The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-08 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

HOUSEBREAKING.—WiIIiam Phillips, a shoemaker, who
gave a false address, and Riwerd Pearse, a labourer, who
refused his address, were charged with breaking and enter-
ing the house of Mr. Joseph Johnston, hosier, 323, Oxford-
street, and stealing some stockings.
From the evidence of Sergeant Mullord, 28 C, it appeared

that about 20 minutes past 6 this morning, while passing
up Regent-circus, in company with Stevens, 27 C, he heard
a smash of glass, and saw the prisoner Pearse run from the
door of Mr. Johnston, 323, Oxford-street. Ile (Mullord)
immediately pursued Pearse, thinking that there was some-
thing wrong, and and after a pursuit through several streets
Pearse was stopped by Fairfax, 73 D. Stevens, who had
gone up to the house from which Pearse was seen to run,
found Phillips hanging by the arms from the frame of the
fanlight, the glass of which had been smashed, and took
Phillips into custody. On the premises being examined it

'as found that au entrance had been attempted to be gained
by means of breaking a pane of glass in the fanlight to get
at the fastening, and that a parcel of stockings had been
removed from the place where they had been deposited.
Prisoners were remanded.

A DETERMINED STREET THlEF.—George Garvel, a
shabby-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with attempting to steal a gold watch from the person of
Mr. Arthur Fitch, clerk, residing at 13, Ampton-street,
Greys-inn-road.

Mr. Fitch raid he was walking up Regent-street last
night at half-past nine, when the prisoner came up to him
and made a snatch at his watch-chain and pulled his watch
out of his pocket. The prisoner then seized hold of the
watch and tried to pull it from the chain, but the chain not
breaking, ho let go the watch and then made off, but he
pursued him and handed him over to a constable.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prosecutor said the
watch was of the value of £2O.

A constable said that on searching the prisoner he found

.4 duplicates relating to tools.
The prisoner said he had no answer to make to the charge.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for trial.

THAMES,

TEA ROESERY IN THE LONDON-DOCK.—Robert Allen,
"head man" or foreman of a gang of labourers in the Lon-
don-dock, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with
stealing 11 ounces of tea, the property of the London-dock
Company.

John George, a constable in the service of the London-
dock Company, stated that on Saturday afternoon, soon
after 4 o'clock, he stopped the prisoner as he was leaving
the dock at the western gate and asked him if he had any
tea about him, to which he replied that he had none. He
told the prisoner he must search him. The prisoner, who
was greatly agitated, immediately said," I am aruined man."
He then searched the prisoner, and found in hiscoat pocket
3 ounces, and in each of his boots 4 ounces of tea, making
in all 11 ounces. He asked the prisoner where he obtained
the tea, and ho said it was given to his. The prisoner had
been in the employ of the company 16 years, and was head
man in one of the warehouses. That was a situation of
trust and responsibility, and the prisoner was allowed to
pass in and out of the dock without being searched, and
would not have been searched at all if he had not receivod
information of a robbery.
Joseph Maddocks, a labourer, stated that he saw the pri-
Boner put his hand into a chest of tea on Saturday after-
noon, and take out a handful with which he left the ware-
house.
The prisoner, in defence, said that some of the tea was

given to him.
Mr Woolrych—You were seen to take the tea out of the
chest.
The prisoner—Not all that was found on me. There has
not been a single blemish on my character for 15 years.
It is the first time I was ever charged with dishonesty.
Mr. Wookph said it was very unfortunate for the pri-
soner that in a single moment he had destroyed the good
character without which he could not obtain employment
again. The prisoner was engaged in reponsible duties,
and his conduct could not be overlooked. He fined the
• 15s and in default of payment six days' 6
impri-
sonment for the unlawful possession of the tea found upon
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PLEASANT FOR CRINOLINE WEARERS.-At the
Sunderland Police-court, on Thursday, Patrick M'Garvey,
who keeps a beer-house at the low end of the town, in
Silver-street, was brought up and fined for keeping a dis-
orderly house. The officers said they saw a small party of
men leave the house to fight. Inside they found twenty
men, most of them drunk and very noisy. In one room,'
where fiddling and dancing were going on, there were about
twenty young girls from sixteen to twenty years of age. In
making his defence, Patrick said the girls had no crinolines
on, and therefore he " didn't think they were bad lasses I"
Newcastle Chronicle.
Captain Thomas Saumarez, who has resigned the
command of H,M.S. Forte, is on his way to England from
the Brazils in her Majesty's store-ship Industry.--Army
and Navy Gazette.
It is currently reported that Captain Hugh Dun-
lop, C. 8., now second in command on the North America
and West India Station,will succeed Captain Claude H. M.
Buckle, C. 8., Captain Superintendent of the Royal Vic-
toria Victualling Yard, at Deptford, whose period of ser-
i vice expires this month,—,Army and .Navy