The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENOE—Fei. 27.

GUILDHALL.—EdwarcI Johnson, desbribed as
compcsitor, of No. 10, Norton-f )Igate, was charged with
stiialing a cask, containing 8,000 squirrel skins, -value
1001., the property of Mr. Benedict Raiser, akin mer-
chant, of 6, Falcon-street, Aldersgate-street. It aP'
peared that the prosecutor had permission from Mr.
Roper, a druggist, in Falcoln-square, to place casks in
his gateway. On the previous day, the cask in question
was seen in the gateway at 11 o'clock in the morning.
Shortly afterwards, a porter, in the %employ of
wi Ar'
Roper, saw the prisoner going out of the gateway th
the cask, which he was rolling before him. The porter
and another man followed the prisoner, and as his 11°'
count of his possession of the cask was not satisfactorf
they took it back again, and gave him into the ousted,'
of a policeman.
The prisoner was remanded on that charge, and ark'
placed at the bar charged with stealing a bale of calico,
value 7/. 55., from the door of Messrs. Samson Cape.
stake, and Co. 'warehousemen, Bow-churchyard, node
somewhat similar circumstances.
The prisoner was'committed for trial on this charge.

James Anderson, a young man of very respectable sP,
peanut-0, who represented himself as a lawyer's cleric,
was brought up a remand charged with stealisi
three books from the shop of Mr. Turner,, of Chancery'
lane.
Mr. Griffiths, of the firm of Grant and Geiffithgt of
St. Pau 's
-churchyard, identified the prisoner as comies
intl his shop about two or three weeks ago, and during
the temPorary absence of the shopman prisoner de,"
ca,ntped. Immediately after, two volumes of Macaulay
"History of England" were missing. One volume lieu
since been traced to Mr. Warburg, of Fleet-street.
Mr. Warburg said he had often bought books of the
prisoner, who gave his name and address. To the
of his belief he gave 6s. to the prisoner for the veinal°
produced.
Tue officer said the address given by the prisoner Ws°
false. best

Mr. Warburg also produced about seven or eight Will.
brokers' duplicates relating to books of a valuable de.
scription.
Mr. Amer, a law bookseller, of Lino°ln's-inn-get4
identified the prisoner as corning in to look at a "
Lie," and taking away with him a copy of Oke'
" Magisterial Synopiis, which he sold in the neigh'
bourhood within a quarter of an hour.
The prisoner was remanded for the production of the
books till Saturday.

CLERICENWELL.—EIizabea Webster, aged 24,
miserable-10-.king woman, was placed at the bar on re'
=nal, before Mr. Carrie, charged, on her own coulee"
anon, with having caused the death of Samuel Webster,
her child, aged 11 months.
It appeared from the evidence that police-constable
Datnond, 175 G, found the prisoner lying asleep in
passage of a house in Portpool-lane, Gray's-inn-lane, an
up tri waking her up she said, Hold me, I have doe.
it." He asked her what she had done, when she .aly
pied, " I have killed it I—l have killed my child !”
then inquired where it was, when the prisoner state
that it was at No. 7, Charles-street, Hatton-garden,
where she resided. The prisoner, who was very drunk'
was then taken to the station-house ; and upon 10106.
for Anderson, of the G division, malting inquiries
found that the prisoner did not reside where she stateai
He ascertained, however, that in the month of May )4$
she had taken her child, which was then four menthe
old, from the St. Andrew's workhouse. She also state('
that her husband had been employed at several priating.,
establishments, and amongst others on the morniva
newspapers. The inspector, who took a great deal of
trouble to awertaiu the truth of,the woman's statement,"
said he had found them all false. The prisoner, Wu°
on the first examination appeared to be suffering fr°l
an attack of ddirtiwne tremens, was remanded, a'lo
since then, as he understood, she had attempted to
mintnit suicide. The inspector has continued his Or
quiries, and has seen some parties with whom the Pr;
saner has been residing for the last four months, bu
who stated that they had not seen her with a child dot'
ing that period.
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Mr. Carrie again remanded the prisoner, to give
police time to continue their search.