The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-25 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS•

(Before Mr. PUCHLE, Chairman.)
Wm. Mackinson, aged 19, and John Lane, aged 15,
were brought up on an indictment, charging them with
feloniously stealing one rump and loin of beef, the pro-
perty of Henry Casswell, butcher, residing in the parish
of St. George the Martyr.
Two witnesses were called, who stated that they saw
the prisoners take the property in question. Upon their
cross-examination it appeared that one of them, a lad,
had recently undergone a month's imprisonment for
felony; and the other witness, a female, was at present
cohabiting with a person in the absence of her husband,
who was undergoing a punishment of 14 years' transpor-
tation for felony.
It was contended upon these facts, that no reliance
could be placed on their evidence.
The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and they were
eack sentenced to four months' bard labour.
Several charges of misdemeanour for obtaining goods
and money upon false pretences, to all of which the pri.
soners pleaded Guilty, were disposed of by the Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A young widow, who gave her name Sarah Wood,
and her residence as Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, applied
to Mr. Hamill to afford her redress for a grievance she
had sustained at the hands of a master baker, and which,
it was stated by one of the officers, was a practice of by
no means unfrequent occurrence.
The applicant said, that on Saturday night last she,
with some difficulty, provided herself with a loin of mut-
ton for the Sunday's dinner of herself and family, and
left it at the baker's shop next morning for the purpose
of being cooked in his oven. Having noticed a very
visible decrease in the size of her joints on other occa-
sions in the course of their transit to and from various
bakers', she took the precaution this time of previously
counting the number of ribs the joint contained, and
having found, upon calling :for it at dinner time, that
two of the ribs had been cut off, she complained to the
baker's wife of the robbery, but, so far from hearing any
expression of regret, her complaint was treated with de-
rision, and any allowance for the portion stolen was
refused. She had made several subsequent applications,
but with no better success, and as the loss was a matter
of consideration to her, she having been left with two
children in very impoverished circumstances on the death
of her husband, who committed suicide a few weeks ago,
she was anxious to know whether she could not have
some redress for the injury.
Mr. HAMMILL directed Bricknell, one of the warrant-
officers' to go at once to the house of the person com-
plained of, and endeavour to effect some advantageous
arrangement for the poor woman ; but on his return to
the court the officer reported that all his attempts at
mediation had been peremptorily rejected by the baker,
who strangely argued that if the complainant's state-
ment were correct, it was clear that the meat had been
stolen Eby one of his servants, and :said that he con-
sidered both the magistrate and the officer were ex-
ceeding their duty in endeavouring to make him a party
to the composition of a felony.
Upon hearing this, the magistrate said that he should
certainly adopt some more stringent means of enforcing
the claim of the,woman, and immediately issued a sum•
mons against Ale baker for an illegal detention of the
meat, which he directed to be served forthwith.
This step- had the desired effect, for • fhe defend ant.
himself shortly atter made his appearance with a material
abatement of his tone, and after declaring that he meant
no intentional disrespect to the Bench by what he had
previously said, stated that he had been absent from
home the whole of the day in question, and as it was
impossible for him to rebut the allegation made against
him, he was willing, if the magistrate would allow him,
to afford the woman any recompense that might be con-
sidered reasonable.
This course was ultimately acceded to by the poor
widow, and a satisfactory compensation having been
offered her, which she accepted, she withdrew her com-
plaint, and Mr. Iliaottel. then ordered the summons to
be discharged and the defendant with it.
WESTMINSTER.
William Glare and Robert Hall, the former of whom
is a very powerful-looking man, were charged with
being concerned, with a man named Cayton, at present
under remand, in a very daring highway robbery, the
particulars of which were detailed in The Sun of
msterday.
The prisoner Clare is the person described in the
'ormer report of the case as the man in the flannel

jacket.
Mr. Cole, the prosecutor, repeated at full length his
statement of the previous day, in the course of which he
said he saw both tho prisoners at the public-house at
the foot of Westminster-bridge, and Clare joined with
the man Cayton in conversation with him. Prosecutor
could not swear positively to the person of Hall as the
man who held the bar of iron in his hand and robbed
him while Cayton pinioned him, but in general appear-
ance he closely resembled him.
Francis Sullivan, the labourer who gave some impor-
tant evidence on Wednesday, stated that ho saw the
prisoner Hall in company with two others, at the Nag's
Head, Tuthill-street, Westminster (immediately after
the robbery). He saw Hall with what appeared to be a
gold watch in his hand showing it to the others. The
men Caxton and Clare then came immediately after-
wards and spoke to Hall ; and then a dispute arose
amongst them about the watch.
Evidence was given to show that prosecutor and the
man Cayton were seen together a few minutes before the
robbery, and Halls and others were a short distance be-
hind, following them.
Mark Loon, a sergeant of the N division, proved ap-
prehending the prisoners on Thursday night. Hall said
he would go quietly, and declared he knew nothing
about the robbery. Clare, who was drunk at the time
he was taken into custody, observed that he knew the
man that had been robbed, but was innocent about the
watch.
Mr. BURRELL azked the prisoners what they had to
say to the charge ?
Clare admitted that ho was in conversation with the
prosecutor at the public house near Westminster-bridge,
but denied that he spoke to Hall at the Nag's Head, in
Tothill-street, or knew anything of the robbery.
Hall said, he could prove that he was in bed at half-
past twelve o'clock on Wednesday night (about an hour
before the robbery).
Mr. Cumming, an inspector of the B division, ob-
served, that if it were necessary he could show that
Hall was seen in the streets two hours after the time he
alleged.
Mr. BURRELL did not consider there was any necessity
to call a witness to that circumstance in the present
stage of the proceedings, and remanded the prisoners till
Thursday next.

CL ERKEN WELL.
Francis Power, a tall, portly man, twonty-eigh
years of age, was charged under the following circum.

stances:—
A police-constable of the G division Edeposed that
yesterday morning, at an early hour, the prisoner was
wandering about the streets in a wild manner, without
coat, waistcoat, or hat, and on questioning him he re-
fused to give a satisfactory account of himself, and he
took him to the station-house.
Mr. TYRWHITT asked him whether he had any friends
in London.
Prisoner—My father is Major Power, of 5, Belgrave-
street, Belgrave-square, a Waterloo man, who fought
under the Duke of Wellington, and I have had the
honour to hold a commission in her Majesty's service,
but I sold out, and am now distressed and destitute. I
have not tasted a morsel of food during 24 hours, and I
had not the means to pay for a lodging.
Mr. TYRWHITT—What have you done with your coat
and waistcoat? Prisoner—l sent them to a tailor to be
repaired, and he decamped with them.
Mr. TYRWHITT—What regiment did you belong to ?
Prisoner—The 32d, quartered in the Pigeon-house Fort,
near Dublin. I was an ensign.
Mr. TYRWUITT directed an officer to give the prisoner
some refreshment, and to go and communicate with his
father, and request his attendance. The officer did so,
and subsequently returned and informed the Bench that
Major Power declined coming forward unless he was
compelled to do so. The prisoner had disgraced himself
through his drunken, profligate habits, through which
he had lost his commission in the army and was turned
out of his regiment. He was a disgrace to him and his
family, and he forbade him his house. He allowed him
Ws. per week, which he expended in drink. He had
frequently supplied him with clothes, which he imme-
diately sold, and he had been charged several times at
the police courts under similar circumstances.
Mr. TyawniTT said, it was lamentable to see a person
like the prisoner, who had held a commission in her
Majesty's service, in so degraded a position. He asked
him if he was willing to go into the workhouse ?
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