The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-06 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Joseph Holmes and Mary Crane were yesterday brought
before Mr. CONANT for final examination, charged with
having been concerned in plundering Messrs. Railton and
Peascod, silk-mercers, to a large amount.
Mr. Railton stated, that the prisoner Holmes had been
in the employ of the firm as porter for about two years
and a half. During the period of his servitude property
had been missed, but no suspicion had attached to
him. On Sunday, the '2sth of September, witness heard
that the prisoner was in the custody of two City
constables, and that he had been apprehended with
property stolen from the firm in his possession. Im-
mediately on this information prosecutor caused the
prisoner's boxes in Regent-street to be searched, but
nothing of a criminatory nature was discovered. In the
box thirteen sovereigns were found. From information
which prosecutor received he went, accompanied by a con-
stable, to No. 21, Manchester-square, where the prisoner
Mary Crane was living as cook. Prosecutor went there on
learning that the male prisoner had passed as the woman's
husband. He (prosecutor) asked the female prisoner to
let her bows be searched. The female prisoner at first re-
fused, but ultimately she took them down into the kitchen,
and pointed out her boxes, which she said were her pro-
perty. The boxes were searched, but nothing of a suspi-
cious nature was found. A third box was observed, and
when the female was asked to whom it belonged, she said
to her fellow-servant. She was asked to go and fetch the
owner, and she went out and returned with another of the
female domestics. Prosecutor addressed this female, and
told her to be cautious in not owing the box if it was not
her property. The girl being alarmed, said it was the pro-
perty of the female prisoner. The box was then opened,
and in it was found a quantity of valuable lace, a regular
assortment of haberdashery, and other property, all of which
prosecutor was satisfied had been stolen from his warehouse.
Prosecutor and constable then went to No. 14, Great
Chesterfield-street, where both prisoners, passing as man
and wife, had occupied a room, and there found a trunk,
containing shawls, sheets, table-cloths, Irish linens, gros de
Naples, velvets, and some silk stocks, with the private
marks of the warehouse on them. The prosecutor said
that the property thus discovered, had certainly been stolen
from the stock, the extent of the depredations on which
prosecutor could not speak with certainty. The amount
recovered was about 901.

A person named Monument proved that the two pri,
soners cohabited as man and wife, at No. 14, Great Ches•
terfield-street.

The prisoners' solicitor applied for the restoration of the
13 sovereigns found in Holmes's box.

Mr. CONANT, after considering the matter, directed the
money to be given to the prisoner.

AIARYLEBONE.

In The Sun of Tuesday se'nnight, the 27th ultimo, we
gave an account of the examination before Mr. RAWLIN-
SON of two young foreigners of insinuating manners and
dashing exterior, named Piere Custom's and Petro Calligani,
on a charge of having plundered jewellers, and other trades-
men's shops to a very considerable extent. The evidence
not being complete, they were remanded ; and yesterday
being the day appointed for the final investigation of the
affair, in consequence of the publicity which had been
given to the proceedings, the office was thronged to excess
by jewellers, silversmiths, and other tradesmen, who pressed
forward to substantiate various charges of shoplifting
against the prisoners.
Franklin, an active officer belonging to this establish-
ment, who, in conjunction with Bradshaw, a constable of
the D division, has been indefatigable in his endeavours to
trace the various nefarious practices of the prisoners, now
produced an immense quantity of valuable jewellery, and
other property, the produce of plunder, which had very
fortunately been captured from the prisoners at their lodg-
ings, No. 2, Lisle-street, Leicester-square.
Mr. John Bowen, jeweller, of No. 2, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket, stated that about a fortnight since the prisoner
Castanos and another man resembling Calligani, called at
his shop and asked to look at some gold seals. They
wore accordingly shewn a tray containing about 100, which
they handled and examined for some time, and then left
the shop, saying that none of the articles were good enough
for them. He did not immediately miss anything, but
some days afterwards his attention having been drawn to
the fact that two young foreigners, answering the descrip-
tion of those who had been looking at his seals, were in
custody on various charges of shoplifting, he carefully
looked over his stock and found that two richly chased
seals were missing. Mr. Bowen here inspected the property
produced by Franklin, and identified the two seals he had
lost.

Mr. Jacob Wolfe Dangerstein, another jeweller, of No.
22, Wardour-street, Soho, also recognised the prisoners as
having called at his shop last Friday se'nnight, when after
looking over several trays of jewellery, they went away pro-
mising to call again. After they were gone he missed a
gold chased brooch and a watch-key, which he here picked
out from among the plunder produced, and identified as his
property.
Several other tradesmen having given evidence similar to
the above, and identified some of their property, the pri-
soners were fully committed to Newgate for trial. An
Italian, named Giachetti, who who was taken into custody
on suspicion of being connected with the prisoners, but li-
berated on bail, was now brought up and discharged.