The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-17 00:00:00

gation was very remarkable, was then taken back to
prison.

GUILDHALL.

WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT, &c.—Yesterday three persons,
named Wm. Shaw, John Colder, and Win. Pitchford, were
brought before Alderman Lucas, charged with having a num-
ber of sacks belonging to Messrs. Trueman, Hanbury, and
CO., the brewers, part of a number which had been stolen
from the Eastern Counties Railway.
The case excited some interest, from the fact that the par-
ties were all connected together in an illicit still, in conjunc-
tion with other persons, and that some quarrel having taken
place amongst them, a general split was the result.
A few days since, from information received, police-consta-
ble 357 proceeded to a house in Playhouse-yard, for the pur-
pose of making a seizure of a still, but on searching he found
that everything .had been lately removed except three sacks,
with Trueman, Hanbury, and Co.'s name on. There were
two men (Shaw and Couter) in the house at the time, whom
the officer took into custody for not being able to give an
4ccount of the sacks. They were brought up to the Court
and remanded for a few days. In the mean time the pri-
soner Pitchford gave into custody two men named Johnson
and Shaw, who were taken before the magistrate of Worship-
street on a charge of felony, and remanded until Saturday
next. Johnson was allowed out on bail, when he immedi-
ately gave Pitchford in charge for having had . the sacks
found at Playhouse-yard. The charge was heard here on
Wednesday, and a remand was granted, but Pitchford was
allowed out on bail. He no sooner got his liberty than he
returned the compliment by handing Johnson over to
the care of the police, and thus the matter stood when the
case was proceeded with yesterday.
Johnson's evidence was to the effect that at various periods
he had seen sacks at Pitchford's house, and that he offered
them for sale at ls. 6d. each, and that on one occasion he
wished him (Johnson) to erase the names, for which he
would give him 6d. per sack, but the offer was declined.
Pitchford went under various names, etch as Poole, Smith,
Pitch, &c., and belonged to the house in Playhouse. yard,
where he kept a private still at work. He himself went with
the prisoner Pitchford, and took the house from the landlord
in the name of Poole, which he believed to be the prisoner's
right name.
William Johnson, the eon, deposed to having been em-
ployed by the prisoner to work the still in Playhouse-yard.
The house was taken in the name of Poole, which he believed
to be the prisoner's real name. Sacks came at various times
with different articles in them, and they all had the name of
Truman, Hanbury, and Co. on them.
The prisoner's (Pitchford's) counsel contended that he
never went by the name of Poole, nor did he take the house;
and called the landlord, who at once said that the prisoner
was not the Mr. Poole who took the house. The person who
did so referred to the elder Johnson, who gave Mr. Poole
an excellent character.

--,_ .1-1- r...--. di. "Rant., enmities Railway. stated that he
belonged
to the Brick-lane station, and that in the month of
_ _- _

May one parcel of sacks, out of eight, directed to Thetford,
was missing. and was never heard of afterwards. They inuit
have been placed in some cart, and thus carried away from
the premises.

The sacks were identified by a gentleman from Messrs.
Truman's as belonging to that company.
The two first prisoners declared that they knew nothing
of the sacks; they were only employed on the premises as
labouring men.
Alderman LUCAS decided on discharging them.
They were then placed in the witness box, and stated, that
they were employed by a person named Poole, but the pri-
soner Pitchford was not him. • The prisoner often called at
the premises in Playhouse-yard, as well as Johnson, while the
still was at work, but he never interfered in any way, nor did
he ever pay them.
After some more evidence of a conflicting character, Alder-
man LUCAS decided on sending Pitchford in the custody of a
constable to Worship. street, on a charge of offering sacks for
sale knowing whose property they were, the case turning out
not to be within the district of this Court.

In the course of the afternoon the prisoner was taken
before the magistrate at Worship-street, and was committed
for trial.

SOUTHWARK.

DESPERATE SUICIDAL ArrEmprs.—Yesterday, Elizabeth
Holmes, a respectable looking young female, was brought
before Mr. Seeker under the following circumstances
:
A policeman of the hi division stated that while on duty
in the Kent-road he went behind some new buildings, and
saw the defendant standing on the brink of a deep well,
which was uncovered at the time. Suspecting that her in.
tention was to precipitate herself into it, he went up, and
with some difficulty brought her away. When they were
walking together in the Kent-road she left his side, and run•
ning into the centre of the road threw herself down at the
moment a heavily-laden dray was passing along, and she
would inevitably have been run over if he had not dragged
her almost from be neath the wheels. He added that he
subsequently conveyed her to the station• house, and from
thence to St. George's Workhouse.