The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-18 00:00:00

AND HIS LIABILITIES.

This was an application for release, and the bankrupt de-
scribed himself as of 38, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-
square, captain in the army, invalided, and now a prisoner
for debt at No. 1, Bream's-buildings, Chancery-lane. He
states on the proceedings that "the failure arises from your
petitioner having incurred debts on behalf of the Hon.
Richard Bethell, which he has failed to meet." Amongst
a somewhat long list of creditors are the following:—
West of England Life Office £l,OOO, and the bankrupt
accounts for the dobt by stating that the office holds a joint
and several bond of the Hon. •R. Bethel], self, and another
person ; also a policy of insurance on the life of the said
Hon. R. Bethell for £2,000.

J. Jacobson, 30, Aikemarle-street, £252 ; holds bank-
rupt's draft, accepted by the Hon. R. Bethell for £252,
dated May, 1864.
F. Yates, 36, Henley-street, £406, holdsbankrupt's draft,
accepted by the Hon. R. Bethell, for £4OO.
Messrs. Lawrence, Plews, and Bowyer, who filed the
petition, supported the present application for release, Mr.
Spyer opposing for Mr. Jacobson.
At a quarter to one it was arranged that the bankrupt
should go out on bail.
After the matter had been arranged the parties applied
to the Commissioner to confirm it, but he declined.
The Bankrupt—l owe my present trouble to having be-
come security for the Hon. R. Bethell, and if I am released
I can, perhaps, induce him to do something for me.
His Honour—He is just as likely to do it now. Perhaps
Mr. Bethell may be appointed assignee.
Mr. Lawrence—l should be sorry to propose him, and
your Honour would not confirm it.
His Honour then formally refused to sanction the dis-
charge, but said the application could be renewed upon the
choice of assignees.
Application refused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

STEALING A PIANOFORTE.—A man named Godfrey was
placed at the bar charged with illegally pawning a piano-
forte.

From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner and a
man named Nash went to Messrs. Moore, of Bishopsgate-
street, and hired a pianoforte. The reference used was
satisfactory, and the instrument was lent, but in a few
days afterwards the instrument was pawned.
John Young, assistant to Mr. Attenborough, Fleet-
street, said—The prisoner came and asked if he lent
money on pianofortes. He told him they did, and he
(witness) asked how much he required. He said £4O as
the instrument cost .£7O or £BO. He told him he
would take the pianoforte in pledge if he could pro-
duce the receipt for its payment. He told him it was no
use coming with the pianoforte without that document.
He said he thought he could get that, and on the 25th of
February the prisoner and a Mr. Nash called and
said they had brought the receipt. He then told
them to take the piano to the warehouse, and they
did so. After this he told the men he could lend
them .£lO on the instrument, and they returned to the
shop. The prisoner produced the receipt, from which it
appeared that the instrument had been bought of Messrs.
Moore by a person named Parker for £42.
_ _

A member of the firm of Moore and Co. identified the
pianoforte at Messrs. Attenborough's warehouse as the ono
lent to the prisoner.

The prisoner was remanded in order that time might be
allowed for the capture of the prisoner's companion, Nash.

BOW-STREET.

STEALING THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN" NEWSPAPER.
Joseph Thompson, an auxiliary letter-carrier and sorter
at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, was
charged with stealing one copy of the latest edition of
The bun newspaper, of the 17th inst., in its course through
the post.
Mr. Peacock conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Lord, superintendent of the Newspaper Department,
General Post-office, deposed at about 28 minutes before 8
p.m. on the day in question he saw the prisoner, who was
engaged in sorting the newspapers for the Eastern Coun-
ties line, put a newspaper into his coat pocket. He gave
information to the inspector of letter-carriers.
Mr. Steele, inspector of letter-carriers, stated that from
the information he received from the last witness he sent
for the prisoner to his room, and taxed him with having
put a newspaper in his pocket. The prisoner admitted
that it was true, took the paper from his pocket, and gave it
up. It proved to be a late edition of The Sun. He excused
himself by saying that he only took it to read because he
had a son in America, and he wanted to read the American
news. The paper had not been opened. It was addressed
to Mr. C. M. Burton, Crown Inn, Orford, Suffolk.
Mr. Andrews, the publisher of The ,s'un newspaper, stated
he made up the paper himself, placed it in the envelope,
and despatched it from the office by the messenger.
Mr. Peacock—Do you often receive complaints of the
non-delivery of The Sun newspaper ?
Witness—Yes, the complaints from all parts of tho king-
dom were frequent, especially on the eve of an important
race—the non-delivery of the paper on those occasions being
particularly annoying to the subscribers. The third edi-
tion of The Sun, containing the return of the day's racing
and the latest betting on forthcoming races, made it of
special value to our numerous sporting subscribers in
the country, who were dependent on the receipt of
the paper for authentic information relative to the
latest movements in the racing world. We have suf-
fered from this system of appropriation for years.
Mr. Reed, the messenger, stated that on the day in
question he received from Mr. Andrews, in the usual course,
the copies of the latest edition of The Sun, to be conveyed
to the General Post-office, which he duly delivered at St.
Martin's-le-Grand at a quarter to 7 o'clock. _ _

Henry Rumbold, one of the police-officers attached to the
General Post-office, deposed that he was oalled by Mr.
Steele to take the prisoner into custody. On searching
the prisoner he found on him two £lO notes, four £5
notes, £lO in gold, a handsome gold watch with his name
"Joseph Thompson" engraved on it, a betting-book, and a
number of cards relating to betting transactions, showing
that he had been somewhat extensively operating on the
turf.
The prisoner said he only took the paper to read the
American news.
He was remanded for further examination.