The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-21 00:00:00

Mr. Garrard, being recalled, stated that the decease•
was a very obstinate man, and he had no doubt that Ow
occurrence might have taken place in the manner de-
scribed.

The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty.

Charles Powis, aged 25, a policeman of the V divi-
sion, was indicted Or burgiariously breaking open and
entering the premises of Mary Ann Stewart, and steal-
ing one flitch of bacon, 281bs. of sugar, and other arti-
cles, valued at 21. 125., her property. It appears that
Mrs. Stewart, who lives at Clapham, and is a general
dealer, left her premises carefully locked up on Satur-
day, the 12th instant, and on the Monday following she
found that the articles in question had been stolen. She
never saw the prisoner before.

Sergeant Emerson, V 9, stated that the prisoner was
in the same division of police with him. He (the pri-
soner) was on duty near Mrs. Stewart's house from nine
in the evening until six in the morning, when he re-
ported himself at the station-house. From information
he received he went to the prisoner's lodgings, where
he found a sack containing the bacon, which weighed
fifty-six pounds.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported for fifteen years.
Isaac Prior, described in the calendar as a milkman,
was then placed at the• bar on an indictment charging
him with stealing a brown mare, valued at 71., the pro-
perty of John Clanricard.

The prisoner was found Guilty, and as he had pre-
viously been convicted, he was sentenced to be trans-
ported for fifteen years.

NEW COURT.

At the request of Mr. Phillips. Mr. Justice Wightman con-
sented to postpone the trial of M‘Garretty, for the murder at
Woolwich, until the next sessions. Mr. Phillips said that facts
had transpired from which it appeared that the prisoner was
subject to an aberration of mind.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
On Saturday a German Jew, named Schmekalden,
was charged before Sir Peter Laurie with having stolen
jewels to the amount of between 300/. and 400/.
The complainant, Mr. Samuels, also a Jew and a
foreigner, stated that the prisoner, whom he had em-
ployed to sell jewels on commission, called upon him one
(lay, and said that he wanted some stones to show to
Messrs. Knott and Williams, of Frith-street, Soho,
jewellers, who wished to purchase a quantity. After
some conversation, in which the complainant impressed
upon the prisoner several cautions as to the disposal of
the jewels, the complainant gave thirty-five diamonds into
the hands of the prisoner, in the firm belief that they were
to be forthwith taken to the firm above mentioned. The
prisoner, however, never returned to settle the account.
In the afternoon of the following day a boy brought a
letter to the complainant, and upon the delivery of it ran
away. The letter was from the defendant, and it stated
that he had lost the diamonds, an excuse which had all
the evidence of falsehood about it. As the complainant
was firmly persuaded that the prisoner had misappropri-
ated the diamonds, an officer was employed to take him
into custody.
Sir. P. LAURIE asked the complainant in what way
the prisoner carried the diamonds about him.
The complainant replied that the prisoner, as was
usual with persons selling diamonds on commission, was
in the habit of keeping a tin box tied round him, in
•which he kept the diamonds, and on no account ever
parted with it, even at night, but slept with it under his
pillow. Messrs. Knott and Williams, to whom the pri-
soner said he was about to sell the diamonds, upon being
questioned on the subject, declared that they, had given
no directions to the prisoner relative to articles of the
kind ; and their clerk upon hearing the statements as to
the loss said to the complainant " You are done, Mr.
Samuels." The complainant then went to the prisoner's
wife, who told him that she knew nothing of her hus-
band. but that he had left the tin case to be repaired at
a shop. Upon applying at the shop complainant learned
that the prisoner had left the tin case there, and that he
had put the diamonds very carefully in his waistcoat
pocket, saying " I should not like to lose them, for they
are very valuable."
Sir. P. LAURIE—Did he vary in his statement as to
the loss ? Complainant—He said, upon being taken
into custody, that he wanted the diamonds for a Mr.
Keyser, and he persisted in saying that he had lost them.
The prisoner declared to his God that he was a per-
fectly honest man, and was frequently entrusted with
4,0001. or 5,000/. worth of precious stones.
Sir P. LAURIE—What made you say that Messrs.
Knott and Williams were first to be the dealers for the
diamonds, and afterwards mention Mr. Keyser ? The
prisoner denied that he had used the names of Messrs.
Knott and Williams.
Sir P. LAURIE said that he had no doubt as to the
nature of this case, and supposed that the complainant
would have his diamonds returned to him.
The prisoner vowed that he had lost the diamonds out
of his side pocket, but how he could not tell.
Sir P. LAURIE—Why, instead of writing the letter the
day after to the complainant, did you not at once call upon
him to communicate to him the loss, that he might make
some attempts for its recovery ?
Complainant—Ave, that's the question. Thank you,
Sir. I see you know how to put questions that he
never can answer.
The prisoner merely repeated that he had sustained
the loss, and that he was the most honest of men, to which
Mr. Keyser could bear evidence.
Mr. Keyser stepped forward and assured Sir P. Laurie
that the prisoner had never committed an ill action, and
that he might be trusted to any amount.
Sir P. LAURIE—Pray, did the prisoner receive direc-
tions from you to get these diamonds ? Mr. Keyser—
He had sold me some diamonds, and I told him if he
could get, me others I should be able to sell them.
Sir PETER LAURIE—The prosecutor swears that the
prisoner told him that the diamonds were to be taken
to Messrs. Knott and Williams, and the prisoner now
says that he got them for you. Which of them do you
believe ? Mr. Keyser—l know the prisoner long to be
a man of integrity, and I have no deubt he lost the
diamonds.
The complainant said that Mr. Keyser himself had
lost a box of diamonds of much greater value some time
ago. One of the statements made by the prisoner was,
that Messrs. Knott and Williams required credit for
three months, and he (complainant) expressed that he
had no objection at all to give the accommodation, as the
firm was so respectable.
The prisoner said that it was all a mistake.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Very well. If you do not re-
store this man's property to him before Tuesday next, I
shall commit you to Newgate for the robbery, which you
have certainly committed.
The prisoner was then remanded.