The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

PICKPOCKETS AT THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.—
Thorcas Dempsey, a young man fashionably dressed, was
placed at the bar before Mr Ingham, charged with attempt-
ing to pick pockets at the Horticultural Gardens, South
Kensington.
William Bell, 281 B, said that at 20 minutes to 6 o'clock
on the previous evening he was on duty in plain clothes on
the terrace of the gardens, when ho observed the prisoner
and a youth by whom ho was accompanied whose conduct
attracted his attention. He saw them plunging into the
midst of the crowd, and watched them. Prisoner went up
to a lady in a black silk dress and put his right hand into
her pocket. He was covered partially by his companion,
notwithstanding which witness saw that prisoner's hand
was empty when he withdrew it. Prisoner then changed
his position, and, screened by his companion, tried another
lady's pocket without success. He next walked to the
centre enttance, and placing himself by the side of an
elderly lady, put his hand in her pocket and withdrew it
closed, and witness then seized him, while a fellow.
officer inquired whether the lady had lost anything, and
during that time his companion escaped. The lady said she
did not miss anything from her pocket.

Mr Ingham—Do you know anything of the prisoner ?
Witness—l believe he was in custody on the 4th of May,
1861, for picking pockets at tho Volunteer Review in Hyde
Park, and had three months' hard labour.

Prisoner—l deny every word he says ; I dont know any-
thing about ladies' pockets. Ile says there was another
with me, why did he take me alone—why didn't he take
him as well ; if wo were doing this why should I only be
here—it ain't right.
Mr Ingham—The officer says he believes you have been
in custody before.
Prisoner—There is not a word of truth in it.

Mr Ingham—Well, now we'll see about that; I shall re,
mend you for a week, and then we shall see whether you
are known, and it will give time for inquiries.

THAMES.

STEALING GOODS IN TRANSIT —IMPORTANT PROSE-
CUTION.—AIfred Hunter, carman, aged 19, of No. 2, Red-
lead-lane, Wapping., and Alfred Ellis, confectioner, 35,
were brought up on remand beforo Mr Partridge, charged,
the first with stealing, and the other with receiving, well
knowing it to be stolen, lcwt. 3 quarters 91b. of indigo,
valued at £4O.

Mr Sleigh, barrister, defended Ellis.
The prosecutor in this case is Mr Thomas Anastasio
Raphael, colonial merchant, of Winchester—buildings,
City, and indigo merchant, of Old Ford, Bow. On Wed-
nesday last Hunter received directions to proceed to the
factory at Old Ford, and bring away 29 cases of indigo,
which were to be conveyed to the goods station of the Great
Northern Railway Company in Crutched-friars, for
conveyance to Liverpool, In consequence of alarm-
ing deficiencies in cases of indigo which Hunter
carted on previous occasions, and on one to the
extent of £5O, a communication was made to Inspector
Honey of the K division, at the Bow station, who deputed
Lewis Lambert, a police-constable, No. 311 K, to watch the
proceedings of Hunter, who received eight chests of indigo
only at Old Ford. He was to deliver those at the railway
station and return for 21 more. Instead of proceeding direct
to Crutched-friars, he drove his horse and van a very cir-
cuitous route by the Victoria-park gate, Hackney, Bethnal-
green, Hackney-road, and other places, to Whitechapel and
Stepney. He then proceeded to Gloucester-street, Com-
mercial-road East, when he stopped his van at the premises
of the prisoner Ellis, wholesale confectioner, No. 671 Glou-
cester-street. The folding gates of Ellis's premises were
immediately opened, one of two men who accompanied
Hunter carried a sack of indigo, which he took off the van,
into Ellis's workshop. Hunter took a second sack of in-
digo off the van and carried it into the same place.
The van was then driven away to the Goods Station by
Hunter. Previous to his arrival there Lambert waited on
the clerks and requested them to weigh the indigo, when it
was delivered. They did so, and there was a deficiency of
1 cwt. 3 qrs. 9 lbs., valued at £4O. The plunder had been
going on by extracting indigo from the cases during the
long drive by two men, confederates of the prisoners.
Lambert afterwards proceeded to the premises of Ellis in
Gloucester-street and saw him and his wife. He asked
Ellis if he had taken in any indigo, to which he replied I
have not. Lambert instantly searched the place and found
two sacks of indigo covered with old sacks "under a sort of
counter." The weight was exactly 1 owt. 3 qrs. 9 lb., and
it was identified by Mr Raphael's clerks as his property.
Lambert asked Ellis how he accounted for the indigo,
and he said he was not at home when it was
delivered, and that a carman named Watson, whose waggon
broke down, left it there and intended to return for it.
Lambert said the indigo is stolen property, and I shall take
you into custody. The hands, dress, and face of Ellis
were all over indigo blue, and it was plain he had been
meddling with indigo. The constable believed that £5O
worth of Mr Raphael's indigo, stolen by Hunter, had found
its way to the premises of Ellis on a former occasion.

The defence set up by Mr Sleigh for Ellis was that the
indigo was left on his premises in his absence. Ile also
said Ellis was a respectable man, and had been a manu-
facturer of confectionery articles for the trade for many
years.
Inspector Honey asked for another remand.

Mr Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. He
refused bail for either, and said his colleague, Mr Paget,
had also refused bail on Thursday last.

What does the new popular Paris cry, "Eh !
Lambert I" mean ? asks the Reader. Is it political, or
what ? As to the story of the farmer and his wife visiting
Paris for the first time, and the latter, getting separated in
the crowd from her husband, asking everybody she met,
" Have you seen Lambert ?" (her husband's name)—that,
of course, is nonsense. What, then, does it mean ? Here
is "La seule veritable Chanson : Eh I Lambert I' chant ea
au Cale-Concert du XIXe S:,siele," to be sold at sfr. the
hundred, or 301 r. the thousand. What does it mean?

The Malta Observer says :—A deliberate murder
was committed on Tuesday last at the Floriana bar-
racks, near the parade ground, by a private of the Ist batta-
lion of the 22d Regiment, named John Burns. It appears
that Sergeant Ludgate, of the same corps, had reported
Burns for some breach of regulation, which was punished
with four days' drill; and the cowardly murderer took an
opportunity on Tuesday afternoon, whilst the poor sergeant
wan reposing on his bed, to fire at him with his rifle and
kill him on the spot. The culprit was immediately arrested
by the guard, and has been handed over to the civil autho-
rities for trial before H.lll.'s Criminal Court and a jury.
After the holding of a medical inquest on the body of the
muniered sergeant, his mortal remains were interred yes-
terday evening with military honours.