The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—
Thomas Browning was charged with having embezzled
several sums of money, the property of Messrs. Storr
and Co., wine and brandy merchants, of Crutched-friars.
The case seemed to excite a great deal of interest in con-
sequence of the high character of the prisoner for several
years in the city of London.
Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Robin-
son for the defence.

Mr. Parry said he had been instructed to brie prisoner,
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charges of embezzlement and fraud against the
who had been many years in the employment ofthepl
pro-
secutors, and had 'taken the opportunity of exercising
great skill and ingenuity in confusing
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such a manner as to evade detection by the course
ordinary examination.
Mr. Paul Storr (the principalemployomfenthtemfiryme)arssaiadn— The
prisoner has been in my
wards as principal clerk and cashier. On Friday last I
discovered that he had been defrauding me. I was in
my private counting-house, and I came down to him and
inquired the amount of the bance at my bankers' He
mentioned an amount, which Ido not recollect. I took
up those books which would enable me to ascertain
the amount. 4 paid in, and in tracing the amounts paid
in I found certain deficiences. Copying some few of
them on a piece of paper, I went down to him and
said, " You appear to have some amounts by you not
paid, why don't you pay them in ?" He made no reply.
I waited, I suppose about two minutes, and then
said very loudly to him, "Do you hear me, sir ?" He
came round from his desk, where he had been seated,
and laid hold of me by the coat, and said, " For God's
sake, Mr. Storr, forgive me." I replied, "You do not
mean to tell me you have been robbing me." He de-
tained me by the coat and said, "Do not, pray do not."
I thrust him from me, and said, "I will have nothing to
say to you." I then went immediately out of the house.
I did not hear him say anything more at that time.
The following morning I went to the counting-house
about eleven o'clock, and saw him there. I had locked
up the books and cash-box on the previous day. He
immediately addressed me, saying, "For God's sake,
forgive me, Mr. Storr, if not for my own sake, for that
of my family." I replied, " I will have nothing to s
to you," and left the house. Upon my return with an
officer, in half au hour, lie was gone. I gave directions
that he should be taken into custody, and he was ac-
cordingly apprehended. I have looked through the
books. The cheque produced for 2471. 15s. 6d. I drew
on the 23d day of October, 1852, for rum and wine duty.
The wine duty was 1271. 65., and the rum duty was
1201. 98. 6d., according to the counterfoil produced in
the prisoner's handwriting, neither of which sums was
made use of for that purpose. The prisoner took that
cheque to the bankers'. The amount was not required
for the &uties, and was to he paid back to the bankers,
as directed by me.
Cross-examined by Mr. Robinson—l might have given
him directions to pay in a part of the amount and retain
a small part of it, and if I did so the other part would he
paid in with other money, if not in one payment, in two.
Examination by Mr. Parry continued—l gave him
directions to pay the whole of it into the bank, if not in
one payment, he was to pay it in two payments.
Here other evidence was gone into to show that the
entries had been falsely made. It was arranged that
the case should stand over for a week, in consequence of
the complicated and confused state of the books; and the
Lord Mayor called upon the prisoner to find bail to the
amount of 100/. on his owu recognisance, and two sure-
ties in 501. each.
The bail was entered into.

GUILDHALL.—George Cooper, a book-collector in
the service of Messrs. Whittaker, of Ave Maria-lane,
was brought up for final examination on three separate
charges of forgery and making false entries, with intent
to defraud his employers. Further evidence was given
to complete the cases selected for prosecution, and the
prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial
at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court.
AN OLD OFFENDER.—Mary Pullen, a decent-looking
elderly woman, was charged with threatening to break
the windows of Messrs. Hitchcock, of St. Paul's Church-
yard. It was stated that the prisoner had been constantly
in and out of prison for the same description of offences
for the last five years, and her last conviction had the
effect of keeping her in prison for six months, which
time had just expired. She thereupon repaired to St.
Paul's Church-yard again, and threatened to break the
windows unless she was given into custody.
Alderman Lawrence asked her why she did not go to
her own parish ?—She said she had been sent once to
Liverpool, but the parish she belonged to would do no-
thing for her.
An officer here said that he bad known her in custody
four times for threatening to break windows.

The prisoner said that was very true, but she never
actually broke any windows.
Alderman Lawrence said he supposed the prison fare
was too good, as the prisoner seemed to wish to go
back. He would, however, gratify her this time, and
commit her for 21 days, so that she might have the full
benefit of the low-diet system.

MARYLEBONE.—ROBBING A LADY IN AN 031-
NlBUS.—Michael MWulty was placed at the bar, for
further examination, charged with having, whilst riding
in an omnibus, stolen a purse containing two half-crowns
and five shillings, from Elizabeth Rawlings, 19, High-
street, Newington, and who was a passenger in the
vehicle in which prisoner also rode. The particulars
have already appeared.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTENTIVE ROB-
BERY BY A SHOPMAN.—Edward Martin, a shopman in
the service of Mr. William King, silk mercer, 243, Re-
gent-street, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged
with having stolen several hundred yards of silk and
satin, of about the value of 3001., the propriety of his
employer ; and Herbert Tucker, of Soho Chainbers
Compton-street, was charged with receiving the same,
well knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. King deposed that the prisoner Martin was a
shopmanro
in his employ, and suspecting that he had been
pg him, he gave him into custody. When con-
veyed to the station-house' he was searched in the pre-
12witness, and a dress length of silk, containing
yards, was found upon him, which witness at once
a pollee-eonstable
identified as his property. Prosecutor, accompanied by
48, Liverpool street afterwards went to his lodgings, at
which had beau stolen from his stock. Prose-
cutor King's-cross, subsequently received such information as to in-
duce him to go to
Tucker resided, and on searching where the prisoner
and 69
pawnifroollng his room found a rem-
nant duplicates relating to
nant of silk,
remnants of silk and satin,
his' ----p—relM i-s.c—s:
The property pledged amounte,Wl'itcoh had
bevelniiephlendtgoe„d;
cam' believed to have been stoletnolftor:olM,
pieceesvalue of more
silk at Air.
He had missed silks and satins
pledged
than 300/. Witness had seen two pieces
beenof
Bukhara's, pawnbroker, which
for
2/., and which he identified as his property,
Other evidence having been adduced, 'rl;, mo
i
who made no defence, were then remanded for a-avieir
.

WESTMINSTER. DESPERATE AssA
ULT 0
FElVlALE.—Yesterday BacA:ett, an
agent, resid-
ing at No. 13L, Nottingham-court, King-street, Seven.
dials, was charged before Mr. Broderip with violently
assaulting Sophia Hayman, his sister-in-law.
Complainant, who had a deep cut across the bridge of
her nose, said that she was an assistant at the Birkbeck
School, Vincent-square, and was living at No. 26, Upper
Garden-street, Westminster. She had had the care of
the defendant's daughter since the death of her mother,
18 months ago. That day (yesterday), about two o'clock,
he called upon her and said that he wanted his child ;
but she did not wish to go with her father. He called
her by a very opprobrious name, and observed that all
the women in the house were like her. He then crave
her a dreadful blow on her nose with his clencheffist,
which caused the blood to flow. He immediately ran
away. Complainant, upon recovering herself, pursued
him, and was assisted in the pursuit by some other
women. The defendant was stopped by a waterman
aattached to the Vauxhall-road coach-stand. Theobald,
theneighbour, confirmed this evidence. She added that
defendant's daughter came to her and said, " Oh, do
into
the child in.
let me come
your room, to get away from my
father," and shetook
The defendant
was fined 51. or in default ,
imprisonment
being able to
not in the House of Correction.
The defendant,, two
me
locked up. pay the fine, was

CLERKENW E LL. --ASSAULTING A. WlFE.—Charles
Newman, a desperate-looking man, was on Tuesday
charged by Christina Newman, his wife, of No.l, Turk's
Hea-yard, Turninill-strieet
mostd brutally assaulted her. lerkenwell, with having
The complainant, whose eyes were blackened and
swollen, and whose person was otherwise injured de-
iolt last she was hard at
posed work
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that
on Saturday n