The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-12 00:00:00

PO,LIOE LVTELLIGENCE.-71.is Day.

BOW-STREET—(YETIS DAY.)
To-day Mr. William Wright, of 16, York-street,
atttnled again with his solicitor, before Sir T.
Henry.
It will be recollected that on the la-A occasion
the counsel for the prosecution, and that of the
defendant for some time were unable to agree upon
the terms of the spcial case which it was proposed
to take to the Court of Queen's Bench, questioning
the validity of the flue of £lOO which Sir T. Henry
had inflicted on Mr. Wright for infringing the Acr.
This morning the case, as finally agreed between all
parties, was submitted to the chief magistrate, and,
meeting with his approval, he signed the docu-
ment.

The " ca,e" raises the whole question with re-
spect to the keeping of commission agencies, &c.,
but it cannot be argued at Westminster before
November next,
THE Duo TAx.—James Scouse, a dog dealer in
Bethnal-green, was summoned for keeping seven
dogs, for which he had failed to take out a license.
The Supervisor said he went to the defendant's
premises on the 25th of June, and found seven
dogs for which he bad no license. Ile told him he
had made himself liable to a fine, to which defend-
ant replied that he was aware of that, but he wished
there was a dog dealers' license, and then they
would know what they had to pay.
Defendant—The dogs were not all mine ; some
had only been sent to me to be washed.
Sir T. lieury—But you told the officer the dogs
all belonged to you.
Defendant—`Well, I have recollected since.
Sir T. Henry—l can come to no other conclusion
than that all the dogs belonged to you, but I shall
only on the present occasion fine you £2 10s.
Mr. Nesbitt, a tradesinaii, was also summoned
for having an unlicensed dog in his possession.
The defendant said it was quite true he had not
paid the license on the 9th of June, but he did on
the 14th, and the animal was destroyed a week or
so after.

The Magistrate said he must inflict a mitigated
fine.

The Defendant—Why, the dog was only a
puppy—(laughter)—and I only had had it three
weeks.

The Magistrate said he had no alternative, and
fined the defendant 255.

THAMES.

LIVING OVER A. MINE OF THIEVES.— Willialll Birch,
aged 28 years, Mary Ann Birch, his wife, 25, and Joseph
Sutton alias Oharles B:own, 3U, were charged with steal-
ing .£l7, the moneys of George Shepherd, of No. 14, Lucas-
street, St. Georke-in-the-East.
The p onezutor, a young man, is shopman to a cheese-
monger upon a salary of Us. per week and his board, and
he had to pay- for his lodgings and clothes oat of his money,
and he accounted for the possession of £l7 iu his box t-tt
his lodgings by st sting that his in 'tiler had scut hint
1:20 iu trio course of tug list four 111 J ith 4. There was
£l2 in gold and £3 in silver in his box a few days ago. He
opm,ed his box a few evenings slice and missed all his
motley. Pawsey and Smith, local detectives of the
division, were called upon to act in the case. They soon
had the prisoners in custody. Sutto.l was found at No. 1
Hall-street, lloxton, and he ha I been in the hab:t of,
visiting the Birch's at No. 14, Lucas-street. Ou a bunch
of keys found in Birch's romn there was one which
fitted the lock of the prosecutor's box, in which
he had deposited his nimey. When William Birch was
apprehended by James Toultnin, a detective, ha said " I
expected this," and ho said to his lan Ilady, "if you can
lay your heads together, and make this up, it will be the
better for you." He said to the prosLcutur, " It's no harm
to rub you, for you rob your intster." Mrs. Windsor,
landlady of the house, No. 14, Lucas-street, was in bed a
few mornings since, and heard something thrown out
of Birch's room into the yard. She previously heard the
voice of Sutton in the yard, and,call out, "Throw it out,
Bill; it's all right." Sutton picked up the parcel, and
went away.

James Briden, a police sergeant of the K detectives, said
the prisoners were notorious thieves, who had been often
convicted. lie gave the dates and other particulars of
their convictions. Sutton was a " license-holder," and his
ticket-of-leave would expire in March next.
Birch, in defence, said he would admit he had been
penal servitude. lle was not the person who robbed
Shepherd, but he knew who did, and th n proceedel to
relate 3ircumstantially how, when, and by whom the
money was stolen, and where the thieves were to be
found.

Mrs. Wilson said she had been living over a mine of
thieves, and that when she discovered what a many rob-
bers were about her she removed every pJrtable article of
value from her house.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.