The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-11 00:00:00

NEGUS V. Gila.

TUE OLD ,A.DAOE—A Miss IS AS GOOD AS A MILS.—
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—This was an action to
recover the BUM of 51. 2s. for goods sold. There was
no defence to the action on the merits, but a question
was raised as to whether the debt was not barred by
the Statute of Limitations, as the summons had only
been taken out on the Saturday, as the six years expired
on the Tuesday, and the summons was not served till
afterwards.

His Honour said a miss was as good as a mile in some
eases, and• the plaintiff was just in time. Judgment
would be given for him.

Plaintiff expressed his fear that it would be 6 years
Longer before he got the money.

His Honour—Oh, you need not be afraid of the
Statute of Limitations now. The judgment will last for
20 years, and longer than that.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

130 W-STREET.

STEALING GIITTA PERCHA.-- Charles Nash, a dissipated
looking man, was placed at the bar charged with stealing
301 b. of gutta percha, the property of Mr. Nosworthy,
leather cutter, No. 3, Little Queen•street.

The son of Mr. Nosworthy stated that he lived at
3, Little Queen-street, Holborn, and at about half past
6 o'clock last evening he was in the back part of the
shop at v, ork and heard a noise at the door. On
proceeding there to ascertain the cause he found
that a long roll of grata percha, containing about 30Ib.
of that material, and worth about V., had been stolen.
He looked across the street, and saw the prisoner with
the roll of gutta percha on his shoulder, and on asking
him what he was going to do with the property, be said
he (witness) did not know what he was about, but he
told him be knew perfectly well what he was doing, and
then took the gutta percha from him, and then a strug-
gle took place betwee❑ them. His father came up, and
the man was given into custody.

Police-constable 8 E said the prisoner, on his being
taken into custody, admitted stealing the property, say-
ing he had better do as he had done than starve.
The prisbner pleaded guilty to the charge.
The magistrate committed him to prison for 6 months.

THAMES.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A TRADHBMAN'S SON.—
John Lefeurc, a tall, well-dressed man, the on of a
blacking-manufacturer, in Great Garden street, White-

ehapel:who was stated to be very respectably con-.

nected, was charged with stealing 6i. 61. from a till

in the Lord Ne'sou public-house, Mill-wall, Poplar.
Mr. Robert Sheppard, the landlord of the Lord Nel-
son, said the prisoner and another man came into his
house yesterday afternoon. They called for a pint of

half•and•half and a slice of bread and cheese, in payment
of ',which the prisoner tendered him a half•sovereign.
Witness took Os. 6i 1. (the change) from his till and

banded it to the prisoner, who put it in his pocket.
Directly afterwards witness had occasion to go into the
kitchen, leaving the prisoner and his companion stand-
ing in front of the bar. He could see all that was going
on in the bar from the kitchen, and had not
been there a minute when he heard the till open
and money rattling. He looked towards the
bar and saw the back of a man hastily leaving it. Ile
went into the bar, pulled open the till, and missed all
the money that was in it when he last opened it to give
change. He was sure there was 6s. 61 in it, if not
more, when he left the bar. There was a iiiorin among
the silver in the till. The prisoner and his companion
were leaving the house when he Caine out of the kitchen.
He went after them and overtook the prisoner, who was
given into custody. The other man effected his escape.
George Osborne', a plice constable, 129 K, stated
that he searched the prisoner and found upon him five
half-crowns, a florin, two shillings, three sixpences, and
eightpence in copper. The prisoner said lie had been to
a public house and changed a sovereign, and that it
would be a bad thing for his father when he heard •f
this.

Mr. Sheppard, is answer to a question by the Magis-
trate, said there was one half-crown iu his till.
The prisoner asked the witnesses questions, which
elicited nothing favourable to him. He said he should
reserve his defence, and was committed for trial.
ROBBERY IN THE WEST INDII DOM—Charles _Denny,
a well•known thief, was charged with stealing 821bs. of
lead, the property of the East and West India Dock
Company, on their premises.
Henry Kett, a watchman in the employ of the dock
company, said he was going round the West India Dock
last night, at 8 o'clock, and while passing by a saltpetre
warehouse he heard a hammering within. He knew
that no one bad any right there at such an hour, and
watched. Soon afterwards the prisoner emerged from
the warehouse, and put something on the grass in front
of the warehouse, and then began hammering it with a
mallet. The prisoner went into the warehouse, and re-
turned with a second load, which he also put
on the grass, and began hammering again. Ho
went up to the prisoner, who was beating out
some old lead on the grass. The prisoner
ran away directly witness came up. He chased him
round the field and took him into custody. The lead,
which had been hammered out fiat for the purpose of
being concealed round the body, weighed 821 b., and was
the property of the East and West India Dock Com-
pany.
Mark Anthony Liddle, a dock constable, said the lead
produced had been stripped from the roof of the saltpetre
warehouse, from which a large quantity had been taken