The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-20 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COOURT-CTHIS DAY

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron GuietiE Y. )
POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.-George Ming, aged 18, a re-
spectable young man in appearance, and clerk in the
Inland department of the General Post-office, was ihdicted
with stealing, on the 4th of the present month, a letter
containing one bank note, value 101., one value al., th"c
sovereigns, and ls. of the Postmaster-General, while em-
ployed a, a clerk in the Post-office.
The case was a tew days ago fully gone into before the
Magistrates at Bow-street, and it is, therefore, unnecessary
to go again into the details.
Witnesses were examined to prove that on the 4th of thet
present month a letter arrived by the mail from Miricie.
Bosworth, containing the money in question, in the on'',
nary course of business, and that the prisoner was deteetert
in stealing the letter and its contents. The letter which
contained the money was taken from the mouth of the
prisoner by Tyrrell, one of the constables of the post"
office. The sum of 3/. Is, was found upon the pr;soner,
but the notes were not discovered, and as the number of
them had not been taken, they could not be traccd ;
it was supposed the prisoner had swallowed them.
Emma King, the sister of the prisoner, proved that
the night of the 3d of August she had gone with her
mother into the prisoner's bedroom, fur the purpose c'tf
placing three sovereigns on the mantel-piece. She wei'
into his room the next morning, and the sovereigns were
gone.--(The object of the evidence was to account fort
money found in the prisoner's possession.)
Several witnesses were called on behalf of the
1)who stated that previous to the present transaction his cc)g-
duct was unimpeachable.
Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Adolphus conducted the r°s3cll-
tion, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up, and the jury found tbe
prisoner guilty of embezzling the letter.
The Court deferred passing sentence.
fa tbet
The prisoner is very respectably connected, his
„,
being a retired officer of the army, and two of his brothel
had been killed in the service of their country. t
John Thomas Hogg pleaded guilty to an indictroeni,
charging him with stealing a letter containing seven °tile
notes, value 10/. each, of the Postmaster-General, "'"„r
in the service of the Post-office, of which he was
lty
carrier, and Richard Hogg his father also pleaded Vibe
to feloniously receiving the notes, knowing them tying
stolen. Thu latter prisoner also pleaded guilty to ha ri
v
been before convicted of felony, and sentenced to 11",,,,`n
sonment.
transportation,
n r sentenced
and
Richard
h n T hom a
is i Hogg,ogg,
th et 11;
tsa
ten io
years'Thceu
transportation for life.

• NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
STEALING WINE.—Matthew Barnes and Slepe- "Poe
lard were indicted for stealing four bottles of sherry'
property of Mr. Henry Henderson, the master of the r
soner nes. a
d,
nt
It a Bppar eared that Mr. Henderson is a wine-rte' er
in Piccadilly, who has also an establishment in Or°3;01-
yard, where the prisoner Barnes was his cellarman. off
lard was a shoemaker, living near Ormond-yerrl' d the
suspicions of the prosecutor being excited, he
desire llera
police to watch the cellar, and a policeman saw - °
fl
of
ed
coming out of the cellar with a blue bag. He st opr
him, and the bag was found to contain the four bolt
sherry produced.
An apprentice of the prisoner Pollard proved that
master was frequently in the habit of drinking wine'
Barnes had pleaded guilty. eal'
The Jury found Pollard Guilty, and they Were or.
sentenced to three months' imprisonment with herd 111
%IC.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Phillips defended the prisoner Pollard.
victeatb°:
James Smith and Joseph Peters were con
stealing three pairs of boots, and three pairs ofsl3nes'
property of Richard Pinkncy.
need
Smith, having been previously convicted, was seated to
to seven years' transportation ; Peters was sentence
three months' imprisonment with hard labour. .1 for
Peter Sturgeon and Henry Mallars were indicted
and
stealing a ham, the property of Thomas Young'
acquitted.
I,,,odker'
They were again indicted for stealing a
000.
chief, the property of Thomas Gordon, from his
Mallars was acquitted, and Sturgeon was found Gu
and sentenced to ten years' transportation.

TRIAL OF PRINCE LOUIS
NAPOLEON.
, la'
COURT OF PEERS.—SITTING OF TUESDAY, A of
This day having been appointed for the convocaotipoeers
the Court of Peers, there were about from 100 to 1,1003'
present at noon. The avenues leading to the
was no
bourg presented the usual appearance. There ,scinCe
extra display of troops, nor did the public seem tomuencea
much curiosity. The business of the Court con, orcloa'
RoYaltrial of
by the President, M. Pasquier, reading the
nance for the convocation of the Peers for the was
Prince Louis Napoleon, after which the sitting 1,,,,e01u"r% was
flounced by the President to be secret, the
cleared of all s getranrs.
I otber Peers,
On Monday the Duke Decazes, and severs- rs
went to the Conciergerie to interrogate the prise
all
11
The Messager states that eighty-nine warrants ill
the
have been issued for the arrest of persons invelvect
attempt of Prince Louis Bonaparte; some of these,
ever, have been evaded by flight, and of those taken 5C
ar
ral have been discharged after being a few days in eonal' i,
ment. Those remaining in custody, it says, amount 1'
seventy-six, including the crew of the Edinburgh Castl6'
Advices from Boulogne state that the wounds of Coif;
nel Voisin will take a long time in healing, so that ";
will not be in a state to be moved to Paris for sOi
weeks. He is said to support his sufferings with gre%
courage, and appears resigned to his fate. He complai°6
of injustice from the Government, and declares that 11,,
was impelled to join in the attempt by a desire to avaghe
himself. Colonel Laborde distinguished himself at t"
battle of Austerlitz, and commanled the Old Guard in tylr,
island of Elba. All the articles to be produced in co;
dente before the Court of Peers have been sent °

among them is the Bonapartean hat of the Prince. „,u.
Thirty-nine more of the prisoners in the affair of.P"c,
logne have arrived at the Conciergerie in cellular carriagaio
escorted by det-chments of gendarmerie. Prince Vt 01
who occupies the chamber the most distant from tha the
Count Montholon, on hearing the noise occasioned by ea'
arrival of these prisoners, and suspecting what it
confined
treated that his valet de chambre Bellier might be direcot
with him, or at least allowed to wait upon him. The
of the prison replied that it was out of his power to ee pc-
with this request so long as the order for solitary led
ment should be continued. The Prince was much B°oo-
at the refusal.. He has, however, all the liberty Ae of
patible with his position, and passes nearly the.whube it
his time in smoking and in readin books, Which IV
allowed to receive according to his own choice• here-
fore, be at once removed from' Boulogne,
prisoners who were wounded and who could not, teuctea
arc OP
very shortly. o a
" .The day before yesterday," says the Comma-erne, the
certain quantity of furniture was transferred fr.euxeo.
Garde Meuble of the Crown to the prison of the
bourg, destined, it is said, for the use of Prince 14eu„ from
poleon, who will shortly be transferred to that ptis°P
the Conciergerie."