The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-25 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUGHES.)
CHARGE OF SHOPLIFTING.—Ann Wilson, a rather
respectable-looking young woman, was indicted with
stealing 32i yards of damask silk, value 131., the pro-
perty Joseph Allinson.
It appeared from the evidence brought forward that
Mr. Allinson carried on an extensive business as a silk
mercer and linendraper in Westminster, and that on the
18th of the present month, the prisoner, in company with
another female, came into the shop and purchased some
small articles. They were about leaving when the shop-
man, Walker, whose suspicions had been excited, told
her he thuught she had something about her which she
had not paid for. She denied it, and he then discovered
the silk lying on the floor under her mantle. The other
woman in the meantime had left the shop, and the pri-
soner talked of a compromise.
The jury, considering the case a weak one, Acquitted
the prisoner.

Philip Magnus was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of
August, three half-crowns, two shillings, one sixpence,
and a fourpenny piece, the property of Ann Davis, from
her person.
The prosecutrix, when called upon, did not make her
appearance, and consequently the case failed against the
prisoner.
From the evidence of Mr. J. Hanbury, a grocer at
Islington, it appeared that on the 31st of August, about
a quarter to five in the afternoon, as he was going down
Great Carter-lane, he heard the cry of " Stop thief I stop
thief !" and saw the prisoner running at great speed. As
he passed by witness, he said, " There he goes! there
he goes! stop him! stop him! ' Witness instantly caught
hold of the prisoner and threw him upon his back, and
upon the prosecutrix coming up, she said he had robbed
her of all her money. The prisoner said to witness that
he had plenty of money, took a quantity out of his
pocket, and said, " Here, take it." Witness advised the
prosecutrix not to do so, and the prisoner was given into
custody.
Mr. Hardy, a surgeon, of Great Carter. lane, corrobo-
rated the testimony of the last witness.
The RECORDER thought, in the absence of the prose-
cutrix, that there was no case to go to the jury.
The prisoner was then Acquitted, the Learned JUDGE
telling him, that if he had been convicted, he should
certainly have transported him.
It was generally supposed that the prosecutrix, who
had appeared before the magistrates, was kept out of the
way by the friends of the prisoner.
JUVENILE TASTE FOR RUMP STEAKS. John Els-
worthy, 20, and 1177 n. Haynes, 17, were convicted of
stealing thirty-two pounds of a rump of beef the property
of Henry Caswill, and sentenced, the former to three
months', and the latter to six months' imprisonment and
hard labour in the House of Correction.

MARLBROt-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Frederick Williams, a respectable-looking tradesman,
was put to the bar this morning, charged by himself
with theft.
Police• constable 122 C said he was in Swallow-
street, Regent-street, about half-past two this morning,
when the man at the bar me: him with a pint pot in his
hand. He said he had stolen it, because he wanted a
night's lodging, and had no place to go to.
The defendant, in answer to the Magistrate, said he
was a printer, belonging to Gravesend, and had come to
London to get work, but being unsuccessful, he was des•
titute. He had applied at St. James's workhouse and
St. George's workhouse in vain.
Mr. HARDWICKE advised him to return immediately
to his parish at Gravesend, where, if his case were de-
serving, he would be aided by the overseers. If he were
brought up again on a similar charge, the Magistrate
said he should be obliged to send him to the House of
Correction.—He was then discharged.

CLERKE—NWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
John Dens, a working smith, in the employ of Mr.
H. R. Clarke, brazier and ironfounder, in Cow-cross•
street, was charged with robbing his employer of some
working materials and implements used in the trade.
It appeared that the prosecutor had missed a number
of such articles from his workshops, and the prisoner
being suspected he caused him to be taken into custody,
when the property was traced to a pawn
broker, who
identified the prisoner as the person who pledged it.
Mr. ComuE ordered him to be committed for trial at
the present sittings of the Central Criminal Court.
An elderly man, named James Rice, was charged by
Mr. Wright, the extensive railway carriage and mail-
coach maker, of Gough-street, with having obtained
several sums of money, on account of the sale of several
articles in the trade, and which he should have imme-
diately handed over to Mr. Martin, the cashier.
Several of the men employed in the factory proved
having known Rice to receive money for the sale of
various articles for cab fittings, and also with having