The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-29 00:00:00

THAMES

IMPUDENT ROBBERY IN THE SAILORS' HOME.—James
Hunter, aged 30, and Samuel Jamos Lobbs, 22, wore
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a
snuff-box and other property from Mr. William Beverley,
an accountant.

The prosecutor, a Scotchman, went to the Sailors' Home
yesterday to transact some business. He sat down at a
table in the great hall, where the prisoners, a boy named
James Mackland, of the Destitute Sailors' Asylum in the
same street, and others were seated. Mr. Beverley fell
asleep, and when he awoke discovered that the outside of
his coat was cut, and that a silver snuff-box, on which
was inscribed ",William Beverley, Aberdeen, 1862," a pipe,
a knife, and other articles had been abstracted. The ser-
vices of a detective officer named Dunaway, No. 11 H,
were immediately put in requisition, and ho ar-
rested the prisoners directly after they had pawned
the watch for 12s. at the shop of Mr. Telfer, Rateliff-high-
way. Mr. Briton, assistant to Mr. Telfer, produced the
silver snuffbox, and said that Lobbs handed it to him, and
seeing the inscription on the lid he asked to whom it be-
longed. Lobbs pointed to Hunter and said "It is his." He
asked Hunter what name, to which he replied the same as
is on the box. Dunaway found on Hunter a half-sovereign
he had just received of the pawnbroker, and the prose-
cutor's knife, pipe, and other things. At the station-house
Lobbs said he did cut the prosecutor's coat and take the
things out of his pocket. He also said he should not have
done it if his attention hadn't been called to it by the boy
Muckland. This lad gave a full detail of all the circum-
stances of the robbery in the hall.
Mr. Partridge was of opinion the boy Muckland was
equally guilty with the prisoners, and committed them for
trial.

STEALING Coprzn.--William Allen, shipwright and car-
penter, aged 31, of 29, Wailesley-street, Stepney, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with the unlawful
possession of 2j lbs. of copper.
Thomas Cook, a constable in the service of the East and
West India Dock Company, stopped the prisoner as he was
leaving the East India Dock and found several pieces of
copper in his pockets. The prisoner said he was carpenter
of tho ship Windward, in the dock, and that he was going
to take the copper home to do some jobs.
William Connor, second officer of the ship Windward,
said the prisoner had belonged to that vessel five years,
and boro an excellent character. The chief mate thought
the prisoner would be sufficiently punished if ho was dis-
missed from the ship. The copper unquestionably belonged
to the owners of the ship.
The prisoner said he was not guilty of the charge of un-
lawful possession of tho copper.
Mr. Partridge—Show me if you can. You was in lawful
possession.

The prisoner—l picked up the copper, little bits on
board.

Mr. Partridge—Which you had no right to do. The
copper is the property of the owners of the ship. You
might be committed for trial for stealing the copper. You
are fined £5 for unlawful possession of the property, aud,
in default, one month's imprisonment.

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The bishops of Bavaria have closed their confer-
ences at Passau, and decided that their next meeting shall
be held at Wurzburg in July, 1866. It is not yet known
what queotiQuo they diamond.