R v Catherine Hill
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1849 |
| Date | 01 January 1849 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 175 E.R. 411
QUEEN'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
Subsequent proceedings with annotation, 1 Den 453.
2 CAR. &K. 979. EEGINA V. HILL 411 regina v catherine hill, indicted and tried with william hill and james hill (A, stole fowls, and sent them by coach to Birmingham, in a box, not addressed to any one ; but A made a verbal statement when he sent them, that a person would call for them at Birmingham B. inquired for the box ; it was shewn to her, and she claimed it, but it was not delivered to her '-Held, that B. could not be properly convicted as a receiver ) [Subsequent proceedings with annotations, 1 Den 453 ] Receiving stolen goods.-The prisoners were convicted at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions, on the 12th of March, 1849, subject to the opinion of the Judges upon a case which stated that " William Hill and James Hill were indicted for stealing twenty fowls, the property of John Smith, and Catherine Hill for receiving ten fowls so stolen &c , knowing &c All the three prisoners were found guilty. It was proved that the prosecutor was a farmer residing at Marton in the county of Warwick, and possessor, at the time of the robbery, of a quantity of fowls, principally of the Dorking breed, white, with five toes on either claw. The fowls, to the number of twenty, were stolen irom the prosecutor's premises between the evening of the 26th and the morning of the 27th of February On the 28th of February, between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, the prisoner James Hill, accompanied by the other prisoner William Hill, brought in a wheelbarrow to an inn at Redditch, a box and a hamper, and delivered them, to go by the coach to Birmingham. There was no direction affixed to either of them, but the prisoner James Hill, on delivering them, said, ' a person would call for them at Birmingham.' The box and hamper were taken to Birmingham the following day, 1st of March, and, shortly [979] after the arrival of the coach in Birmingham, the prisoner Catherine Hill came to the coach-office and inquired after the box. The box was shewn to her by the coachman, and she claimed it as the box which she was come for. Upon this, she was taken into custody; and the box, being opened in her presence, was found to contain ten fowls The fowls were plucked of their feathers, and from the claws of eight of them a fifth toe had been cut away, which was remaining upon the other two fowls. " The prisoner Catherine...
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