351. MARY SMITH proceedingsdefend was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 13th of May , a silk handkerchief, value 2s. a silver watch, value 40s. a steel chain, value 6d. a metal seal, value 2d. a brass watch-key, value 1d. and 4s. in monies numbered, the property of John Connor proceedingsvictim , privily from his person .

JOHN CONNOR < no role > sworn. - I am a plumber : On Sunday, the 13th of this month, about ten o'clock at night, I was robbed in Twister's-alley, Bunhill-row ; I met the prisoner, she asked me to treat her with a glass of liquor, which I did; I then went with her to her lodgings, and being in liquor I laid down upon the bed, with my cloaths on, and went to sleep; I awoke next morning about four o'clock, and missed my watch, four shillings in money, and a silk handkerchief off my neck; the prisoner was gone; I waited some time but she did not come back; I went to the house two or three times but could not find her; I found her the next morning about ten o'clock, at a public-house, and she gave the duplicate of the watch to Mrs. Howe, she is not here. I did not see her give the duplicate; the constable is here, and the pawnbroker.

JOHN GASS < no role > sworn. - I am a constable: I produce some money, and a duplicate that I received from the prisoner, seven shillings, and three-pence halfpenny, and five farthings; she acknowledged to me that it was part of the money she had pledged the watch for; I did not make her any promise of favour.

CHARLES SAVILLE < no role > sworn. - I am a pawnbroker, (produces the watch); I had it from the prisoner on Monday the 14th instant, between eight and nine in the morning; I know her person; the watch is silver.(The watch was deposed to by the prosecutor, from the maker's name and number).

Prisoner's defence. I met this gentleman between eleven and twelve o'clock, at the corner of Golden-lane, it rained very hard, and he asked me to take him home to my lodgings, which I did; we went to a public-house and had some peppermint; he had but one shilling and sixpence in silver left, and he wanted to sleep with me for that, and I said I could not let him sleep with me for that, and he then desired me to pawn the watch.

Q. (To Connor.) Did you give her any money? - A. No.

Q. Are you sure of that? - A. Yes.

Q. Did you give her the watch? - A. No, I did not.

Jury. Q. Where had you the watch? - A. In my fob. NOT GUILTY .

Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. RECORDER.