The Queen v William Hill, James Hill, and Catherine Hill, the Wife of William Hill
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1849 |
| Date | 01 January 1849 |
| Court | Crown Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 324
Crown Cases
S C. 2 Car. & Kir. 978, T & M 150, 3 New Sess Cas. 648, 18 L J. M C 199, 13 L. T O. S. 551, 13 J. P 424; 13 Jur. 545, 3 Cox C. C. 533. Distinguished, R. v. Matthews 1850, 4 Cox C C. 214 Referred to, R. v. Whiley, 1850, 4 Cox C C. 412
324 THE QUEEN V. WILLIAM, JAMES, AND CATHERINE HILL 1 DEN. 463. [453] 1849 the queen v. william hill, james hill, and catherine hill, the wife of william hill A. and B. stole some iowls. A. sent them by coach in a hamper without a direction to Birmingham, stating that a person would call there for them C , wife of A., called, and on the hamper being shewn to her claimed it. It was not delivered to her, and she was apprehended Held, that on these facts she was wrongly convicted of feloniously receiving ) [S C. 2 Car. £ Kir. 978 , T & M 150 , 3 New Sess Cas. 648 , 18 L J. M C 199 , 13 L. T 0. S. 551 , 13 J. P 424 ; 13 Jur. 545 , 3 Cox C. C. 533. Distinguished, R. v. Matthews 1850, 4 Cox C C. 214 Referred to, R. v. Whiley, 1850, 4 Cox C C. 412] The prisoners were indicted at the Warwickshire Quarter Sessions on the 12th of March, 1849. William Hill and James Hill, for stealing twenty fowls the property of John Smith, and Catherine Hill for receiving ten fowls so stolen, &c., knowing, &c It was proyed that the prosecutor was a farmer residing at Marton, in the county of Warwick, and possessed at the time of the robbery of a quantity of fowls, principally of the Dorking breed, white, with five toes in either claw. The fowls to the number of twenty were stolen fiom the prosecutor's premises between the evening of the 26th and the morning of the 27th 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, [454] 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 March, and shortly after the arrival of the coach in Birmingham, the prisoner, Catherine Hill, canie 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...
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