The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-08 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

GAROTTING ROBBERY.—John Walters, a gasfitter, charged
with being concerned with two others, not in custody, in
violently assaulting and stealing from the person of Joseph
Frederick Chillingsworth, a boy, 37 ounces of gold, of the
value of £ll5, the property of Messrs. Herbert, jewellers,
of No. 8, Newman-street, Oxford-street, was again brought
before Mr. Tyrwhitt.

Mr. H. Lewis (Lewis and Sons), Wilmington-square,
prosecuted on behalf of the Precious Metals Association ;
and Mr. Louis Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the
prisoner.

- The boy (Chillingsworth) wits returning from the fiat-
ing mills in Hop-garden, St. Martin's lane, with 37 ounces
of gold in a black bag strapped across his shoulder, and
when in Newman-yard-mews, near his master's house
he was accosted by a man, and before he could answer him,
the man put his hands round his neck and seized his throat
tightly, at the same time holding his head back. Two
two other men then came down the mews, and the straps
of the bag were cut, the bag containing the gold taken
away, and the boy thrown heavily to the ground.
Information was then given to the police, and Inspector
Bryant, of the G division, apprehended the prisoner in
Moss-buildings, Whitechapel.
Wm. Wild, a boy employed at Messrs. Jackson and
Graham's, Oxford-street, who had seen the three men with
the boy Chillingsworth down the mews, was cross-exa-
mined by Mr. Lewis, and said ho saw the prisoner's face
when the prisoner came to the top of the place, and looked
round and passed him. He afterwards saw the prisoner in
custody among seven other men. He did not know whe-
ther they were policemen—they were not in uniform. He
told the police that the man he noticed wore a billy cock
hat and bushy whiskers, and was rather stout. The rea-
son why he noticed the men was because he thought they
were larking with the boy (Chillingsworth). Ho recog-
nised the prisoner by his general appearance, and not by
his features.

Joseph Frederick Chillingsworth, the boy who was as-
saulted and whose throat was a good deal injured, was
called and cross-examined by Mr. L. Lewis, and said he
would not swear positively la the prisoner, but he believed
he was one of the men.
Mr. Lewis asked for another remand.
Mr. Tyrwhitt granted it, stating that the prisoner would
go before a jury.

ROBBERY BY A BOOKSELLER'S PACKER.—David Parker,
a packer in the employ of Messrs. Bickers, booksellers, of
Leicester-squaro, charged with breaking open a till and
stealing £8 10s., the moneys of his employers, was again
brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt.

The evidence taken on the last occasion having been

read over,
Mr. Bickers, jun., asked the magistrate to deal leniently
with the prisoner. Ho had been 19 years in his father's
employ,
and
bore a good character till recently. Some time
since the prisoner was bitten by a dog, and his conduct after-
wards became much changed, and he had given way to
habits of intemperance.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he regretted to find that a man with
a good character had lost it, but he was relieved by hear-
ing that there was some extraordinary ground for the
change in his conduct.
Mr. Bickers, jun., said he thought some punishment would
be beneficial to the prisoner, and it would serve as an
example to others in their employ.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prosecutor had acted very kindly
towards the prisoner, and he should commit the prisoner
for a month with hard labour.