The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT FORTNUM AND MASON'S, AND RECEIVING.
—William Shillcock, porter, in the employ of the above
firm, was charged withstealing a bag of currants, a bag of
sugar, &c., and Richard Porter, who gave the address,
Dark Arches, Adeiphi, was charged with receiving the
same, knowing them to be stolen.

Charles Butcher, 137 C, said—Yesterday evening I was
in South Bruton-mews, and saw Shillcock drive up with a
horse and van belonging to Messrs. Fortnum and Mason.
Shilloook waited a few minutes, and was then joined by
Porter. They both then went into a public-house and
came out, and then Shillcock got into the van and put two
large bags on to the footboard, and Porter took from his
pocket a wrapper and handed it to Shillcock, who tied the
bags in it, and Porter left with them. I then went after
Porter, and said, " Dick, 1 think you have got something
wrong there ;" and he replied, " Butcher, I am only the
messenger." I handed him over to a constable, and then
went back to Shillcock, and told him I was a police-officer,
and should take him into custody for stealing some pro-
perty from the van. He replied, "If anything is gone the
man must have stolen it." I then took him to the station.
The bags contained sugar and currants.
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Mr. Oakley, of Fortnum and Mason's, identified the
goods, and said Shillcock had been in the employ of the
firm two years.

In answer to Mr. Knox, the last witness said that the
parcels must have been abstracted from the warehouse, as
they had no address on them.

Mr. Knox committed both prisoners for trial.
IMPORTANT TO PUBLISHERS—UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF COPIES OF " FUN."—Arthur Medley was charged be-
fore Mr. Knox with being in unlawful possession of several
copies of Fun.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, prose-
cuted, and said he appeared on behalf of Messrs. M'Lean
and Urquhart, the proprietors of a periodical called Fun.
From his instructions it appeared that the printing of the
periodical began on Saturdays, and the publication to the
trade, with the exception of Messrs. Smith and Son and
Mr. Collins, took place on Wednesday; but it was disco-
vered that the prisoner was in the habit of selling the
periodical on Tuesdays, a circumstance most prejudicial to
the other members of trade. The prisoner had once before
been cautioned by Mr. M'Lean ; but yesterday, on his
being again found selling Fun, he was given into custody.
Mr. M'Lean said that the periodical was printed by
Messrs. Taylor and Greening. No other person than
Messrs. Smith and Sons and Mr. Collins were supplied on
Tuesdays, and the copies which prisoner had in his posses-
sion yesterday were never supplied to these persons, as all
of them had a private mark. The prisoner was formerly in
the employ of the printers, and yesterday week he cau-
tioned him as to selling the periodical on Tuesdays, as they
must have been stolen, and asked him to tell him who he
had bought them off, and he refused to do so, notwithstand-
ing that he told him that ho would reward him if he did so.

Jeffrey, 49 C, said the prisoner was given into his custody
yesterday in the Regent Circus. He found several copies
of Fun in his possession, and on asking him where he got
them from, he said he bought them in Shoe.lane of a man
who did not keep a shop, but lived at Westminster.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.