The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-02 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Gracey, a shopman, was charged with robbing
his employer of plate, jewellery, and other property
of very considerable value.
Mr. Charles Williams, of the late firm of Catch-
pole and Williams, silversmiths and jewellers, 223,
Oxford-street, stated that the pripner was employed
by him as shopman for three weeks previous to the
14th of September, when he left. Shortly afterwards
a gold chain was missed, and on taking stock it was
discovered that property to a considerable amount had
been stolen. On Saturday last, in consequence of in-
formation received, witness went to Brighton in com-
pany with Stephen Thornton, a sergeant of the detec-
tive police, and the latter having gone into the shop of
Mr. Cochrane, a jeweller there, came out of it with
a ring which witness knew as part of the property
which he had missed, in consequence of its having a
private mark upon it. He then went with Thornton
into the shop, and gave the prisoner in charge, when
he said, without any threat or promise being held
out, " I know I have robbed you. Don't be hard
with me. All your property shall be restored." The
prisoner was brought to London in the custody of
Thornton, and on Sunday morning witness accom-
panied the officer to Mrs. Shears's, in Pleet lane
(prisoner's lodgings), where a diamond ring and a
gold watch-guard were found. He then went with
the officer to 6, Britannia-gardens, Hoxton, where
they found a gold watch, a gold bracelet, pencil case,
eight silver spoons, some dessert forks, gold shirt
studs, a gold breast pin, and other articles of jewel-
lery; and, at the house of a person named Shears, in
Great Portland-street, and at a Mr. Murphy's, in
Archer-street, Rupert street, Haymarket, six silver
dessert forks, a silver butter knife, fish slice, six
silver teaspoons, and a silver watch, all of which pro.
perty belonged to the prosecutor.
Thornton said, that on entering Mr. Cochrane's
shop at Brighton, he found prisoner serving behind
the counter, and requested to be shown some mourn-
ing rings. Prisoner produced a tray full, which
witness inspected, after which he observed that he
did not see any there that suited him, but he very
much fancied one which the prisoner had on his finger,
and should like to become its purchaser. Prisoner
expressed his assent, and witness having given him
325. for it, took it to Mr. Williams, who was waiting
outside, and who immediaiely recognised it as his
property. Prisoner subsequently told witness where
the articles above enumerated were to be found.

Prisoner, who made no defence, was fully corn
mitted for trial.
WESTMINSTER.

Thomas Ensor, James Chitty, and William Ander-
son were charged with stealing a large quantity of
plate, jewellery, linen, and wearing apparel, from the
residence of Mr. Samuel Archbutt, solicitor, King's-
road, Chelsea. .

The particulars of the case have been already fully
detailed. It will be remembered that during Mr.
Archbutt's absence from town with his family, on
the sth of September, Ensor invited the servant-girl,
Jane West, in whose charge the house had been left,
to take a walk with him, Dignum, a clerk, then
in Mr. Archbutt's service, being left alone in the
house. The next morning the property was missed,
and Dignum given in charge; but as there was not
sufficient evidence to warrant his further detention,
he was discharged after a short remand. He was,
however, subsequently convicted of fraud, and whilst
in Newgate voluntarily made a confession of the par-
ticulars of the robbery to Mr. Archbutt. Ensor was
then again taken into custody, and a pocket-book be-
longing to Mr. Archbutt was found in his possesion,
and the other two prisoners, Chitty and Anderson,
also apprehended, as having been concerned with
him in the robbery. The case against the two
latter rested entirely upon the statement of
Dignum, who was put into the witness-box
on the last examination previous to yesterday's, and
who stated that it was arranged amongst them by
Ensor, that he should take the girl West out, that
Dignum should be left in charge of the house, and
that during her absence Chitty, Anderson, and ano-
ther should rob the place. According to Dignum's
account he was troubled with some qualms of con-
science, and did not like to admit them at first, but
subsequently did, and they robbed the house, and he
and Ensor took a portion of the produce of the booty.
Ensor retained a gold guard-chain, and a day or two
afterwards showed it to Dignum, who accompanied
him to Greenwich, where Ensor pawned it, and
showed the other, who stood outside, the money.
As there was no evidence yesterday that could be
procured to confirm the unsupported statement of
Dignum against Chitty and Anderson, after some
conversation Mr. Archbutt withdrew the charge
against these two, but as the pocket-book had been
found on Ensor, and the pawnbroker at Greenwich
materially confirmed the statement of Dignum by de-
claring that Ensor was to the very best of his belief
the man who pawned the chain, the case was proceeded
with against him.

There was also a second charge clearly made out
against Ensor for stealing a gold watch and diamond
ring, both missed between the 6th of August and the
beginning of Septembeit from Mr. Archbutt's dressing-
room. Dignum and Ensor were associates, and
during the absence of Mr. Archbutt at his country-
house, Ensor slept repeatedly at the prosecutor's re-
sidence at Chelsea without his knowledge. Dignum
swore that he saw the watch in Ensor's hand, and a
watchmaker proved having bought it of the latter.
Ensor, who made no defence, was fully committed
on both charges, the other men, Chitty and Anderson,
being, as before stated, discharged.
SOUTHWARK.

John Crittenden, a man of respectable appearance,
described as a hop-factor, was charged with obtaining
seven pockets of hops, by false pretences, from Mr.
William Collins, a hop-merchant in the Borough, and
also with having forged an order purporting to be
that of Mr. Thomas Haines, a wharfinger at Padding-
ton, for the delivery of the hops from his warehouse.
Mr. Collins stated that on the Bth ult. the prisoner
called at his premises, and, describing that he was in
the hop trade, said that he wanted some pockets of
hops for the Messrs. Haines, of the Borough. Com-
plainant, knowing the firm of Messrs. Haines, ex-
pressed his willingness to comply with the order, on
the prisoner undertaking to pay for the hops on deli-
very, and the latter accordingly gave him a written
undertaking to that effect. Complainalit also men-
tione 1 to the prisoner that the hops were to be sold to
the Messrs. Haines in his (complainant's) name, and
that when the prisoner received payment he was
immediately to hand over the money to him. To
this arrangement the prisoner also assented ; and the
complainant then handed him a written order, directed
to Mr. Nash, a wharfinger at Paddington, at whose
wharf the hops were deposited, for the delivery of
seven pockets to Messrs. Haines and Co. Since the
transaction had occurred he (Mr. Collins) had ascer-
tained that the Messrs. Haines had given the prisoner
no authority to purchase hops on their account, and
that, in point of fact, he had obtained the hops by
fraud, and forged the order for their delivery from the
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Mr. Collins was recalled, and asked by the MAGIS-
TRATE whether he would have parted with the hops
if the prisoner had not asserted they were for Messrs.
Haines and Co. ; the reply was that he would not,
and he explained that he knew little or nothing of the
prisoner, but that he knew the firm alluded to to be
respectable. He added that five pockets of the hops
were traced to a warehouse in Swan-street, in the
Borough, where the prisoner had them deposited after
he obtained possession of them.

Mr. Nash said that the complainant had a quantity
of hops deposited on his premises at Paddington, and
that the written order for the delivery of seven pockets
to Messrs. Haines and Co. was placed in his hands,
and they were taken away by Davis, the carman.
The witness added that he was subsequently informed
that the written order was a forgery.
Davis, the carman, was next examined, and he
stated that he was employed by the prisoner to convey
the hops from the wharf at Paddington to the Brighton
terminus; that in a few days afterwards the same
person ordered him to remove the hops from the ter-
minus to a warehouse in Swan-street.
Mr. Roberts, on the part of the prisoner, contended
that the first charge, that of obtaining the hops under
false pretences, must fall to the ground, inasmuch as
the prisoner had been entrusted with the hops, and
had given a written undertaking to the complainant
that he would be responsible for the payment of the
money in the event of any disappointment as to the
Messrs. Haines ; that with respect to•the more serious
charge, that of forging the order for the delivery of
the hops, the prisoner, it could not be denied, acted
wrong, but, if only a little time were given, he would
be prepared to pay the complainant every shilling that
he owed him for the hops.

Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he would not permit a
charge of so serious nature to be compromised, now
that it was brought under his notice. He was of
opinion that both fraud and forgery were made out
against the accused ; whom, however, it would be
necessary to remand, in order to have the testimony
of a most important witness.
The prisoner was accordingly remanded.