The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-09 00:00:00

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FORGING THE GOLDSMITHS' HALL MARK.—
Treen, who stands charged with having
forged the Hall mark to several silver spoons, which
he pledged with Mr. Wood, a pawnbroker, in St.
John-street, and who, having absconded, was appre-
hended by Ruthven, one of the officers of this
office, at Devonport, was to have been brought up
to undergo a public examination, but the evidence
against him not being complete, he was again re-
manded till Friday next. The spoons in question
were marked " T.C.S.;" and it will be recollected
that the prisoner was stated to have worked for
Mr. Thomas Cox Savory, of Cornhill, against whom
a bill of indictment has been found for selling spoons
of a similar description. Treen, upon being appre-
hended at the house of Mr. Ramsay, at Devonport,
where he had obtained employment, quietly sub-
mitted himself to the custody of the officer, and
made no observation.
QUEEN- S QUARE.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A man who gave
his name Charles Johnson, but whose real name is
supposed to be John Hall, a returned transport, was
placed at the bar, charged with committing a daring
highway robbery, attended with violence, on the
person of an elderly lady named Sugden, residing at
No. 5, Sussex-terrace, Old Brompton. From the
evidence of the prosecutrix, and several other wit-
nesses, it appeared that as Mrs. Sugden was passing
near the New Church at Brompton on Friday night,
between nine and ten o'clock, the prisoner came
behind her, struck her a desperate blow on the back
part of the head with a stick loaded with lead, and
seizing her reticule ran off with it. The prosecutrix
fell, but her cries brought to her assistance a gen-
tleman who was passing near the spot at the time.
He pursued the prisoner, and saw him throw the
reticule, which contained about ten shillings in
silver, and other property, over a wall. Eventually
the gentleman came up with the prisoner, and severe
struggling ensued between them, during which the
prisoner violently attacked his pursuer with the stick
in question, which was broke in the conflict.
Additional assistance, however coming up, the
prisoner was secured, and conveyed to the sta-
tion-house, but not before he had made con-
siderable resistance on his way thither. In answer
to several questions from the Magistrate, the pri-
soner denied that he was the man who attacked and
robbed Mrs. Sugden, and also that he had been
transported. A young man then stepped forward,
and said that he was confident the prisoner was the
man who was convicted and sentenced to 14 years'
transportation for stealing a till and a copper. The
stick was produced, and found to contain about half
a pound of lead at the end. An old lady stated
that she had been similarly attacked on Thursday
night, at the corner of Keppel-street, by a person
resembling the prisoner, but she could not positively
swear to his being the person.
Mr. GREGORIE said that he should remand the
prisoner until Monday, in order that the gentleman
who first pursued the prisoner might come forward
as a witness. His evidence was of material im•
portance to the case, and he hoped that the gentle-
man would be found and prevailed upon to attend
the next examination. The Magistrate also gave
direction to the police to ascertain it' the prisoner
was a returned transport.
The prisoner was then removed from the dock.
A SOLDIER'S WEDDING.—Three of the First
Regiment of Foot, or Grenadier Guards, named
Fran cis Redmond, Joseph Edwards, and John
Turner, were charged with furiously assaulting
James Barber, the owner and driver of a cab, and
refusing to pay him his fare. The complainant stated
that the defendants got into his vehicle at Knights-
bridge, and after driving them about to several
places, they eventually alighted at the Windsor
Castle public-house, in the Vauxhall-road, where a
number of the same regiment were celebrating a
soldier's wedding. Two shillings were demanded
for the fare, which the defendants refused to pay,
and because he civilly requested the amount due to

him, Turner struck him, and the others were °nil,
prevented doing so by the interference of some .o'
the soldiers present at the wedding. Several wit.
nesses spoke to the great forbearance of the com"
plainanr, and Mr. Gregori ordered the three de-
defendants to pay a fine of 20s. each, the amou
fare arid costs, or be imprisoned twenty days. The
prisoners, not having the money, were locked IV'