The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Simuel Wood was charged with having had in his posses-
sion property supposed to have been stolen.
Sergeant Granger, 21 11, stated that on Saturday night
last he met the prisoner carrying a large bundle, and on ask-
ing what was in it. and who he was, he said that he was a
waiter at the Gresham Club-house, in the City, and
that what he had with him was his own property. Witness
not being satisfied with this version of the affair, took him to
the station-house, and on the way thereto he (prisoner)
offered to fall down on his knees and beg pardon, telling,
witness that if his employers knew of the disgrac:ful situa-
tion he was in he should be completely ruined. The bundle
was opened at the station, and in it were found a bottle of
beer, a pint bottle of Champagne, together with a quantity
of bread, beef, butter, and three table napkins.
The napkins were identified by the secretary and steward
of the club, who stated that the rest of the property which
the prisoner had in his possession when captured by the
officer, had beyond all doubt been stolen from the establish-
ment in question.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, set forth that the
wine, beer, &c., which he had taken, were his own perqui-
sites, and that it was his intention to have returned the
napkins; it was not usual for wine which had been sent up
stairs to a party, and brought down again untouched, to be
sent up a second time.
This statement was satisfactorily disproved, and the pri.
soner was for the unlawful possession of the property fined
40s. ; in default of payment one month's imprisonment.
James Elmore, residing in Ormond-yard, Duke-street, St.
James's, was charged with having, under the following cir-
cumstances, evaded the payment of toll : .
Edward Reston, gate-keeper at Gibbs's Gate, New Finch-
ley-road, deposed that defendant came with a horse and cart
close to the gate, and refused to pay the legal demand, viz.
Gd.; he unlawfully took from the vehicle a hamper which
he carried the distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, and
returned with two ether hampers, with which he passed
through the gate again, and placed them in the cart; he then
drove away.

Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he should
have gone through the gate and paid if he had had the
money to enable him to do so; he was not aware he had
acted wrong.
The Magistrate fined him 40s. and the cost of the summons.
Robert Prat, and Henry Potter were charged with having
stolen four loaves from a basket, while the owner thereof,
Mr. Trehearne, living in Great College-street, Camden Town,
was delivering bread in Wimpole-street.
The property was found upon them, and they were com-
mitted for trial.
Mr. Charles Aistrop, of the Black Boy, Hampstead, was
charged with haring unlawfully permitted and suffered gam-
bling in his house on the 22d ult.
Evidence was given by officers of the S division of police,
that they went iuto the house and saw parties there, cards
being at the same time on the table. There was no proof of
playing for money or money's worth, and the complaint was
dismissed.

FATAL AND SINGULAR OCCUR.

RENCE.

'We have this week to notice a most melancholy event,
by which a young man, named John Brotherton, a farm
labourer, from Beckwithshaw, lost his life on Sunday
morning, at the residence of Mr. Nathan Atkinson, a
farmer, residing at a lune house adjoining to Stainburn
Moor, about five miles from Otley. Before detailing the
circutnstances of the case, it may be as well to mention
that the inmates of Mr. Atkinson's house consisted of
himself and Mrs. Atkinson, a maid servant named Ellen
Brotherton, and two men servants named Hugh Ingle
and John Dickinson. An inquest was held on the body
of the deceased at the house of Mr. J. Holaies, innkeeper,
Stainburn, on Tuesilay, before Thomas Brown, Esq., of
Skipton, and a highly respectable jury, composed of
parties residing at Stainhurn, and from the adjoining
townships of Lindley and lUghton.
It appeared from the evidence of John Dickinson and
Ellen Brotherton, that they retired to rest about nine
o'clock on Saturday evening. That about half-past
twelve Mr. Atkinson was awoke by the breaking of glass
in the room window under his bed room. That he went
down stairs, came back, and called the men out of bed.
They got up, put on their trousers, went down stairs, and
gut a light. They found the windows broken and the
glass scattered about. They saw the hair of a man's
head at the bottom of the window, but could not distin-
guish any person outside. The person slunk away.
Dickinson and Ingle then went out into the garden with a
lantern and candle, but could see no one. While there,
sticks and stones were thrown at them, and they returned
into the house, and locked the door. They fastened the
window-shutters again (we may, perhaps, mention that
the bar which secured the shutters, inside ones, did not
fit tight, as the spring was weak) and they were imme-
diately broken open. This was done several times. At
this time the impression on Dickinson and Ellen
Brotherton's mind was, that the attacks were made by
navigators, on account of some of those parties having
attempted to get into Mr. Michael Dickinson's house,
in the same neighbourhood, a few days before. Mrs.
Atkinson brought the gun down stairs, and it was
charged with shot. Mr. Atkinson fastened the shut-
ters again, tied them with a band, and called out, "Now,
my lads, if you arn't off, or make yourselves known,
you'll be shot immediately ; he alsersaid aloud to Ingle,
that if the windows were broken open again, he was to
fire immediately. The shatters were broken open.
Ingle fired, and all was still. It was dark and rainy at
the time. The attacks had been kept up for near an
Lour and a half, us it was about two o'clock when the
gun was fired. The servants sat up till daylight, but
Mr. Atkinson went to bed. The deceas©d was found
dead the next morning, in a field about forty yards from
the house.
Ellen Brotherton also stated that Mr. Atkinson and
his men were on the best of terms with the deceased, who
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The jury returned a verdict of "Excusable Homicide."
The deceased courted the young woman Ellen Bro-
therton, and he knew where her bed-room window was,
and he must have been in a gross state of intoxication,
or he would not have acted in the manner he did,—Leeds
Mercury.