The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-30 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY IN A POLICE CELL.—CURIOUS CASE.—
Charles Harland, a porter, was charged before Mr. Bing-
ham with robbing Michael Cohen, a paperhanger, of 1,
Albert. place, of the sum of £1 10s. in the police cell in
Vine-street station-house ; the prisoner was also charged
with assaulting a young man named Beard, and a young
female named Eliza Sewell, shopwoman at Mr. Finney's,
pastrycook, 6, Tichbourne-street, and with damaging
some of Mr. Finney's property, but only the first charge
was pressed.
Michael Cohen said on Saturday night he was intoxi-
cated, and locked up in the police-cell at Vine-street sta-

tion. After being there some time he told the inspector
what money he had had in his pocket ; but, at the request
of the inspector, on feeling in his pockets, found that nearly
30s. was gone, and only two sixpences and 2id. left.
Langham, 108 C, said he was doing duty at the station
on Saturday night. The complainant, who was not searched,
was put in the same cell as the prisoner, who, when he was
locked up, said he had no money about him. After being
in the cell some time the prisoner asked him to get some
refreshment, and on going back with it to the cell, ha asked
the prisoner whether he knew what he had given him, and
he said " Yes, a sixpence," but he told him that it was a
half sovereign, and gave him the change, the prisoner offer-

ing him a shilling for his trouble. He told him he took no
money from prisoners, and the prisoner then asked him to
take no notice of it, but as be had denied having any money
when locked up, and prosecutor's dress was disarranged, he
at once told the inspector his suspicions. The prosecutor
was then fetched from the cell, and in answer to the in-
spector said he had among the money he missed two half
sovereigns. The prisoner was then searched and a half
sovereign and 18s. found in tt pouch in his pocket.
A constable said that in the pocket of the prisoner in
which the money was found, he only found a pipe when the
prisoner was taken into custody.
In answer to Mr. Bingham, the prisoner said the money
was his own, but he would rather be tried by him than go
to the sessions—ho would say he was guilty.

Mr. Bingham committed the prisoner for three months
with hard labour.

THAMES.

ROBBING AN INSPECTOR OF POLlCE.—William Batche
lor, depu y at a low lodging-house in Keate-street, Spital-
fields, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with
stealing a silk pocket handkerchief from the coat pocket of
Mr. Joseph Dandy, an inspector of the II division of police.
Mrs. Dandy, the wife of the prosecutor, said she was in
company with her husband last night at a quarter-past ten
o'clock, and was touched on the shoulder. She turned
round and saw the prisoner in the act of taking her hus-
band's handkerchief from his pocket. She immediately said
to her husband "He has picked your pocket," on which the
prisoner said " No, I have not," and dropped the handker-
chief on the ground. Mr. Dandy. immediately took the
prisoner into custody and recovered his handkerchief.

The prisoner said he was guilty, and wished the magi&
,rate to settle the question at once.

Mr. Yardley asked if the prisoner was known ?
Mr. Dandy said he did not know the prisoner.
Mr. Yardley—And he don't know you.
Mr. Dandy—l should say not, sir, or he would not
have attempted my pocket.
Mr. Yardley said inspectors of police were not to have
their pockets picked no more than other people. He should
not think tho prisoner was an old thief, at least not in
Whitechapel, or he would not have robbel Mr. Dandy,
who was so well known there. The prisoner had not
exercised any discrimination whatever, or he would not
have selected an inspector for his operations. He sen-
tenced the prisoner to one months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

The Akkbar of Algiers says—Sir M. Pete has
signed the contract with the municipality of this city for
the Boulevard do l'lmperatrice, but he is not to deposit the
caution money until the Imperial decree has been signed.
This affair, which is of great interest to the city, is at pre-
sent before the Council of State. _

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The correspondent of the Times was :expelled
from Rome at the end of last January. A similar fate has
now befallen M. Bauvet, the correspondent of the Jii4rnal
des Debats, who has bean ordered to quilltome`githout a
moment's delay, and without any raft,ite-whato+er .being
assigned fer the arbitrary measure adopted waist him