The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.

CLE RIK EN WE LL.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FRAUDS.
In accordance with the remand, Leopold Redpath, and
John Comyns Kent were again placed at .the bar, charged
with defrauding the Great Northern Railway Company
of large sums of money.
Mr. Giffard attended on the part of the prosecution,
and Red path and Kent were defended by Mr. Wontner
and Mr. Hawkins.

It will be recollected that at the last examination
six charges of fraud were made ont against the pri-
soners, and the means adopted by Redpath to effect
his object were to cause Kent to alter the transfer tables
to sleet certain cases of fraud, by which circumstance a
large amount of dividend was dishonestly obtained. The
charges proceeded with to-day consisted of four statut-
able cases of forgeries of transfers of stock, the sums be-
ing for 1,875, 2,5001. A Stock, and 600/. B Stock.
Some of the forgeries were in the names of existing per-
sonages, others fictitious. We have so fully reported
the previous examinations, and the present one differing
in no essential particular from those already published,
that we abstain from a lengthened report of the examin-
ation to-day.

Evidence having been adduced to substantiate the
charge made against the prisoners by Mr. Giffard, they
were again remanded.

MARLBORO'UGH-STREET.

A COUPLE or PICKPOCKETS.—CaroIine Jones and Ann
Jones, two women of the town, were brought before
Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a purse containing
a sovereign and a quantity of postage stamps, the pro.
perty of John Prince, library attendant at the Army
and Navy Club.

The prosecutor deposed that about half-past 10 last
night he was proceeding through St. James's-square on
his way home when the prisoner Ann Jones came up
to him, and continued to walk alongside of him for some
distance in spite of his efforts to rid himself of her
society. His purse was at that time safe in his waist-
coat pocket, and in the course of conversation he
felt her hands fumbling about him, and on put-
ting his hand into his waistcoat pocket he missed
his purse, containing a sovereign and several post-
age stamps. He at once laid hold of her arm
and taxed her with the theft, which she stoutly
denied. The other prisoner then came up and asked
what was the matter, and begged him to let her sister
go. He refused to do so and called out 'Police "as
loud as he could, and in the meanwhile a man came
up and said there must be some mistake, and advised
him to feel in his pocket again, when no doubt he
would find his purse all right. Witness did feel in
his pocket, and sure enough he there found his purse,
minus the contents. A policeman at that moment came
up and the man walked off. He, however, gave the pri-
soners into custody.

In reply to Mr. Bingham, the prosecutor said he felt
the purse thrust into his pocket by some one, but could
not tell who it was. Neither the money nor the stamps
had been found.

The prisoners who denied the charge were committed
;0 the House of Correction for three months.

SOUTHWARK.

MORE GAROTTING.—James Harrington, a powerful
looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Burcham,
charged with committing a serious assault on Harriet
Scottering, and robbing her of nine sovereigns, under
the following circumstances :

William Layton, brother of the injured female, said
that on the previous night, about 10 o'clock, he was
going with his sister down Kent street, to put her in a
cab to go to the City. In passing along witness was
knocked down by one of the prisoner's companions, and
his sister was also knocked down and severely injured.
She was taken to a neighbour's house, when it was dis-
covered that she had been robbed of 91. 7s. Witness
was also severely injured, but he managed to catch hold
of the prisoner and hand him over to the custody of a
police•constable.