The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-09 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

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Thomas Brown, a young man, eighteen years of age,
who has been three weeks in custody, was placed at the
bar before :Mr. Broughton, for re examination, upon a
charge of stealing large quantitisie of candles, tobacco,
and other goods, belonging to his mother, Mrs. Mary
Ann Brown, a very respectable old widow, who keeps an
oil and pickle warehouse in the Bethnal. green-road ;
and Charles Henry Gross, who carries on business as a
general dealer, in Coliingwood-street, Bethnal-green,
was placed at the bar with him, charged with feloniously
receiving the stolen propply.
From the evidence given at former examinations, it
appeared that a large parcel of candles, which had been
packed up and placed in concealment, ready to be carried
away, was discovered by a younger son of the prose-
cutrix ; and the prisoner, Thomas Brown, who lived
with his mother, but, was not employed in her shop, was
accused, and subsequently acknowledged his guilt.
In consequence of a statement made by Sergeant
Teakle, of the H division, is reference to Cross,
Thomas Brown was discharged from the bar, and was
afterwards placed in the witness box and sworn. He
deposed that about four months back a young man, who
was in his uncle's service, first introduced him to the
prisoner Cross, telling the, latter his name and who he
was, and saving that he hid tobacco to dispose of.
Cross said that lie would buy it, and pay half•a-crown a
pound for it, and the witness having about 11b. with him
which he had stolen from his mother's, sold it, and re•
ceived the half crown. That was on a Sunday morning,
and ho remained at the prisoner's till dinner time, when
he went home and cleaned himself, and in the afternoon
he returned to the prisoner's. The prisoner asked him
if he could get any more tobacco, or any candles, or
anything else, adding that he would pay 3d. a pound for
candles. In a few days he took another pound of tobacco
to the prisoner, and received half-a-crown fur it as before,
and the prisoner at the same time asked him to bring
more, or candles, or anything. About a week after-
ward e he took two dozen pound of candles, fur which
the prisoner *paid him 63., and the prisoner than asked
him if he could get soap or bees-a ax. He replied in
the affirmative, and soon afterwards took eight bars of
yellow soap, (31b. each bar), fur which the prisoner
agreed to pay him 2d. per pound. When weighed, it
amounted to 55., but the prisoner only gave him 4s.
He continued for four or five weeks carrying candles
two or three times a-week, one or two dozen ponnds at
a time; for which the prisoner paid him sometimes 3d.,
but sometimes only 2d. per lb., quantities of bees' wax,
starch, &c. Once he took a broom, worth 3s. 6d., but
the prisoner would only give him is. 61 for it, as he
said he could get plenty of them at that rate. On one
occasion he took a jar of capers (weighing 4 or 51b.), and
the prisoner having emptied them into ajar of his own,
returned him the empty jar, and paid him 10d. He
continued in this way conveying things to the prisoner,
until a lot of candles, which he had concealed for the
purpose, being found by his brother, he was detected.
The prisoner, lie said, had several times cheated him in
the prices agreed on between them.
Mr. Heritage severely cross-examined the witness,
Rho, in reply to some of the questions, said he did not
know the prisoner until introduced by the young man to
whom he referred; and he said he told the prisoner that
he had gut the tobacco from his mother, but did not tell
him that he was a thief and had stolen it. The only
person he had seen since he had been in prison was his
-uncle; who, he said, told him that if he told all he knew
he would do what he could for him, and would get him
off if he could.

Mr. Broughton, after some further examination, said
that it was one of the worst cases of,rec-iving that had
ever come before hi,to, supposing the evidence of Brown
to be true, and he gave it without hesitation, and with-
out concealing his own guilt.
Mr. Heritage submitted that no reliance could safely
be placed on such testimony.
The magistrate, however, remanded the prisoner to
have the depositions taken i'or his committal.
WESTMINSTER.
John Freeman, a dirty-looking fellow, was charged
with having stolen a great coat from a gentleman's hail,
and also with having visited a next door neighbour with
the same object in _view.
Susan Jarvis, a housemaid in the service of Mr. Dun•
can, a gentleman residing at 14, Albert-terrace, Knights-
bridge, said that at about half-past seven on Thursday
night, prisoner knocked at the doOr, and upon its being
opened asked for some things to dye, for which he had
been sent for by his master, a dyer in Bond-street. Wa-
nes.; went to a.lt her mistr•ss about it, I. aviug the street-
door ajar, and the prisoner on the step, but on her return