The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF FELONY.—John Morris, a
very respectable-looking young man, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Burrell, upon the following unfounded
charge of felony:—
Mr. Win. Booth, a painter, &c., at 26, Crown-row,
Mile End-road, stated that the prisoner had been in his
employment as a journeyman for the last three or four
months. He ;had suspected him frequently of having
more materials than he wanted for his jobs, and con-
verting them to his own use, and in consequence of this
he discharged him three weeks ago, but then had no-
thing more than suspicion against him. Prisoner had
then been to work at Mr. Moore's, at Brompton, for five
or six weeks, at which job he had had two dusting-
brushes of his (prosecutor's) from him. One of these
he had put in varnish, the other was used as a dusting
brush. After prisoner's discharge, he brought away his
tools from the job, and a dusting brush in his basket, but
whether the brush was his (prosecutor's) he could not
say, as he had since ascertained that prisoner's brother;
who was a very respectable man, and whose word he
(prosecutor) could take, had lent him a dusting brush
whilst at the job. One of the dusting brushes given to
the prisoner was missing, but it might have been that
prisoner had lost his (prosecutor's) and had then got his
brother to lend him oue.

Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, inquired whether that was
the only charge the prosecutor had against the pri-
soner? Prosecutor replied that was the only one.
Mr. BURRELL observed that there was not the shadow
of a case made out. There was no groand whatever for
the charge against the prisoner, and he should so mark
the police sheet.
The accused complained of the treatment he had re-
ceived.

As he was leaving the felon's dock,
Mr. BonnELL observed—You may refer to me when-
ever you please, and I will state the facts as far as I
know them.

The young man bowed to the worthy Magistrate and
withdrew.

WORSHIP-STREET.

SHAMEFUL ASSAULT UPON A GIRL.—A person dressed
in gentlemanly style, who gave his name Charles John.
son, but who was stated to be a wealthy carcase butcher
named William Chambers, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Brougnton, upon a charge of indecently assaulting
a girl thirteen years of age, named Maria Harris.
From the statement of the girl it appeared that, having
been sent on an errand on Monday evening, she lost 6d.
near Hoxton Church, and was looking fur it and crying,
when the prisoner came up and inquired the cause of
her distress, and then told her that if she would come
with him he would give her 64. She accordingly walked
with him until they came to the distant part of Hoxton,
when he took hold of her arm, and, having led her into
a field, gave her 6d., and proceeded to assault her in the
way she described. She, upon discovering his inten-
tions, resisted, and cried " Murder," and the policeman
took the prisoner into custody.
M'Cole, 53 N, said be saw the gentleman walking
with the girl in a way that excited his suspicion, and
followed him to the field. What the defendant was
saying to the girl he could not distinctly hear ; but he
heard the girl say, " I won't ;" and hearing her cry out
presently afterwards, he hastened to the spot, where he
found the defendant with disordered dress, and in a
situation of unequivocal indecency, and reproached him
with such conduct towards a mere child. The defend-
ant did not say a word in reply, and was taken to the
station- house.

The prisoner now said, that he had been drinking
freely with some friends, and on his way was accosted
by several loose females ; and, when he saw the girl, he
thought she was one of the same class ; therefore went
with her, but did not offer or intend any violence.
The policeman said he did not appear at all intoxi-
cated.

Mr. BROUGHTON said he should commit him for trial
for misdemeanour, but remanded him on bail for the
present.

SOUTHWARK.

ROBBERY BY WORKMEN.-- Jacobs and John
Palmer were brought up for re-examination, charged
with robbing Messrs. Jones and Letts, coalmerchants,
of Bankside, of a quantity of oats ; and Wet. Simpson,
a town carman, was charged with receiving the pro-
perty, knowing it to have been stolen.
It appeared that the two first-named prisoners have
been for some length of time in the complainant's ern-
ploy, Jacobs holding a confidential situation, and both
of them being provided with a dwelling on the premises.
On Saturday morning last, between three and four
o'clock, the policeman on duty near the complainants'
wharf had intimation that three sacks of oats were ob-
served to be taken from thence to the stabling belonging
to Simpson, a town carman. The policeman, upon this
information, watched, and saw Simpson afterwards give
three empty sacks to Jacobs. who was thereupon taken
into custody. The other prisoners were subsequently
apprehended, and in the most positive manner denied
that they were concerned in the transaction. Evidence,
however, was upon this occaion adluced, that Jacobs,
upon being taken into custody, made_ a voluntary con-
fesion of his guilt, to a Mr. Kennard, to whom he de-
clared it was the first time he had ever plundered his
employers, and expressed a hope that he would be
forgiven, adding that he had been drawn into the corn•
mission of the act by others. With respect to Simpson,
who is a person in good circumstances, and up to the
period, has borne an irreproachable character for honesty,
it was alleged that he was actually present in his stables
at the time the oats were taken there, and that he was
therefore cognisant of the fact, and received there, well
knowing they were stolen.
Mr. Salomans, on the part of the receiver, urged in
his defence, that the empty sacks he was seen to hand
over to Jacobs on the morning in question had been
lent to him previously, and he was returning them,
and that, as had been asserted, they were not brought
to his premises full of oats. The fact was, he had used
the sacks at Richmond. A sample of the oats was
produced, and it corresponded in quality and appearauce

with a quantity recently purchased of them in a foreign
market.

In the course of the examination it appeared that
the above firm had recently discovered that they had
been plundered to a very serious extent, and there was
no doubt it was by those in their employ.
The MAGISTRATE committed Jacobs and Simpson for
trial, the latter as the receiver, and adjudged the other
prisoner to enter into his recognisance to appear at this
Court at the commencement of the next sessions.