The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-24 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY Two SEAMEN.---Robert Storey and 'Wil-
liam Trotter, seamen, both of South Shields, were brought
before Mr Partridge, charged with stealing a bag of clothes
linen, and other property, valued at £5, belonging to Geo
Taylor, also a seaman.
A few days since the three seamen came from Shields to
London in a steamer. They all repaired to the Neptune
Coffee-house, in High street, Shadwell. The prisoners
had only one bag of clothing between theni. The prose
cutJr had another, and it was well filled with a good kit for
a sea voyage. The two begs were left in the care of Mr
Charles Edward Cowley, the landlord, who deposited them
in the kitchen. On Friday morning the prisoners
took the two bags away. Trotter offered the land-
lord 3d. for taking care of them, which he refused to
accept, and believing the prisoners, belonged to both bigs
permitted them to carry them away. The prosecutor sub-
sequently came to the same house, and on learning it had
already been delivered to the prisoners went in search of
them. The prisoners wore taken into custody yesterday
by Robert Thimbleby, police constable 119 K, and Storey
on being made acquainted with the charge said "It's d—d
Jock." On the constable being asked to explain this, he
said he believed that the prisoner meant to infer that a man
named Jock had committed the robbery. The prisoners
also said, " When we get before the magistrate we will
tell all about it; we did not think a shipmate would give
us into custody. The prosecutor, however, determined to
pursue the case, having lost the whole of his kit, and having
nothing to go to sea with.
The prisoners, who treated the matter with considerable
indifference, said they did take the two bags of clothes away
from the Neptune and fell in with a friend. They went to
a public-house in Ratcliff Highway, leaving the two bags
of clothes outside the door. When they left the public-
house there were no bags to be seen.
Mr, Partridge committed the prisoners for trial.
A BENEVOLENT JEW.—Sarah Lehad, a strange-looking
woman, with her head covered with a coarse handkerchief.
aged 40, and Sarah Lehab, her daughter, were charged
with stealing £l2, the monies of Elizabeth Brown.
The prisoners are natives of Jerusalem, and the elder
one speaks the German language. The first can speak
English and German, The prosecutor is a foreign Jew, an
itinerant player, and very frugal. The prisoners, whom he
had known some time, were in distress. He kept them a
fortnight in his house, and fed them. On Friday last he
was asleep in one room, and the prisoners, a Jew named
Marks, and his cLafghter, were in another room. Mrs,
Brown had gone out cn an errand. The prisoners and
Marks persuaded Brown's daughter to go out and buy
some apples. While she was away a drawer was opened,
and Ll 2, all the prosecutor's hard earnings, were abstracted.
When the old Jew discovered his loss, and accused the pri-
soners with.ingratitude and with robbing him of his money,
Sarah Lehab said, "I know nothing. As you have lose
your money you ought to be quiet as you have your life.',
The other prisoner endeavoured to throw the blame on
Marks, who has not been since seen by the Browns.
O'Connor, a police-constable, No. 177 K, found two keys
on the prisoner. One of them fitted the lock of the drawer
from which the money was abstracted. O'Connor after--
wards searched a box, the property of the elder prisoner, at
No. 57, Russell-street, in which he discovered £3 lOs in
gold. In another box he found a purse and a gold earring.
Mr Partridge remanded the prisoners.