The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-07 00:00:00

TLA\IES.

Too TIMPTING FOIL ME.—Georgo Green, a seaman
aged 32 years, was brought before Mr. Paget charged
with &tenting a silver Watch, value £2 55., the property
of Christian Frederishsen, a foreigner.

The prosecutor keeps a lodging
house,hie. 37, Betts-
street., St. George-in-the-East. The prisoner was lodging
with him. Yesterday the prisoner came into the prose
cutor's parlour and asked bun the time of day. The
prosecutor pointed to his watch hanging over the mantel
shelf, and said, there is the time, take it. The prisoner
looked at the watch, left it hanging where ho saw it, and
left the room. About an hour afterwards the prosecutor
missed his watch, at.d upon inquiring for the prisoner
ascertained that be had left the housa. The police were
consulted on the subject, and in the afternoon the prisoner
was taken into custody and the watch was recovered.
The prisoner bad pawned it directly he stole it. The
watch was produced by a pawnbroker's assistant. The
prisoner pleaded guilty. He did steal the watch. it was
too tempting for bin], ho saw it and heard it ticking, ho
could not resist the temptation, and took the watch.
Mr. Paget —You will suffer, and that severely, for your
want of firmness in not resisting the temptation. You are
sentenced to six months' imprisonment and bard labour.
George Stevenson, aged 61 years, John Ryan, 58, Pa-
trick Kelly, 49, and Joseph Hughes, 37, were charged with
tearing up their clothes in the casual ward of St. George.
in-the-East Workhouse.,
Mr. Denson, the superintendent of the ward, said that
the guardians had been put to great expense by the evil
practice of casuals tearing up their old olotlies after a
night's lodging, and ho was sorry to bring so many tear-
ups before the magistrate of that court. _ _

Mr. Paget sentenced the four tear-ups to days' impti..
sonment and hard labour,

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