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POLICE COURT—MONDAYHirkuay robbery * mudnifkt.—KxeMk+n a youngmnn ir. maty black, wm brought up by the watch upon a charge of robbing Fatiick Makey, in Broad street, on Sunday night. A strong caae wu made out against him by the testimony of Maitey and the watchmen. Mnney was cross-examined very closely and at great length by Cot. Moore% counsel for the prisoner, and, as far as he seemed to understand the questions put to him, he answered with great simplicity and frankness, to the following effect:—Manejr—I belong to Halifax, and have been up here about a week. I had some money of my own, forbyc some notes to collect for a friend in Halifax. I boarded at Mr Sullivan's, in Broad street, but on Sunday I kept my bed till near supper time. 1 look one glass of cold brandy before supper. My brother, and some others acquainted with the family, was at Mr Sullivan’s after supper. Some hot punch was made and drank by several ol the party, but I drank only cold brandy, but not more than two glasses of it. About nine, I walked out with toy brother. At that time I had two pocket-books about me, with about twenty dollars in money, and the notes of hand. I walked with my brother about three-quar-ol a mile,*but I can’t say what time it was when I left him, but it was not very cloudy. Upon returning towards Mr Sullivan's, I found that I had lost my way, and could not find his house. In this state, I met the prisoner and another man, and asked them to show me to a boarding house, and told them 1 had plenty of money to pay my board with. I did not ask them to show me to Mr Sullivan's, because I thought it made no matter about my going there, as I could pay for my lodging anywhere that they might show me to. They then took me along with them, till they knocked me down, and took my two pocket-books. I then got up, and cried 41irateh and a w atchman came up and caught the prisoner. (The old gentleman inet the question, whether he was drunk or not, very fairly, by saying—44 To tell ye real truth, and the real truth is all ye can get out of ine, I was just half-and-half.)Daniel W. Ntal—watchman—A little after twelve, 1 was standing at the corner of Broad and Custom House streets— at the opposite corner ol Battery and Broad streets, 1 saw three men coining along. The obi gentleman was one of them, and he came up to me and asked il I could get him a lodging. 1 said I could not. Then the other two young men came up, and agreed to show him where he could get lodging, and then all three started oft* together. I do not know that the prisoner is one of the two men who thus came up and went off with the old gentleman, but I do know that he is the man who ran, after the old man cried 44 watch / The first thing I heard the old man say was—44 Take your hands out of my pockets.” Then he cried watch, and I ran towards the spot the alarm came from. When I came up, I asked the old man which way the men ran, and he said down Milk street.I ran down Milk street, and saw the prisoner just as he turned into India street. One of the Central wharf watch was on
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Boston Morning Post
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Nov 23, 1841
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