The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-12 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

ROBBERY AT ST. JAMES'S HALL.-Mr. Edward Theo-
bald, described as a clerk, was brought before Mr. Tyr-
whitt, at .the Marlborough Police-court, by Detective
Beechey, of the C division, charged with stealing a
meerschaum pipe and cigar tube of the value of .£6, the
property of Mr. John Bennett, proprietor of the billlard-
room, St. James's Hall. Mr. Bennett said prisoner was
one of his markers. He left on Saturday week for Leeds,
and after he was gone a meerschaum pipe and cigar
tube, his property, were missed. Detective Beechey said
that on taking the prisoner into custody at Leeds, he
said he had exchanged the articles at the shop of Mr.
Davies, tailor, in Tichborne-street, but that he intended
to return the pipe on the following Monday. In reply to
the prisoner, the officer said the prisoner used the word
" exchanged." Mr. John Davies, tailor, of Tichborne-
street said he received the pipe of the prisoner as security
for a pair of trousers and a vest, the prisoner paying him
a half sovereign and telling him not to part with the pipe.
Beechey said he was informed the prisoner had been in
custody at Leeds for embezzlement. Committed for

AN UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER.—Jacob kedland, aged
36 years, a bald headed, well dressed, studious looking
man, was charged at the Thames Police-court, with
wilfully breaking a pane of glass in the King's
Arms public-house, in Brook-street, Ratcliff. Mr.
Palmer, the landlord, said the prisoner came there
and made a great disturbance, and when he attempted
to eject him he smashed a large pane of Vate-
glass, valued at 31s. The prisoner ran away, and when
pursued threw himself on the ground. This was repeated
several times, and the prisoner ultimately escaped. A
policeman captured him opposite Shadwell Church the
same night. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner his profession.
The prisoner : A sailor. Mr. Paget : But something more
than a common sailor on hoard ship ? The prisoner : No,
a common sailor. The tailor has rigged me out with a
new rig, and has made me look like a parson. Mr. Paget :
You must pay a fine of is., and 315., the value of the pane
of glass, or go to prison for 14 days.
DARING ROBBERY OE PAINTINGS.— At Bow-street,
a militiaman, named Johnson, was charged with the fol-
lowing daring robbery. The prisoner's wife had been left
in possession of a house belongin,, to a gentleman, named
Billing, of Euston-road, while he and his family matte a
temporary sojourn at Brighton. During their absence
the woman and her husband had lived in the house, and
it was alleged that they had conjointly committed the
robbery and fled. The door of the house was found open
one night by the police, and on their entering
they discovered that the various rooms had been ran-
sacked. The bedding was tied up in bundles in the hall ;
the chairs had been piled up as if in readiness for removal ;
the drawers had been broken open and were empty ; in
fact, the whole place was in a state of confusion. Com-
munication was made to Mr. Billing, who returned and
found that oil paintings, drawings, and other things had
been taken away, to the value of nearly £3OO. The pri-
soner was remanded, in order to afford-the police an op-
portunity of searching for the woman.
BRUTAL CONDUCT TO A DOG.—Charles Redway, aged
nineteen, a butcher, was charged at the Clerkenwell
Police-court with wanton cruelty to a dog. The defen-
dant followed the dog with a knife in his hand, and when
he got within two or three feet of the animal he threw a
knife at it, and struck it on the left side. The dog ran
about 15 yards, when it dropped dead. The dog was of
the Mount St. Bernard breed, and was worth £4O. The
defendant said he was sorry that the dog was killed, but
he had no intention of injuring it. Mr. Cooke said the
defendant must take the consequences of his act, and
ordered him to pay a fine of 20s.

The French orientalist, Garcia de Tassy, of the
Institute do France, who has so many friends in England
and India, is now at Caen (('alvados), in Normandy,
waiting the end of the besieging of Paris.
GREAT SEIZURE OF WINES AND SPIRITS.—The
Sunderland police made unexpected visits to a number of
houses of ill-fame, where they had reason to believe a large
trade was done in the sale of wines, spirits, &c., without
being duly licensed by the excise. Armed by war-
rants obtained previously from the Mayor, and arranged
into parties who were to act simultaneously, so that
warning could not be carried from one place to another,
they entered the places early in the evening, and were
rewarded by the discovery of great quantities of excellent
liquors. The houses were situate principally in Bishop'
wearmouth, and in four of them were the most valuable
seizures made. In one house wines and spirits, worth £6O
or £7O, were pounced on, and the police station, as the
different parties arrived with cases of champagne, stores-
of port and sherry, brandy, whisky, rum, gin, and
bottled ale and bitter beer, presented a curious appearance
In one house alone ten unopened cases of champagne were
seized, and in another there were found four rooms fitted
up with casks, jars, and all the appliances of a public bar
in which a large trade was carried on. The seizures were
made under the Wine and Becrhouses Act, 1869, which
authorises the police to make such visits, seize the liquors
and sell them, but makes no provision for inflicting pen
alties on the dealers.