The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

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The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.

MARLBRO' STREET—(THIS DAY.)
CAPTURE OF GAMBLERS.—James Hart, 13, White
Hart-street, Drury-lane; Thomas Dreme, cigar dealer,
24, John-street, Tottenham-court- road ; Arthur Mathews,
law stationer, 27, Cumberland-street, Camberwell; John
Seyfort, 13, Sherrard-street, clerk; John Holland,
sadler, 16, Rathbone-place; James Thompson, 22, High-
street, Kensington; William Clark, 22, Porter-street,
waiter; John Saunders, 24, Commercial-road East,
tailor ; William Mordaunt, 15, Belgrave-street, Pimlico,
commission agent; William Howard, Stromboli. cottage,
Pimlico, bootmaker ; and George Caldwell, 15, Little
Guildford•street, Russell-square, teacher of music; were
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been
found in a common gambling house, No. 17, Castle-
street, Leicester-square.
Mr. Henry Beresford, Superintendent of the C divi-
sion of police, said—l produce the report made by me to
the Commissioners of Police, and the order of the Com-
missioners to enter the house, No. 17, Castle-street,
Leicester-square. In compliance with this order, I went
about a quarter past nine last night to the house, ac-
companied by several constables. On arriving at the
door I found it secured by a strong chain. I knocked
several times for admission, and not receiving
any answer, I directed the constables to break
the door open, which, after some difficulty, was done. I
then went into a room on the ground-floor, where I saw
the defendants, Hart, Mathews, Seyfort, and Holland.
I directed the constables to secure them. I then forced
an entrance through a thin partition leading to
the stairs. On arriving at the top of the staircase, I
found all further ingress secured by a trap-door,
which was strongly fastened. I directed it to be
forced open by crowbars, and after some time a
hole sufficiently large was made, through which a con•
stable was put, who broke open the door with a crow-
bar. I then went into a room and found the other de-
fendants sitting round a table, covered with green
baize. There was a fire in the room, and I distinctly
saw papers burning in the grate, and a quantil of
metal in a state of fusion. I directed a con-
stable to throw some water on the fire, which
extinguished it. I then saw one of the con-
stables take the portion of the roulette-wheel: produced
from a sink in the room. I also found an engraving,
which fitted into the frame of the roulette-wheel, which
when hanging up, had all the appearance of a picture.
In another part of the room I found the bank-boxes and
the metal produced, which was taken from under the
grate. The whole of the prisoners were then secured,
and taken to the station.
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five o'clock, I commenced watching the house in Castle-
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admitted. The door was then chained again imme-
diately.
Police-constable 5 C said, by the orders of my super-
intendent, I searched the ground floor of the house in
Castle-street. In the back room. I found Howard sitting