The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

REGTSTYRING A PATENT.-LEMON V. MILL.

This wasan action to recover £lO 10s., money alleged to
have been paid at defendant's request.
Mr. Lewis, of Wilmington-square, called plaintiff, who
said that defendant had invented a die and press, but had
not the money to provisionally register it. At his request
plaintiff paid £lO 10s. for six months.
Cross-examined by Mr. Buchanan—Plaintiff was to give
defendant 5 per cent. upon the sales. Sold some articles
made by the patent. Worked the patent for six months.
Was to allow the defendant a share of the profits.
Mr. Buchanan called defendant, who said that he did
not ask plaintiff to pay the money. Plaintiff worked the
patent for six months. There was no agreement as to
profits.
His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff had not made
out his case. At best he had only made out a case of
partnership. He should find for defendant, with costs.

POLL ?1? INTELLIG ENCE.—( This Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN ARTFUL MODE OF PROVIDING A CHRISTMAS
DINNER.—Robert Leigh, a rough cunning looking fellow,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing two geese
of the value of 14s. from the shop of Mrs. Webb, 109, Tot-
tenham-court-road. _ _ _

A little girl nanaed Sarah Harrington proved seeing the
prisoner and another lad walk up to the shop window
just as the person who had been left in charge of the Christ-
mas stock had turned his back, and each of them dexte-
rously threw a cloth over a goose—selecting two very fine
ones—and then hastily walk off wit's. them. She gave an
alarm and they were pursued, the prisoner being caught,
but the other escaping.

George Maynard, in the employ of Mrs. Webb, said he
had only just left the geese, having kept a sharp look out
all day, knowing that there was a number of young thieves
about, when the alarm was given. He immediately ran
after the lads, but unfortunately slipping down the other
lad escaped, but he succeeded in securing the prisoner after
a chase. _ _

...,
Prisoner—Why, I was going along quiet like, when a
boy seized up a goose and threw it at me. I was, of course,
running after him, when up comes this 'ere person and
stops me, and says, " You stole the goose," and gives me
into custody.

A constable said the prisoner had been before convicted,
and the prisoner, who did not seem to relish the idea of
going to pass his Christmas in prison, was committed for
two months, with hard labour.

' THAMES.
TWELVE TIMES CONVICTED.—WiIIiam Jones, an active
fellow, aged 19 years, with a good many aliases, was
brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing three
packages of pearl barley, each weighing 31bs., from a cart
in High -street, Whitechapel.
Micah Harvey, a police-constable, No. 174 H, stated
that he saw the prisoner and another thief following a
horse and cart along the High-street. The cart contained
a large quantity of parcels of grocery and other goods. The
prisoner and his companion went behind the cart, raised
the lid of a box that was on the cart, and took from it three
parcels, with which they crossed the road and went upon
the footpath. He went after them, and collared both.
They dropped the three parcels, and a fierce struggle took
place. The prisoner's companion escaped, and only one of
the parcels was recovere I. The other was picked up by some
of the numerous thieves and ruffians who assembled directly
ho seized Jones and his confederate. The cart went on, and
the driver of it was unconscious of having lost anything.
Joseph Deeble, a police-constable, No. 195 H, said he
knew the prisoner well, and he belonged to the Keate-
street gang in Spitalfields, and had been convicted at least
12 times. There was not a more hardened thief in the dis-
trict. The prisoner was convicted at the Worship-street
Police-court 15 months ago, when he was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment and hard labour for a robbery. The
prisoner was convicted in the Thames Police-court seven
months ago, and again sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment and hard labour. The prisoner had been in custody
since his liberation.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said,
" Settle it here, sir."
Mr. Selfe—lndeed, I shall not ; you will go before a jury
this time. You are committal for trial.
CATERING FOR CHRISTMAS FAuE.—Matilda Getter,
alias Gutter, Ann Davis, Martha Blumsden, and Eliza
Sport, all aged 17, who have been known to the police for
a long time, were brought before Mr. Selfe charged with
stealing a piece of beef, a piece of pork, a britannia metal
tea-pot, and a hair broom, from various shops in the Com-
mercial-road and vicinity.
Copping, a detective p Aim sergeant No. 3 K, stated that
he met the prisoners in the Commercial-road, and, know-
ing them to be thieves, watched them, and saw them visit
and loiter about many butchers', grocers', and cheesemon-
gers' shops, where there were large and tempting displays of
Christmas fare. They did not succeed in taking any things,
although they made many attempts, until they came to
- the shop of Mr Charles Holland, oil and colourman of
No. 12, Bedford-row, Commercial-road, where one of
them stole a hair broom exposed for sale outside the
shop, while the others stood around her and covered her
operations. He then stepped up to them, and with the
assistance of a constable took them into custody. He
found upon them the broom, which was identified by Mr.
Holland, a jug, a piece of beef, a piece of pork, and a new
metal teapot. The prisoners refused to give any account
of themselves, or where they purchased the articles found
upon them. They were all bad characters, and had been
in custody before.
The prisoners made a good deal of noise in the felon's
dock, frequently interrupted the officer, and stated they
were hard-working girls.
Copping—l never knew these to do any work—they
are all thieves.
Mr. Selfe said the prisoners were on a predatory excur-
sion, and were properly looked after by the officer. He
convicted them as rogues and vagabonds under the Vagrant
Act, and sentenced them to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

According to a statement prepared by Mr. James
Low, the shipments of specie .from Great Britain to the
East in the year 1860 have amounted to £9,425,787. This
is £6,191,003 below the total of 1859, but £1,205,114 above
the average of the last 10 years. The proportion of gold
shipped this year and included in the above has been
£1,612,891, a larger amount of that metal than has been
sent to the East in any previou s twelve months. From the
Mediterranean ports there ha ve also been shipments of
specie to the amount of £3,529, 192, making the grand total
from Europe to the East £12,9E4,979, of which £2,378,029
was gold, and 510,576,950 silver. The proportion to China
was £1,835,341, the whole of wilich, with the exception of
£9OO, was silver.