The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.--Thomas Lawrance, a shopman in
the employ of Mr. G. Willis, bookseller, of Covent-
garden Piazza, was charged with stealing books to the
value of 301.

The prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor
about five months, at a salary of a guinea and a half per
week. A number of volumes had been missed, from
time to time, and among them a handsomely-bound copy
of " Cunningham's Songs of Scotland," respecting which
Mr. Willis caused a strict inquiry to be made through-
out his establishment. About a week ago the prosecu-
tor happened to have some conversation with Mr. Bush,
bookseller, of 1, Leicester-square, in the course of which
Mr. Bush stated that he had lately purchased a copy of
this work, and that it was re-purchased of him by the
same party almost immediately afterwards. Mr. Willis,
suspecting that this had probably been done by one of his
young men, in consequence of the complaints he had
made in reference to the missing volume, obtained the
assistance of Mr. Bush in endeavouring to find out the
name and address of the person with whom the negotia-
tion had taken place. A number of other volumes had
been brought to Mr. Bush by the prisoner's wife, and
eventually it was ascertained that " Cunningham's
Songs" had been sold and re-purchased by the direction
of the prisoner, who, to destroy all means of identifying
the book, had taken off the covers, and had it re-bound
by a bookbinder in Hatton-garden. After the discovery
that the prisoner had employed his wife to sell books for
him (under the pretence that he was authorised to do
so), the prosecutor and Sergeant Thomas, of the F divi-
sion, proceeded to the prisoner's lodgings, on a second
floor in the Strand, and there found about 60 volumes
belonging to Mr. Willis. The prisoner admitted that he
had taken home " Southey's Works" and some others ,
merely to read, and that he had sold a set of ~ Scott 's
Novels and Poetry," for the purpose of raising a little
money to meet a bill, fully intending to repay Mr.
Willis for them at his earliest convenience. _

The above facts having been deposed to by the various
witnesses, the prisoner said he should reserve his do-
fence. He was then committed for trial.

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WORSHIP-STREET.—Janas Grant, 18 years of
' age, was charged with wounding Wm. Boylen.
nal
The complainant, who exhibited extreme pin
en-
suffering, and appeared with his head enveloped
gical bandages, stated that the prisoner was an Y
tice to his (witness's) employer, Mr. Bull, in whosepnoruse
orphan
he resided, and that the sister of witness, you.
girl of weak intellect, had also been reciae4ivednlnto the
family of his master, who had und.crtackt from chari-
lie death of her
table motives, to provide for her
his:ll:ister suddenly ab-
parents. On the previous day
sented herself from the house, and on question her on
her return as to the cause of her protracted absence, she
burst into tears and refused for some time to satisfy his
inquiries ; but after much difficulty he at length elicited
from her that she had been out to purchase apo destroyacketo
oxalic acid, with which it was her intention t
herself. On being pressed to explain her motives fur
such conduct she informed him that While her master
and mistress were on a visit in the country about four
months previous, the prisoner had taken a base advan-
tage of their absence, and effected her ruin, and finding
that she was in a state of preo.nan
to put an end to her existence. 0
hearing her cy, she had resolved
On
ment, witness instantly proceeded into the workshop,
state-
where he found the prisoner
infamous conduct, which he' and upraided him with his
made no attempt to deny, but treated the matter with such heartless levity and indifference that he vir
was attempting to drag unable to control himself, and
prisoner caught u him from his seat, when the
which he struck 11.1) a heavy wooden implement, with
felled biro to the nu a terrible blow on the head, and
ground in a state of insensibility. Ise