The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-23 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

On Saturday much of the time of Mr. Henry was
occupied in the examination of Charles Stanley, the
Brick-lane barber and wholesale receiver of stolen pro-
perty, and the five men who stood remanded with him.
It will be recollected that Stanley being suspected of
having received a chest of tea, which had been stolen by
two of the other prisoners, a search-warrant was granted
to the officers, and on searching his house nearly a waggon
load of property, of various descriptions, and of which
he could give no satisfactory account, was found there.
Amongst the property was a quantity of tea, and part of
the wood-work of a tea-chest was found stuck up the
chimney ; but Mr. Henry did not think the evidence
sufficiently strong to convict him on the charge of re-
ceiving the tea, knowing it to be stolen.
The first ease entered on was that of Adam Klenck,
a bald-headed old man, who was charged with stealing
a quantity of tobacco and snuff, the property of his em-
ployers, Messrs. Ceale and Huxley, tobacco and snuff
manufacturers in Whitechapel-road.
Mr. C. Phillips, the barrister, and Mr. Pelham, jun. ,
attended en behalf of the prisoner, and Mr. Charnock,
the barrister, and Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, ap-
peared for the prosecution.
From the evidence adduced it appeared that while the
officers were searching the house of Stanley, the prisoner
came into the shop, and, on being searched, upwards of
three pounds of snuff and a quantity of tobacco was
found, all of which, as well as that found upon
his person, has been identified as the property of
his employers. It also appeared from the state-
ment of Mr. Ceale, that within the last three years the
firm had missed from their stock upwards of 22,000 lbs.
weight of tobacco, so that there can be but little doubt
that the pl.:sour, who held a very confidential situation,
and had been in their service for upwards of thirteen
years, must have plundered them to a considerable ex
tent.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
James Brown was next put to the bar on a charge of
stealing about 401bs. weight of roasted coffee. This
person also entered the shop of the barber while the offi-
cers were there, and on perceiving them lie very cr-
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ningly popped his burthen in a corner, and pp
self' into the barber's chair and requested the barber
to
d chum.,
shave him. The officers, however, perceiving that he
had been close shaved a short time before, and.deidd not
s
require a second edition of' that operation,examueinstioneid
bag, and finding it to contain the coffee,. they q
him as to how it came into h po s unsatisfactory,essi on, andt h
ehyi his
oaonk..
swers being very evasive and
him into custody.
Colirreecwtiaosnc.ommitted for one month to the House o
charged with stealing a carpet,
Edward Miller was
of the value of 41., the property of Joseph Skinner, in
Whitechapel-road.

The prisoner appeared also to be a customer to the
barber, for, while Inspectors Evans, Fogg, and Crou-
cher, were there, he came up a passage, knocked at
a back door, and, on its being partly opened, he in a
low tone of voice asked, "Ishe at home'?" Mr. Evans
replied, " Yes, he is," and, catching bun at tne same
time by the collar, drew both him and the carpet in.
On being questioned as to how he became possessed of
it, he said that " two gentlemen in black had employed
ban to take it to the barber's shop."
Mr. Skinner deposed that the carpet had been stoke
from his shop about half an hour before it was found ia
the prisoner's possession.
The prisoner was luny comrdtted for tri,l.
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Stanley, the receiver, was next put to the bar,ssi..
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charge of receiving two cheeses, the property of
Alhi:e.
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Larking and Co., wholesale cheesemongcrs, in W
chapel.
Mr. Wontner attended for the priioner.l h
It was stated in evidence that on the evening of the 9f
inst., a youth, in the service of a master carnian, °b-
served a man steal two Derby cheeses out of a cart
belonging to Messrs. Larking, while it vval standing at
the shop of Mr. Clark, a cheesemonger in
of 0 WhitechaPel al,
and he instantly followed the man through sever.e
streets, and at length saw him go into the shop
prisoner. He looked out for a policeman to inform biro
of the circumstance, but not seeing one,
named Hulbard, in the employment of Messrs Merry
and Nutter, also wholesale ehsemongers. HulbArdi
in consequence, entered the shop, but the prisoner d. 0-
nied all knowledge of the cheese ; but on pis deciarig
and that
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he would not leave the place without them,
would be satisfied with their restoration, the prisoner
changed his tone, and having said he supposed hillindy
he told a mon
be one of the' right sort," gave him a glass of hiT-bit't
desired him to say nothing about the matter, an" .0
he would send the cheeses to him. He then went to
his cart, and, after driving some distance, theinz A
daughters of the prisoner overtook him, each hi.,4L).
cheese under their.apron, and gave them tiP.° -- 'the
Mr. Wontner urged that there was nothing in
case likely to lead to the conviction of the pris°nateio for
the consideration of the
Mr. HENAT replied that that would be a Que— °
the pig
Jury, and comoo
soner for trial. "tted

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