The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DA')

Abraham Brown was charged with pocket-pickinPlay
A gentleman named Pollock stated that I°R:felt
afternoon, as lie was pas,ing along Cheapside, the
some one at his pocket, and on turniog round sn''.,f in
prisoner running away with a pocket handkerci"
re
his hand. He was pursued up Ironmonger-lane, vih'
bief
he was apprehended, having thrown the handker_
ups
from him in his progress. It was, however, picked
and handed to the policeman, by whom it was now Pro,
•
duced. the PIP
The LORD MAYOR said he should commit
soner for tria:. deal
Mr. Pollock trusted that his Lordship would to
with the case in a summary manner, as he was about
return to Ireland.
„t
The LORD MAYOR remarked that no very gre-A
convenience could arise, as the Sessions commence" °
Monday. . ej
Mr. Pollock said he very possibly might be require e
to leave to-morrow. He believed many gentlemen /4,-;
prevented from corning forward in cases of this tlesch'i;r
tion, on account of the inconvenience caused by
iming compelled to prosecute.
The matter then dropped.

GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY')
T.-T- , nal
ROBBERY BY A SERVANhis morning •• /4a•••Al-
Wilson, 20 years of age, was brought before I\lr'liog
deg Pirie for re-examination, charged with stc3iiii,
a 3/. Link of England note, the property of blrs
tres, Mrs Bitchbourne, the landlady of the ""-

public-house, Criobourne-passage. - k silic,a
Mrs. Hitchbourne stated that about three wee-sa o.
she intrusted the prisoner with a 5/. note to get Cba—fltl
since which time she had not seen anything of him '1- i
the present moment. be
Police-constable Copland, No. 5, stated thaliout
was on duty in St. Paul's Church-yard a" be
three o'clock on Tuesday morning last, whenbout
came up to him and said, " I have been wandering a be!,
the streets for the la't three days without food er hsbed
ter, and am quite worn out. Three weeks ago I ra" ,t,
my mistress of five pounds, the whole of which I 'Pet:s-
and I have made up my mind to give myself one
todv ; you may •
• as well take the charge as 60' tiov
else." He accordingly took the prisoner to
the st 9
house. • oer
From other testimony it appeared that the pro
had been in custody twice before on similar chargesioj
d The prisoner said he was very sorry for wh,,t be
.t, of
one, and expressed a hope that he might he sent eu
the country. He was fully committed for trial.
into c

HATTON-CiARDEN.-(TIII

Y•)

---,J.—
t, George Buothe, a waiter, was placed at to Wit-
.harged with stealing two casks, the property e-
liam Garrett. R t-
The prisoner was observed, by policeman N if-37-sp° -
temptingi to secrete something last evening to -°'t,:o
etaasgkesn-fields, und, on going up to him, he fouod thef the
which proved to be he propertY °
produced,
Theprosecutor, the landlord of Ccpenhagen House' .icit°
were
the prosecutor's
who had at fast denied that tbeie‘ber-
rowed thePp:oesefchuitsoneespihneowp.e—rtynenowwassrteamteadnlr
er
00,
thei_lipareorperty of
Mary Goodyear
sulo.ns
evaT:eshrtrpepreert Matwiladsactetrigketdt.with stealing' t4l°°
vie-
ssetcautteodr,tEwlahto
tkh7ppsrisaenloetrigietaigmletouse i° „oust
prosecutor,
of looking for lodgings, and that "the
h was gone she missed two caps, which were in
ntly
parlour, where the prisoner had been. She subseclue 0,
gave information and the prisoner was taken
prisoner
into e
t ody, but the caps had not been found. The
lis
li
_rfuequently been in custody on sintiliar charges, * r 00-
M . GREENwOOO, under the new Police Act r,
victed her of being in the house for an unlawhil °int
pose, and sentenced her to six weeks' imprisonn'e
and hard labour. chit
Catherine Minnett and John Minnett, two cin „re
the one seven and the other six years of age, were
charged with being behind a shop counter, endeav°
ing to steal the till. bevell;ost,
It appears that these unfortunate children
their mother, and that their father is in the North roe
don Hospital, in the last stage of a consumption• 13',1,.
parish authorities of St. Pancras have frequet;,
endeavoured to induce them to come into the workho
Act,
but the children, whenever such a thing has beeatito
tempted, have invariably absconded, and for stint; the
past have subsisted by thieving, the gi
osingrl instruct of
the
boy in the art of plundering, and disp
property. take
Mr. GREENWOOD directed the policeman t° dy
them to the workhouse, and give them into the
016°
of the parish authorities.
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FIRE.--*1 --Thursday morning, between tweiv- m .
one o'clock, a fire broke out on the retnises °f - rt
Helps, Cloth-fair, Smithfield, which for Sonic time buret
furiously, but: by. the prompt arrival of the engi°cs jo
was extinguished before any very considerable daillAg
was sustained.