The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-14 00:00:00

POLITE-11VTELL111ENCE.-111arch 13.

GUILDHALL.—John Leopard, a fashionably.
dressed your man, who was described as a porter,
was charged before gir It. W. Carden with stealing
two pieceg of silk, value SA the property of Messrs.
Hilditch, of Ludgatc-hillf his einp!opYq.
Mr. Hilditch said they had been missing vroperty
for some time past, and suspicion was at length
directed to the prisoner in consequence of the two,
pieces of silk produced having been found concealed
in the coal cellar, They were not removedrat that
time, but information was immediately given to the
police.
Hann, 460, said he secreted himself in the cellar
on the afternoon of the sth of March, and alsont 7
o'clock in the evening he saw the prisoner enter the
cellar and take away one of the pieces of silk. He
returned about 9 o'clock, and on being interrogated
as to what he had done with the silk he said he had
left it with Mr. Miller, of thc Hop Pole publichouse,
in the Edgware-road. He then went into the
cellar and brought out the other piece of silk, both
of which he said he took:from the stock in the silk
department up stairs. He searched the prisoner,
and found in his possession eight invoices for silk
goods in pledge, all of those invoices being upon
Messrs. Hilditch's billheads. He asked the prisoner
what he had done with the property mentioned in
the invoices, and he stated he had pawned them,
and gave the names and addresses of the pawn-
brokers. _ _

Several pawnbrokers attended and produced in
all about 12 dress-lengths of silk, pawned by the
prisoner for sums -varying from £1 to £2 2s, and in
nearly every instance prisoner showed the pawn-
brokers a receipted invoice purporting to show that
the prisoner had bought the silk of Messrs. Hil-
ditch, and paid for it.
Sir W. Carden commented upon the indiscretion
of the pawnbrokers in taking in property at half
its value, when the invoices indicated that the silk
had been purchased on the previous day.
Mr. Hilditch said the prisoner had been only 18
months in his employ, during which period pro-
perty had been missed to the value of £250.
Hann, the officer, said there were several other
pawnbrokers who ought to have attended, and he
therefore asked fora remand.
The silk prodneed having been identified, the
prisoner was remanded.

MARYLEBONE.—Georgeßnekingham, a surly
looking fellow, a labourer, was brought before Mr.
Mansfield, charged with a most savage and brutal
outrage upon 'Catherine, his wife.
Complainant, whose head was enveloped in a
linen wrapper which was saturated with blood, de-
posed that been 7 and 8 o'clock this morning the
prisoner came to her lodging in Nightingale-street,
Lisson-grove, while she was in bed, and gave her
several severe blows on the face and body, in addi-
tion to which he seized hold of her head and dashed
it with all his force against the bed post.
Mr. Mansfield—Has he ever ill-treated you before?
Complainant (crying)—Oh, yes, sir. Only the
day before I was confined, which is three weeks ago,
he beat me shamefully. He also used me badly last
Sunday, and as I considered my life was in peril, I
left him the next evening.
Mr. Mansfield—Have you been to any surgeon to
have your wounds dressed ?
Complainant—Not yet, your worship. I have
merely wrapped my head round as well as I could
to stop the bleeding.
The prisoner, on being asked what be had to say,
replied—She has taken things away from my room
while I have been out at work, and has gone away
leaving me to look after a child a year and a half
old.
'Mr. Mansfield (to prisoner)—Your conduct has
been of a most brutal description, You have as-
saulted this poor woman only a day before her con-
finement, which very recently occurred, and this
morning she is again cruelly attacked by you. (The
worthy magistrate added indignantly)—You mis-
creant, it is my duty to punish you severely, and
you are therefore sentenced to hard labour in the
House of Correction for six months. (On his being
removed from the bar he endeavoured to rush
towards his wife with the evident intention of
striking her, but was prevented by Ansted, the
gaoler, from effecting his purpose).

LAMBETH.—Henry Turner alias Ware, and
Henry Mount alias Davis, returned transports and
determined thieves, were brought before the Hon.
G. C. Norton, for final examination, on a charge of
entering the dwelling house of Mr. Woodley, a
gentleman residing in Carlisle-lane, Lambeth, and
stealing therein various articles of property.
From the evidence it appeared that on Sunday
evening last, during the absence of prosecutor and
his family at a place of worship, the prisoners and
a third man were seen to open the front door of Mr.
Woodley's house; the two former went in and the
latter remained on the pavement in front, on the
look out. Information was given to the police, and
the prisoners were taken, Ware when about to make
his escape by the back door, and Davis a few doors
off, while concealed in a water closet. On examining
the house it was found that the prisoners had broken
open every drawer and cupboard in the place; and
one in particular, in which was deposited bills of
exchange and promissory notes of the value of
£12,000, but these valuables had escaped their no-
tice. There were also found a complete set of house-
breaking implements, skeleton keys, and an instru-
ment of a most formidable kind, formed of a clock
weight, and which if used would be much more
dangerous than any life preserver. Various articles
of wearing apparel and other property had been re-
moved from the drawers, and placed ready to be
carried away, and had not the prisoners been dis-
turbed they would have had a rich booty.
The evidence in the case was quite conclusive, and
Sergeant Langridge, who has charge of the case,
informed the magistrate .that the prisoners were
well known, and had not long returned from trans-
portation.
The prisoners were committed for trial.

GREENWICH.—George Ashmore, a fashion-
ably-dressed. man, describing himself as a draper,
out of employment, was charged before Mr. Maude
with stealing a till containing 145., at the house of
Mr. Walters, of the Royal Standard, Pelton-road,
Greenwich.

From the evidence given it appeared that about
four o'clock on the previous afternoon the prisoner
entered the house, and having been served with a
glass of ale by the prosecutor, was left standing in
front of the bar while he (prosecutor) went into a
back yard. A few minutes afterwards a customer,
sitting in the parlour, hearing the noise of a till and
money falling, ran out, and saw the prisoner inside
the bar, and found the till and money on the floor
lying at his feet. The prisoner immediately left the
house, but was subsequently traced by the prosecu-
tor and another person to another publichouse,
about half a mile off, and on being told he was
wanted he left that house and ran off, but being pur-
sued and overtaken, he was given into custody.

Theprisoner, in his defence, denied the charge,
and said that on the prosecutor leaving the bar he
noticed the drawer of the till was not closed, and he
thought it very unbusinesslike. He then commenced
walking backwards and forwards in front of the
bar, when hearing the till and money fall, he looked
into but did not enter the bar, upon which the per-
son came out of the parlour. Thinking this per-
son would let the landlord know of the till having
fallen out ho left the house.

Mr. Maude inquired if the prisoner could produce
any one to speak to his character ?
The prisoner replied that he had been the princi-
pal person employed for 10 years in a London dra-
pery establishment, but he had no one present.
Mr. Maude said the case was one for a jury, and
ho should commit the prisoner for trial. Ho would,
however, accept bail, in two sureties of £5O each,
for his appearance at the sessions.
The prisoner had no bail to offer. He was fully
committed for trial at the next Old Bailey sessions.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—There is at present to
be seen at the Camden-head, Camden-gardens, on ancient
leaden coffin, found by a poor man in the garden attached
to his cottage. It is folpposed to have lain there upwards
of three hundred years.

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