The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

dow, said, " Ah, that's the right sort for Mr. Wel-
stead." Mr. Welstead was a customer, and he knew
the prisoner as a restorer of paintings.
Mr. Tyrwhitf—Restorer or destroyer ?
Prosecutor—Restorer. He then went on to state
that be answered, " What, do you know Mr. Wel-.
stead ?" and prisoner replied, " Oh, yes, for years,
and so did your father." He told prisoner it was of
no use, for he believed Mr. Welstead was not then
a buyer, and he answered, " Yes, he is ; I am going
to take a package of paintings down, and to restore
some." Hearing this, and believing it true, he in-
formed prisoner he had some pictures which would
no doubt suit him, and he looked at some,
selected seven, and said he could take them
very well with his lot. With the express under-
standing that they were going as stated, and that
if they did not suit they were to be directly
brought back—money or pictures —he let the pri-
soner have them three days after his first speaking
about the one he had seen in the window, together
with a list of prices. Mr. Welstead resided at Kim-
bolton. In May he received two notes from the pri-
soner to the effect that he had not seen the old
squire, but should do so shortly, and would send
the cash. He afterwards found that the prisoner,
whom he had lost sight of, had pledged the pictures,
which had been put up for public sale on the run-
ning out of the time from date of pledge.
Mr. Vaughan said it was necessary to apply for
a remand to complete the evidence.
The prisoner, in defence, contended that he
bought the pictures to show Mr. Welstead, but did
not submit them because of his brother's death.
An execution being put in his (prisoner's) house, he
had pledged the pictures, and circumstances had
preteoted him from redeeming them.
The priseuer. was remanded for a week.

LAMBETH.—Hannah Fisher, John Williams,
and John Agar were charged with being concerned
in stealing a £lO Bank of England note, the pro-
perty of Miss Hamilton, daughter of a clergyman
residing at Norwood.
The Rev. G. A. Hamilton, residing at Hamilton
Villas, Hamilton-road, Norwood, said that about a
fortnight ago he was informed by his daughter that
she had missed her purse, containing a £lO Bank
of England note and some gold, and on the next
day the female prisoner, who had been employed for
some time at the house as charwoman, absconded.
Police-constable Kimber, 50 P, deposed that on
the 18th inst. the prisoner Agar came to him and
said he had some information to give him respecting
a £lO note stolen from Hamilton Villas, Norwood,
and that the woman who had stolen it had gone
away with a nian named Williams. He promised
to return and give him some further information,
but he did not do so, and he did not see him again
until Saturday evening last, when h• found him in
the company of the female prisoner. From infor-
mation that had reached him by that time he
charged both prisoners with the robbery, and
neither of them denied it. The third prisoner was
subsequently taken on a charge of being concerned
in the robbery.
Evidence having been given of the prisoners
having offered a £lO note for change at different
places,
Mr. William Alsden, a baker, said he changed it
for them on Thursday or Friday week.
The female prisoner admitted that she found a
purse in the garden of the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, and
not knowing the amount of the note, she took it
home, and showed it to the other prisoner. They
were out drinking together, and she was persuaded
to get the note changed.
Mr. Elliott observed that she (the female pri-
soner) could have no mistake about it, for she not
only heard of the loss of the purse containing a £lO
note, but absconded from her employment on the
following day. He then remanded the prisoner for
a week, but offered to take bail for Agar.

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