The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

TEE LATE ROBBERY AT MR. WYLD'S.—Thomas
Clark, and Mary Ann Clark, residing in Dudley-street,
St. Giles's, wpre placed at the bar charged with having
a quantity of stolen property in their possession.

From the evidence of Inspector Mackenzie, it ap-
peared that from information he received, he, yesterday
morning, proceeded to the house occupied by the pri-
soners, in Dudley-street, St. Giles's ; it was a marine
store shop, and on entering the place he went into
the back parlour, and told the prisoners he had come
about some property that had been stolen from the
premises of Mr. Wyld, in the Strand. The male pri-
soner said he had nothing of the property mentioned,
when he told him that he knew perfectly well all
about the property, and that they bad been removed
a few days ago from his premises. The pri-
soner then asked him if the man who had moved the
property had told him that he had done so. The prisoner
then said they had been left by two well-dressed men,
but he did not know who they were. A search of the
premises was then made, and an immense quantity of
stolen property was discovered ; amongst it. was a mag-
nifying glass in a gutty percha frame, which would be
identified. He then ordered another constable to pro-
ceed upstairs and search the upper part of the house,
and shortly after he came down stairs and told him a
quantity of deeds were being burnt upstairs. Imme-
diately he heard this, he gave directions to save as much
of the property as possible, and the heap produced was
saved. The deeds and papers were not so much burned
as to prevent identification. The male prisoner said
the papers discovered by the police had been brought
to them by a man named Johnstone, who said he lived
at 14, Ashby-place, City-road.
Police-constable 50 stated that he went with Inspec-
tor Mackenzie, yesterday morning, to 24, Dadley-street,
a marine-store dealer's, and he heard his inspector ask
Clark who was the party who brought in the globes.
He hesitated, and then said they were two well-dressed
men, but they did not leave their names. He (witness)
was then directed to search the back parlour, and he
found a great many carriage cushions; while he was en-
gaged in the search he heard a noise at the top of the
house, and he immediately proceeded np stairs, and on
arriving at the top rooms he saw the female with her
apron full of burning papers coming from the fire-place,
and proceeding with them to a tub of water in order
to conceal them from his observation. The fire was burning
fiercely at the time, and observing a quantity of parch-1
ment deeds thereon, be snatched them off and threw ,
them into the water. He proceeded to the next room,
and there found another large firs consuming like docu-
ments. The parchm,nt deeds were taken from the fire,
and be then proceeded down stairs and told the inspec-
tor, and on again ascending to the top of the house he
entered the cockloft, and there found a case containing
four mounted maps and a bonnd Atlas, the property of
Mr. Wyld, and a quantity of cushion cases. On search-
ing the bottom part of the house he found a whole sack
full of carriage cushion cases. . . .

The manager of Mr. Wyld'a establishment in the
Strand stated that on the evening of the 22d of August
the premises were broken into, and a great quantity of
property was stolen therefrom. The maps, atlases, and
magnifying glass were a portion of the property that
vas stolen on the occasion. Ho identified them by pecu-
liar marks upon each of them.

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Morris Cronin, porter to Mr. Wyld, said that on the
morning of the 231 he found the premises had been en-
tered and a quantity of property stolen. The street door
of the premises was shut, but not locked. He could
open the door without the assistance of a key. The
premises wore safely locked up on the evening previous
to the robbery. _ ,

Inspector Mackenzie said he had other charges
against the prisoners, but he could not go into them to-
day. Ile therefore wished for a remand.
The magistrates then ordered the prisoners to be
remanded for a week.