The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-08 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.---(T HIS DAY.)

A youth named Theopilus Gibbons was charged by Mr.
Thomas Judd, grocer, 45, Essex-street, Strand, with the
following robbery :
It appeared that the prisoner acts as assistant in the
prosecutor's shop, and in consequence of his great anxiety
to leave business sooner thin usual on Saturday night, it
was suspected he wanted to remove some property, as
several portable articles had been lately missing from the
shop. After being repeatedly denied his request, he became
very insolent ; and upon his attempting to leave the place
to go home, his master felt his pockets, from which ho took
a box of lucifer matches, with a quantity of eggs and bacon
produced, Constable Vilks was then sent for, and he
was given into custody.
The prisoner said the eggs and bacon were given to him
by the prosecutor's little son to deliver to his brother, but
this account turning out not to be true, he was ordered to
be remanded till Friday next.
A shoemaker, named Robert Farmer, who said he re-
sided in Clement's-lane, and at 12, Glasshouse-yard, Mino-
ries, was brought up in custody of Constable Pyefinch,
charged with stealing four pounds of bacon.
James Foulds, shopman to Mr. Thomas Courtnav, 104,
Drury-lane, stated that about ten o'clock on Saturday
night the prisoner came into his employer's shop, and taking
up a piece of bacon, asked the price of it. On being told,
he laid it down again, and took up another piece which ap-
peared to him more enticing, with which he attempted to
escape up a court, while witness was engaged with another
customer, not entirely so particular in his choice ; but before
he had got many yards away, the constable introduced him
to witness with the bacon in his possession.

The prisoner said he was going to get the meat weighed
at another shop, as the witness was too busy to attend him.
Three weeks hard labour.

A woman bearing an infant in her arms, applied to the
Magistrates to know what she was to do with two children
which had been left with her by the mother without any
provision for their support.
Sir F. ROE inquired if neither of the parents could be
found.

The applicant replied, that the parents had in conse-
quence of some misunderstanding separated, and the mother
was sent a few days back from this office to Tothill-fields
prison for bail on a charge of committing an assault.
Sir F. ROE asked if any application had been made to the
father.

The applicant said he held a situation as compositor in a
Newspper office, but when she went to him for some
allowance, he desired her to do the best she could with the
children.

Sir F. ROE observed that the children should not fall
victims to whatever quarrels might take place between
their parents, and directed the app!icant to get an order to
be admitted, into the prison, for the purpose of ascertaining
if the wife could contribute to the support of the children,
but should it turn out that she was unable to do anything
for them, then they should be taken to the parish authori-
ties of St. George-in-the-E3.5t, where their mother last re-
sided, who would in all probability remove them to the parish
in which their father at present lives.
Samuel Skelton, wha stands charged on suspicion with
embezzling the sum of 400/. from the Board of Commis-
sioners for paving and lighting the town of Plymouth was
brought up for re-examination.
Mr. Bothway, who preferred the charge, put in two let-
ters, and after the Magistrates perused them—
Mr. TWYFORD inquired if' there was any further evi-
dence against the prisoner ?
Mr. Bothway replied that he had none.
Mr. TWYFORD—Then I can see no just grounds for
detaining the prisoner, and he is therefore discharged.