The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-23 00:00:00

TOT3ER -23. 1840,

BOW-STREET,-

• ROBBERY BY A LETTER-CARRIER IN THE GENERAL
POST-OFFICE,.- WM. Frost, a letter.carricr in the Ge-
neral Post-office, was' yesterdaybrought before Mr.
Tar, ford by Inipactor Pearce, A division, charged pith
staling a letter, containing a 401. Bonk of England
notes and Isabella Frost, with Wm. Giffbrd,-sciwant to
Mr. Wolverley Attwood, Member for Greenwich, were
charged with receiving and negotiating the same, well
'knowing it to have•been stolen.

Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, astisted by
his brother, conducted the prosecution: •
Mr: Win. Sewell, collector to 'Messrs. Taylor and
Co., brewers at Limehouse, identified the note pro-
duced, No. 24,795, and dated May 1840 w`iich he re-
ceived on Monday, 12th inst., from Mr. Henry Eaton,
proprietor of the Cherry Tree public-house, Southgate,
for beer, and the name " Eaton" trritten upon it by him.
Mr. Eaton, landlord of the Cherry Tree, proved that
on, Sunday the 'llthyinst., the prisoner. Gifford came to
his •house •by the •coach. He had previously•known
hjm, having frequently seen him at the house, and hav-
ing remained- the night, he went -away the next 'morn-
ing. Oa Sunday he asked what he bad to pay, and 00,,
being told 75., he said he had not got- 'change enough
unless witness could give him change, for a-401. notes
He them' handed him a note for that amount, for which
witness gave Vita • change in two 101. Bank of *gland
notes, two-5/i notes,.-and the remainder in sovereigni
and silver. On the followinc, morning he paid it to
Air, Sewell, and it was the only one he. had in his pos-
session at the 'time.; the prisoner had' not been at the
house betfole for about three months.

Currey, assistant to Neslrs. Currey and
Wilmer, 0;d Palace-yard, Westminster, proved that
Mr. George Barrow, of Ring Wood, Chesterfield, in the
county of Derby, was a correspondent of the firm, and
from the letter- produced from that gentlemen, directed
to Mr. Currey, which witness or some other person in
the office received,-he believed that the 401. note pro-
duced formed part-ot a remittance of 431. which 'Mr.
Barrow stated that he' had nude to the firm- in a letter
from Ringwood o❑ the 7th inst., and which witness be-
lieved had never been received.

Inspector Pearce stated on • Wednesday evening ho
I called at the residence of Mr. Attwood, Delahay-street,
WeStminster, Where 'he bad been informed the prisoner
Gifford lived, but he was told by the servant girl that he
was not at home, and about 11 o'clock, seeing him go to the
door to get in, he went and asked him if his name wit'
not Gifford, and if he lived in the house, when he said
" Yes." Witness asked him if he had changed a 401.
note at the Cherry Tree, Southgate, on the 11th inst.,
and he said that he had. On inquiring hOw he became
possessed of it, he said he had received it from a female.
Witness asked him who the female was, and he replied
that she was his cousin, who had gone to Bristol, but
he could not tell in what part .of that town she was
stopping. He then told him he was an officer; and on-
vexed him to the station house in 'Gardner's•lane, where,
upon being further questioned, he said that on Saturday
week. the 10th inst„ he was at his cousin's house, 4,
Cumberland-street,. Blackfriar's-road, when she gave it
,
to nun tne afternoon, no other person being present
at the time ; and on being asked if she was a married
woman, he said she was the wife of a tailor, and
har words were, when she handed it to him, You
are to get this'ehanged for me by some of your trades-
people, as I want to go to the country to see my friends,"
but she did not say. what was the amount of the note,
and that she had_ saved it up without the knowledge of
her husband. The prisoner also said that he met her
on Monday in Oreat. George-street, where she was
waiting for him to return, and that he had given all the
change to her, consisting of two 101. notes, two 51. notes,
and the remainder in sovereigns, and that he had also
given her a 51. note at the time ho received the note
from her. The prisoner was consequently detained,
and being conveyed to the station-house in the neigh-
bourhood of the
,Court, witness told him that it had
been stolen, when he said that he had seen the female
prisoner on Sunday last, at the same time mentioning
her name, and where, she lodged, and the name of her
-husband, who was present, when he received the note.
On Wednesday night, when the prisoner was in cus-
tody he said that it was no longer any use for him to
say that he did not know what situation the fe-
male prisoner's husband filled, when he said,
" Well, I'll tell you, he's a general postman." About ten
o'clock on Thursday morning, witness proceeded to the
lodgings of the female prisoner, at. 12, John-street,
Blaekfriars, where she had removed on the Saturday
previous, when, on questioning her respecting the pri-
soner Gifford, she said sbe did not know him; and, on
being asked if such a person did not live with Mr. Att-
wood, in Delahay-street, she said Yes, and that she had
given him a 401. note to change, which she had picked
up near to the Temple Gardens or Whitehall Gardens
on the .day she had given, it to him is Great George-
street ; and she received at two .different times eight ,
sovereigns as change, and no more, flote7e. of
On
nhicbl being
iilolge
gave her when she handed him the
asked what she had done with the 51. note she had gott
from, him, she
.said she had bought a sofa (Puotirtiantgsh:
a new one, and a new table, in the roo.mei))
contained; t
four
had no money, having lost her purse,
sovet Cigna, and on searching, tl estatien-house
room. There were also found upon her at
Since th
witpessfwohuind 19s. in the bed-
six sovereigns concealed d ethe fe•
priso-
ners were brought, to the Court,
i"'
into
male by name, saying, "You havebroughtthis
in her bosom.
disgrace, why did you
.not tell me of this time, to
.which she replied wish I had done so.' ,