The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-24 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.

THE COLD DUST ROBBERY.
It having bean generally understood that the trial of the per-
sons charged with this robbery was to take place this morning,
the Court was crowded at an early hour. At nine o'clock the

prisoners were placed at the bar.
Via Caspar and Lewin Cas,rar, charged with stealing
lOOlbs. weight of gold-dust, the propert v of-James Hartley, and
Emanuel, alias Alonney Moses and Alice Abrahams, charged
with haring feloniously received the same, knowing it to have
been stolen.

The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty.
A man named Davis, who is not in custody was included
in the indictment.

Mr. CLARKSON, Mr. BODKIN, and Mr. DOANE, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Serjeant BOMPAS, Mr. C. PHIL-
LIPS, -Mr. Anot.ruus, and Mr.l JONES for the defence.

Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. 'Justice LITTLEOALE took his
scat on the bench.

Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the Jury, and said that
the two Caspars, the elder of whom was a watch-
maker, were charged with bring accessories before
the fact to the robbery on the `2sth March last, of up-
wards of five thousand pounds worth of gold dust. The prisoner,
Ellis Caspar, the elder of the two, being also charged
as an accessory after the fact, and Emanuel Moses and Alice

Abrahams, as accessories after the fact, and whether for the

deliberation and ingenuity with which the robbery had been
planned and executed—the amount of property stolen—or the
efforts that had been made to mislead the prosecutors and
defeat the ends of justice, such a case had rarely been
brought before a court of justice. It appeared that
two boxes of gold dust had arrived from the Brazils at Falmouth

in her Majesty's packet Seagull, consigned to the Brazilian
Mining Company. The e two boxes were transhipped on
board the steam packet City of Limerick, belonging to the
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, in whose employ the
prisoner Lewin Caspar wa4 as clerk. The City of Lin.erick
arrived at the Iron-gate Wharf, on Sunday, the 24th Nlarch,
the day before the robbery, having the two boxes of gold dust
on board. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail at

considerable length the facts of the robbery, and the circum-
stances which had occurred subsequently to the robbery and
had led to the apprehension of the prisoners, and which
were afterwards proved in evidence. Haring mentioned
the facts of the apprehension of the Caspars and of
Solomons, he proceeded to state the reasons which
had induced the prosecutors to admit Solomons as a
witness. It appeared that Mrs. Abrahams had come forward
and stated she could bring guilt home to Solomons—that her
evidence should be given, but, on subsequent inquiry, it proved
that she was evidently trumping up a case for the purpose of
screening her father, the prisoner Moses, and fixing the guilt
on Solomons, and that, finding her evidence could not be
depended on, and that, if put into the box, she would, what
he believed it had been her intention to do, blow up the whole
prosecution, they were obliged, unwillingly,: to admit Solo-
mons as an evidence, and that the prisoner Moses was appre-
hended. Solomons had restored 2,500/. worth of the gold,
and he saw the Learned Sergeant takin a note of that cir-
cumstance; but he could assure the Jury that that was not the
reason. There was no case against Solomons except on the
evidence of Mrs. Abrahams, and if money had been the object
of the prosecutor, this prosecution would never have been brought
forward. Mr. Hartley had paid-1,6091. to the Brazilian Company,
on account of this property, which had been stolen from him,

and he had recovered 2,560/. for the purpose of reimbursing
himself for the money he had paid, and for the expenses of the
prosecution. It had also been found necessary to admit a man
named Moss, as evidence, who was the man who had received
the property from the wharf, because, without his evidence, it
was impossible to trove that the boxes had contained gold dust,
and he might mention it as a proof of the manner in which these
matters were conducted, that Noss, the man who had com-
mitted a rubbery to the amount of 5,000/. had only received 31.
for what he had done. He had no doubt but that both Solo-
mons and Moss were most abandoned characters, but he should
corroborate their evidence in every particular. It certaialy
had been the .intention of the prosecution to admit the
evidence of the woman Abrahams : but when it was discovered
that her father was one of the parties concerned, and that she
was attempting to mislead, her evidence was rejected, and she
was indicted with the other prisoners. The Learned Counsel
having concluded his address, which lasted an hour and a quar-
ter, proceeded to call his witnesses.
William Carne examined by Mr. Boni:lN—ls a merchant at
Falmouth, in partnership with Mr. Clifton Carne, his brother,
under the firm of William and Edward Clifton Carne. Her
Majesty's packet Seagull arrived the 18th March last
from Brazil at Falmouth. Witness is agent to the Brazi-
lian Company at Falmouth. Certain boxes were brought by
that packet, consigned to the Brazilian Company. Witness
forwarded these two boxes to London by the City of Limerick.
Witness identifies the bill of lading of the City of Limerick.
The boxes were marked B. C. 18 and 19. They were about
15 or 16 inches square. They were nailed; his attention was
drawn to this circumstance because the boxes were usually
screwed. There was no cord round them, but thoy were
sealed with red wax. They were consigned by witness to the
Brazilian Company at the Bank of England. Witness identifies
the manifest of the City of Limerick ; the two boxes are the
first on thelist—two boxes, B. C., 18 and 19, consignees, Bra-
zilian Company, which are Bank of England goods; two boxes
of gold dust, value 4,6401. The manifest was posted from Fal-
moath on the 23d March. In the course of post it arrived in
London on Monday morning, the 25th, addressed to Mr. James
Hartley, and Co., Crutched Friars, London. Witness was
shown a letter, which he pronounced to be a forgery in all its
parts. He (lid not send to Hartley's:house any other letter on
the 23d than the manifest which has been put in. The letter was
then put in and read.lt was directed, Messrs. .I. Hartley and Co.,
John-street, Crotched Friars ; the post mark on it Falmouth.
The Examination was proceeding when we went to Press

THE PRINCES-STREET MURDER.—The mys-
tery with which the above horrible and melancholy occur-
rence is enshrouded, has not in the slightest degree been
dispelled by the result of the inquiries instituted by the
police since the conclusion of the inquest held on the body.
Every inquiry has been made respecting the inmates of
Mr. Westwood's residence, and also respecting the work-
men, but nothing tending to throw a shadow of suspicion
against any of them has been ascertained. Strict in-
quiries have also been made at all the v.atchmakcrs,
and pawnbrokers, not only throughout the metropolis, but
I also in all large towns, yet no trace of any portion of the
stolen prcperty has been discovered.