The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-22 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

William Stacey, a van driver in the service of the Me-
tropolitan Parcels' Delivery Company, was brought up,
charged with having wilfully driven over William Reece,
an officer on board of the Marine Society's ship at Dept-
ford, by which his leg was broken.
It appeared that Mr. Reece, in company with three
other officers and thirty boys, had been to the Aimiralty,
and were crossing from Whitehall, when the prisoner drove
up, and Mr. Reece, fearful that the van might run over
some of the boys, who were crossing in a line, seized bold
of the reins to stop the horse, having previously put up his
hand for the prisoner to stop, but to which be paid no
attention. Immediately upon Mr. Reeve's seizing the
horse, the prisoner commenced whipping the horse, and
also attempted to strike Mr. Reece ; the horse reared up,
and knocking him down passed over him. He was imme-
diately conveyed to the Hospital at Charing-cross, when
it was discovered he had received a compound fracture of
the thigh.
The prisoner on being asked for his defence, said that
it was Mr. Reece's own fault, as he attempted to climb up
the shaft of the van that he might have an opportunity of
striking him.—He was remanded, in order further to as-
certain the extent of the injuries sustained by Mr. Reece.
_Henry Price, a boy about 14 or 15 years of age, and
James Steevens, were charged, the former with having
stolen two parcels, containing 14Ibs. of vermicelli and six
bottles of pickles, the property of Mr. Stringer, of 84,
Thames-street, and the latter with having received the
same, knowing. it to have been stolen.
Mr. Stringer deposed that the prisoner Price had been
in his service nearly twelve months, with a view to his
being apprenticed. The prisoner Steevens is a jobbing
porter, and had been employed by the witness at different
times. On the 13th April last the prisoner Price said
that a gentleman had ordered six bottles of pickles, which
he had paid for, and wished to be sent home at once. In
the warehouse of the witness, when articles are sold, it is
customary to put the amount on a slip of paper, and put
it in the till, and the prisoner had done so on the present
occasion, The prisoner was sent with the six bottles,
and he was a long time away. The other parcels pro-
duced were the property of the witness, no part of which
he had even sold. He had frequently missed articles to a
considerable amount, but never suspected the prisoner.
Mary Ann Young deposed that she lived in Queen-
street, Tower•hill, and the prisoner Steevens lodged in
her house. He had frequently brought parcels for her to
take care of, and she remembered him bringing the par-
cels produced. About a week after he brought the last
mentioned parcels he left her house without any notice,
and the day after he left the younger prisoner called and
inquired for him. ' She told him she did not
know where he had gone, but wished to know,
as he had left her house without paying his
last week's lodging. The younger prisoner asked how
much it was? She told him 3F., and he said he would
pay the amount for him, as he knew him to be a very re-
spectable man. The witness said she should not deliver
the parcels to anv person but Steevens, and he not calling
for them she had retained them till the officer took them
into his possession.
Susan Tyson, a servant to .Mr. Baker, who keeps an
eating house, stated that the prisoners were in the habit of
coming t r her master's house of an evening to their supper,
and on the 13th of April the younger prisoner brought six
bottles of pickles and requested her master to allow him
to leave them there until the next day, and he consented.
The prisoner then went away, but returned shortly after-
wards and had his supper, and be asked fur one of the
bottles and a corkscrew, and took part of the contents of
the bottle with his supper and gave the rest to the witness.
In a few days afterwards the officer called at her master's
house and took possession of the remaining bottles.
The officer who took the prisoner into custody confirmed
the latter part of this evidence, and the prisoners were
fully committed for trial.