The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-•-May 20.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Joseph Walters was brought bi
fore Sir IL Carden, who was sitting for the Lord Mayor,
the custody of detective officer Hancock, charged with stem
ing eight parasols from the warehouse of Messrs. Meyer
New Earl-street, warehousemen, his employers.
The prisoner was in the service of Messrs. Meyers !
porter and packer, and on Tuesday, at about 12 o'cloc,
Hancock, the officer, saw him leave the warehouse with
parcel which he left at a booking-office, and returned to tl
warehouse. The officer then went in and had the prison
up and asked him what was in the parcel which he bt
seen him take away from the warehouse. The prison
denied tak'ng anything, and he was given into custod,
The officer then went to the booking-office, and the pal"
was given up to him. It was found to contain eight o
parasols, and he had left it stating he would call for
another time. They were identified by one of the war
housemen, and upon the stock teing examined they we
missed. The prisoner's lodgings were searched, and the
the officer found six muffs iu boxes and two umbrellas,
of which were identified ty the prosecutors.
The prisoner said he bought the muffs 18 months back
a man in the streets, and also one of the umbrellas. Ol
of Messrs. Meyers' assistants, however, proved that ti
umbrellas had not been made more than a month.
Committed for trial.

BOW-STREET.—Henry Esquilent, a well.known eb
ratter, was charged before Mr. Corrie with attempting
break into a house in Essex-street, Strand. The case a
quired additional interest from the belief expressed by tl
police that the prisoner was the third man concerned in
tl
Gower-street burglary, and who had till now escaped 01
prehension.
Jane Honeybun, wife of a policeman, having charge Of
set of chambers at 25, Essex-street, stated that she lc
cleaning her rooms on the first floor, at about a quarter
six in the morning, when happening to look out of winder
she saw a man standing on the ledge of the window, on ti
ground floor, at No. 23. She called up her husband imre
diately, and informed him of the circumstance. Prison
was the man.

Police-constable lioneybun, husband of last witness, ea
th4t, on being aroused by his wife, he looked through tl
keyhole of the front door for some time, and saw the Pr
soner as described. He moved away, and then witness g
on a chair and watched him through the fanlight over tl
door. He saw the prisoner descend and get on to the lee!
of the other window of the same floor, and ho then apcili
a piece of iron rod to that part of the window opposite tl
catch, and broke it. He then appeared to be disturbed I
some noise, for ho jumped down, and ran off. Witne
pursued and overtook him, and had a great struggle W
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him, the prisoner swearing he would do for witness if
did not let him go. Witness succeeded, with the assistall'
of his wife, in getting the prisoner back to their own cheu
hers, and here they detained him till the arrival of a Folic'
man en duty, when he was taken into custody.
Harriet Everett, servant to Mr. Moss, of 23 Essex-etree
said the house was fastened up by inside shutters a
previous night, but she found the window broken near'
catch the previous morning.
Belcher, 63 F, deposed to taking prisoner into cuet°d:
and finding an iron wrench and two knives in his possession
Other officers of the F division said the prisoner was We
known, and they believed he would be identified as one
the three men concerned in the burglary in Gower-80
and murderous assault on a constable.
Mr. Corrie remanded him for further examination.

HIGHGATE.—CharIes Lethbridge, the landlord of al
Bull public-house, North-hill, Highgate, was sumnlo,l3B
by InEpecter Willoughby, of the S division, before I'l
Bodkin and Mr, Mills, for unlawfully opening bis bct
for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, &c., on Sunday, the 11)'
before the hour of one in the afternoon, the same not bell)
for the refreshment of travellers or lodgers therein.
The case having been fully proved, the magistrates
flicted the full penalty of £5, and 14s. costs.