The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

service, and knew the prisoner. On the morning
after the fire he saw the prisoner go into the house
about twelve o'cicck, and take some patent screws—
about two dozen pairs, as far as he knew. Those pro-
duced were like them. The prisoner asked him to
take some with him, but he did not do so. He
told his master what he saw on the 13th of Febru-
ary; not before. He was still in Mr. Foletti's ser-
vice, but did not tell him before, because he forgot
it. When they were talking about the matter at
the fire-office he recollected it, and told him
afterwarda.

John Piachintini stated that the 10th of February
the prisoner gave him the patent screws produced, to
sell for him, but his master would not buy them of
him. He brought 33 dozen pairs, and he said he
might sell them for Bs. a dozen, or 1/. for the lot, in-
cluding a dozen brass castors. The next day be told
the prisoner that his master would not buy them from
him, and he said he would send a boy for them, which
be did.
Marianne Foletti deposed that she never gave the
knife produced to the prisoner. It bad been lost
three months, and she had several times made appli-
cation to the prisoner about it, who always said he
had not got it.
Inspector Brennan took the prisoner into custody
on the 15th of February, at Hoxton Old-town_ He
charged him with the rubbery, and be replied, " If I
rob him I send them back." At the station the knife
and handkerchief were found on him. The prose-
cutor said, " These belong to my wife," and the pri-
soner answered that Mrs. Foletti bad given them to
him.

This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. HORRY regretted that the society alluded to
by the learned counsel for the prosecution no longer
existed ; for, if it had, the prisoner probably would
have had ample means to enable him to get up his
defence properly. He then addressed himself to the
different parts of the evidence, and called witnesses to
character.

The Learned JUDGE having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and
The COURT sentenced him to six months' imprison
ment and hard labour.

John Wheeler, aged 19, pleaded Guilty to the
charge of stealing 701. in bank-notes, the property,
and from the dwelling-house, of George Caiui
Coombs, his master, a cheesemonger, at No. 50,
Cowcross-street, St. Sepulchre's. It was shown that
he had twice been convicted before, and he was sen-
tenced to ten years' transportation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Giuseppe D'Amico, who described himself as an
Italian refugee, was brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with having created a disturbance at the re-
sidence of Prince Carini, the Neapolitan Ambassador,
in Park-lane.

The butler of his Excellency said the defendant
had several times been at the residence of the Prince,
and had already been relieved with money, That
morning the defendant came again to the house, rid
by the direction of his Excellency he was told to go
away. The defendant would not leave the house, and
witness was obliged to expel him forcibly. The de-
fendant immediately commenced knocking at the
door, and made such a disturbance that witness gave
him into custody.
The defendant could or would speak nothing but
Italian. The defendant had some letters from dis-
tinguished personages, amongst whom was Lord
Palmerston. _ _ _

Mr. BINGLIAM, after a short conversation with the
defendant, obtained a promise from him to abstain
from going to the residence of the ambassador again.
Mr. BINGHAM then directed the defendant to be
released, upon his entering into his own recognizance
in 401. to keep the peace.
LAMBETH.

Mr. R. Smythe, coal merchant, and proprietor of
Hartley's Wharf, Horslydown, appeared before Mr.
Elliott to answer the complaint of Jobn Riches, a coal
dealer, in East-lane, Walwortb, for having unlawfully
sold to the said complainant six sacks of .coals which
did not respectively contain two hundred and twenty-
four pounds.
Mr. Riches, sen., said be had caused the present
complaint to be laid at the request of several coal
dealers, and on account of two tons of coals sent to
his customers being abort of weight. On the day
mentioned in the summons his sou went to the wharf
of the defendant, and ordered a ton of coals, and after
they were loaded in the cart, he complained that they
were not the legal weight, and tidied Mr. Smythe to
weigh them, but he refused to do so. On bringing
them home the coals were weighed, and six sacks out
of the number were found to he considerably deficient.
Mr. ELLIOTT inquired whether Mr. Riches, jun.,
who was the person who laid the complaint, and who
alone was competent to prove the offence, was present.
Mr. Riches, sen., replied that his son had gone into
the city on business, as he did not think his presence
was necessary, but he expected him to call at the court
in the course of the afternoon. He had, however, in
attendancr, a constable whom he had called iv, and
who saw the coals weighs d.
Police-constable, 316 P, said that on the day before
mentioned, he was called in by Mr. Richep, and su-
perintended the weighing of 10 sacks of coals, which
had been brought on the premises in a cart. The
first and second sacks were quite right, but the third
was deficient 3lbs , the fourth 71bs., the fifth 191b5.,
the sixth 7ibs., the seventh and eighth were right,
the ninth was 91bs. deficient, and the 10th 91bs. also
deficient.

The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that
this was an open wharf where coals were loaded from
the vessel, and taken away by the purchasers m their
own or hired vehicles, and therefore he could not be
held accountable for any deficiency when once they
left bis premises. He denied that Mr. Riches, junior,
had asked him to weigh the coal at the wharf, and
called one of his men, who said he weighed and de-
livered the coals in question. In conclusion the de-
fendant said that this was the first time he had had a
complaint, and if Mr. Riches had represented the cir-
cumstances to him he should not have minded giving
him a sack of coals.

Mr. ELLIOTT observed that it was somewhat strange
that the only person who could establish the case was
absent, and dismissed the complaint.
In a few minutes after the young marl made his
appearance, and requested that a fresh summons
might be granted, but this Mr. Elliott refused, ob-
serving that the proper course would have been, it
any suspicion existed, to have calltd a constable and
weighed the coals before they had been take❑ away.
In his, Mr. Elliott's opinion, it would he a great
hardship to impose a penalty or hold the defendant
responsible for the weight of the coals after taking
them off his premises.
SOUTH IV AIUC.

In the list of the night charges on the police sheet
of the M division appeared the name of H. 11. Went-
worth, who was found at an early hour on Sunday
morning lying on the payment adjacent to the Post-
office at Stones'-end, and in the immediate vicinity of
this court. At the time he was first discovered he
was perfectly insensible, and it was supposed that it
was caused by intoxication, and he was accordingly
placed on a stretcher and conveyed to the police-
station at the rear of this court. Mr. (idling, the
surgeon of the police force, was cent fur, and onae.xt:
amivation of the man it was found that
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