The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-15 00:00:00

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was strongly recom-
mended to mercy by the prosecutor.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to one month's
imprisonment, with hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
Thomas Turner, a letter•carrier employed in the Hox-
ton district, was charged with stealing a letter containing
two 51. notes, and two 104 notes, the property of the
Postinastcr General.

Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, called wit-
nesses to prove that the letter was sent by Mr. Zeal, a
wine-merchant of Westbury, on Friday last, to Messrs.
Vickers and Co., of Southwark, distillers, and the notes
in question were of the Devizes and Wiltshire bank.
Mr. Last, inspector of letter-carriers, proved that the
letter would have, in the course of business, passed
through the prisoner's hands.

The 101. note was seen by a sub-sorter, on Monday
last, in the prisoner's lodgings, and it was subsequently
found in his coat pocket.
Matthew Peake, a Post-office constable, proved that he
found the lOL note in question in the Post-office yard,
and having shown the prisoner a memorandum given to
him by the landlady of the Green gen public-house, on
BlacKheath, being an acknowledgment of a 101. note left
with her by a person giving the name of Jessop, he said
he lent it to a young man he did not know, and that was
his acknowledgment, in addition to which he said the
note was returned to him.

The prisoner was then ordered to be remanded.
GUILDH.-ILL.

A young boy, about twelve years of age, named
Horatio Nelson Branch, was charged, betore Sir James
Duke,.with stealing 41. from the office of the Chureh of
England Sunday Schools Institution, at No. 169, Fleet-
street.

The case having been established by evidence to the
satisfaction of the Court,

William Nelson Branch, the father of the prisoner,
said that, finding his son did not return home on Mon-
day night, he immediately instituted inquiries, and on
Tuesday afternoon, about seven o'clock, he met with him
at Greenwich fair, and found upon his person two sove-
reigns and a half in gold, 2e. 6d. in silver, and five pence
in coppers. Meeting with a policeman he gave him into
custody. When questioned, his son said that he slept
under one of the booths on Monday night.
Sir JAMES DUKE said that it was lamentable to see so
young a person commence such a career, whieh might
ultimately end in his being sent to Newgate, if nothing
worse happened.
The father said that his son had always had the best
example set him to pursue an honest course of life, and
he could not account for his conduct on the present oc-
casion.

Sir JAMES DUKE and Alderman FINNis having con-
sulted together, the former said that they had made up
their minds to send the boy to prison for fourteen
days, but to be kept separate, and be once well whipped.
At the expiration of his imprisonment they would then
see what could be done to save him.

A lab,,urer, named John Larch, whose head was
wrapped round with a cloth, and the whole of whose per-
son was covered with blood, was charged with violently
assaulting both his wife and son.
Sir JAMES DUKE asked the prisoner what he had to
say for himself. He was, however, so drunk that he ap-
peared not to understand what was going on, in conse-
quence of which Sir James Duke remanded him.