sold—they are now in the possession of Mr. Southie, my solicitor—I delivered them to him the other evening—Mr. Newenham used to be very often at my lodgings in King Edward-street—he was not there from morning till night—some days I did not see him till five o'clock—he used to come sometimes at one, two, and three o'clock—he never stayed later than half-past nine—he has never stayed till half-past twelve, except when we have been to the theatre, and then he would leave us at the door and go—he has gone to my daughter at Miss Brown's school, at Stockwell-common, with several parcels that I have sent to her—he has taken her to school and fetched her back—she left in June last—he fetched her home—nobody but him visited me or my daughter—I remember a proposition to take an excursion to the sea side in June—that was when we went to Cambridgeshire and Essex—the carriage was not bought new for the purpose—it was bought a month before—it was a one-horse phaeton—I do not know what it cost—we came home in July, and went again in the middle of July, and stayed till September—we all lived in the same apartments—before we set out I went with him and my daughter to Stevens and Merritt's, in Regent-street, and purchased some things—he lent me the money—we did not go from there to Willey's, on Ludgate-hill, for more clothes—I bought a dress at Willey's—he lent me the money—I did not buy any thing for my daughter there—there were a few things bought for her at Stevens and Merritt's with money Mr. Newenham lent me—we did not expend 30 l . on that occasion—the bill at Stevens and Merritt's was 7 l .—I bought two mouslin de laine dresses, and two black scarfs—no linen—there was a little bit of ribbon and something—that is down in the book to be re paid to him—I remember going to stay a few days at Woodford with him at the end of September, and stopping for the night at Waltham Cross—my daughter, Mr. Newenham, and myself, slept in the same room that night, in a double-bedded room—there was no other in the house—I remember lodg ing at Mrs. Clump's, at Walton—our bed-rooms adjoined on that occasion—the door of one was not always open—it was always shut—it was never left open in the evening that I know of—there were two stair-cases to the rooms—I will swear that the door which adjoined his room was never left open—it was a small cottage, and there were only two rooms up-stairs—I used not to call him of a morning—he was generally up long before me—I have never gone into his room when he has been in bed, to call him—that I swear—I think during that tour my daughter went out twice alone with him in the phaeton—never more—she used not to ride on horseback with him—she has rode up and down the sands, and he has been walking by her side—I dare say on that occasion we went to Cambridge, Colchester, Walton, Sudbury, Waltham Abbey, Harwich, and all round the coast—we visited Harwich for a few hours.

Q. Now, since Mr. Wortham's death, has not Mr. Newenham's been almost

the only means of support both of yourself and daughter? A. He has assisted me since this property came—he did not support me and my child before this property came—he never offered to assist me, except during our stay at Peckham—we lodged there, and he assisted me there, but after that he did not—he has not advanced me money from the time of my husband's death—I had a 5 l . note sent me by a gentleman now residing in Bristol, a very old friend of Mr. Wortham's, and I had 5 l . from my own family in Edinburgh, and two sovereigns from the clergyman that attended Mr. Wortham in his last illness.

Q. Except that, have you not been entirely dependant upon Mr. Newenham? A. But I was not dependant upon Mr. Newenham until the property came—my subsistence did not depend upon him till the property came—I cannot tell how much money he has lent me altogether—I have got an account at home—he gave me a gold watch—I do not know whether it was a new one—he gave it me about a fortnight before he took the child away—I know Mrs. Culmer, of Lower-road, Islington—I told her that the prisoner was my brother-in-law—I never permitted my daughter to go to the theatre alone with Mr. Newenham—I do not remember it, it might have happened and I forget it—I never told a Mrs. Rose or Mrs. Orme that my daughter considered she was engaged to Mr. Newenham, or anything to that effect, or that she in tended to marry him, and that her father on his death-bed said to the prisoner, "I suppose you do not think of Fanny, though she would make you a good wife"—I never said anything of the sort to either of them—the apprehension of the prisoner and my daughter was not the result of any stratagem arranged between myself and anybody else—there was no stratagem used at all—I knew where to find my daughter, because I was told where she was going to—I was there myself—I had the direction given to me by Mr. Southie—I was no party to any appointment being made with them for the purpose of having a professional arrangement of the property, and I am sure Mr. Southie never did any such thing—I never said I would make any such arrangement—it was done by me to know what my child's sentiments were—I did not know Mr. Newenham was in the house at the time—it was a house in Carlisle-street, Soho, where they were found—it was not in consequence of an appoint ment made to arrange the property and settle the matter—I never heard of any such thing—I knew that my child was to be seen that night—my attorney was to see her, by an appointment that was made with Mr. Newenham—I was not present when that appointment was made ( looking at a letter )—I do not know whether I received this letter from my daughter whilst she was at the school at Stockwell—it is her writing—I could not swear that I received it—I think I did.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Did the prisoner render you that account? ( producing one. ) A. Yes, it is in his handwriting—it appears by this that be claims 30 l . 6 s .—that was at the sale of the goods on Mr. Wortham's death—he could not have paid himself that amount out of the sale—he makes out that he has given me presents and a great deal, and that is the amount he claims after all the things were sold, and Mr. Wortham's funeral expenses paid—when the prisoner first came to lodge with us, he paid 18 l . a year—he did not board for that—he occupied a parlour and bed-room—he then left and came back again—he then said he only wanted one room—Mr. Wortham said he thought 10 l . a year would not be too much, but he only paid 8 l .—he had a bed-room up stairs, and his furniture was put in the sitting-room—he had the entire use of the house—he always had a sitting-room to sit in, either the use of my room, or the room the furniture was in—he dined with us on Sunday—Mr. Wortham said he thought 2 s . was not too much for that, but he paid 1 s .

Q. How soon after he came to live with you did he ascertain that your daughter was expecting this property? A. He knew on the death of her father that she would be entitled to it—Mr. Wortham had talked of it pre viously, and said he hoped he should live to enjoy it—the prisoner had unfur nished apartments at our house—he left his furniture with me because he had nowhere else to put it without expense—it was to oblige him—it is now in Gerard-street, locked up in a room for him whenever he choses to come for it—my daughter was thirteen years and a half old when my husband died—the prisoner has said he was my age—he told me so when he first came to reside in my house—I had told him my age—I am now thirty-eight—I never, either in his presence or elsewhere, heard my husband express the most dis tant idea of his being my daughter's husband—I never dreamt of such a thing.

Q. How does it happen you went these journeys with him? A. He came home one evening and said he was arrested, and begged of the child and me to leave London with him—we had been down to Walton, and be begged of us to go back there again for a short time until he could get over this diffi culty—when we went to the inn at Waltham-cross I asked for two bed-rooms, the chambermaid said there was only one double-bedded room in the house—it was dusk, and I had never been there before—I told Mr. Newenham of the circumstance, and he said he would see if he could not get a bed in the place—he returned in about a quarter of an hour, and said he could not—I said it was unkind of him to bring us about twelve miles out of town, for when we set out our intention was only to go to Hornsey, but he drove us on to Waltham—he asked if I doubted his honour, and that if he laid down on the bed with his clothes on we should be perfectly safe, and he would be off in the morning to see if he could get a lodging—he went out of town to hide him self from the persons that were after him—I received this letter from him a fortnight after he abducted my daughter—it is his writing—( read. )

"The expressions contained in your letter are not so well applied as you imagine—a soft answer turneth away wrath. I think now that I shall be more enabled to protect your interest than in the doubtful capacity I once occupied. My dearest Jane, I shall not reproach you, nor shall I try to wound your feelings, although you have no regard to mine; but time alone will show whether I am the character you wish to represent me. Your coloring is odious, but false. I feel a real regard and esteem for you, and I most sincerely wish the time will soon arrive when it will be in my power to show it. Your affec tionate WILLIAM . "

Q. Had the prisoner ever made any overtures of love or marriage to you? —A. Yes, he spoke of marriage a very short time after Mr. Wortham's death—I refused his overtures—I told him we could never be happy together, his disposition was different to mine, and it was my intention to go to Scotland, and we never said any thing more about it—I often said that I regarded him in the light of a brother—he once bought my daughter a muslin frock—that was a long time before her father's death—she was then perhaps twelve years old and a few months—it was after he knew my daughter would be possessed of this property that he took my seals out of pawn, and advanced me money—I never was at the Belvidere-tavern in my life—I know it very well—after my husband's death I kept no servant, and my daughter assisted me, but I did the burden of the work—our journey into the country was after I had shown him the copy of the settlement—they let out ponies and donkeys at Walton—I do not think my daughter ever rode up and down the sands there, it was merely up and down in front of the little street we lived in—after ray hus band's death I took in needlework for my subsistence, and used to go out

to work as well—Mr. Southie knew nothing about the policeman going to take my daughter and the prisoner into custody.

COURT . Q. Had you published any advertisement of their going away? A. I took a letter for Mr. Newenham, and left it at the Gloucester coffee-house for him—I did not know where to address it except there, and the letter last read was in answer to it.

HENRY HAMMOND . I am a solicitor, and have offices at 16, Furnival's-inn. I have known the defendant since some years prior to 1834—in Jan., last year, he brought me this copy of a settlement, under which the young lady is entitled to the rents of the estate, which appear to be a little more than 400 l . a year, a moiety of that at present, the other moiety at the death of the present tenant for life, who is an aged person.

GEORGE DANN . I did live in Vine-street, Pimlico. I now live in Albion-place, Hyde-park-square, and am clerk to a solicitor. I have known the prisoner twelve or thirteen years—in the early part of last year he called on me—he said he had been left guardian to an infant girl—I understood from him that she was between twelve and thirteen years of age—he said she had some considerable, property, which she took under a settlement—I am quite sure he said he was appointed guardian—I saw him again in October last—he said, "I have been to Gretna Green and got married"—I said "Well, to whom, and how old is she?"—after some conversation regarding her age, I said "Surely it is not the girl you mentioned to me some months ago"—he said, "Yes it is"—he said she had a mother—I had heard previously that she had no father.

ESTHER DENNING . I am servant to the landlady of 39, Gerard-street, Islington, where Mrs. Wortham and her daughter resided in Oct. last. They came on the Friday, two or three days before the 13th of Oct.—in the after noon of the 13th, the prisoner, Mrs. Wortham, and her daughter were to gether in Mrs. Wortham's apartments—Mrs. Wortham went out, and left the prisoner and Miss Wortham together—I never saw them again.

Cross-examined by MR. BODKIN . Q. Were you in the room with them just before Mrs. Wortham left the house? A. No—I know of no quarrel taking place between any of them that day—I was not in the room at all—all I know is, that Mrs. Wortham went out first, and afterwards Miss Wortham and the prisoner—I have seen Miss Wortham here to-day.

MR. HAMMOND ( re-examined. ) I know the prisoner's handwriting—this letter is his writing—( read. )

"Mrs. Wortham, 39, Gerard-street, Islington.—In this instance to call you my dear beloved mother would be more than I could do. It was not my inten tion to have addressed you again until all matters were settled by the attorneys engaged in our affairs; but the uncalled for insult you have offered me by your scandalous advertisement, demands the remarks I make. What feeling can you have to proclaim (as you wish and intend) my supposed shame and dishonour to the world, as if I were a harlot? Am I not now a married woman? Our union took place within 40 hours after I left the house, where I spent the last few previous days in real wretchedness and misery. My mar riage certificate I have in my possession. Have you no shame left, no regard for the virtuous character of an only daughter? My poor dear father, alas! now no more, often said your heart was one of adamant. I was then too young to know how truly he spoke—time has shown me his sentence was right—the deep and lasting disgrace you have put upon me shall never be effaced from my memory, but am willing to attribute your conduct to your ungovernable temper, goaded on by an unprincipled low-bred attorney, of the name of Hammond, who has no other object in view than to rob either you or my

property, Mr. Pemberton declares he was an unfit person for him to commu nicate with; all the man's business lies among a set of Hampstead omnibus drivers, stage-coach proprietors, and butchers. Had you employed Mr. J. Hawkins there would have been respectability on your solicitor's side as well as a friendly feeling. Your obtaining an order to prevent the cohabitation of my husband and myself was perfectly ridiculous, also illegal; and you may rest assured, though the Vice-Chancellor has heard your story, mine, accom panied by affidavits, stating many particulars of your private conduct (your cruelty to me shall not be forgotten,) will most materially alter his judgment; it is not necessary for me to allude more circumstantially to what I mean. Every inducement which I could hold out to you has been tried in vain to prevent your bringing ruin on yourself as well as misery to me. You were always deaf to every argument which was founded on reason; the narrowness of your education shows itself. Had my friends been consulted by you they would have told you no good could possibly result from your proceedings. My husband, thank God, is quite independent of my property—(you have experienced his bounty and generosity too freely; this is the return he meets with from an ungrateful woman;) we shall, therefore, let mine accumulate until I am of age, and then, in spite of you and your dishonest cunning attorney, we shall come into quiet possession of Connington. I trust you are not carrying on the intrigue my dear father had such cause to complain of; and so satisfied was he of your guilt, that he threatened to leave you, and most certainly would have kicked that fellow (for whom you professed such love) down stairs; he went by the name of M'Donald. In a few days I shall be far distant from you, quite out of the reach of those myrmidons as well as yours. You may probably hear from me after the birth of my child, which event I expect in about four months. One of my sisters-in-law, I am happy to say, will be with me during my confinement. In again alluding to your advertisement,—the morning it appeared it was placed in our hands; we smiled contemptuously at the puny efforts of you and your treacherous abettor, the snake in the grass. Our secret is in the hands of a friend who will not, betray us for so small a sum. He tells us we were worth at least 100 l . In crease your reward to that sum, we may then talk to that devil incarnate your attorney; the reward of 10 l ., he said, bespeaks the littleness of his mind. I was not aware my nose was aquiline until the public papers told me of the fact; a phrenologist says (to whom I have shown it in order to satisfy you) it does not even approach such a designation. In your next public announcement state some more decidedly conspicuous or hidden features by which so young a wife as I am may be known. You are well versed in English history, and can easily call to mind what raised What Tyler's rebellion in the reign of Richard. It will not be difficult for you to understand the difference between a chesnut horse and a horse chesnut. My husband at present walks with his hands behind him, wears gloves, and no neckcloth. You said his hands were in his pockets (why not in that of other people? but that would be libellous, your hands have been rather deep in those pockets of my dear William,) "no gloves," Scotch blunder! how could people tell whether he had gloves or not, if his hands were always concealed? What a heartless mother, to use her best and well-directed endeavours to have her daughter's husband immured within the walls of a prison, the very man who saved you from the fate my poor dear father said you wished him to meet with. There is no doubt your desire was to see me there also; you would have had your wishes, for had he gone there I never would have forsaken him; gratitude, (you do not understand the term,) if no other feeling influenced me, would have prompted me to follow him to the miserable abode you wished to consign him to. In the

name of God what injury have either of us done you. In a few years I would have been my own mistress, and, beyond all doubt, would then have taken the step I did on the 15th Oct. I have the same natural rights to choose a husband for myself as you had; you were four or five years older at that period than I am now; there is all the difference. Jealousy prompts you on. It is true you begged of my dear William to marry you, but it is not usual for such a question to proceed from the lady. You have taken a step you can never recall. The time may come when I can call you as you ought to have been to me—a dear mother.

March 11th, 1844. (Signed) FRANCES LOUISA NEWENHAM . "

GUILTY . Aged 34.— Confined Two Years .

1583. WILLIAM BURTON NEWENHAM was again indicted for felo niously taking away Frances Louisa Wortham , and detaining her against her consent, with intent to marry her.

(No evidence.)

NOT GUILTY .

1584. EDWARD YOUNGMAN COTTON was indicted for stealing, at St. Margaret, Westminster , 1 decanter, value 7 s .; 1 wine-glass, 1 s .; 1 butter-dish, 1 s .; 2 plates, 2 s .; 4 cloths, 2 s .; 1 bag, 2 d .; 1 night-shade, 2 double sovereigns, 4 seven-shilling pieces, 14 sovereigns, 5 half-sovereigns, 9 shillings, and 5 5 l . Bank notes; the property of Edward Driver , his master, in his dwelling-house: and HENRIETTA SHARPE , for feloniously receiving part of the said property, well knowing it to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

MESSRS. CLARKSON, BODKIN , and DOANE , conducted the Prosecution.

MRS. ANN DRIVER . I am the wife of Edward Driver, of Richmond-build ings. The prisoner Cotton was our footman—Sharpe was six or seven months in our service, as housemaid—she quitted in September, last year—on the 4th of May we left the house, for the purpose of going into the country—Cotton went with the carriage to the terminus of the railway, about half-past five o'clock—he returned with the carriage to the house, as far as I know, and was to remain at home till our return on the Tuesday morning—he had been with us three years last March—down to the time of our leaving London, he had not given the slightest intimation of quitting our service—there had been no quarrelling or anger, or anything of that sort—I was in the habit of keep ing small sums of money occasionally, 2 l . or 3 l ., in the my writing-desk, in the drawing-room—on the Tuesday before this Saturday I went to my desk for some money, for a soda-water bill, and gave it to Cotton—he saw me go there—I kept a memorandum-book in the same desk, and there was one sovereign wrapped in a piece of paper, with the word, "Baby" written on it—I returned with Mr. Driver on the Monday night—I saw a box in which he kept his duplicate keys—he brought it into my room, where I was sitting—I went to my writing-desk on the Tuesday—I found the lock apparently as I had left it, but on opening it I found all that had been in it misplaced—I missed the sovereign I have mentioned—the spirit bottles were kept in the sideboard cupboard in the drawing-room.

Sharpe. Q. Was I honest while with you? A. You bore a good cha racter.

Cotton. Q. You had a very good character with me? A. An excellent one.

MR. GEORGE NEALE DRIVER . I am in partnership with my brother, Ed ward Driver—I reside at Lambeth—the offices are in Parliament-street. On Monday, the 6th of May, in consequence of information, I went to the offices,

a little after eight o'clock in the morning, and found the butler's pantry had been on fire to a considerable extent—I found these papers, with my brother's handwriting on them, on one of the drawers of a dresser in the pantry—I also found this receipt—they appear to have suffered very materially' from the fire.

EDWARD DRIVER . On Saturday, the 4th of May, I left town with Mrs. Driver—I returned on Monday, about nine o'clock in the evening—I was sent for express—I got to my office about nine—when I went out of town these papers were left in a canvas bag, in a drawer in my library—on Mon day night I went to that drawer before I went to bed, and missed that canvas bag, and all the money that was in it—there were five 5 l . Bank of England notes, several sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and a few shillings, making to gether 16 l . 13 s . in money, besides the Bank notes, two double sovereigns, nine golden guineas, four seven-shilling pieces, and these papers—these notes of hand, of trifling sums I had advanced to persons, were in the same bag, and had been for years—I left that drawer in the library, also locked—I could not discover any difference in it on the Monday—I unlocked it as usual—I keep a mahogany box in my room, in which I have duplicate keys of the drawers—I examined that next morning, I think—it presented the appear ance of security in which I had left it at first, but, on turning it round, I found the bottom falling out, and the interior of it entirely dismantled and destroyed—it had in it, among other keys, a key which would open the drawer where the money was—on looking into the mahogany box, I found this small piece of paper, marked "Baby"—this is the box—it is all broken to pieces—I had not the least idea of Cotton leaving my service—I did not find him there when I returned to town—I found the pantry very much burnt, and all the woodwork in it entirely charred—the window burned out, and the door burnt—there was an iron bedstead in his room, with no hangings—there were no window curtains in the room—I saw no more of him till I found him in the custody of the police—I have a memorandum-book here which was found by Mrs. Driver, with this little paper, in the mahogany key-box.

COURT . Q. Was there any fire kept in the pantry at that time? A. No—it was hot weather—there was only a stove to air the house—there had not been any fire.

FANNY MEDLICOTT . I keep a lodging-house, No. 6, Dean-street, West minster. The prisoners came together to lodge at my house some time in January last—they lived together as man and wife, and occupied the same room—Cotton was not always there at night—he was sometimes—Sharpe. lived there constantly from January, and he came backwards and forwards—on Monday morning, the 6th of May, I was disturbed, about half-past three o'clock, as near as I can tell—it was about day-break, I think—I did not get out of bed to see—I heard a knock at the door, and heard Sharpe go down—she said, "Is that you, Edward?"—Cotton replied, "Yes, dear"—I knew his voice—she let him in, and they went into their room—he carat down a little after six in the morning, and went for a cab , returned with it, and both went away in it; but, before they went, Sharpe came down and paid me the rent, and said she was going into the country for a day or two—she returned next evening about nine o'clock, alone, and said she was going to quit the apart ment next morning—she staid that night, and left about half-past six next morning, and took her things away with her.

ROBERT PRIEST . I am a cab -driver, and live in Great Smith-street, West minster. On the morning of the 6th of May, about twenty-five minutes to seven o'clock, Cotton came to me at Palace-yard, and hired my cab —he took me to No. 6, Dean-street—he and Sharpe got into my cab there, and I took them to the Swan at Bromley, in Kent—we got there at half-past eight.

TAPLEY SIMMONDS . I keep a public-house on Pennington-heath, near Maidstone. On Monday, the 6th of May, between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, the two prisoners came there in a one-horse conveyance—Sharpe went away again on Tuesday, saying she was going to London for a few things she had left behind—she returned on Wednesday afternoon, in a cart containing property, among other things some baskets which contained a decanter, a wine-glass, a night-shade, a butter-dish and plate, finger-glass, and fruit-plate—on Thursday Pearce came and took them into custody.

NICHOLAS PEARCE ( police-inspector. ) On the 9th of May I went with Thornton to Pennington-heath, to Simmonds's house—I took Cotton, and asked his name—he said, "Youngman "—I told him I was a police-officer from London, and asked if he meant to tell me that was his name—he said, "Yes "—I asked if he had lived servant with Mr. Driver, of Parliament-street—he said, No, he never knew him—I told him I should take him into custody for breaking open boxes in that gentleman's house, robbing him, and setting fire to the house—he said, "I know nothing about it"—I found a key on him—on the following day, at the station, I saw Sharpe—she was taken by another officer—I showed her three 7 s . pieces that were produced by Thornton, and asked how she came by them—she said Edward had given them to her—Cotton was not present then—I asked her when—she said, "Last evening "—I asked if anything was said about them—she said, "He told me he would tell me about them in a day or two."

STEPHEN THORNTON ( police-sergeant A 26.) I accompanied Pearce to Pennington-heath—Sharpe was in bed—she was desired to get up and dress herself—I remained on the landing, on the threshold of the door—I saw her with her pocket in her hand—I took possession of it—she said, "I hope you are not going to take my pocket "—I said I should—she said, "There is no thing in the pocket but what belongs to me "—I said, "If there is not, it will be given up to you again "—I opened it, and in a purse in it I found a sove reign, some silver, and some other gold, which I did not take notice of till next morning—I then found it consisted of three 7 s . pieces, wrapped up in this paper, a sovereign, and 4 s . 6 d . in silver—I searched some boxes in the same room, and found them to contain some cloths—I did not bring them away till the following Thursday, the 16th—I saw some of them—they had the name of "Driver "on them.

Cotton. They are not all marked; those that are marked are Mr. Driver's, but not the others. Witness. Here are four marked with Mr. Driver's name.

MRS. DRIVER re-examined. This is the piece of paper which was wrapped round the sovereign in my writing-case—this is my memorandum-book, which was in the same place—these cloths are mine, and are my own marking—I believe the decanter and other articles to be ours—we lost a decanter of that pattern.

MARGARET WEALE . I was cook in the service of Mr. Driver. On the 4th of May the family went to the railway, and Cotton accompanied them to the station—he came home about six o'clock that evening—he went out soon after, and returned about half-past ten—I saw no more of him till Sunday night, when I let him in, a little after ten—he went into his pantry, and fetched the lamp, lit it, and took it into the pantry again—it was his sleeping-room—it was a glass lamp—he came in and had his supper, after he had lighted the lamp, and then went into the pantry, as I supposed to bed—next morning I came down, about half-past seven—I observed a smoke on the kitchen stairs, and found a fire burning in the pantry—an alarm was given—I opened the door to the coachman—we were alarmed about Cotton—we thought he might be inside, and burnt—we broke open the door, and he was not there—I saw the coachman try to open the door without breaking, but

he could not—he had to use force—I found that the woodwork was charred, as has been described—there were no hangings to the bed or the window—I had seen no fire in the stove lately before.

Cotton's Defence. Three weeks or a month before I went away from my place, my master and mistress went to an evening party; when he came home he went to the sideboard, got one of the glasses off the liquor-stand, and emptied all the brandy that was in it; I took it down to wash in the pantry, and there it remained ever since, in the cupboard nearest the window—when I went into the pantry I took the glass off the lamp, and lighted the gas which is alight every night when I am at home, and it is never turned off from the meter. About twelve o'clock I lighted a fire in the pantry; I left the glass off the lamp; I did not happen to put it on again. When I went out in the evening I locked the pantry door, so that nobody should go in to take the plate; I cannot say whether I put out the light or not; I had had a little drop to drink; I went out about half-past one; and the reason I did not re turn was, I missed two or three spoons, and was afraid to go back, as I knew I should have to replace them, and I could not afford that. I took these cloths to this young woman with my dirty things; I meant to have taken them back; the decanter I took with a pint and a-half of gin, as she was not very well; the lamp I took as she said she was very poorly of a night, with a pint of oil to burn, in case she should be taken ill; I meant to take it back as soon as she got better; I took some dripping in the butter-dish; the glass I bought for 4 d ., and the wine-glass I took with the decanter, because we had not one then; the robbery I know nothing about; I have had the 7 s . pieces some time, and I gave them to her; she knew nothing about it; I went to her place, and asked if she had a mind to go into the country with me for a little while; she said no twice, and then she said she would go; I lived with Mr. Driver's mother two years before I lived with him, and she can give me a very good character.

Sharpe's Defence. I received the 7 s . pieces from my husband.

MR. GEORGE DRIVER re-examined. We received a two-years' character with Cotton.

COTTON — GUILTY . Aged 27. — Transported for Ten Years .

SHARPE — NOT GUILTY .

1585. EDWARD YOUNGMAN COTTON was again indicted with STEPHEN CHANDLER , for stealing 6 spoons, value 2 l . 7 s . 6 d .; I pepper box, 14 s .; 1 butter-knife, 1 s .; 1 skewer, 12 s .; 2 pair of boots, 1 l .; 2 plates, 3 s .; 2 wine glasses, 2 s .; 12 napkins, 6 s .; and 7 guineas, the property of Edward Driver , the master of Cotton.

ANDREW SHAW . I am groom in the service of Mr. Edward Driver. I know Chandler, and have seen him in company with Cotton—the first time is more than three or four months ago—I have seen them a great many times together in the pantry—after the fire I was engaged in sifting the refuse out of the pantry—I afterwards found a pair of breeches which had been worn by Cotton, and in the pocket I found some duplicates which I took to my master, who gave them to the officer.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. Do not you know that Chandler had been employed by Cotton to assist him in his work? A. No, I do not, I never saw him assisting him, I will swear—I cannot say when I first saw him at master's house.

GEORGE PHILLIPS . I am in the service of Mr. Ravenor, pawnbroker, Tothill-street. Chandler pledged a silver marrow-spoon for 5 s ., and said it belonged to a brother of his—on the 1st of Feb. he pawned a silver table spoon

for 3 s .; on the 14th, two table-spoons for 16 s .; on the 10th, a pair of Wellington boots—he said he pawned them all from his brother—I find four duplicates corresponding with mine among those produced.

JAMES BASTER . I am also shopman to Mr. Ravenor. Chandler was in the habit of pawning with us—on the 27th of Jan. he pawned a silver skewer for 12 s . in the name of Stephen Chandler, Crown-street, for his bro ther—on the same day he pawned a silver pepper-castor for 7 s . for his bro ther—on the 13th of Feb. a pair of silvertable-spoons, a butter-knife, a salt-spoon, and a caddy-spoon, all silver, for 22 s .—I produce a marrow-spoon, and a table-spoon which my fellow-shopman took in—the duplicate relating to them is among the rest, it is in the name of Stephen Chandler—among the eleven duplicates produced are three corresponding with what I took in.

NICHOLAS PEARCE . I am inspector of the A division of police. I appre hended Chandler, at Guildford, Surrey, on Thursday, the 22nd of May—I told him I took him for being concerned with Cotton in robbing the house of Mr. Dri ver, in Parliament-street, and setting fire to it—he said, "I have not been in his company"—I brought him to London, and, in consequence of what was said to me, I took a pair of boots off his feet, which I have here—I found this key on Cotton.

MRS. ANN DRIVER . I have missed plate since the fire—Cotton had the care of it—I have seen these articles before, and believe them to be ours—some I am certain of—I know this butter-knife—the crest has been taken out of the spoons—here is the mark where it was—we had a tea-poy in the dining-room—this is the key of the tea-poy, that is, it opens it—it is a dupli cate of my key—I missed all such articles as those produced.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. Do I understand you cannot iden tify anything but the butter-knife? A. I am certain of no more—I know the butter-knife, because it was broken at the handle last year, when in the coun try, and it was not used, the handle being loose—I received an excellent cha racter with Cotton, and he bore that character in my service.

COURT . Q. You believe the rest of the plate to be yours? A. Yes, and we missed plate of this description.

EDWARD DRIVER . I know the butter-knife, and believe the spoons to be mine—they are like mine—I have others corresponding with them—we miss the same number from our stock—these skewers I have had many years, and this caddy-spoon was kept in the tea-poy—I have not the least doubt the whole property is mine—this pair of boots found on Chandler have my name in them—they were in Cotton's care.

ELIZABETH JAMES . I know Chandler—he was in the habit of coming to my house, the Star and Garter, Queen-street, Westminster—he brought two bundles there on the 4th of May.

COTTON — GUILTY . Aged 27.— Transported for Ten Years more .

CHANDLER — GUILTY . Aged 30.— Transported for Ten Years .

1586. EDWARD YOUNGMAN COTTON was again indicted for arson.

(No evidence.)

NOT GUILTY .

1587. THOMAS PATTERSON and ELLEN PATTERSON were indicted for feloniously assaulting George Allen , putting him in fear, and taking from his person, and against his will, 1 watch, value 1 l . 5 s .; 1 chain, 6 d .; 3 keys, 1 s .; 1 cigar-case, 4 s . 6 d .; 1 handkerchief, 2 s . 6 d .; 1 pair of gloves, 1 s .; 1 bag, 2 d .; 6 shillings, 3 sixpences, 3 pence, and 6 halfpence, his property; and feloniously cutting and wounding him on the head, at the time of the said robbery.—2nd COUNT , for striking, and using other personal vio lence to him.

MR. O'BRIEN conducted the Prosecution.

GEORGE ALLEN . I am a linen glazer, and live at No. 9, Monkell-street, Fore-street, City. On the 19th of May I saw the prisoners in a public-house at the corner of Barbican—there was a young woman in my company, who asked them to drink—we had rum and water—they did so, and the male pri soner called for half-a-pint of gin—we drank the rum and water and gin toge ther, and came out together—they asked where I was going—I said I was going home—they forced me very much to go and have something more to drink—I went into a public-house near the Post-office, and called for two glasses of brandy and water, which I paid for—we drank it together, and came out into Aldersgate-street—they asked me to go home with them, and took me to a room on the ground floor in a court in Aldersgate-street—they asked me to have supper—I refused—they had some—in the mean time one of the three asked me to take my hat off—I refused—one of the three said, "Take it off"—I asked for my hat a great many times, to go—they refused to give it to me—I got up and said I would go—one of the three put the candle out—the male prisoner immediately came up, collared me, and said, "Deliver up all you have, or it will be the worse for you"—I refused to do so—he imme diately struck me on the head with a poker or some iron instrument, which felled me to the ground—the two females assisted him in doing so—the female prisoner was one of them—they beat me very much, and kicked me—I struggled to get off the ground—one of the three called out, "Get me a knife and I will cut the b—y b—'s throat"—I got up off the ground, and missed my watch from my fob—I begged them to spare my life whatever they did—I said, "Now you have robbed me of all I have, let me go"—they began to put their hands into my pocket, and took all I had—the two females opened the door and looked out—I made a plunge, got from the male prisoner, and he ran out after me and said, "Collar him, collar him; d——n his eyes, never let him go"—they all three got hold of my collar—I got from them again, and ran away, called a policeman, and made a complaint—I saw the prisoners again in about half an hour pass the end of the street, and pointed them out—I said, "There go two of the party;" and I heard Elizabeth Patterson say, "Run, Tom , run."

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did you know the male prisoner be fore? A. No, nor the young woman I was first with—I met her in Alders gate-street about eleven o'clock on Sunday evening, the 19th of May—I was never at the Victoria theatre with the prisoners—I was never there in my life—I have lived in London a year and seven months—I work for Mr. Hali fax, in Monkwell-street, and live at his house—he has no other man—he is a linen-glazer—I have no particular time to be home—I come in when I like—he is my uncle—only him and his wife live there.

Q. Did not you, when walking with the woman in Aldersgate-street, stop the male prisoner and ask him how he was? A. No, nor ask him to drink—I did not take the prisoners into a house at the corner of Barbican—I never saw them till they came into the house—we had a glass of rum and water and half-a-pint of gin between us—we had two glasses of rum and water at the the other house by the Post-office, and left there, I think, between twelve and one o'clock—the male prisoner asked me to go home, not to have supper—he asked me to go several times—I refused a great many times—they all three over persuaded me to go—I was not going any where with the young woman—I did not say, after supper, that I was going home with the young woman—I did not tell him I had 7 s . 6 d . when I came from home, and had only 1 s . 6 d . left—I did not ask him to take care of my watch till the morning, as I did not like to go home with the young woman with my watch, nor talk with him about my brother being a clever fighting man, nor begin larking with him

and try to throw him, nor did I fall in a struggle, and then get up and strike him and make his nose bleed—the female prisoner assisted him—she did not come to part us—I did not ask him to go out and have something to drink, nor did he refuse to go because his trowsers had got blood on them; nor did I ask him to get another pair to put on over them, to hide the blood—we did not all go back to the court together, nor did I quarrel with him in the street, and fight with him.

Q. Where did you go before you saw the policeman? A. I do not know; I am a stranger in the neighbourhood—I might be in Arthur-street; I do not know, for I ran—I did not go out of the court into Aldersgate-street, as it is a thoroughfare—I do not know where it leads to—it is between Aldersgate-street and Goswell-street, beyond Barbican, on the right side going from here—it is near Fann-street—when I saw the prisoners again they were not walking slowly, but going as fast as they could walk—I followed them—I charged them before the policeman with stealing my watch—the male prisoner did not say in my hearing, "George, how can you say I stole your watch, when you gave it to me in the morning?"—I was not locked up for being drunk, but for safety, to appear against them in the morning—I told the policeman where I lived—they asked me if I would send home—I said I had no occasion, I had as soon stop there as go home—I never saw the male prisoner before that.

WALTER HENRY BROWN ( police-constable G 62.) On Monday morning, the 20th of May, I saw the prosecutor, about half-past three o'clock, in Ball-yard, leading out of Arthur-street—his face was covered with blood, his hat off, and the skirts of his coat torn out behind—he was standing, talking to another policeman—I went up to him—he made a complaint to my brother con stable, who asked if I had had any rows on my beat—I said, "No"—while we were talking, the two prisoners passed the bottom of Ball-yard, down Golden-lane—the prosecutor said, "There goes two of them"—I immediately went after them—as soon as the female saw me coming, she said, "Run, Tom , run"—I followed, and took the man in Playhouse-yard—I laid hold of his cuff—he said, "Let me go"—I said, "No, I shall hold you fast"—he was shuffling at his right hand pocket, and at last pulled out this watch, and endeavoured to drop it on the area grating—I took it up, and took him to the station; and on searching him there, he said, "The prosecutor gave me the watch to take care of"—I found a portion of the chain in one of his pockets—I found he had a pair of white trowsers on under his fustian ones—I said, "What have you here?"—he said, "A pair of trowsers'—I said, "Take them off"—he would not, till I made him at last—there were two large spots of blood on them, and on his waistcoat two large spots of blood—he said, "This comes from my nose," meaning the blood on the waistcoat—I went, and found a purse, with three sixpences in it, opposite the house where it happened.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you go with the prosecutor to point out any house? A. No—I was the first person that laid hold of the male prisoner—I believe I said he was accused of taking a watch—he did not say, "George, how can you say I stole your watch? you gave it me to mind;" nor anything of the kind, I will swear—the station-house is 500 or 600 yards from where I took him—he said at the station that it had been given him to mind—I will swear he did not say it before—I had never seen the prisoners before, to my knowledge.

JOHN SMITH ( police-constable G 171.) On Monday morning, the 20th of May, I saw the prosecutor smothered in blood—he complained of being robbed of all he had got—he pointed out the prisoners in Golden-lane—he said, "There goes two of them"—I and another constable pursued after him—we were up Arthur-street fifteen or twenty yards—when we got in sight of them in Golden-lane, the female prisoner said, "Run, Tom , run"—Brown

who was in front of me, apprehended the male prisoner, and I the female—I found in the morning a Portion of a watch-chain in an area in Playhouse-yard, the same area in which I had seen the watch laying on that night—I produce a pair of gloves given me by the witness who is coming, and the skirt of the prosecutor's coat, and a ciger-case; and here is the remainder of the coat which the prosecutor had on—there is blood on the back of it.

GEORGE ALLEN re-examined. This is the remains of my coat.

MARGARET MILLS . I live at No. 1, Black Swan-court, Golden-lane, and am married. On the morning of the 20th of May, as I was coming up stairs, I observed the skirts of somebody's coat—I took it up stairs into my room—I found a ciger-case, a pair of gloves, and a key—I gave them to the police man—the prisoners did not lodge in my house.

HENRY TURPIN ( policeman. ) I never saw the prisoners till they were apprehended—on the 21st of May I examined his house, and found a watch case—I was present with the female prisoner's brother and mother-in-law—there were marks of blood on the floor.

GEORGE ALLEN re-examined. This is my watch-case, watch, and chain—this purse is mine—this knife is not mine.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you live in the same court with the prisoners? A. I do—I am not the landlord of the houses, but have the letting of them—I do not know the prisoners personally—I know the name—I did not let the place to them—I live at No.1—they live at No. 14—I never saw them there—the house is let to the mother-in-law—the prisoners never paid me the rent, I did not agree to mend a fender for him—I did not know him—I only knew that persons of that name lived there—I do not know Black Swan-court.

JOHN PATTERSON. I am the prisoner's brother, and live in Featherstone-street, St. Luke's. He has always borne a good character—he worked up wards of seven years with Mr. Norton, a cowkeeper, in Hampshire Hog-yard—I believe the female prisoner is his wife—I have seen the certificate of their marriage—I believe this is it—( looking at one )—I have not compared it with the original in the church book—they have lived together about twelve months, and were always considered as man and wife, and were received into the family as such—she has called once at my place—I have called occasionally at his place to take work, and she has called with work at mine—he has been with me for the last ten months, learning the brass finishing—sometimes he worked at his place, and sometimes at mine.

(James Rudd, currier, No.10 Rose-street, Litchfield-street, Newport market; and James Harper, watch and water-gilder, No. 43, Northampton-street, Clerkenwell, gave Thomas Patterson a good character.)

THOMAS PATTERSON — GUILTY . Aged 20.— Transported for Fifteen Years .

ELIZABETH PATTERSON — NOT GUILTY .

Fourth Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1588. HENRY JONES alias MATTHEW JONES , was indicted for feloniously sending to one George Newman a certain letter demanding money, with menaces, and without any reasonable or probable cause; 8 other COUNTS varying the manner of stating the charge.

GEORGE NEWMAN . I live in Bedford-place, Kensington—I live on my property. In January last, the prisoner was in distress—I relieved him and on two or three occasions afterwards—on the 29th of May I received this letter,

in consequence of which I gave information to the street-keeper, and desired him to watch my house, and see who came to it that day—in the course of the day I saw the prisoner pass by my gate—I immediately went out to the street-keeper—he was in the street—I waited till he came to us, and said to the street-keeper, "That is the villain, look at him," and when he came close to us, I said, "You villain, you have sent me a most rascally letter this morning," and doubled my fist at him—he said, "I know I did"—I imme diately said to him, "That is a constable and our street-keeper; now, if you have any charge to make against me, make it, and I will go to the police-office with you"—he said, "I have none to make"—I said, "I insist on it, if you have any charge to make, now make it"—he said, "I have none, I should like to have some private conversation with you"—I said, "No, what you have to say you shall say publicly"—he repeated again that he had no charge to make, and was given into custody.

COURT . Q. How long have you known him? A. About four months—I was repairing some buildings, and he accosted me going by, and asked for re lief—I had no job to give him—I gave him sixpence—I afterwards saw him on London-bridge—I said, "Why you are the lad I saw the other day"—he said, "Yes, sir"—I took him into a shop, gave him a dinner, stopped and saw him eat it, and gave him 1 s . as I left him at the Brighton Railway—I told him if he would look in him a day or two I would give him work if I could—I em ployed him four or five times, and always gave him 1 s . and his dinner—I employed him to look after some bills which I had posted up—he got so ill at last he was unable to do anything—I proposed his going to the hospital—he seemed to dread that—I said I would send him home—he said he would rather starve in London—I said, "Well, take a garret, and I will pay for it"—he went to several, who would not take him in—at last he found one—I went to it, and agreed to pay for it while he was ill—he was there six weeks, and when he left he robbed it—I saw him in Kensington-gardens on Good Fri day, sitting in an alcove—as I went by I saw him, and said, "Good God, Henry, is that you?" (that was the name he had given me)—he said, "Yes, sir"—I said, "What in the name of God are you doing?"—he said, "Nothing, sir"—I said, "What a deplorable state you are in," and when he got up he was in such a state I was surprised how he could enter the gardens—the whole of his trowsers behind were completely gone—I took off my coat, and said, "Take this, I will, forgive you"—he said, "I have been among the soldiers, and pawned my things"—I told him to go to my tailor and get his clothes mended, and call on me for work—he got them mended—but never called for work—he came to me another day—he said he was starving—I said he was a vagabond, but I gave him 1 s ., and said if he would go to a house in the city I would put him there till it was let—he went—I said, "You must be there to-morrow morning from nine till five"—I went there in the morn ing, and the woman said he had left with a bundle—I missed a new shirt, a pair of stockings, some wash-leather, and a few articles I had bought the day before to give to another poor man—I did not see him again till the Sunday after, when I met him in the street—I collared him and said, "You infernal rascal, I will give you in charge"—I got a crowd round me, and seeing no policeman I let him go—he acknowledged he had got the things—he said, "I have the leather at home"—I said, "Where is your home?"—he made no answer.

Prisoner. I have not been ill since I have been in London. Witness. I believe if it had not been for me, he would have been a dead man.

THOMAS BAYLEY SMITH ( police-inspector T division. ) On Wednesday evening, the 29th of May, Mr. Newman and Ford the street-keeper came to

me at the Kensington station—Mr. Newman handed me this letter—in conse quence of which I sent Puddifoot, an officer, after the prisoner—when he was brought into the charge-room, I showed this letter to the prisoner, and said, "Did you write this letter?" at the same time cautioning him that he had no occasion to answer the question unless he pleased, but before I could finish saying it, he said, "I did"—I said, "What could induce you to do so?"—he said, "In hopes of getting the money."

Letter read. —"London, Tuesday, May 28th, 1844. Mr. Newman,—I write these few lines to ask you a civil question, and I expect you to answer it, or else I shall see the reason why. I wants 2 l . of money from you, for what you done to me at Mr. Turner's, on the 12th of March and on the 2nd of April. As you know you sent me after * * * * and if you do not choose to leave the 2 l . to-morrow at one o'clock, for me, at Drury-lane, 163, (a coffee-shop,) I shall come down and ask your wife for the to-morrow at six o'clock; and if you do not get the money for me, I will give you in charge to the policeman, and then you will transported for life. But, if you give me the money to-morrow at one o'clock, I will not say anything about it; and if not, I shall tell your wife to-morrow night.

HENRY JONES , 163, Drury-lane; as I am going home. "Mr. George Numan, 38, Bedford-place, Kensington.

" MR. NEWMAN ( re-examined. ) This letter came to me by the post in the middle of the day—I paid 2 d . for it.

MARY BODY . I am the wife of James Body, and keep a coffee-shop at 163, Drury-lane. On Tuesday morning, the 28th of May, the prisoner came to our shop from five to six o'clock—he had some coffee and roll, or something—he called for a sheet of paper to write a letter—I passed him several times while he was writing it, and observed his writing, it was a very thick heavy hand—this letter appears very much like the writing—I could not swear to it, it appears such a letter—I did not read any part of it, or catch any of the words—after he had done it he asked me if he could have a letter directed to my house, in the name of Henry Jones—the paper he wrote on was common Bath paper.

GEORGE WILLIAM FORD . I live at 44, Bedford-place, Kensington, and am the street-keeper of that place. On the evening of the 29th of May, Mr. Newman came to my house—in consequence of what he said to me I watched—some time after that he pointed out the prisoner to me, and said, "How came you to write such a rascally letter as that"—he owned that he did write it—he said, "I wrote the letter"—Mr. Newman then asked him what charge he had to lay against him—he said none—we then walked down Bedford-place—the prisoner said Mr. Newman promised him a situation and never got him one, and he had behaved very badly to him—I asked him in what way, and he gave me no answer—he wanted to speak to Mr. Newman in private, but Mr. Newman did not choose to speak to him only before me—we then proceeded to the station—a policeman was with me, and took him into custody.

Prisoner's Defence.—(written. ) Mr. George Newman, of Bedford-place, Ken sington on a Saturday, in the month of February last past, I met the said Mr. George Newman on London-bridge, about three o'clock in the morning, when he asked me if I came from the country; I answered him, "Yes," and in conversation he asked me if I wanted a place, and I said, "Yes," and he told me he had a situation that he thought would suit me; he asked me respecting my family connexions, and I informed him that I had neither father, mother, brother, or sister alive; he inquired my last residence; I informed him that I lived as servant with Captain Long, at Devices, in Wiltshire, and that I lived with the captain four years and a half, and was discharged in consequence

of the captain going abroad; the next question he put to me was, had I been * * * * * * * * *; I answered him, "I did not;" he then gave me half a crown, and I was to meet him on the bridge on the Monday following, at one o'clock in the morning, which I did, t according to promise, and he told me to follow him, and he went to a tailor's shop and bought me a coat, and went a little further, and he went to a grocer's and bought me half a pound of tea and half a pound of sugar, and no name on the tea paper, and then took me to an omnibus; he and me then went to Upper Seymour-street, Edgware-road, to Mr. Turner's, saddler and harness-maker, and took lodgings for upwards of eight weeks, and he paid the rent regular for one month, at the rate of 5 s . per week, for one room, and afterwards the rent was 3 s . per week, and also allowed me 5 s . per week for to find me in provisions; and he would keep me as a young gentleman, and nobody was to know it, nor was I to write to my friends for fear of any discovery as to where I was; I have walked out with him several times; on the 2nd of April last past he came to my bed-room, and wanted to take indecent liberties, and I informed him that I would make an alarm and give him in custody to the police; I told him I would not stop there any longer, but I would go home, and beg my way; he said, "If I said no more about the above statement he would give me 2 l .; he pro mised to meet me at London Wall, which he did not, and according to his request I wrote a letter to his house, and was not answered, and the next evening I went to his house, and he gave me into custody for sending the letter."

MR. NEWMAN re-examined. I think it my duty to declare positively before my God and this Court, if it was the last word I expressed, that his account is a concoction from beginning to end—it is the most wicked thing that ever man invented—he was not living at this place on the 2nd of April, and I could prove I never left my house that day but with my wife, who is an invalid, which my servant can prove, and the man who drew the chair—that man voluntarily came forward, and said he had seen the report, and it was a base con coction—the prisoner made this statement before the Magistrate—had he con ducted himself properly I would have got him a situation, and have done the best I could for him—I provided him with a lodging for eight weeks up to the 28th of March—he was ill while he was there, and as soon as he got well he ran away from the lodging, and robbed it—I have a memorandum here of it—"Saturday, 30th March, Henry Jones ran away from his lodging"—I keep a diary of what happens, and where I go.

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Judgment Respited.

1589. JAMES EGAN was indicted for feloniously receiving of a certain evil-disposed person a 100 l . Bank note, the property of Leicester Stanhope and others, well knowing it to have been stolen.—2nd COUNT , stating it to be the property of John Loonie Cochrane , one of the public officers of the National Bank of Ireland.

( MR. CLARKSON , on the part of the prosecution, offered no evidence.)

NOT GUILTY .

1590. JAMES EDWARDS was indicted for unlawfully obtaining I sove reign of Richard Gifford by false pretences; also, for obtaining 1 half-sove reign, 1 half-crown, 1 sixpence, and 2 pence, of Thomas Moore ; to both of which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Confined Six Months .

OLD COURT .— Tuesday, June 18 th , 1844.

Second Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1591. DANIEL DEARLOVE was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Dearlove , at St. Matthew, Bethnal-green , and steal ing therein, 3 spoons, value 10 s .; 1 watch-key, 5 s .; 1 purse, 6 d .; 1 pocket book, 6 d .; 1 account-book, 1 s .; 1 cash-box, 2 s .; 8 sovereigns, 2 100 l ., 1 50 l ., 3 10 l ., and 2 5 l . Bank notes; and 4 bills of exchange for the payment and value of 220 l ., his property; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

MESSRS. WILKINS and ROBINSON conducted the Prosecution.

JAMES DEARLOVE . I am sixty-two years old—I am not in business, and live in Bartholomew-terrace, Essex-street, Bethnal green—the prisoner is my nephew. On Sunday, the 21st of April, I had in a cupboard in my bed-room up stairs a tin cash-box, about fourteen inches long, about eight wide, and about six deep—I saw it last about eleven o'clock on Sunday morning before I went to church—the prisoner knew I kept it there, for when I was ill he has been to see me several times, when I have taken it out and put it in that place—when I went to church I left my wife at home to cook the dinner—I returned about five or ten minutes after one o'clock—after dinner I sat reading the Bible for an hour or an hour and a half—I remained in the house till about a quarter to five—the cash-box contained two 100 l . Bank of England notes, one 50 l ., three 10 l ., two 5 l ., eight sovereigns, 10 s . in silver, some bonds and shares, a 100 l . bill of exchange, another for 50 l ., another for 47 l ., and another for 25 l ., of which the prisoner was the acceptor; also some leases and deeds—we keep no servant, and no one lives in the house but my self and wife—the prisoner and his wife came to visit us that afternoon, about five o'clock I believe—I was out at the time, and found them there when I I came in—I did not exactly expect him—after tea, my wife and the prisoner's wife went to chapel, about half-past six o'clock—there are two keys to my front door, one kept by my wife, and one by myself—hers hung on the screw of the knocker, and mine on the bolt of the door—after our wives had gone to chapel we sat and talked a little, and he pressed me very much to go out—I wished not to go, but by his wish I went—it was about twenty minutes to seven o'clock—we went across by Robinson's house, up Coven try-street, up Pitt-street, into Bethnal-green-road, and to the Sun brewery beer-shop—we stayed there about half an hour, and then left together—I turned to go the same way, down Pitt-street, and be wished not, because it was a drearisome road, and he wished to go round the Cambridge road—I directly consented—we went along Bethnal green-road, and a little way down the Kingsland-road—I walk very slow—I was very lame that day—just after we got round the Salmon and Ball, by the trees, he said he wanted to go into Cleveland-street—I said, "Well, you go if you wish," and he put his hands to his coat, and set off at full run-away from me—I continued my way home very gently, because the crowd was very great in the Cambridge-road—when I got home I did not find any one in—the front door was locked—I unlocked it with my key, and went in—it took me from ten to twelve minutes to walk from the trees, where I parted with the prisoner, to my house—I did not make any discovery at first when I got in—when I had been in a short time, the prisoner came to the window, stood before it, and looked in at me—I went and let him in—he said "What, are they not come from chapel"—I said, "No, they will not come from chapel till half-past eight o'clock"—he then sat down—but previous to that,

almost immediately, on coming in, I had been out in the yard, and saw that the back door was open, which I had left fastened by two bolts inside—I was in the yard when he came and looked in at the window—opposite the back door there is a little sort of wicket-gate, that was fastened with a bolt and a string—I found that string broken, and the bolt was open—when he came in he seemed very trembling and very queer, but I did not take any notice—we sat for ten minutes or so, and he said he wished they would come home from chapel—I said, "They will not come home just yet, you will take some supper before you go"—he said, "No, I should wish to go home as soon as they come in"—I said, "Well take this pot, and go to the corner, and get some ale or porter; you will take some refreshment before you go"—he went, and I was out in the yard, putting the shutters to, when he came back—he knocked, I said, "I am coming directly"—he gave a very loud knock, as if he was going to knock the door down—I was very cross with him, and said, "What did you knock so very loud for?"—he seemed very much agitated, and said he wished they would come home—he constantly repeated that—my wife and his came home, I think, about twenty-five mi nutes after eight—as soon as they came in, he jumped up, and said, "We will be off home"—my wife said, "Do take something before you go home, you have got far to go"—he said, "O no, we don't want anything at all"—my wife said his wife should have something if he did not, and she said she would take a little—she took a glass of half-and-half, or something, and a crust of bread and cheese, and he took some himself; but he got up twice during the time, he was so agitated and wishing to go—my wife pressed him, and said, "Do have it comfortably"—they went soon afterwards, I think, from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour after they returned from chapel—I went up to bed about a quarter to ten—directly I got up into my bed-room, I noticed that the cupboard was burst open, and my cash-box gone—I had been into my bed-room about six that afternoon, and the cupboard door was then shut and safe—in the course of the evening I saw the prisoner with his hand on two spoons, a silver one and a plated salt-spoon, on the mantel piece—I looked at him, and he said, "Here are two spoons here"—I said, "How came they there? my mistress never put them on the mantel-piece, I am sure;" and he took his hand off them—previous to our going out, he said he had taken some goods home to Osborne-street, to the amount of 12 l . 12 s ., and the gentleman was gone into the country that was to have written the check, and had forgotten it; and he was very short of 5 l .—I said, "If you are very short of 5 l ., I will lend you 5 l . for to-morrow, if it is sure"—he said, "No, no, don't go up stairs for it, if I want it, I will come for it to-morrow"—he never came.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. That was before you went out for a walk together, and whilst your property was all safe? A. It was just before we went out—he was apprehended next evening at his own house.

MARTHA DEARLOVE . I am the prosecutor's wife—the prisoner and his wife came at five o'clock on the Sunday afternoon, while my husband was out—I invited them to stay tea, and asked his wife to go to chapel—I do not know where my key was when I came back—I never looked for it—it was there when I went out—I perfectly recollect that—I found it in its proper place after the robbery was discovered—if it had been taken it had been put back again—the prisoner and his wife remained about half an hour after we came from chapel—I pressed them to stay—he said no, he could eat no supper, it was time to go—he appeared in a great hurry to go—by pressing them hard to stay, he remained—I said his wife should stay and take supper—I noticed that he appeared very different in his manner from what he did when

I left home—he looked very pale, and never looked at me at the time he was addressing me, and his wife remarked to him, "What are you staring at me so for? what are you looking so pale for?"—I said, "Yes, he does look very pale she said, "I suppose it is for what he said to me when he was coming here"—he was then present—I did not notice that manner about him previous to going to chapel—when he shook hands with me his hand appeared like ice, and it dropped from me in the most extraordinary way—after he was gone, I sat down and read to my husband for some time—and when he was preparing to go up stairs I went into the kitchen and missed my silver tea-spoons that I had used for tea—my husband kept the key of the cash-box, and the key of the cupboard—the prisoner was married from our house about June or July last—I asked his wife in his presence to go to chapel—she rather refused, say ing, it would be rather late to go home, and he jumped up, and said, "Oh, no; go to chapel; by all means go to chapel"—after my husband had gone up to bed, he called out to me that he was robbed—I immediately ran up and saw that the cupboard door had been burst open, and the cash-box taken—I had one key to the street door, and my husband another—I had a difficulty in making use of my key to open the door—I never can open it without two or three attempts—I have never used my husband's key.

Cross-examined. Q. What is the matter with your key? A. I believe it is rather short, and the lock is very harsh—I cannot tell exactly what is the matter with the key, but I know I have always had a difficulty in unlocking the door—I do not know whether it is in the key or the lock—I have been generally obliged to put the key in twice, before I could unlock it—it requires force to get the key into its place to turn the lock—there is a difficulty—it is a common door key—it requires pressure to get it into the lock.

JAMES DEARLOVE ( re-examined. ) I took my key out with me when I went out with the prisoner—I did not take the other—mine is a key which I had made afterwards—there is rather a difficulty in opening the door with it, and also with my wife's—the lock of the door is rather thick, and the key-hole is not exactly straight—the key is rather short, and there is a difficulty in turn ing it—my key is the most difficult of the two to use—they are not altogether troublesome, but there is a little difficulty in getting the key in to turn—it is very trifling—I can open the door momentarily with either of the keys—I dare say I have seen my wife open the door with her key.

HENRY ROBINSON . I live at No. 1, Newport-street, Bethnal-green, very near the prosecutor's house—it is double the length of this Court from it—my window commands a view of the prosecutor's house—I can see it very plainly and distinctly—I know the prisoner well—I never saw him but three times, once when there was a wedding, and we had a look at him then, and on Sunday, the 21st of April, when he came past our house along with his uncle—they made a little stop, and my wife called my attention to him—I had such a know ledge of him as to be able to recognize him wherever I saw him—he came out with Mr. Dearlove about half-past six o'clock on the Sunday—I was sit ting at my window with my wife—I saw the prisoner come back by himself in about an hour—he went past our window—he looked up at me as he passed—I saw him go up to the prosecutor's door—he made two attempts with a key, or something that we thought was a key, and he went in and shut the door after him—I never saw him again—I am sure the prisoner is the man—I am quite certain it was the same man I had seen with Mr. Dearlove an hour before—we thought that he had come back for a prayer-book—I was with the policemen when he was taken into custody, and I pointed him out to them—they were coming away from the prisoner's house, and I pointed and said, "That is the man."

COURT . Q. You went there to see the prisoner in his own house, did you not? A. Yes, and on seeing him I made that assertion.

MR. ROBINSON . Q. Do you recollect any one near the premises when you were looking on the Sunday? A. Yes, a female, just about five minutes before the prisoner came back—I saw her sitting down right opposite the prosecutor's door, and about forty yards from it, as near as I can tell—she was sitting on a part of an unfinished building—when the prisoner came by he went right direct to the door, and I never saw any more of the woman—I never saw her go away—her face was turned towards the prosecutor's house—I had noticed her there for about an hour and a half—I thought she was waiting for a young man, and I said so to my wife—she seemed to be about thirty years of age.

Cross-examined. Q. She went away, you do not know when or where? A. No, or what she came for, I cannot tell—I saw her there about five minutes before the prisoner came by—I am a splint-cutter—I cut wood for lucifer matches—I work for Mr. Sutton, of Pollard's-row, Bethnal-green—I am not in regular work at all times—sometimes we are obliged to lose a day in a week—I work by piecework, and have three halfpence for every gross—I did not cut any last week—I was attending here four days, and was ill on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday—I had plenty of work to go to—last Saturday week I cut about 4 s . worth—I worked all that week, and earned 24 s .—I receive my money by the week—I know Mr. Dearlove very well by sight—I never knew his name before this robbery—Mr. Dearlove's back premises lead right away through into Cambridge-road—you go through a little bit of a garden and a yard—I do not know whether there is a gate with a string to it—I have never been to his back premises, and do not know how they are secured—I do not know whether there are any locks and bolts to them—I never took the trouble to look—we thought the prisoner returned for the Prayer Book—it was about half-past seven o'clock—I have never been in a Court of Justice before, nor ever called upon to identify anybody before—I cannot read—I have got good eyesight—I never spoke to the prisoner—I cannot tell how he was dressed—I can tell him by his face—he had boots on—they seemed to me to be boots—I do not know whether they were or not, because the trow sers were down so low—he had on much such a coloured coat as he has now—it was the same make, a frock coat—I cannot tell what coloured trowsers he had on—I did not notice his dress, only his face, because we wanted to see whether he favoured the old gentleman, to see whether he was his son or not—I said to my wife, "Now we will have a good look"—I have not been examined by that gentleman (the attorney)—I have never had any questions put to me about what I knew of this matter—I have not been to that gentle man's office—I do not know where he lives—he never called me as a witness—I do not know whether he examined me at the police-office—I and my wife went and gave information to Mr. Dearlove on the Monday, the 22nd, having heard about the robbery—I have been past his house since—I have been in once, not with my wife, but alone—I think it was one day last week—I can not tell which day—it was after we had come away from this place—I did not take anything to drink—I did not go to the public-house with any police man—I have gone into a public-house, and seen the two policemen in this case there—I do not know the sign of it—it is a beer-shop, close by Mr. Dearlove's, where his back entrance comes out—I do not know when it was—I have seen them in there several times—I do not know how often I have been there since this transaction—I generally go there for my half-pint of beer—I never met the policemen there, or went there with them—I have seen them there, it may be six or seven times, or it may be three or four, I cannot

tell—I have seen them come in and talk to the landlord—I have not talked to them, only said, "How do you do?" and they have said so to me—they took nothing from me in writing—there was no drink between us—I once asked them to drink, and they both drank out of my pot—it was part of a pint of fourpenny half-and-half—their names are Waters and Townsend—they drank nothing else, never but that once—I do not know when that was—it was at my expense—I had a pint when they came in, and asked them to drink—we had a pot of beer at the public-house opposite last week while attending here as witnesses—I swear I have had no drink with them anywhere else—I be lieve there were one or two persons in the public-house when they drank out of my pot—there was no one in their company that I know of—they stood against the bar, and I sat down—I fell in with them quite by accident—I have seen them in there a good many times, but they only drank with me once, to my recollection—I do not recollect drinking with them after that—I would not like to swear it, because I might be mistaken—I never knew them before this transaction—I was alone when I went, and found them at the public-house—it was in the evening, when I came home from my work, about seven or eight o'clock—I do not know what day—I do not think they had drink there when I have seen them talking to the landlord—I was not an hour in a public-house with the policemen on the day they went to take the pri soner—we went in, and had a little drain of gin, and a drop of half-and-half that day—I do not know at what public-house it was—it was going along towards the prisoner's house—the policemen paid for it—it was not at the beer-shop which I am in the habit of going to—the prisoner was not in the public-house which we went into—I did not see him there—if he was there it was not to my knowledge—I did not recognise him.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Has the attorney ever examined yon? A. No; I never saw him till I came to the police-office—I speak positively to the prisoner, because I know him so well by looking at him to see whether he favoured Mr. Dearlove—we thought he was his son, and we said we would have a look to see whether he favoured him—it was since the prisoner has been taken that I drank with the policemen at the beer-shop—I went there by chance, and they came in soon after—it is Crompton's beer-shop—I have never expressed the least doubt about the prisoner being the man.

ELIZA ROBINSON . I am the wife of Henry Robinson. On Sunday after noon, the 21st of April, I was at the window of our room on the first floor—I know the prisoner by sight—the first time I saw him was about ten or or eleven months since, at the time of his wedding, which took place from Mr. Dearlove's house—I have seen him three or four times since then, four I believe—I saw him about half-past six o'clock on the Sunday evening, come out with Mr. Dearlove, and go by, as I supposed, to chapel—about three quarters of an hour, or it might be an hour after, I saw the prisoner return alone—he came past our window, and went to Mr. Dearlove's door—he made two attempts to open it, with a key I suppose, and with the third attempt he got in and shut the door after him—I am quite certain he is the man—I had noticed a woman that afternoon walking to and fro, and round the church di rectly opposite our house—when the prisoner went into the house I lost sight of the woman, and saw no more of her.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Was the wedding talked about at the time? A. No; I had no conversation with any one about it, we afterwards inquired about it, and heard that it was a wedding from Mr. Dearlove's house—we did not inquire who it was that was married—we supposed it was Mr. Dearlove's son—I did not ascertain that it was his nephew—I do not remem ber

seeing him more than once between the wedding and this Sunday, and then we saw him go to Mr. Dearlove's—my children and my husband were at home this day—one is twelve months old, and the other three years—we thought he came back for the prayer-book—he appeared in a great bustle—he passed us quickly, at a hurried pace, and went in a great hurry up to the door—he turned his head and looked us full in the face—we were sitting with the win dow wide open—our house is not directly opposite Mr. Dearlove's, but in a slanting direction—it is a little distance from it—I saw no more of him after he went in; my attention was taken from the window to the children—I did not go away—I had seen Mrs. Dearlove and another lady go out—I did not see them come back—I did not see the old gentleman return—we saw no more of any of them—I did not see the old gentleman come back just before the prisoner hurried past—I will not swear he did not come before—I did not see him just after—I did not see him come back at all—I was sitting at the window all the time—my children were playing in the room, and they drew off my attention from the window from time to time.

MR. WILKINS . Q. How soon after you had seen the prisoner go into the house was your attention drawn away to the children? A. I suppose in about five or ten minutes—there is a large open space of ground between our win dow and Mr. Dearlove's house—there was nothing to interrupt my view, only some hillocks of dirt where some rubbish has been shot—curiosity induced me to notice the prisoner that afternoon—we wished to know whether he fa back voured Mr. Dearlove, whether he was his son, and we said when he came again we would have a look at him.

SELINA ETRIDGE . I live with my father, James Etridge, a coachman, at No. 3, Bartholomew-terrace, next door to Mr. Dearlove's—I have seen the prisoner at his uncle's two or three times—I saw the prisoner and Mr. Dear love go out on Sunday evening, the night his house was robbed—it was about a quarter or twenty minutes to seven—at about half-past seven I was in the front parlour of our house, and heard some one go into Mr. Dearlove's house with a key—I heard the key in the lock—I can hear from our house very distinctly what is going forward in the next house—not a minute after I heard the door opened I heard a person walk about in the front room up stairs—it a ppeared to me to be a man's step—I heard the creaking of a pair of boots—I was alone—the footsteps were in Mr. Dearlove's front room—I did not hear the person go out at the front door again—I should have done so if he had.

JOSEPH CROMPTON . I keep the Rose and Crown beer-shop at the corner of King's-row—I know the prisoner and his uncle—they have frequented my house for the last nine months—I remember the prisoner coming to my house on the Sunday evening the prosecutor's house was robbed—it was somewhere between seven and eight—I cannot exactly say the time—he came to the door, and asked if the old gentleman or his uncle, Mr. Dearlove, was there—Mr. Dearlove had never come to my house on a Sunday night that I recollect—I said, "No, you will find him at home, for I believe he very seldom or ever goes to a public-house on a Sunday evening"—he then left—Yarminski was in my bar at that time—the window faces the street, and there is a seat under it—a person sitting on that seat could not see a person come across from Cleveland-street, but he could see a person come from Henman's-gate.

JOSEPH YARMINSKI . I am a constable belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway. On Sunday night, the 21st of April, I was sitting in front of Mr. Crompton's bar—I saw the prisoner on that evening, about thirteen minutes to eight—he came from Cambridge-road, straight to my face, in a direction as from the builder's yard just beyond the beer-shop—he could not possibly

have come from Cleveland-street—that would have been at my back—he came into Crompton's and said, "Is the old gentleman here?"—Crompton said, "You know the old gentleman never comes on Sunday to my house"—he came and looked in the window, turned back, and went out to the left.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Where was he when you first saw him? A. At the corner of Henman's yard, and past the street going to the left of the new church.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Where you were sitting, could you see beyond Hen man's yard? A. Yes—I cannot see the gate—I first saw him by this gate ( describing the situation on a plan produced ), and he came straight to the beer-shop.

ELIZA HENMAN . I am the wife of Richard Henman, a carpenter and builder, No. 1, Bartholomew-terrace—the gate of our timber-yard opens into Cambridge-road, the opposite corner to Crompton's beer-shop—the gate of Mr. Dearlove's garden opens into our timber-yard—I know the pri soner perfectly well—we have a dog that generally barks at strangers—he knows the prisoner—he has passed several times through our garden with Mr. Dearlove, and he did not bark at him—if a stranger approaches the yard when the dog is there, he makes a great noise—I was at home that evening by myself, and the dog did not bark or make any noise at all that I heard—I have seen the prisoner pass with Mr. Dearlove once or twice without the dog barking at him.

EDWARD WANDERER TOWNSEND ( police-constable K 8.) On Sunday evening, the 21st of April, about half-past ten, I was called to Mr. Dearlove's house, and examined it—I found the cupboard door in the bed-room broken open—nothing else in that bed-room had been interfered with to appearance—on the following day, I went and apprehended the prisoner—I told him he was charged with robbing his uncle—he said, "Me rob my uncle"—I said, "Yes"—he appeared rather excited—I said, "Dearlove, you had better go in-doors, or go up stairs"—he went in with me, and when he went in he threw his keys down on the carpet and said, "Search the house"—I did search part of the house—Mr. Dearlove said he had nothing to say against him more than what Robinson had to say—he would not charge him—I said, "Whether or not, I shall take you to the station"—I went for a cab , and conveyed him to the station—on the road to the station he repeatedly said, "Is it likely I would rob my uncle," and wished me to give him an answer—he wished to know what property his uncle had lost—I said, "That you will hear by-and bye"—on our road to the station we passed the Sun brewery-shop, and he said, "That is the house I was in with my uncle," and passing Crompton's beer-shop hesaid, "I went to Mr. Wood's, and rang the bell twice, and as I came from Mr. Wood's, I went in there and asked if ray uncle was there"—Mr. Wood lives in Cleveland-street—in conveying him next morning from the station to Lambeth-street police-court, he said, "I was to have gone to my uncle's as yesterday to have borrowed 5 l ., but I did not go, having had a little drop to drink"—I said, "You appeared when I took you to have had something to drink"—Robinson pointed him out to me.

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. How long were you with Robin son in the public-house, when he pointed him out to you? A. He did not point him out in the public-house—I think I had been in one public-house with Robinson that day, a house near where the prisoner lived—I cannot tell the name of it—I was not there myself above ten minutes—I did not meet Robinson there—we went there for the purpose of watching to see whether the prisoner came home—I, Robinson, and Waters were all together—I took Robinson from his house—we agreed to go and see if he could

identify this man, as the man he said was the son of Mr. Dearlove—we found he was not at home, and went to the public-house, to watch—I was not there all the time Robinson was—Waters was left behind—Robinson was outside, watching the prisoner's house—I believe we had a pint of half-and-half to drink, nothing else—after taking him into custody, went down to com municate with Mr. Dearlove—Robinson was near the prisoner when I came up—I have seen Robinson repeatedly since then, at various places, standing outside his own door, not at public-houses—I was never in any other public-house with him from that day—we never met together at the bar of a public-house—I never had share of a pint of half-and-half of his—I never was in any other public-house with him.

COURT . Q. You were never at Crompton's? A. That is a beer-shop.

MR. CLARKSON . Q. Then do you distinguish between a beer-shop and a A. Yes, I have met him at Crompton's half-a-dozen public-house? times—I have occasionally seen him come there for his dinner beer, between twelve and one o'clock—I think I have seen him there on one or two even ings—I might have drank with him once or twice—I have not on several occasions—I think on one occasion, or it might be twice, he has offered his pint of beer to me, and said, "Will you drink?"—and I think on one occa sion I did drink—we never had any gin together on any occasion—we had none at the public-house near the prisoner's, nor did he have any there in my presence.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Do you remember whether he drank gin on any one of the occasions? A. Never that I saw—he always appeared to me very steady and very sober—there was no gin had on any one of the occasions—I was not more than ten minutes in the public-house near the prisoner—Robin son was chiefly outside, because we bad not got an exact command of the prisoner's house—Waters was in the parlour of the public-house—the pri soner was within four or five yards of his own door when Robinson pointed him out to me—I should say the prisoner was not at any time in a room with me and Robinson without Robinson's knowledge.

RICHARD WATERS ( police-constable K 343.) I went with Sergeant Towns end to take the prisoner into custody—he was living in White Conduit-street, Islington—after going to his house, and finding he was not at home, I went to a public-house immediately in the vicinity of his residence—when I went in I saw one person sitting in the room—who he was I do not know—after waiting there some little time a second person came in, and joined the other—they sat in conversation together some little time—I was not taking parti cular notice of the conversation, my attention was drawn to the window, till I heard dropped, "I might as well have had 500 l . as 100 l ."—it was the prisoner said that—I did not know it was him at the time—but within twenty minutes after I apprehended him, in company with Townsend—I was not paying attention to the conversation, not thinking he was the per son; but he made some allusion to Fat guts —this was at the Spanish Pa triots—Robinson was in the neighbourhood—I do not think he was with me when I overheard this conversation—he came in during the time that I was in the room, but whether he was there at the time the conversation took place, I cannot tell—I think at one period of the time he was in the public-house at the time the prisoner was there—there were three persons in the room—Robinson did not point out the prisoner in the public-house, and did not appear to recognise him in the least—it is a square room, there are no divisions in it—it is an open room—Robinson pointed him out as he was coming from his residence, in company with the prosecutor—he made a point, and said, "That is the man," and we immediately apprehended him.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Was not the prisoner coming out of the house that you had been informed was his house? A. I did not see him come out—he was not more than four or five yards from it, and his uncle was with him when Robinson pointed him out—I cannot tell what the other part of the conversation in the public-house was about—there was something said about the income-tax on his wife's property, but that was not relative to the other observation—the prosecutor did not at that time decline to give him into custody—I believe Robinson was smoking a pipe in the public-house, and in the same room with the prisoner—he was certainly not there for nearly an hour, nor scarcely for a quarter of an hour.

COURT . Q. Was the prisoner there all that time? A. I think not—no, he was not—I and Townsend went in first—Townsend left me there, and then Robinson must have joined afterwards—I should scarcely believe he was there a quarter of an hour—I do not think I was there a quarter of an hour altogether.

MR. WILKINS . Q. How long do you think Robinson was in the room when the prisoner was there? A. But a very short space of time—it might have been five minutes—the expression, "I might as well have had 500 l . as 100 l .," was not at all in reference to the income-tax—he was relating to the man who was in company with him about where he had been to that day—he produced his pocket-book, and produced this paper from it—I saw it across the table, and he said, "I have been to get the tax off my wife's income"—the other conversation was some few minutes preceding—I got this paper referring to the income-tax from his pocket-book on his being searched, among other documents—I took possession of it half or three-quarters of an hour after—I found a pawn ticket on him as well, which I produce—it is for a snuff-box pawned for 6 s . on the 26th of March in the name of John Murphy, No. 54, Rawstorne-street.

RICHARD DUST . I am brother-in-law to Mr. Henman, the prosecutor's next door neighbour. I was on Mr. Henman's premises on the Sunday afternoon in question as late as ten minutes past seven o'clock—at that time Mr. Dearlove's door was closed—I am quite sure of that—our dog was on the premises when I came in, but whether he was there exactly when I went away I cannot say.

ANTHONY RUTT ( police-inspector K. ) I have gone the distance from the trees in the Cam bridge-road, past Robinson's house, to Mr. Dearlove's—I walked it as quick as I possibly could, and it took me rather more than three minutes—I have also walked it with Mr. Dearlove, and it took him from eleven to twelve minutes.

( The distance from Robinson's house to Mr. Dearlove's door was admitted by MR. CLARKSON to be sixty yards. )

Evidence for the Defence.

ROBERT WAY . I keep the Sun brewery beer-house, in Bethnal-green-road. On Sunday evening, the 21st of April, I remember Mr. Dearlove coming to my house with some one—I do not remember the prisoner—I think it was between six and seven o'clock—I think they staid about half an hour, but I am not positive as to the time—it might have been half-past six, or it might have been a quarter to seven o'clock—they had a pint or two of ale I think, but I am not positive—they did not have more than two.

PETER DUFF . I am in the silk trade, and live at No. 2, Pearl-street, Spi talfields. I know the prisoner—he has been to my place several times—I saw him on Sunday evening, the 21st of April, in the Dog-row, which is now I think called the Cambridge-road—it is the road with the Salmon and Ball

at the corner, between that and the Bethnal-green-road—he was speaking to an old gentleman about a hundred yards from the railway road, nearer to Whitechapel—I should suppose it was between seven and eight o'clock, but I cannot say, for I had no particular reason why I should take that notice—( looking at the prosecutor )—that is about the size of the old gentleman he was speaking to, but I cannot say—I did not take any particular notice—he left the old gentleman, and came and tapped me on the shoulder on the other side of the way as I was looking over the gardens—he commenced asking me about my son, who was a companion of his at one time, but is now gone to sea—Ryan was with me—I was going towards Red Cow-lane, and he walked with me—he had left the old gentleman just by the four or five trees—I was going towards the Mile-end-road, not towards the Salmon and Ball—I had come out with my friend, and was taking a walk—I know Cleve land-street—that is what I call Red Cow-lane—I was going towards that, and Ryan with me—the prisoner walked with me that way—he did not run from the old gentleman—I did not see him till he tapped me on the shoulder after I saw him on the other side—I cannot say whether he ran across—I saw him go to a house on the left hand side in Cleveland-street, near the end of it going into Mile-end-road—he was about to bid me good bye—he rang a bell, and said he was going in there—he rang it a second time, and I bid him good evening—Ryan was with me the whole time—I did not observe what became of the prisoner after he had rung the bell twice—I went on taking my walk with my friend, and left him at the door.

MR. WILKINS . Q. The prisoner knew where you lived? A. Yes—he did not take me as a witness before the Magistrate—I have been subpoenaed here, or I should not have come—Ryan is a harness manufacturer to the silk trade—he has done work for me—I never knew him to be in prison, and I have known him from his birth—I was first asked to give evidence, I think, about a week back—I know this was the 21st of April, because it was my birth-day, and I was sixty years old—I had not been keeping it, only so far that I asked my friend to go out with me to take a bit of a walk—he had not dined with me—we met together at half-past six o'clock in the afternoon—I went to his house, as I generally do—I should say I did not remain there more than a quarter of an hour, and we then took a walk down Bethnal green-road—we went into a public-house, and had a pint of ale—it is kept by a Mr. Turner, and is in the centre of Bethnal-green-road—I paid for it—some—we then took a walk round the Dog-row, as I call it—I should say it was not above Ryan had twenty or thirty yards from the trees that the prisoner came up to me—it was on the other side of the way, in a line—I can-not positively say whether he had white trowsers on—I do not think he had—I had no reason to take particular notice of him—he did not talk about anything besides my son—I said I thought he would be at home—Ryan took no part in the conversation—he walked behind me—I do not think the prisoner knew Ryan at all—he only knew me from being at my house three or four times.

DANIEL RYAN . I live at No. 5, Cross-street, Church-street, Shoreditch, and am a weaver's harness-maker. I remember being with Mr. Duff on Sun day evening, the 21st of April, in the Dog-row—I do not know that it is called the Cambridge-road—the railway crosses it—it leads to Mile-end-gate one way, and to Hackney the other—I saw a young man and an old gentleman talking, but I did not take any particular notice of them—they were strangers to me—the old gentleman was much such a person as the prose cutor, but he was not dressed as he is now, nor had the young man the same

sort of dress on the prisoner has now—the young man crossed over, and spoke to Duff—I did not hear their conversation—I walked on—I was about five or six yards from them—we went up Red-cow-lane, which is now called Cleveland-street—the young man went up Cleveland-street with us—I walked behind him and Mr. Duff—they walked together I should say be tween fifty and sixty yards up Cleveland-street, and the young man stopped at a house there, and made an attempt to pull the bell, but I kept walking on to look at some new houses—I saw him stretch out his hand to pull the bell—that was on the left hand side of the street, and towards the middle of it I should say, but I was busy looking at the new houses—it was no business of mine, and I took no notice, as he was a stranger to me—that was all I saw—I walked on about my business.

COURT . Q. What time in the evening was this? A. I should say be tween seven and eight o'clock, for when I came round Whitechapel, and looked at the London Hospital clock, it wanted a minute or two to eight.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Who that young man was you cannot say? A. No—I should be sorry to swear it was the prisoner—he is very like him—I was never before the Magistrate—I should not have come up now unless I had been subpoenaed—it is no business of mine—I know it was the 21st of April by its being Mr. Duff's birth-day—I had not been keeping it with him—he told me it was his birth-day—I met him at my house where he gene rally comes every Sunday for me to take a walk with him—I drank a pint of ale with him at the Cornwallis, in the Bethnal-green-road—that was all—I had not seen the young man before—I saw him standing and talking to the old gentleman—I should say he was then twenty or thirty yards from me—he was on the left hand side of the road, and I on the right—he crossed over—I did not hear any part of the conversations—he went about one third of the way down Cleveland-street—I did not hear the bell ring—I kept walk ing on, and looking at the new houses—he had on something of a velvet coat at I thought.

COURT . Q. Was the Cambridge-road crowded? A. No—there were several people walking, but not the least obstruction—I should say this place is half a mile from the London Hospital, where I noticed it wanted a minute or two to eight—we came right up Cleveland-street, and down Mile-end-road direct to the London Hospital—we were not many minutes walking that half mile, because I was in a hurry to get home—I generally go to Mr. Bur kett's, in Church-street, where the newspaper is read, and I said, "I must make haste, my time will be up, and I shall not hear the paper read"—it might have been about a quarter to eight when I was in Cleveland-street—I cannot say exactly the time.

MARTIN WOOD . I live at No 5, Cleveland-street, Mile-end-road. My house is only five doors up from the Mile-end-road, and I should think about 250 yards from the Queen's Head, opposite Crompton's beer-shop—I was not at home on Sunday evening the 21st of April—I am single—I left the house without any person in it—I know the prisoner.

MR. WILKINS . Q. As far as you know, had he any business with you that day? A. Not to my knowledge—I am not aware of any business he could have.

COURT . Q. He had made no appointment with you? A. None whatever—I had not required to see him—I had not seen him for three or four weeks—he had left me about five or six weeks as near as I can tell, tell ing me he was going into his old business as a grocer.

MR. DEARLOVE re-examined. On that Sunday night I had a black coat on instead of this—I took very little notice as to how the prisoner was

dressed—he had no velvet coat—I never saw him in a velvet coat—I will not be sure whether he had on a black or dark brown coat, I believe it was a frock coat—I believe that was the only coat he had on—I do not know whe ther he had two coats—I will not be sure whether it had a velvet collar; I think it had.

Q. How long had you got home, after parting with the prisoner, before he came to the window? A. I should think about two, three, or four minutes; I cannot say, I took very little notice—there were a great many people passing and repassing in the Cambridge-road, so as rather to impede a person's walk ing—I should not think I could have seen thirty yards through the people from where I stood by the trees, nor half the distance—I do not think a per son standing thirty yards off could have observed me and my nephew at the trees, from the concourse of people—we did not talk at all—we made no stop—he started from me at full run out into the middle of the road—I should judge the pace he went from me was about six miles an hour—I never saw him cross the road—I lost sight of him almost immediately.

CHARLES WALLER ( City police-inspector. ) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, from Mr. Clark's office—I was a witness at the trial to which it relates, and know the prisoner to be the person mentioned.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. He pleaded guilty, did he not? A. He did—the charge was receiving a portion of property that some relative of his had stolen—( certificate read. )—

GUILTY . Aged 35.— Transported for Fifteen Years .

NEW COURT .— Monday, June 10 th , 1844.

Fifth Jury, before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1592. WILLIAM OSBORN was indicted for a libel.

NOT GUILTY .

1593. WILLIAM BURGESS was indicted for stealing 1 pair of books value 6 s ., the goods of Charles Cutting ; and 11 lbs. weight of lead, 3 s ., the pro perty of Henry John Scace , and fixed to a building; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

1594. MARGARET WELLS was indicted for stealing 2 blankets, value 16 s .; 2 sheets, 7 s .; 1 table-cloth, 2 s .; 5 napkins, 7 s .; 1 table-cover, 4 s . 6 d .; 1 wash hand-stand cover, 2 s . 6 d .; and 1 towel, 1 s .; the goods of George Goldthorpe , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Four Months .

1595. WILLIAM BAKER was indicted for stealing 1 purse, value 1 s ., 4 sovereigns, 2 half-crowns, and 2 shillings, the property of Thomas Dudley Ryder , from his person; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 34— Confined Six Months .

1596. WILLIAM WOOD was indicted for stealing one handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of Peter Henry Berthon , from his person.

PETER HENRY BERTHON . I am a clerk in the Trinity House—I live at the Forest, Waltbamstow, Essex. On the 13th of May I was in Duke-street eading into Little Britain, and felt something at my pocket—I felt, and found my handkerchief was gone—I turned, and the prisoner and another boy were close behind me—I seized the prisoner, and said, "You have my handkerchief"—he said, "I have not"—the other boy interfered, and after a few minutes said, "There is your handkerchief on the ground"—I saw it on

the ground between the two boys—I kept the prisoner, and picked it up—the other boy got away—this is my handkerchief.

JOHN ETHERINGTON WILMOT . I live in Charlotte-street, Islington. I saw the prisoner and another boy behind the prosecutor—the prisoner took the handkerchief from the prosecutor's pocket, and threw it to the other boy—the prosecutor turned and seized the prisoner—I seized the other boy, but he got away.

THOMAS EVANS ( City police-constable, No. 240.) I took the prisoner and received this handkerchief from the prosecutor.

Prisoner's Defence. The witness said he did not see me take it.

GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Two Months .

1597. JOHN BERRY was indicted for stealing 28 yards of printed cot ton, value 17 s .; and 9 1/2 yards of mousseline-de-laine, 4 s . 9 d ., the goods of Henry Pennington .

HENRY PENNINGTON , linen-draper, Beech-street, Barbican. On the 29th of May, I was sitting in my back parlour, and from the reflection in the glass I saw the prisoner take three prints and one mousseline-de-laine dress—I rose and saw him drop them outside the door—I ran and caught him, and never lost sight of him—I kept him till the officer took him.

JEREMIAH HAYNES ( City police-constable, No. 153.) I took the prisoner, and took up the dresses just outside the door.

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

1598. SARAH COWARD was indicted for stealing 24 yards of calico, value 5 s ., the goods of Robert Lewis and another.

ROBERT LEWIS . I live in Tothill-street, Westminster, and have one partner. On the morning of the 15th of May, the prisoner came to our shop—I was waiting on a lady—the prisoner was standing at the opposite counter—I cast my eyes to her and saw her take something from the counter, she covered it with her shawl, and put it under her arm—I walked round, and took this piece of calico from her—she begged for mercy—it is ours, and has my mark on it.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Was any one serving her? A. No—I had a view of her back—she did not say, "I have money; I can pay for what I want"—I cannot say whether her hand was on this calico.

GEORGE BARHAM ( police-constable B 84.) I took the prisoner—she asked me to let her wait for the prosecutor, and perhaps he would not go against her.

Cross-examined. Q. Did she say anything about any money? A. No—there was 3 s . 10 d . found on her.

GUILTY . Aged 35.— Confined Four Months .

1599. MICHAEL DORING was indicted for stealing 50 lbs. weight of paper, value 9 s .; and 3 printed books, 3 s .; the goods of John Francis Mauber .—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of James Cole .

HENRY SPENCER , cheesemonger, Chiswell-street. On Thursday afternoon, the 16th of May, the prisoner brought some waste paper to my shop, and asked me 2 1/2 d . a pound for it—I offered him 2 d .—we came to terms, and he left it—I weighed it—there was 54lbs.—I gave him 9 s .—this is part of the paper.

JAMES COLE . I live in Angel-court, Threadneedle-street. This paper belonged to the Children's Friend Society—the society was broken up, and this paper was sent to my house, to be taken care of—I missed it on the 20th of May—it was kept in an attic—I was answerable for it, and kept the key of the room—it could only be got by a false key—Mr. Mauber was the owner of the house—he and I were both members of that society.

JOSEPH HEDDINGTON ( City police-constable, No. 112.) I took the pri soner on another charge, and received this paper from Mr. Spencer.

LEWIS COLE . On the 14th of May I saw the prisoner at my uncle's going up stairs—I asked who he wanted—he said Mr. Smith, a stock-broker—I said there was no Mr. Smith there, he was after no good.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Six Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

1600. CHARLES SMITH was indicted for stealing 4 1/4 lbs. weight of bristles, value 19 s ., the goods of Henry Matthews and others, his masters.

WILLIAM BORER . I am in partnership with Henry and James Matthews, and carry on business in Upper Thames-street; the prisoner was in our em ploy for five or six years. I received information, and went to the front door of our warehouse, and gave the prisoner into custody—he had these bristles in his trowsers—they are ours—he said it was the first time he had taken them.

Cross-examined by MR. WILKINS . Q. How do you know them? A. From purchasing them myself in Russia, seeing them packed there, and seeing them very frequently since they came home—I know them by their quality.

COURT . Q. Do these correspond with what you have, in the mode of binding and the quality? A. Yes, both.

WILLIAM BLISS . I am the prosecutor's clerk. I received some directions, and watched the prisoner—I saw him take them out of the cask in the ware-house, and put them into his trowsers.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Six Months .

1601. HARRIET THOMAS was indicted for stealing one handkerchief, value 5 s . 6 d ., the goods of Archibald Campbell , from his person.

ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL . I am assistant to a draper in Aldersgate-street. I was in that street on the night of the 21st of May—I met the prisoner—she asked me to go home with her—I told her to walk away—she caught hold of my arm—I had a handkerchief in my pocket a little before she came up to me—directly after she left I missed it—this is it.

FRANCIS CATER ( City police-constable, No. 281.) I took the prisoner by desire of the prosecutor, and saw her drop this handkerchief as I was going across the road to her—I took it up.

Prisoner's Defence. I never saw it till the prosecutor accused me.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Two Months .

1602. JANE SMITH was indicted for stealing 13 yards of printed cotton, value 8 s . 6 d ., the goods of John Sanders and another.

WILLIAM WASHINGTON PHILLIPS . I have a stand opposite the prosecutor's shop in High-street, Shadwell, On the evening of the 8th of May I saw the prisoner with two other females inside the prosecutor's shop, looking at a piece of print, and shoving it about on the railing—two of them left, and the prisoner went the contrary way to the others—I turned my head to my stall, to attend to some customers—after that I turned again towards the shop, and the print was gone—I followed the prisoner, and laid hold of her—before I got her to the shop I saw this print hanging down under her shawl—she begged me to let her go.

JOHN SANDERS , linen draper, Shadwell. I have one partner—this print is ours—I had seen it about an hour before it was lost—it has a ticket on it in my writing.

JOHN NICHOLAS ( police-sergeant K 1.) I took the prisoner—she said it

was the first time she had been in custody—she refused her address at first, and afterwards said she lived in Spitalfields.

Prisoner's Defence. I saw a confusion, and asked what was the matter, and they said there was a quarrel; I went along, and my feet kicked against something, and before I could turn the witness took hold of me.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

1603. JOHN WALLER and JOHN DAVIS were indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 1 l ., 1 s . the goods of William Fisher ; and that Waller had been before convicted of felony.

CHARLES KENNEDY . I am in the employ of William Fisher, a tailor, in King William-street. At a quarter past ten o'clock at night, on the 23th of May, I saw Waller take this coat—I ran after him, and then Davis had it—I took them back—this is my master's coat—I did not lose sight of them.

HENRY JOHN M'DONALD ( City police-constable, No , 517.) I received the prisoners, and this coat in charge.

WILLIAM NORTON ( City police-constable, No. 286.) I produce a certificate of Waller's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—he is the person.

WALLER — GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Twelve Months .

DAVIS — GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Months .

NEW COURT .— Tuesday, June 11 th , 1844.

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1604. THOMAS HARRINGTON was indicted for embezzling 2 s . 6 d ., the monies of James Warner , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Three Months .

1605. WILLIAM JOHNSON was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 4 d ., the goods of William Wilson ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

1606. JOHN GIBSON was indicted for stealing 1 sovereign, the money of George Pilkington , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

1607. JAMES SMITH was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 2 l ., the goods of Aaron Chapman .

HENRY TOWNSEND . I am coachman to Aaron Chapman, of Highbury-park. I was standing with his carriage at the London Tavern on the 22nd of May—I turned, and saw my coat move on the box—I then saw the pri soner walk deliberately away with it—I caught him with it under his arm—it is my master's coat.

ROBERT COUSINS ( City police-constable, No. 2.) I received the coat and the prisoner in charge.

Prisoner's Defence. I saw a coat lying on the footpath, and not knowing what it was I stooped to pick it up; I saw the carriage standing close by; I was making my way up to the carriage, as there was a man sitting on the seat, to ask who the coat belonged to, but I saw a person coming towards me before I got up to the carriage; he accused me of stealing it; I said I had picked it up.

HENRY TOWNSEND re-examined. He was going from the carriage when I saw him, and it was about one minute from the time I saw the coat move till he had the coat.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined Four Months .

1608. RACHAEL WARD was indicted for stealing 1 waistcoat, value 4 s ., the goods of William Moyes , and that she had been before convicted of felony.

WILLIAM MOYES , tailor, Bosier-court, Tottenham-court-road. On the 13th of May I lost this waistcoat from inside my door.

CHARLES HOWELL . I live in Bosier-court, opposite the prosecutor's—about two o'clock on the 13th of May I was minding my father's shop, and saw the prisoner and another walk through the court—they pulled a waistcoat, walked away, came back in two or three minutes—the prisoner then went to the door, and the other stood before her—the prisoner pulled the waistcoat down, put it under her shawl, and walked off—I gave information—the prisoner stopped by the shoe-shop next door to us, and the policeman took her—she threw the waistcoat down.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Was not she coming back towards the shop? A. No, going from the shop, but when she heard me call out she came back—I went to meet her—Moyes's boy caught hold of her, and the policeman, who was standing at the corner, took her—directly I called the policeman she threw the waistcoat down and ran away—Moyes's boy picked it up.

JAMES BLOOM ( police-constable, E 98.) I saw the prisoner running down Bosier's-court I followed her and took her—in taking her to the station, she asked if she would get much—I said it was according to whether she was known—she said she was not known.

WILLIAM RUSSELL ( police-constables C 113.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from the Clerk of the Peace of Westminster—( read )—she is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Nine Months .

1609. JOHN SULLIVAN was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 2 l ., the goods of William Garrett .

CHARLES DINGLE . I am shopman to William Garrett, of Cheapside—we missed a coat on the 22nd of May—this is it—it is my master's.

HALLOWS HATFIELD . I was at the corner of Queen-street, at half-past six o'clock on the 22nd of May—I saw the prisoner take the coat from the side of the prosecutor's door—he rolled it up—I took him and said, "You must go back with me"—he said, "What for?"—I took him—Dingle and the officer came up and took the coat from him.

WILLIAM COLLYER ( City police-constable, No. 404.) I saw this coat taken from the prisoner—the string was broken by pulling it.

Prisoner's Defence. It was on the step of the door, I did not take it down.

GUILTY .* Aged 26.— Confined One Year .

1610. JOHN JONES was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 8 s ., the goods of John Lockwood .

JOHN LOCKWOOD . I am a bricklayer, and live in Ironmonger-row, St. Luke's—I was at work at the Standard-gardens, at Hoxton, on the 3rd of May—I laid my coat under a tree about one o'clock—after coming from my dinner about two, I heard some one cry out, "One of you have lost your coat"—I came up out of the sewer, and my coat was gone—it was a white moleskin coat—I have not found it since.

JOHN BUCKLE . I live in Golden-lane, St. Luke's—about two o'clock this day I was at the Standard-gardens—I saw the prisoner and Lockwood

there—I saw a white moleskin coat under a tree—the prisoner picked it up-and put it under his arm—I am sure he is the man—he walked away to the corner of the street, and then he ran—George Hill ran after him.

GEORGE HILL . I was at work at some vaults in the Standard-gardens—the prisoner passed by with the coat under his arm—Buckle hallooed out, "Whose coat is that the young man has picked up?"—I looked to see if it was any of my mates that hallooed out—I ran after the prisoner, but could not catch him—I am sure he is the man.

Prisoner. Q. What do you swear to me by? A. By your appearance—you had no jacket on—no one else passed.

Prisoner's Defence. I was at home on Friday when the coat was stolen; I was coming down the City-road on Tuesday when a woman swore that I was the man that took the coat because I was in my shirt sleeves.

GUILTY .** Aged 21.— Transported for Seven Years .

1611. JAMES PARKER was indicted for stealing 1 till, value 5 s .; 2 wooden bowls, 1 s .; 1 sovereign, 7 half-crowns, 34 shillings, 13 sixpences, 1 groat, 6 pence, 35 halfpence, and 52 farthings; the property of James Del lewen .

ANN DELLEWEN . I am the wife of James Dellewen, and live in Abbey-street, Bethnal-green. About a quarter to one o'clock, on the 29th of April, I saw my till safe in my bar—it contained about 5 l ., in half-crowns, shillings, sixpences, pence, and halfpence—I heard the street door go—I came out of the little parlour, opened the door, and saw the prisoner running away with the till under his arm—it was soon brought back, and contained the money stated—I am sure the prisoner is the boy.

ANN HAMMERSLEY . I live in Bacon-street. I was near the prosecutor's house—I saw one boy standing in the door-Way—a bigger boy came out with the till under his arm, and said, "It is all right; I have got it"—the prisoner, who was close by, took the till from him—he never spoke, and they all three went away together—I ran after them, and cried, "Stop thief," and Newton stopped him.

ISAAC NEWTON . I live in Anchor-street. I saw the prisoner with the till—I took it from him—the other two got off.

(The prisoner received a good character, and his master engaged to take him again in his employ.)

GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Two Days .

1612. WILLIAM HORDON and JOHN GREEN were indicted for stealing 1 pair of boots, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of John Lloyd ; to which

HORDON pleaded GUILTY . Aged 20.

GREEN pleaded GUILTY . Aged 17.

Confined Three Months .

1613. SARAH KITCHEN was indicted for stealing 2 3/4 lbs. weight of bacon, value 1 s . 2 d ., the goods of Christopher Heron ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 46.— Confined Two Days .

1614. MARY STRONG was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 2 s . 6 d ., and 1 collar, 2 s ., the goods of Ann Baker .

ANN MEAD . I live in Collett-place, Commercial-road. On the 7th of May the prisoner came to take apartments for a captain, his wife, and lady's-maid—she remained at my house and left next morning, saying she was going to the East India Docks—I followed her, and she turned up by the George in the Mile End-road—I then went to her—she still said she was going to the captain, and asked me to go with her, and just before reaching the Docks she said it was all deception, and begged me to forgive her—I had not then missed

these things—this is my daughter's collar, but was in my house—no one else was there to take it but the prisoner.

ANN BAKER . I am a widow—this is my collar—it was at my mother's in the room where the prisoner slept.

JANE SCOTT . I am searcher at the station—I found this collar in the pri soner's pocket—she said, "You may take it and keep it, I make you a present of it."

GUILTY . Aged 41.— Confined Three Months .

1615. WILLIAM WRIGHT was indicted for stealing 9 bagatelle balls, value 14 s .; 2 brass candlesticks, 2 s .; 3 flat irons, value 2 s ., and 1 waistcoat, 2 s ., the goods of Thomas Honess .

ELIZABETH HONESS . I am the daughter of Thomas Honess, who keeps the Swan at Hammersmith—these bagatelle balls, candlesticks, and irons, are my father's—the prisoner was our pot-boy for one week—he had been sleeping there some time before that.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. I suppose there is no mark on them? A. No; we have two more candlesticks like these—they are odd ones—we have put these irons on the top of the fire, and they are very much blacked—I believe these things were taken before the prisoner was pot-boy—I thought he was destitute but honest.

EDWARD HENRY GRIFFITHS . I am assistant to a pawnbroker, at Ham mersmith. These things were pawned by the prisoner—the balls had been pawned and redeemed—the other things were found with him.

Cross-examined. Q. What were the irons pawned for? A. 1 s ., and one candlestick for 6 d ., and the other for 4 d .—the balls were pawned for 2 s .—he took them out on the morning of the 14th, when he pawned a waistcoat.

HENRY BEVAN ( police-sergeant T 3.) I asked the prisoner where the balls were, as I had been to the pawnbroker's, and found they were taken out—he said they were up in the hay-loft—I went with him to the hay-loft—he took them out of a sack of oats, and gave them to me—I found five duplicates of these other things on him.

Cross-examined. Q. Did he not say he had taken the balls out with the intention of returning them, and should have done so? A. Yes.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Ten Days .

1616. JAMES WARD was indicted for stealing 1 sixpence, 6 pence, and 14 halfpence, the monies of James Saunders , from his person; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

1617. ELIZA SIMMONS was indicted for stealing 2 spoons, value 12 s .; and 1 ring, 1 l . 10 s .; the goods of George Hunter ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Six Days .

1618. DENNIS M'CARTHY was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 4 s ., the goods of Henry Reading , from his person.

HENRY READING , coach-maker, Riding-house-lane, Portland-place. At half-past six o'clock in the evening of the 26th of May I was going up Wellington-street, Strand—I found something touch my coat behind, and looked round, and my handkerchief was drawn out of my pocket by a lad about the prisoner's size—he went down Wellington-street—I followed—he was stopped, but I lost sight of him—the officer afterwards produced this handkerchief to me—it is mine.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. What do you know the handkerchief by? A. It has my mark in the corner.

DOMINICK CARR ( police-constable F 15.) I heard a cry of "Stop thief"—I saw the prisoner run from Tavistock-row, and run to Covent-garden—he took this handkerchief out of his pocket, and threw it over his shoulder—I took him—he struck me with his hat across the face.

Cross-examined. Q. Were there a number of persons going along? A. Not at that time—I am quite sure he is the person—I was within about three yards of him at the time.

JOHN EDWARDS . I live in Little Titchfield-street. I saw the prisoner take the handkerchief from his breast pocket, and throw it away.

Cross-examined. Q. How near were you to him? A. About five or six yards—I am quite sure it was him—I picked it up.

GUILTY .† Aged 18.— Confined One Year .

1619. WILLIAM JOHNSON was indicted for stealing 1 bag, value 6 d .; 4lbs. weight of coffee, 4 s .; and 10 shillings; the property of Robert Corser.

JOHN CASS . I am shopman to Robert Corser, a grocer, in Leadenhall-street. At a quarter to eight o'clock, in the morning of the 17th of May, I was in the shop—I received information, ran out, and stopped the prisoner about three yards from the shop with this bag of coffee, which had been in the shop—he said he was going along the street, and met a man who asked him to carry it, and he would go and fetch the man—I took him to the shop, and gave him in charge—I saw no other man.

JOHN WHITE ( City police-constable, No. 667.) I found this other bag round the prisoner, in the shape of an apron.

Prisoner's Defence. The coffee was at the corner of the gateway; a gen tleman asked if I wanted a job; he said he was going to Stratford by a bus , and told me to take the coffee and wait for him; he was not three yards away from me.

GUILTY .* Aged 23.— Transported for Seven Years .

1620. THOMAS JENKINS , JAMES COUSINS , and THOMAS HAR RIS , were indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 4 s .; the goods of Ed ward Sewell, from his person; and that Jenkins had been before convicted of felony.

COUSINS pleaded GUILTY . Aged 18. — Confined Six Months .

EDWARD SEWELL , grocer, Great Yarmouth. On the 23rd of May I was walking arm in arm with a friend, along Shoreditch—the officer came to me—I examined my pocket, and missed my handkerchief—it was produced to me at the station—this is it—I did not see either of the prisoners.

JOHN WESTBURY ( police-constable H 215.) I was on duty in plain clothes that evening—I saw the three prisoners in company going down Shoreditch, a little before seven o'clock—I watched them for an hour—they were attempt ing every person's pocket—I saw them make at least forty attempts, and failing in every one—at last, the prosecutor came by, and they all three turned back after him—Jenkins and Harris then closed behind him, and Cousins about a yard behind them—Jenkins laid hold of the prosecutor's right coat-pocket with his right hand, put his left hand in, and drew out a handkerchief—I went and asked the prosecutor if he had lost anything—he said a handkerchief—I told him to step into a shop, and I would bring it—I followed the prisoners down Cock-lane and into Shoreditch again—I saw them go to two other gentlemen—I and another officer went and took them—while we were putting the handcuffs on Jenkins and Harris, Cousins brought the handkerchief out of his pocket, and I took it from him.

Harris. Q. How far were you from us? A. Sometimes within a yard, and sometimes eight or ten yards.

WILLIAM WEBB ( police-constable H 42.) I saw Cousins take the hand kerchief out of his pocket.

JOHN GEORGE WADE . I produce a certificate of Jenkins's former con viction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—he is the person.

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

HARRIS — GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Six Months .

NEW COURT .— Wednesday , June 12 th , 1844.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1621. GEORGE WHITEHOUSE was indicted for stealing 8 pence, and 21 halfpence, the monies of Charles Cowdery , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Months .

1622. ROBERT NESLEN PADDON was indicted for embezzling 55 l . 13 s . 2 d ., the monies of John Weston , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 43.— Judgment Respited.

1623. WILLIAM TANNER was indicted for stealing 1 snuff-box, value 2 l . 2 s ., the goods of William Paitson Jackson ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

WILLIAM PAITSON JACKSON . I am a law student. At half-past three o'clock, on the 25th of May, I was in Fleet-street, in the neighbourhood of St. Dunstan's Church—on turning my head to take a pinch of snuff, I saw the prisoner, and did not like his appearance—I put my box into my left coat pocket, and walked on—I went to a book stall, and was there a few minutes—in taking three books up, I felt a twitch at my pocket, and missed my box—I saw a person running about eight yards from me—I followed him—I only saw his back—I do not know him—this is the box.

GEORGE ALEXANDER BRIMMER . I live in Great Warner-street. I was passing through King's Head-court, Shoe-lane—the prisoner rushed by me very rapidly, and I observed something apparently grasped in his hand—I followed him, and raised a cry—a gentleman stopped him.

GEORGE ARNOLD . I was coming up Pemberton-row, and the prisoner ran by me—I saw him throw this snuff-box over M'Dowall's yard—I followed, and took him—Clark went into the yard, and brought the snuff-box back.

Prisoner. Q. Where did you see me? A. As I was turning out of Pemberton-row to Gough-square—I said at the office that I saw you throw it away—I saw you throw something away, which I supposed was the snuff-box—I took you at the end of the row—you were not running so fast as you had been—after you threw it away you slackened your pace.

HENRY CLARK . I was playing in Pemberton-row, and saw the prisoner chuck the box into M'Dowall's yard, against the chapel—I went into the yard, and picked it up—I am sure he is the person.

Prisoner. Q. What did the policeman tell you to say? A. Nothing—he asked if you were the man who threw it away, and I said, "Yes"—I know you, because you had the same coat on.

CORNELIUS DOLOHUNTY ( City police-constable, No. 367.) I received this box from Clark.

Prisoner. Q. Where is King's Head-court? A. It leads out of Shoe-lane to Gough-square, and M'Dowall's yard is in Pemberton-row.

RICHARD SAVAGE ( City police-constable, No. 243.) 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 21.— Transported for Ten Years .

1624. JOHN PENMAN was indicted for stealing 1 hat-case, value 5 s ., the goods of William Staite Brewer .

WILLIAM STAITE BREWER . I am a trunk-maker, and live in Oxford-street. On the 24th of May I lost this hat-case.

PETER ALLEN . I live with Mr. Franklin, a pawnbroker, in Tottenham Court-road. This hat-case was offered in pledge by the prisoner, on the 24th of May—I detained him till a policeman came—I gave the case to him.

JOHN BLOOM ( police-constable E 98.) I was sent for—the prisoner was in Allen's shop, with this case on the counter.

GUILTY . Aged 50.— Confined Six Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

1625. WILLIAM SULLAN was indicted for stealing 1 purse, value 1 s .; 2 shillings, and 3 sixpences; the property of John Hall , Esq., from his per son; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

LIEUT.-COLONEL JOHN HALL . I belong to the First Regiment of Life Guards. About three o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th of May, I was in Oxford-street—some person put a stick before me—I turned round, and saw the prisoner running off the pavement—I ran, and overtook him—he ran about fifty yards, and round a carriage, then turned to Holles-street, and ran towards some iron rails—a person said, "There he is"—I went and took him—I examined my pocket at the police-office—my purse was then gone—it contained two shillings and three sixpences—it has not been found.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You found nothing on him? A. Not belonging to me—there was 16 s . or 17 s . of his own money—I pursued him directly—I had but little money in my purse—the rings were large, and I doubled it up in a knot—it was in my great-coat pocket—the prisoner was pointed out to me again—I had lost sight of him—my purse was in my pocket between twelve and one o'clock—I am sure he is the man that ran away.

WILLIAM HOLLAND , tea-dealer, Oxford-street. About three o'clock, on the 9th of May, I saw the prosecutor pass my shop—I saw the prisoner come behind him, and lift up the tail of the prosecutor's coat, and something ap peared to drop into the prisoner's other hand—he ran off the pavement, just under a four-wheeled carriage—he came on the pavement again, and my friend and the prosecutor pursued him—he first ran, and then walked.

Cross-examined. Q. Where were you? A. About two yards inside my shop—I had never seen the prisoner before—I did not lose sight of him—the prosecutor was as near as possible to me—he might be a step or two before me—my friend pointed out the prisoner to the prosecutor—I am quite sure from the first to the last I had full sight of theprisoner's legs, while he was on the other side of the carriage—he ran till he got past the carriage, and then walked.

EBENEZER BOWER ( police-constable D 143.) I took the prisoner, and found 15 s . 1 d . and a silk handkerchief on him.

JOHN REEVE ( City police-constable, No. 470.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner it the same person—he was given into my custody for stealing a purse out of a Mr. Atkins's pocket.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Transported for Ten Years .

1626. HENRY DAWKINS was indicted for stealing certain worsted and other articles, value 250 l . 18 s ., the goods of William Ansell Swainson , his master; and GEORGE BUXTON for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.; to which

DAWKINS pleaded GUILTY . Aged 30.— Transported for seven years .

BUXTON pleaded GUILTY . Aged 36.— Recommeneded to mercy.— confined six months .

1627. LOUISA SEARLE was indicted for embezzling 1 l . 7 s .; the monies of George Smith , her master; to which she pleaded.—

type="confession"> GUILTY Confined Ten Days .

1628. THOMAS BRESNAHAN was indicted for stealing 60lbs. weight of lead, value 14 s .; the goods of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests . Other COUNTS , stating it to belong to other persons.

MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution.

HENRY WILMER . I am foreman to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests—the house No. 16, George-street, Bloomsbury, is their property, and is to be taken down for the improvements—on the day fter this happened I saw this lead, and compared it with the remaining part of the lead on the roof of the house, it fitted most accurately—it was worth about 14 s .

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. It is very old? A. Yes—the parties were still living in the house—the roof was in a bad state—the middle gutter had been taken up, and the rain would have come in.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Who took up the lead of the middle gutter? A. I do not know, it had been taken away—there was nothing the matter with the roof except the lead being taken away—the Commissioners have been in pos session of this house about two months—the prisoner's mother occupied a room there at the time this happened.

MARY OLIVER . Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening of the 27th of May, I was in the house opposite to the house 16, George-street—I saw the prisoner on the parapet of the roof of No. 16—he appeared to be ham mering up the lead—I saw his arm move—I noticed two other men that got away—they were doing the same as the prisoner.

Cross-examined. Q. Was there not another person taken that you swore to? A. Yes, he was discharged on proving by several witnesses that I was wrong about him—the persons that belong to the house I was in, were pulling down the fixtures—I went up to look at them—there were three more persons with me—I told the policeman about this when I first saw it—I could see the face of the prisoner, and the other person who was discharged—I have known the prisoner five or six years, and I knew the one that was discharged—I have seen him since.

WILLIAM PENNY ( police-constable E 140.) In consequence of informa tion from Oliver I went to the roof of the house in George-street, and found the prisoner with his head and shoulders through the roof, and his feet were on the ceiling—I caught him by the jacket, and said, "What do you do here?"—he said, "I live here, what do you want with me?"—I said, "On suspicion of stealing the lead off this house"—I saw two men behind him—they made their escape down to the ceiling—the prisoner tried to get from me—I caught his hand, and his body was hanging down—I called another officer to take him—there were some of his own friends had hold of his legs, and they said, "Let him go; we have got him as a prisoner"—I held him till an officer took him from me—I found 59 lbs. of lead on the roof—it was severed and rolled

up—this is it—it was fitted to the place—I found a cap by the side of it, and a small chopper, which the lead could be ripped off with—I took the cap to the station and asked whose it was—the prisoner said, "It is mine"—he had no covering on his head.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you cut any of the lead yourself? A. Yes, about three inches—that was not quite off—I could not take it away.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Did the prisoner say at the station why he was on the roof? A. Yes, to put some tiles on, to prevent the rain coming through—there was no appearance of tiles being put on.

WILLIAM ALBERT WALLS . I am one of the attesting witnesses to a deed which conveys the house stated to the Commissioners—the date is the 8th of May.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Three Months .

1629. ELIZA JOHNSON was indicted for stealing 2 breast pins, value 11 l .; and one chain, 10 s .; the goods of Thomas Baker , from his person.

THOMAS BAKER . I am a musical composer. At a quarter to one on Friday morning, the 17th of May, I was coming from the Italian Opera House—I got half-way down Bond-street, and was accosted by the prisoner—I desired her to go about her business—I was exceedingly unwell—at the corner of Burlington-street the prisoner put her arms round my neck—two men were standing on the steps—they inquired the way to Holborn—I told one man—I put my hand up to my neck, and discovered I had been robbed of my two diamond pins—the prisoner ran away—I went on—I saw a police man—I told him, and described the prisoner—we went down Bond-street in quest of the prisoner, and met her in the middle of the carriage-road, oppo site Bond-street—I gave her in charge—I went back to Piccadilly, and the pins were found exactly on the spot where she was charged—I am sure of that—these are them.

Cross-examined by MR. WILKINS . Q. What had been the matter with you? A. I had had a bilious attack in the day, and should have asked per mission to have gone away from the Opera, had it not been the first appear ance of a new ballet—when the prisoner ran away I saw her joined by another female—I saw them together when the two men accosted me, about a minute and a-half after she had accosted me—I had not taken any refreshment—I was first accosted by her at the corner of Burlington-street, and the pins were found in Piccadilly—the two men did not come quite close to me—I missed my pins directly after the prisoner was gone, not while I was talking to these men—they went towards the Quadrant, not towards Piccadilly—when I dis covered my loss I saw no one about.

COURT . Q. Were either of these men near enough to put their arms round your shoulder? A. No, and no one but the prisoner—I am quite sure of her.

CHARLES HANDY ( police-constable C 172.) I met the prisoner in Bond-street, just opposite Stafford-street—she was charged with the robbery just at the bottom of Old Bond-street, in Piccadilly—I took her to the station, and went back to the spot where I took her, and saw the prosecutor take up these two pins near a plug-hole at the bottom of Bond-street, where the prisoner had been standing—she could have dropped them there.

Cross-examined. Q. There were two women? A. Yes, the other woman I took to the station, and this one went with the prosecutor—the other one was discharged before the Magistrate.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Confined Two Months .

1630. WILLIAM BROWN , EDWARD WORLEY , and JAMES WOOD ERSON , were indicted for stealing 99lbs. weight of lead, value 4 s ., the goods of Joseph Edwards , and fixed to a building.—2nd COUNT , not stating it to be fixed.

JOSEPH EDWARDS . I am a chimney-sweeper, and live in Orchard-street, Westminster. I have a soot-shed about fifty or sixty yards from my house—it had lead fixed on it, which was safe on Friday and Saturday, the 3rd and 4th of May—I missed it about half-past one o'clock on Monday the 6th of May—the tiles had been removed also—I went to the station at Bow-street—I found the lead in the yard—I took it and compared it with the roof, and it fitted exactly, and the nail-holes corresponded—I can swear to this one piece.

THOMAS LANGLEY ( police-constable F 121.) About eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, the 5th of May, I was in Drury-lane, and saw the three prisoners coming down the lane—Brown was carrying a basket, which ap peared to be very heavy—they passed me—I followed them to the corner of Queen-street, and there Brown and Wooderson saw me following them—they crossed and went down Wild-street—they spoke together again—they crossed over to the other side—another officer was coming, and we took them—they had this lead with them.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Did not Wooderson escape? A. Yes—I did not see him again till the 15th of May, when he was in cus tody—I had inquired about him in the interval—I gave a description of him at the police station as about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, rather dark complexion, with a cut on his left cheek—I observed that as I passed him—I never had any conversation with him—Bagnell did not give a descrip tion of him in my presence—I did not talk to him at all about him—I only told him that he had a jacket on similar to a fustian jacket, but no thing about the cut on the face—I have been in the police since 1840—I had never seen Wooderson before—I went down to the station and gave the re port to a man at the door—he was one of the B division—I do not know his number—it is my duty to make the report to my superior—I did not do so, because I thought I could apprehend him without.

Brown. The policeman came to me in Clerkenwell, and asked me a de scription of the man; I told him he had a cut down his face: he asked me all the particulars. Witness. I did go there, but did not ask him to describe the third man; he said he would tell me the man if I went to him; I went to him, and he would not tell me anything about him.

CHARLES HENRY BAGNELL ( police-constable F 31.) I was on duty in Wild-street—I saw the three prisoners coming down Great Wild-street—Brown had this basket—it was very heavy—Langley came to me and said something—the other two men ran away—I ran after them—I swear Wood erson was one of the men—I had never seen either of them before.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How far were you from Worley when he ran away? A. Twenty-five yards—I knew him by seeing him—when I brought Worley back Brown said he was not the man who employed him.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. How long have you been in the police? A. Eleven years—I remember Wooderson—Langley did not tell me he had a cut on the face—I did not notice any cut—I saw him again in custody at the B station—Langley was there, and pointed the prisoner out—he did not express any doubt about him—I had given no description of him—I left that to Langley—I did not hear him give a description—there were no other persons under charge.

WM. MILLERMAN . I apprehended Wooderson—I had received information

from Mr. Edwards—I had known all three prisoners as being together-before—I told him it was for being concerned in taking some lead from Mr. Ed wards—he said he believed I was only joking with him—he is a labourer—sometimes he works, and sometimes he is along with thieves—I have been in the police ten years—I received information on the subject on the Monday—I did not go to his house, because I knew I should meet him in the street.

Brown's Defence. About a quarter to eleven o'clock I was coming through Brokers-alley; a man in a fustian coat, who appeared to be a plumber, asked if I wanted a job; I said, "What?" He said, "Help me to carry this, I will give you 6 d ." I had not got it above five minutes, and the officer asked what I had got; I said the man that gave it me was just before me.

JOHN BRANNAN , labourer, Peter-street, Westminster. I know Wooderson, he is a shoemaker—between ten and eleven o'clock on the 5th of May, I saw him in his own room; I went there to have my shoes mended—he was about half an hour about it—I stayed with him till about one o'clock.

THOMAS WESTON. I hawk nuts; I have known Wooderson as a neigh bour four years. On the 5th of May I swept the front of his door, and saw him in-doors—he is a shoemaker, and works for Mr. Patterson in Broadway, at the corner of Tothill-street.

COURT . Q. Was he at home the next day? A. I will not be certain—I live next door to him.

TIMOTHY SHEILS . I am a mason's labourer, and live three doors from Wooderson. About ten o'clock on Sunday, the 5th of May, I went to borrow a hammer of him to nail my own boots—I took it home, and the prisoner was not out of my sight till a few minutes after twelve—I did not see him during the next week, because I was at Greenwich.

WILLIAM SCOTT . I am a labourer. I know Wooderson—I saw him at work in front of Pye-street on the 5th of May.

COURT . Q. What makes you remember it was the 5th of May? A. They said he had done something, and his brother came and asked if I would go down as a witness—I do sot know how many weeks it was after—I cannot tell that it was not the 14th of May—I do not know that I saw him at home the next week.

BROWN *— GUILTY . Aged 19.

WORLEY *— GUILTY . Aged 25.

WOODERSON *— GUILTY . Aged 30.

Transported for Seven Years .

1631. JOHN BARNES was indicted for stealing 10 coal-sacks, value 1 l .; and 1 1/2 yard of rope, 2 s .; the goods of William John Reeves .

JOHN LLOYD . I am foreman to William John Reeves, a coal-merchant; the prisoner was employed there occasionally. I missed ten coal-sacks—they ought to have been in the Wagon—these are them—they were safe at half-past nine o'clock on the morning of the 18th of May—I believe the prisoner was in distress.

WILLIAM WELLESLY MEDLEYCOAT ( police-inspector. ) The prisoner was brought to the station—he said he had taken the sacks from the wharf—I said, "Do you mean to say you stole them?"—he said be had, that he was in distress.

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined One Month .

1632. FRANCIS SIMPSON was indicted for stealing 1 watch, value 2 l .10 s .; 1 jacket,1 l .;1 handkerchief, 2 s .; 1 pair of shoes,7 s .6 d .; and pocket-book, 8 d .; the goods of George Turner ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined Four Months .

Sixth Jury, before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1633. RICHARD GROVES was indicted for stealing 1 1/2 lb. weight of leather, value 1 s . 6 d ., the goods of James Butcher ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 71.— Confined Two Months .

1634. JOHN ARMSTRONG was indicted for stealing 1 jacket, value 20 s ., the goods of William Parr ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined Three Months .

1635. ELLEN CURTAIN was indicted for stealing 6 blankets, value 2 l . 10 s .; 1 counterpane, 10 s .; 5 table-cloths, 10 s .; 2 sheets, 5 s .; 1 table-cover, 2 s .; 1 necklace, 8 s .; 4 pictures, framed and glazed, 5 s .; 8 knives, 1 s . 6 d .; 8 forks, 1 s . 6 d .; 1 tea-pot, 1 s .; 1 milk-pot, 1 s .; 1 bowl, 1 s .; 5 cups, 1 s .; and 4 saucers, 1 s .; the goods of Robert Laing , her master.

ROBERT LAING . The prisoner was my servant; she came on the 2nd of May, 1841, and left on the 1st of Sept., 1842. In consequence of her coming to me with a policeman, and saying that she had stolen some things from me with the assistance of a man, I searched a trunk that was under the bed in one of the rooms—I found it nearly empty—it was kept locked—I opened it with a key—I cannot say what property had been in it—it was property that had been put by when my sons were in business—I know it was full of linen—these sheets and table-cloths are marked in my own handwriting, and are my own—they were put into a large trunk with other linen, not being wanted for general use—I saw them last in the trunk five or six years ago--no one had had been to it that I know of—here are some pictures and frames which I know exceedingly well—they are mine—I cannot say where they were kept—they were put away as not being in general use—these knives and forks are such as we have in general use—two pairs of children's knives and forks I can distinctly swear to as being mine—this tea-pot is part of a tea-service pre sented to me by my sister when I was first married—I have not seen it for five years—I have seen the knives and forks while the prisoner was in my service—the china was in a closet which I frequentlyentered—I can only judge of the blankets from their having the same mark which the laundress was accustomed to put on the linen—this piece of furniture I can positively swear to—that was inclosed with the blankets.

CHARLES THOMAS GAYLER ( City police-constable, No. 348.) On Thurs day night, the 9th of last May, I met the prisoner—she asked if I would go with her to take a person into custody who had wronged her of about 30 l .—I said I could not, as it was only a debt—she said, "Then I will give him in charge for robbing my late master, Mr. Laing"—I asked what she had to prove it—she gave me these four duplicates, which related to things which she said were brought away by this man named Foley—I searched his place, and could find nothing, and then I went with her to the prosecutor, and he gave her in charge.

ALFRED JOHN MELHURST , shopman to Mr. Burgess, pawnbroker, Long-acre. I took in these six blankets of the prisoner—this bed-furniture was wrapped round them—she pledged them originally for 5 s . or 10 s ., then came and had more on them.

JOHN FENN ( police-constable L 154.) I went to No. 8, Queen-street, Seven-dials—I found these pictures, china, and a coral necklace.

MARY WILLIAMS . I am the wife of Jeremiah Williams, and live at 8, Queen-street, Seven-dials—the prisoner lodged with me about twelve months ago—I bought these pictures and the crockery of her about twelve months ago—I did not ask whose they were—I never said that I asked her—I was ex amined before the Magistrate, and they put my evidence down, and I put

my mark to it—this is my cross—I told the Justice that the prisoner said they were her own—she did say so—the necklace she said she got from her master's sister.

Prisoner's Defence. I did not take the things; I left this man and his sister in charge of Mr. Laing's house two or three hours, and the things were taken; he gave me the duplicates after his sister pawned them; the blankets I bought; they are not Mr. Laing's.

JURY to ROBERT LAING . Q. Did Foley ever live in your service? A. I found a man in the kitchen one morning when I came down early—I was very angry—I told the prisoner she should never have the opportunity again, as I would take the key of the street door up-stairs.

NOT GUILTY .

1636. ANN DAVIS was indicted for stealing 10 yards of mousselin-de laine, value 10 s . 6 d ., the goods of Charles Carter .

CHARLES CARTER , linen-draper, Cross-street, Hoxton New Town. Be tween eleven and twelve o'clock in the forenoon of the 21st of May, the pri soner and two other women came to my shop—I served them—I then per ceived something under the prisoner's apron—the three women went out, and I followed—the prisoner saw me, and ran away—she dropped a piece of mous selin-de-lain from under her apron—I stopped her and picked it up.

JAMES HINGLE ( police-constable N 316.) I took the prisoner—she said it was hard to suffer for what another had done.

Prisoner's Defence. We all came out and turned down a street; the other two said, "Are you going to the dress-maker?" I said, "Yes;" they said, "Good by;" I then was going, and the prosecutor tapped me on the shoulder, and said, "One of you must have dropped this dress;" I said, "I know nothing about it;" he said, "As the other two are gone, I will have you."

CHARLES CARTER re-examined. I did not say so—she dropped it after she had got twenty or thirty yards from the others.

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Three Months .

1637. HENRY HITCHCOCK was indicted for embezzlement.

THOMAS NEWMAN . I live in Sheffield-street, Clare-market. The pri soner has been in my employ about eighteen months, to finish learning the business—I sent him for and with bills several times—it was his business to receive money and deliver it to me—this bill of Mrs. Little's is in my writ ing, and was delivered about twelve months back—I sent the prisoner several times to Mrs. Little's for the money, 1 l . 10 s ., and he had received, as he told me, 5 s ., and brought me 5 s ., and I have received 5 s . of Mrs. Little since he has been taken—1 l . is still due—this receipt to the bill is in the pri soner's handwriting.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How much did he have a week? A. Seven shillings, and he was to keep himself—he had 6 s . at first—this bill is as far back as June and Aug., 1842—this "May 23rd, 1844, received 5 s .," is in my handwriting—I charge him with 5 s . received on the 18th of Aug., and 5 s . on the 16th of Sept.—I enter the sums I receive—I have not got the books here—I summoned Mrs. Little for the 1 l ., 5 s . the week previous to taking the prisoner—I have been rather slack of work this year—I did not say to the prisoner, "Harry, what shall I do, I have not got a job in the shop"—I never said any words to that effect—I said I should get a range in and do it up, and I should go to the secretary and ask him to let me put the dog-bar, in Lincoln's-inn-Fields to-rights—I did not tell him to go and break them—I did not give him a piece of gas-pipe to go and do it with—he wanted

to go on his own account, and I would not let him—I did not ask him, and he refuse, nor say I would be one with him for it—he did not say he would not do it, he was afraid of being taken up.

CATHERINE LITTLE . I deal with the prosecutor. This bill was delivered to me—the prisoner called for the money several times—I paid him 5 s . on the 18th of August, 5 s . on the 9th of September, and on the 16th 5 s . more—I always brought him a pen and ink to the door, and he wrote his name, and the amount, but did not put the dates.

Cross-examined. Q. How do you know it was those dates? A. By my different accounts.

WILLIAM POCOCK ( police-constable F 81.) I took the prisoner, and told him he was charged with embezzling a sum of money belonging to his master—he said he was sorry for it.

Cross-examined. Q. Was that all he said? A. Yes—I did not mention the sum—he said he had done so, and was sorry for it—this is my name—( looking at the depositions )—I told him he was charged with embezzling 10 s .—he said he had received the money, and was sorry for it—I know Mr. Twyford's handwriting—I have seen him write—this is it—( read )—"The prisoner says, 'I am very sorry for it; it was distress that drove me to it.' "

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

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

1638. DANIEL POWELL was indicted for stealing 1 sheet, value 4 s .; 4 caps, 3 s .; 1 pair of stays, 6 d .; 2 handkerchiefs, 2 s . 4 d .; 8 curtains, 1 s . 6 d .; 3 pinafores, 3 s .; 1 shift, 2 s .; 1 pair of trowsers, 10 s .; 5 petticoats, 5 s .; 5 night-gowns, 5 s .; 5 shirts, 5 s .; 1 napkin, 2 d .; 3 pillow-cases, 4 s . 6 d .; 1 toilet-cover, 1 s .; and 2 frocks, 1 s .; the goods of William Henry Lindsay : and 1 gown, 1 s . 6 d .; 1 petticoat, 1 s .; 3 handkerchiefs, 6 d .; 4 aprons, 2 s .; and 1 night-gown, 1 s .; the goods of Harriet Webb .

CHARLES SIMPSON . I live in Jeffrey-street, Camden-town. About nine o'clock, on the night of the 14th of May, I went to fasten the back door, and I heard a noise outside—I opened the gate, and saw three men standing close to Mr. Lindsay's door, handing linen from one to the other—their backs were towards me—there is a space of ground between Lindsay's house and ours, wide enough for a carriage to pass—the men saw me within a couple of seconds after, and ran away together—they threw the linen down—I followed, and called, "Stop thief"—they ran out of the lane, towards Jeffrey-street—I followed, and they separated—two went towards the left, and one to the right, towards town—I cannot say whether the prisoner was one of them—I pur sued them with the policeman—I lost sight of them once—the policeman took one of them—when we returned the policeman picked up the linen.

Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK . Q. Was it dark? A. Yes—I was at one angle, and the policeman at the other, at the top of Jeffrey-street—not more than half-a-dozen persons came when I called, "Stop thief"—no one joined in the pursuit but the policeman—they might have run the other way.

JOHN JONES ( police-constable S 130.) I was on duty in Sussex-terrace, opposite Jeffrey-street—I saw two men running, and Simpson following about fifteen yards from them—they separated—I followed one—I took hold of the prisoner—Simpson came up, and said he had been stealing some linen at the back of Jeffrey-street—he said he had not—I went with Simpson, and found this linen near the garden at the back of Jeffrey-street—there were no other persons running besides the men and Simpson—Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay came out, and said, in the prisoner's presence, that the linen was theirs—the pri soner begged Mrs. Lindsay's pardon, and cried—he said he was innocent.

Cross-examined. Q. This is the first time you have said that he cried and begged pardon, is it not? A. I said it before at the office—I cannot recol lect whether it was taken down—it was not very dark, because there were lamps—it was dark where Simpson saw them first—I was on one side, and he on the other—the prisoner might have said, "I heard the cry of 'Stop thief,' and ran after the man; I know nothing of the robbery"—he said words to that effect.

WILLIAM HENRY LINDSEY . I live at Prior-cottage, Camden-town. There is a garden at the back of my house, and a door at the end of it—about ten minutes before this happened I had been in the garden, and saw the clothes lying on the grass—I knew a great many of them—these trowsers I can posi tively swear to.

NOT GUILTY .

1639. JANE PORTER and ELLEN SAUNDERS were indicted for stealing one clock, value 1 l ., the goods of Martin Fallor .

MARTIN FALLOR , clock maker, Hill-street, Finsbury. About twelve o'clock in the day, of the 14th of May, I went into the Duke's Head, White cross-street—I had two clocks with me—I saw Porter there, and a young man—they looked at the clock, and gave it me again—I put it on a chest, and while I was talking to a young man the clock was gone—I searched, and could not find it—Porter said, "What have you lost?"—I said, "My clock"—Porter said if I would stand a pint of gin I should have it—she and the man went off—I followed them, and she went into another gin-shop—I put down my clock-bag there, and the other clock was in it—I had half a pint of porter, and drank it by myself—Porter said, "If you stand another pint of gin, you shall have your clock back"—I then looked, and the other clock was gone.

PHILIP NEALE , coach maker, Golden-lane. I went into the Spread Eagle—I saw the two prisoners and a young man, and the prosecutor—they came in one after another—the prosecutor had a bag, he took the bag off his back, and gave it to a young man—I put it by me, and the clock and bag fell off On to the ground—the young man picked it up, and went and talked to the pro secutor—Saunders took the clock and bag—she put it into Porter's apron, and she went away with it.

NOT GUILTY .

1640. JANE PORTER and ELLEN SAUNDERS were again indicted for stealing 1 clock, value 1 l .; the goods of Martin Fallor .

MARTIN FALLOR . After I had lost my clock at the Duke's Head, I went to the Spread Eagle, and saw Porter and a young man—I did not see Saun ders—I had a clock in a bag, which I put on the seat there—I had half a pint of beer, and while I was speaking to the young man, the clock and bag were gone—Porter and the young man remained there—Porter said if I would stand a pint of gin I should have my clock back again.

PHILIP NEALE . I was at the spread eagle, saw the two prisoners, the prosectutor and a young man named Harding come in—the prosecutor had a clock in a bag—he put it off his back and gave it to Harding—it fell off, and the clock struck one—Harding picked it up, and went and spoke to the prose cutor—Saunders took the bag and clock and put it in Porter's lap—she covered it up with her apron, and went away—Saunders followed—I told the landlord—he went for a policeman, and gave Harding in charge.

CHARLES HOLLOWAY . I was at the Spread Eagle—I saw the two pri soners, the prosecutor, and Harding—the prosecutor had a clock in a bag—Saunders passed it over my lap, and put it into Porter's lap—she covered it

over with her apron, and walked out, and in a few minutes Saunders walked out.

WILLIAM HENRY MARCALL ( police-constable G 199.) At half-past one o'clock the prosecutor gave Hardy into custody—I afterwards took the two prisoners.

PORTER — GUILTY . Aged 54.

SAUNDERS — GUILTY Aged 30.

Confined Nine Months .

1641. WILLIAM BUCHAN was indicted for stealing one handkerchief, value 2 s .; 1 sovereign, 1 half-sovereign, and 2 shillings; the property of William Weaver , from his person.

WILLIAM WEAVER . I live on Saffron-hill. On the 17th of May I met the prisoner in Farringdon-street—I treated him—I had a sovereign and a half and a half-crown, in a silk handkerchief—I told him I should go and buy a hat, he said he had one to dispose of—I said, "Fetch it;" he did so, and it was split across the top—I said I did not like it—he asked 1 s . for it—I gave him 8 d . for it—I took a half-crown out of the handkerchief, and gave it to him, and said, "Go, and get change for this, and bring it back"—he did so—the rest of the money was then in the handkerchief, and I put it and the rest of the money into my trowsers-pocket—he accompanied me to the Not tingham Arms beer-shop, and treated me there—I was rather the worse for liquor—I knew what I was doing when I gave him the half-crown—I had the money when I went to the Nottingham Arms—after that I went home and missed my handkerchief from my pocket—I have never seen it since.

Prisoner. Q. Did you not give 10 d . for the hat? A. No—I put the change of the half-crown into my coat-pocket—there was no other man in my company—I did not come into the Nottingham Arms with my trowsers un done, and tell you to button them up.

FRANCIS GWILLIN . I live at Bishop's Head-court. I was at the Notting ham Arms when the prosecutor and prisoner came there—they had four or five pints of ale—the prosecutor was very drunk indeed—the prisoner ap peared to have been drinking, but was comparatively sober—the prosecutor went out and came back—the prisoner said, "Don't be a beast; let me button up your breeches," and the prosecutor assented to it—I saw the prisoner place his hand at the waistband of the prosecutor's trowsers, and the other hand under, as if working something out—he then sat down on the seat, and I saw the prisoner put his hand round the prosecutor—Mr. Hopkins made a noise on the table for me to notice it—the prisoner then went out, and then Mr. Hopkins said something to me.

Prisoner. Q. You saw me take it out of the prosecutor's right pocket? A. No—I saw you take nothing out—I never said it was a red handkerchief.

ROWLAND HOPKINS . I was at the Nottingham Arms. Gwillin called my attention to the prisoner—I saw the prisoner with a red silk handkerchief in his left hand—I saw him button the prosecutor's trowsers up—I made a noise with my pipe on the table to make my friend notice it—the prisoner sat a very short time, and went away—the prosecutor left a little after—he had been drinking, but was capable of taking care of himself—the prisoner was sober—the prosecutor called the prisoner Bill—I did not tell the prosecutor—he stayed about ten minutes after.

EDWARD WILLIAM WORSTER . I am barman at the Red Lion, Strand. About half-past twelve o'clock on the Friday night, the prisoner came and remained half an hour or three quarters, treating a number of persons—he spent four or five shillings—shortly after, he asked me to mind 18 s . for him—he came the next day for 12 s . which he had, and the remainder of the money

he was going to renew his license with—he was in the habit of minding cabs for cabmen..

THOMAS SMITH ( City police-constable, No. 270.) I took the prisoner—I found a new pair of boots on him, and a shirt—he had bad a shirt washed, and on the following Monday he said he gave 1 s . for it.

Prisoner. Q. Did I not tell you to go to Leather-lane, and Blackman-street? A. No, you said Fetter-lane—you said you bought the boots in Blackman-street, and there was no shoemaker's shop there.

Prisoner's Defence. The prosecutor asked me to have a drop of beer; I thanked him; we drank that beer, and a friend of his was sitting beside him, who said, "My friend is in want of a hat." I said I had an old one; I got it, and showed it him; 1 asked 1 s . for it; he offered 10 d .; I said, "I will spend the odd 2 d ., and you give me 8 d . for it;" he gave me a half-crown; then we had some more gin and beer; at half-past ten o'clock we went to the Nottingham Arms, and there were several persons whom he asked to drink; he went out and came in again; I said, "You might have buttoned your trowsers;" he said, "Button them for me;" I did, and we had a glass or two more of ale; I then went out, down the Strand, and having this money saved up, unknown to any one, I redeemed a few things, and left the 18 s . in the landlord's hand; I went the next day to Blackman-street, and bought the boots for 3 s . 6 d .; I then went to Leather-lane, and gave 1 s . to Mrs. Wright to mend and wash my shirt.

WILLIAM WEAVER re-examined. My handkerchief was red—it had a sovereign, a half-sovereign, and two shillings in it.

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined Nine Months .

1642. JAMES PEARCE was indicted for stealing one sovereign, the money of Sarah Bridges .

SARAH BRIDGES. I am cook to Mr. Richardson, of Belgrave-terrace, Hol loway—I sleep in the top back room—I bad this work-box up there, but I left the key in it—on Saturday the 11th of May when I got up I had four sovereigns in it, and about two o'clock on Monday I missed one—I noticed some white paint on the lid of the box—some painters had been employed there on the Saturday—no one but the prisoner was employed in that room, I am sure of that—there were about five painters employed on the morning of Monday—I acquainted one of the servants and Cole—the prisoner came on the Monday and worked—he did not come on the Tuesday—on the Wednesday he came to work at the next house, which was empty—I was called into the next house, and found the prisoner with his hands tied behind him—Cole asked me what I charged him with—I said, "Taking a sovereign out of my box"—Cole said, "Are you not ashamed to rob this young woman of her money?"—he said, "I don't deny it"—Cole then said, "Give us some security for it, or give it up"—he said, "I can't give it up, I have not got it; I will work it out"—and then I went away.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Who tied his hands? A. I heard Cole say he did—I had only known Cole since he first came to work there—I saw a card tied over the prisoner's breast, and Cole painted his face lead colour—Cole and I had no loving affairs between us—I gave them some ale—the prisoner had some—I gave him in charge on the 23rd, after he had taken out a warrant for the ill usage he had received—there were three other men at the house—I did not hear any one say anything but Cole—the prisoner did not appear to be suffering from the tightness of his hands, nor from the paint—he was not painted when I first went—they fastened him up to the railings, so that persons going along could see him—on the card there was written, "This is the fellow who stole a sovereign out of the servant's box."

CHARLES COLE . I was employed at this house on the Saturday—the prisoner was employed there in painting the spout at the back, with white paint—none of the others were painting with white paint—on the Monday Bridges told me what had happened—on the Wednesday I took the prisoner at another house—I tied his hands behind him, a card be fore him, and painted his face—I sent for the prosecutrix, and asked what she charged him with—he said he did not deny it—I told him if he did not give back the sovereign I would give him in charge—he said he could not give it up, he would stop and work it out—I had a brush of paint in my hand, and did what I was sorry for—I put it in his face, and tied him to the rails.

GEORGE GRAFFHAM . I heard the prisoner charged with stealing the sovereign—he denied it at first, and then said he was very sorry, he would work it out.

NOT GUILTY .

NEW COURT .— Thursday, June 13 th , 1844.

Sixth Jury before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1643. WILLIAM MILLER was indicted for embezzling 2 s . 2 d ., the monies of James Townsend , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined One Month .

1644. FRANCIS MULSHAW was indicted for embezzling 4 s . 3 d ., the monies of his master, John William Stupple ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Three Months .

1645. ANN MURPHY was indicted for stealing 2 sheets, value 4 s .; and I looking-glass, 5 s .; the goods of William Higgins ; and that she had been before convicted of felony; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined One Year .

1646. CHARLES SIMMONS was indicted for stealing 1 waistcoat, value 7 s ., the goods of William Strange ; and that he had been before convicted of felony; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Transported for Seven Years .

1647. MARY GEARY was indicted for stealing 2 sheets value 5 s .; 2 towels, 2 s .; 1 table-cloth, 1 s .; 1 frock, 1 s .; and 1 sofa-cover, 1 s .; the goods of Davis Clashofska , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined One Year .

1648. WILLIAM HARLEY was indicted for embezzling 1 l . 4 s . 8 d ., the monies of his master, William Lewis Clark ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined One Month .

1649. RICHARD WIGGINS was indicted for embezzling 5 s ., the monies of his master, James Trinder ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Three Months .

1650. ANN DAVIES was indicted for stealing 1 frock, value 1 s . 3 d .; and 1 pinafore, 9 d .; the goods of George Curry , from the person of Henry Curry ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 33 .— Confined Six Months .

1651. JOHN SMITH was indicted for stealing 1 truck, value 3 l ., the goods of James Calcott : also 1 truck, value 4 l ., the goods of James Saul ; to both which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 26 .— Confined Six Months .

1652. ALFRED TRACEY and HENRY HOBBS were indicted-for stealing 360 phials, value 1 l . 5 s ., the goods of George Samuel Parsley and another, their masters.

GEORGE SAMUEL PARSLEY . The prisoners were in my employ. About half-past twelve o'clock, on the 13th of May, I met Hobbs in Worship-street, going in the direction of Tracey's, with a basket of phials—I said, " Harry , where are you going with those?"—he said, "To Whit taker's," alluding, as I expect, to a customer in Shore ditch who was in the habit of taking goods—I said, "Why come this way, why not go down Holy well-lane?"—he said, "I come this way sometimes"—I said, "Is Mr. Sharp (my partner) at home?"—he said, "Yes"—I followed him, and did not see him go into Mr. Whit taker's—I waited some time, expecting he had gone in—I then went to my warehouse and saw Mr. Sharp—I went to Hobbs's mother, and while there he came in—I said, "Where did you go with that basket of phials you said you were going to take to Whittaker's?"—he said they were not phials, they were flower-roots—I said, "Where were you going with them?"—he said, "To Fred's, " meaning Tracey's—I went with him to Fred's , and asked Tracey where the phials were—he said, "There were no phials brought here, they were flower-roots"—I said, "Where is the basket?"—he took me round to the back of the premises and showed me one—I said that was not it—he said it was—I said I thought he was dishonest, and had been robbing me; I should like to go into his parlour—he refused, I insisted, and then he said there were two or three glasses there which he had taken, and he hoped I would forgive him—I found a number of glasses on his side-board, which he said he had taken, and was very sorry for it—I questioned him about the phials—he said he would tell me, and hoped I would forgive him—I said I would—I went with him to Brick-lane, and there I saw some phials in a basket—I am not able to say it was the basket Hobbs was carrying—I told Tracey I expected he had been robbing me for. some time—he said he had not.

GEORGE PEACHEY . Tracey brought these phials to me about half-past twelve o'clock on the 13th of May, and offered them for sale in the hamper—I did not see Hobbs.

JAMES HAYWARD ( police-constable G 212.) I found the phials at the prosecutor's house, and told Hobbs at the station that they were both charged with stealing the glasses—he said it was no use telling a falsehood and de nying he had done it, he was sorry for it—I did not give Hobbs any reason to believe he was charged with stealing anything else.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Other glass had been found at Tra cey's? A. Yes—Hobbs was not present when I found them—when I took Hobbs I asked what he had done with the basket of phials—he said be knew nothing about it—at the station I said to Tracey, "You are both charged with stealing this glass, you understand that?"—Hobbs said, "It is quite correct, I am sorry for what I have done."

COURT . Q. That was relative to the phials? A. Yes, I am sure of that.

NOT GUILTY .

1653. ALFRED TRACEY was again indicted for stealing 12 glass tumblers, value 6 s .; I glass goblet, 1 s . 6 d .; 6 wine glasses, 4 s .; 8 ale glasses, 4 s .; and 6 hyacinth glasses, 6 s .; the goods of George Samuel Parsley and another, his masters.

GEORGE SAMUEL PARSLEY . I saw these tumblers at Tracey's house—I do not know whose they are—the prisoner said he had two or three glasses—I had told him before that I would forgive him.

NOT GUILTY .

1654. MARY ANN WILD was indicted for stealing 4 sovereigns, the monies of William Crow Harvey .

WILLIAM CROW HARVEY , builder, Penzance, Cornwall. At half-past three o'clock in three morning of the 23rd of May I met the prisoner in Compton-street—she said she had not had anything to eat all day—I gave her a pint of beer and a biscuit—I told her I wanted to go to sleep more than any thing else—she said she could get me a bed for 1 s .—I said I was quite a stranger in London—she took me to a house—I gave her 3 s ., and paid the woman 1 s . for the bed—I undressed and got into bed—the prisoner began to make a noise, and said I was a mean, paltry fellow—I put her outside the door, and put a chair against it, and put my trowsers under my head—I had four sovereigns in my pocket, two of the Queen's, and two of George IV.—I afterwards heard a noise in the room, and there were two women in the room—the prisoner wag one—they were just stooping to pick my trowsers up close by the door—the prisoner said, "Here is his paltry 3 s ."—she threw it on the table and went down stairs—I dressed, went down stairs, and found two women there—I said I had lost these sovereigns—the woman said she had not got them, but if any one had, it was the prisoner, who had then gone away—the policeman apprehended her, and found three sovereigns, and 19 s . 6 d . on her.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE Q. What had you been about? A. I had been on business—I had come from Paddington, where I had been with a friend for three hours—I had been to Harrow, and got there about twelve or one o'clock—I might have drunk about a pot of beer in the course of the afternoon—I had no spirits or wine—I drank about half a glass of beer with the prisoner—I was going to lodge in Compton-street—I had slept alone—I am quite sure I had my money in my pocket when I went there—I took out my sovereigns, and looked at them before I went to bed—I did not count the silver.

WILLIAM CARTER ( police-constable E 5.) About seven o'clock in the morning of the 23rd of May, I met the prisoner in Drury-lane—she was drunk, and was disputing with a cab man about his fare—I saw some sove reigns in her hand—I directed another officer to take her to the station—I took three sovereigns from her, and 19 s . 3 d .—I afterwards traced where a sovereign had been changed, about an hour and a quarter before—she denied all knowledge of it, and said she did not know how much she had when she left home, that she met a Mr. Johnson in Long-acre, and he gave her three sovereigns.

NOT GUILTY .

1655. HENRY PRIDE was indicted for stealing 1 box, value 2 d .; and 6lbs. weight of rice, 2 s .; the goods of William Nettleship .

WILLIAM NETTLESHIP , grocer. Duke-street, Manchester-square. I was coming home on the evening of the 16th of May, and met the prisoner about five yards from my shop with the box under his arm, containing 6lbs. of rice—I made inquiries, then went and overtook him at the corner of James-street, with the box—it was mine.

Prisoner. A woman came and gave it me. Witness. There was no per son near.

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Confined Three Months .

1656. OWEN SUFFOLK was indicted for stealing 1 truck, value 1 l ., the goods of George Squires .

GEORGE SQUIRES , greengrocer, Finsbury-market. I let out trucks. About half-past eleven o'clock on the 2nd of May, I lent a young man who I do not know, a truck for two hours—he took it away—I found it on the Saturday

after, at Mr. Gardiner's door—the prisoner was not the person who borrowed the truck.

WILLIAM GARDINER . On the afternoon of the 2nd of May the prisoner brought the truck to me, and stated he came from his master, who lived in Great Suffolk-street, Commercial-road, to sell it—I was not at home—my wife lent him 10 s . till I came home, and then I gave him 2 s . more, in the evening—he told me it was a person on the City-road bridge gave it to him, and he did not know him, and then he stated it was his brother.

Prisoner. Q. Did I not bring you a letter first? A. No.

WARNER GREEN ( police-constable G 45.) The prisoner said he was in the habit of meeting a man in the City-road, four or five times a-week, and he had sent him to sell the truck; that the man lived in James-street, Commercial-road—I went there, and there was no such person or number.

Prisoner's Defence. About twelve months ago my brother gave me the letter: he had lent a man 6 l . seven weeks ago, and he told me to meet this man, who was going to give him seven trucks for it—I took the track, sold it, and delivered the money to my brother.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Twelve Months .

(There were three other indictments against the prisoner.)

1657. JOHN BETTON was indicted for stealing 1 painting, value 30 s .; the goods of John Saunders .

ROBERT ACUTT . I deal in paintings, and live in Holywell-street, Strand. On the 20th of May, the prisoner came to sell this painting for 30 s .—I sent for an officer, and gave him in charge.

JOHN SAUNDERS . I am a picture dealer, and live in Holborn. This pic ture was safe in my shop at eleven in the morning on the 20th of May, and about one, Mr. Acutt came to tell me it was at his house.

LUTHER CARTER ( police-constable F 64.) The prisoner said, a gentleman with a light coat on gave him the picture to sell—I could find no such person.

GUILTY . Aged 15.— Confined Two Months .

1658. WILLIAM CRACK and RICHARD BURGESS were indicted for stealing 1 shovel, value 2 s .; the goods of George Frederick Lambert ; and that Burgess had been before convicted of felony.

THOMAS GOOD . I am shopman to George Frederick Lambert This shovel was safe in his shop in Old-street, St. Luke's, at half-past three, on the 11th of May, about half-an-hour before it was brought by the officer.

SAMUEL SPECK ( City police-constable, No. 119.) I stopped the prisoners about half a mile from the prosecutor's, about twenty minutes to four—Crack had the shovel, and Burgess was by his side.

Crack. I and Burgess saw a man in Petticoat-lane, who asked us to buy this shovel; he wanted a shilling for it.

CHARLES RANDALL ( police-constable N 172.) I produce a certificate of Burgess' former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

CRACK — GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

BURGESS — GUILTY . Aged 16.— Transported for Seven Years .

1659. WILLIAM THOMPSON was indicted for stealing 1 pocket-book, value 1 s ., the goods of William Weeks , from his person.

WILLIAM WEEKS . About eleven o'clock on the 15th of May, I was at a fire in Long-acre—I had a pocket-book and snuff-box in my right pocket—the book was stolen from me—this is it—it is mine.

JAMES LEWIS ASHMAN ( police-constable F 119.) I was at the fire in plain clothes, and I saw the prisoner, with three others, close up to the prosecutor—the prisoner's left hand came from under the flap of his coat, and put some thing into his pocket—I took the prisoner, and found this book in his left pocket.

Prisoner's Defence. I saw the book on the ground and picked it up.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Eighteen Months .

1660. JOHN DOUGHTY and JOHN BROWN were indicted for stealing 1 half-crown, 1 sixpence, 1 halfpenny, and 1 farthing, the monies of Elizabeth Williams , from her person; and that Brown had been before convicted of felony.

ELIZABETH WILLIAMS . I am a widow, and live in New-street, Bedford-street, Stepney. On the 28th of May, I was at Stepney Fair—the prisoners were close to me, conversing together, Doughty at my right elbow, and Brown at my arm—I had a half-crown, a sixpence, a halfpenny, and a farthing in my pocket—in a few minutes I put ray hand into my pocket to take out six pence, pence, and found my pocket cut and money gone—there was a mark on the halfpenny, which I know—this is it—I can swear this was in my pocket-Doughty was nearest to me.

SAMSON DARE FROST ( police-constable K 239.) The prosecutrix called to me—I took the prisoners to the station—I found a half-crown, a sixpence, ninepence in halfpence, and this halfpenny on Doughty—they each had a knife.

Doughty. The prosecutrix said it was an old half-crown she had, and mine was a new one; I changed a sixpence and had that halfpenny given me; she said there was another boy at her pocket, and she slapped his head.

ELIZABETH WILLIAMS re-examined. I said the half-crown was old in date—another person came up to me while I was looking for the policeman.

HENRY WOOD ( police-constable K 44.) I produce a certificate of Brown's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read)—the prisoner is the person.

DOUGHTY — GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Four Months .

BROWN — GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined One Year .

1661. JAMES JONES was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 1 s . 6 d ., the goods of David Moore , from his person.

DAVID MOORE , cooper, Back Church-lane. On Whit-Monday, the 26th of May, I was in a street leading from Stepney church to the fair—the crowd was very great—there was a sudden rush—I put my hand to my pocket, and my handkerchief was gone—the prisoner being nearest to me I seized him, he ran from me and dropped this handkerchief from his hand—it is mine—I picked it up—the policeman came up and insisted that I should prosecute.

Prisoner's Defence. I was passing from my work; there was a great crowd, and not room for one person to pass; I was carried off my feet; I know nothing about picking the prosecutor's pocket.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Three Months .

1662. GEORGE SHARMAN and THOMAS RILEY were indicted for stealing 12 wooden boards, value 14 s ., the goods of Barker William Barker , the master of Riley.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM HENRY LATCHFORD . I am clerk to Barker William Barker, timber-merchant, Wardour-street, Soho; Riley was our porter for nearly six

years. In consequence of something that transpired, I placed myself to watch him—about six o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 28th of May, I saw Riley-go to the gate of our yard, and let himself in with a key—I kept an eye on the premises—we have two entrances—I went round to Wardour-street, and saw the gates open—I then went back to the Dean-street entrance, and soon after Sharman came out of the Wardour-street entrance—I had not known him be fore—he had twelve boards, twelve feet long, on his shoulder—it was quite as much as a man could carry—I went round and met him in Queen-street—I stopped him—he laid down the boards—I asked him where he got them from—he said, "From your yard"—I asked what he had paid for them—he said, "Ten shillings"—I said, "What, only 10 s . for so many boards? I suspect there is something wrong, and shall give you into custody for stealing them"—he went away, leaving the boards, and, as I did not see a policeman just at the time, I went into the yard—I saw Riley there—I asked him if any one had been there—he said, "No"—I said, "Has not the man out of Rose-street been?"—he said, "No"—(Sharman lived there)—I said, "He has taken some boards, and they are stolen, if you have not seen him"—he said he had not seen Sharman since Sunday last—I afterwards got a policeman, and went to Sharman's house, in Rose-street—he said he did not care, he had tendered half-a-sovereign, and the man could not give him change; he would explain it—I said, "You had better come up and explain"—the policeman was outside, and took him—I then went to the yard with the policeman, and saw Riley—I asked if Sharman had been there—he said, on his oath, he had not seen him since Sunday—I desired him to come to the Police-court—he came—Sharman was there—I made my statement before the Magistrate—then Riley said it was his fault, he let him have the goods, and he was to pay him after breakfast—upon that he was put into the dock—Sharman pulled out two half-sovereigns, and said that was the money he had borrowed to pay for it, but the man could not give him change—these boards are worth 16 s . 2 d ., and are my master's.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Has Riley been entrusted to take money to the bankers? A. Yes—Sharman was not keeping a shop that I am aware of—I believe he calls himself a cabinet-maker—Riley has had orders not to quit the yard on any account—if a person offered money, and said if he could get him change he would pay for it, it would be his duty to let the person get change—Sharman produced the two half-sovereigns before the Magistrate at the close of the case—when I stopped Sharman be stopped talking to me two or three minutes—I went to him in ten minutes or a quar ter of an hour, and found him at his house—I told Riley he would have to go before the Magistrate, and the officer was come down to go up with him—he said he was quite willing to go.

COURT . Q. Was Riley in the witness-box when he made this statement? A. No; I think he stood by the box.

THOMAS MARCHANT ( police-constable C 49.) I received charge of Shar man—he said he paid the porter half-a-sovereign—I took him to the station, then went to the timber-yard with Latchford, and saw Riley—Latchford asked him when he had seen Sharman-Riley said, on his oath, he had not seen him since Sunday—I afterwards saw Sharman before the Magistrate—Riley was in Court, and heard Latchford give his evidence—Riley then stated it was his fault; that the man was to pay him at breakfast-time—I do not think he was sworn—after he had made that statement the Magistrate ordered him into the dock.

THOMAS GILBY , boot and shoemaker, Great St. Andrew-street. I know both the prisoners—I work with a person who lives with Sharman—about

nine o'clock in the evening of Monday, the 27th of May, I was at Mr. Maley's shop in Rose-street, where Sharman lives—I saw the two prisoners together in Sharman's apartment till between ten and eleven o'clock.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you hear anything pass between them? A. No—the window was a little open—there was a light in the room—they appeared to be talking.

(The prisoners received good characters.)

SHARMAN — GUILTY . Aged 36.— Confined Six Months .

RILEY — GUILTY . Aged 36.— Confined Nine Months .

1663. EDWARD ROWE , EDWARD M'CARTHY , and HENRY HORNE , were indicted for stealing 30lbs. weight of lead, the goods of the Poplar Gas-light Company , and fixed to a building.—2nd COUNT , not stating it to be fixed; and that M'Carthy had been before convicted of felony.

GEORGE BANNISTER , carman, King-street, Poplar. At half-past six o'clock on Thursday morning, the 30th of May, I was opening my shutters—I saw Home and Rowe standing on the steps of the Poplar Gas-light Company, stamping something under their feet, as if doubling it up—on seeing me they left quickly—I went round and followed them, so that I could recognise them—I passed them and returned back, and found this lend on the stones—I called a neighbour, named Beale, to see it—we removed the lead into the yard, and I went to look for a policeman—I could not see one—when I re turned Horne and Rowe were waiting outside—Rowe had a bag under his arm—just as I came up M'Carthy came up, and said, " Bill , it is gone"—I went after a policeman, and left my wife in charge of the lead.

Rowe. Q. Why not give us in charge when you passed a policeman in Penny-fields? A. I gave you in charge as soon as I saw one.

SARAH BANNISTER . I am the wife of George Bannister—he called me down stairs, and I went to the gate—I saw the three prisoners—one of them had a bag, and one of them (I cannot say which) said my husband said I was to give up the lead to them—I did not give it up.

SAMUEL WEBBER . I am gas-fitter to the Poplar Gas Light Company. I went with the policeman—when he brought the lead I knew it by the cut in it and the tear—I have every reason to believe it belongs to the Poplar Gas. Light Company—I had soldered and fixed it to the building.

THOMAS WATKINS ( police-constable K 310.) The lead was given to me—I showed it to Webber, who identified it.

Rowe's Defence. I was standing by Mr. Wright's shop; we went round and saw a piece of rag; I did not know there was any lead in it; we went down to Limehouse-hole and waited some time; we went back to Wright's shop, and saw M'Carthy; we understood that Bannister took the lead into his house; we went and asked for it; he came back and gave us in charge.

M'Carthy's Defence. I was watching for a job; I saw these two boys; they said Bannister took some lead from the stones; I said, "Why don't you give him in charge;" at a quarter past seven o'clock he went for a policeman; he took them, and I followed them down.

Horne's Defence. I was waiting for work; we saw a piece of lead on the stones: the witness came out and said, "I see you:" he then gave us in charge.

(Rowe received a good character.)

JOHN HABGOOD ( police-constable K 109.) I produce a certificate of M'Car thy's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

ROWE — GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Six Months .

M'CARTHY — GUILTY . Aged 19.— Transported for Seven Years

HORNE — GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Nine Months .

(There was another indictment against Horne and M'Carthy.)

1664. BENJAMIN EDWARDS and MARY ANN LEWIS were in dicted for stealing 2 1/2 lbs. weight of ham, value 1 s . 2 d .; 1 3/4 lb. weight of bacon,10 d .; 1lb. weight of butter,1 s .; and 36 eggs, 2 s .; the goods of William Henry Marley , the master of Edwards; to which

EDWARDS pleaded GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Ten Days .

WILLIAM HENRY MARLEY . I am a cheesemonger. Edwards was my shop-boy for three weeks—I set a policeman to watch—I missed some eggs and some ham.

MICAIAH READ ( police-constable E 30.) I was on the watch on the 21st of May, and saw Edwards come out and look round—Lewis went into the shop—I saw her holding her apron near an egg chest, and Edwards was put ting some eggs into her lap—I came away—Lewis came out, and went to the Portland-road, and there was joined by a man—I followed them into Mor timer-street, turned sharp round, the man saw me, and ran away—I stopped Lewis—I asked what she had under her shawl—she made no answer—I saw some butter and bacon—I said, "This is what I suspected"—she said, "Others have got more than I have; I did not take them, I had them given to me."

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Did not she, "I did not steal them?" A. I do not think she made use of the word "steal."

LEWIS — GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Ten Days .

1665. ELIZA WEBSTER was indicted for stealing 1 watch, value 4 l .; 1 watch-chain, 6 d .; 2 watch-keys, 4 d .; and 1 handkerchief, 1 s .; the goods of Dennis Geary .

DENNIS GEARY . I live in Ratcliffe-highway. On the night of the 22nd of May I went into a public-house—I saw some females there I did not like—I went out, and the prisoner came and insisted that I should go home with her—I went to her house—I gave her half-a-crown, and desired she would lay out 1 s ., and return me 1 s . 6 d .—I took out my watch to know the time—she took it—I asked what she wanted with it—she put it in her bosom, and said it was all right—my handkerchief was in my hat—the prisoner took it, and went out—I went out, and saw the policeman—I did not see the pri soner again till she was at the station—I had had some liquor, but knew what I was about—I did not give her the watch—I had both gold and silver—this is my watch.

WILLIAM BURDETT FOSTER , pawnbroker. This watch was pawned on the 23rd of May by the prisoner—there was another person in her company—the prisoner received the money.

SAMUEL HALES ( police-constable K 373.) The prisoner said the watch was at home, and then she said it was no use taking me home, she had pawned it for 30 s .—she took me to the pawnbroker's.

Prisoner's Defence. In going home he took his handkerchief out of his hat, and placed it round my neck; he said he had made up his mind to have a spree , and not having more money he gave me his watch to pledge for 2 l ., if not I was to get 30 s .; he said he would wait till our return, and on our return the policeman came and took me.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Three Months .

1666. EDWARD BEVAN and DANIEL CUMMINGS were indicted for stealing 2 cruet-tops, value 5 s .; 1 spoon, 5 s .; and 2 cruet-stands, 1 l .; the goods of Mary Ann Sacre ; to which

CUMMINGS pleaded GUILTY . Aged 13.— Confined Three Months .

JOHN WOOD . I am coachman to Madam Mary Ann Sacre, of Park-row.

About one o'clock on Friday, the 31st of May, I went into the house, and saw Bevan fall from the store-room window in front of the scullery window—he got up, and run away—I then saw Cummings fall down immediately after—he got up, and they both ran away—I ran after them—when I got out coat—he put it down into the late Marquis of Hertford's grounds—we brought him back to the place—we went to where he put something down, and there found these two cruet-stands—they are my mistress's, and had been in the parlour fronting the area.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You did not pick them up? No, I saw them picked up—the park-keeper took possession of them—I caught Cummings first, and gave him in charge of the park-keeper—Bevan ran a different way to Cummings—he was taken a few yards from the pro perty.

JAMES GEORGE . I heard a cry of "Stop thief"—I saw Bevan run—I ran towards him—he dropped something in the late Marquis of Hertford's grounds—I stopped him, and went back to the place—I saw another person pick up these two cruet-stands.

BEVAN — GUILTY . Aged 23.— Confined Nine Months .

1667. FREDERICK GRANT was indicted for stealing 2 shillings and 3 pence, the monies of Mary Hart , from her person.

MARY HART . I live in Rouse's-gardens, Queen-street, Chelsea. On the evening of the 25th of May I went to Mr. Hyam's, a pawnbroker, at Fulham—I had not been in above five minutes before I found the prisoner's left hand in my right hand pocket—I pushed him away, and he ran off—I had 3 s . 3 d . in my pocket, and 2 s . 3 d . of it was gone—the policeman overtook him—he gave it me back in the passage in scuffling with him.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. When was he brought back? A. In about three minutes—I am sure he is the person—I felt his hand in my pocket.

JAMES SKELTON ( police-constable B 4.) I saw the prisoner running very fast—he fell down—a man came up, and said, "Take him, he has committed a robbery in the pawnbroker's shop; I have tusselled with him till I am quite out of breath"—the prosecutor then came up, and said, "That is the man that robbed me"—the prisoner said two men had been fighting in the shop, and torn his coat—this is the flap of his coat.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Six Months .

1668. SUSAN SMITH was indicted for stealing 37 yards of printed cotton, value 17 s .; 2 yards of union cloth, 6 d .; and 7 yards of calico, 1 s . 9 d .; the goods of John Swaine , her master.

JOHN SWAINE , linen-draper, Chapman-street, Marylebone. The prisoner was my servant for five weeks—after the 1st of May I missed these things—they are mine.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Where was the property found? A. At the pawnbroker's—it has my own mark on it—I know it had not been sold—I have two men and a boy.

WILLIAM CROW . I produce part of the property—I have the counter du plicates—I do not know who pawned it.

GEORGE WAREHAM . I live with Mr. Mills, a pawnbroker, in the Edg ware-road. I produce the cotton and calico—I do not know who pawned it—this is the duplicate of it.

JOHN MANNING ( police-constable D 44.) I found the duplicates of these

things in the prisoner's box, at the prosecutor's house—the prisoner opened the box with her keys.

Cross-examined. Q. When were they found? A. After she had been in custody two days—she made two attempts to run away.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined One Year .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

Fifth Jury, before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1669. ELIZABETH CASEY was indicted for stealing 1 iron boiler, value 3 s . the goods of William Mills ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Two Months .

1670. JOHN BAILEY was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of Thomas Bunney Fisher , from his person; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Six Months .

1671. ALFRED GRIFFITHS was indicted for stealing 1 pair of boots, value 2 s . 6 d . the goods of Mary Good and another; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Two Months .

1672. JOHANNAH HAYES was indicted for stealing 2 scarfs, value 2 s . 6 d .; and 3 yards of ribbon, 6 d .; the goods of James Wainwright; and 3 shirt-studs, value 1 s .; 1 pair of scissors, 3 d .; 1 scarf, 2 s .; 1 pocket, 3 d .; 1 thimble, 1 s .; and 3 yards of ribbon, 6 d .; the goods of Mary Ann Russell : to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Four Months .

1673. CHARLES REEVES was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 8 s .; 1 padlock, 6 d .; and 1 key, 6 d .; the goods of Henry Showell ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

1674. THOMAS STUBBS was indicted for stealing 3/4 yard of Valencia, value 10 s . 6 d .; and 3 yards of linen cloth, 2 s . 6 d .; the goods of Henry Cocking, his master; and that he had been before convicted of felony: to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Twelve Months .

1675. CHARLES KUSIA was indicted for stealing 22 yards of swans down trimming, value 30 s ., the goods of Francis Leopold Kusia ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

1676. CAROLINE TRAPP was indicted for stealing 7 printed books, value 18 s .; 1 handkerchief, 6 d .; 4 prints, 4 d .; 1 shirt-collar, 1 d .; and I worsted comforter, 1 d .; the goods of Thomas Robinson , her master; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 37.— Confined Three Months .

1677. THOMAS MARSH was indicted for stealing 2 3/4 yards of silk, value 1 l .3 s ., the goods of Lea Wilson and others.

WALTER CALDWELL . I am in the service of Lea Wilson and two others, silk-manufacturers, Goldsmith-street. On the 18th of May the prisoner came to buy some handkerchiefs—I showed him some—I saw him putting a parcel into his pocket—after that I came to him, and said, "There are some other handkerchiefs which I wish you to look at"—he then asked me to show him satin ones, which he had seen on a former visit—he said, "I shall call

again and buy some"—I accompanied him to the door, and said he had some handkerchiefs in his pocket—he denied it—I insisted on it—he said, "If there are, I did not put them there"—after insisting some time, he put his hand into his pocket, drew out these handkerchiefs, and attempted to throw them into the corner of the warehouse—he had not bought any—they are my master's.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. How long have you been in your master's service? A. About two years and a half—I did not know of the prisoner being a customer before—he was quite sober.

HENRY COLE . I am warehouseman to Lea Wilson and others—I saw the prisoner at our warehouse—Caldwell was engaged in serving a customer when the prisoner first came in—Caldwell showed him some handkerchief—I watched, and saw Caldwell stop him—I saw the prisoner draw some hand kerchiefs out of his pocket—he threw them into a corner—I picked them up, and kept them in my hand till the prisoner seized them and tried to mix them with some other goods—he got them out of my hand—I told him it was no use, I was too well acquainted with them to have them mixed—they are my master's.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you ever said that the prisoner attempted to get possession of these again? A. Yes, I mentioned it before the Magistrate—I have been in the prosecutor's employ about twenty years—I do not know of the prisoner's being a customer.

GEORGE FOSTER ( City police-constable, No. 425.) I took the prisoner.

Cross-examined. Q. Did he appear excited? A. Yes. (The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 51.— Confined Three Months .

1678. WILLIAM INGLIS was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 2 s . 6 d ., the property of Elias Octavius Symons , from his person.

ELIAS OCTAVIUS SYMONS , builder, Exeter-street. At a quarter to seven on Wednesday evening, the 15th of May, I was in Long-acre with two ladies—some one called out as we crossed James-street—I looked round, and saw a person holding a lad—he called out, "Have you lost your handkerchief?"—I put my hand to my pocket and said, "Yes"—I had had it in my pocket and used it ten minutes before—this is it.

JOHN CRAMP . I am foreman to Mr. Nathan, a tailor. On the evening of the 15th of May, I saw the prisoner and two others walking behind the pro secutor—as far as I recollect the prisoner had his hand in the prosecutor's pocket, and drew out the handkerchief—I picked it up at a shoemaker's shop at the corner of James-street—I took the prisoner, and called to the prose cutor—the other two made their escape.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENPERGAST . Q. The other two ran away at the very moment? A. Yes—I cannot positively say that the handkerchief was in the prisoner's hand—the other two might have thrown it away.

NOT GUILTY .

1679. HENRY NORVALL and JOHN HUXTABLE were indicted for stealing 21 deer-horns, value 3 s .; the goods of Elizabeth Whitehorn , the mistress of Norvall.—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of William Kirkman .

WILLIAM WHITEHORN . I manage the business of my mother, Elizabeth Whitehorn—she is a carwoman in New-road, St. George's—Norvall has been two years in her employ—at the beginning of May we received from Brown, at Kirkman's office, 2 tons and 24lbs. of deer-horns, to deliver from the East India Docks—I had a warrant to deliver them—I had directions to cart them

to Griffin's wharf, Tooley-street—on the 9th of May I sent that warrant to the East India Docks, by Kipling—Norvall was to go with it—I told him he was to cart 2 tons and 24lbs. of deer-horns from the East India Docks to Griffin's wharf—when he came back he said in consequence of the time it took to load the wagon, he could not complete it that day—I sent him the next day to complete the order—Huxtable had nothing whatever to do with Norvall or my cart—this is the warrant I gave to Kipling.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Who were you employed by? A. My mother—my directions to Norvall were verbal.

JAMES BROWN . I am clerk in the East India Docks—on the 9th of May I received a warrant from Norvall for 40 3/4 cwt. of deer-horns—I entered it, and gave it to the foreman to deliver the goods—I know he delivered part of them on the 9th into Whitehorn's cart.

Cross-examined. Q. To whom did they belong while they were in the warehouse? A. To the Dock Company, but the warrant is made out to Robert and John Henderson, who are the consignees of the goods.

FRANK RAWLINS . I am foreman at the South Quay warehouse. I delivered 40 cwt. and 24lbs. of deer-horns to Whitehorn's cart—Norval had charge of the cart.

GEORGE EDWARDS . I am employed at Griffin's wharf, Tooley-street. I remember the prisoners coming with a load of horns in the cart—I was assist ing in unloading the cart—I then jumped out and began to trim the horns, and left the two prisoners in the cart—Huxtable asked me the value of the horns—I said I thought not much.

JAMES FASSETT . I am a labourer, in the employ of Mr. Aspin, of Mor gan's-lane, Tooley-street. A little after eight o'clock on Friday night, the 10th of May, I was in the lane—I saw the prisoners in the cart—as I passed I heard a noise—I turned back, and saw them putting some horns in a bag, or sack—James Dew was with me—I was going on, and Dew came after me—I stopped at the top of the lane—the policeman came up, and Dew told the policeman—after the prisoners had put the horns in the bag, they undid their hurdles, and put them on the bag.

HENRY HUNT ( police-constable M 82.) On this Friday night I was spoken to, and followed the cart—Norvall was driving it—Huxtable was in the cart—I followed it to Whitechapel—Norvall stopped at the corner of a court, and Norvall took some horns in his hand, and went up the court—he was gone twenty minutes or half an hour—he came back without the horns—he went on and stopped again, and Huxtable got out, and Norval handed him a bundle of horns—Huxtable was going in the direction of the court where the cart had first stopped—I and Orams went and asked him where he was going to take them—he said to a public-house up a court, and he received them from a carman—I went after the cart and stopped it—I asked Norvall if he had given any one anything to carry—he said, "Yes, some horns"—Orams came up with Huxtable, and Norvall said, "That is the man I gave them to"—I asked him where they came from—he said, over the water, and these were some that hung about the hurdles—we went to the court, and Mrs. Clark produced some horns—she said they were left by Norvall to take care of for a short time—there were eighteen horns in the parcel which Huxtable had.

EDWARD ORAMS ( police-constable H 18.) I was in Whitechapel, and saw Hunt following the cart—Huxtable was sitting in the cart—Norval came out of a court and got into the cart—he then stopped—Huxtable got out and took a bundle from Norvall—I stopped him—I went to a public-house and got three horns.

FREDERICK BEGER . I am servant to Mr. Clark, who keeps the Green

Man. On this Friday, Norval came to me, and left three horns to take care of for a few minutes till he came back.

EDWARD CLARK . I received these horns from Beger—I kept them twenty minutes—the policeman came, and I delivered them to him.

Huxtable's Defence. Norval asked me to go over the water, and help him unload; after we had done, these were left about in the hurdles; Nor val was going to take them the next morning; he asked me to take them, and leave them at the Green Man, Castle-street; I was going, and the police man stopped me.

NORVAL — GUILTY . Aged 19.

Confined Six Months .

HUXTABLE — GUILTY . Aged 22.

Recommended to mercy.

confined Three Months .

1680. JOHN GRAY was indicted for stealing 1 measuring rule, value 2 s ., the goods of Henry Livermore and another, to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 51.— Confined One Month .

1681. JOHN QUINN and JOHN KELLY were indicted for stealing 1bag, value 1 s .; 3 pairs of trowsers, 6 s .; 6lbs. weight of soap, 3 s . 6 d .; 1 set of clew-lines, 2 s . 6 d .; and 2 brushes, 1 s .; the goods of George Johnson ; and that Quinn had been before convicted of felony.

WILLIAM BOWYER ( police-constable F 139.) About twelveo'clock on the night of the 22nd of May I was in Long-acre, and saw a cab at the door of the Feathers public house—I was called into the house, and took a person into custody—as we were taking him to the station, I saw the two prisoner—Kelly got up behind the cab , and rode part of the way—I walked by the side of the cab —a sailor was in the cab , but the prosecutor was not—I took the person and the prosecutor to the station, and left the cab at the station-house door.

JOHN SILVER . I lodge at the Feathers, in King-street, Long Acre. Ata quarter before twelve o'clock, on the 22nd of May, I was there—I saw the prosecutor there with another sailor—they were both intoxicated—there was a disturbance about some money that was lost—the policeman was called, and the man given into custody—I saw the cab driven from the public-house to the station—the two prisoners followed the cab —I saw Kelly riding behind part of the way—the prosecutor and the man he had in charge went to the station—I stayed outside the station with the cab —a sailor was in it—I saw Kelly minding Quinn take a bag out of the cab , and go up an open passage called Russell-court—I pursued and hallooed to him—directly I hallooed, he dropped the bag—the officer took it up, and took him—I had seen the prisoners together at the public-house.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Where were you when you saw him take the bag? A. Standing against the station door, three or four doors from the Marquis of Anglesea, which the cab -man and the sailor went into—my friends live in the country—I was apprenticed to my uncle, who was a baker—it is two months ago since I have done anything in the baking-line—I had been staying at this public-house about a week—Wilks lodged at the Feathers.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Did you see Wilks at the time this bag was taken? A. He was outside—he had the same opportunity of seeing what passed—he was two or three yards from me—the Feathers is three quarters of a mile from the Marquis of Anglesea.

JOHN ALLEN . I heard of this, and followed Quinn into Crown-court, with this bag under his arm—I ran after him out of Russell-court into Crown-court—he dropped this bag—I took him, and Sadler picked it up.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How near were you to Quinn when

you first saw him? A. Not twenty yards, and I caught him about 100 yards off—I am quite certain he is the person.

GEORGE JOHNSON . I am a seaman, belonging to the Vernon frigate. On the 22nd of May I was paid off—I got into a cab , and went to two public-houses, and drank there—I had a bag in the cab —when I was at the Feathers there was a row , and the policeman was sent for—I went to the sta tion with the policeman and some man who was taken—the cab went with us to the station, and my shipmate in it—when I got there I went with the officer and the man who was in custody—the cab was by the station door—I was not drunk—I was rather merry—I know this bag—here is a tally on it with two crosses cut on it, and these are my things—they were in the cab that evening—I never saw the prisoner.

THOMAS COOK . I am a cab driver. I was hired by the prosecutor and an other man on the evening of the 22nd of May, at London-bridge, to drive to Brook's market—this bag was put into the cab —I drove them to four public-houses, and from the Feathers to the station—the other man wanted some thing to drink—I went into the Marquis of Anglesea with him, leaving the cab in care of Kelly—I am certain the bag was in the cab then, because I told him to mind it.

JOHN WILKS . I am an engineer, and live at the Feathers. I remember the prisoner being there, and the sailors in the cab —I went down to the sta tion from the Feathers—there had been some row , and there was a charge going to be made—I stopped outside while the black (the prosecutor) went in to give charge of the other man—Quinn and Kelly stood talking together—then Quinn took the bag out, and went up a court leading to Bow-street—I and Silver followed him round Russell-street, and into Crown-court, and there apprehended him—he dropped the bag at his feet the moment we took him—I swear that this is the same bag.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. How long since have you done any engi neering? A. A week ago, for Mr. Meacock, on Snow-hill—he is no rela tion to Mr. Meacock who keeps the Feathers—I have been a witness twice—they do not call me Snipey , that I know of—I never heard any one call me by that name—I do not follow the police to give evidence, and get my ex pences.

WILLIAM GEARS ( police-constable L 98.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner Quinn's former conviction, which I got from the Clerk of the Peace of Surrey—( read )—the prisoner is the person—I was present at the trial.

QUINN — GUILTY . Aged 24.— Transported for Seven Years .

KELLY — NOT GUILTY .

1682. JOHN BROWN was indicted for stealing 1 half-sovereign, the money of Henry Smith .

CHARLOTTE SMITH . I am the wife of Henry Smith. About one in the afternoon of the 23rd of May, I was at my window in Castle-place, Castle-street, Finsbury—the prisoner came to my window to sell wood—I told him I could not purchase any, as I had nothing less than a half-sovereign—he said, "I will get you change at the corner, if you will give me the half-sovereign"—he left his baskets, and took my half sovereign to get change—I did not see him again till at station—i did not know him before—I am sure he is the person—I looked out about two minutes after—his donkey and cart were gone, and never came back.

WALTER WHITE ( police-constable G 168.) I received information and took the prisoner—he said he had a half-sovereign from the prosecutor, and lost it going to get change, that he meant to bring half-a-crown on the Mon day, but did not like till he got the whole of it.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Three months .

1683. ALEXANDER WARDROP was indicted for stealing 1 gown, value 2 s .; 1 petticoat, 1 s .; and 2 shifts, 2 s .; the goods of Sarah Ann Hanks .

SARAH ANN HANKS . I am single, and live in Phoenix-place, Somers town. The prisoner was married to my cousin—on the morning of the 21st of May I went from my apartment at nine, and left the door locked—I returned at ten at night, and found part of the partition of my room broken down—I had left a box of clothes in the room—I missed these articles—the prisoner lived in the same house—next morning I asked him if he would give me up the tickets—he said the things were quite safe—I asked if he would give me the money—he said he had got no money—I asked if he would give me the tickets—he said he tore them up—these are my things.

GEORGE FINNIGAN . I live with Mr. Griffiths, a pawnbroker. One of these things was pledged by the prisoner—I am sure he is the person.

ROBERT DIXON . I live with Mr. Griffiths, a pawnbroker. This gown was pawned by the prisoner.

WILLIAM ELMER ( police-constable S 187.) I took the prisoner—on the way to the station he said he had done it, and would replace the things in the course of the day.

Prisoner's Defence. The prosecutrix owed my wife 7 s .; we have been in the habit of pawning her things at her own request; my wife had permission to pledge these things, and told me to take them as I wanted to make up some money; I intended to get them out the same day.

SARAH ANN HANKS re-examined. I never gave leave to his wife to pawn these things—I did not owe her 8 s .

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 33.— Confined Three Months .

1684. ESTHER LEWIS was indicted for stealing 2 sheets, value 4 s .; 1 bolster, 15 s .; 1 blanket, 6 s .; 1 counterpane, 5 s .; 1 pillow, 1 s .; 2 quilts, 3 s .; 1 table-cloth, 2 s .; and 1 pillow-case, 6 d .; the goods of John Glanville Dur bridge .

ELLEN DURBRIDGE . I am the wife of John Glanville Durbridge, of Charles-street, Stepney. The prisoner hired a room at my house—she was there three months—a week ago I went into the room to take the dimensions of a bolster—the prisoner was there—I missed the articles stated—these are them—they were let to the prisoner with the room.

MICHAEL KELLY ( police-constable K 144.) I took the prisoner—she was charged with stealing these things—she said she was sorry for what she had done, and delivered up eight duplicates—some more duplicates were found on her.

JANE SCOTT . I am the wife of Sergeant Scott. I searched the prisoner and found nineteen duplicates on her, three of them belonged to this property.

THOMAS VESPER , pawnbroker, Sydney-place, Commercial-road. The prisoner pawned these articles with me.

(The prisoner pleaded poverty.)

GUILTY . Aged 38.— Confined Three Months .

1685. ELIZABETH DAVIS was indicted for stealing 1 lb. 6 oz. weight of bacon, value 2 s ., the goods of John Barker .

THOMAS KEENE , shopman to John Barker, cheesemonger, Exmouth-street.

Clerkenwell. On the 31st of May the prisoner came into the shop and asked if I could take 1 d . for a rasher of bacon—I said no—she went out—I went out and found a piece of bacon in her apron—I missed it from the window.

GORDON WEBSTER ( police-constable C 196.) I took the prisoner with this bacon—she said, "I confess I have stolen it, it is the first I have done." (The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 38.— Confined Fourteen Days .

NEW COURT .— Friday, June 14, 1844.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1686. THOMAS BOYLE was indicted for stealing 1 necklace, value 8 d ., the goods of George Hoare ; and that he had been before convicted of felony; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 24. — Transported for Seven Years .

1687. THOMAS GRACE was indicted for stealing 21 cheroots, value 2 s ., the goods of William Shailer ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 10.— Confined Ten Days and Whipped.

1688. JAMES TERRY was indicted for embezzling 3 l ., the monies of William Pershouse , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined Three Months .

1689. MARY COVENTRY was indicted for stealing 1 counterpane, value 1 s . 6 d .; 4 sheets, 3 s . 6 d .; one table-cloth, 1 s .; 1 quilt, 1 s .; 1 shawl, 1 s .; 1 carpet, 3 s .; 1 blanket, 2 s .; 2 towels, 1 s .; 1 bed-tick, 3 s .; 1 cloak, 1 s .; also 1 quilt, 4 s .; 2 sheets, 2 s .; shawl,1 s . 6 d .; 3 towels,1 s .;1 waistcoat, 1 s .; 1 cape, 6 d .; 2 petticoats, 6 d .; 1 bolster-case, 6 d .; 3 aprons, 1 s .; 3 shifts, 6 d .; 1 tea-kettle, 6 d .; 1 pair of pattens, 6 d .; and 1 pair of clogs, 6 d .; the goods of John Parry ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined Six Months .

1690. JOHN ALDER was indicted for stealing 1 pewter pot, value 1 s . 6 d ., the goods of Charles Lowe ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Two Months .

1691. JAMES KING was indicted for embezzling 9 s ., the monies of Wil liam Obbard and another, his masters; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Two Months .

1692. JOHN KNULL was indicted for stealing 1 pianoforte, value 8 l ., the goods of Conrad Eller ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Nine Months .

1693. JOHN GLADMAN was indicted for stealing 9 1/2 lbs. weight of ham, value 5 s ., the goods of James Thompson ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 66.— Confined Three Months .

1694. PERTHENIA ELLIS was indicted for stealing 1 blanket, value 7 s ., the goods of James Folsum: and 3 blankets, value 6 s .; 1 bolster, 7 s .; and 1 pillow, 3 s ., the goods of Elizabeth Gardner ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined One Year .

1695. ELIZABETH NICHOLSON was indicted for uttering coun terfeit coin; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 32 .— Confined One Year .

1696. BENJAMIN STOCK , GEORGE WEST , and HENRY JONES , were indicted for unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin.

NOT GUILTY .

1697. JOHN ROGERS was indicted for stealing 10oz. weight of tea, value 3 s ., the goods of William Terry , his master.

WILLIAM TERRY , grocer, Hatton-wall. The prisoner was my porter—when I came down on the 31st of May, I saw him close to an 84lbs. tea canister, with one hand in the canister, and the lid in the other hand—I asked what he was doing—he said, "Nothing"—I found a quantity of tea in his pocket which corresponded with the tea in the canister—he had no business with it.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 22.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Ten Days .

1698. JOHN PRENTICE was indicted for stealing lloz. weight of glue, value 4 d .; 13 pieces of veneer, 6 d .; 1 bottle 2 d .; 1/4 of a pint of var nish, 6 d .; and 8 pieces of sandpaper, 1 d .; the goods of William Barker , his master.

WILLIAM BARKER . The prisoner was my servant—I can swear to this glue and veneer being my property—I have missed it—I left the key of my warehouse with my wife, and this property safe, about nine o'clock in the evening of the 1st of June.

ANN BARKER . I am the prosecutor's wife—the prisoner came to me, in the parlour, for a light—I told him I could not spare one, but to get himself one—he then left the parlour—his master came in soon after, and gave me the key of the shop—he gave me some directions—the prisoner came in after his master was gone out and asked for the key—I told him I had no key to give him, his master had it—he then left the room, and stood at the end of the shop, where I saw he had some glue, a bottle of varnish, and glass-paper, and the veneer under his arm—he said he had nothing—I said I would see what nothing was—he then said he had nothing but what Alfred gave him.

Prisoner's Defence. I admit having taken the articles to make two small picture frames, it being usual for apprentices to make use of any articles that have been thrown aside.

WILLIAM BARKER re-examined. This is of very trifling value—I should not have objected to his taking the veneers, but the glue I should.

NOT GUILTY .

1699. JAMES PARKER was indicted for stealing 1 cloak, value 10 s .; and 1 shawl, 5 s .; the goods of Thomas Webb .—2nd COUNT , stating them to be the goods of James Webb ; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

GEORGE FARDELL . I live with Mr. Webb, a livery-stable keeper, in Red lion-street, Whitechapel. On the 13th of May I heard a horse coming down the yard, and saw the prisoner leaving a chaise belonging to Mr. James Webb, of Plaistow—I asked the prisoner what he wanted—he made no answer—I asked him again, and he ran out—I went after him, and, in Colchester-street, he said, if I followed him he would punch my head—he ran on till he came to a policeman, who took him.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Who is James Webb? A. I do not know—my master is Thomas Webb—the chaise was under my master's care, standing in the yard to bait.

WILLIAM STEVENS . I was in the yard, and saw the prisoner standing at the chaise with a cloak and shawl in his hand—when he heard the step of my horse he threw the things into another chaise and ran away.

WILLIAM BROCK ( police-constable H 65.) I saw the prisoner running—I said "What is all this about?"—he said "It is only a lark "—I stopped him hearing a cry of "Stop thief,"

Cross-examined. Q. How far was it from the yard? A. About two hundred yards—he had ran through two streets into the Tenter-ground—when I got back to the yard the cloak and shawl were lying at the bottom of the chaise.

CHARLES WEBBER ( police-constable C 122.) 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 24.— Transported for Seven Years .

1700. EDWARD GRIMSDALE was indicted for stealing 9 bagatelle balls, value 18 s ., the goods of George William Dixie Stannard , his master.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM LUFF , pawnbroker, Crown-street, Finsbury. Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening of the 23rd of April, the prisoner came to my shop, and brought nine bagatelle balls—I asked him if they belonged to him—he said they did—I asked where he lived—he said in Moneyer-street, City-road, with his father—I said I suspected something, and should detain the balls—he said he would fetch his father—when he went I fetched a policeman—the prisoner returned to the door, and when he saw the policeman he ran away.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did you go to No. 7, Moneyer-street? A. I did a fortnight after—I found that the prisoner's parents lived there—in consequence of what they said I was enabled to find out where he was—the policeman found him at his master's—I gave the balls to the policeman G 167.

JAMES BRANNAN ( police-sergeant G 20.) These balls were brought to the station by G 167—I went to Mr. Stannard's on the 2nd of May, and saw the prisoner—I asked how he came possessed of the balls that he offered in pledge at Mr. Luff's, when he ran away—he said, "I went to Greenwich fair on Easter Monday; I saw a blackguard-looking chap offering them to two swells under a tree, and I bought them"—he said be did not run from the pawn broker's—I showed him the balls at the station—the prosecutor pointed out one of them with a dot on it, and the prisoner said "Yes, it has been plugged."

Cross-examined. Q. Did you go to Moneyer-street, and find his mother? A. Yes, and from what I heard I found him at his master's.

WILLIAM LUFF re-examined. These are the balls the prisoner brought me—I am able to say that.

Cross-examined. Q. How do you know them? A. There is a very par ticular mark about them—I had them about half an hour—one of them in particular is plugged, which is very seldom the case.

GEORGE WILLIAM DIXIE STANNARD , ivory-turner, Woodbridge-street. The prisoner was my apprentice for three years and a half—I make some thousands of sets of bagatelle balls—I know this ball, it has been plugged—I have no doubt about it—I said so at the station, in presence of the pri soner—I heard him state what Brannan has said.

Cross-examined. Q. When there is a hole in the ball they are plugged? A. Yes, but it is done with stuff that matches the ball, and this does not match, it is a defective ball, and one I should not sell—I should stain it so as to hide its defects.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Six Months . —( See page 268.)

1701. JAMES BEALE was indicted for embezzlement.

JOHN JOLLY , chair-maker, Steven-street, Tottenham-court-road. The pri soner was my journeyman—on the 29th of May I gave him a bill on Mr. Hewson for 3 l ., and told him to go for it—he ought to have paid it to me in half an hour—he never came back, nor paid the money.

HENRY FOTHERGILL . I am foreman to Mr. Hewson, who deals with the prosecutor. On the 29th of May a bill was presented by the prisoner—I paid him 2 l . 15 s ., and here is the receipt for it.

JOHN CARTWRIGHT WOOD ( police-constable E 24.) I found the prisoner drunk in a public-house with two prostitutes—I said he must go with me—he turned round and said, "I will be d——d if I do"—he said, "What have I done?"—I said there was a charge against him by Mr. Jolly—he said, "Oh, my God, I am done"—in going along he said, "I received 2 l .15 s ., and did not take it home as I should have done, but I spent some"—I found 10 s . in his pocket the next morning, and he declared it was all he had; but in his fob I found 17 s .

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined One Month .

1702. HENRY HOLDSWORTH was indicted for b—s—y.

GUILTY . Aged 53.— Death recorded .

1703. WILLIAM GRIMSDALE was indicted for stealing 8 bagatelle balls, value 2 l . 15 s ., the goods of George William Dixie Stannard , his master.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

GEORGE WILLIAM DIXIE STANNARD , ivory-turner, Clerkenwell. The prisoner was my apprentice, and then journeyman—his brother was in custody, and I asked the prisoner if he had pawned any bagatelle balls—he said yes, but they were his own—I asked where he procured the ivory, and he named three places—I asked where he had procured the sea-horse, and he named one place—he gave me some duplicates, and I gave them to Redman.

Cross-examined by MR. HORRY . Q. Do you keep any books? A. Yes—I have seen these balls—my apprentice has told me that the prisoner has turned balls with my lathe—I do not know it as a fact—I would not allow my lathe to be used to turn other persons' ivory—I have never complained of my apprentice turning balls of other persons' ivory—as far as I know these were not balls when I lost them—I cannot swear to any of these—they might have been turned out of other persons' ivory.

MR. DOANE . Q. Here are eight balls? A. Yes—I cannot say that I have missed balls; I missed a great quantity of ivory—I do not know of any other persons' ivory being brought to my place.

JAMES REDMAN ( police-constable G 224.) On the 8th of May the pri soner's brother Edward was in custody—the prosecutor made a communication to me the day before, and gave me five duplicates—while I was at the Police-court I saw the prisoner outside—I told him I should take him into custody for being concerned with his brother in robbing Mr. Stannard—he said, "I have come here to give myself up"—I then showed him the five duplicates, and told him I had received them from Mr. Stannard—he said, "Yes, I took them and pledged them, and there are some more at Mr. Howe's and Mr. Peachey's, but I have destroyed the duplicates; I have been so dreadfully agitated ever since my brother was taken."

Cross-examined. Q. Was he not examined and allowed to go? A. Yes, on bail, to bring the persons that he bought the ivory of—the persons came, and denied that he bought any of them—no receipts for ivory were produced at the Police-court.

JOHN WALTER BROWN . I am assistant to a pawnbroker in Goswell-street. I took in eight balls of the prisoner, to the best of my knowledge—these are five of the duplicates I gave.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined One Year . —( See page 267.)

1704. JAMES WIGGINS was indicted for stealing 1 half-crown, the money of James Butcher .

MR. PARRY conducted the Prosecution.

JAMES BUTCHER . I am porter to Williams and Hatton, shawl-merchants, Regent-circus, Oxford-street; the prisoner was in their employ also. On the 23rd of May, in consequence of suspicion that I entertained, I marked half-a-crown and placed it at the bottom of the partition that inclosed the desk—I placed it on the floor at ten o'clock, and a book was covered over it—I came home at eleven, and went down stairs—I came up stairs again, about a quarter-past eleven, I found the half-crown was gone—the next morn ing, about half-past six, I informed my employer—the policeman was sent for, and the prisoner given into custody.

Cross-examined by MR. ADOLPHUS . Q. How long have you and the pri soner been fellow-servants? A. I have been there about four years, and he about twelve months—he was my equal—I, the prisoner, Williams, and Jones, slept in the shop, two in each bed—before I marked this half-crown, I showed it to my fellow porter, Williams—he saw me mark it—it was my own half-crown—I knew at the time that the prisoner had given notice, and was going to quit the service next day—I never knew him to bring a woman to sleep in the shop—I never did so myself—I had a quarrel with the prisoner about a fortnight before this—I do not know that I threw water on him—I had been out with a few friends, and came home, and was larking with the prisoner—he seized me, and I struck him—I do not recollect his saying to me, when I was admiring myself in the glass, "I think you will do very well"—I do not recollect saying I would lay a sovereign he did not go into the country after all—I might have said so.

MR. PARRY . Q. Were you a little intoxicated at the time of this quarrel? A. Yes—I did not quarrel with him about stealing any money.

STEPHEN OVENDEN ( police-constable D 80.) On the morning of the 24th of May, at half-past seven o'clock, I was called to Williams and Hatton's shop—they gave the prisoner into custody—I asked if he had any money about him—he said, "No"—I asked if he had in his boxes—he said, "Not a farthing"—I found on his person two keys, and 3 3/4 d .—I kept the keys till his boxes were brought in from below—I unlocked them—on the top of the first box, after removing a coat, I found this canvas bag, containing two half-crowns, and one shilling—the prisoner asked if I was going to open them—I said, "Yes"—he said, "I don't wish them opened, because there are things there which I don't wish any one to see"—one of the half-crowns is marked—I showed it to the prisoner, and he said he received it the night before about eleven o'clock of a man named George, in Shepherd's-market, in pay ment for a pair of white trowsers—the boxes contained some very good clothing.

JAMES BUTCHER re-examined. This is the half-crown I placed on the floor.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Two Months .

1705. MARY GALLIGHER was indicted for stealing, 20 yards of printed cotton, value 14 s ., the goods of James Snowden .

JAMES SNOWDEN , linendraper, Lower-road, Islington , On the 11th of June, I stopped the prisoner about a hundred yards from my shop, with this piece of print—I saw her drop it—I had seen it safe about two minutes before.

JAMES M'DOUGALL , chemist, Lower-road, Islington. About a quarter be fore three o'clock in the afternoon I was in my shop, and saw the prisoner take this print from inside Mr. Snowden's shop—I went to him, and we went after her, and took her a hundred yards from the door with it.

Prisoner's Defence. I was walking by, heard a call, and I stopped.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

Sixth Jury, before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1706. VINCENT TRACKI was indicted for stealing 2 coats, value 30 s .; and 1 stock, 1 s .; the goods of George Grandeman ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 28.— Confined Two Months .

1707. OLIVIA ELSOM was indicted for stealing 2 pillow-cases, value 1 s .; 2 sheets, 8 s .; 1 pillow, 1 s .; and 1 looking-glass and frame, 1 s .; the goods of Henry Richard Osborn ; to which she pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined Three Months .

1708. GEORGE GUY was indicted for embezzlement and larceny.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

JAMES SCOTT . I am librarian to the Horticultural Society of London—their office is in Regent-street—the prisoner was in their service for nearly fourteen years—he was authorized to receive subscriptions, and had done so frequently—he was either to account to me for the money, or, in my absence, to Mr. Davis, the accountant—we have exhibitions of botanical subjects, and have tickets for admission, which are issued to subscribers and fellows—the prisoner had received money for these tickets occasionally, and it was his duty to pay it at once to me or to Mr. Davis—Mr. Thomas Ansell, of Camden-town, was a subscriber of four guineas—there are prizes of various amounts given to the competitors for flowers,—there was a silver medal worth 1 l . 4 s . due to Mr. Ansell—I had prepared twenty-four tickets for Mr. Ansell, in April—I understood they were to lay on the place appointed for them on my desk, till they were sent for—on the 10th of April the prisoner did not account for 3 l . 4 s ., as having been received from Mr. Ansell—Mr. Ansell being entitled to 1 l . 4 s ., that being deducted from his subscription, there would have been 3 l . coming, but no such sum has been received—on the 7th of May I did not receive 2 l . 19 s . from the prisoner, as having been received as part of the money for the twenty-four tickets—my attention was at first called to the absence of these twenty-four tickets about the 27th or 28th of May—I had missed them, and made inquiries of Mr. Ansell—(the prisoner had left our service on the 11th of May)—I sent for the prisoner—he came on the 29th—I told him twenty-four tickets belonging to Mr. Ansell were missing, and, to my surprise, on sending to Mr. Ansell, I found he had the tickets, that he had paid for them, and that he had paid the balance of his subscription also—I urged upon him the impropriety of his conduct, and asked what he had to say—he immediately said, "I have received it," or "I acknowledge I have received it," and expres sed great sorrow—he said, "I have lost a portion of it; I have been very ill, otherwise I would have brought it to you"—I said he ought to have commu nicated the circumstances to me—he said he did not like to come and tell me till he had made up the sum—having only his verbal communication, I re quested him to put it down in writing, which he did—he acknowledged having received the money, and wrote it on this paper—I then said I would give him till five o'clock that afternoon to bring the money, or I must report him—he

came at five—he had not been able to get it—I gave him till five the next day—he came a second time without it, and I reported him to the secretary.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You had made out these tickets yourself? A. Yes, to be delivered in case they were wanted—the prisoner ought not to have taken them, except Mr. Ansell sent for them—we give these out to our members with certain numbers, which have gone as high as 22,000 or 23,000, but the members do not benefit by them—we have a great number of tickets besides that number on our premises—they were ac cessible to the prisoner, so that he might have supplied himself with some of these plus the 22,000—as these tickets were put out for Mr. Ansell by my self I should be sure to miss them—I should not have missed the others for a very long time, and perhaps not at all—the prisoner gave me this acknow ledgment quite readily—the receipts are generally made out in the cashier's same, and the subscriptions are generally paid to me.

THOMAS ANSELL , gardener and nurseryman, Camden-town. I am a sub scriber to the Horticultural Society, and have been so for years—on the 10th of April I saw the prisoner—my subscription was due—it was four guineas—I had been entitled to a medal—a deduction was made of 1 l . for my medal, and I paid the prisoner 3 l . 4 s .—I knew that a show was coming on, and had some conversation with the prisoner about the tickets—I was entitled to twenty-four—I said that his brother had made application for six of the tickets, and I had consented to it—I called at the office in Regent-street, but did not get my tickets owing to some meeting being there—on the 4th of May the prisoner saw me at Covent-garden market—he had eighteen tickets in his pocket, which would come to three guineas—when I was about settling for these tickets, he said on looking over the book he found I was entitled to 24 s . for the medal instead of 20 s ., and it was proposed to make me this allowance on this occasion, and I paid him 2 l . 19 s .—I afterwards received a communica tion from Scott.

Cross-examined. Q. You went and could not get the tickets? A. Yes, I saw the prisoner—he said he should be my way and would leave them—he had told me before that that he would bring them—I received them in the market, and I had not the money with me then to pay for them—he was in the habit of calling now and then on other business—he never asked me for the sub scription—we had very little conversation—I never offered my subscription to his brother—I might have said something to him about it, but I do not remember it.

MR. DOANE . Q. to whom did you make your first application for the tickets? A. To the prisoner—not at the Society's offices—I had the con versation with the prisoner at my own nursery-ground at Camden-town—I asked him whether I was in time to make application for these tickets—he said yes, to-morrow was the last day—I then asked him to make application for them, and I believe he did so.

JOSEPH DAVIES . The prisoner did not account to me for either of these sums.

Cross-examined. Q. What are you? A. Accountant to the Society—I receive the money if it is duly accounted for—I very rarely take the money—it is frequently received by Dr. Lindley, who is the acting secretary.

JOHN WHALL ( police-constable C 16.) I took the prisoner into custody on Friday, the 7th of June—he said he had been very ill, he had unfortunately lost part of the money, and spent the rest.

Cross-examined. Q. Was that all he said? A. We had some further con versation about his illness, and he said the gentleman he expected to lend him t he money was out of town, and he hoped he would have come back—he

was going into the City to see a gentleman—he went to a person in Berner-street, and I stopped at the door—he only spoke to a person at the door—the gentleman was not at home—( acknowledgment read )—"I hereby acknow ledge to having received Mr. Ansell's subscription, and tickets, amounting to 7 l . 4 s . GEORGE GUY , May 29, 1844."

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Four Months .

1709. ISABELLA BOWER was indicted for stealing 1 bag, value 1 d .; 4 sovereigns, and 4 half-crowns, the property of George Taylor , from his person.

MR. MELLOR conducted the Prosecution.

GEORGE TAYLOR , cloth-worker. Between eleven and twelve o'clock at night on the 10th of June I was in Holborn—the prisoner came up and spoke to me—she walked by my side—I wished her to go away, but I could not get rid of her—in going down Greville-court she pushed me into a very nar row court, and took great liberties with me—I persisted in walking on, but she followed me—I came out and said I would not stop—she followed me still further—in coming to Greville-street there was the door of a private house open, she pushed me down the steps, and said she would have some thing to say to me—she was there a quarter of a minute—I then felt some thing about my pocket, and I missed my money—she ran off, I ran after her, and she fell down, I came up and took my bag from her hand—I had had it before she came up to me—it bad contained four sovereigns and four half-crowns.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Where do you live? A. In Iron-monger-street, St. Luke's—I had been to my shop in Drury-lane this night—I had been hard at work all day—I had had a pint of beer, and might have had a glass of spirits during the day, but not in the evening—I was not at all tipsy—I was not walking with her for ten minutes—I was examined before the Magistrate—I might have been with her about ten or twelve minutes alto gether when she made the first attack, and she began to handle me about in a very indelicate manner—I did not pay her anything.

JOSEPH PRIOR . I was on duty this night in Leather-lane—the prisoner ran past me I followed her, and saw the prosecutor catch hold of her, and take this bag out of her hand—he asked what had become of the money—she said she did not know.

NOT GUILTY .

1710. JOHN WILLIAMS was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 5 s .; and 1 pair of gloves, 6 d .; the goods of James Pratten .

HARRIET PRATTEN . I am the wife of James Pratten, of Berkley-mews, Portman-square. About two o'clock in the afternoon of the 31st of May, I was looking out of the loft door, and saw a man go out with my husband's mackintosh coat on his left arm—I can swear it was my husband's coat—I told my husband—the man walked round the corner of the mews—my hus band went after him—the coat had been safe on the balustrades in my loft before—the stable door was open—the man must have got to the loft by walking through the passage, and up stairs.

JAMES PRATTEN . My wife called my attention to this—I went after the person—I saw the prisoner in Portman-square with this coat—I followed and gave him in charge—this is my coat.

JOHN LAURIE ( police-constable D 76.) I was on duty in Portman-mews, South. The prisoner was pointed out to me with this mackintosh on his left arm—he said, "Don't collar me"—at the station he said distress caused him to take it.

Prisoner's Defence. I had been out of work a great while; I went into

the stable to get a job of work; the woman said her husband was out; she could not give me any employment; there was an old coat there, if it was any use to me I might take it.

HARRIET PRATTEN re-examined. I did not see him at the top of the stairs, and tell him he might have the coat—I did not see him till he was turning the corner.

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Confined Three Months .

1711. JOHN PIZELEY and THOMAS GATES were indicted for stealing 3 1/2 yards of silk, value 3 s .; and 1 shawl, 3 s .; the goods of William Walter Hill , to which

GATES pleaded GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined One Month .

ELIZA HILL . I am the wife of William Walter Hill, and live in Rose and Crown-lane, Hammersmith. About four o'clock, on the 27th of May, I went with my husband to Wandsworth Fair—I left this piece of silk, and this shawl in a box in my room—I got back about nine at night—next morning I saw a letter given to my mother—she opened it and gave it to me—I found a duplicate in it—I searched my room, and missed the silk and shawl—Gates is my brother—he had no business in my room at all—he lived next door to me—I do not know Pizeley.

SARAH MACK . I am ten years old, and live with my mother in Rose and Crown-court. On the 27th of May, about half-past four o'clock, I was minding some children in a house where Hill lives—I saw Gates coming down stairs—I did not see anything with him.

HENRY HAMPSTEAD , assistant to Mr. Aldhouse, pawnbroker. On the 27th of May, Pizeley pledged this shawl and some silk—he told me he pledged it for Gates.

HENRY BEVAN ( police-constable, F 3.) On this Thursday, I took Pizeley into custody at Hammersmith—he said he was employed by Gates to pledge the things for 4 s ., and he took the ticket, and likewise the money to him.

Pizeley's Defence. Between three and four o'clock on Monday afternoon, I was in the skittle-ground with my own companion; Gates came and asked me to pawn the things for him; he said they were his sister's; I pawned them, and gave the ticket and money to him.

PIZELEY — NOT GUILTY .

1712. WILLIAM GOOD and FRANCIS DANIELS were indicted for stealing 1 necklace, value 5 s ., the goods of Josiah Jerome , from the person of Sarah Jerome , the younger; to which

DANIELS pleaded GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Six Months .

WILLIAM HENRY SHINSON . I live in Newport-terrace, Sydney-street, Stepney. On the 6th of June, I was at my own door—I saw the prisoners and some one else together—I saw Sarah Jerome on the opposite side of the way to where I was—Daniels touched the child's necklace and returned to the others—he went again to the child, took the necklace off its neck, and went to the others, and he and Good ran off—I ran after them as far as Robert-street—I saw a policeman—he stopped them, and a lady delivered him the beads.

ELIZA WILD . I live in Robert-street. I saw a boy running—he threw something over the garden wall—I saw a crowd coming up after the boy—I afterwards saw the policeman with a boy—I cannot say whether it was the same boy that threw it away.

HUGH BROSNAHAN ( police-constable K 367.) I heard a cry, and went

out in my shirt sleeves—I saw Daniels running and caught hold of him—then Shinson came and told me something—I took Good—a lady afterwards gave these beads to me in the prisoner's presence, and said she found them in her garden—Daniels said it was not him that took them—it was another boy, and he ran after him.

SARAH JEROME . I am the wife of Josiah Jerome—my daughter Sarah is four years old—she was out—I heard a cry of "Stop thief"—I opened the door, and ran out—I took my daughter up, and missed this necklace—she had it on when she went out.

GOOD — GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Six Months .

1713. ANN SMITH was indicted for stealing 2 sovereigns, the monies of James Cooper .

JAMES COOPER . I am a seaman. On the 7th of June I went with the pri soner to the Angel, in the Back-road, St. George's, and treated her—I had two sovereigns—I had some drink with a shipmate and another girl—I took out what change I had—I did not take out the sovereigns—I afterwards went with the prisoner to a house in Bluegate-fields—I gave her 5 s . before I went there—she did not know that I had any more money—I put my sovereigns into my watch fob, and put my trowsers under my head—in the morning I awoke about six o'clock, and the prisoner was gone—I felt for my money, and it was gone—I found her in a house in Bluegate-fields—I asked her for my sovereigns—she said she did not know me or my money—I knew her before this.

FREDERICK PICKERING ( police-constable K 87.) The prosecutor came to me—I went, and found the prisoner—she said she knew nothing about him or his money.

Prisoner's Defence. I met him on the Wednesday; he said he had no money; he was going to get paid; he came back on the Thursday, very tipsy, and gave me two half-crowns, and said he would have no money till the next morning; in the morning I got up to get a pint of beer; he followed, and asked me for his money; I knew nothing of it.

GUILTY .* Aged 21.— Confined Six Months .

NEW COURT .— Saturday, June 15 th , 1844.

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1714. EDWARD HOUGHTON was indicted for stealing 2 printed books, value 4 s ., the goods of George Cook : also 2 printed books, value 20 s ., the goods of Sarah Moore ; to both of which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 39.— Confined Six Months .

1715. WILLIAM STEVENS was indicted for stealing 1 watch, value 3 l .; 1 watch-chain, 6 d .; and 1 watch-key, 1 d .; the goods of Thomas Peddle ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Six Months .

1716. WILLIAM RODWELL was indicted for stealing 1 pillow, value 1 s .; 1 quilt, 1 s .; 3 blankets, 4 s . 6 d .; 2 curtain-bands, 1 s .; and 1 set of fire-irons, 1 s . 6 d .; the goods of Edward Darragh .

JOHN THOMAS HANSLOW ( police-constable F 10.) I took the prisoner, and found seven duplicates at his lodgings—he said he had pledged the articles they referred to, and told me where I should find the duplicates.

EDWARD DARRAGH . I let lodgings to the prisoner. I lost a pillow, a quilt, and these other things—these are mine.

JOHN FREDERICK SIMONS , pawnbroker. These things were pawned by the prisoner—I have the corresponding duplicates.

Prisoner's Defence. He knew that I had pawned some of the things on the Saturday; I told him I would make it all right.

GUILTY . Aged 37.— Confined Three Months .

1717. WILLIAM BROWN and THOMAS JONES were indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 11 s ., the goods of George Shaw ; to which

JONES pleaded GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Four Months .

GEORGE SHAW , hosier, Windmill-street. I lost a coat from a stand by the door, outside my house, on the 24th of May—this is it.

HENRY JAMES HOLLYWELL . On the evening of the 24th of May I saw the two prisoners in company with another, loitering about the prosecutor's premises—I watched—I saw Brown, and the person who escaped, standing one on each side of the coat—Jones stood in the centre—Brown and the other one put their hands on the top of the coat, and untied or unpinned it—it fell down at the back of the block—Jones took it up—I ran after him, and took him—when I came back I found Brown in custody of my neighbour—I am sure he was one of them.

BROWN — GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Four Months .

1718. CAROLINE ROBERTS was indicted for stealing 1 spoon, value 2 s ., the goods of John Pickstock , her master; and MARY FIELD , for felo niously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen, against the Statute, &c.

JOHN PICKSTOCK , laceman, Holles-street. Roberts was my servant—I lost some things, and accused her—she said, "Will you forgive me?"—my wife said, "Well, Sarah, I will forgive you if you will tell the whole truth"—I then said, "Do you know anything about the spoon?"—she said, "No"—I asked if she had made away with any other property—she said, "No"—next morning I saw Field outside the door, and gave her in charge on suspicion of stealing a table-cloth—she denied all knowledge of it—I returned with the officer to ask Roberts to go and give evidence against Field—they both con tradicted each other—at Field's lodgings I found a cloth, which I believe to be mine—she produced some duplicates out of her pocket—one was for a teaspoon—I asked what spoon it was—she said it was one she pawned, and renewed in Feb. last—we went to the pawnbroker's, and I identified it—Field was in the habit of coming to my house early in the morning, and I had forbid her.

JAMES FRANKLIN . I am a pawnbroker. I produce the spoon, and this duplicate corresponds with mine.

JAMES NOBLE ( police-constable D 121.) I took Field—she asked what she was charged with—I said, "On suspicion of receiving stolen goods from Mr. Pickstock's servant"—she asked again—I told her I had said it once, and she would hear more before the inspector—I then asked if she had any objec tion to my going to search her lodgings—she said, "No"—we went—she de livered over the tickets, and Mr. Pickstock asked her what spoon it was—she said, one that had been in pledge twelve months, and she had renewed it—we then went to the pawnbroker's; and I said to Field, "This is not pledged in your name"—she said, "No, it was a friend I got to pledge it for me"—it is pledged in the name of Roberts.

NOT GUILTY .

1719. CAROLINE ROBERTS was again indicted for stealing 2 towels, value 1 s .; and two table-cloths, 9 s .; the goods of John Pickstock , her mas ter: and MARY FIELD , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

JOHN PICKSTOCK . I charged Roberts about a table-cloth—on searching her, we found the duplicate of it—I identified the table-cloth as mine—this is it—these towels are mine—they were all right a fortnight before the pri soners were taken—I had given notice before that fortnight that Field should not come to the house.

WALTER SMALLBONE . I took in this table-cloth from one of the prisoners, I cannot say which—this is the duplicate I gave.

MARY ANN BRIDGE . I am a searcher. I searched the prisoners, and found this ticket on Roberts, and nothing on Field.

JAMES NOBLE . I went to Field's house, and found two towels and one table-cloth there—when we found the first towel, the prosecutor said, "This is mine"—Field said, "Yes, it is; I had it to wash, but never returned it"—I said, "Have you any other cloths in the house belonging to Mr. Pick stock?"—she said, "No"—we found another towel and a table-cloth.

Roberts's Defence. When I first went I was in great distress, and I owed Mrs. Field some money; she came in, and said, if I did not pay her, she would come to my master's; I begged her not; she came from time to time for money; I said I had not got it; I gave her what few things I had; then she came, and I gave the table-cloth, and she brought me the ticket a few days before I was taken.

NOT GUILTY .

1720. DANIEL BRADLY was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 1 s . 6 d .; the goods of Joseph Boyce , from his person.

JOSEPH BOYCE , auctioneer, Kingsland-road. At half-past one o'clock, on Saturday, the 8th of June, there was an accident opposite my door—I went out, and had scarcely got there before I felt a tug at my pocket—I turned round, and saw the prisoner—I said, "You have got my handkerchief"—he ran away—I pursued him—he dropped it—I followed him, kept him, and got a policeman—the handkerchief was picked up by a little girl.

ROSA RANDALL . I picked up the handkerchief—the prisoner threw it down—I am sure of that.

Prisoner. I picked it up, and ran away with it; I was in great distress.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Three Months .

1721. GEORGE LOVELL was indicted for stealing 1 pair of boots, value 4 s ., the goods of John Williams .

JOSEPH OWEN . I am apprentice to John Williams. At a quarter past five o'clock, on the 6th of June, I was in the shop—the prisoner and another boy came and stood round the window—I looked out, and saw the prisoner, with these shoes under his left arm—I ran and caught hold of him—he threw them down.

Prisoner's Defence. I picked them up. Witness. No, he cut them.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

1722. JAMES ROGERS was indicted for stealing 1 1/2 lb. weight of beef, value 1 s ., the goods of Edward Mitchell Roberts , his master; and JOHN HANNAN for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen; against the Statute, &c.

EDWARD MITCHELL ROBERTS , butcher, Chapel-street. Rogers was my ser vant—he had authority to sell meat, but he ought to put it inside to be

weighed—I was in the shop on Saturday night, the 8th of May, and the po liceman came and took him away—I bad no much beef in my shop that evening that I could not mist it.

WILLIAM MILLERMAN ( police-constable B 95.) On the 8th of May I sta tioned myself, with another person, in an empty room opposite the prosecutor's—about a quarter to nine o'clock I saw Rogers cut a steak off a round of beef, while his master's back was turned—he put it into his bosom, and made away to a urinal, near the Castle public-house—he then went into the Castle, and stayed there two or three minutes, returned to the shop, and then began to place the beef about; a woman came for a steak off this beef—he cut one for her, and then cut another for himself—he threw one inside the shop, rolled the other up, and put it into his bosom—he went to the urinal the same way as he did at first—he then went into the Castle, and remained there a short time, and came back to the shop again—Hannan was in conversation with him the first time at the urinal—Rogers remained at the shop, selling, and pulling the meat about, for about three quarters of an hour—the beef has not been found—I am sure he went from the shop with it in his bosom, and here is a mark of it on his waistcoat.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Who ordered you to do this? A. The inspector—I could not get down stairs fast enough to take the beef.

ROGERS — GUILTY .

HANNAN — NOT GUILTY .

1723. JAMES ROGERS was again indicted for stealing 3lbs. weight of mutton, value 1 s ., the goods of Edward Mitchell Roberts , his master; and JAMES HANNAN , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.

WILLIAM MILLERMAN . I was watching this evening—I saw Rogers take a breast of mutton down, and move it to the end of the shop-board—he moved a man that was standing there—he then kept shifting the mutton about—he got it to the bottom of the stall, and passed it to Hannan, who was standing at the bottom of the stall—he put it under his coat, went down the street, and came up again to the Castle with it.

HENRY BARFOOT . I was watching with Millerman—I saw Rogers take the breast of mutton down, and pass it down the stall-board—Hannan, who was standing at the end, took it, put it under his coat, and walked away over the road—he then came back—I was up stairs, and could not get down quick enough to catch him.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Where were you? A. In a room at the Castle, opposite the prosecutor's shop—I am a messenger to the Royal Commissioners of Fine Arts—I was sent with the policeman—I had seen something two Saturday nights before.

EDWARD MITCHELL ROBERTS . I had a great many breasts of mutton—I could not miss one.

Cross-examined. Q. You had received no information of this matter? A. No—Rogers had been with me about four months previous to this, but getting tipsy I discharged him, and then took him on again on Saturday.

(The prisoners received good characters.)

ROGERS — GUILTY . Aged 20.

HANNAN — GUILTY . Aged 20.

Confined Six Months .

1724. GEORGE HORLOCK was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 2 l . 10 s .; 1 pair of trowsers, 1 l .; 1 pair of boots, 10 s .; 1 handkerchief; 1 s . 6 d .; and 1 pair of gloves, 6 d .; the goods of Reuben Webb .

The prosecutor did not appear.

NOT GUILTY .

1725. ROBERT DARKE was indicted for stealing 9 flower-pots, value 9 d .; and 9 plants, 9 s .; the goods of William John Cormack .

JAMES MURRAY . I am in the service of William John Cormack, a sales man, in Covent-garden. On the 6th of June I saw the prisoner carrying away four pots of plants in his arms from the side of my master's conserva tory—I followed him as soon as I could, but he was gone out of sight—I returned, stopped about a quarter of an hour, and was called by Terry, and saw the prisoner with five other plants in his arms—he asked the price of them—I charged him with stealing them and the others—he said if I would go to the market below I should see his friend, who would convince me he had not stolen them—the first that I saw him take have not been found, but I know he did not put them down again, for I saw him take them below—I did not stop him the first time, as I thought he was a person who had a shop below, but I went down, and saw he was not the person—he had got the second pots under his arm, but Terry saw him before I did.

JOHN TERRY . I am porter to Mr. Cormack. I was in the shop on the 6th of June, and heard a noise in the conservatory—I went in, and saw the prisoner with five plants in his arms—he had taken them off the stage, and was going towards the door—he was about two steps from the stage—I called to him, and asked what he was going to do with them—he turned round, and asked me how much they were a pot.

RICHARD MOORE . I am beadle of Covent-garden-market. The prisoner was given into my custody for stealing five plants—he said, "I have not touched any plants, nor have I been in the conservatory."

Prisoner's Defence. I met some brewers, who gave me some ale; I got tipsy, then went up to the conservatory, and asked the price of the pots; the man said I had stolen some before, which I had not.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Three Months .

1726. JOHN WARD , was indicted for stealing 2 pairs of boots, value 20 s ., the goods of Thomas Searles .

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

THOMAS SEARLES . I am a shoemaker, and live in Bedford-place, Com mercial-road; I have five or six shoe-shops, and one hat-shop. I have em ployed the prisoner occasionally for twelve months to look after the gas-fittings in my different shops—he was to go round once or twice a week, or oftener if he liked—these boots are mine—he had not anything to do with selling my property.

Prisoner. Q. How many servants have you? A. Twenty or upwards—I mark my goods with different letters, according to the sort—it is scarcely possible for two pairs of boots to be so alike as to deceive my eye—my ser vants do not neglect their duty.

GEORGE MURRAY ( police-constable K 68.) I purchased a duplicate of a pair of boots, which were in pawn, of Henry Wicks some time ago, and by means of that duplicate I got these boots, and began wearing them—in con sequence of what I heard, I took the boots to Mr. Searles—he at once iden tified them—I took the prisoner—he said he knew nothing at all about them.

HENRY WICKS . I live in Vincent-street. About nine or ten weeks ago I was at my club at the Sydney Arms—the prisoner is not a member, but he was there—he told me he had won these cloth boots at a raffle and wanted to part with them, as they did not suit him—he asked me 5 s . for them, which I gave him—I afterwards pawned them for 4 s ., and sold the duplicate to Mr. Murray for 1 s ., so as to get my money back—these are them.

JOHN RICHES . I was at the City Arms, and I saw Mr. Wicks there—I hardly remember the prisoner being there, but it must have been him—I lent Mr. Wicks 5 s .—I bought this other pair of boots of the prisoner, at another house, for 6 s . 3 d .

THOMAS SEARLES . Both these pairs of boots are mine.

Prisoner's Defence. In Dec. I called in at the Prince of Wales for a glass of ale, and two men came in, one of whom had a handkerchief in his hand; he produced these boots, and said he had won them at a raffle; I gave him 10 s . for these two pairs.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 40.— Confined Four Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

1727. ELIZABETH MAY was indicted for stealing 1 hat, value 2 s . 6 d .; and 1 handkerchief, 4 d .; the goods of James Manley , from his person.

JAMBS MANLEY . I live in Cook's court, Phillip-lane, and am a journey man tailor. On the 12th of June there was some mourning to be made, and we sat to work later than usual—I had taken a pint of porter after work—I have no recollection of falling asleep—I sat down to rest and take a pinch of snuff—I saw the prisoner take my hat off my head—this is my hat.

THOMAS SHEEN ( police-constable K 187.) At half-past two o'clock in the morning, on the 12th of June, I saw the prisoner going along Penny-fields, and she put what I thought was a bundle behind her—I said, "What have you got?"—she said, "Only my husband's hat"—I took her back, and met the prosecutor, who was giving information of it to an officer.

THOMAS GELL ( police-constable K 308.) I saw the prosecutor about half-past two o'clock that morning, sitting on the step of a door, apparently asleep—he appeared to have drank a little—he said, "I have lost my hat"—I took him a little way, and met Thomas Sheen with the prisoner and the hat.

GUILTY .* Aged 50.— Confined Nine Months .

1728. MATILDA JACKSON was indicted for stealing 1 bonnet, value 13 s .; 1 gown, 5 s .; and 1 petticoat, 2 s .; the goods, of Margaret Clarkson , her mistress.

MARGARET CLARKSON . I keep a lodging-house—I do not know whether it is a brothel—the prisoner was my servant—I missed a tuscan bonnet, a gown, and a petticoat—I wished the prisoner to give them back to me before the policeman was sent for—she said she took the bonnet to the cleaners in Leadenhall-street—those are my articles.

Cross-examined by MR. HORRY . Q. She came to your house with a gentle man first? A. Yes—I asked her to stop and be my servant—she was not used as a dress-girl—she had absconded, and was away a week—she did not tell me that she had no clothes to dress in, nor did I lend her any—I did not tell her that she had not spirit enough to bring anybody in, and I must watch for her—there were two other persons in my house besides myself, that the prisoner had to attend to—when I was at home, her household work was over by two o'clock in the day—she had not gentlemen come to see her for the rest of the day—only one person came to see her, and when I came home I made a noise with her for it—she had my gown on when that person came—there was not an agreement that she was to pay me for the things she had of me—I only lent her the gown, and that she had worn four or five times—I had not lent it her the day before she went away—she had it on when she was taken—I had no quarrel with her before she went away.

COURT . Q. Did you ever lend her the bonnetor the petticoat? A. No, I lent her the gown four or five times, because if a person came in she looked so untidy—I

lent it her for the sake of my place, not for herself—I paid her 1 s . a week, which was all she agreed for.

Prisoner. I had no wages at all, she gave me the clothes. Witness. I did not.

JANE SCOTT . I found this gown and petticoat on the prisoner five days after she had left her mistress.

JOHN BAKER ( police-constable K 217.) I took the prisoner—I asked how she came to take these things—she said she did not know what possessed her—she said she had left the bonnet to be cleaned.

NOT GUILTY .

1729. MARGARET HAYES and CHARLES SAMUEL EMERSFIELD were indicted for stealing 1 waistcoat, value 4 s .; 1 pair of trowsers, 7 s .; 1 pair of braces, 2 s .; and 1 knife, 4 d .; the goods of Alexander Stewart .

ALEXANDER STEWART . I am a seaman, and live in Martha-street, St. George's. On the 8th of June I met Hayes—she asked me to go home with her—I told her all I had about me was 7 d .—she said, never mind that, she paid 5 s . a week for the room she lodged in, and did not owe the landlady anything—if I liked to go home with her, she dare say I would make her amends in the morning—I said I would, if she would come to my sister's house I would pay her in the morning—I went home with her, and in the morning when I awoke she was gone—my waistcoat and these other things were gone—I went down stairs, and saw the two prisoners sitting in the kitchen—I asked Hayes for my clothes—she said, when I paid her 5 s . she would produce them—I told her to let me have my trowsers, and come with me to my sister's and I would pay her, but she would not—I had nothing to put on but my drawers and shirt (I found my shirt at the bottom of the stairs)—I sent a man who was in the house to my sister's, and he brought me a pair of trowsers—I then went to the constable—we asked Hayes her demand—she said 3 s . 6 d .—I brought it to her, and then she denied knowing anything about my trowsers or braces—all she knew about was, the waistcoat, which she had sent and sold—these are my trowsers and waistcoat.

Hayes. He left me the waistcoat to stop with me. Witness. That is false.

LOUISA YOUNG . I am the wife of William Young. On the 9th of June, a little after nine o'clock in the morning, Hayes brought this waistcoat, and sold it me for 1 s . 6 d .—she said the sailor gave it her for being with her.

Hayes. You did not buy this waistcoat; I asked you to take it for 1 s . 6 d ., and when the man paid me I would release it. Witness. I did buy it.

GEORGE BANKS ( police-constable K 342.) I asked Hayes where the man's clothes were—she said, "When he pays me he shall have them"—I asked her demand—she said 3 s . 6 d .—I told him to get the money, which he did, and then Hayes denied all knowledge of the trowsers, and said she had sold the waistcoat at the Jews'—these trowsers were found in the house, between the bed and the mattress.

SAMUEL WIGGINS ( police-constable K 73.) I heard a cry of "Police," and Emersfield was given into my custody by a woman, who charged him with taking 15 s . 5 d . or 16 s . out of a stocking—I took him to the station, and found these braces and this knife on him, which the prosecutor identifies—this was about a quarter before eleven on Sunday evening.

( Hayes put in a written defence, stating that the prosecutor had left his jacket and waistcoat with her, instead of money, but she knew nothing of his trowsers. )

Emersfield's Defence. On Saturday night I went to the house with a female; I stopped all night, and in the morning I went to a public-house—a man came and asked me to buy the knife and braces.

CATHERINE HILLMAN . I am the mistress of this house. Last Saturday night the prosecutor came between ten and eleven o'clock with Hayes—she called me into the kitchen and said he had got no money—I said to him, "You have no business in my house without you have money"—he said he would pay the girl in the morning—I said, "That won't do for me; I want money for my bed"—I went out, and when I came back I went up and found him in bed—I said, "That bed is let, go into the next room"—he did so, and I saw him no more till the next morning—(his clothes came down to my room for safety, as it was a two bedded room)—in the morning he missed his trowsers—I and my sailor lodger, who is here, went and gave 1 s . 6 d . to a Jew for a pair of trowsers till his were found—he went home contented, and said nothing till about tea time, when Emersfield came in and said Peg Hayes was locked up—he said, "Look under the mattress, you will find the trowsers"—I found them folded up—I said to my other lodger, "Do you know where that young man lives?"—he said, "Yes"—he went and gave the prosecutor his trowsers, and went to Young to get his waistcoat, and offered to pay for it—I know Emersfield by being in the neighbourhood, but not to come into my house.

JOHN MUNRO . I am a sailor. I was at sea about two months ago—I live with Catherine Hillman—I have come to say that Hayes knows nothing about the clothes—the trowsers were taken out of the house and fetched back again—I do not know where they were taken to, nor who fetched them back.

HAYES — GUILTY . Aged 24.

EMERSFIELD — GUILY . Aged 20.

Confined Nine Months

1730. JOHN COOMBS was indicted for bigamy.

JANE TEDDON . I am the wife of John Teddon, a schoolmaster. I know the prisoner—on the 22nd of May, 1836, I saw him married at St. Bride's Church, to Theresa Rayner—they lived together afterwards—she is here now.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. She was your sister? A. Yes—she made him a shocking wife—after living with her as long as he could, there was a separation agreed on at Bow-street—I have not known anything of her for four years.

HENRY WILLIAM TERRY PENELL , gas-fitter, Ivy-terrace, Hoxton. On the 19th of April, 1843, I saw the prisoner married at St. Laurence Jewry Church, London, to Elizabeth Cook—I was present, and subscribed to the marriage.

Cross-examined. Q. Which did you know most? A. The woman I was most acquainted with—I went as her friend—I believe the prisoner's first wife gave him in charge.

SAMUEL HOWE ( police-constable G 34.) I took the prisoner, and produce the certificates of the two marriages.

GUILTY . Aged 30.— Confined Three Month .

1731. JAMES COLLINS , JOHN JOYCE , and DENNIS M'CAR THY were indicted for stealing, 1lb. weight of tobacco, value 4 s . 3 d .; and 1 jar, 1 s .; the goods of William Edgecombe ; and that they had been before convicted of felony.

MARY ANN EDGECOMBE . I am the wife of William Edgecombe, and live in High-street, St. Giles. About twelve o'clock on Friday evening, the 7th of June, Collins came to my house for 1 d . worth of tobacco—I weighed it, and as I was rolling it up in paper he snatched the jar from which I had

taken it, and ran out—I ran out, and saw Collins and five others running away—Joyce and M'Carthy were two of them—I had seen them many times before—I had a doubt about Collins at the police-office, but since then I have had reason to observe his eyes which are singular, and I am sure it was him.

CHARLES BROWN ( police-constable F 128.) About twelve o'clock that night, I saw the three prisoners in company with four others close by this shop at the bottom of Denmark-street—Joyce had a cap in his hand which I believe was this cap, and it appeared to have something in it—there is a bro ken jar in it now, and some tobacco—I did not take the cap and jar from him.

Cross-examined by MR. HORRY . Q. He was some distance from you? A. Five or six houses, and they all ran away directly.

JOHN JAMES ALLEN ( police-constable E 159.) I was on duty at two the next morning, and received some information—I had seen the prisoners before the robbery with four or five other boys—I afterwards saw them in the Rookery with three others, and they tried to get away—I got another officer, and went round to the corner of Church-street, and there secured them at the corner of a passage—Joyce threw something down a passage—I picked it up, and found it was this tobacco, and a short distance off I found the broken jar and some more tobacco—within a few yards of that spot this cap was found on another person who is not here—the prisoners said they knew nothing about the tobacco.

MARY ANN EDGECOMBE re-examined. This is precisely the same kind of tobacco I lost, and I can swear positively to the jar.

Collins's Defence. I was standing at the corner of Church-street, and a lot of boys came running down; I stood there, and five or six policemen came and took us.

WILLIAM CURRY . I produce certificates of the former conviction of the three prisoners, which I got from the Clerk of the Peace for Surrey—( read )—they are the persons.

COLLINS — GUILTY .* Aged 14.

JOYCE — GUILTY .* Aged 12

M'CARTHY — GUILTY .* Aged 12.

Transported for Seven Years .

1732. ESTHER PHILLIPS was indicted for stealing 1 watch, value 2 l .; 1 chain, 10 s .; 1 seal, 10 s .; and 1 key, 10 s .; the goods of George Bohn .

GEORGE BOHN , baker, Mile End. I know the prisoner—she was never at my house to my knowledge—about the 11th of March, 1843, I missed my watch—I found it at Latter's, a pawnbroker—this is it.

Cross-examined by MR. PARRY . Q. You did not know the prisoner before she was apprehended? A. No—I missed my watch from the flour-bin at the back of my shop.

JOHN NEWTON , shopman to Mr. Latter, of Telfer-place, Commercial-road. On the 14th of March, 1843, I took in this watch, I believe of the prisoner—immediately after, I received information that it was lost—I did not see the prisoner again in the year 1843.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you make any attempt to find her? A. Yes—I did not go to her house in 1843 with a policeman—I did not know where she lived—I am not the person who received it in pledge—I was in the shop at the time—I have never said that she pledged it with me—it was pledged for 12 s .—it was the full amount that I would lend on such a watch.

FLORENCE TAYLOR . I am foreman to Mr. Latter. I took this watch in of the prisoner on the 14th of March, 1843.

Cross-examined. Q. When did you first give evidence on this charge? A. Last Saturday—the policeman applied about this watch the day after it was pledged—I did not make any inquiries about the prisoner in March, 1843—I have no doubt as to the identity of the prisoner.

SARAH SLATER . I had this duplicate of the watch to bold for the prisoner some time before Christmas—I gave it to the policeman.

Cross-examined. Q. What are you? A. A widow—I let lodgings—I live in Greenwood-street—I also knit stockings—I have lent small sums of money to the prisoner—I did not charge her any interest but what she thought fit to give—she used to have money every week—she gave me 5 s . for the loan of 4 l .—she never gave me more than that—she promised me a living, and used to send me a dinner every Sunday—I know Mary Allen—I have not charged her with stealing this watch—I sometimes let my lodging to prostitutes.

JAMES HAMS ( police-constable K 248.) I heard of this watch being lost in 1843—after I found it at Mr. Latter's I went with Newton to make in quiries—we might have gone three times—from the description Newton and Taylor gave of the person who pledged it I suspected another person, and went after her—Newton saw her, and said she was not the person—I never was in the prisoner's house till the night I took her.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 32.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Six Months .

1733. WILLIAM MOORE was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 7 s ., the goods of Frederick George Gatward .

FREDERICK GEORGE GATWARD . The prisoner lodged with me on the night of the 5th of June—I lost my coat in the morning—this is it.

JOHN BLAKE ( police-constable K 333.) I found this coat on the prisoner's back on Sunday evening, the 9th of June—he said he bought it.

Prisoner's Defence. I bought the coat.

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Confined Three Months .

1734. FRANCES DANIELS was indicted for stealing 1 1/2 oz. weight of tea, value 6 d ., the goods of Henry Paddon .

THOMAS POMEROY . I am shop-boy to Henry Paddon. On the 10th of June the prisoner was in our shop—I saw her put her hand into a bowl in the window, take some tea, and put it in her apron—she put her hand in again, but did not take any then—I went and held her—she dropped it on the floor.

JOHN CLEMENTS . I was in my shop about half-past seven o'clock—I saw Pomeroy with the prisoner—she put something out of her apron, and when I got to the shop I saw the tea on the floor.

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined Three Months .

1735. JOHN HUNT was indicted for stealing 70 gross of iron screws, value 3 l . 10 s .; 6000 iron tacks, 3 s .; 36 carriage knobs, 2 s . 6 d .; 18 harness buckles, 1 s . 6 d .; and 7lbs. weight of iron carriage pins, 7 s .; the goods of John Neal and another, his masters; and that he had been before convicted of felony: and CATHERINE LYNCH , for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen.

MR. CHARNOCK conducted the Prosecution.

JOHN ROBERT NEAL . I am in partnership with my father, John Neal—we are coach-ironmongers and platers, in Queen-street. Hunt was our errand-boy for nine months—on Friday week he was sent out, and did not return—we went to his house on Saturday afternoon, and told him he was a very bad boy for robbing us, and what had he done with the property—he said he had

taken nails, screws, tacks, locks, and castors; he had sold the tacks for 2 d . a pound—they are worth 1 s . 8 d . a pound—the screws at 2 d . a gross, which cost 2 s . 6 d ., and the large ones, which cost 2 s . 6 d ., for 3 d .—he said he had sold them to a woman in Baldwin's-gardens, named Andrews, that he went there with some bones—she asked him where he lived, and he said, at an iron monger's—I went on the Saturday with Mr. Lewty to Andrews' house—we saw Lynch in the shop—we said we came to see if there was any other property there—her son came forward, and she left the shop—we found a blind fastening on the shelf inside the shop—it is Mr. Lewty's—we found a quantity of nails and screws that I could not positively swear to as mine, but there was a paper on a string with my father's handwriting, which I could swear to—here is the number and our private mark on it—it had contained buttons—property had been brought to us the day before that had been found there—these two parcels are part of our property—they contain screws—they have never been sold—we only supply one party with these, and these were not sold—these are the things which Hunt described as having taken—on the Monday we took Hunt into custody, and went to Lynch's shop—we did not find her there—we went up to the second floor of an adjoining house—the policeman knocked at the door—no answer was made—he hammered a consi derable time, looked through, and saw that the door was fastened from the inside—he shook it very violently, and said, "If you don't open it I will break it open"—it was fastened by a screw-driver and a knife—we found Lynch hidden behind a turn-up bedstead—we brought her out, and she said nothing.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. You got your property back before you went on the Monday? A. Yes—I do not think I spoke to Lynch at all on the Saturday.

JAMES WJNDEYER LEWTY . I am a merchant and general ironmonger, and live at Mr. Neal's when I am in town—part of my store-place is in the same warehouse with Neal's. On Friday, the 7th of June, I went to Hunt's house—I afterwards went to Lynch's, and saw her—I asked her if her name was Andrews—she said "Yes," it was—I asked if she belonged to the shop—she said, "Yes"—I said, "You have property here belonging to me and Mr. Neal, how did you come by it?'—she said she could not tell, but if there was anything I might take it—I pointed out a great many screws, castors, and other things—she said I might take them—I said, "I shall not, but I insist on your sending them home"—she sent out a man for a truck, and I sent my clerk with him to see that the things were taken back to Queen-street—these two parcels are part of the goods so brought there—I saw on the premises there a great quantity of things, as much as a man could carry in a truck—I went to Lynch's again the next morning—as we were going in she came out, and we found several other things—this brass thing I found, which is Mr. Neal's—as I was coming out on the Friday, Lynch said she hoped I would not do anything with her, she was a poor widow—I said she was quite old enough to know better, and we were very much inclined to believe that the boy's delin quencies were owing to her—we went again on the Monday with the officer—I inquired if Mrs. Andrews was at home—they said she was not, but she would be in in a few minutes—we got information that she was up stairs in the next house—I remained in the shop while the policeman and Mr. Neal went up, and in about an hour they brought her down to the shop.

HENRY BURTON . I am clerk to Mr. Lewty. I went to Lynch's premises on the 7th of June, and saw these packages found—I accompanied the porter with the goods to Mr. Neal's house—I am quite sure these are the same goods that were put in the truck.

Cross-examined. Q. The things were all in the shop? A. Yes—these two packets of screws were on a shelf opposite the door.

JAMES BROWN . I took Hunt, and then went to Baldwins-gardens with Mr. Neal, and took Lynch—we asked if Mrs. Lynch was in—some woman there said she was not, she was gone out, hut would he hack in a few minutes—we waited some time—no one came—we went to the next door on the second floor, where we found her concealed behind a bed.

(Lynch received a good character.)

THOMAS LOVELL ( police-constable G 84.) I produce a certificate of Hunt's former conviction which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

HUNT — GUILTY . Aged 17.

LYNCH — GUILTY . Aged 58.

Transported for Seven Years .

(There was another indictment against the prisoners.)

1736. GIDEON GIBBONS was indicted for stealing 6 cigars, value 1 s .; and 11 cheroots, 2 s .; the goods of Fletcher Fletcher .

ANN FLETCHER . I am the wife of Fletcher Fletcher—between nine and ten at night, on the 12th of June, I was in my parlour—I saw the prisoner in the shop—he put his hand in the cigar-box—I seized him, sent for a policeman, and found eleven cheroots and six cigars in his pockets—they are my husband's.

GUILTY . Aged 12.— Confined Two Months .

1737. MARY ANN SAUNDERS and HANNAH WELCH were in dicted for stealing 1 jacket, value 10 s ., the goods of Richard Morris .

RICHARD MORRIS . I am a sailor, and lodge in Salter's-alley, Wapping. On the 6th of June, I went home with Saunders—I put my jacket down, went to bed, and fell asleep—when I awoke in the afternoon, about four, my jacket was gone—I was locked in the room, and could not get out—I told them I would break the door open if they did not let me out—I afterwards saw Saunders, and found a duplicate of the jacket in my waistcoat pocket—I then went to the pawnbroker's and found my jacket.

Saunders. Q. You gave me the jacket? A. No, I did not—I did not borrow sixpence from my shipmate.

Welch. Q. Did not I open the door for you? A. No, I had to break it open—Welch had a bunch of keys and tried to open it, but could not.

HENRY WILDING , pawnbroker, High-street, Shadwell. This jacket was pawned on the 6th of June, about the middle of the day, by Saunders—Welch was with her.

ROBERT FROST SMITH ( police-constable K 277.) I took Saunders—I said I supposed she knew what she was wanted for—she said she did not—I said, "For stealing a jacket"—she said, "That b—d old b—d will get us girls transported; she gets us to rob the men, and then gets the benefit of it"—I asked what old b—d she meant—she said, "That Irish Hannah"(which is the name Welch goes by)—she said, "She has had thirty shillings of me this week already, and I can scarcely get one meal's victuals a-day, and since that she has taken the shoes off my feet to pawn to get a glass of gin."

( Saunders put in a written defence, stating that the prosecutor had sent her to pledge his jacket. )

Welch's Defence. I was not in the house when Saunders went out—she came home and brought a pot of beer and some rum, and the prosecutor's shipmate was beating M'Laren—he did not see me in the room.

RICHARD MORRIS re-examined. Yes—I saw her in the room.

SAUNDERS — GUILTY . Aged 24.— Confined Six Months .

WELCH — GUILTY .—( see the next case. )

1738. MARTHA M'LAREN and the said HANNAH WELCH were in dicted for stealing one jacket, value 8 s .; and 3 half-crowns, the property of Thomas Campbell , and that M'Laren had been before convicted of felony.

THOMAS CAMPBELL . I am a sailor. I met M'Laren on the 6th of June and agreed to go home with her. We went to Welch's house—Welch was with her—she asked 3 s . and I gave her 4 s .—I turned into bed, and put my jacket and trowsers in the chair by the side of the bed—I had three half-crowns and some small silver in my trowsers' pocket—I awoke about seven o'clock and my jacket and money were gone—I called out, and Morriss, my shipmate, came up—he said his jacket was gone—I accused the prisoners of robbing me, and asked for my jacket—M'Laren told me it was up the spout —this is my jacket.

Welch. I asked you if you gave her the jacket, and you said "Yes."

Witness. No, I did not—I had said nothing to any one about the jacket till it was lost.

THOMAS JOSEPH BARRETT . I took this jacket in pledge for 4 s . about seven in the evening—both the prisoners were present—Welch has pawned things with us before—I asked if the sailor sent it—she said "Yes."

M'Laren. The prosecutor went home with me; I asked 5 s .; he said he had not got that; he gave me 4 s .; we went to bed, and awoke about four or five o'clock, and had some rum; he then said, "I want something to eat, but I have no money;" I said, "Shall I pawn your jacket?" he said, "Yes;" I went out; Welch fetched me back, and said, did he give me leave to pawn it; he said, "Yes."

Welch's Defence. I brought it back; he said, "You may do what you like with the jacket," and it was pawned.

M'LAREN — GUILTY . Aged 28.

WELCH — GUILTY . Aged 39.

Transported for Ten Years .

1739. HENRY PORTER was indicted for stealing 1 brick-iron, value 2 s . 6 d .; 2 pictures, framed and glazed, 1 s .; 1 cape, 2 s .; 1 spoon, 3 d .; 4 sheets, 10 s .; 1 counterpane, 5 s .; one tea-caddy, 6 d .; one tea-kettle, 3 s .; 1 pair of sugar-tongs, 6 d .; and 1 pair of pattens 1 s .; the goods of Thomas Harrison .

THOMAS HARRISON , bit-maker, Walsall, Stafford. About nine months ago the prisoner lived with me—he left on Wednesday, the 5th of June—I missed a great many articles when he left, and my wife was also gone—I afterwards found the things at Pickford's Wharf, City-basin, London—I set the police to watch the parties who came for them—they were directed to Henry Porter, to be left till called for—these pictures, spoons, and other things are mine.

Cross-examined by MR. WILKINS . Q. With whom did the prisoner take his meals in your house? A. By himself the latter part of the time—he took them with us up to Christmas last—I missed my wife on the 5th of June—she sent the key to my workshop, saying she was going out to tea—I had no servant—my wife made the prisoner's bed—I found two boxes, one desk, five baskets, and one bag, at the City-road basin—I had seen some of them before at my house—I was backwards and forwards—there could not have been time to have packed all the goods during my absence—I was not present when she was discovered—I did not hear the prisoner say to her, "You know very well I offered you a sovereign not to come"—this is his writing.

JAMES JOHN THOMPSON . On the 7th of June these things arrived at our wharf—the prisoner came for them—they weighed altogether 11 1/2 cwt.

JOHN KERSHAW ( police-constable G 123.) I went to Pickford's Wharf—the

prisoner came and asked for the packages—I did not see any one with him.

Cross-examined. Q. You found him speaking to the clerk? A. Yes—I asked if his name was Porter—he said it was—I said he must consider himself in custody—he said, "What for? I have done nothing"—I asked his where Mrs. Harrison was—he said she was gone to Liverpool—I went twice to the wharf, and saw her sitting on some packages on the wharf—on the way to the station, she said she had put the things in herself—the prisoner said, "You know, my dear, I offered you a sovereign not to come after me."

NOT GUILTY .

Fifth Jury.—Before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1740. WILLIAM GODDING was indicted for embezzling 3 l . 17 s . 7 1/2 d ., the monies of James Rogers , his master; to which he pleaded

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

1741. JOHN LINEHAM , GEORGE ABBOTT , and WILLIAM. WEBSTER , were indicted for stealing 1 sugar-basin, value 4 s .; 1 glass tumbler,1 s .; 2 boxes,1 s .; and 3lbs. weight of cigars, value 3 l . the goods of Job Artlett ; and that Abbott had been before convicted of felony.

JOB ARTLETT . I keep a coffee-shop, and sell cigars in High-road, Knights-bridge. About eight o'clock in the evening of Thursday, the 30th of May, I went up-stairs—I was not gone more than seven or eight minutes when I heard the cry of "Thieves!" and came down—I found the window was up, which had been down before—I missed about 3lbs. of cigars, a large blue sugar-basin, a tumbler, and one or two cigar-boxes—I went out and saw Pullin, who told me something—I saw several of the cigars about the road—they had been in the shop-window before they were missed, and the basin and tumbler were in the window.

BENJAMIN PULLIN . I live in Park-place, Knightsbridge. On the evening of the 30th of May, I was coming along Knightsbridge-green, and saw the prisoners standing against the prosecutor's shop—I saw Webster lift up the window, and take the box of cigars out, and a bundle—the other prisoners were with him—he went away down Knightsbridge—I saw Abbott take a box of cigars out, and wrap them in a handkerchief—he went on the bridge, came back, and went with Webster—I saw Lineham take a bundle of cigars out, and there were other boys who did the same—I ran after them, and cried, "Stop thief"—I came back, and went into the shop—I saw Webster let down some cigars—a cab -man went and picked them up—the prisoner then went on a little further, into Howard's-gate—I went with the prosecu tor to the station—I pointed out Lineham to the policeman.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. How many boys were there alto gether? A. Seven—I carry milk for Mrs. Trail, in Park-place—I was in the service of Mr. Huggett, of Regent-street, as a pot-boy, about two months ago—I am fourteen years old—I was never charged with stealing apples, or anything.

Abbott. You were in custody with me once, and paid 5 s . as a fine. Wit ness. No, I was not.

GEORGE DAVIS . I live with my parent, in Rose and Crown yard, Knights-bridge. I saw the three prisoners at the prosecutor's—Webster lifted up the window, and took something out—he ran away, and the other two followed him.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you know Pullin? A. Yes—he lives about 500 yards from me—I was not with him on this night.

EDWARD SYMES ( police-constable B 182.) On the evening of the 30th of

May, I heard of this robbery—I went to the spot, and saw a person whom I believe to be Webster, and some other boys, running—I followed them, and saw the person I believe to be Webster drop something from a box into his hand—I picked up some cigars and a piece of a blue basin—I took Lineham.

Lineham's Defence. I was just coming out of doors, and saw some persons running; I ran, and saw people picking up cigars; I stood about ten minutes, and saw a policeman running after somebody; I ran as far as the gate, and then turned back; he took me and two others into a shop.

JOHN FRIENDSHIP ( police-constable B 159.) I produce a certificate of Abbott's former conviction, which I got from the Sessions-house, Clerken well—( read )—he is the person.

(Lineham and Webster received a character.)

LINEHAM *— GUILTY . Aged 16.

ABBOTT — GUILTY . Aged 13.

Confined Twelve Months .

WEBSTER — GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Six Months .

1742. HENRY CATMAN was indicted for obtaining goods by false pretences.

GEORGE HENRY DAVIDSON , Jun. I am fifteen years old, and live with my father, George Henry Davidson, a printer and bookseller, in Water-street, Blackfriars; the prisoner's father deals with mine. On the 3rd of June the prisoner came to my father's, and said, "I have come for a dozen spelling books for my father, Mr. Catman"—I believed it, and gave them to him—these are five of them.

HENRY CATMAN , book-binder and seller, Bethnal-green. The prisoner is my son—I occasionally deal with the prosecutor—I did not send the prisoner for any books on the 3rd of June—he did not bring me any books.

GEORGE MARTIN . I live in Holywell-lane, Shoreditch. On the 3rd of June the prisoner came to me to solicit an order for some spelling-books, and in the afternoon he brought them—these are them.

Prisoner's Defence. I was to pay for them myself when I got work, and the next day my father sent a policeman for me.

GUILTY . Aged 20.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Two Months .

1743. WILLIAM ATKINS was indicted for a conspiracy.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

ROBERT SIMPSON . I am nephew to William Chasemore, a coal and timber-merchant, at Fulham. He has a great deal of building going on—in Feb. the prisoner applied for a house at Fulham—I was not present when he referred my uncle to any one—I never saw White—there was an agreement written out about the house, and the prisoner came to me and signed it—he was to take it on lease, and it was sent over to Scott, who the house belonged to—the prisoner came to reside in the house, and it was opened as a grocer's—I, by the desire of my uncle, made inquiries about the prisoner—he referred me to Mr. White—I did not go to White—I did not hear the prisoner say any-thing about White—the prisoner stayed there about six or eight weeks—the last time I saw him was about a fortnight after he had been there—the shop was shut up about the beginning of April—I had notice that it was going to close, but no notice from the prisoner that he was going away—he left, and we got no rent—the key was sent, about a week or a fortnight after he left, by an omnibus-conductor—I have not seen the prisoner since till he was in custody.

JOHN HENRY . I have been a sailor. I have known the prisoner by the name of Thomas for about nine months, and I have known Mr. White about four months—Mr. White put me in possession of a place in Queen-street,

Cheapside, about three months ago—I saw the prisoner there once—I have seen him and White together two or three times—I used to go to the prisoner's shop in Golden-lane, Old-street, for messages—he kept a chandler's-shop—I went there once or twice because White told me to go, and after that I went of my own accord—the last time I went was about eight weeks ago; it may be less, or a little more—I saw Mr. White last about five weeks ago, when coming through a court in Whitefriars—I saw him in Queen-street last about four days after I was put in possession, which was in March—he told me to stop there till I got 50 l . for the key before I gave it up—I know the Leaping-bar public-house, in Old-street—I have seen the prisoner and White in company toge ther by there—I never saw them in the house—I have met White in Golden-lane, and seen him at the prisoner's shop more than once.

Cross-examined by MR. PRAYNE . Q. Do you go by the name of Barney? A. Yes—that is a nickname—I did not know the prisoner when he was at Sir Felix Booth's, nor at a distiller's—I did not know him living anywhere where his uncle lived in the same employ—I knew him as Mr. Thomas by his going by that name in the neighbourhood where I live—I have been a carman—I left because it was a disgrace to me—Mr. Cherry did not dis charge me because I had embezzled his money—upon my oath I was not discharged by Mr. Cherry—I was with him, off and on, a long time—I served my time at sea to a man named Bligh—I came from sea about eighteen months ago—I am not in any one's employ now—I left this house job to go to work at Mr. Butters's, the lead-pipe maker's, in Baltic-street.

EDWARD DEAR , grocer, Red Lion-street, Holborn. I had some transactions with Mr. Kemp, in Albany-street, Regent's-park—in the beginning of March White called on me—he was quite a stranger till then—he said he was going to lend Kemp a large sum of money, 500 l ., and he was anxious to know the state of the account between me and Mr. Kemp before he advanced the money—I declined it till I saw Mr. Kemp—White told me that he was a builder in Queen-street, City—he said, if I would not let him see the accounts, would I meet him at Mr. Kemp's—it was at last agreed that White should see the ac counts—he came to my place in Red Lion-street, and was shown into the parlour at the back of the shop—he looked over the accounts—he said he had a great deal of money that he wanted to lend, as he got such small interest for it in the funds; that he was building eighty houses at Dalston, and had 120 men at work—he said he had a great many houses in the New-road; he had been buying some that day, and he was going to put shop-fronts in them—he said he had a sister in Westmorland, and he owned a mill there—while White was with me in the parlour, my shopman, Hanson, came and made a communication to me—White got up to go away, saying he would see me at some future time, as I was being called away—he went into the shop as if he was going away—I went into the shop and saw the prisoner there—he made a bow to White as White was going out, and White slightly returned it—I then called White back again, and he went into the parlour—I said, "I see you know that person who wants credit in the shop, what do you know of him?"—he said he was a very respectable young man—White then went away, and I went into the shop—the prisoner said, "Good God, is not that old White?"—I said yes, his name was White—the prisoner said it was strange that they should happen to meet there, for he had not seen him before for four years—he said, "No one would take him to be a rich man to look at him, would they? he is one of the richest men in London; he has houses all over London"—the prisoner asked for credit, and referred me to a man named Wilkin, living in Provost-street, City-road—he said he him self lived at Fulham, that he was in some other line of business, and he was

going to open a grocer's shop for his wife to attend to—he then left, and I went to Wilkin's house, but he was out—I then wrote to the prisoner saying I was not satisfied with the reference, and I declined the order—I did not sup ply him with the goods—on the following day White called again, and I asked what he knew of the prisoner—he said he had not seen him for four years, but he had formerly been a tenant of his, and his father was a clergyman in Wales—I told him the prisoner had ordered goods of me, and that he was going to open a grocer's shop at Fulham—White said he hoped he would be a good customer to me—I said I was not going to serve him, I was not satisfied with his reference—he said, "Poor fellow, it is a pity he should go to ruin for such a trifle as that," asking me at the same time what was the amount of the goods Atkins had ordered—I told him between 20 l . and 30 l .—he said, "Knowing his father and family so well so many years I will be answerable for him to the amount of 30 l ."—he said if I would draw up a guarantee he would call in a day or two and sign it—this hap pened on a Thursday in the middle of March—I then wrote this letter to Atkins—( read /)—"Sir, Since you were here this morning I have seen Mr. White, his reference, together with Mr. Wilkin's, is to me quite satisfactory. I shall therefore be happy to do business with you, if you please, on the usual terms; one month's credit; an answer will oblige. Your obedient ser vant, EDWARD DEAR. TO Mr. Atkins.") Atkins called the next day and said he had a cart outside, and he would take the goods to save me the trouble of sending them—I said they were not ready, and I would send them—White came to me again the same day—(there had been no appointment for him to come, but he was a frequent visitor about that time)—he said he had re ceived an order from his sister in Westmoreland for some tea and grocery—he gave me the order, which amounted to about 7 l .—he said he received such an order about every half-year to send to his sister, and he promised to favour me with his custom—he first said he would take the goods with him in a cab to the railway, and then he said, "Let them be strongly packed, and send them to Kemp's, in Albany-street. I am going to send some fish, and they can go together"—I sent that order which amounted to between 6 l . and 7 l .—White came again the same day and gave me another order for goods to be sent to his own house in Queen-street—I went with my man with the last order to Queen-street and saw the goods delivered to some female—when White had called on the Friday he said he was going to advance Kemp 500 l ., and he would call the next day and pay me a check for the money for his goods—I afterwards went to the house in Queen-street, found White was gone, and a man named Wilson was there in possession—there was nothing but rubbish found there—I could get no money—I went to Fulham, and could not find the prisoner there—the house was not shut up, and I do not think he was gone—I could not get any money from him or from White—I never saw the prisoner again till he was in cu tody—I saw White in Old-street one night when I was in company with the inspector, and he ran away.

Cross-examined. Q. You saw Mr. Atkins, did you not, when you called in Golden-lane? A. No—I saw a Mrs. Thomas there—she has been to my house—she told me she was the prisoner's wife—I did not see Mr. Wilkins when I went to his house, but he called at my house—I do not know that Wilkins has been carrying on business for many years, and I do not believe he has—I was told he was a stranger in the neighbourhood, and I further found that he was in the habit of taking messages to White in Queen-street—Mr. Kemp was never a partner of mine—he was formerly a wholesale grocer in the City—he failed, and it was on the subject of his affairs that White

called on me—I keep a post-office—White was not about to discount any bills for me—he told me he was for Kemp.

JURY . Q. When your interview took place with the prisoner after you sent the second letter, did you then name to him that White had agreed to become a guarantee to the amount of 30 l .? A. Yes—the prisoner said, "O, very well, then you can send the goods," and I sent them.

FREDERICK JOSEPH HANSON . I am shopman to Mr. Dear. I remember Mr. White calling on him, and I remember the day when the prisoner came and gave me a very large order for grocery—he said he came from Fulham, and was about opening a shop there, and he was disposed to give us a turn, if we could come to terms—something was said about credit—I went into the back parlour, where Mr. Dear was engaged with Mr. White—Mr. Dear came out of the parlour, and Mr. White followed him—when White came out, Atkins rose from his chair, and touched his hat, which White returned, and then White and Mr. Dear spoke together—when White went out, Atkins said, "Good God! is not that White? what an extraordinary thing that I should meet him here! I have not seen him before for four years"—I am positive he said that—he said White was the richest man in London; he was building houses at Dalston then, and he had houses all over London—White came again the next day—I overheard him say that he would be accountable for 20 l . for Atkins, net more—I sent the goods to Fulham, by direction of my master, by the carman, William Hunt—they amounted to about 20 l .—some goods were ordered for White—the first parcel was sent to Mr. Kemp's, by White's order—White returned, and ordered another parcel of goods, which were to be sent to Queen-street—he said he would get a check the following morning—Mr. Dear went with the last goods—White never called to give me a check, or the money.

ROBERT SIMPSON re-examined. I wrote to Mr. White, by direction of the prisoner, and this is the answer I received.

JOHN HANNAN re-examined. I can swear this letter is White's handwriting—I cannot read it, but I can swear to the handwriting, by his writing to me backwards and forwards—I have his writing in my pocket—I have received letters of his, and seen him write.

Cross-examined. Q. Tell me where you saw him write? A. At a Tom and Jerry shop, just by Mr. Whitmarsh's, in Brick-lane—I wrote my name, and he wrote it—I do not know particularly whether I ever saw him write his own name or not, but I have seen him put pen to paper—I have seen him write large-hand, round-hand, and a small writing that a man can hardly make out—I can swear this letter is his handwriting—( read )—"To Mr. Chasemore, Fulham, Middlesex. Sir,—In reply to yours of this morning, respecting Mr. Atkins, I can answer to say you will be quite safe respecting your rent, I knowing him to be a respectable young man. Yours respect fully, J. WHITE . 8, Queen-street, Cheapside, Feb. 7, 1844."

WILLIAM HUNT . On the 21st of March I took the first parcel of goods to Fulham—there was almost a cart-load—the shop that Atkins had was a small shop, and very little stock—I found a woman there, and delivered the goods to her—on the 22nd I took a parcel of goods for White to Kemp's, in Albany-street; and on the 23rd I took a third parcel to White, in Queen-street, Cheapside—I found the name of "White and Company, carpenters and builders," on the door—I found an old woman there, and left the goods.

JOHN WILSON . I am a messenger and porter—I live in Cock-court, City. I was put in possession of the house occupied by White and Co., carpenters and builders, for rent, on the 19th of March—I found on the premises only a

few bricks, and chimney-pots, and pantiles, six hens, a cock, and an old woman.

DAVID GRAHAM . I am a grocer, and live in Newport-street. On the 28th of February Atkins came to me—he referred me to White and Wilkins—he said I was to go to White, as to his respectability—he said White lived in Queen-street, Cheapside.

WALTER MORGAN . I keep the Leaping-bar, in Old-street. I know the prisoner by the name of Mr. Thomas—he has passed by that name the last six months—his wife has been living in Brick-lane—I cannot say where he has been living—he is not always at home—I do not know that I know several Whites—I have not seen a Mr. White in the prisoner's company, not to know it was a Mr. White.

GUILTY . Aged 34.— Confined Twelve Months .

NEW COURT . Monday, June 17, 1844.

Fifth Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1744. JEREMIAH MARGESON and GEORGE AYLETT were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Harriet Pile , at St. Anne's, Limehouse, and stealing therein 1 bottle, value 1 s .; 1 pocket-took, 1 s .; 4 half-crowns, 5 shillings, 4 sixpences, 192 pence, 96 halfpence, and 140 farthings; her property.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

HARRIET PILE . I keep the Lord Nelson public-house, in the parish of St. Anne, Limehouse, it is my dwelling-house. On the 16th of May, about half-past nine, Margeson came in, and the rest of the company went away—he stayed and went out a quarter before twelve—soon after I shut up and re tired—I had about 1 l . in copper, and 3 s . in farthings, safely locked in the till, in the bar—there was 1 l . in silver in a bag in a private drawer at the other end of the counter—I am certain it was safe when I went to bed, and the keys were in my pocket—I cannot speak as to the yard door being fastened—about seven in the morning, in consequence of what the pot-boy said, I came down and found the yard door open, and the side door, and the liquor set flowing—on the counter, just above the private drawer, I found this knife, it does not belong to me—the money did not belong to me, but was in my care—I found the inner lining of a shoe.

THOMAS BASS . I am the prosecutrix's pot-boy. On the night of the 16th of May I went to bed—the yard and the side doors were safe—I came down about seven o'clock, and found the side door open, and the property gone—the liquor was flowing about—I found the sock of a shoe lying down against the side door—I gave it to the policeman—the tiles were moved in the skittle-ground—Margeson was the last that went out.

HENRY WOOD ( police-constable K 44.) I heard something and examined these premises—I found they had been broken by taking the tiles off skittle-ground—the shutters had been attempted—I examined the bar, and found the bottom of the drawer had been cut away so as to allow the till to drop out, and then any one could get at the contents—I received this sock of a shoe—the shutters appeared to have been tried by a jemmy or blunt chisel—the knife that was left was such an one as would cut away the bottom of the till—I took Margeson into custody about nine the same morning, at a beershop in the West India-road—I asked where he had been over-night—he said, "I have not been in bed all night," he had been with a person up the Highway,

came back to Phillips's coffee-shop, and then went down to Millwall—I searched him and found 16 s .3 d . on him—he said he had taken it from his customers for milk—I asked him who they were—he said he could not tell me any one that bought milk of him, that he had saved it up in a box, and kept it with Mrs. Boik, in New-alley, and taken it out the day before to buy some wood—I told him to take his boots off—he took off his left boot, and I compared the sock—there is a cut in the inner sole of the boot, and the sock fits into that cut, and it fits exactly.

Margeson. Q. Had I any sock in the other boot? A. You had not—the knife is broken at the point.

SARAH BOIK . I live in New-alley, Limehouse. Margeson lived in my house nine weeks—he lodged somewhere else—he had a small box at my house—I frequently saw it open, the last time was about six weeks ago—there were letters and a razor in it—I never saw any money in it—he was not with me on the 15th of May, except serving me with milk—he did not take any money out of the box that day, and did not go to it at all—I have seen this knife in his possession more than once—I know it, and believe it to be his, but the point was not broken, with that exception it corresponds.

THOMAS WATKINS ( police-constable K 310.) I apprehended Aylett on the 17th of May, in Gun-lane—I said I wanted him on suspicion of breaking and entering Mrs. Pile's public-house—he said, "I know nothing about it, I went to bed at ten o'clock, and Margeson called me up about a quarter-past eleven"—I produce this knife.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Did he not say "a little after eleven?" A. No—if any one has said so, they have told an untruth—I did not tell the Magistrate that he said so to my knowledge.

HENRY VERNON PARKES ( police-constable K 5.) On the 14th of May I saw the prisoners together between twelve and one in the night—I saw this knife found on Margeson, it was not broken at the time—as I had no charge I returned it to him, and they were allowed to go.

Margeson. Q. Can you swear to my knife? A. Yes, there is a mark on it—I took particular notice of it.

Cross-examined. Q. Where was it you saw them? A. At the station—I was on duty when they were brought there by Young, the constable, with another prisoner.

JONAS PHILLIPS . I keep a coffee-shop in Emmett's-street, Poplar. On the morning of the 17th of May, about half-past three, the prisoners came to my shop together—they had some coffee, bacon, and eggs—they were rather in a hurry to have their meat cooked—about four they left my place—it is about a quarter of a mile from the prosecutor's—they took the direction of Millwall.

Cross-examined. Q. Do not you know that Aylett was in the habit of working at the Docks? A. I never saw him to my knowledge till the time he was with Margeson—I have no doubt that it was him—my place is near to the Docks, and some hundreds of persons who work there come—I have seen Margeson before.

JOSEPH LADYMAN ( police-constable K 334.) I was on the Ferry-road that morning about five, and saw the prisoners together—I asked where they had been to—they said, "To Woolwich, to have a game"—they were coming in a direction from Phillips's, and going towards Blackwall.

Margeson. I am quite innocent.

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

AYLETT — NOT GUILTY .

1745. ELIZA NEVILL was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Blackett , and cutting and wounding him upon his right arm, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.

MR. O'BRIEN conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM BLACKETT . Between ten and eleven on Saturday evening, the 1st of June, I saw the prisoner at a public-house—I was going away from her—she said, "You must not go just yet"—I told her I would give her a punch of the head if she did not let me go—she laid hold of my waistcoat, and would not let me go—she asked me for money—I said I had not got any—she pulled a knife out of her pocket, opened it, and said, "I will put this into you if you touch me"—I either hit or shoved her away—she stabbed me in the arm and said, "You b——, if you come here I will give you more"—I saw a policeman about ten minutes after it was done—he asked me who did it—I said, "I do not know," because I did not like to give her in charge—I had been living with her—I was taken to the station-house—they asked who did it—I told them.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. What are you? A. A costermonger—I had been living with the prisoner about two years and a-half—she had a child by me, and after she left me she went to live at her father's—she merely asked me for money—I gave her a shilling or two for the child after she separated from me—I asked her to give me the knife, and she told me she had lost it—she did not pull it out on my asking her to give it me—I do not know whe ther I struck her on the mouth, and made her lip swell—I have been in cus-tody twice for assaults on the police—for one I got six weeks and the other fourteen days—I have been in custody for assaults on the police a third time, and had three months—I did not mention that before because I forgot it.

NATHANIEL WARD . I am a surgeon. On Sunday morning, the 2nd of June, I saw the prosecutor—he seemed very faint from loss of blood—I found a wound of considerable depth in his right arm—it was such a wound as a knife would have inflicted—he has been under my care ever since.

MICHAEL CONWAY ( police-constable H 138.) On the morning of the 2nd of June I took the prisoner—she showed me her lip which was swollen, and told me that the prosecutor had come in and struck her, that she had stabbed him, for she had had enough of his ill-treatment, and she would have no more—I was looking round the place—she asked me what for—I said, "The knife"—I found it on the mantel-piece—she said she thought it was down stairs—she was very much excited at the police-office, and when she was taken away she said to the prosecutor, "You villain, if I get at you I will be hung for you."

Cross-examined. Q. How long have you known the prosecutor? A. Three or four years—he is a man of very violent habits.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY of an Assault. Aged 20.— Confined Six Months .

1746. EDWIN GEORGE BARRINGTON was indicted for stealing 1 cash-box, value 4 s .; 5 pieces of foreign coin, 1 s . 6 d .; 15 sovereigns, 10 half-sovereigns, 4 crowns, 40 half-crowns, 100 shillings, 80 sixpences, 120 groats, 2 10 l . Bank-notes, and 1 5 l . Bank-note; the property of Ann Blakey .

MR. PRENDERGAST conducted the Prosecution.

ANN BLAKEY . I keep the Volunteer public-house, Mill-place, Com mercial-road—the prisoner came to lodge there about September—he was introduced by a respectable man who I knew—he worked in the neigh bourhood—he was to pay 2 s . a-week—he remained there about seven weeks,

till the 1st of November—I saw him go out for the last time between ten and eleven that day—he did not give me any notice that he was going—one week's rent and two or three shillings were owing—he was tolerably regular in his habits, and had more opportunity of observing my house than the others—he had his meals in the kitchen—after he left I wanted some money out of my Cash-box, and went to the drawer where I kept it, and the cash-box was gone—I had kept the drawer locked, and kept the key in my pocket—the cash-box was not locked—I had broken the lock about a fortnight before—it con tained about 60 l .—there were two 10 l . notes, one 5 l . note, about 15 l . in silver, five foreign pieces, and the rest was in gold—the same evening my aunt found one piece of foreign coin on the bed the prisoner had slept in—these two keys were brought to me—one is a door key—the little key I know nothing of, but it opens my drawer—I did not give the prisoner this key—in the evening when the pot-boy was going to bed he produced this cash-box to me—it was empty, except four pieces of foreign coin—I have no doubt they are the same that were in the box.

Cross-examined by MR. ROBINSON . Q. What class of persons frequent your house? A. Different sorts—there are three entrances to my house—one is always open—the tap-room or parlour was the proper place for the pri soner to be in—he cooked for himself—he generally cooked his meals in the tap-room, and took it into the kitchen to eat—I never objected to his being in the kitchen—this little key does not belong to the drawers in the prisoner's room—there was a chest of drawers in his room, but there were no locks on them except on one drawer, and this key would not touch it—I saw this cash-box safe the last day of Oct.—I perfectly well recollect seeing it then—I had the 5 l . note in my hand—I keep two servants, a pot-boy and a servant girl—they have access to my house—I have sometimes two or three lodgers—I let the upper part out to lodgers.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Is his bed-room very near the pot-boy's bed-room? A. On the opposite side of the passage on the second floor—my bed-room is on the first floor.

MART WALDON . I am the prosecutrix's aunt. She sent for me to come on this day, as she was in trouble—I went into the prisoner's bed-room—I took off the counterpane, and shook a piece of foreign coin off it on to the floor—I gave it to the prosecutrix—she wrapped it up in paper—nothing else had been found at this time.

RICHARD PHENEY . I am pot-boy at the Volunteer. On the 1st of Nov. I saw the prisoner at half-past nine o'clock in the morning—he asked me which was the best doctor's to go to—I said, "Up the road, the first doctor's"—he said he had a pain in his back, and he would go—I told him I was going up that way, and would stop for him—I stopped some time, and sung out, "Are you coming?'—he said he was not coming just yet—when I got the pots in I found he was not gone—I was cleaning them in the back yard—he came out, and said, "I shan't be long, Dick , before I am back"—I did not see him again till he was in custody—I was taking off my trowsers the next night, and on folding them up on the bed, I heard something go crinkle —I lifted up the quilting, and saw the box—I went down, and told my mistress—another person fetched it down, and then I saw the four pieces of money in it—it was not in the bed I usually slept in—the prisoner had borrowed 1 s . of me the day before—he said, " Dick , lend me 1 s ., I have got no money."

Cross-examined. Q. Did not he say he was extremely ill? A. No.

JEMIMA FORD . I am married, and live in James-street, Cross-street, City-road. I have known the prisoner three years—I know a person named Dor king—she lived at Islington, about half a mile from me—on a Wednesday, at

the beginning of Nov., he came to Miss Dorking—he sent a boy for me—I went there, and he said he had left his situation, he was discharged that morning, and he was going to leave London, and wished to make me some amends for what I had done for him at the time he lodged with me—I refused to accept of anything—my friend was going to buy some trimmings for a dress—I accompanied her, and the prisoner went with us—we all three went into the shop, and bought a dress for me which cost 12 s . 6 d .—the prisoner paid for it by a note—I cannot say whether it was a 5 l . or 10 l . note—Dorking bought her trimming at the same shop, but not with the prisoner's money—we went to another shop, and the prisoner bought a shawl for me for 36 s . 6 d ., and a collar and small handkerchief for Dorking—he paid for it with a 5 l . note—next day some inquiries were made, and we gave the things up to the inspector.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you see the first note? A. No—I do not know what was received in change—I believe a 5 l . note was given him in change—I had seen him on the previous Sunday afternoon at Stepney—he had a 10 l . note in his possession that day—I heard him tell his cousin that it was a Bristol note that he had in his possession, and he kept it to pay his wife's rent—his wife was living at Bristol—I have known him three years—he bore a very good character.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Was he ever so liberal to you before? A. No—my husband was at home that Sunday—I do not know whether he saw this 10 l . note—his cousin is in the habit of coming from Bristol with a vessel, and he was at my house when he came—they went to a public-house in the City-road on the Sunday night to get a glass of brandy-and-water, and he was going to change his note, his cousin said, "Don't change your note,"and he lent him a sovereign—I did not say a word about it before the Magistrate, because I was not asked.

JEMIMA DORKING . I live in Field-terrace, Battle-bridge. In Nov. last I was living at Islington—on the 1st of Nov. the prisoner called at my house, and he told me through being at our house on Sunday he did not feel very well, and did not go to work—he said, "I have got the sack to-day"—he asked me to go for Ford—I said I had some work to do, and sent a little boy—when she came he said, "What do I owe you?"—she did not make any answer—he said, "I must go home now"—I wanted a little gimp, and we all went—I could not get what I wanted at the shop, and he bought Ford a dress—he afterwards went to another shop with me further on Islington green—he saw some shawls at the first shop—they were three guineas and a half, and he could not afford that—he went to another shop, and bought one for 36 s . 6 d .—he gave me a collar, which came to 2 s .—I gave it up to Penny—I saw the prisoner change a note at the first shop, but whether it was the one he had on the Sunday or not I cannot say—I said at the police-office that he had a note in his possession on the Sunday.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you see enough to know whether it was a Bank of England note he changed at the first shop? A. No, I did not see what was given at the second shop—I have known the prisoner about eighteen months.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. I believe you have been to see him in Newgate? A. Yes—my mother and Mrs. Dorking were with me.

JOHN FRANKLIN . I am a police sergeant at Bristol. I received a letter from our superintendent about the 4th of Nov.—I met the prisoner in Castle-street, Bristol—I told him I was going to arrest him for a robbery committed in the Volunteer public-house in Limehouse—he said, "It is not me"—I said, "Oh, yes, it is; I am satisfied it is you; you must come with me"—he said, "I used to lodge there"—I then conveyed him to the station and pulled the Police Gazette from my pocket and read the advertisement to

him—he said, "Let me see it, will you?"—he read it, and said, "It does not answer my description, does it?"—I said, "No"—he put his hand up and said, "My whisker is larger"—I said, "Yes, but six months makes a great difference to a person; but I am satisfied you are the person; besides I had a letter from the inspector, giving your name, and the residence of your wife, and the cash taken, and the box"—I said, "I have got the letter, you shall see it"—I sent for it but could not get it, and when the message came back he said, "Do you know whether it stated whether the box was broken open or not?"—I said, "It is six months ago since I read the contents; I can't recollect that, whether it is so or not, but most likely it may be"—shortly after I said, "If you had given the landlady notice of your intention of going that would have removed part of the suspicion that rests on you"—he said, "I owed her 9 s ., and I had not the means of paying her without depriving myself of the means of going on tramp"—about an hour after I was going up Castle-street to the Magistrate, and the prisoner said, "Don't the Govern ment keep clerks in the convict department"—I said, "I don't know, what was your object in asking"—he said, "You know I received a liberal edu cation, and I may succeed in getting a situation"—I told him if he did it would depend on his conduct.

Cross-examined. Q. Did he not say, "There has been many an innocent man transported, and perhaps I may be?" A. I am confident he did not.

WILLIAM PENNY ( police-inspector. ) This shawl, dress, and other things were delivered up to me on the 4th of Nov. by Dorking and Ford—I have tried every means of finding where they were bought, but 1 could not succeed.

GUILTY . Aged 23.— Transported for Ten Years .

1747. JOHN M'CANN was indicted for bigamy.

MR. BALLANTINE conducted the Prosecution.

HENEAGE PARKER CAXTERNS . I am parish clerk of St. George's, Blooms bury. I produce a register of a marriage between John M'Cann and Mary Hitchcox—I know the prisoner—he is the person.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Did you know him before? A. I never saw him before, but I took notice of his person, and he knew me the moment I was at the office—I know every person more or less that comes to be married at our church—I had no reason for noticing him more than any other person.

WILLIAM COCKBURN . I am the prisoner's brother-in-aw. I remember his living with Miss Hitchcox, but after her marriage I asked the prisoner whether he was married or not—he said he was lawfully married to Mary Hitchcox in the month of May—I know his handwriting—this is it—I can swear to it—it was his wish that I should swear to his handwriting.

Cross-examined. Q. You know Bridget Thomas very well? A. Yes; she was in the habit of coming to the prisoner—I saw her in Feb., she produced a certificate to me, and she knew from me then that the prisoner was married—it was a paper partly written, and partly printed—she produced it to me in Feb., and said she was lawfully married to the prisoner—I said the prisoner was a married man and that was no certificate—I told her she had altered the paper—I saw her several times before and after that coming to the prisoner, and had remonstrated with her, and she was denied the house.

MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Have you seen any of the prisoner's friends very lately? A. Yes; I live in he same house.

MATTHEW HITCHCOX . I am barman to Mr. Wardley, of the King's Arms, Frederick-street, Regent's-park. I am brother to the prisoner's wife—I know

of their living together as man and wife—I know my sister's handwriting this register is in her handwriting—she is living.

Cross-examined. Q. You never knew of their living together? A. No,1 knew of her being fetched away from her furnished lodgings.

BRIDGET THOMAS . I have known the prisoner for two years, but did not keep company with him till last Christmas—between eleven and twelve o'clock, on the 8th of April, 1844, I was married to the prisoner—after we came our, he handed me the certificate of the marriage out of his hat—we separated after we came out of church—he was going to leave a parcel—I did not see him again for six weeks—I had expected to see him the following night—he did not exactly tell me why he did not come to me, but told me he would meet me on the following evening, opposite my place—I had not a great deal of money, but he asked me for 23 l . six weeks before I was married—I did not give it him, because I had a family to look to—I lent him a trifle before before we were married—he said after that that he married me for lucre, but as I had no money, he said, "You may do as you can"—Catherine Ray mond and John Thomas were present at my marriage—I made a mark in the register—the prisoner attempted to sign his name, but his hand shook so much—he wrote a part—the clerk said, "I will write the name," and said, "You make your mark"—I gave him into custody last Saturday three weeks.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you ever sleep with him after the marriage? A. Yes, I slept with him part of two nights at his mother's place, when his mother and sister were out—I was with him two hours—one of his sisters was in bed in the next room, and I was with him in the other—the marriage took place on Easter Monday, the 8th of April—I was taken up on the night of Easter Monday for an assault, and sent to jail—I was put in for spite—I remained there six weeks—no one was with me when I committed the assault, I was in my own room at tea when the parties came in and assaulted me—I resented it—I do not know how Catherine Raymond came to the wedding—I gave my brides maid 6 d . to give me up to be married—I do not know her name—I met her close to the church, because the prisoner did not wish me to carry any of my friends with me—I never married him before—I know a good many persons named Shean—I have seen a man named Shean, who was transported, in my husband's company—I do not know that I saw Shean on Easter Monday—I had been intimate with the prisoner before marriage, as far as keeping company—his mother and he slept one night in my house when it was wet—I passed a night between his mother and sister at his house—his mother and sister did not know we were married—he did not wish them to know—I saw him on Easter Monday, at five minutes to eleven, at his mother's place, in Fitzroy-market—he opened the door to me, and told me he had a parcel to take for his master—Mrs. Atkins was the woman that owed me a spite, and put me in jail—I was not in com pany with Shean that day—I was minding my business, and bringing home my linen from gentlemen that I work for—Mrs. Atkins did not complain of the prisoner's coming to me—she never ordered me out of her house—I did not, in Feb., produce a certificate of my marriage to Hitchcox, or any other person—he did not tell me I had altered it.

MR. BALLANTINE . Q. After you got out of prison did you go back to the prisoner? A. Yes, he received me as his wife, he did not deny his marriage at all—he did not intimate any intention of leaving me till he found he could not get my money.

CATHERINE KEYMAN . I saw the prisoner married at St. Pancras New-church, to Bridget Thomas, on the 8th of April, 1844.

Cross-examined. Q. How came you to be there? A. My husband asked me to go in and see the marriage—I saw the marriage solemnized—Bridget Thomas spoke to me to be a witness last Sunday fortnight—I have known her from her infancy—she did not give me 6 d . to see her married—there was another woman at the altar—the prisoner was married the first couple.

JOHN THOMAS . I am the son of Bridget Thomas—I saw her married to the prisoner on Easter Monday, at St. Pancras church.

Cross-examined. Q. Who was it to? A. The prisoner—I went back to my business, at a newspaper place, afterwards, and left my mother—her bridesmaid was a person she met in the street, whom she had never seen be fore—I knew a person named Shean—I never saw him with my mother—he has been transported.

ROBERT JOHN LETTICE . I am acting parish-clerk at St. Pancras. I do not know the prisoner—I know Thomas, by her coming once or twice to me about publishing the banns—I remember her being married on Easter Mon day, the 8th of April—she put her cross in the book, and the person to whom she was married put his cross—we had a dozen weddings on that day—I be lieve I gave the certificate to Thomas.

Cross-examined. Q. To the best of your knowledge and belief, looking at the prisoner, does he strike you as being the man who was married that day? A. He does not—he appeared to me to be a shoemaker or smith—he had an apron on—he made an attempt to write his name in the other book, but could not, and I told him to make this mark—I do not think he could write at all, from the manner in which he began.

MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Could you tell whether that was put on? A. I could not—he managed a portion of an M, but made such a bungle in it, that I took it out of his hand, and he put a cross—I gave a certificate to the persons that were married that day—there was a slight error in it—Thomas was described as a spinster, and the book was altered—my attention was not called to this till Whit Monday, when Thomas came to me—I did not see the prisoner again till I came into Court.

JOHN WILLIAMS ( police-constable E 31.) I took the prisoner into cus tody in Fitzroy-market. I produce a certificate of the marriage, which I got from Bridget Thomas.

MR. PRENDERGAST called

JAMES BEACH , bricklayer, Craven-court, Hungerford-market. The prisoner was at work for me on Easter Monday—he left me from eleven to twelve o'clock in the morning—I cannot say whether the clock had struck eleven before I sent him to Bishopsgate-street—the work was done—he returned about two, and then he left, and said he was going to Stepney fair—he brought back a receipt, showing that he had been to Bishopsgate-street in the mean-while.

MR. BALLANTINE . Q. How long had he been in your employ? A. About two years—he always worked on a Monday if I had it for him to do—he was removing some things from St. James's-street on that day—he came about eight o'clock in the morning—I and my wife were at home—she did not see him in the morning—she saw him once or twice in the day—he had been from eight till eleven backwards and forwards with me, two or three times, to St. James's-place—he had not had his breakfast when he came—I told him to go and get his breakfast, which he did, and he was back to me at a quarter be fore nine—we then went to St. James's place, and brought some empty oil-cans—there was a relation of mine there, who had been doing the work—he delivered them to us, and we brought them to my place, both together—we remained there ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, then went back to the tame place

and brought away a keg and a mortar-board—I had been doing a few things myself there—I went back again the third time; but the last time the pri soner came back a little before me, and then I went direct home, and wrote out the delivery note of these things—I found the prisoner at home when I got there, and then I sent him with the note to Bishopsgate-street Without-that was the only place he had to go to—he came back about two o'clock—I have no clock in the shop—I have a watch—I recollect the time, because when I started the prisoner to the City, between eleven and twelve, I went back to St. James's-street to see my relation, with whom I had a little busi ness—I then returned home to dinner—I looked at the clock, and it was twenty-four or twenty-six minutes past one—I wrote a statement of this in a note at the police-court—I went up there, but not till after he was sent here—he wrote to me from Clerkenwell—I handed the letter to Mr. Rawlinson.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You made a written statement, and sent it to Mr. Rawlinson? A. I gave it to the prisoner's mother—I was engaged the fol lowing day, and could not be there—I had written the statement before I knew what the prisoner was in Bridewell for—when he left me he was in dishabille, and had the cans slung over his shoulder—when he came back he was clean, and said he had gone and cleaned himself, and he was going to the fair.

ELIZA ATKINS . I live in John-street, Portland-town. Thomas has lodged with me since last August—I saw her come from the Prince George of Cum berland, on Easter Monday, and knock at my door at a quarter before twelve o'clock—it is two miles from my house to New St. Pancras church—a young person who was with me let her in—she went in, and went to her own room, and left the door open—soon afterwards a man came in—I had a great deal of linen in the house—he was a very dirty man, and had a kind of shooting jacket on—he was standing against the pales, and she beckoned him in—she went into her own room with him, and was shut is about a quarter of an hour—I got into a desperate quarrel with her about her bringing that man—she abused me, and struck my mother, and at six o'clock in the evening, she was taken to Salisbury-street station—I am sure it was a quarter before twelve when she came to the house, because I wanted my dinner, and I looked at the clock, and said, "We don't dine till twelve"—I am quite certain about the time—the man who came always went by the name of Shehan—in the letter that came from the House of Correction it was Sheene—he had a very dirty appearance, and dark clothes on, a white cravat, and a very shabby hat on—the prisoner was acquainted with Thomas, and repeatedly came to my house—I had found him there all night—his mother never slept in my house but once when they had been to Cato-street dance.

MR. BALLANTINE . Q. When did you see his mother last? A. I left her down stairs—I had no conversation with her on the subject of her son—she does not talk to any body about him since his committal—I have seen her every day—all she says is, "I hope my son will get off, and get clear, because I think him innocent"—I was not in bed on Easter Monday—I had got up on the Saturday before, and was in my front room, which is my laundry—I have a clock in my room—I have made a statement of the time to the pri soner's sister, and to his brother-in-law William Cockburn, the witness—I stated it to him, because he put the question to me—I cannot say exactly when I made the statement to him—it might have been the day after I was subpoenaed, but I have not borne it in memory—it is since Wednesday last, the day I was subpoenaed—I cannot tell whether it was Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday—there was no clock in the place where I had the conversation with him—if I must come to recollection it must have been after we met here at the Old Bailey—I came directly from my house up to the Old Bailey.

not speaking to any one till I arrived at the Court—it might have been about half-past nine in the morning, when I had the conversation with Cockburn here in the Old Bailey—he did not ask me any question—I had very little conversation or none with him—I made a statement respecting the time to his sister and to him—we were all of a party—I was at the police-court, but was not sworn—I was in the court at the time Bridget Thomas was sworn, and beard her give her evidence.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. Have you any motive whatever in coming? A. I am disinterested to both parties—I came to hear to speak the truth as they told me I was compelled to come—they brought me a subpoena—I have never seen the prisoner in my house since the marriage—he left my house three weeks before the marriage, and took his fiddle with him—I never saw him in my house after that.

SUSANNAH WOODLAND . I was passing by St. Pancras church on Easter Monday—I did not go into the church—I knew Bridget Thomas before that—I saw her go into the church with a man who was not the prisoner—I do not know the man, but on my oath it was not the prisoner.

MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Where did they find you? A. Last evening I was going down the road, and I saw the prisoner's mother—I asked her whether he was come home—I had not a great deal of conversation with her—I told her that I saw Bridget Thomas going into the church on Easter Monday—the prisoner's mother is a neighbour of ours—I heard last Thursday that the prisoner was charged with bigamy in marrying Bridget Thomas—I did not go and tell his mother then, for I did not know but what she knew it—I am not to get anything for coming here—I have had no conversation with anybody about being paid—I go out washing and cleaning—I should not have been at work to day—I met the prisoner's mother last evening at the corner of Oxford-street—she was alone—she addres sed me—I did not go anywhere with her—we stood talking about ten minutes—I saw her this morning at her own door when I came out of my street door.

JURY . Q. How long have you known Bridget Thomas? A. I have known her three or four months by coming into the market.

MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You had heard that the prisoner was taken up from somebody or other? A. Yes—I cannot tell who I first heard it from—I had known the prisoner three or four years, and lived in the same place with him—I have no motive in coming here—no offer of payment has been made to me—the prisoner's mother is a poor woman.

COURT . Q. Did you ever see that man that you saw go into the church before? A. No.

CATHERINE COCKBURN . I am the prisoner's sister and am the wife of the witness who has been examined—I saw Bridget Thomas with the marriage certificate in her hand in Feb. last—she told me she was married to my brother, and I made her answer that she was not—I and my mother have two beds in one room, and one bed in another—on the 28th of March, to my great surprise I saw Bridget Thomas in bed with my brother and another man—I should know Shehan if I were to see him, but I believe he has been transported—he went by the name of Shirtbutton, I believe—he denied his own name—I knew Bridget Thomas was acquainted with Shehan—I have seen them at dances together, and carousing about—I have not seen the prisoner since April—I did not see Bridget Thomas on Easter Monday with any body—I got up at eight o'clock in the morning, and never left my home till past twelve—I left to go to Stepney fair—neither she nor any other person entered my house that morning.

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Confined Three Months .

1748. FRANCIS AMOS and GEORGE BROWN were indicted for stealing 14lbs. weight of lead pipe, value 7 s .; 1 metal cock, 4 s .; and 1 gas fitting, called a burner, 1 s . 6 d .; the goods of John Lalor Dorand , the master of Amos.

JOHN LALOR DORAND . I live in Clare-street, Clare-market, and am pro prietor of the Fountain public-house—Amos has been repeatedly in my em ploy—on the 6th of June, he came to my house to alter some gas fittings I then had something for him to do in the cellar—he took a basket down in the cellar—he saw what was to be done, and went to work—I went about my business—some time after I came over the trap-door which leads to the cellar, and heard two voices in the cellar—I went down and found Brown there, whom I had previously forbidden to come to my house—Amos was there, and he was then perfectly sober—they came up and down repeatedly out of the cellar—Brown afterwards came up with a basket, and Amos remained below—I went down and found Amos quite intoxicated—we got him carried up to the tap-room, and when the house was about to be closed I missed this pipe and cocks—they had been down in the cellar, except a small gas fitting which was found on Brown—he carried the basket—Amos was in the cellar.

CHARLES YOUNG . I am waiter to Mr. Dorand—I found Amos asleep in the tap-room that evening—this tap was in his pocket—it is my master's-Brown came up with a basket and set it down in front of the bar—it was carried in the tap-room—I looked in it, and found these pieces of lead pipe in it—this gas fitting was found on Brown.

RICHARD LION . I was in the tap-room—I saw Brown bring the basket in, and when the house was about to close I saw Young take the tap from Brown's pocket—this lead was in the basket under the tools.

Brown. The gas fitting found on me is my own. I will be judged by any tradesman if ever gas has passed through it. I never was forbidden the house; I was there and Amos asked me to assist him; he asked me to bring his basket up out of the cellar; I might have taken it away two hours before; I bought this gas-cock in Holborn.

JOHN LALOR DORAND re-examined. I can swear that this gas burner found in Brown's pocket is mine, and this is my pipe.

Amos , Mr. Dorand told me he wished me to repair some pipe; I made a number of joints for him; the rest of the old lead I put into the basket; if I had intended to take any away I should not have stayed in the tap-room; the lead pipe in my basket is my own, I brought it from over the water; the tap I brought up in my pocket, and asked him if he would have it repaired. (The prisoners received good characters.)

AMOS — GUILTY . Aged 28.

BROWN — GUILTY . Aged 37.

Confined Three Months .

1749. JOHN DYER was indicted for stealing 1 pair of trowsers, value 8 s .; and 1 waistcoat, 10 s .; the goods of John Dobson ; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 29.— Confined One Month .

1750. WILLIAM MADDON was indicted for stealing 1 hat, value 4 s .; 1 flannel shirt,1 s . 6 d .; and 9 pairs of stockings, 2 s . 6 d .; the goods of Henry Brown .

SARAH BROWN . I am the wife of Henry Brown, of Clement's-lane, Strand; the prisoner used to come to our house. On the night of the 20th of May I missed these things—the hat and flannel shirt are here—they are my husband's.

Prisoner. Q. What do you swear to the hat by? A. By a very peculiar

band, and there it a small space on the lining and rim which has been-burnt by a lucifer—I gave the prisoner an old hat three or four months before, and when he stole this hat he replaced the old one in the box.

JOHN BURRIER . I am the gate-keeper of the Strand Union-workhouse. The prisoner arrived there on the 21st of May with this hat on—I afterwards found he had this shirt on.

Prisoner's Defence. I bought them of a young man I was acquainted with.

GUILTY .** Aged 21.— Transported for Seven Years .

1751. WILLIAM PARKER was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of June , 1lb. 11oz. weight of solder, value 1 s ., the goods of Thomas Ditchburn and another, his masters; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 24— Confined Six Months .

(There were two other indictments against the prisoner.)

Sixth Jury, before Mr. Recorder.

1752. WILLIAM PRYOR was indicted for stealing 1 goose, value 1 s . 6 d .; the goods of Thomas Deane.

The prisoner did not plead to the indictment; and on the evidence of Mr. Holding, the assistant surgeon of the gaol, the Jury found him

INSANE .

Before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1753. BENJAMIN RUNXTMANN , MOSES LEBRECHT CARL LOENTHALL , and ISIDOR GUTTSCHALK were indicted for stealing 66 yards of silk, value 12 l . 7 s ., the goods of James M'Gill and another) in the dwelling-house of Thomas Nutting; to which

RUNXTMANN pleaded GUILTY .— Confined Six Months .

(The prisoners being foreigners, had the evidence communicated to them by an interpreter.)

RICHARD THOMAS TOMS . I am a commission agent, in partnership with James M'Gill, at No. 1, Bread-street, Cheapside, in the dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas Nutting. On the 10th of June, about half-past one o'clock, I saw Runxtmann and Loenthall at our warehouse, which is on the first floor—they inquired the price of various goods there, silk goods chiefly—Loenthall spoke to me as well as he could in English, and said it was difficult to buy a large parcel of goods, not understanding the English—he said he had got a carpenter at home who spoke English and German well, but he was sick—he laid his head on his hand and made all manner of motions—I showed him the commoner sort of goods—he objected to them as not being good, and required them to be weighed, and the boy was sent down into the shop to weigh them—he then inquired the length and breadth of the goods—he gave me his address, and I wrote it down, and required him to write his name himself—he told me his name, but I could not understand what he meant—he agreed about the discount, and kept me in conversation along time, during which Runxtmann went down stairs—when Loenthall went, I put on my hat and followed him—when I got out I saw Loenthall going up Bread-street to Cheapside—I then saw him cross and join Guttschalk, about seventy feet from the warehouse—they walked towards Lawrence-lane—Runxtmann crossed over and joined the other two—they had some conversation at the corner of Trump-street—by the time I got to the corner of Trump-street, they had got down King-street, and were on the cab-stand—Runxtmann got into a cab , and Loenthall went up King-street towards Cheapside—at that

moment a policeman was passing—(I had lost sight of Guttschalk then)—I told the policeman to stop the cab , as I believed there was a man in it who had robbed me—I went after Loenthall to Ironmonger-lane, and stopped him—I rubbed my hands down his pockets and about him—he exclaimed, "Me no thief"—I did not detain him—I followed the cab , and saw the policeman had stopped it—I went up and told the cab man to drive to the station—the policeman and Runxtmann were in the cab —I got on the box, and saw Runxt mann turning these goods out of his pocket on his right-hand side, as the policeman sat on his left—these are gentlemen's silk handkerchiefs—they were on our counter the moment before the prisoners came in—we had only had three dozen of them in, about two hours before—I went to the sta tion, and saw Runxtmann searched—I saw a piece of paper taken from him, on which was an address written in pencil—we went first to an address which Loenthall had given me, in Osborn-street, Whitechapel, and no such person was known there—we then went to the address which was found on Runxt mann, at No. 5, William-street, Cannon-street-road, St. George's—when we got there I saw Loenthall coming round the corner of the street, and, of course, I seized him—he had got a large bag with him, as much as he could drag—I gave him in charge to the policeman, and we took him to the same station where Runxtmann was—I gave a description of Guttschalk, and at eleven o'clock at night I saw him at the station—he asked if I knew him before—I said no, I did not—he said, "I will prove to you that you do know me; I have been to your warehouse to sell pens"—I said I thought that accounted for how the other prisoners found out our warehouse—he said he had met these prisoners; that they came with a recommendation from Hamburg, and he bad introduced them to different places, that it was not likely that he should in produce them to persons who had been customers to him, and who knew him, if he thought anything wrong of them; and be likewise said he could prove he was at home at his dinner at half past one that day.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. He said he had a letter of re commendation from a sister at Hamburg? A. I understood so, but he said afterwards it was by word of mouth—my partner has seen him, but does not know him.

JAMES SHAW . I am a cab man and live in Robert's-mews, Hampstead-road. On the 10th of June, mine was the second cab on the stand, in King-street—Runxtmann and another man came and took my cab —Runxtmann got in, and I did not perceive that he had anything—I was stopped by the policeman, and then I noticed the property in the cab.

JOHN STOREY ( City police-constable, No. 414.) On Monday last, at ten minutes before two, Runxtmann and Loenthall were pointed out to me—I saw them go to the cab —Runxtmann got in, and Loenthall walked towards Cheapside—I stopped the cab in Cheapside—when I got in I saw Runxt mann taking this silk out of his pocket, and placing it on the side of the cab —I told the cab man to drive to the station—Runxtmann made motions to me which I did not understand—these are the things.

WILLIAM ASHWELL . On the 10th of June, I saw the three prisoners in the warehouse of my employers, Leafs, Coles, & Co., in Old Change—they came about half-past twelve o'clock to look at some mousseline-de-laine dresses.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you seen Mr. Toms about this matter? A. He came to secure my attendance the next day—he said the three prisoners would be brought up at the Mansion-house—I am not aware that he stated that they were the men he charged with robbing him—I have not the slightest recollection of his saying how they were dressed.

Loenthall's Defence. Runxtmann wanted to buy some articles, and he could not speak English; we all three went to different warehouses, and as Mr. Guttschalk, who spoke good English, could not lose his time any longer, I said I would go and interpret as well as I could; I tried to get the discount from the shopman.

NOT GUILTY .

1754. WILLIAM WHEELER was indicted for stealing 4 candlesticks, value 17 s .; 2 decanters, 10 s .; and 2 pairs of shoes, 4 s .; the goods of Thomas Teasdale .

CHRISTIANA TEASDALE . I am the wife of Thomas Teasdale, of Lisson-grove. The prisoner called several times—he said he was a dealer in different articles, and he came on the 1st of June and wished me to let him have some shawls to show to some customer—I went out with him to show these shawls to his customer—he wished me to go on and said he would overtake me—he told me to go next door to Mr. Batton's, a pawnbroker, in John-street, Edgeware-road—I went, and found it was a rag and bottle-shop on one side, and a chemist's on the other—he did not overtake me, but I went and inquired if any one there wanted any shawls, and there was no one wanted any—I went back to my shop and missed these articles—I did not see the prisoner again till he was at the Police Court, but I had seen him several times before that day.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. Had he bought any articles of you? A. Yes, twice.

MARY TEASDALE . I am daughter of Christiana Teasdale. On the 1st of June the prisoner and my mother left the shop together—in about two minutes he came back—he said, "O, they want to see the candlesticks and the decanters"—he took one pair of candlesticks and the decanters—I handed him another pair of candlesticks—he went down the opposite street—in about two minutes he came back again, and said, "There is one thing I have forgot ten, and that is the shoes"—he took one pair, I handed him another pair, and he went away down the same street—I did not see him again.

Cross-examined. Q. When did you see the candlesticks again? A. On the Wednesday after, the prisoner had often been to my mother's shop, but he had only purchased things twice.

WILLIAM ROSS ( police-constable D 157.) I went to No. 7, Brownlow-street, Lock's Fields, Walworth—I saw the prisoner there, and said I wanted him for obtaining two pairs of plated candlesticks, a pair of cut decanters, and two pairs of men's shoes, at Mrs. Teasdale's, at Lisson-grove—he said he had them, but he intended to pay for them—another officer, who was with me, found 105 duplicates at his lodging.

WILLIAM BRYAN . I live with Mr. Attenborough, a pawnbroker. The prisoner pawned the candlesticks first, be returned in about half-an-hour, and asked if we took in decanters—I told him we did, and I am not sure whether he went away or took them out of his pocket—he pawned them in the name of John Smith, on Saturday night, the 1st of June.

CHRISTIANA TEASDALE . These are mine—the decanters were in my house that morning, and the candlesticks were there some days before—I did not send the prisoner back after I first left my shop. (The prisoner received a good character.)

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

NEW COURT .— Tuesday, June 18, 1844.

Before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1755. JEAN JOLLY was indicted for assaulting John Smith , with intent, &c.

NOT GUILTY .

ESSEX CASES .

Before Mr. Recorder.

1756. WILLIAM WILLIAMS and WILLIAM ALEXANDER were indicted for stealing 1 bell, value 5 s ., the goods of Helen Compton , and fixed to a building.

BETSEY SAYWARD . I live in Cockburn-street, Stratford. On the 13th of May, about six o'clock in the morning, as I was getting up, I saw from my bed-room window the prisoner Alexander taking a bell from Miss Compton's wall—he gave it to Williams at the gate, who went away with it.

Williams. I was not out before seven o'clock that morning.

Alexander. I was not up till half-past six o'clock.

Witness. I heard the clock strike six as I was getting up—I am sure they are the boys.

SARAH ANN HOY . I live in Cockburn-street, on the same side of the way as Miss Compton—I saw the prisoners near her premises on the 13th of May—I saw Williams unlock the gate and lock it again—the bell was inside the gate—he went towards it up the garden out of my sight—they both got in—Williams was a little way before Alexander—they could have got over the rails, but I saw Williams unlock the gate and go in—I was up at my bed-room window—Williams had the key in his right hand, and Alexander stood back and pushed the gate—I had never seen them before, but am sure of them—they were not dressed as they are now—one had a white smock frock on.

HELEN COMPTON . I live in Cockburn-street—I missed a bell from the wall between my house and the next—they could not have got it without opening the gate, or getting over—I am the tenant of the house, but I had put up the bell, and it is my own property.

HENRY WATTS ( police-inspector. ) I took the prisoners some days after from a description I had received, and charged them with taking the bell—they denied any knowledge of it—the bell has not been found.

BETSEY SAYWARD re-examined. I am sure I saw Alexander get over the rails and take the bell—Williams did not go in when I saw him—that must have been afterwards—Alexander brought the bell down to the gate and Williams took it from him—neither of them had a key then—I had never seen them before, but am certain of them.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Edward Bullock, Esq.

1757. DAVID COE was indicted for stealing 2 myrtles, value 1 s .; I geranium, 6 d .; 3 balsams, 1 s . 6 d .; and 6 flower pots, value 6 d ., the goods of Finlay Frazer .

THOMAS BEAZELEY ( police-constable N 358.) On the 27th of May, be tween three and four o'clock in the afternoon, I was on duty in Markhonse-lane, Layton. I saw the prisoner get through a hedge to a field and go in a direction to the prosecutor's nursery ground—I and met him coming

from the nursery with these six plants in pots in his arms—when he saw me he laid them down—I asked what he was doing—he said he was looking after a rabbit.

JAMES FRAZER . I live with my father, Finlay Frazer—these plants are his-the officer called me up, and I found the prisoner in the nursery ground.

Prisoner's Defence. I saw a rabbit run, I got after him, and the officer took me.

GUILTY . Aged 42.— Confined Three Months .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1758. WILLIAM JOHNSON was indicted for stealing 1 hay knife, value 9 d ., the goods of William Henry Dean .

CHARLES WORSTLEY . I am in the employ of Mr. William Henry Dean, at West Ham. I missed a hay-knife of my master's, which I had seen safe in the morning—the prisoner offered it for sale, and I gave him in charge.

ROBERT KELLY . I am a milkman, and live at Stratford. The prisoner brought me this knife and offered it for sale for 6 d .—I knew it directly, and said if he would come home I would see to it.

Prisoner's Defence. I found it in a ditch.

CHARLES WORSTLEY re-examined. I had left it stuck in the stack, and there were two or three notches cut in the stack to get up to it.

GUILTY . Aged 17.— Confined Three Months .

1759. ELIZA HARRIS was indicted for stealing 1 coat, value 10 s .; 3 waistcoats, 10 s .; 3 table cloths, 1 l . 15 s .; 1 sheet, 15 s .; 1 hand-kerchief, 3 s .; 1lb. weight of candles, 2 s .; 2lbs. weight of soap,10 l .; 3 doyleys, 3 s .; 2 pillow-cases, 2 s .; 4 wine glasses, 6 d .; 1 tumbler, 1 s .; 1 cape, 1 s .; 2 cups, 6 d .; 2 saucers, 6 d .; 2 pairs of trowsers, 6 s ., the goods of William Dodds , her master: and 1 coat, 10 s ., the goods of Alexander M'Kee ; and FRANCIS HARRIS for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen.

MR. BALLANTINE conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM DODDS . I live in West Ham-lane, Essex. Eliza Harris was my cook for two months—a policeman made a communication last Friday week, and I went to a house in Stepney the next day—the first thing I saw was a coat belonging to a friend, a shirt, and other articles which are principally marked with my name—I gave both the prisoners in custody—the policeman went to my house, and I gave Eliza in custody—she went down on her knees, and begged that I would excuse it—the policeman took a handker chief out of his pocket and shook it at her—that handkerchief had been taken out of Francis' pocket at the station.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. was Francis' hair dressed as it is now? A. I cannot tell—the policeman took the hat out of Francis' hand, and the handkerchief dropped out—I know the handkerchief to be mine—there is no mark on it—I had used it, and had it in my pocket one day—my mother gave it to me.

JAMES HAMS ( police-constable K 248.) I received information, in conse quence of which I went to Mr. Dodds—on the following Saturday I accom panied him to Francis' house, at Stepney—I found a coat, a shirt, and these other things there—the landlady was there—I did not find either of the prisoners there—I know it was Francis' room, because I found the uniform of a policeman in the room, and he has been a policeman—I was informed by the landlady that it was his room—I left a constable there, and went to look for Francis, and found him in the Commercial-road—I took him to the station, and told him he must consider himself my prisoner—I had found a great many things in his room belonging to Mr. Dodd, where his wife was in service—he

was asked by the inspector where his uniform was?—he said I had got them there (pointing to the things I had got)—he had put his hat on the bench in the cell—there was a silk handkerchief in it—I gave it to Mr. Dodds, and pro duced it to Eliza—I said to her, " Do you know this handkerchief?"—she then fell down on her knees, and begged of the prosecutor for mercy—I found a marriage certificate in Francis' room.

Cross-examined. Q. You shook this handkerchief in her face, did you not? A. No, I showed it her and asked if she knew it—I had not seen Francis using a handkerchief like this some time before—there is nothing very parti cular about it—I took him on duty in the Commercial-road, about three miles from West Ham.

ANNE WYATT . I live in Vincent-street. Francis Harris lodged with me for two months—I know of some things being found in his room—Eliza lodged there a few days before he came—they lived as man and wife at home—she did not sleep there after she went to Mr. Dodds—she visited there occasionally.

Cross-examined. Q. I suppose you know nothing of this handkerchief? A. I have seen Francis with it for two or three days—he took it out of his hat and put it on his knee when he was getting his meals.

JAMES HAMS re-examined. I found this coat and waistcoat folded up on a chair, with Francis' uniform—the other things were locked up in a box—I found the key of it on him—I had broken it open and fitted the key after wards—I know the Magistrate's handwriting—( read )—the prisoner Francis says, "I received them from my wife, as being given to her by her mistress, Mrs. Dodd; there are some articles there which I believe Mr. Dodd has sworn to that are not his property."

WILLIAM DODDS re-examined. I have not the slightest doubt about the cups and saucers being mine, or that they were in my possession when the prisoner came into my service—these waistcoats are mine, and these two cambric handkerchiefs—there is no mark on them—there are some of my wife's marks on the other linen—I never saw Francis at my house—he could not get to these articles.

ALEXANDER M'KEE . I am a friend of the prosecutor—I had left a coat in his house some months ago—this is it—it is mine—I had not seen it for a month.

Cross-examined. Q. How came you to leave it there? A. It was a dress coat for dining in, as I was so frequently a visitor there—it has not been altered—there is a mark under the arm, where it has been worn, by which I know it.

ELIZA HARRIS — GUILTY . Aged 27.

FRANCIS HARRIS — GUILTY . Aged 29.

Confined Four Months .

1760. JAMES DASHAY was indicted for assaulting two police constables, in the execution of their office.

NOT GUILTY .

KENT CASES .

Before Edward Bullock, Esq.

1761. HENRY HURLBERT and THOMAS KNOWLES were indicted for stealing 1 shovel, value 1 s ., the goods of William Toder .

WILLIAM TODER , salesman, Woolwich. This is my shovel—on the 7th of May, it hung on a nail outside my door—I went out from, information that I received, and saw Hurlbert running away with it—I pursued, and

called, "Stop thief"—he called, "Stop thief," and when I got near him he dropped it—I took it up.

ELIZABETH TAPLY . I live with my father. He is messman at the Marine barracks, Woolwich—I saw both the prisoners together at the prose cutor's that evening, about half-past seven o'clock—Knowles took down the shovel and gave it to Hurlbert, and they both went away.

JACOB DAVIS ( police-constable R 163.) I apprehended Hurlbert, on the morning of the 10th of May, at the Refuge for the Destitute, at Woolwich.

HURLBERT — GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Three Months .

KNOWLES — GUILTY . Aged 32.— Confined One Month .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1762. JOHN READ was indicted for stealing 8lbs. weight of flour, value 2 s .; the goods of William Carpenter , his master; and that he had been before convicted of felony.

MR. CLARKSON conducted the Prosecution.

BENJAMIN GRAVES . I am in the employ of William Carpenter, a miller, at Greenwich. The prisoner was in his service—on the 25th of May, about a quarter to eleven o'clock, on Saturday night, he came to the mill, and said he wanted to come in after the engine shut down to catch some rats, would I give him a call—I said I would—at twelve I went to the gate and found him there—as I was going to lock the gate, he said, "Don't lock the gate"—I said, "Why?"—he said, "There was no necessity for it, it is not customary"—I did not at that time suspect anything was wrong—I went down to the mill with him and got a light—he asked me to go round to the fly-wheel of my engine, and hold a light there, and not to make a noise lest it should disturb the rats—my going round would get me out of the way so as to prevent my seeing what he was doing—he said he wanted to get a live rat if he could—I went as far as my engine-house window—I then suspected something, and went to the mill door—I found it was shut—I opened the outer door, and found the inner door half open—I went up stairs on to the first floor, and saw the prisoner coming from a place where we sack flour, and where the bulk of flour was—he had something under his arm—when he saw me he went to the pollard-bin, and I there saw him drop in a bag which I suspected contained flour—I went up to him—before I got close to him, I said, "What do you do here, Read?"—he said, "I thought you were going round to the bin'—by that time I had got to the bin and took the bag, which had got from 8lbs. to 10lbs. of flour in it—I said, "You villain, what do you mean by this?"—he said, "Don't Graves, don't"—I was going to the super-intendent of the mill—when I got to the door the prisoner knocked the light out of my hand, and seized the bag—we had a scuffle, and he got it from my hand—I made towards the gate, and took out a lucifer match to get a light—he knocked it out of my hand—there is a timber yard close to my em ployer's premises—the prisoner had an opportunity of throwing the bag there—there was a bag found there with a small dust of flour in it—the policeman took the bag and the flour.

Prisoner. Q. Had I any opportunity of getting any flour? A. Yes—I did not say, because you did not spend money in drink you should not catch rats—I had no plot against you.

ROBERT BUTCHER . I am superintendent of the mill, and live on the premises. Graves called me up on the 25th of May, with a policeman, and the prisoner was taken—on the Sunday morning, I saw a bag in the timber yard as I was dressing—I sent for a policeman—he came and took it—it turned out to be one of my master's bags—there was a little flour in it—it

appeared as if the flour had been emptied out, and the bag thrown out—I know the bag by a stripe—the prisoner had no right to be at the pollard-bin, or at the mill at all—I believe this to be my master's bag.

Prisoner. Q. There is no entrance to the engine house but by the mill? A. Yes—there is.

GEORGE WILSON ( police-constable R 19.) I took the prisoner on the night of the 26th—I picked up this bag in the timber yard—it appeared to have had flour in it, and some small portion of flour was on the timber near the bag.

WILLIAM TURNER . I am a farmer, and live at Capel, in Kent. I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from the Clerk of Assizes at Maidstone—( read )—the prisoner is the person.

GUILTY . Aged 44.— Transported for Seven Years .

1763. MARY BRAY was indicted for stealing 9 yards of printed cotton, value 6 s . 6 d ., the goods of Robert Linsey .—2nd COUNT , stating it to be the goods of James Forsaith .

JAMES FORSAITH . I travel with goods. I stop at the George public-house, in Ruislip, regularly once a fortnight—I put my pack into the parlour and when I got to Pinner, on the 2nd of May, I missed a cotton dress—I said nothing till that day fortnight, and then the landlady at Ruislip gave me information—I spoke to the policemen, and they found the gown-piece in the prisoner's possession—it is mine.

FRANCIS GOUGH ( police-sergeant F 24.) I went to the prisoner's father's house, with an officer, and asked for the dress she had on the Sunday previous—she produced three dresses—I searched, and found this dress under some carpeting under the stairs—she went on her knees, begged for mercy, and said she had taken it out of the prosecutor's pack, and she would pay him for it if he required.

Cross-examined by MR. DOANE . Q. Was anything said about her telling the truth? A. No.

STEPHEN FOUNDRY ( policeman. ) I accompanied Gough, and I found the gown—the prisoner caught my arm, and said, "For God's sake, let it abide where it is; don't take it."

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Two Months .

1764. WILLIAM COLLIER was indicted for stealing 19 yards of printed cotton, value 11 s ., the goods of Henry Lainson .

ALFRED CLARKE . I am in the employ of Henry Lainson, a linen-draper, at Greenwich. On the 21st of May we had a piece of printed cotton safe inside the door at two o'clock—I missed it at half-past—this is it—it is my master's—I know it by the private mark.

JOHN BOVIS ( police-constable R 139.) I stopped the prisoner about half-past four o'clock, on the 21st of May—I asked what he had got in his bundle—he said, "Clothes"—I asked what sort—he said, "Working clothes"—he bad this cotton.

Prisoner. I picked it up.

GUILTY . Aged 19.— Confined Three Months .

1765. JAMES WHELPDALE was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 3 s ., the goods of Edward Morris George , from his person.

EDWARD MORRIS GEORGE . I am a smith. I was at Deptford fair on the 3rd of June, and I lost my handkerchief—this is it.

THOMAS WEST ( police-constable M 249.) I was in the fair, and saw the

prisoner and another person watching about—the prisoner Went up to the pro secutor, and put something into his own right hand trowsers pocket—I spoke to the prosecutor—I then went after the prisoner, and took this handkerchief from where I saw him put it.

Prisoner. He said he did not see me place my hand in my pocket.

The witness's depositions being read stated :—"I saw the prisoner standing behind the prosecutor, and suddenly thrust something into his right hand pocket; I followed him, and took it from him."

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Three Months .

1765. MARY ANN BERRY was indicted for stealing 1 purse, value 1 d .; 4 half-crowns, and 3 shillings; the property of Daniel Cast , from his person.

DANIEL CAST . I was treating the prisoner with some bread and cheese in the King's Head, East-lane, Greenwich—she said she had not laid in a bed for four or five nights—I said I would treat her with a bed, and we went to take a lodging—I undressed, and went to bed—I had my purse, containing four half-crowns and three shillings, in my trowsers pocket, which I put by the side of the bed—the prisoner went down stairs—I got out of bed, felt, and missed my purse and money—I hallooed out, and the policeman took her—he brought me my purse and money—I had seen the prisoner three or four times before.

Prisoner. The prosecutor gave it me, and told me to go and fetch a pint of beer. Witness. No—she took it out of my pocket after I got into bed—I was sober.

GEORGE HURLOCK ( police-constable R 215.) I took the prisoner, and found on her the purse, containing four half-crowns and three shillings.

NOTGUILTY .

1766. BRIDGET MARY BLAKE was indicted for stealing 1 iron pot, value 2 s . 6 d .; 1 kettle, 1 s . 6 d .; and 1 saucepan, 1 s .; the goods of William Marchant ..

WILLIAM MARCHANT , general dealer, Church-street, Greenwich. On the 2nd of May I had an iron pot, a kettle, and a saucepan, safe—I missed them the next morning on opening the shop—these are them—I know this pot by a mark in the middle of the lid.

ELIZABETH JACKSON . I keep a general shop in Greenwich. I bought this pot of Mary Wale, for 2 s .

Prisoner. Q. You would not buy the pot without sending the person back for my name; did I not send my right name? A. Yes.

MARY WALE . The prisoner gave me this pot to sell.

Prisoner. Q. Did you not hear a voice speaking to me outside the door at the time? A. No.

JOHN WHITE ( police-constable R 180.) I took the prisoner, and asked if she knew about any pots and kettles—she said, "No"—I said 1 should take her on suspicion of stealing a pot, kettle, and saucepan from Mr. Marchant—she said she knew nothing about it—in going along, she said a man gave her the pot to go home with her, as he had no money.

Prisoner. You asked if I knew the pot; I said I did. Witness. No, you said you did not.

NOTGUILTY .

1767. HENRY HILL and HENRY EVANS were indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of John Hawkins , from his person; and that Hill had been before convicted of felony.

JOHN HAWKINS , mariner, Salisbury-place, Rotherhithe. On Wednesday,

the 29th of May, I was at Greenwich fair—I had a handkerchief, which I lost out of my pocket—this is it—I know it by a darn.

JOHN CARPENTER ( police-constable R 84.) I was at the fair, and saw the prisoners following the prosecutor through the fair—Hill went behind him, and tried to get his handkerchief—he left him for a minute or two, and then Evans pushed Hill in front of the prosecutor, Hill put his head on the prosecutor's breast, and Evans took out the handkerchief—they both went away—Evans was about giving Hill the handkerchief, when I caught hold of both their hands with it.

CHARLES GOUOH ( police-constable L 83.) I produce a certificate of Hill's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office—( read )—he is the person.

(Evans received a good character.)

HILL — GUILTY . Aged 16.— Transported for Ten Years .

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

1768. WILLIAM SMITH and THOMAS HIGGINS were indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 6 d . the goods of Edward Murdon , from his person; to which

HIGGINS pleaded GUILTY . Aged 20.— Confined Three Months .

EDWARD MURDON . I am a pensioner at Greenwich—I was at Deptford fair on the 3rd of June, and lost a handkerchief out of my right-hand pocket—this is it.

JOHN CARPENTER ( police-constable R 84.) I was at Deptford fair—I saw Smith go behind the prosecutor, put his hand into his pocket, take out the handkerchief, and give it to Higgins, who had a short smock-frock on—he put it into his pocket—I took hold of him—he took it out of his bosom, and threw it down—another officer picked it up.

Smith's Defence. I went to the fair to get a job—I know nothing of it.

SMITH — GUILTY . Aged 22.— Confined Three Months .

1769. WILLIAM GREGORY was indicted for embezzlement.

MARY ANN RICHARDSON . I am the wife of William Richardson, and deal with the prosecutor—on the 4th of May I paid the prisoner 10 s . 6 d . for him.

MARY ANN MARR . I deal with the prosecutor—on the 7th of May I paid the prisoner 1 l . for him.

FRANCES RHODA PEARCE . I deal with the prosecutor—on the 8th of May I paid the prisoner 1 s . 9 d . for his master.

JOSEPH DURBIN SNOW . I am a baker. I have not received 10 s . 6 d . from the prisoner for Mrs. Richardson—or on the 7th of May 1 l . from Mrs. Marr—I am quite certain I did not receive either sum—the prisoner was in my employ.

GUILTY . Aged 27.— Confined Nine Months .

1770. JOSEPH FLOWER was indicted for assaulting William Reed , with intent, &c.

NOT GUILTY .

1771. JANE ROWLEY was indicted for stealing 6 watches, value 7 l .; the goods of James Stacey; to which she pleaded

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

Before Mr. Recorder.

1772. GEORGE LORD was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Samuel Swinbourn, with intent, &c.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1773. BENJAMIN FRANKLAND and JAMES FERGUSON were indicted for stealing, on the 18th of May , at Greenwich , 12 dressing-gowns, value 8 l ., the property of James Fougere , in his dwelling-house, and that they had been before convicted of felony.

JAMES JACOB SPENCER . I am foreman to Mr. James Fougere, a tailor, in Nelson-street, Greenwich. On the morning of the 18th of May, about nine o'clock, we had some dressing-gowns in our shop, tied on the back of a chair and to a cross-rail fixed in the shop—they were about six feet within the street door—when I left the shop, about nine, they were safe, and on returning at a quarter to ten they were gone—these now produced are them—they are Mr. Fougere's property, and are worth 8 l .—it is his dwelling-house.

GEORGE ROUSE . I live at Greenwich. On the 18th of May, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning I was passing Mr. Fougere's door, and saw the two prisoners coming out of the shop with this bundle—I think Frankland carried it—I called to Dyer to assist in taking them, which he did, and we secured them—I am certain they are the men.

THOMAS DYER . I am a gardener, and live in the Hampstead-road. On the morning of the 18th of May, I was walking near Greenwich church, be tween nine and ten o'clock, and saw Mr. Rouse with the two prisoners—I stopped Frankland—he had this bundle on his back, and Ferguson had hold of it behind.

JOHN WHETLE ( policeman. ) I was on duty near the church at Greenwich, and saw the two prisoners running from Nelson-street towards the church—Frankland had the bundle—they were together—I saw Dyer take them—he gave them into my custody with this bundle.

JOHN SPRING ( City police-constable, No , 315.) I produce a certificate from Mr. Clark's office, of both the prisoners' former conviction—( read )—I was present at the trial, and I know them to be the persons.

FRANKLAND — GUILTY . Aged 25.

FERGUSON — GUILTY . Aged 20.

Transported for Ten Years .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1774. JOHN BAKER was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary Ann Wright , and cutting and wounding her on her right arm, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm.—2nd COUNT , calling her Mary Ann Baker .

MART ANN WEIGHT . I live at Tanner's-hill, Deptford. I have lived with the prisoner two years—we are not married. On the 12th of June he came home between eleven and twelve very drunk indeed—I never saw him so drunk—I began to blow him up because he had spent some money—I blowed him up very much indeed, and after I had done so some time he hit me with his fist in my face—it left no mark—I went to bed—I had no candle or fire—he was not in bed—I blowed him up again very violently indeed, and then I felt a cut on my arm—I screamed out, and went out of the house into another person's house—the cut does not affect me at all—it is quite well now—there was a little chopper in the house—I had not seen it for a week, not having occasion to use it.

ANN JARMONSWAY . I live next door but one to the prisoner. On the night of the 12th of June I heard cries of "Murder," and went into his apartment—the door was open—Wright was lying on the bed—I persuaded her to come into my room—she held up her hand, and I said, "O, Mary, look at the blood"—when the policeman came into the room with a light I found her arm was cut.

WILLIAM WELDON ( police-constable R 40.) I apprehended the prisoner between one and two in the morning—I asked him if he was the man that had been ill-using the woman with the hatchet—he said, "Yes," he was—I asked what he had done with the weapon—he said he had put it away so that I could not find it.

CALEB TAYLOR . I am a surgeon—Weldon brought Wright to my house—she had a small incised wound on the back of the fore arm, such as a small

chopper would occasion—it may be well now—it was superficial—it had not wounded the muscles.

Prisoner's Defence. I never used any kind of hatchet, and never had it in my hand. I am guilty of hitting her with my fist two or three times after she aggravated me.

GUILTY of an assault. Aged 30.— Recommended to mercy by the Prose cutrix.— Confined Two Months .

SURREY CASES .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1775. AUGUSTUS DALMAS was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Eleanor M'Farlane ; he was also charged by the Coroner's Inquisition, with the like offence.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL , with MESSRS. BODKIN and CHAMBERS , conducted the Prosecution.

WILLIAM PARKINS . I am a goldsmith, and live at No. 8, Albion-terrace, King's-road, Chelsea. On Monday, the 29th of April, about half-past ten o'clock at night, I was going across Battersea-bridge, from the Surrey, to the Chelsea side—there is a toll-house at each end—I passed through that on the Surrey side, and immediately after I crossed the road, about twenty paces from the toll-house, and looked over the balustrades into the water, I heard a cry from the other side of the bridge, as if somebody was hurt—it was, "Oh dear, oh my!"—I looked in the direction from whence the cry came, and saw a woman coming over the bridge, towards the Surrey-side, not di rectly towards me, but towards the end I was standing on—she ran on the op posite side of the road to me, but on seeing me, she crossed directly to me, and laid hold of my hand—she was exclaiming then, "Oh dear, oh dear!"—she said, "Will you be kind enough, Sir, to take me to the toll-house?"—I said, "What for, my good woman, what is your object in going to the toll-house?" for she was very unsteady, and reeled as if she was tipsy—I thought she was tipsy at the time—she said, "Oh dear, oh dear!" and said, "some body has cut me, Sir"—I held her hands firm, for she felt as if she was fell ing—she turned round, saw the toll-collector, and ran from me direct to him, which was about twenty paces—it was the toll-collector on the Surrey side, from which I had come—I looked at my hand, and by the light saw that it was covered with blood—I immediately went to the collector, where the woman was then standing, and said to him, "What is the matter with this woman; she says somebody has cut her, and look at my hand?"—at that time she was falling, and she was laid down on the ground—there were two women there—I stood looking at her, and perceived a great quantity of blood close to her shoulder—I knelt down, looked at her, and saw the back part of her neck was cut—during that time the alarm had been given, and several persons had come around me—I was kneeling down at that time—when I saw the wound, I said, "Good God, the woman's throat is cut"—a person said, "It is Mrs. M'Farlane"—I do not know who it was—it was some person in the crowd at the back of me, and I heard another voice say, "Then Dalmas has done it"—some gentlemen came round from the Swan Tavern, and Mr. Freeman and Mr. Mullens each said he would go for a doctor—they ran away for the doctor—two policemen came up, and I said to one of them, who was leaning over me, "Why don't you go and give information on the other side of the bridge?"—he replied he could not leave till the doc tor came—I saw another policeman, and said, "It is no use two of you being here"—I said, "My God, the woman will bleed to death before assistance

comes"—I said that so as to be heard by her—she was then removed to the passage of the Swan Tavern, which was close by, and while lying there, I said again, that she would bleed to death, that she was dying—she appeared to me to be dying—I saw Langton, the officer, there then, and Mr. Gosling stooping over her—he is the landlord of the tavern—Langton knelt down and addressed some question to her—she was then lying on her back, bleeding profusely—before that I had heard her say nothing but "Oh dear"—I can not say positively how long she lived after the question was put to her, but I should think about five minutes, not more than that—Mr. Gosling did not in my hearing say anything with respect to her state, before the policeman put the question to her—nor had any person besides myself said anything in her hearing about her state.

Cross-examined by MR. WILKINS . Q. Did you notice the sort of hat Mr. Mullens had on? A. Yes, a broad-brimmed hat—he ran from the Surrey side to the Chelsea side—I did not notice that he cried "Police" as he went over the bridge—he had on a dark coat—it might be black or blue.

COURT . Q. Is Mr. Mullens here? A. I have seen him outside.

WILLIAM GOSLING . I am landlord of the Swan Inn, Battersea. The de ceased was brought to my house on the night of the 29th of April—several persons came to the house at the same time—she was laid down on her back in the passage—she appeared to be in a very low and almost dying state—four or five persons, near enough for her to hear them, said that she was dying, or that she would bleed to death before we could get assistance—I saw Langton there—he stooped down over her—I stooped down with him, and heard what passed—Langton requested me to listen to what was said—she died about five or six minutes after I knelt down—when the per sons about her made use of the expressions I have stated, the appeared to me to be sensible—she looked up in our faces when we stooped over her, and answered what the policeman requested.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you hear some one say, "If yon don't get assist ance she will bleed to death?" A. Yes—that was almost immediately before Langton put the question to her.

COURT . Q. Why do you say she understood what was said to her? A. We thought so by her answers.

FREDERICK LANGTON ( police-constable V 36.) I heard some one calling "Po lice"—I ran to the bridge, and found the deceased, wounded—I assisted in car rying her to the Swan—I knelt down and saw her throat was cut—there was a handkerchief in the wound in the neck, and in carrying her it dropped out—when I got into the passage, I knelt down to the deceased's mouth—I do not recollect that I applied the handkerchief to her neck while I was speaking to her—she appeared at that time as if she was dying—when the was lying at the toll-house, a gentleman named Parkins said, in my hearing and in hers, "Good God, Langton, remove her directly, do not let her die here"—several others who were standing round said the woman must die they thought—that was said both before and after she was removed to the Swan—it was said in her hearing, before I put any question to her—they said she was dying—they said it in her hearing, both before her removal and after—I was looking at her coun tenance, both at the toll-house and in the passage of the public-house—she looked at me when I knelt down to her in the passage, and appeared as if she wanted to say something to me—I think she heard those expressions of the certainty of her death—I observed nothing in her countenance then, except that she looked at me as if she wanted to say something—I put four questions to her, and obtained an answer to each, from her—she lived about five or six minutes after I put the last question to her—she appeared to talk low but distinctly—I heard every word she uttered—she appeared at if the was faint—I

think her voice was not quite so loud at the last question as it was at the first—I was kneeling down over her.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you hear anybody say, that if they did not fetch help she would die? A. No, nobody said so in my hearing—I and Mr. Gosling were close together in the passage—I was closer to the woman than Mr. Gosling at the time I put the questions—I and he were together in the passage.

MR. BODKIN . Q. You were going to say Mr. Gosling was somewhere? A. He was standing on one side and I on the other—I was on the right, the side of the wound, and, after the deceased had answered the first question, I asked Mr. Gosling to pay attention to what the woman said—he then came nearer.

THOMAS HALL . I am a toll-collector on the Surrey side of Battersea bridge. On the 29th of April, about half-past ten at night, I was at the door of my toll-house—I know Mr. Parkins—I noticed him pass by me towards Chelsea—I came out, and soon after that, a woman came to me from that end of the bridge—Mr. Parkins was not with her at the moment—he came immediately afterwards—I knew her to be Mrs. M'Farlane, the deceased—she said, "Oh dear, oh dear" when she first came up, and when she first saw me, and then again when I went up to her to assist her she repeated the same words, and said, "See how I have been ill used on the bridge"—she wished me to take her home—finding her in a weak state, I took her into my toll-house, and she was afterwards taken to the Swan—I had seen Mrs. M'Farlane about eight o'clock that evening—the prisoner's youngest daughter was then with her—I do not recollect her name—she was going over the bridge towards Chelsea, with the girl—I know a person of the name of Cook—I saw him rather better than a quarter of an hour, (I should think,) after she had come up to me—after she had been carried to the Swan—she was on the Surrey side of the bridge, on the bridge side, on the other side of the gate—Cook was on the bridge.

Cross-examined. Q. How long had you known Mrs. M'Farlane? A. About seven or eight years—she was reputed to be pretty well off in the world, to the best of my knowledge—she did not very frequently come over the bridge in the evening—latterly whenever I have seen her it has been with one or other of the prisoner's daughters—sometimes she would come over the bridge alone in the evening—on the following morning, I denied that I had seen Cook—the reason I did so was because I did not know his name—he is a coal porter, I believe, at Chelsea—a cry of "Police" was raised—persons might run over on the other side of the bridge crying "Police"—I did not hear it myself—I did not see any one running over towards Chelsea, crying "Police."

COURT . Q. You were giving some reason why next morning you thought you had not seen Cook? A. I had known him personally seven or eight years, but did not know his name—I was asked if I had seen Cook, and I said "No," not knowing his name.

FRANCES SCOTT . I am housekeeper to Mrs. Dolly, who lives in Bolton. place, Upper Church-lane, Chelsea. The prisoner's daughter, Augusta, came into Mrs. Dolly's service on the 29th of April last, at half-past eight o'clock in the evening—Mrs. M'Farlane came with her—I did not know Mrs. M'Farlane at that time, but a person came in that name—I do not remember how she was dressed—she remained about a quarter of an hour—she left about a quarter to nine—she appeared in good spirits and health—I did not have much conversation with her—we laughed and joked as she went out—at the time she went out, I observed a man walking near the house—I did not observe whether Mrs. M'Farlane joined him or not.

COURT . Q. Did that person appear to be walking about like a man waiting? A. Yes.

THOMAS LINES ( police-constable V 5.) On the 29th of April, I was on

duty near Bolton-place—I know the house of Mrs. Dolly, No. 9, in that place—I noticed a man walking in front of Mrs. Dolly's house, from twenty minutes till a quarter to nine—it was five minutes, to the best of my opinion—whilst he was walking up and down, the woman walked out of Mrs. Dolly's house, crossed the foot-path, and went into the road, and the man who was walking in front, crossed and met her—they went, arm-in-arm, together, towards the Queen's Elms—I noticed the man's person—I looked very narrowly at him—the pri soner is the man—the woman wore a coloured gown, and a dark shawl with a coloured border—I took no further particulars—she seemed a smart made woman, respectably dressed—I did not see her face, for they walked in a different direction to where I stood—the man was dressed in black—he had on a black hat—the brim might be considered a little broad, but it was nothing particular, but what, in my opinion, suited a man of his age.

ELIZABETH SHIPLEY . On Monday, the 29th of April last, I was bar maid at the Stag tavern, in the Fulham-road, it is about half a mile from Bolton-place—from five to ten minutes past nine that night, the prisoner came into the tavern—he had a lady with him—I had seen him several times before, and whenever he came, he was always in the same lady's company—they stood at the bar, as near as I can recollect, about five minutes—they had a quartern of gin and cloves, and stood while they drank it—I did not see in what direction they went when they left—she was a middle-aged, genteel-looking woman—on that night she had on a straw-bonnet and a light gown—she was of the middle size as to height.

Cross-examined. Q. They appeared to be very friendly together? A. Yes.

MARY ANN WILLIAMSON . I live at the toll-house, at Sand's-end, Fulham. On the 29th of April, about twenty minutes to ten at night, I was near Bat tersea-bridge, on the Chelsea side, and saw a man and a woman standing at the foot of the bridge on the Chelsea side—I should know that man again if I saw him—I have seen him since at Wandsworth—the prisoner is the man—the woman wore a light dress, a dark shawl, and a straw or tuscan bonnet—the prisoner wore a dark surtout coat, and his hat was unusually broad—they were standing still at about the foot of the bridge—they continued standing there from five to six minutes—I left them and went towards Sand's-end, Fulham—that would be away from the bridge—I left them standing there.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe you are not positive, as to the man, at all? A. I cannot swear—I saw his face sideways—I do not recollect that I said to the policeman, in the first instance, that I did not see his face at all—I will not swear I did not say so—the brim of the hat was very broad—I say it was twenty minutes to ten, because it struck ten just as I arrived at home, and I had not quite half a mile to go—they were standing on the Chelsea side of the bridge, at the corner of the toll-house—I had never seen the man before to my knowledge—I know they stood there five or six minutes, from the time I was standing there myself—I was waiting for a female friend—she did not come.

RICHARD PARSONS . I keep the William IV. beer-shop, King's-road, Chelsea, not quite a quarter of a mile from Battersea-bridge. On Monday, the 29th of April, I remember a man and woman coming to my house, from about a quarter to ten to a quarter or twenty minutes after—I cannot speak to a few minutes—I think they had a pint of porter—they drank it at the bar—on the Sunday after I was shown the body of the deceased, it struck me from the side-face that it was the same person—the woman paid for the beer—they were strangers to me—I heard of the death of Mrs. M'Farlane on the following morning—I had no other strangers come to my house that night, that I recollect—I did not know the man—I took notice of him that night—not particular notice, sufficient, as I thought I should know him again—I

saw the prisoner at Wandsworth, on the Saturday, I think—he was in the court among the people—I recognised him as the person that was in my house that night, but I did not know then that the person I pointed out was the prisoner—I pointed out a person that was among others, and they told me afterwards that he was the prisoner—that is the man I pointed out—( looking at him )—I believe he is the same person that came that night with the woman and drank at the bar—I described his dress at the time—he was dressed in a dark waistcoat and coat, rather buttoned up, and had got his hands either in his trowsers or coat pockets—he had rather a broad-brimmed hat—I should term it something of a Frenchman's hat—it struck me so.

Cross-examined. Q. So you should think it was a Frenchman's hat, should you? A. Why I should term it something of that appearance—I have heard that Mr. Dalmas is a Frenchman—I do not know that he has lived in Eng land all his life—he had not light trowsers on—I think he had dark trow sers on—on my oath, to the best of my recollection, they were dark—I can not say whether I told the policeman, when I first attempted a description of him, that I believed he had light trowsers on—when they first came to ask about the persons coming to my house, I did not know they were inquiring anything respecting this party—to the best of my belief he had no great coat—I told the policeman in the first instance that I could not tell whether he had a great coat or not—I believe I also told the policeman I did not know whether he had any whiskers, or not, and that I only saw his side face—I saw his side face, the left side.

MR. BODKIN . Q. What is the name of the policeman you have been asked about? A. The first that came was the inspector—that was on the Friday after the Monday on which this happened—they came and asked me if I had any recollection of any persons—I then gave a description of the man and the woman—at that time I knew nothing of the prisoner, or of his being a Frenchman, or anything about it.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Did you say a word about its being a Frenchman's hat in the first instance? A. Not at first.

ELIZABETH MENGALL . I am a dress-maker, and live in Church-street, Chelsea. On Monday night, the 29th of April, I was standing outside the White Hart, in Duke-street, Chelsea—the waiter of the White Hart was standing outside also—it was from twenty minutes to half-past ten o'clock, as near as I can recollect—I saw a man and woman pass by the side of me—they crossed the road by the butter-shop opposite—while they were passing I heard the woman say she could not stop out to-night—I noticed her dress—she had a white straw bonnet, dark shawl, and a light dress, with a boa—it was a beautiful moonlight night, and the gas-lamps in the butter-shop were so very light, I could see anything—her shawl had a border about this depth—I cannot say how the man was dressed—he had a dark frock coat on, and rather a broadish brimmed hat—they appeared genteel persons to me, as they passed—about two o'clock on the following morning, Tuesday, I saw the deceased at her house, and recognised her as a person I had formerly known as a person who had worked for my mistress—I did not recognise her the night before, when she passed by—it is seven or eight years ago, or it may be eight or nine, since she worked for my mistress—when I saw her next morning she had on the same dress as the person I saw pass on the previous night—I saw her face that night—I never saw the prisoner before to my know ledge—I saw him at the police-court, Wandsworth—I think it was on the Saturday following—I think he was at the bar, but I cannot say now—I was able to say that he was the man I had seen on the Monday night previous—he is the man—I only saw his right side face on the Monday night—they crossed over to the butter-shop—following the direction in which they were going would lead

to Battersea-bridge—I went as far as the corn-chandler's, near the bridge, and I saw them as far as the first lamp-post on the bridge—they were twenty yards from the foot of the bridge when I lost them—they had not passed the toll-house—they were about twenty yards from the bridge when I lost sight of them, twenty yards from the toll-house—another lady and gentleman who came out of the White Hart—it was Mr. and Mrs. Messenger—they also went over the bridge, about ten minutes after I had seen these two persons.

EDMUND ROGERS . I am waiter at the White Hart. On the night of the 29th of April, I was standing with Mengall outside the door—I recollect see ing a man and woman pass—I did not know either of them—I have not seen either of them since, so as to recognise them—as they passed, there was a word said about going there to-night—the man said, "Will you go there to-night?—the woman said, no, she could not go, she could not stop out to-night, or something of that sort—they walked on—Mengall followed them—she went up the street—the woman had a lightish gown on, and a light-coloured straw bonnet, (I think a straw-coloured,) a dark shawl, and light-coloured boa—the man had a dark dress—I cannot say whether it was blue, black, or what—I did not observe his hat—it was a black hat, I believe—I observed nothing particular about it.

REBECCA SEWARD . I live in Duke-street, Chelsea. On Monday, the 29th of April, about half-past ten o'clock, I was coming down Beaufort-street, which leads into Duke-street—there are railings there that join the toll-house of the bridge—the White Hart is in Duke-street, but further from the bridge—when I got into Duke-street, I noticed a man and woman turning from Beaufort-street into Duke-street; the woman had a light dress on, a dark shawl, and a light bonnet—I could not see much of the man—I was turning round the corner, going down Beaufort-street turning into Duke-street—I went down Duke-street towards the White Hart—I had occasion to pass where these persons were standing—as I passed them, I heard the man say to the woman, in a loud voice, "And so you won't"—that was all I heard said—as I passed on, they continued standing together, near the rails of the bridge—this was pronounced in a loud tone, I thought in anger.

WILLIAM EVANS ( a boy ) I live at Chelsea. On the night of the 29th of April last, about twenty-five minutes to eleven o'clock, I was on the Surrey side of Battersea-bridge, just at the end of the public-house, which is about ten yards, I think, from the foot of the bridge—while I was standing there, I saw a man and woman standing on the crown-arch, which is about the middle of the bridge—in a minute or two after I had noticed them stand ing there, I heard a faint scream—I was then looking another way—I thought it was the scream of a woman—it led me to look towards where I had seen the man and woman standing, and I saw the woman running from the top of the bridge towards the toll-house, towards the Battersea side, where I was, and I thought she said, that a man had cut her throat—that was when she got to the toll-house—I went up to the toll-house, when I saw her there—I did not observe the man at all, when she was running towards the toll-house, after I heard the scream—the scream appeared to come from the bridge, where the man and woman were—I believe one gentleman came off the bridge through the toll-house, after I heard the scream—I do not know whether he stopped there, or what he did—I ran off for a doctor directly—I noticed that the woman had on a white bonnet and a dark shawl when I came to the toll-house—I did not notice the dress of the persons when I saw them standing on the crown of the bridge.

Cross-examined. Q. It was a beautiful moonlight night, was it not? A.

Yes, I could see the man and woman very distinctly from where I was standing—the moment I heard the scream I looked to that spot—I saw no man there then—the gentleman that came over the bridge had a frock coat on, a Taglioni, and a broad-brimmed hat.

Q. Did he come running over the bridge? A. I was not looking at him—I was looking at the woman—I went for a doctor—I went over the bridge, and round Duke-street—I ran as hard as I could run—I did not see any persons run in the same direction—I know Mr. Mullens—I did not see him go up Duke-street—I ran faster than any of the rest—I was the first one that went there—I ran as far as the old church at Chelsea—I did not call "Police" as I ran along—I saw a young man at the stable close by the old church—he asked me what I wanted, I told him—I do not know who he was, I have never seen him since—there was nobody there but that young man that I saw—I went to Dr. Bartlett's, opposite the new pier—I did not come back with a doctor—I saw three doctors start off.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. Did you use the expression, you were not looking, when this person in the frock coat passed over the bridge? A. Yes—I was looking when the two persons were on the bridge—when the woman was lying at the toll-gate I was not looking—I was looking at the woman—I do not know the gentleman that had the broadish brimmed hat and the Tag lioni coat on—he was at the toll-gate—he was talking, I do not know what he said; it was while the woman was lying there—he staid there as long as I did—I left him there when I went for a doctor.

RICHARD MESSENGER . I am an engineer. At the time of the murder I lived next door to the White Hart; but I have since removed—I do not know the name of the street. On the night this occurred, I crossed Battersea-bridge from the Middlesex side, to the best of my knowledge, from twenty minutes past ten o'clock to half-past ten—I am not positive to the time—my wife was with me—we walked on the left-hand side of the bridge from the Middlesex side—I noticed a man on the bridge, as I went over, he was standing still; on the same side that I walked—he was as near the first lamp, after entering the bridge, as possible—the lamp is rather better than the length of this court from the toll-house—he was standing looking over the balustrades into the water—he turned round as we passed, and I saw his face, but not sufficient to recognise him again—he had a dark surtout coat on—that is the only article of dress I can swear to—after passing him, when I got to the end of the bridge, I saw a woman lying on the ground, exactly in front of the toll-house at the other end of the bridge—it was the deceased.

Q. Now was there any other person on the bridge, from the time you entered it on the Middlesex side, till you arrived at where you found the deceased lying, except the man you passed? A. Not any, with the excep tion of two men with a cart containing two dead horses, they were going towards the Surrey side, the same as myself—it followed us on the bridge and passed us, and we repassed it before reaching the other end—the two men were in the cart—it came up to us just at the time we got to the man—I did not observe it stop—it might have stopped to wait for the toll-man to let them through; but when I was outside the gate, on the Surrey side, the cart was inside on the bridge—when we came up to the deceased, the cart was inside on the bridge—she was lying outside of the bridge, on the Surrey side, in front of the toll-house—the cart had not arrived at the place where the woman was lying—it had arrived at the gate, but was not through—I did not notice the little boy Evans—I was dressed in a round coat, white trowsers, and a light waistcoat, I think—it was a round cut-off velvet coat.

Cross-examined. Q. Is that the hat you had on? A. Yes—I have now a frock-coat on—I did not notice that the man I saw looking over had light

trowsers on—the only article I can speak to was a frock-coat—he was leaning over, looking at the water.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Did you and your wife stop at all during your progress over the bridge? A. Not till we arrived at the deceased.

MRS. MESSENGER . On the night of the 29th of April, I passed over Bat tersea-bridge with my husband—I saw a man on the bridge—to my recol lection he wore a frock coat, and I thought the brim of his hat unusually broad—I did not observe whether he had light or dark trowsers—I saw no other person standing or walking on the bridge until I got to the toll-house—I merely passed over with my husband.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you not express an opinion to the policeman that you thought his trowsers were light? A. No.

JAMES COOK . I am a coal-porter, and live in Danvers-street, Chelsea—it is near Battersea-bridge—it runs into Duke-street. On the night of the 29th of April, I was standing near Chelsea church—the carman Timms was with me—no other person at that time—it was about twenty-five minutes to eleven—while standing there, I saw a man running in the direction from the bridge, and calling "Police! police!" in a tone of voice, as if he was very much agitated—he went up Church-lane, or Church-street—I was not stand ing in Church-lane—I was in Duke-street—Duke-street and Church-lane join each other—I saw him return almost momentarily, and he said, "There is a woman that has cut her throat on the bridge"—I cannot say which way he went then—I left him immediately, and went towards the bridge—I saw a policeman—the man had on a dark frock-coat to the best of my recollection—nothing else that I remember—he had a hat on that was broad-brimmed, and he wore it much over his forehead—I afterwards saw a person whom I believe to be the same, at Wandsworth police-station—that was on Satur day the 11th of May, I think—I saw him standing among other people, and recognized him—it was the prisoner—I believe him to be the same man—he is the person I singled out from among the crowd at Wandsworth, and I believe him to be the person I saw that night.

COURT . Q. Was he standing with others at the time, or by himself? A. With others.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. How many other persons do you suppose there were about him, at Wandsworth? A. Perhaps sixty.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you go before the coroner? A. No—the name of the policeman I gave information to is Wells—I think I saw him outside here—I did not tell him I had seen a man running, nor anything about it, more than that there was a woman on the bridge that had cut her throat—I did not see any little boy—I did not stay a minute after I heard this intelligence—the person who had the broadish brimmed hat had it pulled down over his face—I had never seen him before in my life, to my knowledge—there were not two other persons besides me and Timms—there were two other persons ran with me from the church to the bridge, but not with Timms—when the man came back from running up Church-lane, there were two other persons at the corner of Church-street—I do not know them—I had never seen them before, to my knowledge—the man cried "Police!" as if he was agitated very much, in a very low tone of voice—I do not know which way he took after that—I left him under a lamp-post at the corner of Church-lane—I saw the prisoner thirteen days after—he was not surrounded by many policemen when I saw him at Wandsworth, to the best of my recollection—I think there were one or two policemen around him—I do not know their names—I am sure he was not between two policemen—there was one, perhaps, three persons off him—I had had no talk with any policemen before I went into the room—I will swear that—no further than my evidence given at the bar—I had not been

talking with them about my evidence before I went into the room—I had no talk with any policeman before I went into the room, only as far as my evi dence was concerned—I had as far as my evidence was concerned—that was not with one of the policemen that was standing near the prisoner when I went into the room—one of those policemen was not by when I had the conversa tion with the other policeman—I think I could identify a person thirteen days after whom I had seen with a broad brimmed hat slouched over his eyes—I am sure I could—if I was to see a man full in the face, I could identify him after that—I was quite sober that night—Timms was not quite sober—I and he had not been drinking together—I had been to supper with my mother—we supped about nine o'clock—I left my mother's about half-past ten—we had a pint of porter at supper between three of us, that was all—the person went perhaps ten yards up Church-lane—it leads to Queen's Elms—there is a turning out of Church-lane, to the left, that leads into Danvers-street—I have seen Mr. Mullens since then—at least I have seen a man who, I have been given to understand, was Mr. Mullens.

MR. SOLICITOR-GENERAL . Q. Is Mr. Mullens the person who called "Police! police!" in the way you have described? A. No—I saw this per son full in the face—there was a gas lamp near, hanging from the old church-yard—I was standing close by it—it was a light night, moonlight.

JOHN TIMMS . I am a carman, and live at 10, George-street, Chelsea. On the night of the 29th of April I was at the corner of Church-lane, near the old church, Chelsea, close to the stable where my horses are kept—Cook was there with me—he was standing in the road—I did not see a man come from the bridge—I saw a man come down Church-lane—he called "Police! police!" and said a woman had cut her throat on Battersea-bridge—he then went along the waterside—not towards the bridge, but the other way—I did not take notice of his person at all—he had a surtout coat on, I believe; a frock coat, you might term it—it was between ten and eleven o'clock—it struck ten when I was in the King's-road, it took me a quarter of an hour to come home, and I had been home some time before I heard the man repeat these words.

Cross-examined. Q. How long had you been standing with Cook when you saw the man come running down Church-lane? A. It might be two or three minutes—I cannot say exactly how long—it might be longer—I did not take particular notice—it might perhaps be four or five minutes—I cannot exactly say—he called "Police!" pretty loud, so loud that I could hear him—he was about nine or ten yards from me—I stood in the dark, and Cook stood in the light—the man was against the church wall when I heard him—he made a stop when I heard him speak, and I saw and heard no more of him after that—I had not been with Cook before, that evening—I did not observe any other person, because I turned myself round to attend to my master's business.

MR. BODKIN . Q. How long did the man stop at the wall? A. Not a moment.

WILLIAM BEADLE . I live at Chelsea. On Monday, the 29th of April, at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock at night, I was passing the Cricketers public-house a few yards from Chelsea old church, going towards it—I met a man—as he came near the Cricketers, he was hasting , it was not exactly a walk or a run—there were some girls assembled by the Cricketers, which seemed to impede his progress, and he immediately commenced calling for the police—I noticed his dress—he had on a dark frock coat, and dark trow sers—I did not notice his hat at all—I should say he was about my height, about five feet six inches—the prisoner is the person—the first time I saw him again was at Wandsworth, at the second examination, on a Saturday, about thirteen days afterwards.

Cross-examined. Q. How does it happen that you never gave your evidence before? A. I do not know—I was summoned before the Coroner's Inquest—I did not give evidence—the superintendent of police told me I was not wanted—I am a baker—not a master baker—I live at No. 12, Cheyne-row—I have lived there rather better than two years—I believe the person I saw that night had a hat on—I cannot positively swear he had—I did not notice anything particularly besides his dress—I had seen him frequently before, I believe, but not to know him—on the night in question I noticed nothing particularly but his dress.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. Where had you seen him frequently? A. I have been near Battersea-bridge for the last five or six years, and have seen him pass before the door, as a mere casual passer by, in the daytime—I did not know his name.

COURT . Q. Did you observe his face when you saw him that night? A. I did not take particular notice of his face, only his side face—from seeing his side face I believe he was a person whose person I was familiar with, by seeing him go by.

MARY ANN NUNN . I live at No. 17, Montpelier-square, Brompton, I know the prisoner's daughter, Charlotte Dalmas—on the night of the 29th of April she was living at the next house to us, No. 18—in the course of that night I saw the prisoner—I knew him before—it was from ten minutes to a quarter past eleven o'clock—I cannot say what distance Montpelier-square is from Battersea-bridge—I have never walked the distance—I saw him standing oppo site our window on the night of the 29th—his daughter was with him—she came from the next house to where he was standing, opposite our window—I saw him go past the railing—it appeared to me as if he had knocked at the railing—when she met him she appeared to me to be very much flurried—he took hold of her hand—he was talking to her—they were talking together—that was all I saw—I observed nothing more than that.

Q. What do you mean by the word flurried? A. Why she stood as if she seemed rather flurried—I did not hear anything from her—I did not observe their faces—they had their backs turned to me—I could not see their faces—I did not observe the prisoner do anything after he had talked to his daughter in this way—he walked away afterwards, and she went towards her own house—I did not observe him much—he had his back turned to me the whole time, therefore I cannot say in what state he seemed—his back was not turned to me when he tapped at the railing—I saw him go by the house first—his back was not towards me then—it was afterwards—I did not look at his face—I did not observe his appearance at all.

Cross-examined. Q. Was your sister Louisa present at the time? A. Yes—I had the same opportunity of seeing that she had.

LOUISA NUNN . I live in Montpelier-square. I recollect being with the last witness at the window—she is not my sister—I do not recollect the date—I have seen the prisoner—I saw him that night, I should say from ten minutes till a quarter-past eleven o'clock, as near as I can recollect—I know his daughter—I have been in the habit of seeing her—she then lived at the next house to ours, but she does not now—when I first noticed the prisoner he was standing with his daughter at his side, on the same side of the street as my house, immedi ately opposite my parlour window, on the same pavement—they appeared to be conversing together for it might have been two or three minutes, I cannot say exactly—I heard her shriek, and I did not like the look of his appearance at all—he appeared as if he had been doing something—it was something ex traordinary—I did not go up to the window myself till I heard her shriek—the last witness was there before me—they continued together after the shriek, it might be three or four minutes, I cannot tell exactly—he appeared to

whisper something to her, and she appeared to me to stand aghast at the mo ment—she called out, "Oh, father, father"—I heard her say that—I saw him leave her—he seemed to go away in a very hurried manner—he had hold of her hand, and said he would come next morning at half-past seven—she said, "No, seven"—he said, "Very well, seven," and he seemed to dart off in a very great hurry.

Cross-examined. Q. Pray are you engaged in literary pursuits? A. No—I am not a novel writer—I have no occupation—I am independent—the other young lady lives with me—she is a relation of my second husband—he is not living—her sight is good, and her faculties—she hears perfectly well—she is a young lady of perfectly respectable character, and of undoubted veracity.

SARAH ANN MILES . I live with my father and mother, at No. 4, Chapel-place, Brompton. The prisoner lodged with us—he came on the 4th of Nov., last year, and continued there up to the 29th of April last—he occupied the back-room second floor as a bed-room, and sitting-room as well—he was at home in the early part of that night—he went out the last time at nine o'clock—he had a latch key—he had slept out of the house between the 4th of Nov. and the 29th of April—sometimes he would go out on Saturday, and not come back till Tuesday or Wednesday—the last time that he did so that I remember was at Easter—I know that he went out at nine o'clock on the 29th of April, because I know his footstep so well—there is another lodger on the same floor, but that man had got a paralytic stroke, and was lame, so that in going down stairs there was a halt, and his step was very heavy—I know the step of the one from the step of the other.

Cross-examined. Q. Then the prisoner was at home at nine o'clock that evening, was he? A. As near as I can tell—I do not know the time exactly—it was about nine—I have no reason to know that he was in difficulties about money.

COURT . Q. Did you ever see him in his lodgings after that evening? A. No—I did not know of his intention of going away.

CHARLES MILES . I am shopman to an ironmonger, and am landlord of the house in Chapel-place, where the prisoner lived. He had a latch-key to let himself in—on the night of the 29th of April I came home from my employ ment about half-past nine o'clock—there was then no candle on the stairs—I occupy the ground-floor—in the course of the night the policeman came to my house—I should think it was past twelve o'clock—how much I cannot say—there was nothing on the stairs then—I saw no candlestick on the stairs—Nash, my lodger, put one into my hand—the candle was alight—that was at the time the policeman came—I have other lodgers, Henry Stillwell and his wife, Mary Nash, and a person named Ewell—I should think Montpelier square is about three minutes' walk from my house—I should say the candle was three parts burnt down—it appeared as if it had not been lighted long, as the snuff was very short—the candlestick was my property—Dalmas used it—it was generally kept in his room—I had not seen the candle and candlestick there when I came home at half-past nine—I did not see the pri soner that evening at all—I did not see him in my house after that—he had not mentioned his intention of leaving his lodging.

Cross-examined. Q. Had he not on several occasions before, left his lodg ings for two or three days without expressing any intention of doing so? A. Yes—I do not know that there were any executions out against him at that time—I cannot say that I know it now—I do not know that he was in diffi culties about money—Ewell is now in St. George's Hospital—the policeman went to him—Stillwell and his wife are here.

COURT . Q. Had you gone to bed before the policeman came? A. Yes,

I think I went to bed about half-past ten—there was no candle on the stairs then.

HENRY STILLWELL . On the 29th of April I lodged at Mr. Miles's house—in the course of that night I did not light any candle that was in the pri soner's room, or know of its being done by anybody.

Cross-examined. Q. What is Ewell? A. A coachman—I was not at all intimate with Dalmas—I do not know anything about his money matters.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Do you know whether Ewell was in the house that night? A. Not to my knowledge—I was gone to bed when the policeman came—I neither saw or heard anything of the prisoner in the house that night.

FRANCES STILLWELL . I am the wife of the last witness. I was at home on the 29th of April—I went to bed about half-past nine—I did not light any candle that was usually kept in the prisoner's room—I know nothing about it.

MARY NASH . I lodge in Mr. Miles's house. I remember the night the policeman came there—I was in bed when he came—I got up—I cannot be positive whether I gave Mr. Miles a lighted candle, or whether I did not—I found one at the foot of the last flight of stairs—the first pair from the passage—there is one floor above that—the stairs lead to the first floor—I found it on the stairs of the ground-floor—three yards, or three yards and a half from the door of the house—I know nothing myself about the lighting that candle, or placing it there—I did not know the other lodger, Ewell—I knew there was a lodger, but did not know his name.

COURT . Q. Was it on the policeman's coming that you got up and found the candle? A. Yes.

CHARLES MILES re-examined. I went to bed about half-past ten or a quarter to eleven o'clock—Ewell, one of my lodgers, is in the hospital—he was at home that night—he had gone to bed before I did—I got up when the policeman came—Ewell was not disturbed—he continued in his room—if the prisoner or any one else came in with a latch-key, there were Lucifer matches generally in the room to light a candle with—I did not see Ewell go to bed—he generally went straight up to bed when he came home—I know he was in bed—I had not seen him at all after he came in—I am not certain whether I did not open his room door that night when the police came—I cannot swear he was in the house when I went to bed.

S. A. MILES re-examined. I remember the night the policemen came—I did not see them—I went to bed from half-past ten to a quarter to eleven—I do not know whether Ewell was in the house when I went to bed.

FREDERICK LANGTON re-examined. About twelve o'clock on the night of the 29th of April, I went to No. 4, Chapel-place, Montpelier-square, Bromp ton, the house of Mr. Miles—the second pair back room was pointed out to me as Dalmas's room—I searched it, and found these letters there—I marked them "A. B. C."—I found them loose on the table, with a note apparently written by Miss Dalmas—this is marked by me, "D"—this paper was out side it.

MR. MILES re-examined. The second pair back room, which the officer searched, was the room of Dalmas.

JOHN ROBERT DAVIS . I am assistant to Mr. Wells, pawnbroker, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. I produce a dress-coat and handkerchief pledged by the prisoner in the name of "John Mott, of Compton-street," on the 30th of April, about the afternoon, to the best of my belief.

Cross-examined. Q. Where is your shop? A. No. 49, Broad-street, Bloomsbury—they are both in the state in which they were pawned.

ELLEN GIBSON . I am unmarried. I am the sister of Mrs. M'Farlane—her name was Sarah Eleanor—she lived at No. 13, Bridge-road, Battersea—I saw her at a little after one o'clock on the day she met her death—she was then standing at her own door, as well as I ever saw her in my life, and in good spirits—I saw no more of her till I saw her lying in the passage of the Swan—I know the prisoner too well—I have known him by sight for the last eighteen years—I have lived a neighbour by him for the last six years—I lived next door to him for a year and a half—he has been paying attentions to my sister for the last few months—the last time I saw him in her com pany, was on the 9th of April—I know his handwriting.

MR. WILKINS . Q. Have you seen him write? A. I have received a letter from him, and should know his writing in a moment—I cannot say that I have seen him write.

MR. BODKIN . Q. Did you say you have received letters from him? A. On one occasion I received a letter from him—I never answered it—he after-wards asked me why I did not answer it—I believe these letters to be his handwriting—( looking at several )—I have seen these letters before—( looking at the three found at the prisoner's lodging )—I am sure these are his writing.

WILLIAM M'FABLANE . I am sixteen years old, and am the son of the late Mrs. M'Farlane—I know the prisoner—about a fortnight before my mother's death he gave me a knife to sharpen—it had four blades, two pen blades, one larger, and a sort of a file—I sharpened the large one, and returned it to him on the 20th of April.

ELLEN GIBSON re-examined. I believe this other letter to be the prisoner's handwriting.

WILLIAM CUMMING ( police-constable D 3.) On the morning of the 4th of May I was on duty at the Marylebone station—about one o'clock that morn ing the prisoner came to the station—I did not open the door to him—I was acting inspector—he was introduced to me—he said, "My name is Augustus Dalmas"—I said, "Stop, my man"—I took up the route book, looked at it, and saw that the description given of him there corresponded—I said, "There is a very serious charge against you, and whatever statement you may make to me, I will repeat to the Magistrate, before whom you will have to appear"—he said, "I wish to surrender myself to you; I am haunted to death by the reports in the newspapers; they are all wrong: Mrs. M'Farlane accompanied me with my daughter to her situation; we had some gin and cloves at the Stag public-house about nine o'clock at night; I did not cross the bridge at all; we had some strong observations on family affairs; she said my children were rather ungrateful to her; if anything should happen to my daughter she should never admit her into her house again. My daughter Char lotte is the only witness that spoke the truth"—I think that was all he said—he said Mrs. M'Farlane did not cross the bridge at all, that she walked to the toll-gate—I searched him, and found a glove, spectacle-case, and a du plicate of a black dress-coat, pledged at Mr. Wells's, No. 49, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, in the name of John Mott.

Cross-examined. Q. I believe you are not quite sure whether he said his daughter Charlotte or Augusta? A. No—I examined his clothes and everything about him.

RICHARD TAYLOR ( police-constable D 203.) I was on duty at the station-house when the prisoner came there—I had been with the route, and as I knocked at the door the prisoner followed me in—he inquired for the inspec tor on duty—I introduced him to Sergeant Cumming—some short time after he was placed in a cell there, and I was put with him—he said he saw in the

papers that the Commissioners in Scotland-yard would not spare any expense or trouble in taking him—he said, "I thought I would not give them any more trouble; I intended to have gone there, but I suppose you will send them word I am here"—I took some bread and cheese out of my pocket, and asked him if he would take some—he did not eat it—he said he was so much agitated in mind about this affair to-night, that he could not eat anything—he said he thought it would be better for him to give himself up, than to be taken; and if there was a reward offered, he should have chosen his man to give himself up to—that was all that passed about the affair—I was placed there to prevent his doing any mischief to himself.

THOMAS BICKNELL . I am superintendent of the B division of police. On Tuesday morning, the 30th of April, I went to Mrs. M'Farlane's; and, among other papers, found this, marked No. 6.

WILLIAM DANIEL ANDREWS . I am a brother of the deceased. I saw her clothes—her boa was of a greyish colour, as near as I can recollect—it was in such a state I did not like to see it, it was saturated with blood, and I de stroyed it—I burnt the bonnet—it was white straw, as near as I can recollect, but disfigured with blood.

COURT . Q. What was her age? A. Forty-five, and I think, three months and a fortnight.

FREDERICK LANGTON re-examined. I have the gown—it was given into my possession by Inspector Shepherd, at the house of Mrs. M'Farlane—I also produce two shawls, which I found in the house, a pair of boots, and apron—one shawl has a narrower border than the other.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you know whether there are any executions out against Dalmas at this time? A. No, I do not.

DR. WILLIAM CONNOR . I live at Battersea. On the 29th of April I was called to go to the Swan—I went, and saw Mrs. M'Farlane—she was dead when I arrived—I examined her—her death was caused by an incised wound on the right side of her neck—there is no doubt of that—I should think it could not have been inflicted by herself, from the situation and direction of the wound, and from the manner in which the skin of the lower extremity of it was divided—it was not cut through completely, but scored.

The following letters, found in the possession of the deceased, addressed to her, and proved to be in the prisoner's hand-writing, were read :—"Monday, 15th Jan., 1844. To the woman that I adore, and will adore to the last hour of my existence—Sarah, beloved Sarah. In the name of God have pity upon your unhappy Augustus. I waited yesterday morning in the greatest anxiety in the hope of seeing you with me at the altar of God, according to your promise. This morning I intended to watch for you at Queen's Elms, but you sending me word by Caroline that you would call on me at eleven o'clock, made me stop at home; did you do that on purpose? It is now four o'clock, and I shall not stir from Queen's Elms till I have seen you; but if you should evade me, pray send me word by Augusta before twelve o'clock to-morrow, where and at what time I am to meet you in the evening. See you I must, if it cost my life—that life which is entirely in your hands, and at your commands, next to God. Beloved, truly beloved Sarah,—do not abandon your Augustus."

No. 6.—"Friday evening, 12th April, 1844. Beloved Sarah,—It is now past seven o'clock—I have an appointment at half-past with Dr. Morrison. Not having seen anything of Augusta, I forward this by post, to say that Caroline sat up last night to make the three caps, one for you and two for Augusta. I should have brought them over this evening, but am afraid the rain would spoil them. Pray send Augusta for them to-morrow before four o'clock, and

let me know at what hour I am to meet you in the evening. There is also a small parcel which Caroline has left here for Augusta. I hope you have got on well this day with your work, and that you will have done in good time to-morrow afternoon, that I may have the happiness of enjoying your com pany for an hour, before you surrender Augusta to her place. God bless you, my dear beloved Sarah—your ever faithful husband,

A. DALMAS . "

"Tuesday, 16th April, 1844. My dearest Sarah,—I have no one now to come and inform me how you are; how wretched it makes me. I suppose you spent a happy evening yesterday, while I was pining in my now desolate garret. O my Sarah—if you knew how unhappy I felt, I think you would almost have been tempted to come and see me, even at the late hour at which you came home. What a miserable day again I have to pass. Pray, my dearest Sarah, shorten the dull hours of my solitude, and come and see me as early as you possibly can—as early as your good heart will prompt you. Come and take a cup of coffee with your Augustus—your devoted Augustus and faithful husband. I shall expect you from four to five o'clock, for your interview with Dr. Morrison will, I know, be the means of saving me, and insuring my future welfare, by being able to possess you. How proud I shall be then to say to my ungrateful children, "Here is the woman that saved your father's life"—I suppose you are aware what makes me so unhappy this day—if not, look at the date of this letter, the 16th. I fully expect a letter from your sister Caroline to-morrow morning, as I requested it as a par ticular favour, as you would spend the evening with me. God bless you, my beloved Sarah. God bless you again, my adored woman. Your ever faithful and affectionate husband,

A. DALMAS . "

"Thursday afternoon, 18th April, 1844. Dearest and beloved Sarah,—I have not recovered from the shock the news you brought me last evening gave me. I did not say much to you for fear of increasing the lowness of spirits in which I found you; but the nervous grasp with which I pressed your hand while at chapel, must have let you know what was passing in my agitated bosom. Bitterly did I reflect and repent the rash step I took on the 9th of August last, as by this time, with perseverance, you and I might have been happy. The idea of your being obliged to turn your house into a lodging-house for common men, breaks my heart. Is there nothing else you can do? The idea of an unprotected woman to be surrounded and have to wait upon a parcel of fellows, drives me mad. The continued hatred of your sister Ellen towards me also afflicts me to the highest degree; a woman who I never injured in any way, but always respected, and would have been proud to call my sister. She was partly the cause of my leaving my home, and I do really believe will not be satisfied till she sees me dead; on her head their will be my death, and I shall leave to Providence the care of punishing her for her inveterate and undeserved enmity to me. Excuse me, my adored Sarah, if my feelings force me to write thus; but you have no idea what pangs I endure when I reflect upon what has passed for the last nine months. Do not fail to meet me and Caroline at chapel on Sunday. Poor girl, I thought she would have fainted when I told her of your troubles; she would have gone over to you this evening, but the little boy is so poorly she cannot leave him in the evening. Do not be shy at Mr. Morrison when you see him on Sunday. I merely told him, that you had acted as a mother to my children, and how happy I should be to have such a woman as you for my partner, if ever it pleased God to put me in a situation to offer you my hand. I inclose a letter I received from your Caroline. You will inform me on Sunday what I am to say to her in my next. I suppose William will call on

me by eight o'clock on Saturday evening; I shall wait at home for him. Perhaps you will send me a few shillings by him, in case the weather should be bad on Sunday, which I pray God will not be the case, for I long to join my prayers to yours, for our future welfare and happiness. Should Dr. Morrison write to you, or make any further inquiries, pray let me know im mediately. I shall call on him on Saturday morning. I hope, my beloved, you have been able to keep up your spirits, and gone on pretty well with your work; to-morrow evening you will be enjoying yourself, perhaps while I am pining. Can I call at Higgins's for you if so let me know. Why don't you get Mrs. Rock to write to me if you cannot spare time, yet a line from your own hand would be such a consolation to your unfortunate Augustus. Try, my dearest, to find a few minutes to spare to write yourself, if it is only one line, signed by my beloved Sarah; I shall preserve it as a treasure. Do not forget the broach and the book on Sunday. God bless and protect you, my beloved Sarah—my only friend. Pray for your affectionate husband, " A. DALMAS ."

"Monday afternoon, April 21, 1844.—My beloved, adored Sarah, Remem ber you gave me your blessing and forgiveness on parting this morning, there fore do not harbour a reproach against your Augustus, but still love him as he loves you. My unfortunate Augusta leaves her situation to-morrow even ing—can you still act as her mother, and give her shelter until she recruits her health and obtains a situation as nursemaid? she can take care of your house, and do all you require her to do, to assist you and keep your house in order; pray do not abandon her. Will you be kind enough to meet me at seven o'clock to-morrow evening, at Trafalgar-square, to receive her in your care, and see what her mistress will allow her for what she has done. My poor heart is broken at the idea of seeing such a young girl so unfortunate. I have something on my mind which I want to divulge to you, in case anything should happen to me, therefore pray attend to this solemn appeal of mine to meet me to-morrow at seven o'clock precisely. Your unfortunate AUGUSTUS DALMAS . "

"Tuesday evening, 23rd April, 1844.—My Sarah,—This is the first time you sent me a cross message, and I hope it will be the last. You told me you had forgiven me, and gave me your blessing. Why, then, should you now send me such a message that you are very cross with me? Augusta has money to pay you for her temporary stoppage at your house, as I think Caroline will require her assistance in the nursery, or get her a situation near her, therefore do not be angry. You always told me that Augusta should never want a friend as long as you had a home for her, but whatever you do for her will be fully rewarded. See you I must; therefore send me word by Augusta to-morrow morning, when and where with the least inconvenience to you. Although you sent me such a cross message, I am still your affec tionate husband, A. DALMAS . Relent, relent."

The three following letters were those found on the table at the prisoner's lodging.

A—"To Mrs. M'Farlane, Bridge-road, Battersea, Surrey.—Read with atten tion the last sentiments of a man who did once love you to perdition, whom you have ruined, and now grossly insulted, and call Mr. Kiss my * * Infernal Millwood! monster in woman's shape!—you have now thrown off the mask, and shown yourself in your true colours; an abandoned profligate prostitute of the lowest order. I know all your artful deceptions. You are little aware who watched you when you were carrying on your criminal intercourse with your paramour. You used to send my daughters up stairs, and under pretence of bringing the tea-kettle on the wash-house fire, you artfully ex amined

the passage and the stairs to see that no one was listening or watching, then locked yourself in the back chapel room, and prostituted yourself for hours together. You have dishonoured the names of your father and husband, and have the effrontery to boast of it. Well might the gar deners, when they used to pass your dwelling, say, "This is the house of that b—old wh—M'Farlane, who used to live in the gardens; she keeps a chapel and a brothel." I was so infatuated, I would not believe any of those reports, but am now fully convinced; indeed your obscenities with me, and your repeated pollutions of my person ought to have opened my eyes, but under a spell, I mistook your profligacy for affection. All you wanted was to satisfy your obscene propensities, and enjoy yourself at my expense, and when you found all the money gone, like other prostitutes, you laugh at me for a fool, and insult me in the most disgusting language, fit only for a Westminster wh; but you shall not go unpunished. I write by this very post to Mrs. Talk, and others of your family, and disclose the whole of your profligate conduct. You—to dare to say that you have done anything for my family; they never had an ounce of bread from you but what you charged them the price of a loaf. You have shamefully robbed them and me. You directed your thief of a son to enter in the book double the amount of whatever they had. You have lived upon my money for the last four months, and you never rendered an account. Where did you get the money to pay for your son's shoes, but in my purse? Did you not charge me for Sophia's expenses down to Derby, when you had more than the amount sent you by Miss Graham and Mrs. Woolf? Did you not have the meanness to charge the 3 s . 6 d ., which your paramour, Meredith, deducted from the linen-draper's bill? when you had so much money of mine in your hands, you would not even allow poor Augusta a penny for medicine, while you was launching me into all sorts of extravagance, in supplying you with gin, &c., &c. Instead of a virtuous woman, I found in you a cursing, swearing, blaspheming, gin-drinking prostitute, who will go with the lowest fellow, provided he can treat you—a woman of the most vulgar and dirty, lazy habits—who blushes at nothing—call to her son, in the presence of my daughter, to fetch the p—p—, and squat and ease herself before him—and O, horrid! allows that son, seventeen years old, to sleep with her, when she is aware of his having obscene books and pictures in his possession. In famous woman, these are the actions for which you ought to be horse-whipped out of Battersea; and wherever you go, there ought to be a post and a lantern with the words, 'Beware of a prostitute.' Simpson had often told me that you were a bad lot altogether, and that you were one of the most artful pro stitutes in Battersea, but I was fool enough not to listen to him. Monster, you have obtained your wishes in bringing me to my grave—you are my murderess. I shall haunt you during your life, and when I meet you in hell, will torment you to eternity—you will wither and die a miserable old wretch. Miserable man that I am, to have placed my affections on such a prostitute and monster; but my children will revenge me I hope, and make you restore all you have robbed them of, and give an account of my money. You have lived for years by your prostitution, and obtaining possession of the unfortu nate property. Well might you, with your two days' work, wear nothing but silk stockings and French shoes, and lull yourself in bed till nine o'clock, while my poor unfortunate children were obliged to do your dirty work. You and that old b—d, Rock, dare to call my daughter a wh—; look how she works, and that will be at once a complete denial of all you artfully tried to insinuate in my mind against her; but she has found friends, who will punish you for what you have done to her. I have informed her of all your

obscene actions with me—your debauchery and profligacy; and you may rest assured she will revenge me. I send this letter unsealed, on purpose that it may be read at the post-office, and that all Battersea may know what a pro fligate wh—you are. The letter to Mrs. Talk is also left unsealed for the same purpose; independent of which, I left a paper on my table which shall appear in the papers, that you may not have a chance of escaping the op probrium and the scorn you so richly deserve, and prevent other miserable beings from falling into your snares. Go, wretched wh—, and carry on your trade fairly at Wapping, amongst your companions, and don't assume again the cloak of religion to hide your profligate conduct. Complete the educa tion of your worthy son—he cannot have a better tutoress in the art of iniquity; you can make him fit for anything, and prepare his way to the gallows. Love, jealousy, and despair—all your works, have brought me to complete madness—my pen curses you—yet, in my dying moments, my poor heart still loves you. Farewell for ever.— A. DALMAS . "

B—"To Mrs. Talk, near the Bridge, Battersea, Surrey. Madam,—That consummate prostitute, M'Farlane, is a dishonour to the name and to your family, and it is high time you should be acquainted with her profligate conduct. She has carried on an illicit intercourse for some years with a married man—that profligate Meredith, the nephew of Mr. Breeze, the linen draper, at Kensington. With all her cunning she could not prevent my children from discovering her licentious libertinism; and yet this is the woman that I unfortunately did love—fatal is the hour I ever admitted her in my house; but under the mask of hypocrisy she resolved my ruin. She had hardly closed the eyes of my dying wife, than, by the most lascivious caresses, she created the fatal feelings which have now brought me to perdition. She made a secret entrance from hers into my house, that she might have access at any hour, without being perceived by her sister Ellen. Alarmed at the progress of the fatal passion she was to art fully raising in my bosom, I resolved to fly from the scene, and accordingly abandoned my home, family, and business, with the full intention of destroy ing myself; but the recollection of a faithful and affectionate daughter, who was hastening home from America, prevented me; she met me at Liverpool, and persuaded me to come back to London, where, on my arrival, that Mill wood, M'Farlane, came to meet me. She invited me to her house, where she renewed her lascivious caresses, professed the most ardent affection for me, saying that since the death of her husband she had never loved any one like me; she readily accepted me as her future husband, and induced me to pub lish the banns in Kensington church, and our marriage was actually fixed for the 16th of Jan. last. Meanwhile she had received a large sum of money for me, which she wanted me to give to her son, to set him up in some busi ness; however, having received some hints that she was carrying on an illicit intercourse with that profligate, Meredith, I hesitated; she then made up her mind to rob me of part of the money, and make me spend the remainder in debauchery with her, play-going three times per week, suppers, gin-drinking, coaches, cabs , omnibuses; nothing stood in the way. She then began to amuse herself, as she calls it, in exciting the passions to an unnatural degree by acts of the grossest indecencies, and repeated pollutions of my person, ex posing her bosom for me to suck her breast, and all sorts of obscenities that can be practised in the brothel; stopping with me till one and two o'clock in the morning; had me at her house on the Sundays, and while prayers were offering to God below, was amusing herself in her libertinism with me, sending word down to Mr. Baker that she was very poorly. You now know the cause of her absence from chapel. Ask at the toll-gate at what

hour she used to come home in the morning; interrogate my children, for even their presence did not stop her from her indecencies. Finding my money going fast, I wanted once more to fly from such a den of infamy, and, under pretence of having some business in Paris, asked her to let me have 10 l . of my money: but no, that was not her game; she would not see me depart till she had quite done with me. Alarmed at my awful situation, I began to make repeated inquiries, and found all my suspicions well founded, that every one of the Battersea gardeners knew her to be a common prostitute. I taxed her with her illicit intercourse with Meredith, and she had the un blushing effrontery that she should still carry it on; and to prevent her sister from observing when he comes, she meets him at that old bawd's, Mrs. Rock. What will you think when I inform you of her allowing her son, seventeen years old, to sleep with her, when she admitted to me herself that he had in his possession obscene books and pictures; and when she comes home, even in the presence of my youngest daughter, calls out to Bill to bring her the po, and squats herself before him. Horrid! Will you after this look upon that infamous woman as your sister? Impossible. Having now given up the chapel, she intends to turn her house into a brothel, by taking none but single men lodgers. What a miserable and unfortunate man I have been to put my affections in the power of such a vulgar prostitute. Now that she has completed my ruin, she most grossly insults me, and even to my daughter calls me Mr. Kiss my * * *. Could I have expected more dis gusting language from a Westminster wh—? Heartless wretch! When, last Sunday week, she kept me in debauchery till four o'clock in the morning at her house, I informed her that my mind was in that state that I should cut my throat; she very coolly said, "Don't do it here, it will make such a mess." Can you any longer allow that infamous prostitute to dishonour your maiden name, and allow her to call you sister? She has driven me mad—mad—mad; she has murdered me! A. DALMAS . "

C—"To my unfortunate family—Be it known, that infernal prostitute, M'Farlane, of No. 13, Bridge-road, Battersea, that second Millwood, has brought me to perdition; she has robbed me and my family under the mask of affection; she has led me into all sorts of debauchery: her profligate and illicit intercourse with that married man, Meredith, the nephew of Breeze, the linen-draper, of Kensington, at the very time she had offered to become my wife, has made me come to the determination of committing suicide. I have been adoring a common prostitute, who now insults me in the most re volting manner. To have been mad enough to put my affection on a swearing, cursing, blaspheming, gin-drinking washerwoman and a wh—, has turned my brain; I can live no longer: let the world know her, and may this prevent other victims from falling into her infernal snares. A. DALMAS . My unfor tunate children, my unfortunate family! Farewell Caroline; farewell Char lotte; farewell Sophia; farewell Augusta; farewell for ever: that Millwood M'Farlane has murdered me. A. DALMAS . Avenge my death."

GUILTY . Aged 50.— DEATH .

Before Mr. Recorder.

1776. WILLIAM THATCHER was indicted for embezzlement.

HENRY YATES , watchmaker, Putney. On the 25th of May I paid the pri soner 7 s . on account of Mr. Joyce—I knew him as his servant.

WILLIAM DALE ( policeman. ) I took the prisoner in charge—he said, "I have lost the money."

JAMES JOYCE , shoemaker, Wandsworth. The prisoner was in my service

about seventeen months—I sometimes employed him to receive money—he never told me he had received this sum—he was taken in charge on the 28th of May, three days after—I had not sent him to Yates, he went of his own accord—he was not to receive money for me unless I sent him for it—he had no general authority, and ought not to have gone for this—if anybody offered him money he was to leave it—it was a breach of his duty to receive this at all.

HENRY YATES re-examined. A pair of boots had been brought to my house on the Wednesday, and on Saturday the prisoner came to know if they fitted—I said, "Were they paid for?"—he said, "No"—I said, "What were they?"—he said, "7 s .," which I paid him—he did not ask for it.

JAMES JOYCE re-examined. He had no authority to go about these boots at all—he was at liberty to receive the money if offered, but not on my authority—if he had brought it to me I should have taken it.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did he not come to you under a written agreement? A. Yes—I received 10 l . with him.

NOT GUILTY .

1777. WILLIAM THATCHER was again indicted for embezzlement.

JAMES JOYCE . I sent the prisoner to receive 6 s . 6 d . from Mr. Potter, about the 12th of May—he came home, and said he had not received it—on the 18th of May I sent him to Mrs. Davis for 5 s . 6 d .—he came back, and said she had not paid him, she would call in a day or two.

Cross-examined. Q. What did you say when you sent him? A. I gave him Potter's bill, which was 9 s . 6 d ., but it seems he tore off the first item, which was 3 s ., and received that first—he has accounted for larger sums on other occasions—he had not to enter payments in any book.

ANN GIBBS . I am servant to Mr. Potter, of Wandsworth Common, who deals with Joyce. I know the prisoner as his servant—I saw White, my fel low-servant, pay him 3 s . 6 d ., and on the 23rd of May I paid him 6 s . 6 d . for Mr. Joyce—he wrote "Paid" on each bill, which are here.

ELIZA DAVIS . I am servant to Mr. Colburn. On the 18th of May the prisoner brought me a pair of shoes, for which I paid him 5 s . 6 d . for Mr. Joyce—he wrote "Paid" on the bill.

MR. JOYCE . He never paid me these sums.

Cross-examined. Q. Did his father offer to pay you the money? A. No.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Fourteen Days .

1778. JOHN HIGGINS was indicted for stealing 1 filly, price 20 l ., the property of George Rough .

GEORGE ROUGH . I am a market-gardener, and live at Wands worth. On the 14th of May I had a filly, which I saw safe, grazing on the common, at eight o'clock at night, with its mother and others—I missed her next morning, at eight o'clock—did not see her again till the 30th, when she was brought from Salisbury—she was worth 20 l .

EDWD. WENHAM . I am a nurseryman. The prisoner lodged and slept with me at Mrs. Chapman's, Brumhall-road, Clapham, and left about Monday even ing, the 12th or 13th of May—we lodged about a mile and three quarters from Mr. Rough's—on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, the 13th, 14th, or 15th of May, I was at a public-house—the prisoner came in, and asked if I would toss him for half a gallon of ale—I said, "No"—I afterwards tossed him for a pot—he then told me he had got a cob to break in, and was to re ceive 5 l . for that, he had received 50 s . on account, and asked if I would go

to the races on the Derby day, he would drive me down—I said I should not like to go down on Derby day in the rough, which means with a colt—he showed me a bridle which he had under his waistcoat—we sat there some time—he has not since returned to his lodging—I did not see him again till he was committed from the police court, at Wandsworth.

JAMES FRAMPTON . I live at Elmore-green, near Shaftesbury, which is 103 miles from Wandsworth. On Friday the 17th of May, I met the pri soner at the King's Arms, Shaftesbury—after some conversation he said he had a nice cob filly in the stable for sale—he said, "Step up and look at it"—I went and saw her—he said, "This thing ought to be worth 20 l . here"—I said it might yield 12 l . or 14 l . if a gentleman took a liking to it—it was about thirteen and a half hands high, and three years old—I went to the landlord of the Fountain, and told him a man at the King's Arms had a nice young thing—I met the prisoner next morning coming down to the Fountain with the mare—I returned with him to the Fountain—the landlord looked at the mare and the prisoner at his pony, but they did not deal—it was taken to the King's Arms—Wright gave him his horse, two sovereigns, and a saddle for it.

WILLIAM WRIGHT . On the Saturday I was at Elmore-green, in the parish of Malcombe, looking at some cheeses, and saw the prisoner and the land lord dealing about a young filly—they did not deal—I went and had something to drink, and said, "Cannot you two deal?"—they said, "No"—I said, "I have got a horse at home, I should not mind changing him for it"—he said, "Well, I do not mind changing; I want some money; send for your horse"—I sent for it, and after a bit, gave him my horse, two sovereigns, and a saddle for it—mine was a useful horse—he said he wanted a saddle very bad, he had wrung his young mare's back coming along—he gave me the name of John Batch of Winterbourne at first—here is the paper which he wrote—I asked if he knew anybody in the neighbourhood—he said he knew farmer Burchfield and his sons—I said, "I should like you to go with me, I do not think you have come by it honestly"—he said, "Well, I bought the mare at Newbury fair, and paid for it"—I said, "Go with me to Mr. Burchfield and I shall be satisfied"—we went to Shaftesbury, and saw Mr. Burchfield, who called him by the name of Higgins—I said, "Well, you have given me a wrong name, come back, the horse shall be put into the Crown and Punchbowl"—I gave both horses in charge of the ostler there, and sent for a constable.

Prisoner. He locked the horses up, and asked me to run away—I would not—I was taken and detained nine days, then discharged, but taken again.

WILLIAM JONAS DUNHAM ( constable of Shaftesbury. ) On the 18th of May I went to the Crown and Punchbowl, saw the prisoner there, and a brown filly which the prosecutor claimed—the prisoner was remanded till the Monday week, and liberated that day at twelve o'clock—about nine in the evening, two men came from Wandsworth, and claimed the horse, and the prisoner was taken again—he had remained in the town nine hours.

Prisoner's Defence. I bought the mare at Newbury fair, on the 16th, for nine guineas—if I had been guilty I should not have stopped in the town nine hours after I was liberated.

GUILTY . Aged 25.— Transported for Ten Years .

Before Edward Bullock, Esq.

1779. THOMAS JOHNSON was indicted for stealing, at Camberwell, 12 spoons, value 7 l . 9 s .; 7 forks, 3 l . 7 s .; 1 butter knife, 1 l .; and 2 knife rests, 12 s .; the property of Josiah Westley , in his dwelling-house.

HARRIETT JEWELL . I am servant to Josiah Wesley, of Cripplegate-ter race, Camberwell—the plate produced is his property—I saw it safe at twelve

in the morning of the 11th of May, in a basket in the dresser, and missed it soon after—I saw the prisoner going from the area gate, putting something into his pocket—I called out, and followed him nearly three quarters of a mile—he was running—I saw a policeman and described him—he was brought back in about a quarter of an hour—I found the basket by the area door, empty, except two salt spoons.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Was nobody at home but you? A. Yes, mistress—I came out of the hall door, and saw the prisoner crossing the grass-plot—the area gate was left open—the house is in the high road—I ran three quarters of a mile without meeting a policeman—I did not know the prisoner before—I had lost sight of him when I met the policeman—he ran into Camberwell-grove—I am quite sure he is the person—I know the plate by constantly using it—the spoons are bruised, and the knife rests loose at the end—there is no initial or crest on them—I have used them for two months.

GEORGE TAYLOR . I am servant to Mr. Curling, of Camberwell. On the 11th of May, about two o'clock, I found this plate under a shrub at master's door, and gave it to the policeman.

Cross-examined. Q. Is your master's in the high road? A. Rather out of it, in the Crescent, Camberwell-grove.

GEORGE TILLSELL ( policeman. ) On the 11th of May I was at my bed-room window in the Grove, and saw the prisoner come round the corner, put his hand into his right hand pocket, take out two spoons and two forks, and throw them into my garden—I came down stairs, secured him, took him back to Mr. Westley's—the witness said, "That is the man"—I said, "What has he been doing?"—she said, "He has been robbing us of plate," and claimed what I had picked up—the prisoner came in a direction from Mr. Curling's house—the prosecutor's house is in the parish of Camberwell.

Cross-examined. Q. How long did it take you to get out? A. Not half a minute—I was on the first floor—I saw him directly I got out—he walked a little, but as soon as he saw me he ran—I stopped him about half a mile off, without losing sight of him—I am sure he is the man.

GUILTY . Aged.18— Transported for Ten Years .

Before Mr. Recorder.

1781. CHARLES EDWARDS and WILLIAM JOHNSON were indicted for stealing, on the 11th of May , at St. George the Martyr , 19 yards of woollen cloth, value 17 l ., the goods of Samuel Summers , in his dwelling-house; to which

JOHNSON pleaded GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Ten Years .

SAMUEL SUMMERS . I am a tailor, and live in Bridge-house Place, New ington Causeway, in the parish of St. George. On the 11th of May, Edwards and another man came to my shop—Edwards asked what I would charge him to make a pair of trowsers—I told him the price—he said he had a friend in the drapery business, that he should get the stuff of—the other one, who is not here, said, "Perhaps Mr. Summers can show you some patterns of summer trowsers," which I did—Edwards remarked they were very hand some, and if his friend had not anything to please him better, he would call in the course of the morning and be measured for a pair of them—they then went away—about ten minutes after, the shop bell rang again, and this letter was brought in to me—whilst I was reading it I heard a bustle on the stairs—I ran up, and ran out, bawling "Stop thief"—I ran to the coach-stand at the corner of the Borough-road, and saw the two prisoners in a cab which was standing—I said to Edwards, "What, is it you, sir?"—he said, "Yes, it is me, I know nothing about it," he did not know what I meant, or some thing

of that sort—Johnson got out of the cab , and tried to get away—a butcher held him till the policeman came—a piece of my cloth was found in the cab , worth 17 l ., which had been safe in my shop the evening before—it was not the upper piece—I believe it was under a piece six or seven yards long, which was replaced, and this taken—my shop communicates with the dwelling-house, and forms part of it.

SUSAN MITCHELL . I am the prosecutor's servant. On the 11th of May, about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, I answered a ring at the bell, and saw Edwards—he said he wished to speak with Mr. Summers—I went down into the kitchen, and left Edwards and another man in the shop—master came up to them—between ten minutes and a quarter of an hour afterwards, I answered the shop bell again, and Johnson came into the shop, and gave me this letter to give to my master, saying he would wait for an answer—I carried the letter into the kitchen, leaving Johnson in the shop—whilst I was in the kitchen I heard the door slam—I ran up into the shop—the shop door was about half open, and the prisoner gone—I saw him on the pavement—he had the cloth under his right arm—my master immediately ran after him—the coach-stand is a very little way from our house, it is in sight of the house—a person at the coach-stand could command a view of the shop door.

Edwards. Q. Whereabouts is the coach-stand? A. Just below our house, it is round a corner—I left no one in charge of the shop when I left you here—you had as good an opportunity of stealing the cloth then as after.

RICHARD HARVEY . I am a tailor, and work for Mr. Summers in a back shop, the parlour is between the front and back shops—I can see through the parlour window into the front shop. On the 11th of May I heard the bell ring, and saw Johnson admitted, and saw him deliver a note to the ser vant—she went in the direction of the kitchen—I saw Johnson pass round the end of the counter towards where the cloths are kept—I kept my eye on the shop, and saw Johnson return with a piece of cloth—Iran through the passage into the front shop—I saw the direction in which he went—he had the cloth under his arm—the cab-stand is about forty yards from the door—part of it is in view of the shop—I should think that a person standing at the nearest extremity of the cab —stand, could command a view of a person going out of the shop into the street—I saw Johnson put the cloth in the cab , and then get in—I and some neighbours, with Mr. Summers, sur rounded the cab , and the prisoners were kept there till the constable came—I saw Edwards inside the cab.

Edwards. Q. Did you see me in the shop that morning? A. Yes, I saw a person resembling you, and another—I found the cloth standing endways on the seat of the cab —I did not see it till Johnson had got out and was secured—it was rather more towards where Johnson sat—you might have reached it—the cab was between three and four feet wide, about room for two persons to sit comfortably.

JOB HAYWARD . I am a cab —proprietor in the Borough-road, and have been in the habit of putting on this stand. I was rubbing up my cab —Edwards came behind me, opened the door, got in, and ordered me to St. Martin's-lane—I put him in, and directly went to the horse's head to take the nose-bag off, when Johnson came to the other door, and got into the cab —I saw the side of the cloth—I did not see Johnson come up—I cannot say which way he came—I saw him at the cab —door, getting in—he must have joined us imme diately after Edwards had got into the cab , while I was petting to the horse's head—you can see the prosecutor's house perfectly well from the cab —stand—it is about eight or ten doors from it—I was the third cab on the stand—if they had taken the first cab , the man being already on his box, in all probability they might

have got away—the people came up and surrounded the cab-Johnson opened the door, and tried to get away, but Cook came up and caught hold of him.

Edwards. Q. Was there anybody with me? A. Not at first—you ordered me to drive to St. Marlin's-lane—I had to take of the nosebag before we started—I had just got on the dickey when I heard the cry of "Stop"—you gave the order where to drive before Johnson came.

JOHN LLOYD ( Policeman. ) I received information and went to the spot—I found Edwards in the corner of the cab sitting quietly, and the piece of cloth in the opposite corner, standing partly upright, and partly down—it looked as if somebody had leaned their back against it—it was rather bent in—on searching him at the station, I found this note, which tallies with the hand-writing of the one Johnson left at Mr. Summers'—it was wafered—I opened it.

( Notes read. )—"Dear Sir,—I should feel obliged if you would let me know when you would call on me to take measure for a jacket for my eldest son Charles. Please to bring some patterns along with you."

"Dear Madam,—I should feel obliged if you would let me know at what rate you would let you drawing-room for a foreigner of distinction.

" HENRY SILVESTER . "

MR. SUMMERS ( re-examined. ) This is my cloth—the wafer of the note I received perfectly, and the ink also—I smeared it with my finger.

EDWARDS'S DEFENCE. I think I have proved that the meeting at the cab was purely accidental; I am a foreigner, and unacquainted with the laws of this country; I was found in company with this person, who committed the depredation, but the stolen article remained in his possession, untouched by me; the law may condemn, me but I think I am entitled to your verdict.

EDWARDS — GUILTY . Aged 26.— Transported for Ten Years .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1782. JOHN LEAVER was indicted for feloniously attempting to admi nister arsenic to Margaret Leaver , with intent to murder her.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

GEORGE LEAVER . I am eleven years old. I live with my father and mother, in Bermondsey-st.—the prisoner is my father. On the 29th of may I got the tea things ready for breakfast—my father was down stairs, and my mother up in bed—she was not quite well—it was about nine o'clock—my father was at the table—there were cups—I had placed them in saucer—my father sent me to fetch a penny loaf—I was not long gone—when I returned mother's cup was in the middle was in the table with the saucer over, it which was not so when I went out—my father took it off the cup put the cup in the saucer, and Poured a little drop of tea, in and filled it—he then told me to and go up and ask mother if she would have a cup of tea—I went up, came down, and told him mother said "yes"—he then took the cup, by is side, filled it with tea, put some milk in it, and was skimming the top off the tea, and throwing what he was skimming off on the carpet/—he saw me looking at him, and he took the cup, and put it on the side of the table so that I should not see him, then put some milk in it, stirred it up, and sent it up to mother did with the tea—I came down again—I have seen my father and mother put soda in to the tea-pot—I did not see any put into the tea-pot on this occasion—I know soda when I see it—we have been annoyed by rats, and my father and mother have put arsenic on bread and butter to throw down the rat-holes.

Cross-examined by MR. WILKINS . Q. How do you know soda? A. It

is a white powder—some of it is like allum—what my father and mother use is like powder, it is white—the carpet is in the parlour now—I am still living with my mother—it was a great while ago that father said he would settle mother, several months—they had been quarrelling at the time—my father was kind to me—he has thrashed me—I did not then say I wished he was dead—I never said so in my life—he beat me about a week before this happened, not severely—he beat me on my back with a cane—I did not stay in the room after taking the tea to my mother—she sat it on the wash hand-stand while I was there—I went down—my father sent me up with another cup of tea in an other cup—she drank that—I saw my father pour that out—I was not gone above a minute for the loaf—I only had to cross the road—I do not know what mash ing tea means—I never saw my mother put tea leaves into a cup and pour hot water on them—they use soda to make it draw—the policeman found a paper of arsenic—I did not tell him where it was—he found it at the back of the till in the shop—I had not seen the paper before—I did not say, "That is it" when it was found—I did not take the policeman to the till, or tell him to go there, nor had my mother that I heard—when I came in with the loaf I went to clean my brother and sister's shoes while my father was preparing my mother's tea—I was in another room just by the parlour door—George, the shopman, was in the shop—my father is a hair-dresser—the shop joins the room where the tea is made—George is not here—I did not tell anybody but my mother what I had seen—I said nothing to my father about it—my father has been a very kind man to me—my mother told me as I was coming in to say nothing but what I saw, and speak the truth—she told me so this morning when I came in here—she has spoken to me about twice about it—I told her about my father hiding the cup that I should not see it, when I took it up to her—it is a round table—my mother often breakfasted in bed when she is ill—my father generally made tea for her—she did not put any to her mouth while I was there—there are five children—I have seen my father give arsenic to the rats for five or six months—I cannot tell the colour of the carpet—it is second-hand and faded, a sort of brown colour—he threw five or six spoonfuls of the stuff on the carpet.

MR. DOANE . Q. How long did you take the second cup up after the first? A. About ten minutes—my father made it, and told me to take it up and fetch the other cup down—I did not bring it down, as mother wanted to save the tea.

MARGARET LEAVER . I have been married to the prisoner eighteen years—we have had eight children, and have five living—we have always been on good terms—we had little differences, as others do—we have not lived so happy lately as formerly—he struck me once, three or four months ago—on the 29th of May I was indisposed, and did not come down to breakfast—my son came to ask if I would have a cup of tea, and afterwards brought me up one—he told me something—I did not take any notice of what he said—it was too hot, and I let it remain—I afterwards drank a small portion of it—it was a great deal too sweet for my palate—I did not swallow it all—I spat some of it out—I put it on the washhand-stand—some time after my son brought me up another cup of tea, which I drank—I did not send the first cup down—I went down about half-past nine, and took the cup down with me—I afterwards went with it to Guy's Hospital, as I looked at it, and saw some bits of white powder in it—I felt a little burning in my throat, but so simple it might be fancy—I showed the powder to the medical gentleman there—I went there to be satisfied privately, what was the powder in the tea—they gave me an emetic—we have rats in the house, and used arsenic to

destroy them ever since we lived there—we kept it in a drawer in-the shop, which had several divisions in it.

Cross-examined. Q. Was that the till? A. Yes, it was kept there—I was present when the policeman found a paper containing arsenic—no one directed him to that drawer—it was not the first place he went to—he came to search the house—there was a quantity of arsenic in it—it looked as if it had not been untied at all—I had a violent fit of coughing in the course of the morning—it was after that I felt the burning in my throat—the coughing might have produced it—my husband is a kind man—he had flogged my son about a week before this—he frequently corrected him when he required it—my son does not remember an injury long, if he did I would flog him equally to his father—he is too forgetful, or he would not so soon transgress again—he was never flogged severely enough to remember it long—I did not swallow more than a teaspoon-full of the tea—my little boy told me that a portion of the contents of the cup were thrown on the carpet—I do not know whether the doctor was told of it.

WILLIAM TIFFEN ILET . I am assistant to Mr. Cooper, surgeon of Guy's Hospital. I remember the prosecutrix bringing a breakfast cup to the Hos pital—I poured off the liquid—there was a sediment, which was analysed—it was three or four grains of finely powdered arsenic—in my judgment that would most likely not be sufficient to cause death—one or two grains more would very likely do it—I administered an emetic, but found no arsenic among the contents of the stomach—I have examined the contents of the paper produced—it is arsenic, and is labelled arsenic.

Cross-examined. Q. If I am rightly informed, one thousandth part of a grain, by a proper test, might be discovered? A. Yes—not the slightest ves tige was found in the stomach—I was not aware that a portion of the con tents of the cup were poured on the carpet—if that had contained arsenic, it might easily have been ascertained—I think the tea poured off from the ar senic contained none.

MR. DOANE . Q. Would the skim have contained arsenic necessarily? A. Not necessarily.

COURT . Q. Would there be a portion of it in a state of solution? A. In the tea there was not the least trace of arsenic—tea dissolves a very small portion of arsenic, indeed—it would sink after being stirred, and become sedi ment.

DONALD MURRAY ( policeman. ) I went to the prisoner's house in Ber mondsey-street, and examined, among other places, the drawer where the till is—I found the paper I have produced in the back part of it.

Cross-examined. Q. Who directed you to the drawer? A. The wife.

MR. DOANE . Q. Had you examined other places first? A. Yes—there was a case of drawers in the shop—I commenced at one side, and began to search the whole; and she said she knew it was in the drawer that was locked.

WILLIAM HILL . I am a chemist, and live in Bermondsey-street. I know the prisoner, and have been in the habit of selling him small quantities of arsenic, as well as soda—it is four or five weeks ago since I sold him any—he told me it was to destroy rats—the parcel produced has my label on it—it is about a pennyworth of arsenic.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you know him personally? A. I have known him between five and six years—I never heard anything against him—this appears in the state it was when I sold it.

PHILIP M'CORMACK ( policeman. ) I took the prisoner, and told him he was charged with attempting to administer poison to his wife—he said he

knew nothing of it, that it was a planned thing between his wife and her com panions.

Cross-examined. Q. Did you know him? A. I have known him about six years—he bore the character of a respectable man.

NOT GUILTY .

1783. CHARLES HALL was indicted for the wilful murder of Charlotte Hall .

(— BRIGHT , M. D., who had made a post mortem examination of the de ceased, deposed that all the symptoms proved that the death was caused by apoplexy, produced by natural causes. )

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Recorder.

1784. GEORGE FURNESS was indicted for feloniously and knowingly uttering a forged request for the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud Joshua Walker and others.

WILLIAM BURNS . I am clerk to Joshua Walker and others, lead-merchants, Belvidere-road, Lambeth. On the 11th of May I received this paper, to the best of my knowledge.

THOMAS WATKINS ( policeman. ) I got this paper from Mr. Middleditch.

CHARLES MIDDLEDITCH . I got this paper from the head managing man at Walker's factory, in Burns's presence.

WILLIAM BURNS re-examined. I took it off the file, and gave it to a clerk, who handed it to Middleditch, in my presence—I could not swear that I re ceived that paper from the prisoner—we have such a number of wagons, carts, and orders daily, and such a number of carmen with each team, that I do not know who gave it me—Mr. Middleditch is a customer of our house—I have no recollection of putting that particular order on the file—I saw a cart in the yard, to the best of my recollection—as soon as I receive an order, I give a verbal order to the warehouseman to deliver the goods to the parties.

THOMAS SHILLAM . I am warehouseman in the white-lead department at Messrs. Walker's. On the 11th of May, I received a verbal order from Burns to pack two firkins of lead—I packed it—and noticed a cart backed up to the warehouse gates—the prisoner had charge of it—I asked him whether he came for pipe or paint—he said for paint—white lead means paint in the trade—I asked him who it was for—he said for Mr. Middleditch—I saw the two firkins craned into the cart—I weighed them, and gave the weight out on the slate—I am sure the prisoner is the person—there was nobody else with the cart—he received the goods.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST . Q. You had never seen him be fore? A. No, nor since, till he was in custody—I was positive he was the man—but I must confess that yesterday morning while looking at the list on the gates in the yard outside, I saw a person very much resembling him—and I was so much struck with the resemblance that I mentioned it to Mr. Middle ditch and Burns—I was certain of the prisoner before that, but having seen that person my belief is very much shaken—I do not think that man was more like the person that came than the prisoner, but so strongly resembling him—that man was not apprehended—I had never seen him before.

COURT . Q. Did you trace the cart at all? A. No—the name of "C. Middleditch" was painted on it in white letters, not in the ordinary way, but on a flat piece of wood, as if put on temporarily—I do not know whether the man I saw here yesterday was any relation of the prisoner's—if he had been apprehended instead of the prisoner I firmly believe I should have sworn to him—after that I do entertain a doubt whether the prisoner is the man.

CHARLES MIDDLEDITCH. My cart was out on the 11th of May, in charge

of Wilson, my carman—he is not here—my name was painted on the pannel, between the beading.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Mr. Baron Gurney.

1785. GEORGE CLARK , ANDREW MURPHY , CHARLES SAUN DERS , and EMMA FARMER , were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Robert Taylor , at St. Mary, Newington , about 2 o'clock in the night of the 10th of May , with intent to steal, and stealing therein, 2 bottles, value 1 l .5 s .; 1 neck-chain, 8 s .; 1 cushion, 6 d .; 17 tin checks, 4 d .; 14 groats, 47 pence, 169 halfpence, and 6 farthings, his property: 2nd COUNT , for burglariously breaking out of the said dwelling-house; and that Clark and Farmer had been before convicted of felony.

ROBERT TAYLOR . I keep the Black-horse, Kent-street, St. Mary, Newington. On the night of the 10th of May I went to bed about five minutes or a quarter to one—I left the house fast—I cannot swear that the window was fast, but the other part was—the policeman called me about four o'clock—I came down and found parties had got in at the back window of the club-room, come down, opened the bar door, unlocked it, and gone out the back way—the articles stated were taken—there was 13 s . in copper, 5 s . in silver, a gilt chain, an emery cushion, and 17 tin tickets or checks with my initials "R. T." on them—the window was on one pair of stairs, it looks into a yard—I know the pri soner Saunders—he has used my house for the last four or five months.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. You do not know whether the win dow was open or shut? A. I know it was shut, but I do not know whe ther it was fastened—the catch will not fasten—I went and looked at it that night.

BENJAMIN PARSONS ( police-constable M. 107.) On the morning of Satur day, the 11th of May, about aquarter-past two, I was on duty in Kent-street, and saw the prisoner Farmer in Black-horse-court, against Mr. Taylor's pre mises—directly she saw me, she turned back and gave Clark a signal—I could not understand what it was—I was not near enough—I went up to Clark, and saw Murphy come over the wall of Mr. Taylor's pre mises, on to Clark's shoulder in Black-horse-court, close against Farmer—I took Clark into custody—Murphy made his escape into the Dover-road—I took Clark with me, and saw a brother constable in the Dover-road—I sung out, "Stop him," and he immediately laid hold of Murphy—we took them to the sta tion—on Clark I found 8 s . 6 d . in copper, fourteen check tickets, and one emery cushion—which I produce—Farmer followed us to the station-house—when we got there we took her—she was searched, and nothing found on her.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. How long was it previous to seeing Murphy coming down out of the yard that you saw Farmer? A. Just before she went and gave Clark the signal—it was a signal they have got among themselves—I was not near enough to tell what it was—I heard her say some thing, but could not understand what it was exactly—I could not understand whether it was "a crush " or" a bobby "—I cannot swear that I heard any words of that kind—I heard her say something—it was a signal to let them know a policeman was coming—I will undertake to swear Farmer had seen me—she was meeting me just as I was against the corner of the court—after she turned back from me she made the signal—she was nine or ten yards off, not half a stone's throw from the other prisoners—she was close against Clark, close enough for him to hear what she said—she was very near the top of the court when she saw me, and then she returned and gave Clark the signal.

Cross-examined by MR. HORRY . Q. Black-horse-court is a public tho roughfare, is it not? A. Yes—one end is in Dover-road and the other in Kent-street—there five or six houses in the court—I do not know the exact length of it.

EDWARD SPICE ( police-constable M 180.) On Saturday morning, the 11th of May, about half-past one o'clock, I was on duty in the Dover-road, and observed the prisoners, Farmer and Saunders, in Black Horse-court—when I returned, about a quarter-past two, I saw them in the court again—I watched them, and as soon as they saw me coming the second time, they walked through into Kent-street—I returned again about two, and they were still re maining in the court, watching the wall belonging to Mr. Taylor's premises—when they saw me again they walked away—about ten minutes past two I was watching them—Saunders and Farmer were both looking at the wall, as if looking for some person, and at that time the sergeant came up Kent-street, and drove them from there into the Dover-road—he came the opposite way from me—they came into Lawson-street, up Brand-street, and there Saunders left Farmer—she came out into the Dover-road—I stopped her, and said if I saw her in the court again I should take her to the station—she said she was going home—she went directly down Black Horse-court—I followed her very closely, and just before I got to the court I saw Murphy run out of the court into the Dover-road—at that time Parsons saw me, and said, "Is that you?"—I said, "Yes"—he gave me an alarm, and I took Murphy into custody—I found on him 2 s . 7 d . in copper, five 4 d . pieces, some lucifers, two knives, a handkerchief, and three tin tickets with "RT" on them.

Cross-examined by MR. O'BRIEN . Q. The last time you saw Farmer, pre vious to the arrest of these parties, was in the Dover-road? A. Yes—she left me there, and came directly back to the Black Horse again.

Cross-examined by MR. HORRY . Q. Yow saw them four separate times? A. Yes—Farmer and Saunders were talking together in the court—I did not see them talking at the end of the court—the first time I saw them watching was at half-past one o'clock—two o'clock was the second time—I said so be fore the Magistrate—I do not know that all I said was taken down—I stated just the same here as I did before the Magistrate—this is my name and hand-writing—( the deposition being read, did not state that he saw them watching )—Saunders had got away—I did not take him at his own lodging—I found him lodging at Falcon-court, in the Borough.

MR. TAYLOR re-examined. These tickets marked "R. T." are mine, and are what were taken out of my house—this emery cushion is Mrs. Tay lor's, and was taken out of her dressing-case.

Murphy's Defence. I never saw Saunders till in Horsemonger-lane; I have seen Farmer along with Clark, but not for a week before that night; I can assure you Saunders is as innocent as a child unborn.

THOMAS WILLIAM REDFORD ( policeman. ) I produce a certificate of Clark's former conviction—( read )—he is the same person.

JUSTIN M'CARTHY ( policeman. ) I produce a certificate of Farmer's for mer conviction—( read )—she is the person.

CLARK — GUILTY . Aged 27.

MURPHY — GUILTY . Aged 22.

SAUNDERS — GUILTY . Aged 27.

FARMER — GUILTY . Aged 32.

Transported for twenty years .

Before Mr. Recorder.

1785. ELIZABETH WHITBURN was indicted for stealing, on the 22nd of May , at Lambeth , 1 watch, value 26 l .; 1 neck-chain, 26 l .; 1 watch-chain, 5 l .; 2 seals, 2 l .; 4 brooches, 27 l .; 1 ring, 1 l .; 1 pair of ear rings, 1 l .; 2 shawls, 12 l .; 1 gown, 1 l . 10 s .; 1 musical-box, 7 s .; and 2 5 l . Bank notes, the property of William Studeley , her master, in his dwelling-house; to which she pleaded

GUILTY .— Transported for Ten Years .

1786. JAMES FURNES was indicted for stealing 2 pieces of brass, value 6 d .; 1 half-crown, 1 shilling, 7 pence, and 4 halfpence, the property of William Woodyat , his master; to which he pleaded

GUILTY . Aged 12.— Confined One Month .

1787. PHILIP CHILD was indicted for stealing 4 sovereigns, 8 half-sovereigns, 3 half-crowns, 12 shillings, and 1 sixpence, the monies of Charles lon.

MR. DOANE conducted the Prosecution.

CHARLES ION . I am a milkman, and live in John-street, Vassal-road, Brixton. The prisoner married my sister—he was out of work some time ago, and I allowed him, his wife, and children to remain in my house for about six weeks or two months, without paying any rent until he should be enabled to get work—I used to keep my money in a little box, locked up in a chest under our bed—I saw it about nine o'clock in the evening of the 14th, and there was then 8 l . in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and 1 l . in silver—I had put it there to pay my rent with—on the 16th, I went out about half-past four to my work—I came home about eight to breakfast, about twelve to dinner, and when I came home at night the prisoner was gone—he had given me no intimation of his leaving—he did not come home that night—I sus pected something might be wrong, and my wife missed the money—I directly went to the station, and gave information of the robbery—on the 2nd of May, I received a letter of which I took no notice—a friend came to me last Saturday week, and in consequence of what he said, I met the prisoner that evening at Kennington church, and gave him into custody—the person who came to me was with him.

Cross-examined by MB. PAYNE . Q. What is that person's name? A. I do not know—I took a policeman with me—I never made any effort to find the prisoner—he has gone away when out of work on former occasions—I cannot say where to—he might have gone into the country in search of work—I have got a trifling subscription among my friends to repay the money—I had no conversation with the prisoner when I met him—I gave him into cus tody directly—I had made no arrangement with the person who came to me—I merely agreed to go to the place.

MARY ION . I am the prosecutor's wife. I saw the money safe on the 15th of Jan., at two o'clock, when I went to the box and took out 2 s .—I left the 8 l . in gold, and 1 l . in silver—locked the box up safe, and put it under the bed down stairs—I went out, leaving the prisoner and his wife in the house—I returned at half-past five in the evening, and he was gone—his wife and children were there—I did not see him again till he was in custody—next day I went to look for my money, and it was gone—the box was locked, and in the same place I had left it—the key was in my pocket—a false key must have been used—it is a common lock.

Cross-examined. Q. Are you quite sure the prisoner was not at home that night? A. I am positive—I went into the room at half-past five o'clock when I came home, and many times after, but did not see him—their room was next to mine in which the money was—there were lodgers in the house, but they did not come home till between nine and ten—they do not have to pass our room—it is not far from the stairs.

MR. DOANE . Q. Did either of the lodgers run away next day? A.

NOT GUILTY .

Before Edward Bullock , Esq.

1788. CHARLES WARD and FREDERICK WARD were indicted for stealing 36 yards of lace edging, value 2 s . 6 d ., the goods of Robert Parritt ; and that Charles Ward had been before convicted of felony.

ROBERT PARRITT , haberdasher, Great Suffolk-street, Southwark. On the evening of the 1st of May, I received information from Matrey—I found a card of lace edging had been taken from the window, which had been broken—I had seen the lace there in the morning when the window was dressed—I have not seen it since.

WILLIAM MATREY . I live with my father in Suffolk-street. On the 1st of May, I saw the two prisoners together at the prosecutor's window about seven o'clock—I saw them take the lace out of the window and go away with it under their jackets—they came back in about a quarter of an hour, and were then taken—I am sure they are the same persons—I had seen them about before, and knew them.

JURY . Q. Which of them had hold of the lace? A. Frederick, but they were both together.

JOHN DELANEY ( police-constable M 100.) I took the prisoners, but found nothing on them.

Charles Ward. I did not take it.

Frederick Ward. I was passing, and two boys were looking very hard in the window, the man came out and took us.

RICHARD MURRELL ( police-constable M 112.) I produce a certificate of Charles Ward's former conviction which I got from the Clerk of the Peace for Surrey—( read )—he is the lad.

CHARLES WARD — GUILTY . Aged 13.— Confined Six Months .

FREDERICK WARD — GUILTY . Aged 11.— Confined Three Months .

Before Mr. Common Sergeant.

1789. JANE HAMILTON was indicted for stealing 1 sheet, value 3 s .; 1 blanket, 3 s .; 2 pillows, 8 s .; two table-cloths, 4 s .; 1 candlestick, 2 s .; 3 towels, 1 s .; 2 spoons, 3 s .; and 1 flat-iron, 8 d .; the goods of Fanny Cubitt .

FANNY CUBITT . I am a widow, and live in Trafalgar-street—the prisoner lodged with me—on going into her room I missed all these things, which I let with the room.

JAMES TRIGG ( police-constable P 82.) I searched the prisoner's room, and found a number of duplicates—seven of them led me to the pawnbroker's where these things were found, and I produce them now.

Prisoner's Defence. I pledged them with the intention of returning them as soon as I got the means.

GUILTY . Aged 31.— Confined Six Months .

There was another indictment against the prisoner.

1790. MARY RANSOM was indicted for stealing 1 petticoat, value 2 s .; 2 collars, 2 s .; 1 razor, 1 s .; and 3 1/2 yards of ribbon, 3 s .; the goods of Char lotte Ireland , her mistress.

CHARLOTTE IRELAND . I live in Hampton-street, Newington—the prisoner was in my service—I missed a number of articles, and insisted on searching her box—I found this ribbon and collars—this petticoat was on her person—I lost a ring and some other things.

Prisoner. They were given to me. Witness. I never gave her an article but a gown.

---- IRELAND . I am the prosecutor's daughter—I saw the petticoat found on the prisoner.

Prisoner. They were placed in my basket for a gift. Witness. I know they were placed in a drawer, under lock and key, and not given to her.

GUILTY . Aged 35.— Confined Nine Months .

(There was another indictment against the prisoner.)

1791. ANN HEAD was indicted for stealing 1 ring, value 6 s ., the goods of Moses Marks : 1 watch, value 1 l .; 1 watch-guard, 12 s .; 1 key, 4 s .; and 8 sovereigns; the property of Martha Levy , her mistress, in her dwelling-house.

MARY LEVY . I keep a broker's-shop in Prospect-place, St. George's. This ring was in my room; it belongs to my daughter's husband, Moses Marks, and this watch, guard, and eight sovereigns were safe in a cupboard in my bed-room on the evening of Sunday week—I missed them on Monday morn ing, and the prisoner too—she was my servant—I did not see her again till Tuesday morning, when her mother fetched me—I said, "You hussy, what have you done with my things?"—she began crying—there was my watch, guard, ring, and four sovereigns, and 10 d . on the table—she said she had bought a gown, a bonnet, and shawl with the remainder of the money.

ALFRED WINGATE ( police-constable L 117.) I produce these things.

Prisoner. There was not so much money as she says.

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Recommended to mercy.— Confined Fourteen Days .

1792. WILLIAM SMITH was indicted for stealing 11b. weight of jam, value 1 s . 3 d .; 1 jar, 3 d .; 11oz. of mixed spice, 2 s .; 1 bottle, 2 d .; 30lbs. weight of sugar, 19 s .; 3 1/2 lbs. weight of currants, 1 s . 6 d .; loz. weight of mace, 6 d .; and 1 1/2 oz. weight of cassia, 2 d .; the goods of Frederick Hills , his master.

FREDERICK HILLS , confectioner, Kennington. The prisoner was my porter—I missed these things—I went with the officer to the prisoner's house, and found them—the prisoner had no business with them.

Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST , Q. Did you ask him to show you his lodging? A. We did—we spoke to him first in the bakehouse, and he said he would show us his lodging—I can swear to the jam; I made it—the prisoner said it was mine on the evening we took him, and he said the other articles were not mine—he did not say why he had taken the jam—I found it on his shelf in the room his mother occupied—I found all these articles in that room—the jam is not very stale—he did not deal with me be fore he came to live with me—I said before the Magistrate that he said the jam was mine—what I said was taken down in writing—I do not find here that he said the jam was mine—( looking at his depositions )—it is an oversight—he did not say the pot was mine—I took up the jam-pot and said, "This is mine"—at that time he said it was mine—he did not say so as we were going to the station—he did not say that the pot was mine and the jam was his, of his own making—I am not aware that he had been in the habit of selling buns—he had been in my employ before.

HENRY LUPTON ( police-constable L 7.) I went with the prosecutor and found these things on a shelf—the sugar was under a pot, and these bottles and other things were under the bed—the prosecutor said, "These are mine, and this bottle of spice I believe to be mine; I lost it about Christmas"—this sugar, he said, was his; he had lost about half a hundred weight of moist sugar at one time, and there were 22lflbs. found there.

Cross-examined. Q. What did the prisoner say? A. That they were not Mr. Hill's, except the raspberry jam—I swear that he said that—there is not a word about his having said the jam was Mr. Hills's in my deposition—it was

stated before the Magistrate, but was not put down—( deposition read )—"The prisoner said—' the whole of the articles found by me were none of Mr. Hill's.'"

MR. PRENDERGAST called

MARY ALGER . Mrs. Smith moved seven years ago, and this bottle of spice was moved by her—I moved it off the table, and gave it her—it is in a gooseberry bottle.

NOT GUILTY .

1793. JOHN WILLIAMS was indicted for stealing one neck-chain, value 3 l . 10 s .; two rings, 5 l . 14 s .; one brooch, 1 l . 1 s .; and one seal, 2 s . 6 d .; the goods of Caroline Watkins , in the dwelling-house of John Watkins .

CAROLINE WATKINS . I am single, and live with my father, John Wat kins, at Wandsworth—it is his dwelling-house—I had two boxes and a bag in my bed-room, containing this neck-chain and other things worth above 10 l .—they are mine.

JANE WATKINS . The prisoner slept at my father's, the last day of May, at the top of the house—next morning, at a quarter past ten, I was going up stairs, and found him in my sister's room, on the first floor, where he had no business—he was just closing the drawer, in which were three boxes con taining these things—I asked what he wanted there—he said he was looking for his boots—the drawer was not locked.

HENRY WARD ( police-constable V 88.) I received information, went to the room, and found the prisoner and a carpet-bag.

JOSEPH BIGGS ( police-constable V 8.) I found a silk bag and three boxes on the top of the washhand-stand—this jewellery was in the boxes.

Prisoner. I was in the room about half a minute; I made a mistake, and went into the wrong room.

GUILTY . Aged 49.— Confined Six Months .

1794. JOHN FRYER was indicted for stealing 1 cash-box, value 16 s .; 1 sovereign, 73 shillings, 33 sixpences, and 19 groats; the property of George Hodges , his master.

GEORGE HODGES . I keep a beer-shop—the prisoner was my waiter—I had a cash-box, about the 7th of June, in the counter in the bar—I missed it—there were books and papers in it, a sovereign, and about 5 l . in shillings, sixpences, and fourpenny pieces—I went to the station, brought an officer, gave all my people in charge to the officer, while I and another person went to look over my premises—and in a lobby of the water-closet, I found the box broken open—the books and papers were left in it, but the money was gone—I called the policeman—he took the box from there, and from what Miller said, I gave the prisoner into custody—I searched further, and found 4 l . 15 s . 10 d . in a little piece of rag under the stairs—I had seen my box safe at a quarter-past four, and missed it at six o'clock—the pri soner was there, and thirteen or fourteen other persons.

JACOB MILLER . At half-past five o'clock on the 7th of June, I went to one of the water-closets, I saw it was dirty—I went to the others to see that they were clean—I then went out, shut the door, and sat down just outside the closet—I saw the prisoner come round and go into the water-closet, and shut the door—I then heard a stamping on the floor, and as if a box or some thing was rattling, and five or six kicks—the prisoner then came out and passed by where I was—he said, "Halloo"—I said, "I am having a pitch "—he passed by, and came again in about five minutes; he said, "I have got a slice of luck "—I said, "What is it?"—he said, "I have found 6 d ., and we will go and have a glass of gin"—we went and had it—I came back and

went to take checks at the gate—while I was there, Mr. Hodges came and said, "Come with me"—we were all called in, and the policeman came in—Mr. Hodges said, "I have lost my cash-box"—I said to the prisoner, " Jack you are the man, I heard you breaking the box open"—no one could have gone into that water-closet without my seeing it—the box was found in that water-closet.

Prisoner. When you saw me go in, were you not smoking a pipe? Witness. No, I was leaning against the water-closet—you might have had the box under your coat, I could only see your head—I never knew a stain on your character before.

SAMUEL HOCKADAY ( police-constable L 178.) I found this cash-box in the lobby of the water-closet—I found the cash in this cloth under the stairs.

JACOB MILLER re-examined. I had been sitting down with the prisoner in the fore part of the week, and he opened this napkin, which had his dinner wrapped in it—I noticed it as being a napkin, and this piece, that the money was wrapped in is part of the same napkin.

Prisoner. There were twenty persons on the premises, and they had equal opportunity of getting to the bar as myself.

GUILTY . Aged 26.— Recommended to mercy by the Jury.— Confined One Year .

1795. THOMAS COLLINS was indicted for stealing 1 handkerchief, value 4 s ., the goods of Robert Langley .

ROBERT LANGLEY . I am a labourer, and live in Garrett-lane, Wandsworth. I was at supper between twelve and one in the night of the 28th of May—I went out backwards for two or three minutes, and when I came back I missed my handkerchief—the prisoner had come in and asked for lodgings—I asked him if he had got the handkerchief—he said, "No," and he pulled out two, which were not mine—he was searched, and my handkerchief found in his pocket—this is it.

Prisoner. I went to ask for a lodging, and found the handkerchief three or four yards from the door. Witness. No such thing.

Prisoner. He asked if I had found a handkerchief; I said, no, not that; I knew of that belonged to him; I asked if I could have a lodging; he said, no, it was no lodging-house; I went down the lane, and he followed and took me; I picked the handkerchief up.

GUILTY . Aged 14.— Confined One Month .

1796. SARAH WATTS was indicted for stealing 14 pairs of boots, value 2 l . 18 s .; 8 pairs of shoes, 1 l . 8 s .; 1 table-cloth, 5 s .; 4 gowns, 10 s .; 2 cloaks, 8 s .; 2 shirts, 3 s .; 1 Holland coat, 2 s .; 1 waistcoat, 5 s ., and 1 sheet, 2 s .; the goods of Edward Fowill , her master, in his dwelling-house.

EDWARD FOWILL . I am a boot and shoe maker, and live in Bridge-street, Southwark. The prisoner was in my service, and left me without notice on the 5th of June—I followed her to a public-house, and, in consequence of circumstances I went to Mr. Ranford, and saw seventeen pairs of boots which were all mine—these are them—the prisoner had no business with them.

SAMUEL HOWARD RANFORD . I keep a public-house in Redcross-street. The prisoner brought these to my house on the 5th of June, and asked me to let her leave them for the Croydon carrier.

GUILTY . Aged 21.— Confined Six Months .

1797. ELEANOR STEPHENS was indicted for stealing 1 shawl, value 10 s ., the goods of Henry Gower .

HENRY GOWER . I live at Barnes. The prisoner lodged in my house—I

lost this shawl—the prisoner came to me—I charged her with having stolen it—she denied it—I said it was no use to deny it, for I had found out where it was pledged in her name—I had been to Putney and seen it—I did not say it would be better for her to tell.

MARY ANN GOWER . This is my husband's shawl—I saw it safe at home on the 20th of May.

GEORGE SPENCER . I am a pawnbroker. I produce this shawl, which I took in of Stowell—she was alone when she pledged it—the bill against her was thrown out—this is the duplicate I gave of it.

JOHN CANNON ( police-constable V 201.) I produce this duplicate, which I found at Stowell's house—I took the prisoner for taking the shawl—she asked me to allow her to dress, which I did—I sat down in the room—she said, "In taking this shawl I have added more to my misfortune."

Cross-examined by MR. CLARKSON . Q. Is this your writing to this deposition? A. Yes; I was asked if it was correct, and I said it was—( read— " It only added to her misfortune in having anything to do with the shawl")—she said it added to her misfortune in taking the shawl.

HENRY GOWER re-examined. Q. Did you in any way tell her that it would be better for her, or for her advantage, if she would tell you the truth and confess? A. No.

Cross-examined. Q. Will you take your oath you did not say it would be better she should tell you who took it, as you had found out where it was pledged, and in her name? A. Some of those words I did not—I said it was no use to deny it, I had found out where it was pledged.

NOT GUILTY .

1798. JOSEPH CANNON and DANIEL GARRARD were indicted for unlawfully uttering counterfeit coin.

MESSRS. CHAMBERS and SCRIVEN conducted the Prosecution.

CHRISTOPHER JOHN HILDYARD , draper, Kennington-cross. Between twelve and one o'clock on the 23rd of May, Cannon came into my shop, and asked if I could give him change for a sovereign—I said "Yes"—I tendered him 10 s . in silver, and a half-sovereign—Garrard then came in, and Cannon said to him, "Here is the money I owe you, John," offerring him the half-sovereign—he said, "I would rather have silver," then Cannon asked if I could give them silver—I said, not unless he took all sixpences, which he did chiefly, and I received a counterfeit half-sovereign from one of the prisoners—I could not say which, because the money was laid on the counter—it is our custom to weigh gold—I could not speak to having weighed the half-sovereign I gave them myself—I put the half sovereign they gave me into my pocket, and passed it away to my sister—I saw her give it to the policeman.

Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE . Q. Did you know the prisoners at all? A. No, I never saw them to my knowledge—they were not in my shop many minutes—I know them—they were dressed precisely the same when I saw them again, except Cannon not having the pins in his stock, and a silver-headed cane.

MR. SCRIVEN . Q. When did the officer come into your shop? A. In a minute or two—I have not the slightest doubt that the prisoners are the persons.

ANGELINA FLETCHER HILDYARD . I am sister of Christopher Hildyard. I received a half sovereign from my brother on the 23rd of May—I put it in my purse—there was nothing else there but a few shillings—I did not keep it there very long—I brought my purse down, and gave the half-sovereign to the policeman.

CHARLES GREAVES , assistant to Mr. Dixon, linendraper, Blackfriars-road. On the 22nd of May, Cannon came for change for a sovereign—Gar rard stood just outside the door—I gave Cannon four half-crowns, the rest in shillings and sixpences—he said he would rather have a half-sovereign—I gave him one, and took away the four half-crowns—I took the half-sovereign from the desk—there was no other in the place where I took it from—I had weighed it, and it was full weight—I had examined it to see whether it was a good one—after I had handed the half-sovereign to Cannon, he called in Garrard, and said he believed he owed him a half-sovereign—Garrard said he would rather have silver, and Garrard handed the half-sovereign to Cannon—he passed it on to the desk again, and said he would rather have silver—I took the half-sovereign from him, and gave him silver—I believed it to be the same I gave him—I put it back to the desk without examining it—it was done in an instant—it was put back into the bowl where the gold was—there was no other half-sovereign there—they then left the shop—soon after the policeman came—I gave the half-sovereign to Morris—he marked it, and handed it to Goff.

Cross-examined. Q. Have you a distinct recollection of weighing this half-sovereign? A. I received it from Morris, and weighed it—it was the only one I had received that morning—I weighed it by a pair of scales and a stamped weight—I did not examine the bowl at the time I put it in, but I did a few minutes before, when I turned over the gold, there were but two or three sovereigns in the bowl.

MR. CHAMBERS . Q. Do you know when this half-sovereign was taken? A. About twelve o'clock—there were no others put in the bowl.

WILLIAM MORRIS . I am assistant to Mr. Dixon, in Blackfriars-road. I received a half-sovereign from Mr. Greaves, and marked it—I handed the same to Gough.

Cross-examined. Q. What mark did you put on it? A. A cross on the neck, with a pair of scissors.

BENJAMIN LOCK WOOD . I am assistant to Mr. Bayfield, a pawnbroker, in the New-cut. In coming from Kennington-cross to the Blackfriars-road you can come through the New-cut—on the 22nd of May, Garrard came to me for a sovereign for a pound's worth of silver—I did not see any on else with him.

GEORGE LANGRIDGE , assistant to a pawnbroker, Waterloo-road. On the 22nd of May, Cannon came and asked for a sovereign for a pound's worth of silver—I gave him a new sovereign—he asked me to give him one of that reign.

ESTHER CLARK . On the 22nd of May, I was in the service of a stay maker, in Westminster-road. Cannon came and asked for change for a sove reign, and handed me a new sovereign—I had not got it, and I sent Sarah Jenkins out—she returned with four half-crowns and a half-sovereign change, and handed it to Cannon—he said, "Thank you," and went to the door, and said, "Here, John, is the half-sovereign I owe yon;" and then I saw Garrard—he said, "I should like silver;" and Cannon said, "Perhaps this young person will give you change for the half-sovereign"—I looked for some silver, and gave it to Cannon—he passed me over a half-sovereign—I put it into the till—there was no other half-sovereign there—I am sure of that—they thanked me, and went out—the policeman came in immediately after—I then gave him the half-sovereign I had received from Cannon.

Cross-examined. Q. Had you ever seen either of the prisoners before? A. No—I had examined the till before I put the half-sovereign in—Mr. Cox took the cash away the night before, and we had not received a half-sovereign in the course of that day.

SARAH JENKINS . I was sent for change for a sovereign by Clark—I went to a pawnbroker's, and gave the change to Cannon.

WILLIAM THOMAS WEELANDS , pawnbroker, Lambeth. On the 22nd of May, Jenkins came to my shop for change for a sovereign—she asked me to give her a half-sovereign, and the rest in silver—it was a good half-sovereign—we always sound our money on the counter.

Cross-examined. Q. Do you speak to any distinct recollection of having sounded this one, or only your general practice? A. From a recollection of having sounded this one, I know, because Jenkins came in about half an hour after, and asked if I had given her a good half-sovereign—a bad half-sovereign will ring, but not like a good one.

JAMES BROOK ( police-constable L 118.) I was with Goff in the Lambeth-road, between twelve and one o'clock, on the 22nd of May—I saw the two prisoners in conversation together, and followed them to see where they went to—Cannon went into a tobacconist's shop of the name of Compton—they joined company again, and went to Mr. Hildyard's—I remained outside watch ing—after they came from there I followed them again—I went into Mr. Hill's, came out, and pursued them again—I next saw them in the Kenning ton-road—they both went into the Duke of Clarence, near the Obelisk, re mained there ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, then came out together, and went up the Blackfriars-road, and both went into Mr. Dixon's—Goff went into Dixon's, and I went after the prisoners—they both went into Bayfield's shop—after that they went into a beer-shop in the Waterloo-road, and staid there a short time—after that Cannon went into a pawnbroker's in the Waterloo-road, and then proceeded to the Dover Castle wine-vaults, and stayed there a little while, then into an oil-shop, and then to Cox's—after they came out I went into Mr. Cox—I followed them, and took them both—on searching them I found four half-crowns on each—I received this half-sovereign from Esther Clark, and this one from Miss Hildyard.

Cross-examined. Q. Where have you kept the half-sovereigns? A. Locked up in my desk at home—I have always kept the key—I do not know that I was in a public-house with any of the witnesses just before the examination—I was not tossing for beer with any of them—I do not recollect having beer with any of them—I did not say, "Here, drink, for we shall be better up to our mark"—I recollect being with some of them after the exa mination—I was drinking with Mr. Morris and Mr. Weelands, at the Catherine Wheel after the examination—I swear it was after that.

CHARLES BURGESS GOFF ( police-constable L 83.) I produce a half-sove reign, which I got from Morris—I was with Brook on the 22nd of May—I saw the two prisoners in conversation together—I was with Brook when he followed them.

Cross-examined. Q. Were you at a public-house drinking with any of the witnesses on the day of the examination? A. I think I was—I think it was after the examination—I am not sure—I did not hear anything said about drink, and we shall be better up to our mark—there was no tossing to my knowledge.

MR. JOHN FIELD . I am inspector of coin to the Mint. These three half-sovereigns are all counterfeit, and all cast in one mould—they are of white metal, and have been gilt to represent a half-sovereign, by a new process of voltaic electricity—they will not ring like genuine half-sovereigns—two of them are very much lighter than a genuine half-sovereign—they will be easily detected, by trying them on the finger, without the assistance of scales.

CANNON — GUILTY . Aged 23.

GARRARD — GUILTY . Aged 16.

Confined One Year .

1799. JOHN RUSSELL , was indicted for unlawfully uttering counter feit coin.

MR. SCRIVEN conducted the Prosecution.

JAMES TAYLOR . I keep a shop. On the 4th of June, the prisoner came to my shop for half a pint of porter—he gave me a good half-crown, and I gave him 2 s . 6 d . change—I observed a cross on the head of each shilling—he took them off the counter, and the halfpence also, and said, "Master, you have given me a dark one," and gave me back 1 s ., which I saw was a bad one and had no cross on it—I took it and beckoned to a person to stop him—I gave the shilling to West, the officer.

THOMAS WEST ( police-constable M 249.) I received this shilling from Taylor.

MR. JOHN FIELD . This is a counterfeit shilling.

Prisoner's Defence. He said he could not give me change, and then he found the shillings; as soon as he put them down I said this one looks rather dark; he took it up and went into the tap-room, and out came three men, who said it was a good one.

JAMES TAYLOR re-examined. About five minutes elapsed from the time of his passing the bad shilling and his being searched—there were two more behind him, near enough to touch him—I marked the shillings, because it was the fourth time I had been served so.

GUILTY . Aged 18.— Confined Six Months .

1800. ALEXANDER REVELL was indicted for stealing 1 watch-guard, value 1 s .; 1 cross, 1 s .; 2 keys, 6 d .; 1 reticule, 1 s .; 2 half-crowns, 2 shil lings, 2 sixpences, 3 pence, and 4 halfpence, the property of Sarah Shirley ; from her person.

SARAH SHIRLEY . I am servant to Mr. Maldon, in the City-road. I was returning down the Kent-road, about ten o'clock at night, on the 28th of May—there were three boys together—one of them made up to me, and took my reticule from my arm—it contained the property stated—this is it—I I do not know who the person was—he ran down a street.

JOSEPH SKINNER . I live at Peckham. I heard a cry of "Stop thief," and saw the prisoner running, and saw him throw this bag down—I took it up with my right hand, and took him with my left—this is the bag.

Cross-examined by MR. BALLANTINE . Q. What are you? A. An auc tioneer and appraiser—I have no doubt about the prisoner.

(The prisoner received a good character.)

GUILTY . Aged 16.— Confined Three Months .

1801. GEORGE WESTCOTT was indicted for embezzlement.

CATHARINE SOAMES . I am a widow, and live in Dorset-street, Clapham-road. On the 5th of May I paid the prisoner 7 s . 7 d . for his master, Mr. Fox, for beer, and on the 7th of June 11 s . 1 d .

MARY ANN ROWCLIFFE . I paid the prisoner 2 s . 3 d . on the 2nd of June for his master.

CHARLES FOX . The prisoner was my servant—if he received money, it was his duty to pay it to me directly—if he received 7 s . 7 d . he has not paid it to me at any time—if he received 2 s . 3 d . from Mrs. Rowcliffe he has not paid me, nor 11 s . 1 d . from Soames—he has paid 10 s . on account of what he has had from me.

JOHN MENNIE ( police-constable V 70.) I took the prisoner, and found on him seven bills, which his master had given him to give to customers, but he kept them back, and has eceived the monies weekly from the customers.

Prisoner's Defence. I acknowledge receiving the money; I paid him 10 s . of it, and promised the rest in a week.

GUILTY .— Confined Three Months .

1802. JOHN ABRAHAM was indicted for assaulting Ann Baker , with intent, &c.

NOT GUILTY .

Erratum.

Page 213, line 13, for "said take it off," read , "did take it off."

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