The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-18 00:00:00

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The Chesterfield Handicap• coo.
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The Ehor St. Leger.

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CRIMINAL COURT —(T-Lll- 1p
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justico TALrouRD.) leadd'
Frederick Adolphus Hoare, a clerk, aged '26' plead
Frederick
guilty to stealing bank notes, value 4001, the Pt it.
of Abraham Wildey berts and others, hie 05s co
goeti
Several respectable Ro',illnesses gave the prisoner
character. filar'''.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD sentenced him to tre-
tiou for 10 years. 0 t•hfi
Mr. BODKIN said he thought it right to Leen-i°ee the.
the prisoner had been induced to steal the monei
o uld
which
temptations of betting houses.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD hoped the fate of the P ri•oner
icahwoafrtneinngletaodotioherasnnaobtytsosyoiefldctroirnfieri. t 14:0„d"tbt5e0-
Lions,E,;p '
w
lieved the moneys stolen by the prisoner aroolll3-
1,0001. h ,tg been
Mr. BODKIN.—Oh, much more than that, be "-co.
carrying on a regular system of robbery for 50rbb-eir,?.`2
James Betteridge, 32, grocer, and aarloge ;,:dioimeor
spinster, were placed in the dock on wi ~" dweilivg.
charging them with feloniously setting firs
I;.ire and Lire
house with intent to defraud the Monarell
Mr. Ballantine conducted tbe
Assurance Company.
and Betteridge was defended by gr. parr
_, thei case
Mr. BALLANTINE, after stating the natureitnoels,o"s":.__
against the prisoner, called the following lv, prisoner i 7
Henry Judge—l am she man to the male ,_oth o
Whitecross-street. I entered his service ortlnue_ _other
June, 1851. The prisoner had not at that ti
•s'„„tote
shop, but he had afterwards in Chapel-street.!..b.ltieue7.oo.
I remember the fire on the 24th of June in Wfuof a fire
ease for the prosecution
street. The prisoner, before then, lipoko to u
ufi„, or 6°
that was likely to happen. This votes a
weeks previous to the occurrence. Ile said ho wantb
oohs be -
bout ed tea
make money somewhere or other, and be hosere-
better fire the place and get money from tbe
le ells erY ferr
office. He conversed with me ou the 511.Je-t 1 tie ---
quently. We made preparations for the tire.,
oot col-
reeted me to cut a portion of the ceiling in the Ifi pulled
ler the night before the tire. The same eveningeeish jilt°
a portion under the shop down, aed put the ro~.
enter 010
a vat, and conveyed it to the York-road. 118531 il-
his intention to put some barrels under the brokmolt
ing, in order that the shop might catch the bare
il
easily. He also desired me to wrench up lb° ---.boy °.
the shop under the counter. lie had an errand, ere-
the name of William Warner. Leoas not on InctoYtho
miser on the night of the fire; was fent, LC toveY.
i,country. Betteridge said it was better be shoula ee per
There was a dog kept loose in the cellar. eonTh (,),g;3000
vious to the fire, I took to Islington. I also ie_oB 0
goods away to the other shop. Among them:: tbe
coffee-box. I botivht an old one for 3a. to trieiiitl
place of the other. He directed me t _ L':,',eo
,u,.r) tbo tea fled other boxes where I had br,e:ced
Luc ceiling. The shop eves closed At ten, and lip I
had eu
some,, paper afterwards near the cellar-door. 1',.,0t.
did this Betteridge and the female prisoner were grail
He told me that this paper was to be lighted. IlLved
Betteridge told me to go to b".. " j
little aftt r eleven•
cahhselacewn
dcoeuhl would
raf
pper together that night. We went to
bed'
roi
before the fire got dangeroeol,•. 0o•
clothes, and he said there.
o_s'.
etanhible:fitc3remygoing so far as to touch In I left
. . b 13et-
Between twelve and one I was called Y s.
them up.
don't know whether tee prisoners went to bed.
had his truw,e
tlidge, be re on.
partly undressed. and wee in Be:teridge's Nowt Ire.
par d floor front. Neither ' e 13(1.
was the secoh -
said he had b
The female pridene_rhwica
eeeepes bad then arrived. Betteridge sai ~ non% 0
give the alarm, but Chr.rlotte Webber said, '''
fool, let them find it out." The fire--seaPe
• • ,„beb the fire
rived, aed vie all left the house by ir. " d I olocned
was Fut out, we returned to the house, and r
, male prisoner
Lire shop. On the ram© morning the at— soon sr-