HANGED FOR A POST OF ROBBERT.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 80, 11 August 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

HANGED FOR A POST OF ROBBERT.

; > (JL<rom Temple^iar^l^fs^^^^^^^M " It's not more ti) an sixi V, yean j*^^^^^| a banker's parcel,, contaj»i^?ij|j I^^^^^^l utnounfc of several lmnd©«f||^ j^^^^^^H posted at the Batli poitf.-6m|g?| l^^^^^^^l to Lot) Jon. and never amve||tfg H^^^^^^H was made known in du^onlfev. : fl^^^^^H v, ere set on foot, an(l||t:'^p|©iJ z^^^^^^H clmnsed at a jewelki-'^Wp^^ the day when the ]etlfei^)y|^!lj|^^^^^^H The chavacter of the^g^^ei^^^^^^^H I tln'nk, was Stanmo^^lftod^^^^^^^H to aUqw of suspicV^j^Mnr declared thai J^4^^lj|ipse>i|^^^^^^^H man who had cMn^ctl|t|fe' n<>^^^^^^^^| had supplied h^nrwititSjertaii^^^^^^^^H jewellery^ to :a|^fii|j|/r^]ii^^^^^^B swear; and th^3|e|lspf«hi^^^^^^^^H to tlie identiljp|^E||purcli<|;rt^^^^^^^H described asia^iarm^r^ then taken /|d-'flja(tj^ and fj^^fj^^^^H .not ident^^^2pi|ftheiiS||^^^^^^^B men.ofgopaf^f^ler. . i|^j^Mj^^^^H as is the ense with' places |fS p.^tlpj^^^^H leader aiiion^stili'e tow n|p«|p|^iri^^^^^H keenest scrutiny- of To>^£|nd|an : d : S(^^^^^H the other leadiii^'robiivrtftl^ajjyMd^^^^H Bow-sireet, failed in disco yer^f ; '^^^^^| by wlioniihe letter \^as"stoJen,Sil ~-^^^^^| more returned to towr^;- Kixtjn^ H^^^^^l having contracted a sCron^^lr |^^^^^| postmaster— a f e eling \vhich r *w|t^^^^^^H cated, and w^i^:^asl}^i^||^yp^^^^H that tl»ey-iwerey^» ;^e^gi|^yfe^^^^B " There is sqrriethrn^/^<^s^rVid|^i:^^^^^B perentheucio^^:?stj^pj|^'gifaiSf^.^^^^H fasci hat ing i n fishi h§r^ :^ I '^«-«^^^^^^B y o u angle for?' Mr Stai)ino|e|Jel^^^^^H intending to return w henJ^]|e;fi|^^^^H autumn days sliould pvoiirisje^i^B^^^^M sport ; and he kept his vv °/dvlps£ij^^^^B eight months after his turned to Bath, and Jook -U|r hi^pj^^^^^^B at his new friend's housed morning — dark and hazy, such nCnlt^^^^^H would have loved — the pair set fci^^^^^^| noted water within some few railej^^^^^H town, and fished for several hdurs^^^^^^H when he saw his friend'scn.sts jofij^^^^^^B what of their energy, andhis ni^^^^^^^H inj? less accurate, tlie hoKpithble > j^i(^^^^^^H led him <o a neighboring inn, whjejp^^^^^^H had already been „ ordered; the landlord honored his '^uH|s|^^^^^^H in-^ in the first dish with hiscm|^^^^^H When he retired, Mr ytanmore >^^^^^^^| liis chair, hurriedly locked the-3jfl^^^^^| rushing over io the astonished po^^^^^^H excl.iimed, 'That — tliat is the n l^^^^^H chnnofed the stolen note!- I iho^^^^^^^B cognised his face ; but Inm coiP^^^^^^^| his identity — on his \vatf:hchn(j^^^^^^| hanging a seal which I myself sm^^^^^^f After a rapid consultation theyde^^^^^H on ringing the bell. It was ahsJ^^^^^H a servant girl; but they told ij^^^^^H wanted to consult the landloi^^^^^H some wine, and beg" cd . that l^^^^^^^| come to them. In a few ;niu^^^^^^| landlord came. Immediately onfl^^^^^H pearance they b-ith looked at "H^^^^^^H chain — thcsexl was gone! Time's^^^^^^| tiji, and I'vp. (rot 10 pack my j (^^^^^^| said Mr Lamb. tinisliin« his wine nrike n long- story Vliort, the lamlh^^^^^H arrested, the seal was ionnd in a at the back of the house, the ni J^^^^| proved to have called at the ]>ust"o^^^^^H the <l j '.y of the theft, to have l >G n^^^^| miiitid into the sorting looni.wbjle h ennves ition with"- one of' The deri^^^^^H ultimately he confessed that he liad^^^^^^H the parcel out of n pigeon-hole in had gone up to London (as was freq^^^^^J I his custom) !>y the ni^litmail, a^|^^^^^| changed one oT the notes at Mr Stiinn^^^^^ shop. For this crime he 'Was h^l^^^H hut so »nat a coirim<iiion wa« "raisetM^^^^B rlie severity of the puni-hment, tn l r ' J^^^^| law on this point was n 'tcre!^^^^|