345. ELIZABETH PRICE proceedingsdefend was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Ann Pearce proceedingsvictim , spinster , about the hour of eleven in the forenoon, on the 18th of February , and stealing therein, two sheets, value 10 s. a blanket, value 4 s. a rug, value 1 s. and a tea-kettle, value 1 s. the property of Benjamin Wallis proceedingsvictim ; three bonnets, value 3 s. a cap, value 1 s. 6 d. a neck handkerchief, value 1 s. and a band-box, value 6 d. the property of Jane Pearce proceedingsvictim .

JANE PEARCE < no role > . I lodge at the house of Benjamin Wallis, 19, Charles-street, Drury-lane . He does not live in that house. He lives in the same street, at No. 40. On the 18th of February, about ten in the morning, I went out of my apartment. I locked the door with a padlock. I returned about six o'clock in the evening; the padlock was then off. I missed my landlord's things. I went to Elizabeth Price < no role > , and accused her of it. She said, that Benjamin Wallis < no role > had been in my apartment and had taken away the things. I went to Wallis. He came with me, and then the prisoner said the things were in her apartment, and she produced the articles.

BENJAMIN WALLIS < no role > . Q. You are the owner of this house in which the witness and the prisoner lived - A. Yes. I do not live in it myself.

Q. Do you remember the witness coming to you, and mentioning about the padlock of her door being taken off, and the things missing - A. Yes. I went back with her. I went to the prisoner's apartment. I saw my things in the prisoner's apartment. I have got my property.

Q. Have you them here - A. No, I have not. I had them here last sessions. I thought it was unnecessary to have them here again.

NOT GUILTY .

First Middlesex jury, before Lord Ellenborough.