33. GEORGE GOLDSMITH proceedingsdefend , LAURENCE HALL proceedingsdefend , JOHN SMART proceedingsdefend , and JOHN JONES proceedingsdefend , were indicted for burglariously and feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house house of Samuel Satcher proceedingsvictim , about the hour of two in the night on the 30th of October last, and burglariously stealing therein, one watch with a metal case, value 20 s. two silk cloaks, value 10 s. three muslin aprons, value 10 s. three pair of cotton stockings, value 1 s. two handkerchiefs, value 1 s. three cotton handkerchiefs, value 2 s. two silk handkerchiefs, value 4 s. one pair of gloves, value 1 d. four silver tea spoons, value 4 s. one gold ring, value 4 s. one silver stay-hook, value 2 d. a china snuff-box, value 6 d. a silk and silver purse, value 3 d. a worsted purse, value 2 d. a linen bag, value 1 d. five guineas, value 5 l. 5 s. one half guinea, value 10 s. 6 d. three half crowns, value 7 s. 6 d. and 7 s. in monies numbered, the property of Elizabeth Satcher proceedingsvictim , widow ; one muslin handkerchief, value 2 s. seven hundred and twenty half-pence, value 30 s. and eighty-four farthings, value 1 s. 9 d. the property of the said Samuel .

SARAH SATCHER < no role > sworn.

I am mother to Samuel Satcher < no role > , who keeps the Black Dog at Shoreditch ; I have reason to remember the 31st day of October last, between the hours of one and three there were three men approached my room, and one of them stood with a pistol presented to me, or a pretended one, I cannot say which, the one did that, and the other two rifled my drawers, and took my money and clothes, and all that I had; the first demanded my pocket, and my money, and my keys, I gave it them, they drew < no role > the curtain when they first came in, then after that they took my money, my watch, and my clothes, I believe there was in all about eight guineas; there were three silk gowns, one damask, one tabby, and one black, it was a very good man's satin, and one linen, besides, there are some things that the constable has; I lost two gold rings, I lost a silver and silk purse, I have seen it since; I lost a china snuff-box, and there was in that eight guineas, I believe I have lost a pretty many silk handkerchiefs, I have seen some since that I know, but I have not seen them all; I have lost two silk cloaks, which the constable has, one black and one blue, the blue is a flowered satin, lined with white, unmade; I lost one very handsome muslin apron, with an edging round it, and there is two besides; I lost four tea spoons; the purse was a little fanciful thing, silk and silver, I think it was purple, but I cannot be sure; I lost a worsted purse, and a pair of sleeve buttons of no great value; when first these things were brought me, there was some pocket pieces, resembling guineas, offered to me, but they were none of mine, my guineas were good, some of them have been found, there was no mark on the money; there were seven half crowns.

Mr. Chetwood. Do you know that the house was fast before? - There was light with them, I saw two that waited upon me, one was very near to me; th ere was no light but what the gentlemen brought with them, and that was, I think, a dark lanthorn; I could not see a man's face, the person that stood over me I know very well.

Which of them had the dark lanthorn? - I cannot tell.

Which was he that stood over you? - (Goes up to Hall.) Thou art the man!

What was there in Hall's face, that enabled you to know him? - I know him by his hair, and dress, and size, there was a dark lanthorn.

But you know the nature of a dark lanthorn? - I did not say it was a dark lanthorn, I think it was, but I believe it was light all round, there was a tall thin man, and there was a short man; my curtains are but thin.

What is that knife? - This is what the gentlemen left behind them.

Mr. James, Prisoner's Council. This is a public house? - Yes.

How long have you kept this house? - About a year and a quarter.

Your husband kept it before you? - No, it is my son, I have lived with my son many years for a maintenance, my husband has been dead thirty years, I came out of the country since his death, we have all lived together about a year and a quarter.

Who pays the taxes for the house, and is the occupier of it? - My son, I live with him, he keeps me, and pays the taxes.

Mr. Chetwood. Who had the care of the house that night? - My daughter.

Court. Was there any disguise over Hall's face? - None at all.

Had he any hat on? - He had, Sir.

How was he dressed? - I think he had something of a blue jacket on, I knew him by his string of hair as soon as I saw him, I saw him so much, that I knew him by his face and hair too, foul suppose he was with me twenty minutes, I might say half an hour and not tell any story, I had time enough to see him.

SUSANNAH SATCHER < no role > sworn.

I am wife of Samuel Satcher < no role > , I was last up in this house, I remember the doors and windows of the house were fast, there is a sash window backwards, I went to bed a little after one, I cannot tell just to a minute; we were alarmed by the watchman about three, I came down stairs and found the doors open, and the bar open, I had left it shut and locked over night, they had opened the sash over the door and come in, there were four table cloths and two aprons, that were dropped down in the passage, there were five silver spoons, and how much liquor I do not know, there were five five shillings worth of halfpence, there might be about twenty shillings in half pence and farthings, I think my husband must know the halfpence, he always makes them up himself, there was a pane of glass cut out, and the things that tasten the window were pushed out, and then the sash falls down, it was a sliding shutter the inside falls down.

Was the sash open? - Yes, it was left open when we come down, there was a bolt fixed to hold up the sash that it might not fall down.

Mr. James. What was this door that was left open? - A back door that leads into the passage, and then you go into the street.

You say you went to bed last, do you swear positively, and are you sure that there was no door or window open when you went to bed? - Yes.

Whose business was it to look round the house generally? - Mine, there never is any door or window open any night.

THOMAS HOSIER < no role > sworn.

I am a watchman in Shoreditch, on the morning of the 31st of October last, I saw one man, I do not know his name, at three o'clock on Sunday morning, six weeks ago, I cannot tell the month, because I am no scholar, I met him half way, in black dog alley, I saw him come out of the alley, and asked him what he wanted, he said nothing at all, he was going to make water, I went to take hold of him, and he almost shoved me down, the prisoner Hall is the person, there was a lamp at the end of the alley, I am sure Hall is the man, when I got half way down the alley, I saw him there, he said he was making water.

Prisoner Hall. The Justice asked that man, if he knew the man, and he came and pointed to me, he said it was the night before last, and I was in prison at the same time.

Hosier. I was then in liquor, I did not know what I was about, but I know now, they fetched me up before the Justice, but Mr. Willmot said, that man is in liquor, send him away; I am very sure and certain, I only saw him by the lamps, I kept hold of him about a minute, he shoved me off directly, I had just hold of his collar, I never saw him before in my life.

How long after? - I never saw him after, till that night, I never saw him before I saw him at the Justice's.

How long was it after the time you saw him in the alley? - I cannot say rightly, about half an hour.

The prisoner says it was only two days, how long was it; - Two days after, they said it was about a week, I cannot rightly tell how long it was.

Was it a day, or a month? - About a day I think so.

Was it the next day, you saw him at the Justice's? - I think so.

Are you sure of that as you are of his face? - I cannot say I am sensible of it.

DAVID LEVY < no role > sworn.

I am a constable in Duke's Place, I produce the property belonging to Mrs. Satcher, I took it from the prisoners.

How came you to know them? - Goldsmith we took in the night, here is a bag of half-pence, five guineas and a half in gold, three half crowns, seven shillings in silver, a gold ring, watch, and silver spoons; on the 31st of October, I being a constable, the watchmen, Thomas Bond < no role > , and Thomas Taylor < no role > , brought in the prisoner Goldsmith, into St. James's watch-house, Duke's Place, between three and four in the morning, he had a bundle under his arm, this is the bundle, I asked him what he had, he said he did not know, he said I came from Deptford, and my shipmates desired me to carry it along, I opened the bundle and saw it contained women's apparel, I bid him stand up, and in his coat pocket there were some half-pence, I put them into my hat, and asked him what half-pence he had, he said he did not know, out of his waistcoat there fell this linen waistcoat, then fell out some handkerchiefs from his bosom, then I found a silver purse in his pocket, half a guinea and three half crowns and seven shillings in silver, I opened his breeches, and there I found three pair of cotton stockings, and a pair of gloves, I opened the knees of his breeches, and behind there, in the bend of his knee, I found a watch, this watch fell out; I bid him open his mouth, and I took three guineas out of his mouth; I said then you had better tell me where your comrades are, and I will shew you some mercy, no, says he, damn my bloody eyes, I am done, and they are far enough off from me now, and you will never get them, I carried him to prison, and between six and seven, when the watchmen went off, I patrolled the parish myself, and I went round Leadenhall-street, and went into Houndsditch, and in Houndsditch I met the other three prisoners, and Aaron Levy < no role > who is another of the witnesses, and my watchman says to me, them are the three men, I followed the prisoners, and took them in the Minories, I took Jones, and I followed and knocked down Hall, I brought them all three to the watch-house, I first searched Jones, I opened his breeches and found two silk handkerchiefs, and a china snuff-box in his breeches pocket, and a crown's worth of halfpence he threw out of his pocket, they were picked up; on Hall I found four silver spoons, and two papers of half-pence; upon Smart I found a green purse, and seven shillings in silver, and six brass counters; when I took Jones to the counter, I bid him open his mouth, he would not, till he received a blow on the head, and then he did, I told him not to my fingers, when he opened his mouth I got two guineas out of his mouth, he swallowed something which had like to have checked him, I put my fingers down his throat, and pulled out the two guineas, and I gave him half a crown for not biting my fingers, here is all the property.

Court. Separate the things, and put together, first of all, the things you found on Goldsmith? - On Goldsmith I found all the wearing apparel, but two handkerchiefs.

Old Mrs. Satcher. The blue cloak I know by a piece in the back, I am very sure it is mine, it is a blue figured sattin, lined with white, I know it by the lining and sattin, I am sure it is mine, here is a striped kenting apron mended by my-and another apron with a piece joined across.

Court. Let me ask you as to two or three of the things, look at the purse? - It is my purse, it is a present a young lady gave me, it is silk and silver, I have had it a dozen years, this china snuff box, I know full well, it is what my gold was in; as to the watch, I cannot tell the maker's name, it was left me by my daughter, I know it by the shagreen case, and by the etwee, that was bought very lately.

Court. Produce what you found on Jones? - The two silk handkerchiefs and this china snuff box.

Mrs. Satcher. I know this silk handkerchief, I hemmed it myself, this china box I kept my money in, what little I had, I always liked to keep six-pence under my thumb.

Produce the four silver spoons that were found on Hall? - I do know them very well, two of these spoons I have had ever since I was married, which is fifty years; I assure you in what I say, that green purse I cannot swear to, I know nothing of the brass counters.

Mr. James. How do you know that china snuff box? - It does not shut very well, I have no other reason.

Court to Levy. All the property that was found on Goldsmith was kept separate? - Yes, these handkerchiefs have been kept by themselves, I did not observe the pattern of the snuff box? - I am not sure whether the lid was cracked or whole, but I think it was whole.

( Susannah Satcher < no role > deposes to the waistcoats.)

Levy. I saw the three prisoners between six and seven.

Had not you some money from Jones, after he was in the Compter? - No I found two guineas in his mouth, I gave him half a crown.

You swear you had no property from Jones, after this time you searched and apprehended him? - No, that I swear.

When some of the property was carried back to the prosecutrix, did not she say it was bad money, and that it had been changed? - No.

ELIZABETH VARNICOT < no role > sworn.

I live in Bolt Court, Shoreditch, with one Mrs. Dring, I was at the house of one Mrs. Borshaws, on the 30th of October, it is a private house in the same court, Goldsmith was sitting on the foot of the bed drinking, and he asked me to drink, I can swear to the two Hall and Jones, this court is about half a dozen doors from the black dog, Shoreditch.

Mr. James. Who are you? - I take in washing, and I have been in service, I have lived there eight months; I have a young man that comes out of the country with me, he is a watch and clock maker, he maintains me; I went to see after this young man, it is a private house, I drank with him for fear.

Had you ever seen Jones before in your life? - No, never, I saw him at Justice Willmot's, I took a great deal of notice of him, because they said he was going into the country.

Look at him again? - I can swear to Shaw and Jones.

The Prisoner Jones called three witnesses to his character.

PRISONER GOLDSMITH's DEFENCE.

I went that night to see my master, and I picked up this bundle coming across Moorfields, some in one place some in another; I put them in my bosom, and I put the money in my coat pocket; Levy came and took me, he has not brought half of the half-pence he took from me.

PRISONER SMART's DEFENCE.

I got up half after five, and went over Tower-hill, I changed half a guinea, and had ten shillings in my pocket, I gave my poor old mother three shillings; I went to the White Hart, and fetched her up a quartern of gin; I was going to Deptford to see if the Britannia Indiaman was out of dock, I intended to go to India; coming through Houndsditch I met with this man, and seeing him look like a waterman, I asked him what it would cost to go down by water to Deptford, there I heard a noise and I stopped, up came another man and laid hold of me, he took me to the watch-house, and took out that green purse and six pocket pieces, and a duplicate of my shirt for half a crown, my witnesses are gone home.

GEO. GOLDSMITH, LAURANCE HALL, JOHN JONES < no role > ,

GUILTY , Death .

JOHN SMART < no role > , NOT GUILTY .

Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.