The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-19 00:00:00

R. Critchler, vinegar makers, Liverpool—ll. Clark, W.
M'Niell, and W. S. Johnson, lamp manufacturers, St. Mar-
tin's lane (so far as regards 11. Clark)—R. and G. Reece,
surgeons, Cardiff, Glamorganshire—H. Gould and S. Makant,
commission agents, Manchester—J. Winn and C. Smith,
brick makers, Bramham, Yorkshire—D. Paton and E. 111...
Roberts,
cotton brokers, Liverpool—W. Watson and A. H.
Marks, wine merchants, Craven-street, Strand—W. Howitt,
J. Saunders, and E. Turrelt, proprietors of " The People's
Journal" (so far as regards W. Howitt)—G. Corns and A.
Deakin, printers, Birmingham—J. Steele and H. Hands,
watch makers, Oxford—W.A. Thomson and J. M'Clelland,
New York—T. Inglesent and W. Wolatenholme, brick
makers, Salford, Lancashire--W Tubb, G. Penton, and J.
Russell, brewers, Prospect-place St. George's-road, South-
wark (so far as regards J. Russell)—G. and S. Birks,
builders, Great Crosby, Lancashire.
SCOTCH- SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Boyd and Company, spirit dealers, Greenock, May 21
and June 11, at twelve, at the office
of Messrs. Dunlop and
Neill, Greenock.
11. Rule, merchant, Bainsford, near Falkirk, May 21 and
at twelve, at the .New Court -room, Falkirk.
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.Goodair, hatter, Inverness, May 26 and June 16, atrn
June
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two, at the chambers of Mr. Campbell, Inverness.
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John Campbell, draper, Edinburgh, May 24 and June 14
at two, at the chambers of Mr. Nisbet, Edinburgh, ,
John Calwell, manufacturer, Paisley, May 24 and June 14,
at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Reid and Henderson,
Paisley.
Alexander M'Grigor and Company, upholsterers, Glasgow,
ow Hotel, Glasgow.
May 24 and June 1.1, at one, at the Cr

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT‘
OLD COURT.
(Before the Reconnen.)
John Freer, 28, William Martin, 25, and Henry East,
20, all described as labourers, were indicted for stealing
a number of packages, containing a large quantity of
property, consisting of mousselines de laine, shawls,
cloth, ribbons, gloves, and other articles, described as
being of the value of 7001, the property of Messrs.
Weaver and Co., who represent the firm of Crowley and
Co., carriers ; and Samuel Freer, 27, John Cherry, *2S,
Joseph Taylor, 27, Joel Taylor (who surrendered), and
Charles Austin, 37, dealer, were indicted for feloniously
receiving the property knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Huddlestone conducted the
prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Messrs.
Clarkson, Payne, Horne, Doane, O'Brien, and Horry.
This ease occupied the Court the whole of the day,
and was not concluded until a late hour. The robbery
in question ,appeared to have been committed in a very
daring manner. It appeared-that on Easter Sunday, the
4th of April, Messrs. Crowley sent a raze ladeuszitta, _ -—
goods to the station of the North Western Railway at
Camden-town, which were to have been dispatched the
next morning into the country. The van was placed in
the station yard, and it was discovered that during the
night the covering had been taken off and a great quan-
tity of property stolen.
The railway constable was called to prove the fact of
the Tan and its contents being safe about two o'clock in
the morning ; and, in answer to a question put by the
Learned Judge, he said that he was the only constable
whose duty it was to watch the property at the station
during the night. Although the premises were so ex-
tensive that it took him an hour to go over them, there
being nine different lines of rails and sometimes as many
as a hundred trucks laden with goods in different parts
of the station.
Joseph Page, a lad 19 years old, who had been com-
mitted to give evidence, and who was brought from the
gaol for that purpose, was examined, and upon the
statements made by him the case against all the pri-
soners, with the exception of the two Taylors, mainly
rested. lie gave a circumstantial account of the rob-
bery and the manner in which it was commit ted. Ac-
cording to his evidence, he was walking in the fields
near Chalk-farm on Easter Sunday, when he saw the
prisoners East and John Freer, and they asked him to
rup with them to the railway station the next morn-
ing and get some goods out, and he said that he at
once consented to do so. Freer at the time said,
that as it was Easter Sunday the men would be all out
getting drunk, and therefore would not be at work
so early in the morning, and this would give
them a good chance. They made an appointment for
the evening to meet together, and they were joined in
the course of the day by the prisoner Martin. About
three o'clock in the morning Martin, John Freer, East,
and himself went to the railway station at Camden-town
and he said they saw several persons about, but no one
took any notice of them. The van was standing outside,
and Freer wished to know whether it contained " up" or
"down" goods, and he explained the" down" goods were
usually the most valuable, as they consisted of silks,
drapery, and valuable articles, whereas the "up" goods
were mostly hardware, and other " Brummagem' and
Sheffield manufactures. Upon ascertaining that the van
contained " down" goods they immediately proceeded to
ransack it, and having obtained a horse and cart from the
premises of a carrier close by they conveyed away thn
packages and bales containing the property mentioned
in the indictment. The witness said that on the follow-
ing Tuesday he went to a beer-shop at Peckham, kept
by the prisoner Samuel Freer ; and ho then heard that
all the property was concealed in the cellar, and East
said that he had some one coining to purchase it.
While he was there the prisoner Austin came in,
accompanied by two Jews, and they went down
into the cellar, where he saw the boxes and packages
opened ; and after the Jews had examined all the
articles they offered 501. for them, but eventually they
agreed to give 5/, more, and it was arranged that the y
were to come at six o'clock the same evening and take
part of the goods away. They came at the time ap,
pointed, bringing with thaw a chaise cart, end after they
were gone the prisoner East said they had got some of
the goods and had paid 20/. on account, and they were
to come ©n the following day and ti,ke the rest of the
goods and pay the remaining 35/ On the following
Friday he again saw the prisoner East, when he toad him
the men had not fetched away the rest of the things,
and that Samuel Freer was afraid that his house woul.l
be searched and the property discovered, and witness
then told him that he knew a man who would take them
an ay; and on the following morning he we nt to Cherry,
who is a carman, and upon his seeing him he said
that Cherry culled out, " Hallos, hi'n't sornebllely had
a 'go in, or `a haul,' tip your way?" and lie told him
there had been such a thing, and they wanted
his horse and cart to fetch sonic of the things away.
He said, that after this Cherry, himself. and East,
went over to Peckham with Cherry's horse and cart,
and when they got there East gave him 2/. to enable
him to make his master's books straight, he having
expended some of the money that had been paid to him
by his master's customers; and he went away, leaving
Cherry and East with the cart at Peckham. He was
taken into custody, it appeared, the same day that this
happened; and on the next morning he said he made a
full statement of all he knew regarding the transaction,
These were the principal points of the evidence against
the prisoners whose names hava. been mentioned in the
above narrative; and with regard to the two Taylors, it
was shown that, soon after the robbery was committed,
a cart which contained a portion of the stolen property
was discovered upon the premises occupied by them;
and in a pigstye upon the same premises there were
found some other articles, which were also identified. In
addition to these facts, it appeared that some articles
were taken from the house of Samuel Freer, which it
was attempted to be shown had formed part of the stolen
property, but the evidence as to their identity was by no
means conclusive.
In order to confirm the evidence of the accomplice,
witnesses were called to show that he was really in com-
pany with them at the places lie described prior to the
commission of the robbery, and also that an address
card that had been upon one of the boxes was found in
East's possession when he was taken into custody. It
also appeared that upon the premises of Samuel Freer
being searched a large quantity of wood
nde nt foundthat
as
broken up into small pieces, and it appeared evident
that
bad
this wood consisted of' the fragments of boxes
been used to pack up the stolen property.
The jury acquitted Joel Taylor, and found all the
other prisoners Guilty.
The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said that the pri-
soners had been convicted of a very bold and alarming
depredation, and he felt it his duty to order John Freer,
Martin, East, Cherry, Joseph Taylor, and Austin, to bee
transported for seven years. The other prisoner, Samuel
Freer, appeared to have been actuated by a desire to
screen his brother, and he did not appear to have had any
share in the plunder; and on those grounds the Court
felt justified in passing upon him a sentence of one year's
imprisonment, with hard labour.

James
iticLßeeafonreantdhecChoamrielesoGN
aSrEdnneGrEwANerTe.)
NE 1V COURT, May 17.
indicted for
a misdemeanour in having obtained money by false pre.
fences.—Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution.
This was a prosecution instituted by the Commis-
sioners for Emigration under the following circum-
stances :—lt appeared that a number of poor Germans
arrived in London at the latter end of April for the pur.
under.
pose of emigrating to New York, and they took up their
abode at a public. house kept by a person named Ire-
land. in Gravel-lane. The prisoner 111• Lean intro.
as
a shipping
agent,
andth e r vesseleLa r e
pemrisoner, who accompanied him, till
Captain Gardner, of the barque Recovery, which
sdeunctede dhtimbeseclifthtoerth
was lying in the Surrey Canal Dock, and he
took to convey the poor people to New York f
each. Some of the Germans went on board °r 51'
to see the accommodations, and the prisoners, said that
l
everything should be made comfortable
that the vessel should be ready to sail
bor them, and
May, and if she was not they would y the 6th of
who took a passage 2s. per day for pay each person
every
was delayed. Upon the faith of day the ship
these representations it
appeared that nine of the unfortunate
in-
duced to give the prisoner Gardneru persona were
1 each as part
payment of their passage money, and it turned out that
the story told by the prisoners was merely a scheme to
defraud the .
poor people of their money, and that,
although M`Leau had made some proposition to the
owner of the vessel with regard to chartering her, he
refused to entertain it, and declined to enter into any
agreement whatever with him. It was also proved that
instead of being a shipping agent, as he represented bun-
self, the prisoner i\l'Lean, in point of fact, was a journey.
man baker.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the
prisoners.
The CommoN SERGEANT, after observing that the
conduct of the prisouers had been most base and cruel
in defrauding unfortunate persons in the position of those
poor einigran te, sentenced them to be transported for
seven years.

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title in some instances, scarcely sufficient caution being used to
evade with success the liability to legal punishment, yet
does " Nicolls Paletot" still receive the highest and moat
general patronage from the fashionable world. It is, per-
haps, as well for the patentees that these attempts to deceive
are frequently occurring, as one or two isolated cases might
have been insufficient to warn a scrutinising public, that care
illQlll4 to tat= to apply to the Patentee's advertised address.