The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—(7his Day).

(Before the Assistant-Judge,)
Thonas Gaymer, was indicted for feloniously stealing
two French brandy casks from the premises of Mr. Mace,
No. 333, Strand.

From the evidence it appeared that the property was
taken away from the door of the prosecutor's shop, and hat
in a short time after the two casks were sold at a place in
Seething-lane, and the parties selling the property were
the prisoner and a young man named Groom, and they
divided the money. At the examination of the two men at
Bow-street, Groom V 7.19 admitted as a witness for the pro-
secution.
Evidence having been adduced, the jury found the priso-
ner guilty, but expressed a strong censure on the witness
Groom.

The Assistant Judge—What I understand you to mean,
gentlemen, is, that you are sorry to say that you have not
to return the same verdict against the witness Groom.
Foreman—That is so, my lord.
The Assistant Judge—l shall sentence you Gaymer to
six months' imprisonment, and I am sorry I have not to
punish your companion in the same way.
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(Before Mr. Payne.)
John Forbes was indicted for stealing a quantity of pro-
perty from a ship in the London Docks.
The jury found him guilty.
A number of other convictions were proved against tho
prisoner, and

The learned judge sentenced him. to 12 months' imprison-
ment.

POLICE---THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH •STREET, THIS DAY,
ROBBING AN EATING HOUSETCEEPEIL—USBNIII CATIO
TlON.—Fanny Forest, a smartly-dressed young woman,
was charged before Tyrwhitt, with stealing a watch, locket,
and chain, of the value of D 3, the property of Miss Anne
Lane, eating -housekeeper, of 35, Warwick-street, Regent-
street.

The prisoner was permitted to go upstairs by the prose-
cutrix, and an hour after she left the house she missed her
watch, chain, and locket, of the :value of £B, which were
safe in her bedroom, the door of which was locked, but the
key left in it. Information was then given to the police,
and on Saturday night ste was taken into custody at the
London Pavilion, by Martin, 86 C, when she said she had
given the watch to a " gentleman friend," who, coming up,
said that was the case, she making it a present to him.
She said she tad pledged the chain, and on the officer
going to her lodgings, 17, Westmoreland-street, Pimlico,
the duplicP..te was found.
Mr. George Jackson, of 29, Edward's-street, Portman-
sque:fe—Said the watch produced was given to him by the
ITrisoner, who he thought was respectable.
A constable said he picked up the locket on the till of a
window.

A constable said the witness Jackson made himself very
officious, and tried to get her away from the police.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether he was charged ?
The constable said he was not.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said if he attempted to rescue her he should
have been charged in the usual way.

The prisoner, who was remanded, left the dock crying
and wishing "good-by" to the witness Jackson.

THAMES, THIS DAY.
DESPERATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—John Desmond, an
Irish labourer, for some time the associate of thieves and
well known to the police, was brought before Mr. Wool-
rych, charged with assaulting and robbing Johannes Stirr,
a German.
The prosecutor is the second engineer of the steam-ship
Move, trading between this country and Bremen. On
Saturday night about the 12 o'clock he was in Upper East
Smithfield, near the Royal Mint, in company with the first
engineer. They were snaking their way with all possible
speed towards the vessel, which is lying in the river oft the
London entrance, and inpned of a police-constable the
nearest road. He directed !hem, and they went on. A
few seconds afterwards the prisoner and another man
addressed the two foreigners and said t'ney would show
them the way to their ship. The Germans said that was
quite unnecessary as a policeman had just given them the
necessary information. The prisoner and his companion,
however, walked alongside the Germans some distance,
when suddenly the prisoner made a snatch at Stirr's gold
guard chain, attached to a large and valuable silver watch
in his waistcoat pocket. The prosecutor:laid hold of his
chain and struck the prisoner, who made another snatch at
his watch and chain, and used so much force as to tear the
German's waistcoat to pieces. The first engineer went to
the assistance of his friend, and he was seized by the throat
by the prisoner's companion, and a desperate struggle
ensued. The ;prisoner and his companion, finding the
Germans were not so easily dismayed as was expected, ran
away, the prisoner taking with him two-thirds of the gold
chain. The Germans called out " Police I" and " Mur-
der I" in the best English they could command, and Skip-
per, a police constable, 136 H, and several persons mus-
tered while the Germans were stating what had happened,
through the medium of an interpeter among the crowd.
The prisoner ran out of Glasshouse-street, a narrow court,
and said, " What is the matter ?" The prisoner imme-
diately pointed him out as the thief; and he was secured.
The part of the gold chain missing was -valued at £5. The
prisoner had altered his dress since Saturday night, putting
his own coat, or blue smock, under another coat, but he
was clearly identified.

Theodore Kopven, first engineer of the Allive, confirmed
the evidence of Stirr.
Mr. Woolrych committed the prinner for trial at the
next Old )3ailey maims.