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

WESTMINSTER.

CAUTION TO PROSECUTORS—NICE LEGAL POINTS.—
Charles Cheshire, a young man, was placed at the bar for
stealing a dress from 3, Middle-row, Knightsbridge.

Miss Ann Maria Penhale said she was staying with her
aunt, who keeps a coffeehouse at 3, Middle-row, Knights
bridge. She went out yesterday and bought a dress, which
upon her return she placed on a table in the coffeeroom.
It was in the middle of the day, about 1 o'clock, and she
thought it quite safe. Prisoner and another young man
came in, and she saw the dress safe while they were there.
Mr. Arnold—When did you miss it?
Prosecutrix—A few minutes after they were gone.
Mr. Arnold—How long before they left had you seen it?
Prosecutrix—Ten minutes. I know they took it.
Mr. Arnold—How do you know they took it ?
Prosecutrix—Because of what the prisoner told me. He
came in again in the course of the afternoon, and evened to
me that he had taken it.

Mr. Arnold— What did he say—what passed between
you?

Prosecutrix—l said, "If you will produce my dress, it
will go more favourably with you."
Mr. Arnold—Anything else ?

Prosecutor—l said I had no doubt he had taken the
dress, and he had better acknowledge the truth, and if he
did he would receive more favourable treatment, and then
he said

Mr. Arnold—Anything he said after that is not evidence,
and I cannot receive his statement. Is there any other
witness ?

George Webb, 12, Lower North-street, said—l spoke to
the prisoner, and I told him he knew he had better tell the
truth, and it would then go favourably with him. I told
him he knew that he and the other boy knew they had
taken it.

Mr. Arnold—Did you see them ?
Witness—No, I was not there, and I am very glad of it,
or I might have been charged too.
Police •constable 290 B was about to prove an admission
made by the prisoner, but Mr. Arnold said he could not
receive it in evidence.

Mr. Arnold—The prisoner must find one surety in £lO
to appear here again this day week.
Prisoner is well known to the police.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A BUTLER.—James Kemp, an elderly
man, who was a butler, was charged with stealing a silver
snuff-box, the property of Mr. Leonard Rymer, saddler, of
6, Bruton-street.
Mr. Rymer said that on Saturday last, about five in the
evening, the prisoner, whom he had known for about 30
years, came into his shop and said, " Where's the snuff-
box ?" He handed the prisoner his silver snuff-box, and
the prisoner took it. His ()lr. Rymer's) man coming into
the shop to ask for an account-book, he left the prisoner for
a moment, and on turning round said, 'R here's that old
scamp ? He's taken my snuff-bog," and although he
went out of his shop immediately could see nothing of pri-
soner, and had seen nothing of the box since. Last night
he met the prisoner and gave him into custody, when on
being charged with stealing the bex, he replied, " Oh its
all a mistake—a mistake."
Mr. Knox—Have you got the box back new ?

Mr. Rymer—Oh, dear, no.

Burns, 68 C, said at first prisoner said nothing of the
box, but afterwards that he had had it to take a pinch
out of.

Mr. Knox said ha should remand the prisoner for a
week.

REFUSING TO ADMIT THE POLICE —Mr. Henry Ellis,
of the King's Head, 35, Crown- stuet, St. Ann's, was sum-
moned for refusing to admit the police on the morning of
Sunday, the 27th July.

The case was proved by Inspector Bowles and Sergeant
Smith, 1 C, and the defendant (who had been fined 40s. in
July fur permitting drunkenness in his house) was fined
60s.