The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLICZNCE.

GUILDHALL.—Mary Blewitt, a doll manufacturer,
residing at No. 1, Neleou-square, Blackfriars-road, ap-
peared at the bar in discharge of her bail, on remand,
charged with being unlawfully in possession of a quantity
of llama cloth, well knowing the same to be stolen.
On the last examination it appeared that the London
premises of Messrs. Fyfe and Co., of Glasgow, in Law.
rance-lane, were broken into on the night of the 17th of
December last, and about .120/. worth of cloth were
stolen. Information was given to the police, and they
discovered that pieces of cloth, resembling in quality
that which had been stolen, had been pledged at different
pawnbrokers all over London. On the 20th of May,
Gayler, a detective officer, stopped two women inßridge.
street, Blackfriars, and took from them a piece of cloth,
which they bad just redeemed from a pawnbroker's is
Shoreditch.

Mrs. Adame, one of the women in question, stated that
she bought the ticket of the cloth some weeks before, and
had sold it again, and had that day taken it out for the
person to whom the ticket then belonged.
Other witneseas were called, who deposed to having
pledged numerous pieces of cloth for the prisoner—some
in Walworth, some in the Edge ware.road, and some in
various other parts of London.

Evidence was produced to show that the prisoner's
husband was present when the goods came into the
house.

Gayler informed his Worship there were upwards of
700 pledges discovered, and about 25 of them had been
pawned by a young woman named Alker, who was in
the prisoner's employ.

Mr. Lewis, jun., for the prisoner, contended that she
could not be held responsible, for, supposing the evi.
dence to be as stated, and assuming that she knew the
goods were stolen, her husband was at home when they
came into the house, and all her acts both then and sub.
sequently were under his direction and control.
The worthy Alderman considered that some further
inquiry was necessary before be adjudicated upon the
case, and therefore remanded it, admitting the prisoner
to bail on the same sureties as before.

WORSHIP-STREET.—John Lessy, described as a
French polisher, was charged with assault and robbery.
An elderly lady named Graham. residing in Red Lion-
square, Holborn, and one of whose eyes was severely
contuse.d, stated :—I was passing through Shoreditch at
three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in company of my
daughter, whose infant I was carrying, when I noticed
the prisoner standing on the other side of the way.
He crossed the road, and, as I saw him coming, I
can swear he is the man. I was just in the act of
placing the infant into the arms of its mother, when the
prisoner stopped, placed himself directly in my way,
and, deliberately striking me a most violent blow in
the face with his fist, rapidly snatched off my specta-
cles, value if. 103., and ran away. I followed him as
well as I could, and was joined by two men, who
voluntarily offered to capture him and also ran
after him. I never lost sight of the prisoner, whom I
succeeded in getting hold of in New Inn-yard ; but the
two men then, upon pretence of holding him, loosened
my grasp of his coat, and all three escaped agether. I
communicated with the police, to whom I gave an accu-
rate description of the thief, and while going with the
constable through Church-street at 3 o'clock in the even-
ing I again caught sight of the prisoner and gave him
in charge.

Jane—Baker, a widow, partially confirmed this evi-
dence, swearing to the prisoner's dress, though not see-
ing his face ; and Marshall, a constable, deposed to the
positive manner in which the prosecutrix identified the
accused.

In answer to the charge the prisoner said—l can as-
sure you, sir, the prisoner is entirely mistaken. I live
up westwards, and was on my return home from Victo-
ria Park when she charged me with this offence.
Prosecutrix said—l am certain that he is the man. I
had not the slightest suspicion he was about to strike
and rob me, but his attention seemed fixed upon me,
and I must have noticed him altogether for about three
minutes.

A gentleman in Court upon other business—l cer-
tainly think that I kave seen the prisoner latterly at the
Thames Polic3-court. . . _

Prisoner—No, I was never in a police-court before inn
my life.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, however, did not credit this, and
ordered him to be committed till that day week for the
completion of the evidence.

THAMES.—The Rev. G. C. Smith, better known as
Boatswain Smith, the itinerant preacher, who has been
so often taken into custody for causing an obstruction
in the public streets, was again brought before Mr.
Yardley, yesterday, charged with obstructing the tho-
roughfare in Upper East Smithfield, opposite the Lon-
don Dock,

The rev, gentleman, whenever he has appeared at this
court, has always inflicted a sermon on the magistrates,
who have invariably treated him with the greatest indul-
gence. To prevent this, Mr. Yardley no sooner observed
the defendant in the dock than he looked at the police-
sheet before him, and said to Police-sergeant Egerton,
24 H, " You saw the defendant preaching in Upper East
Smithfield yesterday afternoon, and a crowd of persons
about him ?"

Egerton.—Yes, sir, there was a great obstruction.
Two ladies had their pockets picked.
Mr. Yardley.—Discharge the prisoner. Call on the
next case.

The aged defendant, who is upwards of 70, and whose
once stentorian voice has grown husky and weak, was
not to be baulked by the ruse of the magistrate, and com-
menced as usual :—" I am commanded by the great cap-
tain of all, my Lord and master, Jesus Christ, to go
into"—

Mr. Yardley—Yon are discharged. The next case.
Kent (an officer of the court)—Stand down, sir.
The Rev. Mr. Smith.—" The highways and bye-
ways"—
Mr. Yardley.—Leave the court, Mr. Smith.
The Rev. Mr. Smith, who would not move an inch,
although an officer was pulling at his coat, continued
the sentence, "and preach the Gospel."
Mr. Yardley.—Now, Mr. Smith, will you let me pro-
ceed with the business of the court ?
The Rev. Mr. Smith said he was very sorry to give
the magistrates so much trouble. The vice and immo-
raprevailed in Ratcliff-highway were really
dreadful,litwhich
and the magistrate had had a specimen of it
in the numerous charges of drunkenness and riot and—.
Mr. Yardley,—You are discharged, Ur, smith.