The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-30 00:00:00

Yesterday, Jacob Castfebeig, watchmaker, of 23,
Neweast/e-street, Whitechapel, aud liteuben Hurt, who
described himself us a tailor, were placed at the bar of
the Bow-st7ect, Police-court, before Mr. Jardine, charged
on Suspicion of being concerned in stealing gold and
Silver watches from the. shop of Mr. Jones, of 308,
Strand, in the night of the 9th of October last.
Mr. John Jones, the prosecutor, deposed as follows: I
am a watchmaker and jeweller, living at 308, Strand.
On the night of October 9, a large quantity of stock, con-
sisting of gold and silver watches and jewellery,wks stolen
from my premises. I offered a considerable reward for the
property. Yesterday evening (Therseay) a man aimed
Ashley called at my shop. I had a partial remembrance
of him, from his having applied to me for work on a for-
mer occesion; but I had no other knowledge of the man.
He showed me four silver watch-case, without either
the movements or glesses belonging to them. They
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oneshl yf rineyk-pt7ettici:7lhe. watch cases, I was induced to couter with Mr. Pearce,
the auperintenderat of police, whom I afterwards uceoni-
panied to the house of the prisoner Custleberg, at 23,
Newcastle-street, Whitechepel-road. We found Cas-
tleberg there. Mr. Peatee produced the four silver
watch cases, and showed them to him separately, at the
same time asking if he had over seen either of them
before. He said, No." Pearce then asked him if he
knew a man named Ashley? He replied " Yes," add-
ing, " that Ashley had occasionally done little jobs for
him." Pearce asked him if he had ever given the fear
silver watch cases to Ashley, or either of them? The
prisoner replied " No." Then Pearce said to him, " I
am a police °Moor, and I charge you with having stolen
property in your possession," subsequently announcing
his intention to search the house. The prisoner then
asked who I was, and who the other parties were (my
workman and two police-constables) who accompanied
us? Pearce told him that I was Mr. Jones, upon which
he exclaimed, " Oh, Mr. Jones, T am a watchmaker; the
swat, kiB you are." Pearce began searching about the
shop, and presently opened a drawer, in which we saw
the inside works (or moveraents), and the glass, be-
longing to each of the watch oases. I took up the
movements, one after the other, and fitted them into the
cases which I had received from Ashley. I can swear
that the works found in the prisoner's drawer belonged
to those cases.

The Attorney for the prosecution Can you also
swear that they are part of your property?
Mr. Jones—That requires some explanation. In their
present state I cannot swear positively to the movements.
Upon my examining them minutely, the prisoner Castle-
berg maid, "I am only a workman, Mr. Jones, and these
watches were brought to me is pieces, ready gilt and
engraved, for mo to put together and get the cases
polished. " I asked him, " Who gave them to you?"
He said he did not know the name of the man, but that
ho would be calling at his (Castleberg's) shop the next
morning at 10 o'clock, so that if we watched for him wo
might Luke him. I said to him, " Tell the truth, like a
man," or words to that effect, " for you must know who
brought them to you." The prisonee then said, "The
man's name is Hart," I inquired if it was Levy or Aaron
Hart, and I understood him to reply that it was Robin
Hart. I asked him where Hart lived, and he said that
he did net know, but could take me to the place. The
officers present agreed to accompany him to Hart's resi-
dence, and I remained in Castleberg's shop with his
workman, a Polish Jew, who could nut speak English.
Mr. Jardine—Will you explain the alteration which
you say has been made in the works since they were
iu your possession?

Mr. J OLIPB-The movements have been filed down
muoti thinner, and the names and numbers erased from
three of them, arid the plates re-coloured. I can toll
this from my knowledge and experience as a watch
maker. With respect to the fourth watch, the plate is
also much reduced in thickness, owing to the erasure of
the original maker's name. Another name is now en-
graved upon the plate, and the number of the watch has
been altered. A figure 7 has been prefixed to the ori-
ginal number, and the figure 1 has been altered into the
figure 4 On looking at the watch with my eyeglass I
um prepared to say that the original number on the
plate was 1,610. lc now appears to be 71,640. If you
look with the eye-glass ut the figure which has been
made into 4 you will see that the up stroke of u figure
1 still remains. (The magistrate, examined the watch,
and appeared to concur in this opinion.) On reference
to my stock book I am enabled to say that a silver watch,
No. 1,610, was among the property stolen, and I believe
that the watch now produced is the same. Indepen-
dently of the obvious alteration of the figures, and of
the self-evident fact that the figure 7, prefixed to the
original number, is engraved deeper than the old figures,
I am confirmed in this impression by the character of the
watch, which resembles the one that was stolen.
Cross-examined, by an attorney who attended for
Castleberg—My stock. book is here, and 1 find, on re-
ference to it, that the watch in question (No. 1,610) was
taken into stock in September last—the maker's name
being Silty and Co. I cannot refer to any entry respect-
ing the other watches, because the names and numbers
upon them have been altered. For the same reason, I
am unable to swear that they were in my possession on
the day previous to the 9th instant, when the robbery
took place; but I may mention the tact that the eases
are made by my case-makers and the springs by my
spring-makers. The name of "Setty and Co." has been
obliterated from the fourth watch, and none other sub-
stituted. Any watch-maker could tell that the name-
plate had been thinned by the operation.
Mr. J.lrdine—Would not 71,640 be a monstrous num-
ber to be upon a watch—if it indicates the number of
watches made by the manufacturer ?

Mr. Jones—The numberisalarge one, no doubt, but
sometimes numbers are put on capriciously.
Mr. Jardine—Oh, that's another matter.
Superintendent Pearce, of the F division, after con-
firming the evidence of the prosecutor, said—When the
prisoner Castleberg was asked where he obtained tho
four watches, ho replied, " The person who gave them
to me told mo not to say where I obtained them from,
if any inquiry should be made." By the direction of
Castleberg, I accompanied Pocock and another officer
to Hart's house, 4, Hann's-placc, Whitechapel. Wo
waited for him some time. He returned home at about
hall-psst 12 o'clock at night. I told him I was an
officer, and asked him if he know Castleberg. He said,
" Yes." I asked him if he ever worked for Castleberg.
He replied " I have occasionally done a job for him."
I asked him if he had any of his watches with him at
that time, and he said, "No ; I have none in hand."
We went up stairs, and Pocock pulled out a box from
under his bcd. It contained a quantity of articles in
pearl, electro-plate, &c., but nothing which Mr. Jones
could identify as belonging to him. Hart said ho was
a tailor. This morning (Friday) I was standing in the
yard at the back of the police-station when Hart came
out of his cell. The other prisoner (Castleberg) ex-
claimed, on seeing him, " That's the man I bad the
watches of."
William Gallington, journeyman watchmaker, said—
I live at Henry-street, Limehouse' and have worked for
Mr. Jones about eight years—and five years of the time
on the premises, 308, Strand. I inhavewbaeehnesp
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of repairing watches. I know the watches
very well, and can identify three of them positively. I
saw them four or five weeks ago in the possession of Mr.
Jones, and I am tolerably certain as to the other watch
also. The movements were given to me originally to
take to pieces and to repair, and new cases were to be
made for them. Finally, I delivered them into the hands
of Mr. Jones's sister. (The witness described the altera-
tions and erasures upon the name-plate, as already
deposed to by the prosecutor.)
Cross examined—l would not swear that it was not
rather more than five or six weeks ago. It might have
been two months ago since I saw them last. No doubt
" Setty and Co." have made and sold a good many
watches, but I remembered the watch in question more
particularly, because I had never mot with the maker's
name before. All Mr. J,,nes's watches do not pass
through my hands; but this sort generally does.
There being no further evidence at present, Mr. Jar-
dine remanded the case for a week, and refused to admit
either of the prisoners to bail.

TRING AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meet-
ing of this society wss herd at Tring Station on Tuos-
day. The slew of stock was better than bad been shown
in previous years; the roots and shrubs especially were
first-rate, and the seeds
_may be judged. of when it is
stated that some white wheat shown. weighed 18st. 11 lb.
Letters have been . P.
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per imperial bushel, and did not gain a prize.
show, the dintirr was
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bil:itshecY'English and Australian Copper Company,
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