The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

ls. 6d., but had to produce his money to show the
prt4oner that he had sufficient to pay him before he
V hold permit him to get into the vehicle. On en-
tering the cab the prisoner pulled up the windows,
and on his objecting to this the prisoner alluded to
the lowness of the fare for which he was about to
take him, told him that he might go to sleep, and
that at his destination he would call him. He
then drove off, and witness being very tired, from
having walked a considerable distance dosed off
but did not go soundly to sleep. The cab was
stopped in Westminster-road, and its stopping aroused
him ; but finding that it had not got to its destination
he lay back and dosed off again. In about two mi-
nutes he heard the prisoner say, " I've got a b--y
old bloak here," or words to that effect. He also
heard several voices about the vehicle, and one of
them said "He is fast asleep." At this time one of
the cab doors was opened gently, and he felt some-
thing like a handkerchief pass several times before his
face, and then it was the person said " He is sound
asleep." He next felt a hand in his waistcoat pocket,
where his money was, and on its being taken out he
heard one of the party say, " Put his knife back."
He also felt a hand put into his trousers pocket, but
was so prostrate from drowsiness as to be unable to
make the slightest resistance or attempt to protect his
property. In what appeared to him to be two or three
minutes the prisoner opened the cab door, and said,
" Come, old fellow, I ;can't take you any further for
nothing," and pulled him out of the vehicle with great
force. He fell on the pavement on his face, but by a
great effort he managed to get upon his legs and
follow the prisoner, who was driving off as fast as he
could. Witness had not proceeded far when he was
tripped up by some person, a confederate, he had no
d )übt, of the prisoner, and had a second severe fall,
and from this cause the prisoner was enabled to get off.
In reply to the question of Mr. NORTON, the wit-
ness said, his perfect belief was, that when he felt the
handkerchief pass over his face, some kind of drug was
used, which made him more drowsy than he was be-
fore, and rendered him incapable of using any exer-
tion to protect himself or his property. Had been
drinking a little, but nothing to affect him to such an
extent.

Police-constable 171 L said, he saw the prisoner on
the morning in question flogging his horse, and going
along the Westminster-road at a furious rate. On
being informed of the robbery by the last witness, he
endeavoured to overtake the prisoner, but he turned
down the York road, and got clear uff.
James Frost, another constable, deposed to having
taken the prisoner into custody at his own house in
York-yard, Yolk-road. On seeing him, he said he
wanted him on a charge of felony for stealing a watch
and some money from a fare he brought from Dept-
ford. The prisoner replied, that he had taken a fellow
from Deptford, but that he was blind drunk, and he
got rid of him in the Westminster-road, having taken
him far enough for is.
Mrs.:Elizabeth Hayes, the landlady of the Lord
Duncan, deposed to having seen the prisoner and
prosecutor at her house on the night in question, and
to the prosecutor being perfectly sober at the time.
The prisoner, who offered nothing in defence, was
fully committed for trial.

THAMES.
A youth named Samuel Tame, aged 16, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with firing a
loaded pistol in a public thoroughfare.
It appeared from the evi€lence of Mr. Henry Young,
of the Hannibal-road, Stepney, that he was passing
along the Milo-end•road, when he was startled by
the sudden report of a pistol ringing in his ears. Ile
turned round and saw the prisoner, who was just
lowering a pistol in his hand. He seized him, and,
after a severe struggle, conveyed him to the station-
house. The prisoner then said he did not mean to
fire off the pistol, and jeeringly remarked —" It was
loaded with shot—did any hit you ?" The witness
added that he had a very narrow escape ; the pistol
was fired near to his ear, and the wadding passed
close to his eye.
A police-constable said that the prisoner was very
fond of amusing himself with fire-arms, and his father
had twice taken pistols away from him.
The prisoner, in defence, said it was not his inten-
tion to fire the pistol; he was turning the lock down,
ant it went off by accident.
Mr. YARDLIT said the prisoner ought not to be
entrusted with a pistol at all, and that his father
should take effectual means to prevent him having
one again. In this case the life of a respectable man
had been placed in jeopardy by the foolish conduct of
the boy. He fined the prisoner 205., which was sub-
sequently paid by his parent, and the police retained
the pistol.