The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-08 00:00:00

ran away. She gave information to the first policeman
she met, and afterwards being sent for when the pri-
soners were taken, she went down to the station and
identified them as soon as she saw them.

Policemam E 66 said—that- he took the prisoners in
custody. When they were searched at the station, three
half-crowns were found on Hamilton, and two shillings
on Mullins. Mullins said it was all hers, and a gentle-
man had given it to her. The prosecutrix was not sober.
The prosecutrix admitted that she was not quite sober,
but said that she knew what she was about.

The prisoners said the money was Mullins's.
Mr. JARDINE committed them for trial.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Francis Hollifiers was charged with obtaining jewellery
under false pretences to the value of 5001.

John Reardon, manager to Phillip Norton, pawn-
broker, 21, Green-street, Leicester.square, said the pri-
soner came to their place of business on the 7th of
January, 1845, and deposited in his hands a brilliant
brooch, for 70/., signing the agreement book. On the
9th of Januaryhe returned and deposited another bril-
liant brooch, on which he received SOL ; on the 16th of
January he deposited a brilliant ring, for 251, and on
the 20th of the same month another brilliant ring for
251., making in all 2001., which the prisoner received on
jewellery, signing the agreement book on each several
occasion. But in the month of September following an
action was instituted against Mr. Norton by the official
assignees of Mr. Linnet, goldsmith and jeweller, Argyle-
place, to recover the jewellery deposited by the prisoner,
as having been obtained by him from Mr. Linnet under
false pretences. The property therefore was arrested
and sold for behoof of Mr. Linnet's creditors.
Mr. Linnet, goldsmith and jeweller, Bloomsbury-
square, and late of Argyle-place, said the first introduc-
tion he had to the prisoner, was, from his bringing him
a workman in distress. In a few days afterwards he re-
turned, and represented himself as a hair-worker em-
ployed by the Queen, and got some few things, which he
immediately paid for. After making another small pur-
chase, and paying for it punctually, the prisoner
requested to have two diamond brooches, that he might
show them to the Queen, which witness, induced by the
punctuality of the prisoner's previous payments, allowed
him to have. The prisoner returned a day or two after
and said the Prince had bought the brooches, and would
give him a cheque for them on the Wednesday following,
as that was the only day on which his Royal Highness
paid cheques ; the prisoner, at the same time, got away
two diamond rings for the purpose, as he pretended, of
showing them also to the Queen. Instead of that, how-
ever, be heard afterwards that he had gone and pawned
them. The value of the whole amounted to somewhere
about 500/ The witness said he did not have his books
in court as they were not in his own hands, and the
jewellery bad been sold.
The prisoner said he was a hair-worker and artist to
the Queen, and had been once or twice at Mr. Linnet's
shop. The first time he bought 10/. worth of jewellery,
and at another time 601. worth, which he paid him for.
After this he showed a stick in the palace, and sold it to
Prince Albert, for which he paid Mr. Linnet 30/ It
was subsequent to this that Mr. Linnet, knowing he
was an artist to the Queen, begged him to take the
diamond brooches to the palace, in hopes that he might
be able to sell them, and he took them and showed them
to the chief secretary at the palace, and also to Mr.
Taylor, the second secretary, but when both these gen-
tlemen gave him no encouragement, and as he was in
want of money at the time, he went and deposited them
at Mr. Norton's, and sent the tickets to Mr. Linnet.
Mr. LONG said he was not satisfied that the charge of
false and fraudulent pretences could be sustained, as
that supposed the averment of some fact which after-
wards did not appear. The safest course which he
could take would be to convict the prisoner on one or
more charges of felony, but at present he would remand
him till Saturday next, and in the meantime Mr. Linnet's
books and, if possible, some of the articles of jewellery,
would be brought into court.
The prisoner, who is a German, was then removed
from
the bar.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY).
William Ringhorn, a stoker on board a steam-vessel
from Hamburgh, was charged before Mr. Seeker with
smuggling a quantity of tobacco.
Halloway, an officer of the Thames Police, stated that
the Wilberforce steam-vessel arrived opposite Davis's
wharf, at two o'clock on the preceding day, from Ham-
burgh. That at five o'clock the same afternoon, the pri
soner, who is a stoker on board the vessel, was seen to
land in a hurry after the passengers had disembarked,
and being followed, he was stopped, and on examining
his person a quantity of compressed tobacco was dis-
covered in the crown of his hat, inside his stockings, and
in his pockets. He was then taken into custody.
The prisoner said that he was about to take charge
of a saw-mill steam engine ashore, and that as it was
the last time he was going to Hamburgh, he thought he
would bring some of the weed with him ; Opt he could
declare he did not intend to dispose of any portion of it,
but meant to use it all himself. He therefore threw
himself on the mercy of the Court.
Mr. SECKER said he rendered himself liable to a very
heavy penalty; that he must have known it was against
the law to bring such an article from any part of the
continent without payment of the duty.
The prisoner was fined 405., and in default was com-
mitted for one month.