The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-26 00:00:00

OXFORD-STREET.

Edmund Godwin, 23 years of age, and described
as a tailor, was indicted for feloniously breaking
and entering the shop of Wm. Samuel Burton, and
stealing therein seven silver teapots and other
articles of the value of £450.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton
was counsel for the prisoner.
The trial of this case occupied a considerable
time, but the facts were shortly these. The prisoner
lodged in an attic at 9, Newman-street, adjoining
Messrs. Burton's premises, for some time in June.
During the night of the 11th of that month an entry
was effected into Messrs. Burton's warehouse
through a trap in the roof, and a large quantity of
silver stolen, value nearly £5OO. A complete set of
burglars' implements were found on the premises
by Sergeant Lambert, 12 D, jemmies, crowbars, a
rope-ladder, a bull's-eye, picklocks, a wedge made
of beech, matches, &c. On the Ist instant the pri-
soner was apprehended by Cook, 198 5, at the
corner of Clipstone-street. The constable said to
him, " Your name is Godwin." The prisoner
replied that it was not, " you make a mistake." The
witness said, " Yes, your name is Godwin, and I
shall take you for a robbery at Messrs. Burton's in
Oxford-street, in June last, and stealing a large
quantity of silver." The prisoner said again that
there was a mistake ; his name was not Godwin.
Cook then said, " Then Pll call you Whitenob," a
name he was known by ; " You know me, and I
know you." The prisoner said" All right, Mr. Cook,
you have put many an innocent man in prison, and
I suppose you are going to do the same with me."
He denied ever having lived in Newman-street,
gave a false address, No. 15, Liverpool-street, Isling-
ton, there being no such number, the highest num-
ber being 11; but he was traced to Dorrington-
street, Clerkenwell, where he had been lodging, and
where the police found the box in which the stolen
silver had been carried off from Newman-street. In
it were marks which, examined under a powerful
magnifying glass, showed that they had been pro-
duced by silver. The prisoner took the lodging in
the name of Richards, and on the night of the rob-
bery had some one with him whom he let in.
Mr. Ribton contended that the evidence did not
make out anything beyond suspicion, and that in
the absence of absolute proof of guilt the prisoner
ought to be acquitted.
The learned Judge summed up with great care
and minuteness.

The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and his for-
mer convictions were proved against him.
The learned Judge said there was an imperative
duty to perform, and the sentence of the Court upon
the prisoner was that he be kept in penal servitude
for the period of ten years.

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
John W. Shackleton, a cabman, was indicted for
assaulting Robert Randall, police-constable 388 V,
in the execution of his duty.
Mr. Pater prosecuted; Mr. Metcalfe appeared fur
the prisoner.
The case for the prosecution was that, on the
morning of the 3d inst., the prisoner was driving a
cab in the King's-road, Chelsea, when a gentleman
hailed him, and he told him to -, and made
several cuts at him with his whip. The gentleman
called the constable to stop him, but he drove off
at a rapid rate, and the constable got a Hansom
and went after him. On being overtaken the
prisoner, or some other person for whom he was
mistaken, struck him with the butt end of his whip
so violently that he fell backwards, and the driver
got away.
The defence was that the prosecutor was mis-
taken as to the person who committed the assault,
and Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury upon that
point, and the defendant was acquitted.
William Hutchinson, 52, labourer, was indicted
for unlawfully attempting to kill and murder him-
self, by cutting and wounding his arm with a razor.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and said he
knew nothing of the matter_
Mr. J. H. Bailes, surgeon, of 5, Ossulston-street,
Somers Town, stated that on the 12th inst. he was
called to No. 10, Drummond-streat, where he found
the prisoner weltering in a pool of blood. There
was a razor on the table with which he had opened
his arm, and was bleeding to death, and would have
no doubt been dead in a few minutes had not the
flow of blood been stayed by ligatures. As it was
he had lost thirty ounces of blood, and it appeared
that he was labouring under peculiar delusions,
and he said that a man with wings had got in
through the window and inflicted the wound.
The Jury found him guilty, and
The learned Judge sentenced him to two years'
imprisonment, observing that that was the best
course that could be taken with him.
Edward Tidswell, 25, clerk, was indicted for
stealing the sum of .E2OO and upwards, the moneys
of Messrs. Shoolbred, of Tottenham-court-road, his
masters. He pleaded guilty ; and the Court, con-
sidering it a very aggravated case, sentenced the
prisoner to six years penal servitude.
William Clifford, 26, cabinetmaker, a prisoner
who had been twice sentenced to four years' penal
servitude, summarily convicted, and was known
as the companion and associate of garotters, pleaded
guilty to a charge of stealing clothing in the house
of A. 'Watson, 19, Duke-street.
The prisoner's former career having been proved
by officers Holmes and Franklin, the learned Judge
said it was his duty to pass an exemplary sentence
for the protection of the public. The prisoner was
found concealed under a bed, having packed up a
variety of articles for removal, and twice for a simi-
lar offence had he been sentenced to four years'
penal servitude.
The prisoner begged for another chance. He said
he was known to be a convict, and could not get
work, but if he were lightly dealt with this time it
would be a long while before he came before the
Court again. _ _

The learned Judge said he should take care of
that. The best thing to do was to send him away
altogether out of the country, and the sentence
upon him, with that view, was 10 years' penal ser-
vitude. He was liable to it for life.
The prisoner said be was perfectly satisfied.
George Scott was convicted of stealing a port-
manteau and a case from the terminus of the Great