The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-03 00:00:00

CLERKEIV WELL.

Joseph Stevens, a smartly dressed youth, was
charged by Mr. Della Torre, looking-glass maker, of
Lamb's Conduit-street, with stealing a valuable
looking. glass.
It appeared that on Tuesday afternoon last the
prisoner was observed to enter the shop of the prose-
cutor and walk off with the property, when being
suspected by a passenger he was pursued and given
into custody.
Sev,ral respectable tradesmen attended to complain
that they were daily plundered in this way, and that
they were not efficiently protected by the police, for
which they were heavily taxed. Scarcely a day
passed by without robberies being committed upon
them, and thieves escaped because there was not a
sufficient number of police to watch the neighbour-
hood.

Sergeant Lester, 10 E, said there were two police-
men uppoieted to watch that particular street ; but
the robberies were mainly attributable t• the parties
themselves, who left the shops and property without
proper protection.
Mr. COMBE suggested, that ,if they had any case
of complaint they ought to apply to the Commis-
sioners of Police.

An overseer, one of the board of guardians, said
that he had been robbed, and he had made a corn-
plaint to the police without effect.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and begged of
Mr. Combe to commit him to Newgate for trial, and
not to the Middlesex Sessions.

Mr. COMBE-Why do you wish to go to the Old
Bailey ? Prisoner—Because I shall have a fair trial
there.

He was fully committed to Newgate.
James Doddridge was finally examined, charged
with having extensively plundered his employer, Mr.
Hammond, ironmonger, of Old-street, St. Luke's.
Mr. Hobler attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Humphreys for the prisoner.
The prisoner, it will be recollected, was remanded
for Mr. Combe's consideration and decision in re-
ference to the application of Mr. Humphreys, to
deliver up to tie prisoner considerable property which
was found in his possession when he was appre-
hended ; and which was objected to by Mr. Uobler.
Some additional evidence was taken, when Mr.
Humphreys renewed his application.
Mr. COMBE said, it was a very peculiar case. He
had made inquiries and maturely considered the ques-
tion ; and he decided not to make any order as to the
property, but to leave it for the prisoner's trial.
The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate.
We are requested to state that the second half of a
Sl. note, No. 25,669 (the other half having been pre-
♦iously acknowledged), has been forwarded to the
poor-box of this court by " W.," with a request that
the receipt of both might be acknowledged for the
satisfaction of the benevolent donor.
WESTMINSTER.

Mr. Symonds, one of the inspectors of the B divi-
sion, informed the Magistrate that Jokn Wilson, whose
name appeared upon the charge-sheet as having been
drunk and incapable of taking care of himself in
Tothill-street, at half-past five that morning, had died
about three hours afterwards, in the station-house.
It was found on inspecting the cells that the poor man
(supposed to be a mendicant, nearly seventy years of
age) was ill, and he was immediately brought out to
the tire, and medical aid sent for, but he died almost
immediately.
Mr. I3nonErtir directed that the necessary notice
should be given to the Coroner.
SOUTHWARK.

John Roberts was brought before Mr. Cottinglaam,
charged with stealing a quantity of gutta percha, the
property of a tradesman in the Borough.
A policeman stated, that on the preceding after-
noon he met the prisoner hurrying along Bird-cage-
alley, carrying a roll of gutta percha on his shoulders.
Suspecting he had stolen the article he stopped him,
and on questioning him he dropped his load on the
ground and tried to escape. He was stopped, how-
ever, and desired to carry the gutta percha to the
station-house, which he refused, and insisted that the
policeman had a right to perform that teak himself,
which he was ultimately compelled to do, taking care,
however, to secure his prisoner and take him there
also. Subsequently it was ascertained that the gutta
percha was stolen from a tradesman's shop-door near
the spot where the prisoner was stopped.
The prisoner, in defence, said, that the gutta
percha was given him by a strange man, who was to
have given him a shilling for carrying it for him ;
that being out of work he gladly accepted the offer,
when he was pounced upon and taken into custody.
The MAGIIIITRATA asked him, where the man was
by whom he was employed P—The reply was, that he
" bolted" when he saw the policeman.
COTTINGIPAII said, that was the common de-
fence of persons stopped in the streets with stolen
property, and that he should give the prisoner an
opportunity of making that defence before a jury by
committing him for trial.

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At Trehill, Devonshire81RT113.,
Mrs. Plantagenet Somerset, of
a son.
On the 19th ult., at Rotherhithe, the wife of AIL Thomas
Moss, of a son.
On the 26th ult., Mrs. G. E. VaEntine, of Southampton-
street, Bloomsbury-square, of a daughter.
On the 31th ult., in Thurloe-square, the wife of E. H.
Denison, Esq., of a son.
Ou the 30th ult., in St. Helen's-place, the lady of Richard
Davis, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at Park-villas, Holloway, Mrs. P. G.
Grevills, of a daughter.
On the 31st alt., Mrs. W. Bousfield, of Streatham-hill, of
a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at the Residentiary-house, Amen-court,
St. Paul's, the wife of the Rev. W. J. Hall, of a daugktnr,
still-born.

On the 31st ult., at Backford Hall, Mrs. Holt Glegg, of
a son.