The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-07 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Talfourd.)
BURGLARY.
nThomas Penfound, Joseph Sanders, Archibald 1111 fe-

rie, Catherine Watts, Emma Wilson, were indicted for a
burglary in the dwelling-house of Samuel James Wood,
and stealing therein 22 watches and other articles, value
1701., his property.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Sleigh conducted the prosecu-
tion ; and Mr. Payne, Mr. Wollett, and Mr. Thomas
attended for the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor
kept a shop at 93, High Holborn, which was broken
open on the night of the 23d of November last. The
policeman on the beat found all safe at half-past eleven
o'clock, but on coming round again an hour after-
wards, he noticed the door was ajar. He roused
the inmates, and it was discovered that 17
silver and 5 gold watches, a diamond ring, a sapphire
ring, several brooches, and 60 wedding rings, worth be-
tween 1501. and 1701., had been stolen. An investiga-
tion was set on foot, and it was found that one of the
watches had been detained by a pawnbroker, who had
taken down the name and address of the person who pre-
sented it. This was a Mrs. Hill, living at 7, Pouter's-
buildings, St. Luke's, and it turned out that she kept a
lodging-house, and that the female Watts came to her on

the 25th of November, and asked her to pawn two
watches. On one of these she got 255., and the other, as
already mentioned, was kept by the pawnbroker.
Further information led one of the detective police
to,'a beer-shop, kept by a person of the name of Sanders,
in Worship-street. He saw Sanders there, and told him
that he was suspected of being a party to the robbery ;
he denied that he knew anything about it, but he whis-
pered something to his Vtife who ran upstairs. The
policeman followed her to a room at the top of the house,
and saw her take out of the chimney a stocking which
he took from her. It contained a gold watch and a sig-
net ring, both of which were identified as the property of
Mr. Wood. The woman Wilson and the man M‘lienzie
were found to have pledged a portion of the articles at
other shops. The other male prisoner, Penfound, was
taken into custody in the street ; he at once con-
fessed his participation in the burglary, saying that
on the night of the 25th, he was passing Mr.
Wood's •premises. when his attention was attracted
to three or four men, who were waiting about the door.
They asked him to go away ; he did so, but came back
again, and then one of them told him they were going
to do "a little job," and asked if he would keep watch
outside. He consented to do this, and a few minutes
afterwards the same man came out and gave him 14 or
15 gold rings, 3 silver ones, and half-a-sovereign. He
then said he went to Sanders' beer-shop, and asked his
wife to take charge of some of the articles, telling her
that he had found them at Newington-causeway. She
referred him to her husband, who agreed to keep them
until he called again. Both Wilson and M`Kenric ad-
mitted at the police-court that some of the property was
in their possession, but denied being engaged in the
burglary.
The juryjreturned a verdict of Guilty against Penfound
for burglary, and Guilty against WlCenric, and the two
females, Wilson and Watts, as receivers, and not Guilty
against Thomas Saunders, who was discharged.
The learned Judge sentenced Penfound, as principal,
to fifteen years', and the other three prisoners to seven
years', transportation.

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

PERJURY AND EMBEZZLEMENT.

George Griggs, 25, was indicted for embezzling the
sum of 7s. 4d., and other moneys, the property of his
master, Stephen Gowar.

This case was one of a very extraordinary nature.
At the last sessions, a very respectable young woman,
named Caroline Pritchard, was found guilty of em-
bezzling the very same sums which the prisoner was
now indicted for stealing, when in the employ of Mr.
Barrow, barrister. It was then sworn by Mrs. Barrow,
that she had given those sums to her to pay Mr.
Gowar the various milk scores. Caroline Pritchard
afterwards obtained a situation at Messrs. Sewell and
Cross's. She had not been there more than four days
before Tapping, a constable of the P division, charged
her with embezzling 7s. 4d., and she was committed for
trial. After remaining in prison 14 days, she stood her
trial. Mr. Barrow prosecuted her. The prisoner gave
evidence, and swore directly that she had not paid him ;
but she was eventually acquitted. To-day Caroline
Pritchard gave such satisfactory evidence against him
that the jury at once found him guilty.
The Chairman remarked, with great severity, as to the
prisoner's wicked conduct, and sentenced him to eighteen
months' hard labour at Wandsworth.

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