The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-01 00:00:00

MARLBOROOGE-STREET.

William Locock was charged with stealing three 5/.
Bank of England notes, the property of Mr. Henry
Renaud, prorietor of Limmer's Hotel, Conduit-street,
and Thomas Harper and George Hawkins were charged
with being parties to the offence.
Mr. Henry Rentau,d said the prisoner Lccock had been
in his employ as under•porter for about sixteen months.
On the 31 of September he gave the prisoner a letter
directed to Miss Renaud, at the Belle Vu© Hotel, Bangor,
and he t.,ld the prisoner to be careful of the letter, as it
contained money. In the letter sere three 51 bank-
notes, the numbers of which he knew. The letter never
reached its destination, and he then communicated with
the police. The three notes were afterwards paid into
the Bank of England.
Miss Renaud, of Willington, Bedfordshire, said her
brother was to have sent her some money in September
last, while She was staying at the Belle Vue Hotel,
Bangor. The letter never reached her.
Inspector Field, of the detective force, said that he
took the prisoner into custody on the 23d of D.'cember,
telling him that he was charged with steeling a letter,
which contained three Si. Bank of England notes. The
prisoner voluntarily said, " I'll tell you all about it. I
broke open the letter and I took the nut=s out. The
next day I met Hawkins, who was living with a news•
vendor nemed Hutton, in Catherine-street. I told Haw-
kins I had stolen some notes, and I asked him if he
would get them changed for me. He said he would, and
I gave him two 51. notes, and he afterwards returned
eight aovereigns to me, kc ,eing two for himself. I kept
the other 51, note for some time, and then I gave it to
Harper, a cabman, to get changed. I only got ss. out
of the third note." Witness, on this statement, took the
two other prisoners into custody.
William James, junior clerk in the Commercial Bank,
said two of the 51 notes were paid into the bank to Mr.
Hutton's account in September last.

The ptisoner Locock repeated the statement he made
to the police officer.
The other two prisoners denied all knowledge of Lo-
cock, and declared they had never rec.ived any notes
from him to change.
Locock was ordered to stand committed. The other
prisoners were remanded, to find, if possible, some evi-
dence of their having acted in concert with Locock.
MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday Edward Smith, a well-dressed man, de-
scribed as a chemist, residing in Upper Seymour-street,
Euston-square, was brought up in the custody of Lock-
erby, 180 S, and placed at the bar before Mr. Brough-
ton, on the charge of having forged and uttered two
bills of exchange, one for luo/, and the other for 961.
16s. with intent to defraud Mr. Thomas Ilicken, pro-
prietor of extensive saltworks, and who resides at
Droit wich.

Mr. Hayter, from the firm of Davies, Son, and Camp-
bell, attended on the part of the prosecution.
Lockerby produced a warrant for the apprehension of
the prisoner. He received it on the 6:h instant, and it
bore the signature of Sir Robert Price, M.P., a magis-
trate for the county of Hereford; it had been backed by
Mr. Long, one of the magistrates of this court.
Mr. BROUGHTON— Now, what evidence have you to give
in this affair? Lockerby—This morning I was in Seymour-
street, accompanied by Mason, a brother officer, and I
saw the prisoner, of whom I had an exact description, go
into a public-house. He soon afterwards came out, and
after going into No. 67 he walked on towards Oakley-
square. I and Mason followed him, and when he turned
round and saw us he began to run. He made his way
as fast as he could into Atnpthill-square, and on my
calling out " Stop thief," he hailed a cab, the driver of
which pulled up; he jumped into the vehicle, being at
the time quite out of breath, and I jumped in too, after
chasing him for a considerable distance.- I told him he
was the man I wanted, and that I believed his name was
Edward Smith, and the answer he male was, " Yes,
perhaps it might be so." By my direction the cabman
drove him to the Albany-street station-house, where I
read the warrant to him, and he said " Its all very well ;
I'm the man, but it's a conspiracy." He afterwards said
that he ran away beca,se he thought it was a Sheriff's
officer who was following him.
The MAGISTRATE (to the prisoner)—Have you any-
thing to say in the present stage of the proceeding ? Pri-
soner—l was well aware of this matter, and I know all
the persons connected with it. I was walking with my
wife, and I ran away, thinking that it was a Sheriff's
officer who was pursuing me.
The solicitor, in answer to a question from Mr.
BROUGHTON, said that he had no evidence as yet, in proof
of the forging or uttering.
Lockerby said that, by a telegraphic message, the at-
tendance of Mr. Hicken might be looked upon as cer-
tain on the next (this) day.
Upon this understanding the prisoner, who made no
denial of the charge imputed to him, but intimated that
he should be able to prove his innocence, was remanded.