The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-20 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

THE FORESTERS' FETE.-ATTEMPT TO PILL POI:MEETS.
....Cornwallis Connor, Joseph Farnell, and William Mon-
tague, three young men, were charged with attempting to
pick pockets in the neighbourhood of the South-Eastern
station, London-bridge, yesterday, being no doubt attracted
to that locality by the concourse of persons who are
generally present at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of
the Foresters' fete, and which yesterday exceeded any on
record.

George Holives, 252 M, said that yesterday he was on
duty in plain clothes at the South-Eastern station, and his
attention was drawn to Connor and Farnell, and saw the
former put his hand in a gentleman's pocket. He then
directed two fellow constables to watch them, and he saw
them loitering about for a considerable time, during which
they were joi by the other prisoner. They were all
dodging about Duke-street and the neighbourhood for an
hour, and Farnell had the old coat now produced on his
arm, a practice frequently resorted to by pickpockets to
facilitate their light-fingered operations. Ultimately, he
followed them into a public house and took them into
custody.

Bengough, 82 M, said that he distinctly saw Montague
lift up a gentleman's coat, and Burch, 237 M, corroborated
this evidence.

In reply tc Mr. Burcham, the prisoners stoutly denied
the charge, but were unable to produce evidence in their
behalf, and the impression of the police-constable, Ben-
gough was, that they had been previously convicted.
The magistrate remanded them until Monday next, in
order that some inquiries should be made in reference to
their antecedents.

A FEDERALIST IN TROUBLE.---A young man who gave
the name of James Langham, and stated that he was a na-
tive of New York, was also charged with attempting to pick
pockets at the London-bridge Station yesterday, and he
also carried an old coat on his arm.

From the evidence of a gentleman who had noticed the
prisoner loitering about the station, it appeared that he saw
him follow a lady, and as she was about entering an omni-
Lus he put his hand into her pocket. He immediately
seized his hand and held him until the policeman came up,
when he gave him into custody.
The prisoner in his defence denied the charge, and said
that when the gentleman seized his hand he (prisoner)
asked the lady if she had lost anything, and on searching
her pocket she replied in the negative. His object in being
at the station was to meet his sisters, who had gone to the
Crystal Palace. In reply to the magistrate he said that,
being a stranger in London, he could not call any witnesses
as to character, and that one of his sisters lived in Old.
street, but he did not know the number of her house.
Mr. Burcham said it was not at all improbable that some
of his friends had been at the Crystal Palace, and very
likely engaged in the same manner as the prisoner. As he
had no doubt that he was in the neighbourhood for the
purpose of committing a felony, and that he had actually
been detected with his hand in a lady's pocket, he would
sentence him to three months' hard labour.
Some other cases of a similar character were brought be-
fore the magistrates, and parties convicted sentenced to
different per ioas of imprisonment.