The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-11 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE CHARGE AGAINST A SOLDIER OF BEING IN
POSSESSION OF COUNT WALDSTEIN'S WATCH AND
CHAlN.—Joseph Hood, a private of the Grenadier Guards,
charged with being in possession of a watch and chain of
the value of £lOO, which was afterwards ascertained to be-
long to Count Waldstein, of Mount-street, Grosvenor-
square, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt.
It may be remembered that the prisoner stated that a
gentleman outside the barracks invited him to take some-
thing to drink, and he took him to his lodgings and made
him a present of the watch and chain. The count's state-
ment to the police was that he was robbed of his watch and
chain in a quarrel amongst some soldiers.
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Mr Weymouth, of Clifford's-inn, appeared to-day on
behalf of the count, who was not in attendance.
Mr Tyrwhitt ordered the evidence taken on the last occa-
sion to be read over, which was done.

Mr Tyrwhitt asked whether the Count was present, and
Inspector Tanner, from Scotland-yard, said he was not,
although the prisoner had been twice remanded.
Nlr Weymouth said he attended on behalf of the Count,
and it was a matter of the greatest importance that the
Count should be present to give an explanation of the state-
ment made by the prisoner. It happened that the day the
Count was to appear at this court he was taken ill, and
being also in great pecuniary difficulties he had to go to
Berlin for money. He (Alr Weymouth) had a certificate
showing that the Count had been in ill health and unable
to attend to business. The Count being a foreigner was
ignorant of the inference drawn by the report of the case in
the papers. His object was to ask for an adjournment, that
the Count might be enabled to attend.

Inspector Tanner said that after the prisoner was re-
manded last week ha called him and told him that he did
not like to tell the commanding oflcer at the time that the
gentleman had taken him home and told him to strip himself,
which he did, and that he gave him the watch and chain
for doing so.

Mr Weymouth said he had the landlady of the house in
which the Count lodged present, to state that no soldier
came to the house on the Sunday, the day of the robbery.
Mr Pohl, the secretary to the Count, said the Count was
an Austrian, and had been in this country some years. He
had latterly been very ill 'and unable to attend to business.
The Count was obliged to go to Berlin owing to the bad state
of his affairs. The Count told him on the Monday
morning that he had been robbed the previous day, and he
believed by a soldier in a street near the National Gallery—
that there was a fight going on, and he went by and was
robbed of his watch and chain.

The lady cf the hou®o eaid that no soldier came to it on
Sunday, and that the Count was too ill to attend to busi-

ness.

Mr Tyrwhitt—But he was not too ill to go abroad.
Mr Weymouth said he felt certain the Count would
attend.
It is said that the Banting system is to be intro.
duced into the army. No more stout officers will be
allowed.
Mr Pohi said he would be back in a week.
Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, offering to take two
bail in £lO for his attendance in a week.