Old Bailey New Court, Sat...
Petce Gardner was itidicted for stealing one piece of cast iron pipe, the propertyof the imperial Gas Light ana Coke Company, on the 6th of July, and John Dunbar, forfeloniously receiving the same, kniowing it to be gtolen. Mr. Seriweant ADAMAS stated the case for the prosecution. The prisoner Ga^rdner was a labourer, andl Danbar an iro'.founder. The Company had contracted with the parish of SL Giles to supply the public lights with ga8, and lhed, immediately previous to the robbery, laid. pipcs forthe purpose, through the north-western ex- tsemity of the parish, srhich palrt lay conltigulou3 to the ptemises of -Dunbar_a circumstance which would be foand material in the casc, as it respected Dtnbar. Daring the work, the Cornny's pipes bad lain about the streets, in the neighbourhood of Tottenham. coun-road,: close to Dunbar's foundry: The pipes of the Impe- rial Gas 1iight Company were remarkable, having denoting marks, a longitedinal flllet, and the initials I. G. 1. and C. Co." cast-in them-marks which no other company in London, whether for water or gas, used. The pipe fbr which the indictment was laid was alho remarkable, being a bend pipe of peculiar augle, but being too long tor the particular Gpot for which it was to have been 'ise4 Id becri alloetelled, and the part having the Cospa=y'* in!- tia&s trkea orT, but tle longitudinat tillet reivlained. Tht pipe not being wanted, was left'with some othersi, Iving in Uharlotte-trecCE, BedSford.squarc. frot whe;ce it was stolen, ad afterwiuvax found upon 2Dunbar's premsises, ams wiould he provedS. - ,J. Parker stated, that on tshg Sit of- .uly hesaw Gardier wilth two pipes, osne ever eath shoultder S? into Dueitr'a"s, zndshortbl after come out w ithout them. v;'titnegis then went to f.harlotte- strect, where he bael obscrved the bent pipe in the morning aria feund it gone;G thent went to Fa < -itst, where he feutid it 2ing a fet v ardit from Tottet n csurt. toad* sawr Gardner come out of Dunbar'9s foundry t/idil an:,ther pPrisn;* thley lttoked at the pipe,and fiardnei took it into Duunb'ar premises, na (aftcrwalrds come out withlout it. .J. T. (ilintlon, the ('npittny's stperintentl-t, -weVnt to D.nbar-. ot die ltl!h of JuUt:; -sw t ite elder I}utbor, -wb"i.statid, -ii a-answer toa epitestiun, th, it.ilev itaS no pitie uponi Onrir j`)niris. Wvitners tIen ,pailtte.t out a piece of Ipie aicngtte t Con:pany',niasrkx .d ilti- tials upon ii. ainoneist somne o'd iron; upon eetile , vitjt ot'ner Pipes were foundl, tsto having the initials, entd all the logtigttini? fillet; One o1 rlese was the bend pipe. All the pipei wete r.ew, a-nd it LitUst be a-ppartrii to a conimon obsereer, tShey had never lye=a,V usett. At tthtt tuonient the prisoner l)unbar cnteretd en, d on being quabdtioned., S,rted that tie had bouglit the tIes-. aiind woutd btine them .;gain, bc had bought ttieni of a persnt-ot, ofwhton he k?,tw tIl- thing, btit thought tie should recullect lkitri agait. Cr-arlets LTrk., aid Willian Ball. a loiw-stieet pattr], priw,tt searching Duabhr'st preomises, aind finding the pipes tihefe. The witseeses were cro:s-exnmineid by Vfr. A4DOl r]Ui. fur Duanber, wlio caUed vitrnisees for tlte d1-fiince. John Bold was etnmployed irn lte fitctora, Dwu.bar nielts 18 c-et a d-y, prineipallyt old irorin, fr w3ictt they give r. Lit. per Cr. ; 6- buys atl sortsef old iron, a,dn celtt it maiittuartured into goods, bi r never mtt pines; the hsave largze piles ol iron. and whien bDrghr it is throwit together proiiactiousl. in ' saw sot-eof tt-e pipe5 _sghing ohter i-toi camne in atterwards, whicti as twtOiws>i over theM-i; tih scrle- wete partly visibie orow. the street ; buys old iro n troni water 'nd Iother cotiipattirt. f t'se!ss:. d.lt wa-s 1 tk,uhl itt butyin oldi pipesof rot pnt.ie9 to IIR-e it r,gular bitt ,i palsek. Stever"or, al ii tttider. *Uale, tIha[t the f,,l price f.,r A,id iron is 3n fhI per cat.; tzriow- fldx,12, prErni,e; - th tea g ars- epen alt dy; it tM pOb,ilblc ,l, !ed to Ete end o; the foeioCs trom Tot ti-c- baen couri oiad Croi.s evanmti,cei-Adiimtitl t-lie woull not btit a new io-b Ptt 0i,r aperson ot tirOn h. lkne,no i iri v ajittoot autsing qucatiloni. Se; al rr theCtaittr Witneyses, were Clied to Dnrit-tafs ciaracter. 1 OMMO ( oto0 SEttGFAIeT. ill huIlllinlt up, 1rared hliS opniion, thail thr e-'tdei,ce O! conieraklnertot ttieproperty. bv Dunbar, wriout t- ed to totlhin,. Dot-bi-r haJ, hwtever, t'te.l with greait WAnt 'D ctaltiot and itni;rutlence thli pipe %ua, t,ew, titid appeated io tmavr beef) pIl l ihast d wvit i,cu t askc hg av q tlest inn, wh,o 1tie toiau Way, o Iib/' tie cIt--u ipseaed of it. Thiat the pipe Coitd be tiol pelqtiUitt'. 5s had !ieon 'u ee.ie- by -i of thc prisonur'-s witziesttes, cvern it It w er c o,l P;pi, tatiI been provel b- other conipaiiiec sellinrg tieir old ptipt s aT sav t hea DLtitbar hiact act?ed itist itncauticusly: it, a-,k no c4--uttiati o7 a timmin of whim lie knevw rtittting. was any thing but a r-oper titoJd2 ot ctnduatitng businebs and wtlc-ver 3dopted ro carltc-s B stole, rai a gar.t risk of doing L dishonelst artion. altd wtiuld tbave no righit to *rllplaiin if' he Wt-e blroughlt to this tribunut tou.niv-er far Ii. co;orlt. P.,riics hihould be able ro state bow nudt Icti bt .ir pnraeSd of propert ; an l if tl:ev were tunable ilrnlit ve ry:otbliv be tuorwrd. '1itJ .lury returniE-d ai verdict of (t';ial againgt Gari.itvr. and a-. qti,ritei littimab;r. OLD BAIL.YV NEW COURT. SXTU1;DAY, SrrT. 1.