The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-20 00:00:00

GUILDIIALL.

Mr. Alderman Musgrove was engaged for a con-
siderable time in investigating a charge preferred by
Mr. Barron, a galloon-manufacturer, in Alderman-
bury, against William Payton, his apprentice.
Mr. Goddard, as solicitor for the prosecution,
stated that Mr. Barron received Payton into his ser-
vice from the parish, as an out-door apprentice, about
six years ago. A few days since Mr. Barron called
upon a customer at Somers-town, a leather-seller,
named Pell, fur orders ; and in conversation Mr.
Fell asked him if a piece of galloon he produced was
dear at 3s. per gross. Mr. Barron looked at it, and
found it was his own goods, selling at '25 per cent.
under his price, with the private mark erased, Mr.
Fell had bought of a stranger, who offered the goods
at his shop. Mr. Barron employed the police to
watch his servants, and on two nights the appren-
tice was followed to the lodging of an old man named
John Irving, in Shap-street, Kingsland-road, and
he turned out to be the man with whom Mr. Fell
had been dealing. On the following day the officer
apprehended the apprentice. He was watched from
Elaggerstone in the morning, and was joined on
the way by two men. One of these accompanied him
into Mr. Barron's warehouse in Aldermanbury, and
upon coming out was secured by the officer with 31.
worth of goods in his possession. This was one of
the weavers employed by Mr. Barron, a man named
John Perkins. Having lodged him in the station,
the officer apprehended the apprentice, and then
went after the old man Irving. He had absconded.
He was said to have gone to Scotland, but he was
found at Gravesend. Ile denied his name, or that he
knew the apprentice, or that he ever in his life
heard the name of Mr. Barron, of Aldermanbury ;
the fact being that he was a regular customer there,
and in that way became acquainted with the lad.
He was, however, only a buyer of bootlaces, and
not of the sort of goods he had sold to Mr. Fell. The
whole matter, therefore, divided itself into a charge
of stealing the goods found on John Perkins against
him and the apprentice jointly ; and a charge of steal-
ing the goods to the amount of 51., found at Mr.
Fell's, against the apprentice, and of receiving against
John Irving.
Robert Packman, the city detective policeman em-
ployed on this occasion, deposed to the old man's
voluntarily stating, in commenting on Mr. Fell's
evidence, that Mr. Fell was wrong as to the price he
gave for the galloon, for prisoner received 335. from
him, and gave Mr. Barron's lad 325. The lad, on the
other hand, said he should not have robbed his master
if the old man had not induced him to do it.

Mr. I3uchanan, who attended for the prisoners, put
a few questions to feel the extent of the evidence, but
reserved his defence.

Mr. Alderman Muscaove committed the three pri-
soners, William Payton, John Perkins, and John
Irving, for trial.

BOW-STREET.

John Partiger, a post-office letter-carrier, was
charged with stealing a letter containing a Lincoln-
shire bank note for 101.
The letter had fallen into the prisoner's hands in
the exercise of his ordinary duties, and it was proved
that he gave it to an acquaintance, a grocer's assist-
ant, to get it changed at Barclay aad Co's bank, re-
prese4ting to him. that be had borrowed the amount