The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-08 00:00:00

APPEAL,

The Committee of Management have to state that, since
the beginning of the year 1861, the Royal. National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £28,550 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 13,220;
for' which services 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and.
£17,200 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £75,380 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 125 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that
rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent
annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions :

Her Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 0
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .• .. annual 50 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. .. .. .. annual 11 0
Contts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0
Currie, Wm., Esq., .. .. .. .. 4th don.lo 0 0
Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. .. ... don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, G. J. Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Harvey, Rev. G. G. andifrs... .... ..... don. Carriage .
Palmer, Sir Roundell, 2530 00
00
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart
M.P., H.M.'e Solid-
. .. 7th don. 10 0 0
Solid-
tor-General
Royal Yacht Squauron
K3lB,llll,aadeyl.,icis.ton;s:uper-Mare, collectedby her
. annual 10 0 0
...... .... ...
don.
11020 20
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Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. • • .. ..
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16
16 0

" • • . annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
..eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Messrs. Herries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St.
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and
jeaom.,
es9slSSlrtraelleT, London; by ail the Collectors of Customs
and by the Secretary,
and
14sq at the )10
Richard Lewis. , ce of the Institution, I,
John-street, Adelnhi, London, vp-„1
Bankers !.n the UnitedlilnE.^,dom;

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 8.

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)

Joseph Escott, 49, Edwin James Meggs, 24, and Charles
Jacobs, 11, were indicted for stealing 981bs. of sugar, the
property of the Great NJrthern Railway Company.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Orridge defended Escott, and
Mr. Ilibton appeared for Meggs and Jacobs.
Thomas Maverty, police-constable 43 N, said on Saturday
night, the 12th September, he was employed to watch the
barges on the Regent's Canal, and saw a barge called the
Derby near to Whitesnan's-lock, steered by Meggs and drawn
by one horse. He saw Escott on the towing-path and then
lost sight of hirn fora time. The next time he saw him he
was on the barge as it came from under the Queen's-road
bridge. Meggs was still steering and the two prisoners were
talking together. After passing two other bridges they got
to the Kingsland-road-bridge, and there he missed the pri-
soner Ess:ott, but soon after he saw him come from under
the tarpaulin which covered the cargo. He got on deck by
the side of Meggs, who was still steering, and he rubbed his
hands as if rubbing something off. The barge went on till
it got between Macclesfield-street-bridge and the tunnel,
and there it stopped. He saw the tug take two barges out
of the tunnel and they were then unfastened and a horse put
to, and as the last of the two barges passed the barge the
prisoners were in, Escott came from amongst some trees and
ran down the embankment. He threw a sack which he was
carrying into the last of the two barges, and then ran to the
railings by the side of Macclesfield-bridge, climbed over
them and got into the road. Witness stopped him and took
him into custody. He asked witness what he stopped him
for, and he told him that he was a police• officer, and took
him into custody for stealing something from the barges.
He shouted out as loud as he could that he had thrown no
sack into the barge. 41" e was. taken to the station-house,
and on him was found a chisel, a pair of pincers, a brad-
awl, and a quantity of new nails. He refused his ad-
dress. He said he did not deny having thrown the sack
on to the barge, but he did not know what it contained.
Witness went on board the barge Derby at King's-cross, and
found that it contained a cargo of sugar. There were seve-
ral bags that appeared to have been opened, and sugar was
scattered about. Three bags of sugar were found deficient
in weight. In tha bo+tom of the barge, near to the bags, he
found a knife, but Meggs denied all knowledge of it.
Police-constable Peter Devitt, 92 N, said he was with the
last witness on the night in question, and saw Escott on
board the barge speaking to Meggs. There was a tarpaulin
covering the cargo. When they got under the Macclesfield-
street bridge Escott was in conversation with Meggs. There
was a clump of trees under which the barges lay to wait for
the tug to take them through the tunnel, and the Derby lay
there. Atter they passed the Macclesfield-bridge he saw
Escott throw a sack into the boat. He came from a clump
of trees on to the footpath and threw it into the stern of the
last barge. Jacobs was steering the barge, and he was the
only one on deck. Witness followed the barge, and saw
Jacobs take hold of the sack and pull it towards him. At
the lock he met Jacobs coming away. and asked him where
the sack was that the man had thrown on board. He denied
having seen it, but witness went to the stern of the barge,
and there found a sack containing 981 b weight of sugar. He
took the sack away, and left Jacobs in custody. Escott and
Jacobs having been taken to the station, they went back to
the barge and took Meggs into custody. He was questioned
as to who the man was who had rode in the barge from
Whiteman's-lock, but he denied that any one had been with
him. Many of the bags had been ripped open, and apparently
sewn up again with fresh string.

Josiah Thorogood, an officer in the employ of the Great
Northern Railway Company, said on the evening of Satur-
day, the 12th of September, he was with Maverty and
Devitt, watching the barge Derby in the Regent's-canal.
He saw Escott get on board the barge, near the Queen's-
road bridge. The sugar on board the barge was piled into
two tiers, with a passage between to reach the cabin. Escott
continued on board the barge till it got to the tunnel mouth
at Duncan-terrace, where it was stopped under some trees.
Escott then got over some railings, but was detained by the
officer Maverty. He took Jacobs into custody, and asked
him what business he had on the barge. He said he asked
the gentleman to give him a ride, and that he was the man
that he saw throw the sack on the barge. He was taken
to the station-house and searched, and on him was found a
chopper, a pair of pinc,rs, a bradawl, some small nails, and
string. He had seen the bags which formed part of the
cargo of :the Derby, and they were mended with string
similar to that produced. The barge on which the sack of
sugar was found was going in the direction of r wigg-folly,
Bethnal-green. Escott's house was about four minutes'
walk from Twin-folly-bridge.
John Platt, foreman to Mr. William Vokins, said the
prisoner Meggs was in his employ, and had charge of the
barge Derby. _ _

Alfred Maynard, of Queen's-place, Hackney-road, deli-
very clerk at the London Docks, said on the 12th of Sept.
he delivered into Vokins's barge 300 bags of sugar, ex
Theresa. He had seen three of those bags in court, and they
were not in the same state as when they were put on board,
and they seemed slack as if some of the sugar had been
taken out. He would not have passed them in the state
they were in.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Orridge and Mr. Ribton then addressed the jury on
behalf of their respective clients.
A Mr. Harrison gave the boy Jacobs a good character,
and said that he had employed him for 12 months.

The Assistant-Judge sunimed up the evidence, and
The jury found all the pi isonera guilty, but recommend-
ing Jacobs to the mercy of the Court on account of his youth.
Mr. Cooper said that the Great Northern Railway Com •
puny were almost daily receiving lettero from Canton and
all the British colonies complaining of goods being ab-
stracted from boxes which had passed over their line, and
rubbish substituted for them, and in this way property to
the value of about £l,OOO had been stolen.
The Assistant-Judge wanted to know if any goods had
been missed from this neighbourhood since the prisoners
had been in custody.
Mr. Cooper said none whatever.

The Assistant-Judge inquired whether the boy had been
looked after by his parents.

Thorogood, the officer, said he had not, and for months
he had watched him riding on the barges.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced Jacobs to be imprisoned
for one month, and then to be sent to a reformatory for
three years. With regard to the two other prisoners, their
offence was a serious one, and the sentence upon them was
that they be kept in penal servitude for three years,
(Before Mr. Payne.)
Frederick Stride, 62, publican, was indicted for feloniously
receiving two pecks of corn and two nose-bags, the property
of Dr. David Begg, well knowing the same to have been
stolen.

The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended the pri-
soner.

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Mr. Poland, in his address to the jury, said the case was
rather a remarkable one, because the offence with which the 1
prisoner stood charged was committed in November, 1861.
At that time the prisoner was keeping a public-house at
Hyde, in the parish of Hendon, and while in the occupation
of the house a person of the name of Chas. Mariner, a car-
man, in the ordinary course of his duty, visited the house
for the purpose of refreshment, and on the day in question
the carman stopped at the King's Arms, which was kept
by the prisoner. A circumstance occurred at the time
which need hardly be mentioned to the jury, and that was
the fact of two police-constables being concealed in an
outhouse. The waggon driven by the carman was
drawn up in front of the house, the prisoner being at the
door. A stand was placed in front of the horses with hay
in it, for the purpose of feeding them.
The carman took
one of the nose-bags and placed it down on the ground,
close to the cart, and then afterwards fetched the other bag.
The two bags were then handed to the prisoner, who imme-
diately took them into his house out of sight. Tho two
constables immediately came out of their hiding-place, and
went into the house, and the jury would hoar that they
found the prisoner in the act of emptying the nosebags into
his own bin. Tho constables would state that the bags ought
not to have been left at the house. The carman, on the oc-
casion in question, left his team and made his escape. The
prisoner was taken into custody, and the magistrate dis-
charged him, saying that he would be liable to be brought
up again, there not being sufficient evidence to convict him,
but he would be liable to be apprehended if the carmen was
caught. In March, 1862, the carman was taken into custody,
and the magistratesat Hendon on hearing the evidence sen-
tenced him to be imprisoned for two months. The prisoner
on hearing of the apprehension and conviction of the car-
man absconded, and was not found until September last. In
his (Mr. Poland's) opinion, the jury having heard the evi-
dence would immediately bring in a verdict of guilty.
Wm. Chambers, police-constable 365 S, said he was on
duty on the 21st November, 1861, at Hyde, Hendon, about
8 o'clock in the morning, watching the house of the prisoner;
another constable was with hire concealed in an outhouse
also watching. A waggon containing turnips was driven up
to the house. The carman came out into the road, and after
looking up and down the rnad went back to the waggon and
unbuckled two nosebags from the fore pert and took them to
the prisoner's house, who was stan.ling against the door-
way. Prisoner was seen at the door several times before the
waggon came up. Witness with the constable went into the
back part of the house, and in a pantry the prisoner was dis •
covered emptying one of the bags (the other being on the
floor) into a bin. Ho was told the bags were wanted, when
the prisoner replied, " You can take them." The bags were
removed and the prisoner taken into custody. Tho carter
made his escape through the house, The prisoner, when
taken into custody, said he had merely had the bags left
with him until the carman returned from London.
Charles Marsh, police-constable 195 S, corroborated the
evidence of the last witness as to being with him in the out-
houee4 He etiw the waggon drawn up, laden with turnipti