The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-08 00:00:00

took the prisoner who refuses to give his name into
the further compartm tut. 'Williams and Gibbons
also went with us ) the carriage ; and we pro-
ceeded to Exeter. I discovered that one of the
prisoners was Poole a t Bridgwater. I knew Poole
very well, but I did r, of know him at Bristol, as he
was dressed in a mann, er so different to that to which I
had been accustomed. On our journey, I asked him
by what train he went up to Bristol ? He said he
went up by the third class early train. I asked him
if it was by Jem Clarke's train, that goes from Laira
at half-past seven in t he morning, and he replied yes.
I then asked him if he: knew the other man, and whe-
ther they both went ttp together, and he said he had
no knowledge whatever of the other person in cus-
tody. The other prissoner said to Poole, " I know
you, I saw you a few days ago, and I knew you
twelve months ago ;" and in reply to an observation
made by Gibbons, he said he had from fifteen to
twenty men to look :after. Poole also asked me how
it was that the mail Kuard did not ride in the tender.
I searched the pocket of the division in which the
prisoners were sitting at Bridgwater, and found the
two pieces of crape and a piece of wax-candle pro-
duced by Gibbons. On the way to Exeter I ob-
served Poole fumbling under his cloak, and putting
my hand into a pocket in the front of his dress.
On searching Poole at the waiting-room at Exeter,
I found the sealing-wax produced. I took the
other prisoner's great coat, and I found that it
was made to be worn as well inside as out. One way
it would be a sort of paletot, and the other way,
having large pearl butt ons, velvet collar, and a rough
shaggy appearance, it would appear to be a kind of
pilot coat. I found a piece of string with wax upon
it. The string was of exactly the same kind as that
used at the Post-office to tie the bags.
Charles Williams said—l am a policeman on the
Great Western Railway, residing at Bridgwater. I
remember the arrival of the down mail-train at
Bridgwater on the morning of the 2d. I was one of
those who came in the carriage with the prisoners to
Exeter. On the arrival of the train the prisoners
were taken out, and Thomas, the under-guard,
searched the carriage in my presence. I saw him
take out a large bundle from underneath the seat at
the corner where Poole sat. Neither I nor Mr. An-
drews left the carriage until Thomas came to search
it. I afterwards found a piece of string coiled up
underneath the seat where the other prisoners sat. It
was coiled up neatly, with the end twisted around it.
I also found a piece or stritig, hanging partly out and
partly inside the carriage. I tried to pull it, but it
was fast. Thomas then opened the door, and took
possession of it.
Mr. Andrews, solicitor, of Modbury, said—l was
a first-class passenger from Paddington to Plymouth
on the Ist of January. I did not get out at Bristol;
and just before the train left that station two persons
entered the carriage and passed through into the
farther division of the compartment. They closed
the partition door and pulled down the blind. When
the two persons first entered they dragged in with
their feet a piece of twine, which was left on the
floor at my feet. On arriving at Bridgwater the
robbery was discovered; a partial search took place,
but not under the seats. On reaching Exeter, a more
perfect search was made, and I saw a parcel of letters
in a handkerchief found under the seat. The person
who searched the carriage was the only person who
entered it or came to it after the prisoners were taken
out.
John Thomas, under guard of the mail train,
proved having recognised Poole. The witness found
a wool dealer's bag hook in the carriage in which the
prisoners were riding.
The evidence of several parties to whom some of
the registered letters
.had been addressed was next
taken, after which
James Osborne, of the South Devon Railway Po-
lice, was called. He said, on Monday, the Ist of
January, two persons came t s the Starcross station,
at twenty minutes before eight, for two first-class
tickets by the up mail train to Bristol. I issued the
ticket, and the person who paid for them, and to
whom I gave them, had a drab scarf or shawl round
his neck. I think the prisoner nearest to me (Poole)
is the person to whom 1 issued those tickets.
Other evidence, tending to show that Poole and
his companion were the perpetrators of the robbery
on the up mail as well as the down mail, was then
taken.

Mr. Peacock, said that was all the witnesses he had
to call at present, but he hoped the Magistrates would
consent to the prisoners being remanded for a week,
as he expected to be able then to adduce further
evidence. This was agreed to, and the depositions
having been read over and signed, the prisoners were
removed to the city gaol, and the proceedings, which
had occupied nearly seven hours, then terminated.
After the close of the proceedings a rumour became
current that the name of the hitherto unknown pri-
soner had been discovered, and that Mr. Peacock
had been put in possession of some most important
evidence.
It is generally believed that the communication
alluded to by Mr. Hooper, one of the magistrates, in
his reply to the prisoner's counsel, was an intimation
to the effect that one of the prisoners might be induced
to turn Queen's evidence.
It is rumoured that Poole had 5001. with his wife,
who is also in receipt of 501. yearly. He was for
same time a guard on the Great Western Railway
and has held four shares since its commencement. He
was dismissed from his situation soon after the rob-
bery of a box of sovereigns, on their transit from
London to Truro.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKEN WELL.

Mr. Sidney, solicitor, of Hatton-garden, attended at
the court, accompanied by Mr. Biddell, brassfounder, of
Rosamond-yard, Clerkenwell, and applied for a warrant
of assault under the following circumstanct•s:—Mr
Sidney said, that his client was a respectable man, who
had good•naturedly,become security for a loan from a
loan society, but the principal did not pay up regularly,
and process was issued against him from the Fiance
Court, and execution levied on his goods. On Friday
before Christmas-day be was walking through Bowling.
green-lane, Clerkenwell, with some brasswork in his
possession, which be had finished for one of his custo-
mers, when he was met by two men, who said they were
bailiffs belonging to the Palace Court, and insisted that
he was taking, away his goods, which had been levied
upon. lie assured them to the contrary, telling them
it was a job which had been completed for a customer,
when they seized him, dragged him along, took the pro-
perty from him, and beat him most unmercifully, and
subsequently they proceeded to his residence and took
away other property belonging to his customers, and he
had been laid up ever since, which was the cause of his
nut having applied before for a warrant against the par-
ties. The property, he contended, had been unwarrant-
ably seized, and an outrageous assault committed on his
client, which he submitted would justify the bench in
granting a warrant, as they would forego other pro-
ceedings.
Mr. Biddell being sworn confirmed Mr. Sidney's
statement.
Mr.TYRWHITT said he could see no reason why a sum-
mons should not be issued for the assault, and it was
immediately granted, and Mr. Sidney and his client left
the court.
Our reporter is requested to state that the Countess of
P-- and the Earl of C— have each sent a donation
of 5L in aid of the poor-box of this court, with a request
that their receipt might be acknowledged in the news,
papers.