The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE THIEF AND RECEIVER.—John Sullivan, aged 14, of
3, Crown-court; Glasshouse-street, Rosemary-lane, and
Bernard Silverstein, a Jew, described as a bootmaker, of
35, Royal Mint-street, better known as Rosemary-lane,
were charged, the former with stealing and the other with
receiving, knowing to be stolen, a gold watch and gold
chain, value 321., the property of Mr. Daniel Cotton, a
marine store dealer, of 5, Green-bank, Wapping.
The prosecutor said his wife took the boy off the streets
seven or eight months ago, and he was then ragged and
starving. He had since maintained the boy. Yesterday
morning he missed his gold watch and chain. He placed
them on a dresser in his kitchen in the morning at nine
o'clock, and in the afternoon missed them. He went in
search of the boy, who was then out. He could not find
the boy, .and gave information to the police.
Mr. Gomm, who defended Silverstein, asked what time
the watch and chain were missed.
Mr. Cotton—At four o'clock.
Mr. Gomm—And what is the value ?
Mr. Cotton-321., sir. _ _ _

Robert Smith, 253 K, said—From information I received
I w6nt't6 No. 5, Crown-court, Rosemary-lane, and saw the
mother of the boy. I afterwards saw the boy at the same
place, and told him the charge against him. The boy
denied stealing his master's watch and chain. I cautioned
him that what he did say would be repeated to the magis-
trate, and that he had no occasion to say anything unless
he pleased. On arriving at the station-house the boy said,
in the presence of his master, that he saw a gold guard
chain on the kitchen dresser of his master's house, and
took hold of the guard and pulled it towards him and found
a watch attached to it. J.le put both in his pocket, and after-
wards told his master he had the toothache, and obtained
leave of absence to have his tooth drawn. He went into a
Jew's shop in Rosemary-lane to sell the watch and chain,
and was offered 21.105. for it, which he refused to take. In
the next shop he went into the watch was tried and tested.

Mr. Paget—Did the boy say tested ?
Smith—" The watch and chain were tried," were la's
words. A man was called down stairs who said he would
have nothing to do with the property. He then went to the
Tenter-ground, Whitechapel, where he was accosted by the
prisoner Silveratein he had seen in the second shop, and
who asked him the way to Rupert-street. He told
him he did not know. The prisoner said, " I
am going to buy a watch. Oh, you have got a watch
to sell—l'll buy it of you. I will give you 2/. 15s. for it."
He said he would take 3/. for the watch and chain, which
sum he had asked forthem in the shop he saw him (Silver-
stein) in when he offered the watch for sale. The pri-
soner gave him 3/. for the, watch, and he then went and
bought a suit of clothes, and had his decayed tooth drawn.
He took Silverstein into custody, and told him he was
charged with receiving, knowing to be stolen, a gold watch
and chain. Silverstein said he knew nothing at all about
it, and never saw the boy in his life before. The witness
then produced a new suit of clothes which the boy had
purchased, and a gold watch Tie found on Silverstein. It
was not the one which Mr. Cotton had lost.
Mr. Cotton—My gold watch is a hunting one with double

case.
Mr. Gomm said there was not a tittle of evidence against
Silverstein, and only the statement of the boy, who, accord-
ing to his own admission, was the thief, and had robbed a
kind master. Unless the statement of the boy could be
backed up by evidence, it could not be acted upon. He
could prove that Silverstein was elsewhere at the very
time the boy alleged he was in the Tenter-ground.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for a week, and con-
sented to take bail for Silverstein, himself in 1001. and two
sureties of 501. each.

Two persons of the same religious persuasion as Silver•
stein put in bail for him, and he wa,t set at liberty.

.ENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day

OLD COURT.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron and Justice Blackburn.)

THE MURDER IN PLAISTOW MARSHES.

This morning the trial of Kohl was resumed, the case
for the prosecution having closed last night.
Mr. Best, at the sitting of the Court, proceeded to address
the jury for the defence. He did not deny that the deceased
man was foully murdered, nor did he deny that the body
was mutilated after death, but the jury would have to con-
sider whether the charge of murder had been brought home
to the prisoner. He then spoke of the relations between
the prisoner and the deceased. The deceased was a
good-natured confiding man, for he trusted Mrs.
Warren with his money, watches, rings, and all
the valuables he had, and he showed the same
disposition when he went to live with the prisoner.
The two men were on the most intimate terms, and the
way in which the things were pawned by both of them
showed that there existed between them that cordiality
which was one of the great characteristics of foreigners.
Analysing the evidence, the learned gentleman contended
that the manner in which the prisoner conducted himself
after his friend was missed was not consistent with the
character of a murderer, who usually took every precaution
to conceal his guilt. The circumstantial evidence, he urged,
ought fairly to raise a doubt in the minds of the jury, and
to the benefit of the doubt the prisoner was entitled. He
did not say that the medical evidence ought to be viewed
with suspicion, but it certainly ought to be viewed with
very great care.
The Solicitor-General replied, and referred briefly to a
few of the main incidents of the case. He contended that
Mr. Best had not advanced any theory consistent with the
innocence of the prisoner, nor had he attempted to suggest
who was the murderer, and under what circumstances the
murder was committed if the prisoner was innocent.
The Lord Chief Baron summed up, earnestly and
anxiously impressing upon the jury that by the constitu-
tion of this country the decision rested with them, while
the duty was imposed on them of giving an impartial and
conscientious consideration to the faits before them. With
regard to the manner in which the jury should proceed to
determine their verdict he wished to say a word. Upon
that point he was misrepresented in the address he delivered
to the jury in a case of murder not long since. He had
heard Lord Tenterden say—and he quite agreed with his
dictum—that before a jury found a prisoner guilty they
ought to have the same certainty that they would require
in the transaction of their most important affairs—the
highest degree of certainty which they ought to have in
the practical business of life. Demonstration was not re-
quired, for absolute certainty was scarcely obtainable in any
case. Any other doctrine would paralyse the law in its
administration.
The jury returned at 25 minutes past one o'clock, and at
ten minutes before two returned, and asked several ques-
tions in reference to the distances froin the reed bed to the
Commercial-road, the sugar-house, and other places. Hav-
ing received information on these points they again retired.
At five minutes past two they came again into court with
a verdict of GUILT

Ntr. Justice Blackburn sentenced him to death. He
remarked that the evidence was quite sufficient to warrant
the verdict, and that there was no hope of mercy being
extended to him.

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The prisoner was then handed over to the Sheriff of
Essex. The execution will take place at Chelmsford.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The market opened with a steady demand.
Sales, probably about 6,000 bales.

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