The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

A. POLICEMAN COMMITTING BURGLARY.

At one of the London Police Courts, on Monday, Wm.
u)Sallivan, a constable in the Walworth or P division of
tt°lice, was charged with burglary and robbery. William
Owe, gardener to Grow Saville B ousfield, a gentle-
the 23rd of February last, he placed his gold watch and
qabert chain on the sill of his bedroom window, and on
(3ing to bed at night he forgot to take it -from there
and wind it up. Between two and three o'clock on the
following morning he was awakened by a policeman
°klieg the window, and he called out " All right.,
P°lice." The constable replied, " It's not all right, the
'ritidow is open. I shall put it up, and you clasp it," and
a did so. Witness then went to bed, and on the follow-
pmorning he missed his watch and chain. Mr. Elliott:
Witness
you say the window was closed when you went to bed?
;Titness : Yee, sir ; but whether the catch was on or not
can't
-say. Mr. Elliott : You say a constable came to the
''lndow between two and three o'clock. Are you able to
1)1;1,,Ir whether the prisoner is the person who so called ?
41tness : I have no doubt of it, sir. Prisoner: What time
° You say the constable called ? Witness: Between two
4
tilld three o'clock. Prisoner: Were you in bed at the
ate ? Witness : No, not in bed. I was on the bed with
tp3'i coat and wistcoat off. Prisoner : Yes, and quite drank
tness : No, not drunk, though I could not say I was
ltlite sober. Prisoner : You were quite drunk, and did
11°t you swear just now that you were in bed when you
darel only on it ?.Bat that I shall leave to a jury.
11:Pector James Silver said the prisoner had belonged to
division, at Peckham, and from information he received
°ll the day before, he directed all the day duty men, on
~,eatiling off at three o'clock to exhibit their watches, and
'en it came to the prisoner's turn to do this, he drew
gem his pocket the gold watch he then produced.
-. asked him how he came by the watch,
;:and
he said he had purchased it two years
fore from a sergeant belonging to the 50th regiment,
11 his leaving for the Crimea. He (Mr. Silver) then
't etch
for the prosecutor, and he at once recognised the
„ateh. in question as his property, and the one
'Qat had been stolen from his bedroom on the night before
kteationed. Mr. Lund: You are sure that the pri-
f 8011er on the night of the 23rd of February last, was
the beat in which the house of the prosecutor's master
41 situate ? Inspector Silver : I am sure of it, and
molted him on the beat on that night. Police-constable
b illiam Hoyes, 58, said he saw the prisoner at the
Peckham station-house on that morning, when her ob-
ened " Will Sullivan, this is a bad job for you ;"
and he replied, " Why a bad job ?—the window
4ha's open when I took it." Mr. Lund said
Commissioners of Police received the highest
Zaracter of the prisoner from the colonel, captain,
gki°r, and adjutant of the North Cork Rifle Regiment of
to in which he had been a corporal. He joined the
15:4ee force on the 18th of February last, five days before he
rataitted the robbery.. Mr. Lund added that, from the
0.,„i1t, the prisoner had been strongly suspected of having
tj'atnitted the robbery, and he had therefore given direc-
is that, from the time of its commission, he should not be
,'4'2ed on night daty, and also that he should be closely
"atehed. The prisoner, who offered nothing in defence,
Vas fully committed to take his trial at the next Old Bailey
sessions; upon the double charge of burglary and robbery.

IE FISHERMAN CAUGHT IN HIS OWN NET.

C At the Southwark Police court, Thomas Dodson, a
,Itinglilar.lockingyoung fellow, who kept making a whining
oiBe and very ugly faces while in the dock, causing
tonsiderable laughter in court, and who stated himself to be
&'/larman, was charged with stealing a piece of seven
I.c,4nelkerchiefs, value 28s, the property of Mr. Bartholemew
female
draper, 119, Tooley-street. Ruth Nichols, a
in the employ of the prosecutor, stated that about
i--past seven on Saturday the prisoner came into the
1. kr? and requested to look at some shirts. Witness
k,"'ewed him several, and while attending to him she
taxed a piece of silk handkerchief, value 285., from a
oeli near where the prisoner was standing. She cora-
,lzujeated the circumstance to one of the shopmen, who
.; 'irle round to wherethe prisoner was standing and accused
7%. of stealing the handkerchief&, which he at 'first boldly
met ied. However, as soon as a constable was sent for, he
k• tiled them from under 'his coat and handed them to the
:44°Prnan, begging him to let him go. IL was detained
.1,111,:itl given into custody, The prisoner made a most
„L'"eous noise, and declared he never had the handker-
t'kujefs in his possession, but on beirg toll that if be
t.,..`"jed baying committed the offence, he must go to the
ZaB, ions for trial, he pleaded "guilty," and begged his wor-
k, '."P to settle the matter. Mr. Combs (to prisoner) : What
..c‘f'l? you ? Prisoner : lam a fisherman, sir. Mr. Combel:
tt.)es, after other people's handkerchiefs. (Laughter.)
~,24,80cer: Oh, no, sir. I fish for shrimps, and them sort
;fish. Mr. Con:be : It's all fish that comes to your net.
.tiangliter.) I have no doubt you are an experienced
',7lef, from the trimmer in which you committed this
bbery. I shall, therefore. sentence you to three
Maths' hard labour in Wandsworth House of Correction.