The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-23 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Robert Welsh, a school-master, residing at No.
2, York-street, Battersea-fields, was brought up in custody
on the following charge :
From the statement of a Mr. Owen, a tradesman living
at Battersea, it appeared that five of his children were sent
to the prisoner's school to be educated, owing to the cha-
racter he had borne in the neighbourhood for propriety of
conduct and scholastic attainments. A short time ago the
complainant missed some silver at home, and although
every means had been tried to recover it, it was unattended
with success. Within the last few days nearly a pound in
silver was taken from one of the cupboards, and it was
then discovered that the theft was committed by one of
their own children, a boy about ten years of age. This
boy, on being strictly questioned, admitted that he had
taken the whole of the money which was missed, from time
to time, from his father's house, and further said that his
schoolmaster had encouraged him to rob his parents, and
that he was in the habit of giving the money to him that
he got in this way when he went to school. This state-
ment of the boy was not at first believed, but the father
having recollected that he had marked some of the
money, which was afterwards taken by his son, procured
the assistance of a policeman and went to the prisoner, and
on his being searched four of the marked shillings, and also
some sixpences were found in his possession. lle at first
denied that he had ever received any money from the com-
plainant's son, but when the marked money was identified
by the father, the schoolmaster then said that he had sold
the boy sweetmeats, and that in payment for them he had
given the silver found in his (the prisoner's) possession. The
complainant added that upon this discovery he immediately
gave the prisoner into custody.
The complainant's son stated that the schoolmaster was
always scolding him for not bringing money with him to
school, and that when he said he had got none he was told
that he could get some at home. After this he (the boy)
began to rob his parents, andtknowing where they kept their
money, he was in the habit of purloining it from the cup-
board and taking it to his schoolmaster, Who occasionally

gave him a piece of hardbaked sugar as an encouragement
for him to go on in the same way.
Mr. WEDGWOOD seldom or ever heard of such a.n
stance as that of a schoolmaster encouraging one of his
scholars to rob his parents.
The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in en-
swer to the charge ? Prisoner—l deny that I ever in mY
life held out any kind of inducement to my scholars to rob
their parents.
Mr. WEDGWOOD—What have you to say relative to the
marked money found in your possession, and of which the
boy admitted he robbed his parents ? Prisoner—He
chased sweatmeats of me, and paid me for them in the 311"
ver taken by the police.
The boy still adhered to the truth of his statement, Also
the Magistrate said that he should commit the boy and els°
the prisoner for trial. in cor;
Mr. Owen trusted that his son, who was ip child
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parison 'with the prisoner, would not be Tent to take hint
trial for the offence, as he was confident that the boy would
not have robbed them had he not been encouraged by
schoolmaster.
The MAGISTRATE said that, taking all the circumstanheei:
into consideration, he should not commit the boy, but at
father must enter into recognizances for his appearance( e
the Sessions, and an application could then be made to
Court to admit him as King's evidence against the school'
master, who was accordingly committed for trial.
Samuel Bolton, a suasage-maker, living in
Southwark, was given into custody for conveying unsou a
meat to his shop. that
A gentleman happened to pass by the defendant d
morning in the street, carrying a load upon his sill older'
covered over with a cloth, so that no part of it ceul
distinguished. The smell, however, as he went along, ;i
quite overpowering, and complainant, determined en see e-
where
where the defendant was going, followed him to a suasa_g_ a
shop in Gravel-lane. He then saw him place big load o,':as
block, and it consisted of the carcase of a lamb, which
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in that condition that rendered it quite unfit for bun'a.
food ; in fact, it was approaching a state of p utrefacn
The complainant, on public grounds, considered it bias
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to give the suasage-maker into custody, to prevat' f ao
sible, the sale of such putrid stuff. (The carcase n:
lamb was then in the officers' waiting-room, and the s'eet a
proceeding from it made the people scamper Ott t 0 g

breath of-fresh air.)
The MAGISTRATE asked the defendant what bake
going to do with the lamb, and whether he was to °
up into sausage-meat. rake
Defendant—No, your Worship, I'm not a goinSt°"4l3e
suasages on it, lam going to boil it down for the ton
l amb was as fine a lamb .as ever was clapped CYell far
before it was slaughtered, but I allow that it was ra her

gone when I bought it.
The MAGISTRATE said that it looked extremely egi his
cious seeing a sausage-maker taking such an animal to
shop. the
Defendant—We sausage-makers are forced to putout.
werry best meat in our sausages, or we should be found itto
The MAGISTRATE should hold the defendant to ba at
answer any charge which might be perferred against 'li-
the Sessions.
The lamb was ordered to be burnt.