The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-29 00:00:00

TRAMES,

A MARINE SWINDLER.—JauIes Johnson, a seaman, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with obtaining 10s.
and a new jacket by false pretences of Mr. Abraham Harris,
a Jew clothier, of No. 170, St. George-street.

A few evenings since the prisoner called upon Mr. Harris,
and said he had made a voyage in the ship Junius, in the
Commercial Dock, that he had wages to receive, and in-
tended to deal with Mr. Harris. The prosecutor anxious to
do business hailed the sailor as a customer and lent him
10s. to be repaid in the usual manner when the ship was
paid off. On the following morning the prisoner
again waited on Mr. Harris and obtained a
new jacket from him. He then said he wished to
be driven to the Commercial Dock, Rotherhithe, and obtain
sufficient money fr,,m his captain to pay Mr. Harris. The
prisoner and Mr. Harris got into a cart, and when they
were about half way to the Commercial Dock the prisoner
made an excuse to leave the cart, and ran away. He was
subsequently taken into custody and remanded.
Mr. William Douglas, an officer of the Commercial Dock,
said no ship named sue Junius had been in the clock_ior
two years He also said the prisoner had attempted ,to
impose on another Jew and ordered £8 worth of clothes.
Be.ore the Jew parted with any money or clothes he made
inquiries at tile dock, and ascertained that the prisoner was
an impostor.
The prisoner declined to make any defence, and Mr.
Woolrych committed him for trial.
ROBBERIES AT THE RAYDON-SQUARESTATION.—Patrick
Macarthy, ar. Irish labourer, aged 27 years, and lately em-
ployed at the Haydon-square goods station of the London
and North-Western Railway Station, was brought up on
remand charged with stealing 49 pairs of worsted stockings.
There were three packages of worsted stockings in a
hamper at the Haydon-square station. The packages were
in a perfec, state when delivered atthe station. Mr. Thomas
Rowden, a clerk at the station, afterwards discovered that
oue of the packages had been cut open and a portion of the
-
contents abstracted. Hugh Andrews, a police constable,
o. 62 H, made inquiries and found that the prisoner had
been dealing with worsted stockings precisely similar to
those in the packap, and he found an odd stocking,
which had never been worn, in the prisoner's room. The
prisoner admitted to Andrews that he had taken three pairs
of worsted stockings out of the package, and that was all.
The manufacturer, from Leicester, was in attendance to
prove the idenity of the odd stocking.
h Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, on behalf of the prisoner, said he
ad been eleven months in the service of the London and
. charge a
North- Western Railway Company, and there was no pre-
viousguiNility to the unlawful possession of the odd stocking.
against him. The prisoner would plead
mr. Woolrych—No, no; to stealing-
as r. Stoddart hoped the magistrate would treat the case
Mr. Woolrych—lt is a very serious case
one of unlawful possession, ad pass a light.punishment.
broken a package
open, and 49 pairs of stockings, valu.d at £3, taken

our.

Mr. Stoddart--The prisoner has only taken three pairs.
Mr. Walter Worlidge, detective officer, in the service of
the London and North-Western Railway Company, said
there had been a good deal of petty pilfering going on at
the station, and the company had been great losers. A re-
ward of £5 was given to any one detecting an offender and
bringing him to justice.
The prisoner then pleaded guilty to stealing stockings.
Mr, Woolrych —You are sentenced to fourmonths'im-
prisonment and hard labour in the House of correction.