The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

a bead necklace, value 55., the property of Thomas Blyth,
from the person of Elizabeth Blyth.
The first witness called was Mary Anne Cripps, who
stated that she was the head nurse in the ward in which
Mrs. Blyth was brought in in a dying state, in conie-
quence of an aevident by the upsetting of a gig, while
coming from Fairlop Fair. The prisoner approached
closely to tle bed side, and hugging the dying woman in
her arms, said, ‘• Puor, dear creature, she was my next
do )r neighbour." Wituess said she was sinking test,
and ordered the under nurse to get her some brandy,
when the prisoner said give me her pocket, I will go and
get her some. No one approached the bed, upon which
Mrs. Blyth was (who died in less than half an hour after
her admission), except witness, the under nurse, and the
prisoner; and the prisoner having left the room the
under nurse almost immediately afterwards exclaimed
that her necklace had been taken. A policeman even-
tually brought the prisoner hack, when she was searched
in the nurses' room, but nothing was found upon her; but
as the policeman was afterwards taking her down stairs
he heard something drop, and stopping her so suddenly
as not to allow her to leave the spot where she stood, he
looked down, when he found the necklace at her feet.
She could not tell if Mrs. Blyth was alive at the time of
the robbery.
Mary Townsend confirmed this witness's state-
ment, which was also borne out by that of the constable.
Mr. Thomas Blyth, whose arm was in a sling, and
who seemed to suffer deep mental and physical anguish,
stated the circumstances of the accident, and deposed
that he had never seen the prisoner before the time
she was brought to him in the hospital by the police-
man.

The AssIsTANT•JUDGE in summing up said the jury
could not treat the case as one of stealing from the per-
son, because the nurse was unable to state whether the
poor woman was alive or not.
The jury, without a moment's hesitation returned a
verdict of Guilty, and
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE in passing sentence on the pri-
soner said, this was about one of the most unfeeling,
cruel, and heartless cases which ever came before him.

The prisoner—You are wrong, my Lord, I did know
the woman; she and I have often drank together.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Nonsense. You want now
to belie the woman's character. The sentence of the
Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
for six months, six weeks of the term to be solitary.
The grand jury having terminated their labours were
discharged at twelve o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
George Silverton, jun., and William Clewley were
brought before Alderman Gibbs charged with having,
to the obstruction of the navigation of the river Thames,
which the recent circumstances connected with the con-
servancy of the river as affecting the Government and
the City authorities have made a subject of considerable
importance, thrown a quantity of rubbish overboard.
W. T. Bridges, inspector of the Thames police, stated
that at a quarter-past one o'clock on Tuesday morning
he saw off the Temple pier a boat driving down the
river, and something very bulky upon the water under
the stern. Upon going to the spot he saw Silverton on
the cabin-bead, and upon questioning him was told that
he was only throwing ever a little clean straw. Wit-
ness took a sample of the clean straw from the boat, and
found it to be very noxious rubbish, and that Silverton
said he had got it from the Magnet steamer. Clewley
was rowing the boat at the time.--Guilty.
Silverton, the elder, was then charged with having
worked a barge on the river without being free of the
Waterman's and Lightermen's Company.
The beadle to the Waterman's Company stated that,
on the 21st of June, he saw the defendant in a barge
lying alongside of the Magnet steam-boat, on Brewers-
quay, taking in ashes. He also saw the defendant and
his son navigate the barge to the tier at Horsleydown,
and leave it alongside of a steamer called the Caledonian.
There was no person of the name a freeman of the
Company.
It was proved that Silverton, the elder, was in the
habit of taking away the ashes from the Magnet.
This defendant was also found guilty.
In the first case Alderman GIBBS sentenced Silverton,
jun., to pay 51. penalty, and Clewley to pay 40s. ; and
in the second case he sentenced Silverton, sen., to pay
51. penalty. The Alderman said that persons who
violated the law, in regard to the River Thames, should
feel the penalty in a severe manner, and that each of the
persons who were fined 51. should, in default of the pay-
ment, be confined one month ; and the person who was
fined 40s. should, if likewise unable or unwilling to pay,
be confined seven days in the common gaol.
ATTEMPT TO ROB A POSTMAN.—A desperate attempt
was made yesterday morning to rob the old postman,
who has been in the habit of conveying the bankers'
letters and parcels from the Post-office in St. Martin's•
le-Grand to Lombard-street. The following is the sub-
stance of the account of the attempt, given at some of
the banking-houses :
As Inspector Woodroffe, of the City police, was pass-
ing, at about five minutes after eight, along Wood-
street, Cheapside, he was informed by a man that there
was a cry of murder in Mitre-court, a narrow passage
between Wood-street and Milk-street. He immediately
ran to the entrance of Mitre-court, the gate of which is
locked every night at eleven o'clock and opened at six in
the morning ; and finding that it was locked, he sus-
pected that there was foundation for the outcry, and
dispatched one of the men round to the gate in Wood-
street. It was then ascertained that the postman in-
trusted with the transmission of the Lombard-street walk,
and who was in the habit of passing through Mitre-court,
bad been attacked by three men in the narrowest part of
the passage, that he had been struck by one of them
with a life preserver on the head, and knocked down,
and that the others endeavoured to drag away his bags
from him, but without effect, as he roared out " mur-
der" in such a manner as to strike his assailants with
the dread of detection. The thieves, who were, no
doubt, whit were called " family men," escaped. When
they heard the strong lungs of the postman they ran
to the Wood-street gate, and, being supplied with a
skeleton key, they pulled to the gate, locked it,
and got away just before the inspector was
informed of the alarm. The skeleton key and the
life-preserver were found by the officer. The poor post-
man bled profusely from the head, but although the vio-
lence used against him was very great, he grasped his
bags in the most determined manner, so that even those
who went to his assistance could not have got them from
him without great difficulty.
It is conjectured that the plan had been laid for some
time, and it was remarkable that the communications
from the correspondents of the bankers happened to be
unusually large yesterday morning.
BOW-STREET.
Philip Bradley was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry
on a charge of stealing 91. in gold, the property of Mary
Jenkinson, his landlady. He had been several times
remanded.
The complainant stated that she kept an eating-house
in Little Turnstile, and the prisoner had rooms in her
house. On Saturday, the 26th ult., he gave her two
shillings in part payment of his week's rent, asking her
to allow the remainder to stand over for a few days, to
which she assented. On the Monday following she
missed 91., which she had deposited in a work-box in
her bedroom a few days before. The prisoner passed
the door of that room in going to and from his bedroom.
No other person had occasion to pass it.
Mr. Win Cooper, a linen-draper in Red Lion-street,
said that on Monday, the 28th ult., the prisoner pur-
chased a silk handkerchief of him, and at the same time
deposited with him 61. in gold.
Mr. Richard Cooper, a shoemaker, in Red Lion-
street, said that on the same day the prisoner bought a
pair of boots, and having paid for them, asked for an
envelope. He put something in it, sealed it, and placed
it in one of the boots. He then left.
The envelope was found to contain Mr. W. Cooper's
acknowledgment for 61.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was committed
for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE CASE OP THE ALLEGED STEALING OF Two
THOUSAND POUNDS' WORTH OF BlLLS.—Yesterday was
the day fixed for the re-examination of Mr. Charles
Pollard, who stands charged with having obtained
2,0001. in bills, from Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
with intent to steal the same. The court was crowded;
and among the crowd might be seen several persons,
known at this court, as being connected with a peculiar
class of bill-discounters.
Alexander Symons was called to prove that the pri-
soner offered the bills to him for discount.
Examined by Mr. Burt—Lived at No. 16, London-
street, and was a wine-merchant. Saw the prisoner for
the first time on Friday week. Had no previous know-
ledge of the prisoner. Mr. Watson and the prisoner
came together. Had known Watson as a commercial tra-
veller for many years. Watson or the prisoner said that
discount was wanted for a bill of 1,000/. Witness said
if it was a genuine good bill he had no objection to dis-
count it. The prisoner offered terms. He said he had
made up his mind before he came there he would
take two hogsheads of wine, give 75/. for discount,
and take the remainder in cash. Witness replied
that would not do, and offered 7501. and two hogs-
heads of wine, taking the balance for discount. Wit-
ness did not recollect if he asked the prisoner to
produce the bill. The prisoner arranged to call the
following day, giving witness, at the same time, to un-
derstand that he had the bills in his own possession.
The prisoner called the following day, with Mr. Watson,
and with a person who was represented to be a Mr.
Smith. The prisoner had previously represented to
witness that he had drawn a bill on the Prince, who
had accepted it, and that it was as good as a Bank of
England note. Between the first and second call from
the prisoner, witness had heard something about the
bills. When the parties arrived at witness's house, Mr.
Smith said he came to prove the handwriting of the
Prince, if he (witness) had any doubt about the cir-
cumstance. Smith also said that the prisoner had been
rather too modest about the thing, for the fact was the
bill was in pawn for 3001. with a silversmith in the
Strand. The prisoner admitted this to be the case, and
wished hlin (witness) toobnilit.o thTeheStrparnisdonteor pay
d
not mention the name
gothe
the 3001. and to redeem
of the silversmith. Witness
d'd •
not t way he b
usmess, and he
replied that was
During this conversation ?sr.
declined the proposal.he
came to the door to
Orsi, the Prince's secretary,
see hire (witness). Witness, on seeing
M 0 • d'
rected him to walk up stairs.
had no doubt that
Smith and the prisoner saw
Orsi when he called.
Witness apologised to the prisoner and the others for
. l-
being absent for a minute, and then went to M. Orsi.
On his return witness found that Smith and Watson
were about to leave the house. Smith said to witness,
" We have an order from Pollard to get the bill, and we
w
will return in about twenty minutes.' The parties left
ollard as
the house, and witness went back into the room where
,nairiedratarhekreed,P,o, lolahrd,
't is took up a memorandum
they
can of the particulars of the bill, which he had placed on the
table before, and
placed the paper in his pocket. The
prisoner the
impossible
be back in twenty •
minutes. I'll go after them, wad we