The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

Ali INCORRIGIBLE TILIEY.—ROBBERIES BY A. SEnvA.NA,
—James Weeks, aged 19, who appeared much younger,
and who was convicted in February, 1859, for stealing £lOO,
was brought before Mr. Yardley on a charge of robbing his
master.

About 5 months ago the prisoner entered the service of
Mr. Thomas Danby, a green grocer in High-street, Poplar,
who was not aware of his previous bad character. Mr.
Danby had frequently missed money from his till, and his
losses were very considerable. At last he consulted the
police, and was advised to test the honesty of his servant
by marking a quantity of silver coin and placing it in his
till. Last night the prosecutor marked 10s. worth of silver
which he placed in his till and locked it. This morn-
ing Mr. Danby let the prisoner into his shop at
twenty minutes past seven o'clock. The till was
then locked, and the marked money in it. The
prisoner was in the shop alone for more than an hour,
and Mr. Danby !then opened the till with his key and
missed three of the marked aixpenses. A police constable
named Sutherland, No. 421 K, was immediately called upon
and he took the prisoner into custody, and found upon him
one of the marked sixpences, a key which fitted the lock of
the till, and 3fd. in coppers. The prisoner admitted be
had unlocked the till and stolen three sixpences from it,
and said he had given one to his mother and changed an-
other in the purchase of some vitriol, for which he paid
21d., and the coppers found upon him were the change.
Police Serjeant Copping, No. 3 K, said the prisoner was
convicted in the latter end of February, 1859, at the Mid-
dlesex Sessions for stealing 1100 and a cash box from the
house of his then employer, Mr. Ricketts, a grocer in the
Mile-end-road. The prisoner absconded in the month of
Septelnber, 1858, with the cash-box and its contents, and
was not heard of again until the end of December, when he
apprehended him in Plymouth in a state of great destitu-
tion, having squandered a great portion of the money.
Mr. Yardley—When was the prisoner tried for stealing
the cash-box and £lOO ?
Copping—He was not tried until the February sessions,
1859, and he was then convicted and sentenced to SIX
, months' imprisonment and hard labour; he
ad-
mitted evidence against an Irish labourer who was
assist
also
sist t
his
!
lad to break open the cash-book, and approp iated so
own use more than half its contents. The man was also

convicted.
The prisoner said he had no defence to make—nothing at
all to say.
Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial, and directed
Copping to prove the former conviction at the sessions.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. ,

Tars DAY, D
Ayr, E.S.E.; S.E. wetvYrain
Birmingham, .
Bradford, S.W. ; dull
Brighton, S.E.; windy
Bristol, N. ; rain
Cambridge, S.; dull
Cirdiff, S.E. ; murk rain
Carlisle, 5.E• , wet
Chatham,W., moderate ; fine
Cork. W. ; fine
Deal, S,, light
Derby, E II E. ; dull
Dublin, S.
Dandee, S.E. ; wet
Edinburgh, N.E.; dull
Falmouth, S.; thick
Glasgow, S.E. • rain
Goole, S.; dull
Gravesend, S.E., light
Hartlepool, S.W. ; cloudy
Harwich, S.S.W. ; cloudy
Holyhead, S.; fresh breeze,
cloudy

lEC. 6, 9 A.M.
Inverness, N.W. ; fine
Kingstown, S.E. ; dull
Leeds, S.W. ; dull
Leith, N.E. ; dull
Limerick, calm ; wet
Manchester, veering . dull
Middlesborough, 3.lir. ; dull
Milford Haven, S.W.; rain
Newcastle on Tyne,N.E.; fog
Newmarket, S. dull
Norwich, S.E., light ; fino
Peterborough,S.S.E.; cloudy
Port Glasgow, E.; rain
rani
Stockton E.S.E. ;
Stockton on Tees, S.W.; dull
Sunderland, g. ; dull
Wakefield, S.; rather dull
Waterford, W. ; dull
Weymouth, S. ; rain
Whitehaven, S.E. ; rain
Wolverhampton, S.; dull
York, S.E. ; rain

SPIRITUEL AND SPIRITUAL—Who is the most
extraordinary " Medium" in England ? Mr. Gladstone;
because he has raised.v --r
irits all over England.""•