The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-09 00:00:00

THAMES.

William For, a baker, residing at 4, Darling-place,
Camtiridge-road, was fitully examined, charged with
stealing a gold guard chain, value 51.. and a silver chain
value 55., the property of Samuel Isaacs, a foreign Jew,
residing at 25, Cutler. street, Houndsditch.
A solicitor named Steadman appeared for the pri-
soner.

The prosecutor, who spoke Engli-h with considerable
fluency, said that he was going with a box of bijouterie
through II ttcliff-highway, about half-past three in the
afternoon of Tuesday week, when he was followed by
three men, one of whom, not the prisoner, came up and
said, " You have something to sell." He answered in
the affirmative ; on which the person who addressed
him took him by the arm, and led him to the Crooked
Billet public-house, saying he would purchase some-
thing of him. They then proceeded to the skittle-ground,
when the person who first addressed him said, " I'll
play with that old fellow (meaning the prisoner),
for lie has plenty of money, and you shall count the
games." The prisoner then challenged the prosecutor
to play, but he declined. The prisoner insisted that he
should play; upon which the prosecutor took his box
upon his shoulder and was about to leave the ground,
when the prisoner seized him by the arm with one hand,
and knocking his cap off with the other, whipped a gold
chain off his neck. He had a silver chain in his waist-
coat pocket, with the swivel hanging out, which the
prisoner snatched immediately after, and rolling both up
together, put them in his pocket. Complainant called
out, and said he would go for the police, but as he was
moving up the steps for that purpose the prisoner caught
him by the coat and tore it. The waiter then came as
he was entering the house, and, pushing him back,
said, " Don't make such a row, you rascal, and we'll
make it all square," the prisoner using the same
words at the time. Being a stranger, with no one
to help him, complainant forced his way to the front
door, and giving his box to a matt in the street
whom he knew, blocked up the way to prevent
egress, and called loudly for the police, but no constable
came for a considerable time. His cries collected a mob,
who encouraged him not to let anybody pass, but ren-
dered him no further assistance. The prisoner came
up, and said " You -, go out, and do not keep the
door." Complainant replied, " Give me my guard-
chain," upon which the prisoner took out the silver
chain, and was going to thrust
pocket, but the latter rejected it, saying he must have
his gold chain also. The prisoner, however, succeeded
in thrusting the silver chain into his pocket. The pri-
soner then struggled with and kicked him, but com-
plainant persisted, and said, "I will not let you pass
until or
cameyou rueptu, rnanmd
y struck gold
chain
also" The
constableiae
waiter
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n e com-
plainant, saying, " Go from the door, you rascal, or I
s., , a
will punch your -- eyes out ; I will dash your -
brains out

Mr. NORTON (who sat for Mr. Ingham) being in-
formed that the waiter WAS in court, instantly ordered
him into the dock.
Mr. Steadman—Why he is my witness; I did not know
that he was a prisoner.
Mr. NORTON—If I knew as much as I know at pre-
sent he should have been a prisoner long before now.
The complainant then reiterated his evidence as re-
garded the waiter, Joshua Smith, who, he said, drank
with Fox when they entered the skittle•ground, and was
present when the latter possessed himself of the chain.
A constable (continued Isaacs) at last came up, and Fox,
who was found in the skittle-ground, was given into
custody of Damarel, an active officer, who searched him,
but the chain was not found. He had a dummy (an
imitation sovereign), closely resembling the currency in
colour, weight, and ring of metal.
Mr. NORTON committed both prisoners for trial, ad-
mitting Smith to bail, himself in 801., and two sureties
of 40/. each. One of the sureties was the proprietor of
the Crooked Billet.