The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE HORSE STEALING.
On Saturday an elderly man, named James Robinson
described as a horse dealer, but who was formerly a
grocer at Blackwater, Hants, was brought up before the
Rev. R. Wright and Mr. Theob.ild, magistrates of
Hampshire, at the office of the magistrates' clerk, oppo-
site the gaol at Winchester, for further examination, on
no fewer than eight charges of horse stealing. The pri-
soner was apprehended at Hammersmith, and after a
short examination before Mr. T. Paynter at the Ham-
mersmith police-court, was sent down to Winchester, it
being more convenient to the witnesses.
It appeared from the evidence gone into that the pri-
soner had, for the last three months, been in the habit of
going, backwards and forwards to the Raven public.
house kept by Mr. William Beasley, in the New-road,
Hammersmith, generally staying two or three days in a
week, ar.d several times bringing horses with him.
On the 19th of November last he brought with him
a grey gelding, nearly thorough-bred, which he kept
there a week. During that time the prisoner offered
it for sale to several persons at sixty guineas, telling
them that he was a small farmer and had bred it. On
the 19th of December (Saturday) policeman Graves, T
195, while parsing the Raven, saw the prisoner there
with three or four persons, and heard one ask him if he
had sold his grey horse. The prisoner said that he had,
but had only got 431. when it ought to have been 601., as
it was nearly thorough-bred. The policeman, suspect.
ing something was wrong; spoke to the landlord on the
subject, who gave him a description of the horse. Graves
immediately communicated the circumstance to Sergeant
Mount, T 29, who went to the Raven on the following
morning, having in the meantime ascertained that a
horse answering the description had been stolen from a
stable on the premises of Mr. William Saunders, Cran-
bourne Farm, near the Andover station, Hants, and
questioned the prisoner if his name was Robinson ?—if
the grey horse was his property, and where he had
bought it ? The prisoner answered yes to the
first question, but made no reply to the other
questions. Mount then asked him if the bay
horse he was feeding belonged to him, and
whether a grey horse in the next stall was his also?
The prisoner said both were his, and that he had
bought them, and, after some hesitati3n, added, " I sup-
pose you are going to take me." He was then secured,
and it was ascertained that the grey horse stolen from
Mr. Saunders, which the prisoner said had gone into
Yorkshire, was at the commission stables of Mr. Shackle
in Oxford-street, where it was found by Mount and
identified by Mr. Saunders.
Evidence was then gone into proving that the grey
horse, which Mr. Saunders valued at 801., was safe in the
stable on the evening of the 17th November last, and
was missing on the following morning, when the door
was found shut, but not pinned by a chain as it was on
the previous evening.
Mr. Charles Lee, of Coldrey, Hants, indentified the
bay cart gelding, valued at 25/., found by Mount at the
Raven, as the property of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Lee,
of .Coldrey, which had been stolen from his stable on
the night of the 14th December last. There were two
other horses in the stable which was broken open, but
were not taken. A stable adjoining had also been
broken open, but the door having a chain like a street
door, the thief could not enter ; in that stable were
four valuable hunters, the least of which was worth 100
guineas.
Nis-. 'l'. Webb, of Dogsmerfield, near Odiham, Rants,
identified the grey mare also found at the Raven, and
valued at thirty guineas, as having been stolen from Isis
premises on the night of the Id of December.

The BENCH said it would be unnecessary for them
to go into the other cases against the prisoner, as the
evidence in the three cases in which the depositions were
taken were so clear as to ensure a conviction.

The prisoner was nominally committed for trial at the
Spring Assizes. but will be again brought up on the
attendance of Mr. Shackle, for whose presence a sum.
mons was issued, as also a summons for the attendance
of a person named Tinely, at Hanger Farm, Ealing, who
is said to have purchased Mr. Saunders's horse at Mr.
Shackle's for .I3L

The BENCH complimented the officers of the T diyi.
sion fur the ability they had displayed in the case.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
MANSION HOUSE.
THE ROBBERY OF THE WARWICK AND LEAMING-
TON BANK.—It will be recollected that in July, 1845, a
clerk in the Warwick and Leamington Bank, named
William Hudson Blayney, was stated to have stolen a
parcel containing one hundred 101. notes, with which he
had been intrusted by the firm to deposit in the post
office at Warwick ; and that Daniel Forrester, accom-
panied by Superintendent Roby, of the Leamington
police, apprehended the accused at Calais, but were pre-
vented from taking him away with them by the defec-
tive condition of the international law between the two
countries.—Blayney this day suddenly gave himself up
to John Forrester, stating that it was his determination
to meet the charge before the Lord Mayor, and, if ne-
cessary, before the Central Criminal Court. Ho ap-
peared to be very much distressed, and was exceedingly
dejected. Immediately after Blayney had been taken
into castody at Calais, application was made to the au-
thorities by Forrester to convey him to England, but re-
jected for the before-mentioned reason. However, the
accused having travelled in the name of Brown, was
locked up for two months in consequence of the misnomer,
and the authorities not being able to do anything more
in furtherance of the object of the officers, he
was discharged at the end of that period. Exhausted
with fatigue and privations, he at length resolved to
come over to England and take his chance of a trial, to
which it was supposed the hankers would not think it
necessary to subject him, as he is not only without
money, but it is considered that he had received no share
of the booty. It is rather an extraordinary fact, that at
the time he was giving himself up to John Forrester,
that officer's brother was receiving directions from the
plundered parties to be on the look out, as it was sup-
posed that Blayney was in London. George Blayney,
the brother of the prisoner, was taken for the robbery
soon after the commission of it, he having, it was be-
lieved, received the parcel from his brother, and a man
named Jennings was apprehended on the charge of hays
ing been receiver, and both wore at the ensuing assizes
convicted, and sentenced to a limited term of transporta-
tion, while the prisoner, who has thus given himself into
custody, escaped to France.
John Forrester having stated to the Lord Mayor the
fact that the prisoner had called upon him to give him-
self up for trial, the prisoner, in answer to the question
of the Lord Mayor, said he was ready to meet the charge.
The prisoner was remanded for a few days, and direc-
tions were immediately forwarded to the Warwick and
Leamington Bank to send witnesses to town.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Edmund Webber, who
was some days ago charged with having embezzled
several sums of money, the property of his employers,
Messrs. Giles and Co., Fonkes's-buildings, Tower, was
brought up for final examination.
Mr. Nobler appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Ballantine for the defendant.
The prisoner had been long employed as collecting-
clerk by Messrs. Giles and Co., and one of the sums of
money he was charged with having embezzled was
7181. lis Gd., for which Mr. Aste, a customer of the
house, residing in Tottenham-court -road, paid him a
cheque for his employers. The prisoner was committed
for trial upon three distinct charges. He had, unfor-
tunately, been tempted to deal in railway shares, and
having been successful in two or three experiments, he
fancied he should have it all his own way, and made a
dash with his employer's money to make his fortune.
THAMES.
THE REY. MR. KING AND THE MAGISTRATE.—The
Rev. B. King, rector of St. George's-in-the-East, who
was complained of on Thursday by a man named Hag-
gerty for refusing to perform the funeral service over the
body of his sister-in-law, came before Mr. Yardley to
complain of Haggerty's statement, and make a counter
one. The reverend gentlenten, who appeared to labour
under a little excitement of feeling, held a paper in his
hand, and began es follows :—" I complain of the con-
duct of Mr. Yardley, the sitting magistrate on last
Thursday, respecting an ex park application made by a
person named Haggerty, an account of which appeared
in the Times newspaper of yesterday. The statement of
Haggerty, that I refused to perform the funeral rites
over the body of his sister, is nothing but a tissue of
falsehoods. First, the verdict of the coroner's jury was
not Found drowned,' as stated by Haggerty, and I
have received from the registrar of deaths the true ver-
dict, which was, That the detxased threw herself
into the waters of the London Dock, but in what
state of mind she was in at the time there
was not sufficient evidence before the jury.' Secondly,
It was asserted that the corpse was brought into
the churchyard, and that I refused to perform the fu-
neral rites. That is false, entirely false. As soon as I
received the verdict I sent the parish clerk to the par
ties to inform them that I could not, consistently with
my sacred calling and the Christian feelings I possess,
perform the burial rites. Lastly, it was asserted that I
received a certain fee for the performance of the service
for the burial of the dead, and that I had refused to re-
turn it. That is entirely false. I never received any
fees, and knew nothing abouC them until I saw the case
published in the limes.
Having finished reading his denial from the paper in
his hand, the rev. gentleman protested against the con-
duct of the magistrates in countenancing the applica-
tion of a person, and allowing him to make a statement
prejucial to another in his absence. The system was a
most nefarious one, and ought not to be permitted. He
then handed to Mr. Yardley the paper ho had been
reading from.
The MAGISTRATE declined receiving it, and said, Mr.
King, do you know who you are addressing? The Rev.
Mr. King (sternly)—No, I do not.
The MAGISTRATE—I am Mr. Yardley, and the person
you complain of, and whatever my conduct has been I
shall not condescend to acquit myself before a private
individual. I think any person of common sense on
reading the report you complain of would come to a
very different conclusion to the one you have arrived at.
I neither countenanced nor discouraged the application,
but it was my duty to hear it, and I could not ascertain
whether I had any jurisdiction i❑ the case until the man
had made his statement, when I told him I could not
interfere. I might have stopped you before, but I al-
lowed you to vindicate yourself from any aspersions
you might think injurious.
The Rev. Bryan King—l complain of the magistrate
countenancing the publication of Haggerty's statement.
Mr. Yardley—l deny it, Sir; it's false!
The Rev. Bryan King—l beg your pardon, if the
case is inaccurately reported.
Mr. Yardley—l saw nothing in the Times report
which was incorrect or unfair, and I shall not listen to
anything more you say.
The reverend gentleman attempted to address the ma-
gistrate, but finding no attention paid to him he hastily
withdrew.