The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

BOW. STREET.

ROBBING TILE MESSRS. ROUTLEDGE,--The two men
Lacy and Banks were placed at the bar on remand charged,
the former with stealing and the latter receiving, eight books,
the property of Messrs. Routledge and Co., value £2 2s. 6d.
Mr. Gammon appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Wake.
ling defended Banks, and Mr. Lewis the prisoner Lacy.
The books in question, it will be recollected, were stolen
from the warehouse, and sold to a person named Holder, a
bookseller in the Strand, and were seen by Mr. Routledge
exposed for sale in the window so soonafter their publica-
tion that it was impossible they could have been honestly
come by. He made some inquiries as to how be became
possessed of the property, when he said he had purchased
them of a man named Banks, and that they had been brought
to his shop by a porter named Lacy.
The former evidence having been read over,
Mr.Wakelin said he should like to put a question to Holder.
The witness said, in reply, Banks had been in the book
trade for years, and was always considered an honest man.
For the last three or four months he had often brought books
for sale. 'Would swear that it was either Thursday, the
Bth of October, or the following Friday that Banks called.
His house had not been searched by the police.
By Mr. Lewis—Since the last examination, Mr. Bell, of
the firm of Bell and Daldy, Fleet-street, had called and
pointed out some books in his shop window as their property.
Ile told him he had purchased them of Banks.
Ackrill, the police-constable, said he had frequently
seen both prisoners together. He did not state that on
the last occasion, because he was not asked. He had been
watching the prisoners for some time.
Mr. Lewis applied on the part of Lacy to be admitted to
bail.

Mr. Wakeling said, as bail had been refused for Lacy, he
did not suppose it was of any avail his asking for bail for
Banks. He could call two or three witnesses.

Mr. Corrie—To show where he purchased the books ?
Mr. Wakeling—Not so much as that. (Laughter.)
Mr. Corrie—l think the case a very clear one, and I shal
not accept bail.
Committed for trial accordingly.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK —Charles Newton, a
collector lately in the employ of Messrs. Firmin, wholesale
button makers in the Strand, was again placed at the bar
charged with embezzlement.

Two or three cases wero proved on the former occasion,
and this morning a young man from Mr. Gody, tailor,
Pall-mall, proved the purchasing a sword of the Messrs.
Firmin, payment for which had been made to the prisoner,
who gave his receipt accordingly. No entry of the trans-
action appeared in the books of the firm.

The prisoner pleaded guilty to the whole of the charges,
and said he did not take the money with any intention of
stealing, He had unfortunately used some money belong-
ing to his employers, and on the day he wag taken into cus-
tody he had been trying to borrow of his friends to make
up a certain sum, but he had failed.

MARLBOROTJGII-STREET.

NIGHT CAB HORSES AND CABS.—Maurice White, of

1, Chapel-place. Russell-square, horsekeeper, was charged
before Knox, by Mr. Wm. Love, chief officer of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with
cruelly illtreating a horse by using it, attached to cab 3,042,
in an unfit state, and the prisoner was further charged by
Hum, 344 A, with being drunk and incapable.
Hum, 344 A, deposed to seeing the prisoner sitting on
the box of hie cab, in Coventry-street, and on speaking to
him he found that he was drunk, and totally incapable of
taking care of the horse and cab. While he was speaking
to the prisoner one of the officers of the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals came up and examined
the horse. He (Hum) then tsok the prisoner,to the station,
and the officer of the society took the horse to the Green-
yard.

Simeon Sell deposed that while in Coventry-street with
Rutherford, another officer of the society, he saw the last
witness speaking to the prisoner, and on his (Sell) examin-
ing the horse, he found a large deep wound on its shoulder
and both hocks cut and bleeding. The horse was an old
worn-out animal, and not fit tor public use, and every step
it took it stopped as if in great pain. The prisoner was so
drunk that he could not say where he came from, and there
was no name or address on the cab.

Mr. Arthur Berry, veterinary surgeon, said he had
examined the horse and found several sores on it. The
horse was old, lama, and entirely worn out and past work
altogether. The earriage was also in a filthy state and not
fit for use.

Mr. Knox said he could not deal with the carriage under
the present charge.

The prisoner said he was not drunk, but Hum said he
was so drunk that he had to hold him to keep him on the
footpath.

Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 20s. or 14 days, and recom.
mended steps to be taken against the proprietor of the horse
and cab.