The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Moses 31-osc., charged with
having feloniously received a vast quantity of stolen pro-
perty, was brought up for final examination before Sir
R. W. Carden.

The following report contains the substance of the
additional evidence :

Mr. Cooper Tress, hat-manufacturer, of No. 27, Black-
friars-road, said :—At the latter end of March my ware-
house was broken into, and amongst other goods I lost
the seven pieces, containing 148 yards, of silk hat plush
produced, the value of which is about 501. We have no
trace of the parties who stole the goods. Ido not know
the prisoner.

.J: C. Knight, of the detective police, said that on
searching the premises of the prisoner on the 11th of
April, he found, among other goods, the plush produced.
Witness afterwards pointed out the warehouse to the
witness Mr. Hart.
Mr. Emanuel Hart—l live at No. 12, Wentworth-
street, Spitalfields, and am out of business. lam a col-
lector of rents, and the landlord of the warehouse in
Bell-lane, Spitalfields, pointed out to me by the officer
Knight. I let it to the prisoner. He has paid one half
quarter's rent for it. He became my tenant in the latter
end of January. I saw him there when I received the
rent on the 29th of March last.
Mr. William Hodgson —I carry on business at 17,
John-street, Blackfriars-road, as a hat manufacturer.
On the evening of the 20th of February I locked up our
manufactory as usual, and on going to business next
morning I found that our premises had been opened
with false keys, and that a quantity of goods had been
stolen. The 230 pieces of silk hat plush produced I have
no doubt formed part of the goods so stolen. The value
of the plush produced is about 701. We lost goods to
the amount of 851. We have not been able to discover
the parties who stole the goods.
Inspector Mitchell—On examining the warehouse of
the prisoner in Bell-lane I found the goods produced
amongst a large quantity of goods, many of which have
been owned by other parties. Knight, the officer, was
with me when I found the praperty.
Mr. A. Antill, No. 18, Vaughan-terrace, Shepherd's-
walk, City-road, in partnership with his father at 5,
Bull's-place, Shepherd's-walk, as tailors and drapers,
said that on the night of the 27th of January the pre-
mises in the latter place were broken open and plun-
dered, and amongst other goods they lost the broad
cloth, silk plush, waistcoats and waistcoat pieces, and
coloured padding produced.
Inspector Mitchell—l found the 50 yards of broad
cloth produced in the house of the prisoner, No. 30,
Gravel-lane, amongst other goods. I also found the
other goods identified by the prosecutor as having been
stolen at the same time.

Mr. J. S. Ringer, bookkeeper to Baring Brothers,
said—ln July last year I resided at No. 3, Rectory-
place, Shacklewell. On the night of the 18th of July,
or the morning of the 19th, my house was broken into,
and amongst other things was stolen from me the plated
salver produced. I was not able to trace the parties
who stole it. Ido not know the prisoner.
George Legg, of the detective police—On Tuesday, the
11th of April, I went with Inspector Mitchell to the
prisoner's warehouse in Bell-lane, Spitalfields, and found
amongst some old metal the salver produced, which is
marked with the letter R.

The prisoner at the conclusion of each case said, " I
am entirely in the hands of my professional adviser."
He was then committed for trial upon twelve cases.
Sir R. W. Carden, in finally committing the prisoner

to Newgate, said he considered the cases upon which he
had heard evidence sufficient to answer the ends of
justice, so far as was necessary for investigation before a
magistrate. It appeared that there were several other
claimants of property which had been found upon the
premises of the prisoner in Bell-lane, and that in some
of these cases witnesses not being present, it was ar-
ranged, with the consent of Mr. Ballantine on the part
of the prisoner, to accept notice of intended indictments,
in which the parties would be subpoenaed by Inspector
Mitchell to give evidence.
Mr. Buchanan attended on the part of Mr. Hart, the
owner of the premises, to complain of a statement made
in a weekly paper which tended to cast an injurious re-
flection upon that landlord.
Sir. R. W. Carden—Nothing whatever has transpired
during the whole of the investigation into these cases
that is in the slightest degree prejudicial to the character
of Mr. Hart ; but it has been evident that Mr. Hart has
afforded all the assistance in his power to active officers
engaged in this matter.
The prisoner was then conveyed to Newgate.
Some of the property which was found on the pre-
mises of the prisoner consisted of articles manufactured
for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament. The pri-
soner, it was stated, dealt in every kind of property,
and has been for a number of years amassing wealth by
transactions of the kind detailed in the testimony of the
numerous witnesses.