The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-15 00:00:00

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lie was now fully committed for trial.
E RKEN WELL.
Yesterday John Remington, aged 24, and his brother
Charles, aged.2o, were put to the bar before Mr. Combo
for final examination, charged with committing several
robberies under circumstances of a very painful nature.
The evidence adduced went to show that a lady named
Indell, who had not unpacked several of her trunks since
the week before last Christmas, when she left them on
the landing leading to the bed-room of the prisoners, on
leaving to visit her friends in the country discovered
that they had been severally broken open and stripped
of property of considerable value, some of which con-
sisted of male and female apparel, and bed linen. She
communicated her loss to her landlady and other in-
mates of the house, which naturally occasioned much
gloom and surprise, the prisoners, from their apparent
respectability, being far from suspected of a knowledge
of the depxedation; and it was deemed advisable to with-
hold Irons them the extraordinary facts. Further similar
discoveries in reference to money and clothes having been
abstracted from the sleeping apartment of a young
gentleman named Dell, it was thought advisable to con- '
suit with Police Constable Barker, No. 124 of the E
division, and another active officer ; and on the evening
of the 3d instant they saw the youngest prisoner leave
his lodgings, and proceed to a pawnbroker's in the
Hampstead road, where he pledged a pair of trousers
for 6s. This circumstance being made known to Mrs.
Norton, she questioned Mr. Dell, who, on making an
examination, missed from his chest of drawers a pair of
trousers that were safe in the morning of that day ; and
on inspecting the pledge in question, he identified them
as his property. When informed of this light thrown on
the mystery which had surrounded the unaccountable
affair, Mrs. Norton became deeply affected ; but
eventually, by the advice of Mr. Sidney and other
friends, it was determined that the matter should be in-
vestigated by a magistrate, and the prisoners were sub-
sequently given into the custody of the policemen while
they were at breakfast in the drawing, room ; and when
searched, evidence of their guilt, as far as pawnbrokers'
duplicates went, was found in their possession.
James Yarne, shopman to Mr. Thompson, of the
Hampstead-road, said that the prisoner, Charles Reming-
ton, pawned with him a pair of trousers, now owned by
Mr. Dell ; and Mr. Henry Steward, foreman to Mr.
Kirkman, of the Strand, produced some wearing ap-
parel which bad been stolen from Mrs. Indell's trunk,
the ticket relative thereto having been taken from the
elder prisoner's pocket.
Other evidence in confirmation of the charges was
then gone into, and, at its termination,
Mr. COOMBE asked the first-named prisoner, if he
wished to say anything ? He replied, very coolly, I
have nothing to say.
Mr. COOMBE (to Charles).—Are you desirous of mak-
ing any statement ? Prisoner—No, Sir. I had rather
not, Sir, I thank you.
Mr. COOMBE.—You are now committed for trial.
The witnesses having been bound over to prosecute,
the prisoners, who had behaved with much levity, were
removed from the bar.