The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Mr. Kerby, the superintendent, of the Northampton
police forge, attended before Mr. Henry, to give s)me
facts relative to the prisoner Smith, alias Eales, who had
been committed from .this Court on Friday last, on a
charge of going to the house of Mr. Hamblin, and by
threats, presenting a pistol and dagger, extorting a 101
note.

Mr. Kerby stated that Smith, alias Eales, had, in the
year 1842, been tried and convicted of a burglary and
robbery, near Towcester, and sentenced to ten years'
transportation, but had managed to effect his escape from
on board one of the hulks off Portsmouth. Besides this,
he (Mr. Kerby) held in his hands a warrant for his ap-
prehension on a charge of a daring highway robbery,
but he supposed there would be no use or opportunity of
serving it upon him, as the charge upon which he had
been committed appeared so conclusive, as to leave very
little doubt of his conviction.
Mr. HENRY thought it would be desirable, as the pri-
soner was so notorious a character, that Mr. Kerby, or
some other person conversant with the fact, should
attend at the trial, and give evidence of his former con-
viction.
Mr. Kerby replied that this should be done.
SOUTHWARK.
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Charlotte Rand, housekeeper in the service of Mr.
Wilson, secretary to the Plate-glass Company in Albion-
place, was charged with robbing her
employer
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were charged as the receivers.
It appeared that the female prisoner had been in the
complainant's service about nine months, and of late was
su'pected of plundering the house. For the purpose of de-
tection she was watched on the preceding night, and seen
to leave her master's house, and was followed into Seacoal-
lane in the City, where she was observed to meet Bra-
ham, and to hand over to him a basket, containing a
large quantity of eatables, consisting of bread, butter,
meat, and soap, candles, and other articles, which she had
taken from her employer's house. On subsequent exa-
mination of the prisoner's house in Bethnal-green, an
immense quantity of articles, also consisting of various
kinds of food, together with paper belonging to the
Company, was discovered.
The female prisoner merely said that the cask of
flour found at her house was riot her master's pro-
perty, arid with respect to the remainder, it was all her
husband's. Her husband merely said he was innocent of
the offence with which he was charged, and requested
that he might be permitted to have an opportunity of
employing legal advice.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that it was only reasonable
to comply with the prisoner's request, and accordingly
remanded all the prisoners until Tuesday next.
Charles Perryman and Wm. Harvey were charged with
attempting to steal a gold watch from the person of
Captain Randall, Holles-street, Cavendish-square, at the
execution of Quennell, that morning, at Horsemoncrer-
lane gaol, a brief account of which appeared in The
Sun of 3 esterday.
Captain Randall stated that he went to witness the
execution of Quennell that morning on the top of Horse-
monger-lane gaol, and that while he was standing in a
position commanding a view of the scaffold, he was soon
surrounded by a great number of persons. He had not
long taken up the position, which was near the corner of
Swan-street, when his attention was excited by observing
the prisoners, wbo were in company of two other men,
all of whom stood immediately in front of him. They
began what is termed " larking" with each other, during
which the two prisoners were designedly pushed by their
companions against him, and at the moment he felt Per-
ryman's hand at his lob pocket, attempting to pull his
watch out. The latter made three different attempts to
obtain possession of the watch, and would unquestion-
ably have succeeded in his object, had not the chain been
twisted tightly round complainant's braces. The com-
plainant finding that the object of the fellows was to
rob him, called out for the police, upon which Harvey
ejaculated, " Let's be off, Charley ;" and they were in
the act of making their way through the crowd when he
(complainant) pointed them out to policeman 272 M,
who, with another policeman, managed to take them into
custody after a stout resistance, during which Harvey
struck 272 M a revere blow on the side of the head.
Policeman 270 M stated that he attended the execu-
tion iii plain clothes, and had been for some time watch-
ing the prisoners, and two other men in their company.
That he was standing at a short distance from them at
the moment they attempted to rob Captain Randall, and
that he observed two of the men (not in custody) inten-
tionally push the prisoners against the complainant,
when Perryman tried to pull the watch out of his
pocket. He (the Policeman) immediately went up, and
on securing Perryman,
he was struck on the head by
the other prisoner, and they were both so violent, and
made such resistance, that they would have escaped
had not some other policemen come up and assisted in
taking them into custody.
In reply to Mr. Corrneousm, Perryman said he ob.
tamed his livelihood by hard work, but he was unable to
say for whom or where he was last employed in trade.
The other prisoner also asserted that he was obtaining
an honest living, but admitted that he had been for some
time out of employ, and was latterly assisted by his
family. They both declared their innocence of having
any intention to rob the complainant, adding, that on
the pressure of the crowd before the prison, they were
jostled against the gentleman, but that was all.
The MAGISTRATE then proceeded to make some in-
quiries into the characters of the prisoners, and was in-
formed by Kent, one of the policemen attached to the
Court, that Harvey was tried and convicted some time
since at the Central Criminal Court and sentenced to be
transported, which, however, was afterwards commuted
to a lengthened imprisonment. The other prisoner was

also known as the associate of thieves.
A Mr. Austen stepped forward and stated that he was
present at the execution, and stood near the spot where
the above attempted robbery took place ; that while