The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-10 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Thomas Emmell, a broker's man, was charged with
stealing part of a bankrupt's stock, while employed in
making out the goods in lots ready for sale.
It appeared that a tradesman, named Davis, a harness-
maker, in High-street, Southwark, had recently failed in
business, the consequence of which was that he became a
bankrupt, and his stock in trade was put up for auction.
The prisoner was employed on the premises in placing
the different lots ready for sale, and a few days ago he
was observed to leave the bankrupt's house, and to pro-
ceed to a marine-store shop in Union-street. Here he
produced a capacious blue bag on the counter, containing
a great number of brass articles used in the harness tra-le,
and wanted to dispose of them for a sum infinitely below
their raltte. A policeman, who had narrowly watched
the prisoner from the bankrupt's house to the marine-
store shop, entered the latter place at the moment he was
about to conclude a bargain. The prisoner, when ques-
tioned, equivecated a good deal, but at length acknow.
ledged that he had brought the articles from No. 100,
High-street, and that they had been given to him by
Mr. Mithell, an officer of the Bankruptcy Court, who had
charge of the stock on the premises. The answer, how-
ever, not satisfying the policeman, upon subsequent
inquiries being made on the subject, it was discovered
that the articles had been taken from the bankrupt's
stock by the prisoner, without the sanction or permission
of the individual in charge of the goods, and that he
availed himself of the circumstance of his being em-
ployed there to plunder the different articles from the
stock.

The MAGISTRATE said that persons in the prisoner's
situation had great facilities of plundering from a bank-
rupt's stock, and that the charge being one of an aggra-
vated nature, he should send it before a jury.
The prisoner was, therefore, committed.
William Minchiner, a master butcher, was charged
with furiously driving, and breaking the leg of a youth
named Smith, who had been confined in the hospital
since the accident.
It appeared that the complainant was driving a waggon
along High-street, and when near the corner of Thomas-
street, the prisoner drove his cart from the opposite side
of the road, and one of the shafts striking the boy on the
shoulder knocked him down, and one of the wheels
passing over his leg broke it about the centre. The lad
was taken up in an insensiblestate, it'4d conveyed to Si
Thomas's Hospital, where he has been confined ever
since the accident.

Evidence having been adduced that the accident was
attributable to the reekless manner in which he was
driving at the time,
• The MAGISTRATE inflicted a fine of 40s. on the defend-
ant, besides adjudging him to pay 101. as damages, which
sum when paid was directed to be handed over to the lad
who sustained the injury.
William Spink and Thomas Gore, carmen, in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Hooper, merchants, in Seething-lane,
City, were charged before Mr. Traill with stealing a
quantity of cow hair, u,ed in the making of wigs.
It appeared that on the preceding night the prisoners
were observed is Bermondsey-street carrying a bag
between them. They were stopped by a policeman, who,
finding the bag contained a quantity of cow hair, inter-
rogated them, but their answers are so unsatisfactory,
that he took them into custody. It was afterwards dis-
covered that the prisoners bad taken the hair
from their employers' premises, and were on their
way to a marine store shop, when they were
apprehended as above described. In the course of the
examination a curious fact was elicited, namely, that
the hair, which was that of cows' tails, was dyed, and
afterwards made into wigs, and false fronts, for the use
of ladies who required such ornaments.
The complainant, in reply to the Magistrate, said, that
of late he had lost a great quantity of hair of the above
description, and had no doubt he was plundered to a
considerable extent by the prisoners, who had ample
opportunity of doing so from the situations they filled
in the warehouse. _ .

The MAGISTRATE committed the prisoners, but they
will be brought up again for the purpose of having the
depositions taken.
HAMMERSMITH.

Two lads named Wm. Hawkins and Jacob Silk, were
charged with stealing iron from the works of the West
London Railway.
_ _

Policeman Ayres, T 215, deposed that about half past
five o'clock on the previous afternoon, whilst on duty in
the Uxbridge-road, he stopped the two prisoners, who
were in company together, near the West London Rail-
way-bridge, at Shepherd's Bush. The prisoner Hawkins,
was at the time carrying a sack. Witness looked into it
and found two pieces of iron now produced. He then
asked the prisoners where they had got the iron from ;
when they both said, pointing towards the railway," We
got them from near to the road leading to Kensal-green."
Witness then took them to the station-house.
William Wilson, of No. 2, Pickering-place, Queen's-
row, Bayswater, deposed that he was foreman over the
labourers on the West London Railway. The two pieces
of iron, called connecting-chains, or switches, now, pro-
duced by the police, were the property of the London
and Birmingham Railway Company. The prisoners were
fully committed for trial.
THAMES.

Robert Clark, a seaman, was charged with damaging
a cab.

It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was
paid off on Wednesday. He engaged a cab, and sallied
out on a cruise. He was unable to steer, and having
neither box nor compass, soon capsized the vehicle. Ile
got off the box, lifted up the cab, and, having taken in
an extra passenger, made all the sail he was able for the
Commercial-roal. On arriving at the Cannon-street
gate toll was demanded, but Jack said he paid no further
dues, and drove on. He had not gone far before he ran
foul of a coffee stall, and made a wreck of it. Having
satisfied the owner, he again made all the sail he was
able, stud was followed by a motley group, who cheered
him on. After some further proceedings,
Mr. BALLANTINE said, the loss sustained by the cab-
man is of some consequence to him, and you must pay
for the damage.
The cabman estimated the expense of repairing the
injury at 50s.
Mr. BkLLtNTINE said, unless the prisoner paid a fine
of 505., he must go to gaol for 21 days.

Tug TOWER.—Great activity is daily manifested
in the p' oving and fitting up of muskets for the use of the
militia; they are to be on the percussion principle, and several
extra armourers and labourers are employed.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A WATERLOO VETERAN.--
On Thursday afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St.
George's Hospital on the body of William Dagnall, aged
seventy-six, an out- pensioner of Chelsea Hospital. It ap-
peared by the evidence that the deceased, who resided at No
4, Ebury-street, Pimlico, was present at the principal actions
in the last Peninsular war, and also at the battle of Water-
loo, where he highly distinguished himself. On the 4th ult.
he received his quarter's pension, and afterwards drank freely
of spirits. Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening he
was entering the Coach and Horses public- house in Royal
Hospital-row, wid whilst in the doorway he suddenly fell to
the ground and fractured his left leg. He was removed to
the above hospital, when he received every attention, but he
gradually sunk under the injury, and expired on Monday
last. Verdict, "Accidental death."