The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-07 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 6.

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)
Thomas Standall, 24, described as a barman, of very re-
spectable appearance, was indicted for feloniously receiving
a gold watch, value £7O, the property of Henry Thomas
Birks, well knowing the same to have been stolen.

Mr, Ribton (instructed ,by Mr. Holt) prosecuted ; Mr.
Poland (instructed by M. Abrams) defended the prisoner.
Mr. Ribton, in opeaing the case, said the prosecutor in
this case is a gentleman residing at Fulham, and he carried
on the business of a merchant. It appeared that the pro-
secutor on_ the morning of the Doncaster St. Leger race
went to the Great Northern Railway Station at King's-
cross to go to Doncaster. He supposed that he lost his
watch at the statione but it would appear by his evidence
that he identified the watch found on the prisoner as the
one he had lost. Mr. Adams, the watchmaker, who made
the watch, would also identify the watch as one he had
made for a Mr. Stewart, who was going abroad about 18
months ago. The present state of the watch, however, Was
quite different to what it was when he sold it to Mr.
Stewart, for at that time it had a white face set with dia-
monds, but it had been since altered by having the face
gilt and the diamonds removed. The name of the maker
had also been removed, and the name of Dent inserted on
the face instead of the original name, Adams. It would
also bo proved that a person named Kennett had received
the watch from the prisoner, and at his request had altered
the number and the name from Adams to Dent. Having
detailed the evidence, he said he thought after the jury bad
heard it they would be driven to the conclusion that the
prisoner was guilty,

The prosecutor said he lived at Ranelagh House, Ful-
ham, and was a merchant. The watch produced was his
property and he lost it on the morning of the St. Leger
race day at the King's-cross Station of the Great Norg,hern
Railway. This was ou the 16th September. A man who
was in the carriage with the prosecutor produced the ring
of a watch. It was the one which belonged to his watch.
He then looked for his watch, and missed it from his pocket*
He gave ,L7O for it. The dial plate on the watch is the same
as was on it when he bought it. It was white wbell he
bought it, but it had since then been gilded. He identified
it by the basket of flowers upon it, by the places where the
diamonds had been; also by the engraving upon it. The
plate produced was that on which the diamonds were Pieced,'
They were 12 in number, and there was one diamond to each
hour. He could swear to the case of the watch
best of his belief there were the initials "D. K." upon the
case. He purchased the watch of Mr. Stewart, a friend of
his, and was quite positive the maker's name was upon, the
watch. and to the

Thos. Adams, said he lived at 36, Lombard-street, City,
and was a watchmaker. He had not the slightest
doubt
that the watch produced was his manufacture, and be sold
it to Mr. Stewart, a civil engineer, about 18 months age'
The watch has a silver• plate now, but it was a white plate,
surrounded by diamonds,when ha sold it to Mr. Stewart'
It was worth 70 guineas. The plate on the watch was the
same that the diamonds were set in. There wa4 a
pecu-
liarity in the make of one stud, and he had not the?
slightest difficulty in identifying the watch. The "
and 4, for " fast" and "slow" had not been altered. The
letters were engraved out of his house. He did not swear
to the watch by these letters, but by its general
appearance
and many other peculiarities of it. He had not the least
doubt it was the watch he had sold, and belonged to Mr.
Stewart.

~-John Thomas Kennett said he lived at No.
11, Little
Queen-street, and was a watchmaker. On Monday, the 21st
of September, he received the watch produced from the pri-
soner. The watch then had a white dial, and at the pri-
soner's request he had the dial gilt. He also altered the
numba and the name from "Adams" to " Deal," by his
order, and ha took oat 12 diamonds from the plate, and gave
them to the prisoner. He did not say how he became pm!:
sessed of the watch. There was no bow on the watch) and
he put on a new one.
Inspector Mackenzie said that between 3 and 4 o'clock on
the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 28, from information he re-
ceived, he went with the last witness to 92, nigh Holborn,
the Bull and Anchor Public-house. The prisoner was in
bar acting as barman, and witness spoke
to the manager.
The prisoner came to the front of the bar and looked at
witness, and then went back. Another man came in and
looked at witness, and then went back into the front bar.
He saw the prisoner hand something across the bar to that
man. Witness then went inside the bar and
called the pri-
soner to him, telling him that he was a police-officer, and
that he wanted that gold watch. He said ,' I have not got"
any gold watch,
Witness told him that he had, upon
which the manager told him to give the watch up. The pri-
soner then went to the man to whom he had seen him hand
something, and the man handed back to the prisoner the
watch produced. Witness took possession of the watch, and
told the prisoner that he knew that it was stolen. He said
he did not know that it was stolen until the following day.
Witness asked him if it was true that he had given £l4 for
it, and he said he had purchased it of a man
who lived on
the Seven Dials, with whom he had several dealings. He
told him he must consider himself in custody for receiving
the watch knowing it to have been stolen. He said it was a
job, and hoped he would speak to the prosecutor,
and do
what he could to get him not to appear against him.
Henry Parker, police-sergeant 4 F, said he accompanied
Mr. Mackenzie and the witness Kennett to the Bull and
Anchor Public-house, and was directed by Mr. Mackenzie
to search the prisoner. He found a knife,
six watch keys,
and £6 12s. upon him. He asked the prisoner where the
diamonds out of the watch were, and he
said he had pawned
them at a Mr. Woods. He went there and found the
diamonds produced. _ _

John Page said he resided at 93,
High Holborn, and
was assistant to Mr. Wood, pa broker. He produced a
ticket for 26 rose diamonds, pawned on the 26th of Septem-
ber at their shop for 255. by a man who gave the name of
Thomas Brown, of No. 92, High Holborn.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Poland then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
contended that the watch had come into his possession in
entire ignorance of it having been stolen.
The Assistant-Judge summed up the evidence, and
The Jury found the prisoner guilty of receiving the watch,
well knowing it to have been stolen.
John Shore, police-sergeant 11 F, said the prisoner was
charged on the 25th of June, at Bow-street police-court,
with receiving stolen cigars, the produce of a burglary. His
employer went to the prosecutor end begged him off from
prosecuting, but the case was quite complete against him.
In answer to a question by
the Assistant-Judge,
Mr. Inspector Mackenzie said that the subject would be
brought before another tribunal. He further asserted that
the prisoner entered his last situation with a false character.
His master, however, kept him in his employ after he had
been charged with the felony, and ho knew it. The house
where the prisoner said he bought the watch was a regular
place for the reception of stolen goods.
Tho Assistant. Judge said the prisoner had been convicted
on evidence which had satisfied the jury that he had bought
the watch knowing it to have been stolen. This was a sub-
ject most important to a criminal court, for where persons in
a respectable station in life were engaged in such transac-
tions they became most dangerous to society. He sentenced
him to be kept in penal servitude for four years.
The Assistant-Judge ordered the witness Kennett to stand
forward, and on his going into the witness-box the learned
judge said the fact of his altering the number of the watch
and also the maker's name would justify an indictment
being preferred against him for being accessory after the
fact. He might go away that time, but he should refuse to
allow him any costs.
A gentleman stated that he attended from Mr. Dent's, the
watchmaker, and said it was the wish of Mr. Dent that
Kennett should be cautioned as to his conduct in altering
watches in such a manner.
The Assistant-Judge said he had already done so.
Sarah Bustin, 21, was indicted for stealing 11 teaspoons,
and other articles, the property of George Samuel Bustin,
her father.

Mr. F. H. Lewis appeared for the prosecutor. The pri-
soner pleaded guilty.
Ia answer to questions from the Assistant-Judge, the
prosecutor said he was father to the prisoner, and lived at
No. 51, Huntingdon-street, Islington, and a few days ago
his daughter gave him a bundle of duplicates, relating to his
property, which she had pledged. She said she was very
sorry, but she could not help it. He missed 11 teaspoons,
2 tablespoons, and a pair of sugar tongs, all silver, from
one of his drawers. The silver articles were gone and plated
substituted. Upon making a further examination of his
premises, he missed two beds, four curtains, pillows, bolster,
and blanket.

Mr. F. H. Lewis said that in consequence
of repeated
robberies the father of the prisoner was compelled to pro-

secute, with a view to his daughter's reformation, or more
serious consequences might follow.
The Assistant-Judge asked the prisoner if she was dis-
posed to give any information as to what she had done with
the proceeds of the property.
The prisoner said she was not.
The Assistant-Judge said he should defer passing sen-
tence until the next sessions, in the hope that in the mean-
time the prisoner might change her mind and tell her father
what she had done with the proceeds of these robberies.

The prisoner was then removed.
Thomas Barton, 24, was indicted for stealing a canvas
purse and the sum of 145., from the person of Richard Hall.
Richard Hall said he knew the prisoner, and on the 26th of
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while he was robbing him, and a policeman came up. He
accompanied the constable back to the Hamwere, and
shortly afterwards the prisoner came up, and he was given
into custody.
John Wilson said on the Saturday night in question he
saw the prisoner in custody and walked with him. He put
out his hand and put something into witness's hands, which
he found was a purse containing three florins and some other
moneys, which he gave to the police.
William Savage, police-constable, proved taking the pri-
soner into custody, and he went in the direction pointed out
by the prosecutor, but no purse had been found. There was
a trace in the dew as having been recently made.
The Assistant-Judge summed up the evidence, and the
jury acquitted the prisoner.
Frederick Gerrard, a police-constable of the T division,
was indicted for stealing two sovereigns, a half sovereign,
and the sum of 13s. 6d. in silver, the moneys of Thomas
Chandler, from the person of Susan Chandler.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted—Mr. Daly defended the prisoner.
Mrs. Susan Chandler, said she was the wife of Thomas
Chandler, and on 15th Sept. she was at the Hammersmith
Police-court. She went there to prosecute a woman for steal-
ing a blanket. She met the prisoner in the court, but had
not known him before. She left the court with the prisoner
about a quarter to four o'clock, and went with him to the
Rising Sun, near the court-house. She called for a pot of
stout, and gave the prisoner half-a-crown to pay for it. The
prisoner paid for it, and returned her the change. After
staying for half an hour at the Rising Sun, the prisoner
asked her to go to another house, and they went to the Cum-
berland Arms, which was not far from the Rising Sun. The
prisoner walked into the parlour, and witness followed him.
The prisoner ordered three-pennyworth of brandy and a
bottle of soda water, and witness paid for it at the bar- She
put her purse into her pocket, and went into the parlour.
The prisoner moved his chair, and sat close to her Bile, and
she told him that she was a respectable married woman,
and he then went further away from her. The side where
he sat close to her was the side where her pocket was. A
little while afterwards he pushed by her side again. Three
other constables then came in, and witness asked them what
they would have to drink. The prisoner inquired of them
the way to the back yard, and left the room. She then
pulled out her purse,
and to her surprise found that it had
been entirely emptied of its contents except a card. She put
her purse into her pocket, ran out into the back yard, and
accused the prisoner of sobbing her of two sovereigns, a half
sovereign, and 15s. 6d. in silver. He denied having robbed
her, and an altercation ensuing, the three constables that
she left in the parlour went into the yard. He was then
given in charge and taken to the police-station.
Cross-examined by Mr, Daly—l was in the Cumberland
Arms a quarter of an Lour before the constables came in.
During that time the prisoner and myself were alone. The
prisoner was sitting near to me when the constables came,
in, and he then moved from my side. I heard one of the
constables say at the police-court that when he entered the
room he heard a' scrambling noise. The prisoner moved
close to my side, and that was the reason why I said I was
a respectable married woman.
By the Assistant-Judge—I did not think it any harm to
go from one publichouse to another with the prisoner.
Alfred Harris, police-constable 258 T, said the prisoner
at the bar belonged to the same division. On Sept. 15 he
went to the Rising Sun with two other constables. The
prisoner and prosecutrix were together in front of the bar.
They left the publichouse as the constables went in. Wit-
ness and the constables afterwards went to the Cumberland
Arms and in the parlour saw the prosecutrix and the pri-
soner sitting close to one another, and they made a bit of
a scramble as they (the constables) went in. The prisoner
soon afterwards left the room. The woman then got up, and
said that the prisoner had picked her pocket of £3, and that
she would give him into custody. As ho was going along
the passage the prisoner pulled a handkerchief from his
breast pocket and put it into a basket with some bottles.
Witness took it up directly and put it into his pocket, tell-
ing the prisoner he had better go to the Notting-hill sta-
tion. On reaching the station witness delivered the hand-
kerchief to the sergeant who was on duty. He opened it,
and in a corner of it was tied up two sovereigns, a half-
sovereign, and 13s. 6d. in silver. The prisoner said, if there
was anything in the handkerchief the prosecutrix must
have put it in.
Cross-examined—The prosecutrix and prisoner were both
drunk, and they both staggered up the road.
George Grubb, police-constable 117 T, corroborated this
evidence.

Mr. Daly then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
said he had been upwards of three years in the force, and if
their verdict should be against him he would be ruined for
life. They were called upon to convict him on the evidence
of a drunken woman, and there was no doubt she had been
guilty of great indiscretion. The money might have been
given to him by this woman for their common use, or for
objects to which he would not further allude. The prisoner
was at the mercy
of the prosecutrix, and as she was obliged
to tell her husband some story to account for her being in
these houses with a policeman, she had framed this tale,
and had now como forward to substantiate it on oath,

The ASsistant-Judge summed up the evidence, and
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Inspector Hepburn, who attended to watch the case
on the part of the Police Commissioners, proved that the
prisoner had been frequently fined for breaehes of police
discipline.

The Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to be impri-
soned and kept to hard labour for six months.

DREADFUL DEATH.

On Monday Mr. Sparke, coroner for Bury St. Edmund's,
opened an inquest on the body of Mrs. Scotcher, wife of Mr.
J. A. Scotcher, a gunmaker in the Meat-market at Bury.
For many years the deceased is stated to have lived on
affectionate terms with her husband. Of late, however, she
had accused him of inconstancy, and he was only prevented
from shooting himself a fortnight since by the arrival of his
brother. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Scotcher passed the
day as usual, and about 5 o'clock they were heard convers-
ing and laughing with an elderly man named Lochwood.
At about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock one of Mr. Scotcher's
workmen, named Shaw, heard the report of a pistol while
he was in the back shop, but he was not at all alarmed, as
it was a common occurrence for customers to try pistols
when purchasing them. He had occasion, however, to go
into the shop to ask Mr. Scotcher a question. When he
did so he heard his master come from the parlour into the
passage which separated the parlour from the shop and call
the servant and the apprentice. He was himself told to run
for Dr. Cooper directly. A boy was sent, but as Dr. Cooper
was not at home Mr. Smith afterwards came in his stead.
Shaw went into the parlour, and found Mrs. Scotcher lying
on the floor insensible. Mr. Scotchor began explaining to
him how she had been shot, He said his wife had accused
him of something not right,
that he could stand it no
longer, and that he had taken a pistol off the counter with
the intention of shooting himself. He then showed how he
was holding the Pistol—viz., in his right hand, raised
him at arm's length, with the muzzle pointing towards his
breast ; and he added that his wife ran alter him to prevent
above
him from shooting
himself and that in a scuffle which took
ft
place the pistol went off. The weapon which Mr. Scotcher
had taken up is a revolver of modern construction, and,
having neither guard nor trigger, it explodes so readily that
,
drawing it through the hand is sufficient to make it go off.
Mr. Scotcher assisted to carry his wife, who remained in-
sensible, upstairs and place her upon a bed, and then, find-
ing that Dr. Cooper was from home, he went himself for
Mr. Smith. On his arrival, Mr. Smith found the sufferer
just alive, but sbe expired a few moments afterwards. Mr.
Scotcher was in great agitation, and frequently uttered ex-
pressions of affection for his wife. At the inquest Mr. Smith
detailed the results of a post-mortem examination, which
proved that the bullet had entered the right side of the
head just above the temple,
passed obliquely through
the brain, and lodged in the opposite side below the ear.
There was also upon one of her hands a mark caused by
the explosion of la gun-cap,
which proves that at the time
the pistol went off she had her hand over the cap. The in-
quest was adjourned for the purpose of enabling Mr.
Scotcher to give some particulars as to the cause of the
quarrel which terminated FO tragically.

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The Extraordinary Robbery of a Mail-bag.

HULL, Tuesday.

This morning, at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Maria Cooke was
brought up before Mr. Travis, stipendiary magistrate, on
remand at the police-court, charged with having had in her
possession certain checks known to have been stolen from
the post-office mail-bag at South Cave on the 24th of Sep-
tember last. _ _ _

Mr. F. F. Ayre prosecuted, being instructed by Mr. A.
Forrest, the assistant. surveyor of the Derby district of the
General Post-office. Mr. F. Summers defended the prisoner.
. .

The prisoner was charged under the 28th section of the
Ist of Victoria, cap. 36, which enacts "that every person
who shall steal a post letter-bag, or a post letter from a post
letter-bag, or shall steal a post letter from a post-office, or
from an officer of the post-office, or from a mail, or shall
stop a mail with intent to rob or search the same, shall in
England and Ireland be guilty of felony, and in Scotland
of a high crime and offence, and shall be transported be-
yond the seas for life."
Considerable interest was manifested in the case, the
court-room being much thronged. The prisoner was, at
the request of her solicitor, allowed to have a chair, but
remained standing throughout the examination of the
witnesses. The interest attaching to the case has been
increased by certain rumours current here that the accused
woman had previously made her appearance before a judi-
cial bench on a serious charge, from which accusation she
was, however, exonerated. The evidence already given
went to show that the prisoner attempted to get a check
cashed at the Hull branch of the Yorkshire Banking Com-
pany, and that the said check was proved to be one of
several others which had been posted at South Cave in a
letter which should have been delivered to the Yorkshire
Banking Company at Beverley. Another check was found
in the prisoner's possession which had also been stolen out
of the letter-bag.

Mr. F. F. Ayre briefly explained the course he intended
to pursue in the examination of the witnesses, who were
ordered out of court.

The following evidence was taken, more than one of the
witnesses showing an obtuseness far from indicative of the
shrewdness proverbial to Yorkshire :
William Stather, farm servant to Mr. Purdon, at South
Cave,deposed that on Thursday, the 24th of September,
about a quarter past 6 in the evening, he saw a lady standing
in Mr. M'Turk's lane reading either a book or a paper. She
had on a straw hat, with a feather, and a black shawl. The
prisoner at the bar was dressed like the woman he (witness)
saw, but he could not identify her as the same person. She
was about 20 yards up the lane towards Cava when witness
saw her, and he, having gone away, returned shortly after,
and saw,the person again about five yards from Mr. Anson's
shopdoor. She was then walking, and witness met her
between Mr, Anson's shopdoor (the post-office) and Mr.
Giay's beershop. He mot the mail-cart shortly after, about
50 or 60 yards up the street. He was talking to two men,
named Pinder and Kirby, when he saw the woman pass
the second time. As she passed they said to one another,
" Who is that ?" and neither of them knew her.

Martha Jefferson stated that she lived at Elloughton, and
on Thursday week last,about a quarter or half-past 6 o'clock,
she saw a person near Mr. M'Turk's land. She (the person
witness saw) was standing about 20 yards down the lane.
Witness could not identify the prisoner as the woman she
eaw.

Benjamin Pinder, a carrier, living at South Cave, stated
that he saw a woman who wore a white-crowned hat, but
he could not say it was the prisoner at the bar. Nothing
was said by witness or his two companions when the woman
in question passed them.
Martha Jefferson, being recalled, said, in reply to Mr.
Summers, that she had never beforo to her knowledge seen
the person she (witness) saw in the lane that night.
Joseph Robinson Kirby, a farm labourer in the employ of
Mr. Rudd, of South Cave, said that he saw a woman near
his master's field, and the same woman was also shortly
after looking in at the window as the post-office. He (wit-
ness) saw the mail-cart standing at the door of the post-
office.

James Shacklock deposed that he was a chymist and
druggist residing at South Cave, and on the 24th September
at a few minutes past 7, he was standing at his shop-door
and saw a lady in a black shawl. Her dress had a white
skirt. When witness Rrst saw her she was standing on the
middle of the footpath. She turned round and looked into
Mr. Anson's window, standing on tiptoe as she did so. She
then turned round and walked down Mr. Anson's footway.
She had on a white hat, with a black feather and veil. He
did not see her return after she went down the passage.
About 10 minutes after the mail-cart came.

William Bedford, schoolmaster at South Cave, stated that
he occasionally assisted Mr. Anson, the postmaster at South
Cave, and on the Thursday spoken to by other witnesses he
went to the post-office about 10 minutes to 7 and counted up
the letters, to the number of 38. The one produced (enve-
lope produced) was one of them. It was addressed " The
Yorkshire Banking Company, Beverloy," and in it checks
to the value of £7OO had been posted. When the bag was
made up witness placed it in the ordinary place at the back
of the office. lie (witness) then went home, and was shortly
afterwards fetched by Mr. Anson, the loss of the bag having
been discovered. The bag was made up at the usual time.
Witness searched for the bag, and went first on the Market
Weighton road and then on the Beverley-road.
Mr. Anson, the postmaster, was called as a witness, and
Mr. Ayre, addressing the magistrate, observed that as, of
course, Mr. Anson was to a very considerable extent respon-
sible for the safe custody of the bag that had been lost, he
(Mr. Ayre) thought it right to request the worthy magistrate
to caution the witness as to the position in which he stood.
Ho (Mr. Ayre) would merely say that grave suspicion was
attached to certain parties, against whom, however, there
was not at present such conclusive evidence as would justify
their being taken into custody, but the witness (Mr. Anson)
ought in fairness to be cautioned before he replied to any
questions that might be put to him.
_ .

Mt. Travis said that, of course, under the peculiar cir-
cumstances of the loss of the mail-bag, all persons through
whose hands it had passed or ought to have passed would
have to explain their actions, and without suggesting a sus-
picion against Mr. Anson he must remember that from his
official position the Yost• office authorities would look to him
for an explanation ; but he (the magistrate) was bound to
caution Mr. Anson that what he would say would be pro-
bably used in evidence hereafter.
The examination of the witness was being proceeded with
when the last available train left.

Attempt at Murder and Daring Burglary.

NEWPORT (EssEx), Tuesday.

About 7 o'clock on Sunday morning the quiet village of I
Stansted Mountfitchett was thrown into a state of the
greatest alarmby cries of help proceeding from the residence
of Mr. William White, an independent gentleman, and for-
merly a miller at Manuden, but now residing on the Cam-
bridge high road, midway between this place and Bishop
Stortford. Several of the neighbours hurried to the spot
just in time to assist in surrounding and capturing a tall,
powerful ruffian, who was about escaping from the house.
It appears that the servant girl came downstairs about 7,
and on reaching the hall she found a secretaire had been
broken open, and the contents strewn about ; seeing other
things to be in a similar state, she immediately returned up-
stairs and warned her master. Mr. White hurried on a few
things and came down, and upon looking round the lower
part of the house he found the cellar door open, which made
him suspect that some one was still in the house. He sent
the servant for a light, and they began to descend the stairs,
but had not gone down many steps when a man yelled out
to them and fired a pistol, but fortunately without effect,
though upon after examination it was found that the stair-
case was splintered, and a number of shots were picked up
by Police. constable Puxley.
Mr. White then hurried to the door and repeatedly called
out "Murder," bringing the neighbours to his assistance,
when he returned to tho spot with a gun, and reinforced by
the assistance of several of the inhabitants. Upon proceed-
ing through the house, they found that the burglar, armed
with a loaded pistol, had just reached the lawn, where, be-
wildered by the light, he seemed uncertain which way to
retreat, added to which his exit was rendered next to im-
possible by the presence of a very high wall to the grounds;
he appeared to be determined upon resistance, but upon
being surrounded, and Mr. White presenting a gun at his
breast, ho threw down the pistol and surrendered at dis-
cretion.
The man gave the name of Clement Fletcher, but obsti-
nately refused to give any place of abode. He is a tall,
stout fellow, and from several appearances about his clothes
ece., he is suspected of having but lately been in gaol. Mter
entering the house by the drawing room window he appears
to have taken Mr. White's gun, removed the lock, and hid it
under a mat ; he had then apparently been unable to con-
tinue his operations in the dark, and had laid down on the
sofa to await the coming light. He had forced open boxes
and drawers, tea caddies and work boxes, in the drawing
and dining rooms, and strewn the contents in all di7ections.
In the pantry he had broken open a box and eaten a portion
of a pie in the same place, but there was no trace, however,
of any of the portable property having been removed, it
being evident that the fellow had in some way miscalcu-
lated the time required for his proceedings.
This day (Tuesday) the prisoner W3B brought up at New-
' port Police-station before W. C. Smith, Esq., the chairman
of this divisional bench, charged with attempting to murder
Mary Ann Barnard, the servant girl of Mr. White, and
also with burglary.
Testimony of a clear character having been adduced
against the accused, be was called upon, if he thought fit,
to state his reply to the charges brought against him, when
he remarked that he had nothing to say, and made his sig-
nature to this answer in a bold and firm hand.
The magistrates then told the prisoner that he would be
committed to take his trial at the next assizes at Chelmsford
on the charges of burglary and attempted murder.

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