The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-19 00:00:00

THAMES.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY By A WORKMAN. Charles
11.1`Carthy, an Irishman, was brought before Mr. Woolych,
charged with stealing two dozen silver-plated terrets, valued
at £3 65., the property of Mr. Charles Fillingham, a saddler
and harnessmaker in the Whitechapel-road.
The prosecutor has been very unsuccessful with his work-
men. Several have been tried, convicted, and sentenced to
various periods of imprisonment for robbing him. In
February last two of Mr. Fillingham's men were committed
from this court for stealing a large quantity of valuable
property belonging to Mr. Fillingham, who is known in the
trade to be one of the best and most generous of masters.
Yesterday afternoon a girl named Frances Ann Steele, in
the service of Mr. Fillingham, saw the prisoner creep into
the warehouse at the back of the shop where he bad
no right to be, and remove two parcels of terrets from a
shelf. Each parcel contained one dozen of terrets. The
girl informed her master of what she had seen, and he went
in search of the prisoner, who was about to leave the pre-
mises with the property in his possession. Mr. Fillingham
intercepted him, and he ran back into the warehouse, and
thence into an underground cellar. Mr. Fillingham heard
something fall and make "a clinking noise." He went
into the cellar, which the prisoner was leaving, and found
there a bundle fastened very roughly with a thong. It
contained two parcels of silver plated terrets.
In answer to Mr. Woolrych, the prosecutor said that
no goods for sale or any other new goods manufactured
in bis trade were ever deposited in his cellar. He
was certain the brown paper packages of terrets were
on a shelf in the warehouse a few minutes before the pri-
sonar entered it. The piece of white thong had been taken
from an upper floor. The prisoner had been in his employ
eleven and a-half years, and received regular wages of 225.
every week. Ho lent the prisoner £2 a fortnight ago be-
cause he wanted money to purchase some necessaries for a
sick child.

The prisoner set up a curious defence. A child of his
was lying dead. He wanted money to pay the expenses of
the funeral, and ho took the two bundles of terrets, with the
intention of pawning them and redeeming them again as
soon as possible. _ _

Mr. Woolrych said he could not believe the defence set
up. The prisoner was employed by a respectable trades-
man, in receipt of regular wages, and had committed a
serious robbery involving a gross breach of confidence. The
defence that the prisoner had some misfortune, that his
child was lying dead, and that ho was labouring under
great anxiety, could not be admitted as an excuse or pallia-
tion of crime. Every man was labouring under some
anxiety, and all had to struggle in the world. He com-
mitted the prisoner for trial.

NICKNAMES !—Sir Bulwer Lytton, in one of his
novels embodies in words a reflection which has
occurred to everybody in his experience of life. Whatever
be the cause, a " Jack" has little chance against a "John"
in the race for fortune, although he may stand high in the
estimation of his friends as an amiable, or even as an excel-
lent man, Great men and good soldiers have had sobriquets
to be sure, such as the nickname of " Le petit Caporal" for
Napoleon, or the prefix of " Stonewall" to identify the
Southern fulmen Belli from a host of namesakes. But when
a man becomes a "Joe," as Hooker, or an " Old Abe," as
President, or " Bill," or" Shiney William," as Mr. Seward,
he may he looked upon as marked out for an inferior place
in the world. We hear in the Southern papers of " Presi-
dent Davis" and General Lee—in the Northern of " Old
Abe" and " Fighting Joe." Americans on both sides are
fond of nicknames, but tho difference here is sig-nificant.-
47 my and Navy *gazette.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)
FECHTER V. MONTGOMERY.

Mr. Selwyn moved on behalf of Mr. Fechter, lessee of
the Lyceum Theatre, for an injunction restraining Mr.
Walter Montgomery from performing at any other theatre
than the Lyceum without the consent of Mr. Fechter. Mr.
Montgomery in January last entered into an engagement
with that gentleman to perform at his theatre for two years,
but, as the " Duke's Motto," the opening piece, had proved
a success, and in which Mr. Montgomery did not sustain
a part, he had not yet made his appearance, but, notwith•
standing, he had regularly received his salary from the
Lyceum. Mr. Montgomery did not like the arrangement,
and without the consent of Mr. Fechter, he entered into an
engagement with Mr. G. Vining to appear on Saturday next,
at the Princess's Theatre, a Othello. Mr. Fechter had for
some time objected to such a proceeding, yet notwithstaud-
ing that the advertisemet that Mr. Montgomery would ap-
pear was still issued, and under these circumstances he ap-
plied for an injunction to restrain him from doing so.

Mr. Baggally said Mr. Montgomery's engagement did not
under the circumstances bind him. lie had gained a position
in the provinces as an actor, and it was doing him a serious
injury in keeping him from making his appearance. His
sole object in coming to London was to perform as early as
possible before a metropolitan audience.

Mr. Brookbank, who appeared for Mr. Vining, and
against whom an injunction was asked, said the engage-
ment was made on his being informed that Mr. Mont-
gomery was quite free.

Mr, Selwyn said Mr. Fechter intended very shortly to
produce a piece for Mr. Montgomery.
His Honour said the present was not a case in which the
court could interfere. It was impossible to think
that when Mr. Montgomery entered into the engage-
ment with Mr. Fechter that he was to be kept
for an indefinite time in a state of idle inactivity.
The statement that Mr. Fechter was going to produce a
piece for him did not alter the case. The motion, there-
fore, must be refused.