The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-05 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

William I-lately); an auctioneer, carrying on business
in the New Cut, Lambeth, and Richard Miller, a youth
of 19, who has been in his emplcyment, were brought
up for final examination, on a charge of stealing two
decanters, of the value of six shillings, the property of
Mr. Wolf; a glass and chinaman in the London-road.
The brief facts of the case are these :—Ratcliff had
been engaged by Mr. Wolf to sell off by auction the
whole of the stock in his shop, and on the 23d of last
month he and his man called at the prosecutor's shop to
make preparations for the sale. They were left alone
in the shop for a few minutes, and during this time Rat-
cliff told the other prisoner to take the pair of decanters
off the shelf and carry them to his house. He did so,
and almost immediately after Mr. Wolf missed the pro-
perty. Having some suspicions, from seeing the de-
canters with one other, which was left on the shelf a few
moments before, Mr. Wolf proceeded to the shop of Rat-
cliff, and there found the missing decanters. Ratcliff
admitted they belonged to Mr. Wolf, but said they had
been taken away merely to show Mr. Wolf how easily
he could be robbed, and added that, before the arrival of
Mr. Wolf, at his house, he had told the other prisoner to
take the property back to Mr. Wolf, and tell him how
easily he could be robbed. Tho prisoner Miller denied
this ; on the contrary, he declared he was ordered by
his master, in the first instance, to take the decanters, and
it was not until after the property had been found that
he heard Mr. Ratcliff say anything about returning.
An attorney's clerk said he should, not disguise the fact
that the defence which was intended to be set up was that
the taking away of the decanters from the shop of the
prosecutor was the sole act of Miller ; and that when
Ratcliff found them at his house he directed Miller at
once to take them back.

Mr. NORTON observed that this was the very worst
part of the case, as there could not be a shadow of doubt
upon the mind of any person who heard the evidence,
and the statement of the youth Miller, that he had been
made the instrument of his master i❑ the commission of
the felony ; and the attempt, therefore, to shift the guilt
from the shoulders of him who was the most guilty, to
another who was the mere instrument, and actually
coerced into the offence, was, to say the least of it, not
manly or creditable. His (Mr. Norton's) opinion was
that the youth Miller had been actually forced into the
commission of the offence by his master, Ratcliff ; and he
should therefore direct his statement to be taken down,
and should forward it with the depositions to the Central
Criminal Court.

The statement of Miller was then taken down in
writing, and it is very probable, as the magistrate ob-
served, that he will be admitted as a witness against Rat-
cliff at the sessions.

The attorney's clerk applied that Ratcliff might be ad-
mitted to bail, saying that sureties to any amount would
be put in.
Mr. NORTON refined to accept bail, observing, that it
was his opinion that his doing so wou'd impede the ends
of justice. He, however, accepted bail for the youth
Miller

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