The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-04 00:00:00

SOUTHIVARK.

William Jenkins, a well dressed young man, was
charged with stealing a diamond pin, value 101., the
property of Mr. Hughes, a jeweller, in High-street,
Southwark.

It appeared that the prisoner walked into the com-
plainant's shop, and requested to look at some patterns
of diamond pins. He was shown some by the shop-
man, and having examined them, expressed a desire
to look at a brilliant pin which he pointed out in the
window. The complainant, during the time, was, in
the shop, and narrowly watched the prisoner's move-
ments, and when the sboprnan turned round to the
window for the purpose of reaching for the brilliant,
the prisoner availed himself of the opportunity, and
dipping his fingers in a tray which contained various
articles of jewellery, he hastily took out a brilliant
pin from amongst them, and immediately transferred
it to his left hand coat pocket. The act of the pri-
soner was not observed by the shopman but by the
proprietor, who, as soon as he saw the pri-
soner was about to quit the shop, went up
to him, and at once charged him with
having stolen the pin. The prisoner pretex;ded to be
quite astonished that such a serious imputation shouldr
be cast upon his character, spoke of his respectah:xy,
and declared that he bad none but his own property
about him, and that he would not submit to the de-
gradation of being searched. The complainant,
however, insisted upon an examination, and men-
tioned that he knew the pin was in the prisoner's
instantly
restore hand coat pocket, and that if he did not
restore it a policeman would he forthwith called. -
The prisoner became extremely uneasy and began to
shift his position nearer to the counter, and II hen he

I got close up to it he pulled the pin out of his coat
I pocket. and insteld of giving it up to the owner he
dropped it into the tray from which he had previous!),
taken it, and then exclahned that it had never been in
his possession, and that it must have been overlooked
by the complainant when he had examined the tray
and its contents. The complainant called a policeman
and gave the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner, when placed at the bar, still asserted
his innocence of the charge, said that it was a
mistake altogether, and that he went into the
shop not to steal, but to purchase an article
of jewellery. When ailed if he had any friends
present to speak as to his former character, his reply
was that being respectable he did not wish to com-
municate his situation to them, and that he declined
giving any further information with respect to his
family con nex ions.
He was committed.
TVESTAIIIVSTER.

Yesterday Mr. Broderip was occupied the greater
portion of the afternoon in hearing a series of charges
of fraud against Henry Charles Wilcoxon, a journey'
man brushmaker, who was prosecuted by his eirla
ployer, Mr. F. Merchant, brushmaker, Lisle-place,
Eaton-street, Pimlico.
The prisoner entered Mr. Merchant's service in
April as a journeyman, and continued with him until
the end of August. During that time the prisoner
represented that he had received a number of very
excellent orders from various oilmen and other shop.:
keepers who retail brushes, and large quantities of
goods of various descriptions were given to him to
supply the persons whose names he mentioned, with
a distinct understanding that they were to be ready"
money transactions. The prisoner's orders poured in
so thickly, and the excuses he made for neglecting
to bring back some of the cash were so plausible,
that suspicion was disarmed for a time : but 00
the :Nth of August three distinct orders for
brushes having been given in the names of Frovint
Hall, and Hill, the goods, which were worth 14/.,
were delivered to the prisoner; and in order to as-
certain how he disposed of them, King, an assistant
porter in the firm; was ordered to accompany hit°
with them, which he did, but after getting a short
distance from Westminster-bridge the prisoner told
King that he did not want the governor to knelt
where the goods were going, and if he (King) would
go to a public-house in the neighbourhood and get a
pint of beer, he would come to him in a few minutes;
King left the prisoner as desired, but he watched and
saw him go into Mr. Langdon's, an oil and Italian
warehouse in the "Westminster-road, where he sold a
portion of the property, and received the money for it
The whole of the money he paid on account of the
14/. worth of goods—and there was no evidence to
show how he disposed of the ramainder--05
31. 18s. 10d. On an explanation of his conduct being
demanded by Mr. Merchant, who had on inquiry 51,S°.
discovered that he had taken 3/. worth of brushes for
a Mr. Gell, an oilman at Brixton, there being no se of
person there, the prisoner admitted that the whole
the names that he had given in as customers were
false, as also the addresses, adding that the metV:,
for the goods he had received was owing to him ruf',,
the persons to whom he had parted with them. A -
had used false names to obtain the goods in order t°
keep his connexion together.
The prosecutor was in a condition to produce sere'
ral cases against the prisoner; but three which were
shaped as distinct larcenies, were deemed sufficient for
the ends of justice. These consisted of the share
order with which the porter had accompanied hull'
the one in which the name of Mr. Gall of Brixton,
was used, and a third where goods were obtained for
(as it was alleged) a Mr. Williams, and sold to a Mr'
Murrell. In the latter, as in some of the other cases,
a succession of orders had been given in the salve
name, and a portion of the amount paid.
The prisoner, in his reply to the Westminster-road
case (in which he had represented himself as the ma-
nufacturer and owner of the brushes to Mr. Langdelliet
and that in which he obtained goods in the name 0'
Williams, entered into a rambling story, the greate.cc
part of which had no relation to the charge. He 551
he had sold the things where he could, and that he
had accounted for a great portion of the money; thet
remainder was owing to him, and, if Mr. Marchsri.
would give him time he would pay it by instalmentsd
He had formerly been in business for himself, 3°l
had taken Mr. Merchant's goods in order to get riA
of them for him to customers whom he (prisoner) lit;
been in the habit of supplying. He sold the ge",,
in his own name, and intended to pay Mr. Merchant
when he got the money. He was allowed 5 per Cell'
for his trouble.
On Mr. BRODERIP asking him whether he wished
to make any reply to the Brixton charge, he said "
Ile
would leave that for the present."
He was committed for trial at the Central Criminal
Court on the three above named cases.