The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS

CONVICTION OF A DoG STEALER.—James vv.„,--!„ebn
fancier was placed at the bar, before Mr•
charged with stealing a bull-teuier, the Pr°Peol.
John Ludy, carpenter, No. 7, Little York-builaTli, the
Mr. Bishop, of Bond-street, attended to "ar3"ocf94
case on behalf of the Society for the Prosecution ,0
Stealers and their Confederat,:q, of which society
the orignator.
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The prosecutor stated that on the 31st 0.•
fa wl
last he went into the parlour at Ben Caunt B'• iffr
purpose of partaking of some refreshment, flafvill„. °
iP
him at the time a brindled r id white bull-tewe'ho
ness took a seat at a table, and the prisonerq,vgitneogei
also a dog with him, eat oppwite to him. 1,4014
soon after finishing his liquor, which he 4ij ;I;
to have been drugged by some one, i 0";
asieep, and when he awoke he missed t
Prosecutor then went upstairs and inforaisari
Caunt of his lois, and in spite of every eff°t'll
ness could not succeed in finding the prisoner ,41.01,0
night, when he found him at his lodgings in Prtiiiiat At's
and gave him in charge. Prosecutor added, -,ncly"
dog, which had not been found, was worth 1514 -
dou
collar it had on worth Is. 6d. fJa9-or
Mrs. Caunt said on the night of the 31st the; oh
she was in the bar when she saw prisoner Pas 9 left r
with complainant's dog under his coat. Prisoner sesilo
house, and directly he was gone she was told Pr.o° l'9l°
had lost his dog—she then told him that Co% 1,
it away with him. g, too'
beMbrr.oußgihntghtaomj other flie p.tr'rj
justice
dieeit
fwoarsaspopsreolpdroimatinthgat a lII' eor
sentvaluable case the offence had been fully proved, ai1,6,-ecl, of
now inflict the :iffiest punishment the law al'°A.„ ctl9"-§tl
prisoner was then committed, under the second "The et
"Bishop's Act," to the House of Correction for
of six calendar months.

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ST. JOHN'S-WOOD.—Amon the institution-raust P whi",-st.
find rising up on the skirts
of London, we - ietf• •04
the St. John's-wood Literary and Scientific Soc tittitio
John's-wood seems the very place for such at in:006110
to take root in. It has long been a favourite •.0
of men of letters—art has
many of her votsrlp",riCrot,
pleasant nooks, and the district can boast ite,her
Ae of
college, and its observatory. Nor is it altogeliad 1: tor
ing in historical and legendary contrasts-1%1.01400
in ancient days its monks and its priory ? oti4P;'sea
der favourable auspices, and on liberal e°
as to terms and management, the new s°cL-n-ceeo"
well. Without expensive meetings and Pr—iiroo .'or"
that. evil which is fa'Al to so many well-cony soProote
jects- it has already obtained such an amountiiseerl
as justifies reasonable hopes of success. A foe; bOrrhoof,
has been opened—a library, small, but growl fd,
formed—and a course of lectures is comm pos:jotit
the thing is fairly inaugurated—and it is in tuod %.,4efte
the inhabitants of the district, by a prompt eivost I"joe'
co-operation, to render it'in time one of the fLon
and agreeable meeting places in the suburbs
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—Athencettra.
SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.—Late on saaio ebkoriol:
the body of a remarkably fine newly-born 01,t;rad yob
found on the step of the house of the Rev. 11ntlie
berly, 30, Mornington-crescent, Regent's-P.rn
tion having been given to the policemat,;ticrao opea
body was immediately conveyed to the St. -""....e00,_00°,
house, where Mr. Waldegrave, the house sung ere
a minute examination of the body, from whi 01 01
doubt that the child was born alive, It w.‘h woo we;
in a piece of white calico much stained vrl'biolt gool'a
over which was closely folded a pece instructooo
calico. The police have received t.
the most rigid search for the inhuman Pereun ~
ar
meantime, notice of the occurrence has been it 7
to Mr. akley, the coroner. "roft.". Cup
THE MURDER at CLAYHIDON, s been
tamhe iattunt
actual
murdereraf
sor
at trialfi rstin
hs
aucdpo
supposed.
moreno
se
ecdt
to
on
Id with tpihnp
considered that Hitchcock, the man who j'e'S ari`°;"
P
th hociPoeffs
engaged to be married to a daughter of flthe r°„(1
prevailing impression is that they concocted deeellisolyo
between their. They both parted from theloye, tbeeg
the French nut tree, so as to make him be 111361,1 At
he be attacked, it was by other parties. here 0 fro
eGaiorgactartosciplrolo
dogged him to the Lower Farm Gate, wncam o 4
Blackmore tracked Hitchcock; Sparks beas be teffit,c;;
attack,
over
kt e hedge and passed his victim, but' Win ;
beyond
of the people, he had not heart to strike rev° fief
cock, it is thought, was behind urging biluitito the foci;
twheenivege'dve;jegilefecg;
andand fio nu at l lay
secondt e poor t
time, and
wretch
blow. When Braddick came to APPref brit it 000111.
in the morning, he told him that he thug soro,°o the
Sparks, who had promised to bring ° Anato,p
in the morning. Now, as Sparks had
,Plicavo'"uid
money he borrowed of a Mr. lioniball attwbat cocovel
could have had no money to lend excel) to the
taken from Blackmore. This led the jisoo
BiOrk that Hitchcock was an abettor of Vao
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