The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-27 00:00:00

IN RE GAMIN.

This bankrupt was described as of Croydon, builder,
&c., and came up to pass his examination on accounts
prepared by Mr, Williams, Basinghall-street, showing
debtor to creditors 7961. 9s. 4d. ; ditto, holding securi-
ties, 1,0371. ss. 3d. ; surplus, Juno, 1854, 3951. 7s. 7d. ;
creditor by good debts, 591. ; property, 207/. ; ditto,
in the bands of creditors, 1;810/.
The bankrupt passed without opposition.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

BOW-STREET.

POST-OF/WE ROBBERY.—James Brown was placed at
the bar, charged with stealing a letter containing money,
the property of tier Majesty's Postmaster-General.
Mr. Sculthope, one &.f the comptrollers of the Port-
office, stated that the prisoner war a letter-carrier in the
London district department, and was engaged at Bays-
water. It was his duty to collect the letters received in
that neighbourhood. In consequence of the numerous
.robberies of letters in the Bayswater district, he was
directed by the Postmaster-General to test the honesty
of servants employed there, and on the 26th of
this month he made up a letter and addressed it

to " Mrs. White, Jedburgh, near the Chapel of Ease,
Scotland," and enclosed therein half a sovereign, a six-
pence, and six penny postage stamps, all of which he
had previously marked. The letter was fastened with
adhesive gum, and was given to Bingham, with instruc-
tions to post it at Mr. Giles's receiving house, Bays'
water. If the letter had been posted according to his
direction, it would have arrived at the General Post-
office at about six o'clock in the evening, with the rest
of the Bayswater letters. The letter bag arrived in
due course, but it did not contain the made-up letter.
He then proceeded to the sorting office, at Bayswater,

in company with Cole and Bingham, the officer, and
met the prisoner as he was leaving the office. He asked
him his name, and he said it was Brown ; and in answer
to a question he said he collected the Bayswater office at
five o'clock. He then told him there was a money letter
missing, and he (Brown) must be searched. Smee, the
officer, did so, and handed a purse to Cole, in which the
marked sixpence was found. On the sixpence being
identified the prisoner said the money was his, and he
had taken it in change. He said he had not seen the
missing balf•sovereign. He was then given into custody.
The sixpence produced by Since was the same one
as he enclosed in the letter.

Henry Bingham, police cot/stable attached to the
Post office, stated that he posted the letter given to him
by Mr. Scultherp, and directed to Mr. Giles, Bays-
water, at about five minutes past 4 yesterday afternoon,
in the same state as he had received it.

Mr. Rowe, the son-in-law of Mr. Giles, who avvisted
in the sorting of the letters, stated that he saw a
letter directed as described by Mr. Sculthorp. It was
stamped and put with the other letters, and the prisoner
called and tied them up, and, at a few minutes after five,
he left the office with'the letter in question.

Cole, the officer, said the prisoner admitted having
the half sovereign, and said that he had changed it at the
Prince Albert public-house, in the Portobello-road, for
half a quartern of gin. The officer went to the house
and there found the money.
The prisoner, who declined saying anything, was
fully committed for trial.
THE LATE AITRAY IN BARLEY-COI:MT.—It will be re-
collected that at the termination of the hearing of this
charge before Mr. Henry yesterday, the two women,
TeMple and Sweeny, were ordered to be conveyed to
the hosplal, in order that the injuries they had received
might receive proper attention.
This morning the inspector having charge of the case
attended before Mr. Henry, and stated that the surgeon
of the hospital had given him a certificate stating that
Temple bad received Such severe injury that it would
be impossible for her to attend to-day. He had brought
Sweeny, whom the surgeon thought had recovered
sufficiently to leave the institution.

On the old woman entering the office she appeared
still to be suffering very much.

Mr. Henry said, as the other woman was not able to
attend, the further hearing of the case must be post-
poned until a future day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTENSIVE FRAUD.--Henry Bray, a waiter out of a
situation, was brought before Mr. Beadon, for re- examina-
tion, charged with having obtained from Mr. Peter
Plant, hosier, No. 4, Waterloo-place, several pairs of
silk hose, and other articles, of the value of 291. 145.,
by false and fraudulent representations.
William John Salmon said he was assistant to the
prosecutor. On last Saturday week, about two o'clock
in the afternoon, the prisoner came into his shop, and
said his master, Mr. Greaves, a customer of theirs, who
was staying at Farr.tnce's Hotel, wanted some silk hose
and linen shirts. Believing the prisoner's statement,
witness let him have six pairs of silk hose and four linen
shirts. On the following Monday prisoner came again
and requested him to send Mr. Greaves eight more
shirts, twelve pairs of white silk hose, twelve pairs
of speckled hose, and a dozen pocket handker-
chiefs. Witness made out the invoice, amounting to
2W. 145., for the whole of the goods, which he handed
to the prisoner, who left the shop. Witness's suspicions
were subsequently excited, and he went to Farrance's
Hotel and saw Mr. Greaves, who denied having sent
for the goods, or all knowledge of the prisoner. On the
following Tuesday the prisoner favoured him with an-
other call, and requested to have the cambric handker-
chiefs for silk ones. Witness detained him while he
sent for a police constable, upon whose arrival prisoner
was given into custody.
The prisoner, who admitted the olaarge, pleaded poverty
as the cause of his being placed in his present position.
Committed for trial.