The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

George Plickett, a potboy, was charged with stealing a
box containing property to the amount of £6O.
Mr. Watson said he kept the Queen's Arms public-house,
Queenhit he. The prisoner had been in his service about
two months. This morning he (witness) found he
had been robbed of some property from a drawer in
the bar parlour, which he had locked about two
minutes before. The prisoner was at time in the kitchen.
After he (witness) had locked the cash box, in a few
minutes he heard the barmaid calling " George has stolen
the cash box." He came up stairs as soon as he
could, and found the cash box gone. He gave
information to the polica, but when the prisoner was
taken in custody, he denied all knowledge of the robbery.
There was £29 10s Od in gold and various other property
in the box, worth in all, to about £6O.

Prisoner—lt's all false.
Ellen Woodward, barmaid in the service of Mr. Watson,
said—When Mr. Watson went from the bar-parlour, she
saw the prisoner go behind the door and put something un-
der his waistcoat. She asked him what he got, and he said
"Nothing." He then rushed out of the house, and she
gave an alarm that he had stolen the cash box.
Prisoner-4 went behind the bar to get a knife and fork
for a customer, nothing else, All the witness says is false,
George Richards said he saw a man about eleven
o'clock this morning give a man on Bull-wharf
a box, which he had concealed in a handkerchief, and then
ran away. The prisoner was the man who had
the box in the first instance. He knew him to be
in the service of Mr. Watson.

Alderman Carden—Well, prisoner, what have you to say
:o that ?

Prisoner—Why, he spoke false as well.
Alderman Carden—All three of the witnesses, you say,
tated untruths ?
Prisoner—Yes.

Alderman Carden—Well, I don't thick so. There is
reason to believe the man to whom you gave the box can
be discovered, and.therefore I shall remand you till Friday.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

COMMITTAL OF DANGEROUS FELLOWS.--TWO young
men, named John Hart and Willivm Sullivan, was charged
with loitering in Hemming's-row for a felonious purpose.
The evidence of Mr. Gordon, 336 A, went to show that
on the previous night he saw the two prisoners with three
other fellows visiting the urinals in Hemming's-row and
Duke's-court, several times in company. Knowing that
their purpose in doing so was either to extract money from,
or to rob gentlemen, he kept a close watch on them, and
heard a gentleman in Castle-street call "Police," and saw
him knock one of the prisoners down. The whole of the
fellows then ran up Castle-street followed by the gentle-
man, and after a sharp pursuit, assisted by Waterson, 144
C, he (Gordon) succeeded in securing the two prisoners.
On the spot a hat, either belonging to the gentleman or
to one of the prisoners' companions, was picked up,
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, \Vaterson said he had
known the prisoners for two years past as loiterers about
urinals, and had cautioned them several times.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked if it was known who the gentleman
was, and Gordon said that he seemed frightened and went
away.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the fellows for three months
each, at the same time stating that such dangerous fellows
would always be sharply dealt with by him,

THAMES.

JUVENILE THIEVES AND AN ADULT RECEIVER.
Sarah Bateman, a married woman, of No. 3, Davis-street,
Bromley, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with
feloniously receiving 1001bs. of coal, the property of the
North London Railway Company.

The case was a singular one. This morning, between
the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, a police-constable named Thos.
Wakeling, No. 100 K, saw a barge moored right across the
Limehouse Cut, a branch of the river Lea, at Bromley.
The barge formed a kind of pontoon-bridge, and four boys,
each laden with large pieces of coal, were running across
the barge from the east to the west side of the " cut." One
boy went into the prisoner's house on the west bank of the
canal, the others into houses adjoining. The constable pur-
sued them across the bargo,but they all escaped. He made an
immediate search in the houses he had seen the boys enter.
In the yard of one he discovered between 700 and 800 lbs.
of coal in lumps, and in the kitchen cupboard of 'the pri-
soner's dwelling he found 100 lbs. more. The prisoner was
up and in her night dress. They rushed out of the house
directly after the constable entered. He asked the prisoner
whose boy was that, and she said it was her own son. Sha
could give no account whatever as to how she became pos-
sessed ci the coals. There is a wharf in the occupation of
the North London Railway on the eastern side of the cut,
and a siding from the railway over which coal trucks are pro-
pelled. The coals aro discharged from the trucks into barges.
The barge, which had been converted into a bridge, was close
alongside the bank of the canal, and under the coal trucks,
in readiness to receive the contents of the trucks. About
half a ton of coals had been stolen from one of the trucks in
the course of the night. The trucks or waggone on the
railway sidings were laden with Staveley coal. The 8 cwt.
of coal found in the yard of one house, and the kitchen
cupboard of the prisoner's corresponded exactly with the
coals in the waggons. The barge was shifted from its
position.
Mr. Woolrych inquired if any retail dealers in the neigh-
bourhood of the place where the prisoner lived sold Staveley
coal, and the answer was in the negative.
The prisoner made no defence.

Mr. \\roolrych said a very daring robbery was committed
in the night time by several boys, who stole a ton of coals
from one of the trucks, and carried their booty to the oppo-
site side of the cut, and were nothing daunted by the dog
on the wharf barking fearfully, The prisoner was much
worse than the thieves. She was the receiver, and was a
very wicked woman. He sentenced her to six weeks' im-
prisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of
the coals found in her kitchen cupboard.
The magistrates of this court have commenced business
at 15 or 30 minutes past ten o'clock since the sth inst., to
the great convenience of the public, • The change has
ff d immense good. The magistrates have been
effected
to leave the court every afternoon at five o'clock,
and good order and quiet has prevailed. The people at-
tending upon the night charges and remands are away be-
fore the prsons atter ding on summonses arrive—there
has been no quarrelling or disorder in the avenues leading
to the court, and there is no prospect, while the present
system continues, of people being detained until seven and
eight o'clock in 'he evening, or leaving the court wearied,
exhausted, and disappointed. If the magistrates will follow
up their good intentions and commence business at ten
o'clock precisely every morning (the hour at which the
.
judges commence business Westminster Hall) they will
confer another boon on the inh4bitants of the district. Two
additional clerks are much, required. Two clerks were
appointed to the Thames Police Court when it was
first established 60 years ago. The business has since
increased tenfold, and no additional clerks have been ap-
pointed. Two clerks are not sufficient for the business of
the court, and were it not for the assistance of the ushers
and summoning officers, matters would bo brought to a
standstill. Mr. Woolrych arrived at the court this morning
at a few minutes after 10, heard the applications immedi-
ately, and commenced the hearing of the night charges at
half Test 10. He leaves town for his vacation this evening,
and will be away six weeks. Mr. Partridge, who enjoyed
his six weeks' holiday soon after his appointment, in the
early part of the summer, will preside daily while Mr.
Woo!rych is away, and it is to be hoped he will commence
business at 10 and leave off at 5 precisely, in compliance
with the Act of Parliament.