The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-02 00:00:00

SOUTH WARK.

THIEVES AND REIEIVERS—EXTENSIVE ROBBERY or
OATS.—Henry Ivory, horsekeeper to Mr. Neale, coal
merchant, Old Jamaica-wharf, Upper Ground-street,
Biackfriara road, James Ropy, carman in the employ
of Messrs. Davis and Norman, cerneNt merchants,
Scotland yard, and Edward Wititant, labourer, were
brought up for final examination charged with stealing
15 bushels of oats, the property of Mr. Neal, and
Samuel Barking, a general dealer, of No. 33, Pitt's-
place, Guildford street, was charged with receiving the
same, well knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Neale, the solicitor, defended the prisoners.

Sergeant Hewlett, 2P M, an active detective officer,
stated that about six o'clock on the morning of the 13th
ult, he was in Guildford-street, Southwark, in company
with Coleman and West, two constables, when they saw
the prisoner Roffey driving► a van with two
horses heavily laden, and covered with a tarpaulin.
He stopped at the corner of Mcss Alley, when
Witham came up and the tarpaulin was partially removed.
They then crossed over to a public house, and in a few
minutes came out with Barking, when they unfastened
the tail-board, and a sack of corn was taken from the
van, and put on Witharn's back, which he carried up
Pitt's-place. Roffey then put another sack on Bark-
ing's back, and he followed 'Witham. Roffey took
another sack and carried it in the same direction.
Witness then crossed over, and on proceeding up the
court met Witham coming from Barking's shop towards
the van, when he stopped him and gave him into the
custody of West. Witness then saw Reffey coming out
of Barking's coal shed, when he asked him what he
had done with the three sacks of corn he had taken out
of his van. Reffey seemed surprised at first, but he
entered the coal shed with him, and pointed out the
three sacks of corn standing in a corner. Witness
asked him who his employers were ? He replied,
Messrs. Davis and Norman, cement merchants, Bank-
side. They kept their horses and vans at Mr. Neal's,
but they know nothing of the corn. Witness then cau-
tioned him that what he said might be used against him,
when he said Ivory put the corn in his van at Mr. Neal's
and asked him to carry it to Barking's, and that's all
he knew about it. The other prisoners were then
secured, when Barking said he had paid nothing for the
corn, neither did he know anything about it. After
they were locked up witness went to the prosecutors,
when Ivory was given into custody. Roffey afterwards
said that he had carried several sacks of corn on previ-
ous occasions to Barking's for Ivory. The latter, how-
ever, denied that assertion.

Mr. Neal identified the sacks and corn as his pro-
perty. Ivory was his horsekeeper, and had charge of
the corn to give to the horses, but he had no authority
to dispose of any or send it off the premises. Witness
had been robbed to a serious extent since Ivory had
been in his employ.
Hewlett informed his worship that Barking stood
committed for receiving stolen brass, and was out on
bail when he was found in possession of the corn. He
bad also on his premises a large quantity of other
stolen property.

Rcffey was discharged, and the other prisoners were
committed for trial.