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

MANSION-HOUSE.

STEALING A WATCH.—STRANGE 9ABE. - Pder That-
dor Ginesem 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 a 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 iti/lier, 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 autti3rities 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.
IThe 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 761. 17s. Gd. 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.

SOUTHWARK.

ROBBERY BY JUVENILE TIIIEVES.—George Warner, a
lad about 13 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Combe charged with being concerned, with another lad
not in custody, in stealing a purse containing 4/. 103.
in gold and Gs. in silver from the person of Ann Hensley,
under the following daring circumstances.

The prosecutrix, the wife of a tradesman residing in
Kent-street, said that on the previous night, about ten
o'clock, she was standing near her husband's shop look-
ing at a disturbance that took place between two females,
and suddenly she felt a tug at her dress pocket. She
immediately got out of the crowd and put her hand in her
pocket, when she missed her purse containing 4/. 165.,
which she had safe a few minutes previous. She after-
wards received information that the prisoner and ano-
ther lad were behind her, ar.d that the former was seen
to withdraw his hand from her pocket, consequently she
gave information to the police, and he was taken into
cibtody. At a late hour in the night a girl brought her
3/. 16s. 6d., which she said was a portion of the stolen
property taken from the other lad.

Jane Edwards said she was sent on an errand by her
mother about 10 o'clock on the previous night, when
she saw a crowd in Kent-street. She stopped a minute
or two when she saw the prisoner and another lad be-
hind Mrs. lie Haley. The prisoner put his hand in her
pocket and took something out, when they both ran
away. She told the prosecutrix what had occurred.
Police constable 188 L said he took the prisoner into
custody, when he denied having stolen the money, but
said that another lad was the thief. Witness understood
that the prisoner as soon as he had obtained the money
handed it to another who ran home with it, and his nso•
ther hearing of the robbery searched him and found
31. 16s. 6d. on him, which she immediately sent to the
prosecutrix.

Mr. Combo committed tho prisoner for trial, and di-
rected the constable to apprehend the other lad as soon
as possible.