The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-08 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF £1,500 AT LIVERPOOL

John Thomas Richardson, who had been in
custody for more than a fortnight upon the charge
of stealing three £5OO Bank of England notes and
.£75 in gold, the property of Mr. Henry Moore, a
grocer, at Liverpool, was on Saturday brought
before the bench of magistrates sitting at the
Court-house, at Liverpool, for final examination
upon the charge.
Mr. Toulmin, solicitor, of Liverpool, appeared to
conduct the prosecution ; and Mr. Beard, solicitor,
of Basinghall-street, attended on behalf of the
prisoner.
It will be remembered that the prosecutor, who
was out of business, resided at Sandstone-road,
Liverpool ; and on the day the robbery was com-
mitted he and his wife went out, leaving no one in
tha house, and a sum of nearly £2OO was left locked
up in one of the drawers in his bed-room. The
reason for his having so large a sum of money by
him was that Mr. Moore had made arrangements
for the purchase of some property, and he had
provided the money for that purpose, but owing to
the deeds necessary to carry out the sale being
accidentally not prepared by the time specified, it
became necessary that he should keep the money
by him for a day or two, and it was owing to this
unfortunate circumstance that he sustained his
severe loss. Upon the return of Mr. Moore and
his wife in the evening they speedily discovered
chat some one had entered tho house during their
absence, and that the whole of the money was
gone. Information of the robbery was given to
the police, and the notes were stopped at the Bank
of England, but nothing was then heard of them
until about a month ago, when one of the £5OO
notes was paid into the Bank of England by a
London firm, and it turned out that this note bad
been changed for gold and Prussian and French
bank notes by a money-changer at Berne, in Swit-
zerland. Nothing further was heard of the matter
until a few days afterwards, when the prisoner
presented himself at the shop of Messrs. Mon-
tagu and Co., money-changers, on Cornhill, and he
produced nearly the whole of the Prussian bank
notes that had been given at Borne for the £5OO
note, and wished to get them changed, but in con-
sequence of information they had received they sent
for Sergeant Funnell, a detective officer of the City
police, and he was given into custody and ultimately
was sent down to Liverpool to undergo examina-
tion upon the charge of having stolen the property
in question. Upon the case being called on, Mr.
Toulmin addressed the bench, and said that since
the last examination the prosecutor had not been
able to obtain any further evidence to connect the
prisoner with the charge. It was supposed that
evidence would have been forthcoming to prove
that the prisoner had changed one of the notes
abroad, but the result of inquiries had led to the
belief that this was not the case, and under these
circumstances he should not ask for any further re-
mand or detention of the prisoner. The chairman
having consulted with his brother magistrates said.
that after the statement of the solicitor for the pro-
secution their only course was to order the prisoner
to be discharged, and he was consequently at once
set at liberty. The inquiry appeared to excite a
great deal of interest, the court being crowded dur-
ing the proceedings. and a good deal of commisera-
tion was expressed for Mr. Moore, to whom the
loss of the money is very serious indeed. Upon the
application of Mr. Beard, the magistrates ordered
that a bank note, some gold, and a large quantity
of diamonds, that were found upon the prisoner
when he was apprehended by Funnel], should be
delivered up to him.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

YORK- OCT. 6.

Tho supply of wheat was limited to-day, but the demand
'was fair, and currencies were is per qr over the previous
week. Of barley the show was scanty, at former rates.
Oats firm. Beans is dearer.

Wheat, red .62s to 646 i Oats.... 2Bs to 301
White do .64s to 68s 1 Beans ..48s to 50.
Barley .34s to 42s I Peas ....-8 to —s
Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 40$ per qr. ; flour, 47s to
50s per sack.