Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 4, col. 1-6) GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] BURGLARY. ELIZABETH IRVING, aged 23, and ISABELLA IRVING, aged 29, charged upon the oath of George TORDIFF, with having feloniously and burglariously broken open his dwelling house in Abbey Holm, and having stolen and taken away divers goods and chattels of the said Geo. TORDIFF, &c. Mr. LOSH opened the case, and stated that the property had been stolen from a kind of out-house, attached to Mr. TORDIFF's residence, which was only fastened by a latch. Geo. TORDIFF, the prosecutor, stated that he lives at Woolsty-Hall, in Abbey Holm. On the night of the 21st of December, a quantity of shirts, shifts, sheets, &c. were stolen. On Thursday he and BECK the constable procured a search warrant at Unerigg, and proceeded to Seaton, on approaching which, he saw Isabella IRVING behind HUTCHINSON's house, taking clothes from a hedge, and when she observed him she pulled them off much quicker. She gathered them up and went into a corner of a field and stuffed them into a conduit, from whence witness afterwards saw MESSENGER pull them. Witness is sure that these clothes were his property. They then went to the house of a person named LITTLE where Elizabeth IRVING lived, and found some more of the stolen clothes in a milk-house. Elizabeth IRVING was not there. The prisoners were taken before a Magistrate. When Elizabeth was taken she said she cared nought for them "and could make a living if her hands were tied behind her back."-On his cross-examination, witness said the prisoners lived 15 or 16 miles from Woolsty Hall: Elizabeth IRVING once lived near that place: he suspected HUTCHINSON and LITTLE (two men) who have since absconded. John MESSENGER went with TORDIFF, BECK, and others to Seaton, on approaching which he saw some clothes hanging upon a hedge and people running about as if they (witness and party) had been noticed. Saw the clothes taken off the hedge by a woman who came out of HUTCHINSON's; she went to the corner of the house and looked as if watching their motions; she then went along a hedge, about 150 yards, and put the clothes into a conduit. Witness walked to her, and she asked what was the matter; witness went and took out the clothes, and charged her with stealing them, but she denied it; she had put some grass and mould over them. They then went to John LITTLE's, neither of the prisoners was there; Isabella was not in custody then. They found a checked shirt in a room that was locked.-Mrs. LITTLE at first said she had not the key, but afterwards produced it. BECK took all the articles in charge. Geo. ROBINSON knows the prisoners. On the evening of the 21st of December, he saw them going over Seaton common leading a black mare belonging to John LITTLE. Elizabeth got upon the pillion and went towards Dereham. The next morning between eight and nine he saw them again coming down to Seaton; Elizabeth was on the black mare, and Isabella was mounted upon a grey poney belonging to W. HUTCHINSON; the latter's horse was very dirty, and she had a bag under her; did not observe that Elizabeth had any thing. David BECK is a constable at Maryport. He went to Seaton and found the clothes as above stated. He saw Elizabeth apprehended behind HUTCHINSON's house. Witness said it would be better for her to tell if there were any more concerned. Her examination was taken down in writing before the Magistrate. Mary TORDIFF, daughter of the prosecutor, identified the property. The clothes when stolen were wet; the house from which they were taken is in the yard, and under the same roof with the dwelling; the door was not locked, but was fastened with a latch. His Lordship was of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence against Elizabeth to go to the Jury. The Jury found Isabella guilty of stealing, but not in a dwelling house,-and she was sentenced to seven years' transportation. [to be continued]