The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-30 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

(Before Alderman CARDEN and the RECORDER.)
John James, a slop cutter, aged 37, and David Lee, a
tailor, aged 40, were indicted, the first for stealing 40
yards of calico, value 133., the property of Messrs.
Moses, Son, and Davis, merchant tailors, his mas-
ters, and the second for receiving the same, well
knowing it to have been stolen.
James had been in the employ of the prosecutors,
who carry on business in Aldgate High-street, and
availed himself of an opportunity that presented itself
to him a few days ago to carry off the calico. His ho-
nesty, however, had previously been doubted, and on this
occasion he was watched by another of the prosecutors'
servants, and followed to the shop of the prisoner Lee,
in Fore-street, where he loft the property. Of course it
was presumed that he received some pecuniary considera-
tion for it, and as it was just possible that Leo knew
how James had come by the calico, they were both given
into custody, on the charge of stealing and receiving.
At first, Lee denied that he had obtained any calico from
James, but upon being closely pressed, he admitted the
receiving, and said he paid Is. for it. James, on the
other hand, who now pleaded guilty, protested through-
out that he received no money at all.
The prisoner Lee was defended by Mr. RonlNsoN,
who addressed the jury on his behalf, insisting that
there was nothing to show a guilty knowledge on his
part, and afterwards called a number of witnesses to
character. All of them sang the same song: the prisoner
was an honest, sober, industrious man; but several of
them, who wero tradesmen living in the neighbourhood
of Bore-street, admitted that they lost sight of him
between April and December, 1848. It was, however,
explained by Mr. Jones, his brother-in-law, that having,
about the period of the first month, sold his business, he
returned to his native place, Lempsford, in Suffolk, and
there he remained permanently till the close of the year,
but he passed backwards and forwards at intervals be-
tween the two months.
To meet this issue of character, Spittle, one of the
City detective force, was pat into the box to state that in
June, 1848, from instructions he had received from the
police authorities, he searched the house in Fore-street
which had previously been in the possession of Lee, and
the door of which still bore his name, and found there
a quantity of cloth which had been atokn from Mr.
Camp, clothier, of Leadenhall-street, valued at 231.
The house was at this time in the occupation
of a man named Tate, who was made a party
to a case of felony tried in this court, and sen-
tenced to three months imprisonment. The officer
made inquiries after Lee, but ho could obtain no further
information of him than that his retreat in the country
was known to Mr. Jones, his brother.in-law. lie called
upon Mr. Jones, and told him that Lee was wanted to
clear up his character from an imputation which had
been thrown upon it; but Lee was never forthcoming.
The Learned RECORDER summed up the whole of
the evidence against Lee, after which the jury con-
sulted together for a few minutes, and found a ver-
dict of Guilty, but recommended James to mercy on
account of his previous good character.
The COURT sentenced James to twelve months', and
Leo to eighteen months' hard labour in the House of
'orrection.

SIX MEN DROWNED.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
MARGATE.—A lamentable accident occurred off
here about half-past seven yesterday morning. The
Mystery, Haveling boat, with a crew of six hands,
left this port for the purpose of boarding and speaking
all vessels bound to the port of London. The boat,
in running under the bow of a schooner for the pur-
pose of putting a man on board, on the leeward side
of the vessel, was run into by the schooner, cutting
her right asunder. The boat immediately filled and
disappeared with all her unfortunate crew. The
captain of the schooner, I regret to say, so far dis-
graced the character of a British seaman that he
never hove his vessel to, or attempted to put his boat
out to save the unfortunate crew. Had he done either
one or the other, in all probability some of the unfor-
tunate men would have been saved. Immediately the in-
telligence reached the shore by a vessel running down,
that witnessed the circumstance, but too far to lee-
ward to be of any assistance, two of the owners pro-
ceeded to London, furnished with proper authority to
apprehend the captain of the vessel, as it appears to
be one of the most wanton acts ever recorded. They
were all married men.

Mr. George Bowyer, D.C.L., has been unani-
mously elected by the 13enchers of the Honourable
Society of the Middle Temple to the office of lec-
turer of that Society. Mr. Bowyer was a candidate
for the borough of Reading at the last election.
THE COLD IN PARIS.—On Tuesday at: midnight
the centigrade thermometer in Paris marked 4 deg. 9
min. below zero. On Wednesday, at six o'clock, A.N.
5 deg. 7 min., and at noon, 3 deg. 8 min. below zero
(freezing point).