The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN A

BANK AT MANCHESTER.
On Monday morning last, at the Borcugh Sessions,
Manchester, a somewhat important case was tried, that
of John Cleveland, who was charged on one iudictment
with stealing notes to the amount of 270/. the property
of Henry Graves; and, on another, with attempting to
steal the same notes.
The prisoner, a young man of unassuming appearance,
bad been classed by rumour as one of the swell mob,
though his appearance indicated rather to the contrary.
Some sensation was created in court by the appearance,
for the defence, of Mr. Ballantine, whose frequent suc-
cessful advocacy at the Old Bailey, for criminals there
indicted, has rendered his name so well known through-
out the country. Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecu-
tion: Mr. Peter Burke being joined with Mr. Ballantine
in the defence.

The facts of the case were these :—The prosecutor,
Graves, went to the bank of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and
Co., there to change a cheque of 2711., and got two notes
for 1001., one for 50/., and one for 201. ; these notes,
having examined them, he folded up and put them into
his coat pocket, in which were a pair of gloves, a knife,
and a piece of ivory. He was in the act of taking the
remainder of the change from the counter, when he felt
a pull at his coat, and heard the rattle in his pocket of
the piece of ivory. This at once attracted his attention,
and in turning round he saw the prisoner close to him,
with his hand close to the pocket in which the notes had
been put. One of the gloves was banging out of the
pocket, and in the prisoner's hand were the notes and
other glove together. The prisoner pushed back the
notes into the pocket again, and then Graves caught
him by the collar, on which he said, " I beg your par-
don." The prisoner, on being charged with the rob-
bery, pulled out a number of sovereigns and spread
on the counter ; that showed that he had money, though
he bad not received them at the bank, nor had
he transacted any business there on that day. After
he put the sovereigns on the table he went
out in a great hurry, and as he left he was heard
to say something about fetching somebody to speak to
his character and to make all right ; but he was fol-
lowed out and taken at a public-house. On these facts
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Burke contended that there was
not such a removal of the property as to constitute lar-
ceny, and the Recorder being of the same opinion, after
hearing Mr. Pollock in reply, directed an acquittal for
the felony.
Mr. Ballantine then traversed the charge of misde-
meanor to the next sessions, and thus the matter rests.
—Manchester Courier.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—Thurs-
day afternoon an accident of a most distressing character
occurred in the Strand, near Wellington-street, to a person
named Carr, living at No, 4, Knightrider-court, Doctors'-
commons, who, it seems, was proceeding along and endeavour-
ing to cross the road, when a horse and gig came up at a
sharp pace, and before he could get out of the way was
knocked down, and sustained a broken leg, with such other
injuries as to render his recovery very dubious. He was re-
moved to th Charing-coos HOSPita