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

THAMES.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A TRADESMAN'S SON.—
John Lefevre, a tall, :well-dressed man, the son of a
blacking-manufacturer, in Great Garden street, White-
chapel, who was stated to be very respectably con-
nected, was charged with stealing 6s. 6,1. from a till
in the Lord Ne'son 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 9s. qd. (the change) from his till and
handed 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. He
went into the bar, pulled open the till, and missed all
the money that was in it when ho 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 florin among
the silver in the till. The prisoner and his companion
were leaving the house when he came out of the kitchen.
lie went after them and ovct took the prisoner, who was
given into custody. The other man effected his escape
George Osborne, a police 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 he 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-cro wa in his till.
The prisoner asked the witnesses questions, which
elicited nothing favourable to him. He said he should
reserve his defence, and was elm nutted for trial.
ROBBERY IN THE WEST INDIA. DOCK.—Charles Denny,
a well known thief, was charged with stealing 82ibs. of
lead, the property of the East and West India Thck
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 had 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 heale()
put
on the grass, and began hammering again. He
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 flat for the purpose of
being concealed round the body, weighed 82:b., and was
the property of the last and West India Dock Com-
pany.
Mark Anthony Luldle, a dock constable, said the lead
produced had been stripped from the roof of the saltpetre
warehouse, rorh which a large cittantity had inch taloa