The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Feb. 27.

GUILDITALL.—Edward foltason, described as a
compositor, of No. 10, Norton-f,llgate, was charged with
stealing a cask, containing 8,000 squirrel skins, value
1001., the property of Mr. Benefit::: Raiser, skin mer-
chant, of .6, Falcon-street, Aldersgate-street. It ap-
peared that the prosecutor had permission from Mr.
Roper, a druggist, in Faleoln-square, to place casks in
his gateway. On the previous day, the cask in question
was seen in the gateway at 11 o'clock in the morning.
Shorty afterwards, a porter, in the Lernploy of Mr.
Roper, saw the prisoner going out of the gateway with
the cask, which he was rolling before him. The porter
and another man followed the prisoner, and as his ac-
count of his possession of the cask was not satisfactory
they took it back again, and gave him into the custody
of a. policeman.
The prisoner was remanded on that charge, and again
placed at the bar charged with stealing a hale of calico,
value 71. as., from the door of Messrs. Samson Cope-
stake, and Co., warehousemen, Bow-churchyard, under
somewhat similar circumstances.
The prisorer was committed for trial on this charge. I
icanze,s Anderson, a young man of very respectable ap-
pearanee, who represented himself as a lawyer's clerk,
was brought up a remand charged with stealing
three books from the shop of Mr. Turner, of Chancery-
lane.
Mr. Griffiths, of the firm of Grant and Griffiths, of
St. Pan's-churchyard, identified the prisoner as coming
int ) his shop about two or three weeks ago, and during
the temporary .absence of the shopman prisoner de-
ca,nped. Immediately after, two vol'umes of Macaulay's
" History of England" were missing; One volume had
since been traced to Mr. Warburg, of Fleet-street.
Mr. Warburz said he had often bought books of the
prisoner, who gave his name and address. To the best
of his belief he gave 6s. to the prisoner for the volume
produced.
Tue officer said the address given by the prisoner was
false.
Mr. Warburg also produced about seven or eight pawn-
brokers' duplicates relating to books of a valuable de-
scription. •
Mr. Amer, a law bookseller, of Lincoln's-inn-gate,
identified the prisoner as coming in to look at a " Law
List," and taking away with him a copy of Oke's
"Magisterial Synopsis," wl:ich he sold in the neigh-
bourhood within a quarter of ao hour.
The prisoner was remanded for the production of the
books till Saturday.

CLERKENWELL.—BIizabeth. Webster, aged 24, a
miserable-looking wornanovas placed at the bar on re-
mane, before Mr. Currie, charged, on her own confes-
sion, with having caused the death of Samuel-Webster,
her child, aged 11 months.,
It appeared. from the evidence that police-constable
Damond, 175 G, found the prisoner lying asleep in the
passage of a house in Portpool-lane, Gray'::-inn-cane, and
upon waking her up she said, " Hold me, I have done
it." He asked her what sho had done, when she re-
plied, "I have killed it !—I have killed my child !" He
then inquired where it wa.•:, when the prisoner stated
that it was 'at No. 7, Charles•atreet, Hatton-garden,-
where she resided. Tne prisoner, who was very drunk,
was then taken to the station-house ; and upon Inspec-
tor Anderson, of ,the G division, making inviriee he
found that the prisoner did not reside where she stated.
He ascertained, however, that in the month of May last
she had taken her child, which was they: four moths
old, from the St. Andrew's workhouse. She also stated
that her husband had keen employed at several printing
estahlishraents, and amongst others on the morning
newspapers. The inspector, who took a great deal of
trouble to ascertain the, truth of the woman's statements,
said he had found them all false. The prisoner, who
on the first examination appeared to be suffering from
an attack of ddiriato tremens, was remanded, and
since then, as he understood, she had attempted to
cs.mmit suicide. The inspezttor has continued his in-
quiries, and has seen some Reties with whom the pri-
soner has been residing for the last four months, but
who stated that they bad not seen bor with a child dur-
ing that period.
Mr. Carrie again remanded the prisoner, to give the
police time to continue their search.
•

LAMBETH.—On one of the police sheet.; placed be-
fore 'Mr. Elliott yesterday morning was entered a charge
agsinst•Mrs. H., a widow lady of fortune, residing at
Clapham, of stealing a gold watch, of the value of 121.,
from the person of Mrs. G. (also a widow lady of the
highest respectability), in one of the Clapham omni-
buses. When the ease was called on the court was much
crowded by friends of the accused and accuser, and the
magistrate was merely called on for his neeessary'sane-
tion to discharge Mrs. IL from custody.
From what transpired it appeared that, between 9
and 10 o'clock on the gight before, both ladies got into
an omnibus running between Oxford-street and Clap-
bani. After the vehicle had -passed to the Surrey side,
Mrs. G. observed her gold watch safe, and attached to
the chain. On reaching that part of Vauxhall•road '
which is intersected by Kennington-lane she missed it,
and charged Mrs. H., who sat next to her, with having
r)bhed her of it. The lady indignantly denied the ac-
cusation, and the other passengers expressed it to be
their opinion that the charge'wateunfounded. Mrs. G.
as firmly persisted in her acceneatioc, a..d a policeoian
coming up. she was about to give the accused into cos-
Wily, but the latter consented to go to the etatissa-house,
and the whole of the other passengers determined on ac-
cnapanying her. At the Kennington-lane station the
partieS found
,Mr. Inspector Roger on duty, in the pre-
sence of whom Mrs. 14 rapeateed her charge. .6ebre
taking it Mr. Roger begged her to search well for the
missing property, suggesting that it might have got un-
screwed Irons the chain and become concealed inher dross.
thiseihe replied that the watch had been hooked out-
eide her dress, and, that therefere it was imposeible
till
to
could have got inside her clothes. The inspector s
recommended a thorough search,• but was silenced by
the emphatic remark from the lady " that perhaps he
might wish to search himself ;" and be was left no other
alternative than that of taking the charge. To this
course he was further impelled by the fact that no per-
son had left the omnibus from the time the complainant
had seen her watch safe unlit she missed it, and there-
fore it must have been taken, if taken at all, by some
person in the vehicle. The charge was taken at ten
o'clock, but Mr. Roger, having strong inisgiviegs on the
subject, allowed the lady to sit in the reserved room
instead of licking her up, and at 11 o'clock accepted
the hail of a clergyman and surgeon for her appearance 1
yesterday morning. Such was the slate of excitement
of Mrs. G., that she remained up uetil two o'clock,
when, on undressing, she discovered the missing watch
amongst her dress.
Mrs. G. now expressed the deepest regret at the un-
fortunate
and said shrt was most ready and
willing
apology that Mrs. H. might reauire.
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Mr. Elliott observed that the lady who had given the
charge had acted under the conviction that her watch
had been taken by the lady who sat by her, and, there-
fore, an the unfortunate circumstance had taken place
in perfect error, he hoped the matter would not be car-
ried further. •
. Mr. Chest or, who attended on behalf of Mrs. H., said
that he could not at that moment give his worship any
promise or undertaking in the matter, but should fur-
ther consider it, land in tloing so would take the Wish Qf
his worship into consideration.

Snorting itatelligerce.

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. -TCrICSDAT,

TEIE LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.-ADDITIONAL
PARTICULARS.

Mr. Saxon declared to win with Shelah. A false
start was made, Mary, Shelab, and Lightning being left
at the post. The others raced round the course, the
jockeys thinking the signal "to go" had been pKoperly
given. Little Davie, who made all the running, came
in first by half a length, Alonzo was second, and Prince
Plait-Utile a bad third. C ipt. White, the acting steward,
declared, on the evidence of the starter, that the race
must be run over again. Eulogist, Baroness, Prince
Plausible, and Pollux did not go to the post the second
time. Before the false start the betting was 2to 1 aget
Mary, 9 to 2 agst Alonzo, 5 to 1 aget Little Davie, 10 to
1 agst Prince Plausible, 12 to 1 agst Shelah. The betting,
however, ultimately closed as under :-5 to 4 agst Mary,
3to 1 agst Little Davie, G• to 1 agst Shelab. On the
second attempt to get the horses away, Shelah jumped
round, and was left far in the rear. Mary lay off until
rounding the bridge turn, when she gradually drew
upon Little Davie, who was making the running, caught
him at the distance, and won in a canter by half a length.
Lightning was a bad third. The others did not pass the
post.