The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

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BOW STREET.

ROBBERY BY SCAYENGEBS.—This morning, two men,
named Joseph Collins and Henry Brewer, were placed
at the bar, charged with stealing two iron boilers, the
property of Mr. Jacques, iron merchant, Bloomsbury.
From the evidence of a gentleman named Snowden
it appeared that about ten o'clock last night, the men
entered King's•head-yard for the purpose of removing
the refuse of the place, which was partly occupied by a
butcher, and after they had half filled their cart, he
distinctly saw Brewer lift one of the boilers into it and
.over it over with rubbish ; he immediately left the
window from which he was looking and gave information
of the proceedings to the police. The men were taken
into custody this morning, but the property had not
been found.

The foreman to Mr. Jacques said the missing pro-
perty was safe last Saturday evening. Ile saw the
boilers in the yard that day, they were then lying a few
yards from the spot where the prisoner's cart was ob-
served last night. The value of the missing property
was about 4/. A. kitchen range had also been lost.

In answer to the charge Collins said he knew nothing
about the property, all he did last night in the yard was
to remove the rubbish.

Mr. Henry—But 10 o'clock at night is an unseason,
able hour for so doing.

Collins—The residents about the place object to its
being done earlier on account of the offensive smell of
the manure. He had been for the last eight years
constantly in and out the yard, and had never before
been charged with dishonesty.
Mr. Henry—You could remove the manure by day-
light if you chose. There is nothing to prevent your
doing so early in the morning. What have you got
to say to the charge, Brewer ?

Brewer—l know nothing about the property.
Mr. Henry—The witness says he distinctly saw you
t one of the boilers into the cart.

Brewer—l know nothing about it.

Mr. Henry ordered the men to be remanded for a
week, in order to afford time to the police to discover
She property.

MANSION-HOUSE.

STEALING A WATCH.—STRANGE CASE. —Peter Th,ea-
dor Ginesen was charged with stealing a silver gilt watch,
chain, 2 sovereigns, and 10s. in silver, the property of
a foreigner named Zachari.
The prisoner and prosecutor are both foreigners, and
were lodging at the Blue Pig, St. Mary-Axe. They
slept in the same room, and the night before last the
prosecutor lost his watch and money. The evidence
against the prisoner was, that this morning he went to
a tailor's shop opposite to the Blue Pig to have a button
sewn on to his coat. Whilst there he appeared agi-
tated, and asked to be allowed to go through the sky-
light on to the roof for a pair of spectacles a friend of
his had thrown there. The tailor, however, refused, and
on the prisoner being subsequently apprehended, the
policeman went on the roof of the tailor's shop and
there found the watch and chain wrapped up in Is pocket
handkerchief.

In the absence of the owner of the property, the pri-
soner was remanded.

GUILDHALL.

POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—
Two young men, named Thomasand hillier, were placed
at the bar, and charged before Mr. Alderman Challis
with the folowing daring and extraordinary robbery.
Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, appeared for
the prosecution, and stated that the prisoners were
charged with stealing letters from various branch post-
offices under peculiar circumstances. During the past
two months ten or eleven complaints had been made
to the Post-office authorities of several of the receiving-
offices having been robbed of packets of letters,
and the time selected was when the mail bags were
being made up for despatch to the General Post-office.
The practice has been for persons to watch the making
up the bags, and then walk into the shop, seize a
packet of letters, rush out of the shop with them, and
make off. Mr. Peacock said that there would be vari-
ous charges preferred against the prisoners, but he should
only to-day enter into one of them.

Evidence was then produced which proved that on
the 21st of July a letter containing a cheque drawn
on Messrs. Coutts and Co. for 76/. 17s. 6d. was posted at
King-street, Covent-garden, receiving-house, and was
placed in a packet of 42 letters, to be despatched to the
General Post Office at two o'clock in the afternoon of
that day. Just before that time, and as the letter was
lying on the table, a person entered the shop, took the
letter, and made off. On the subsequent day Thomas,
as he was walking along Whitehall-place, met a
youth named Frederick Davidson, of York-terrace,
Albany-road, Camberwell, with whom he had a
slight personal acquaintance and entered into con-
versation with him, the result of which was that the
youth was induced to go to Messrs. Coutts' bank and
present the cheque for the prisoner, promising him
he would procure him a situation. Thomas told him to
get the cheque cashed "short," and to bring the proceeds
back to 22, Whitehall-place, to prisoner's master, Mr.
Robinson. The youth went to the bank but the check
was refused payment, and he returned to Whitehall-
place but could not find Robinson. After seeking in vain
for such a person he accidentally accosted Thain, whom he
did not then know was a detective officer, the result of
which was that they both made inquiries for Mr. Robin-
son, and found he had been dead eight years. The pri-
soner evaded detection until yesterday, when Davidson,
who was walking down Ludgate-hill with Thain, saw
him accidentally in company with the other prisoner.
They were both apprehended.
After some further evidence,
The prisoners were remanded.