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brought before Mr. Broderip for final examinatie;
charged with robbing William Cullum, his shipmate,;
two 51. notes, a watch, and other property, bet"
Portsmouth and London. d tba
The case was one of a very novel description, an one
evidence, which detailed the following facts, was gif9t
into at great length. The Britannia was paid 013th
Portsmouth on the afternoon of Saturday, the bpr,
inst. Shears, Cullum, and other sailors, 17 in nu
afterwards proceeded to Farnham in a coach and fouhr'e
and had some " fine sprees and skirmishes on t
road. On reachingFarnham the tars had another sP,reeeoe'
and took in plenty of grog. Several loose women tn. a
overhauled the sailors, and paid much attentie°
to Cullum, who at that time had three 51. no
s,tes,ih,er
sovereigns, besides silver, and a " bran new 'O.
watch he purchased at Portsmouth, in his posses?lees,
Some of th 2 men-of-war's men were, however, ant° to
made the land sharks sheer off, and warned rouser,
take care of his property. From Farnham the sai
ineed,
proceeded by railway to Vauxhall, where they all di lie
.
and got pretty well muddled with gin, stout, aln bas
After dinner many of them separated from the others
for the purpose of visiting their friends in ve
three
parts of London. Shears, Cullum, and is 11,
other seamen hired a hackney coach at Valt%`olt,s
to convey them to the house of Callum's Paled at
in Artillery-street, Bishopsgate, and they stoPP Nit;
several grog-shops to victual and water, as the ion•
nesses termed it. On reaching the city end of Lon T .c.
bridge one man, whose friends lived in another d%
tion, left his shipmates, and William Johnson
1 0315'
intimate friend, and another seaman, named Jo eto
left the coach for a short time to assist their shiptnst„„h.
hoist his hammock, chest, and kit on the top of
leaving Cullum, who was tipsy and fast asleep, at ois
prisoner sitting opposite each other. It was ltsd.
period the robbery is supposed to have been cornwhost
Cain and Johnson rejoined their shipmates, and a the
four o'clock on Sunday afternoon they mad set
set
" safe harbour" of Artillery-street, and we'`'roots.
down at the house occupied by Cullum's Pa
Here the seamen drank some raw spirits, and tls° jir
soner, after remaining there a short tint"-, left h.,ife to
mates, and said he was going home to join his %ewe
Ratcliff. He had not been many minutes ascaT r his
Cullum, who was half dozing, felt in his pockets NA of
watch and money, and found he had been robbee'ajso
every farthing, and that his " bran new watch" 104
gone. Johnson suspected that Shears had been `jar
sae
with his friend, and had taken GOIIUdS 'V° itber
money without any intention of appropriating
to his ,own use, and proceeded to Rateliff seam
ofs
of him. He found the prisoner in the 11°,11611011'
respectable tradesman, named Watson, in Zro fer
street, Ratcliff, and told him he had collie '-',—sseats
Cullum's property, which he had taken charge 0,,1- d what
pretended ignorance of his meaning, and ast'heios''3 of
things were meant. Johnson replied. ,‘ Those t"-jols
Bill Cullutn's." The prisoner said, "Oh I tli,e o°l
Johnson answered, " Yes, the watch and t",,eA
too ; you have got both."; The prisoner as whin
Watson for a watch he had given into his cared
proved to be Cullum's, and it was delivered
voteintlitrd
son's hands. He then demanded the money, ;AP
prisoner denied having. Johnson told him to forth'
fortly
his pockets, which he did, but no money ,`"- It e,
coming. Shears was then given into custooP bad ."1"
proved by Johnson and Cain that CoLleirjli te;
watch and money safe on leaving the •ne.,'-'ss
minus at Vauxhall, and that while be A','o.bri"rob
hackney-coach, between that place and Dan"-oa nd
the prisoner said the watch would'nt g,e' ear ;he
Cullum held it close to the prisoners, „I t
told him to hear it tick. It also appeared t""4,-, diaLa
delivered the watch into Mr. Watson's care P'"lval a`-in
say it belonged to his shipmate. The rdieo eorre";
unable to trace the sailor's notes, and nom °lleYod np
ponding with that taken from Cullum was f°11•
the prisoner. Ole
,„h-
Mr. Hodgson, the solicitor who appeared °filo ar-
soner, cross-examined the seamen, and said, .` was k.;
was given to the prisoner to take care of, andhad to
bable some of the loose women at Farnham
his money. a 0.
ae
Johnson—Avast there, Sir, he had his p01e3,004
safe when he came out of the boxes on till"
Vauxhall. at).
Mr. BRODERIP regretted that the poor fell° a the
the whole of his hard earnings, and coin
soner for trial.
CROYDON POLICE. of Csl*'
In consequence of the numerous robberies f her;
and accidents occasioned by the negligence enolis
vers, who generally, upon leaving them to o.of
their teams, go to sleep, and allow their horst.ssionePo.
along the road as they please, the Conirnlisj the coer
Police have recently issued instructions te r cacti,
stables belonging to that force to summon eve.yojip
whom they may find asleep in his vehicle, or "hots ;
ing without reins, or acting in any waY s,O of opt
to have the proper controul and managerne'dilig
horses. The police have, in consequence, 1)(.' ofd
in their endeavours to remedy the evil cornplain'a bola
at the last meeting of the Bench of Magistrate they,
Croydon, Mr. M`Lean, the superintendent ot oa
division, attended for the purpose of suPPnrtill.g. ageit;•
ber of informations laid, under his directioens;lloo,„A
different parties for infringing the law in. '
spent. Many of the cases were of a most agegitli beetirie
character. The drivers, in sonic instances, wet. in, t,
shops drinking, while their vehicles were so Oor
dark, straggling about the road in all directiostS,o6
according to the testimony adduced, if A ellit't
any other vehicle had come up, a serious accede-mrti
have taken place. In other cases the drivers WeOet,c
fast asleep in their carts, trusting entirely to theAtfele'e
of their horses. The Bench inflicted fines in v6elo
amounts upon all the offenders • they at the °,'#f_gic'el
observed, that this offence was becoming a ni°3: elar4.
evil, and in their own experience hardly a dsd'se °A,I•
tp eite
without some accident occurring in eonseque,;-,.
They were determined to put a stop to it -id 'nip
ing heavy fines upon all who were convicted to Len
and they also said that the public were indellsd tirsed
M'Lean, the superintendent, for the pains:e° ogre; be
in the matter. Some of the defendants haelrVreeLeftioa,
their inability to pay the fines, were of C°l-1, °
committed for short periods to the Hoos,he wou'offeoce•
and the Magistrates said they hoped 7,el of the
warning to others, and prevent a recurre'l"
POLICE Isbotir-
WANDSWORTH POi'-, tsc°'".
Yesterday James Scott and James Parfi'lisrge"to the
ing men, were brought up on a warraet,,Foging
poaching upon an estate at Wimbledon, a 0'
Duke of Cambridge. o>nb 1111 fter.
Alfred Dann stated that he lived at ')°,-toodaY, Wiar
gamekeeper to his Royal Highness. Olt, roan" ore
noon, about four o'clock, witness was who roan"
bledon-common, when be saw the prisoners, round
bes
head of him, enter an enclosed piece °I g the° Or°
The Round." He followed, and S3W loci;
about and search for game. He believeci
ow limit
in pursuit of hares. When the prisoners wont ttia
they tried to hide themselves, ands cott os ge
dense hawthorn to avoid him. Witness, nP„,ao, tar,
nearer to Scott, saw that he had a sheAcb-Pitdi
pocket ; it was a regular poacher's gun. .-14 pc ale; .),wi
had no dogs. Scott said to witness, " '3,"°n isonetl 510
the wrong time of day." Neither of the Pr o
any game in their possession. Scott had a r
ifera
besides the gun. „risolle4l.s
Mr. PAYNTER said he had no doubt the r- _
d le
there for the purpose of poaching, and finen wed iv
each, and Is. costs, or in default to be cosini
days. The prisoners were both committed. ,„
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