The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-11 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
Stephen Stout, 26, agent, was indicted for uttering a
furged acceptance for 25 guineas, with intent to defraild.
It appeared that the prisoner had been agent to Messrs.
Judkins, the inventor of the sewing machine, and bad
been sent by them to Plymouth, where he bad sold one
of the machines for 25 guineas to a gentleman named
Cross, and was paid in money. He however paid his etn-
ployers with the bill in question, alleging that be had
received it from Mr. Cross, whose name he had forge I
to it. He was found guilty and transported for 14

years.
This, with some other unimportant cases, closed the
business of the session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—;This Day.

BOW MEET.

DEFRMIDING A TOLL COLLECTOR.—A man named
Dennis, a buddei's labourer, was placed at the bar his
morning, on remand, charged with attempting to defraud
the toll collector at Waterloo-bridge.
It appeared that the prisoner adopted the following
plan of carrying out his object. One evening in the pre-
ceding week he, accompanied by four other persons in
similar employment as himself, arrived at the wicket of
Waterloo-bridge, when the prisoner threw down half-a-
crown to pay for the paQsae.;e of five persons. Toe toll
collector took up the coin and placed the cl ange on the
taller of the wicket which the prisoner took 'tp. After
looking at it some tima he said there was a sixpence
short, and demanded his fall change. Die toll collector
feelii g nearly sari-fled that he had at first given the full
amount hesitated to comply with the demands of the
prisoner, but eventually he gave the man another six
pence, and the whole party went on. On the following
day the same " dodge" was tried again, but feeling posi-
tive that it was the same person that he gave the six-
pence to the day before he called a r oliceman and gave
the prisoner into custody.
me magic rate, attar caot.oning the prisoner, saIQ the
solicitors to the bridge company thought that the punish-
ment he had already undergone (a week's imprisonment)
was sufficient ; but if he came there again under the
same circuinstanc-oi he would not get off so lightly.
PrCKING POCKETS IN THE PARK.—A boy about 12
yeArs of age was placed at the bar, charged with picking
pockets in St. James's park.
Policy-constable 126 A statedihe saw the -prisoner put
his hand into the gentleman's pocket ; in fact, he caught
the hand of the boy in the pocket, and called the gen-
tlemao's attention to the fact.

The gentleman was not in attendance.
The magistrate told the boy for six weeks he should
have a little harder work than picking pockets to per-
form; in addition to which he should have "short
commons."

He wa4 committed to prison for six weeks, with hard
labour.

IIAY3TARKET THEA Tliß.

A farce called " The Postman's Knock" was produced
at this theatre last night with complete success. The
farce is one of the O'Keefe school, and consists alter.
timely of singing and dialogue. A young lady, to avoid
a hateful match, resolves to e!ope with a military officer,
and her maid designs to run off with the postman ;
but, as officers and poeimen both wear red coats,
the maid is associated with the man of war and the lady
with the " man of letters"—till the double mistake is
discovered, and consequently rectified. Thanks to the
neatness with which Mr. W. Farren sang the lay of the
" km-ck," and the quaint manner in which the soubrette
was played by Miss Lavine, and a waiter by Mr. Clarke,
the trifle went off merrily, and was given out for repe,
tition every evening.
The Span:sh dancers retain all their pristine power of
attraction. Indeed it seams as though the brilliant
achievements of Senora Perea Nena, far from creating a
merely ten- porary furore, are recognised as c instituting
one of the perinaaent recreations of the metropolis.