The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-17 00:00:00

CRIIIIIII7 A L CO Ull7—(This Day).

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
William Critchley, jeweller, and Thomas Richards, police
inspector, were indicted for that " whereas one William
Green and William Simpson having committed a felony
were in lawful custody for further examination on the said
charge, the said Richards and Critchley did, by payment of
two sums of £lO to James Hann and George Ranger, the
constables who apprehended Green and Simpson, endea-
vour to bribe and corrupt the said constables, and to in-
duce them to give false testimony."
The two constables Ranger and Hann were the principal
witnesses, and each in his examination positively swore
that they received £lO for the purpose named, viz., "to
turn up the case of Green and Simpso.i." Au inspector of
the division to which Ranger and Hann were attached
proved that he received the £2O from Hann after it was
given to them, and that throughout the matter the two
officers acted under orders. The two officers were sub-
jected to a very searching cross-examination by Sergeant
Ballantine, but the evidence was not in the least degree
shaken. Hann said ho had been ten years in the force,
and five or six years of that time ho had been a sergeant.
Previous to his entering the force he had been a plough-
man, a milkman, a grocer, a soldier, and a cheesemonger.
Sergeant Ballantine, at the close of the evidence for the
prisoner Critchley, said the unsupported evidence of the
police was very far from satisfactory, and that it seemed
altogether improbable that the prisoners, who each pos-
sessed a good character, would act in the manner that
had been described by the constables Ranger and Hann.
Mr. Metcalf having addressed the jury for Richards,
some witnesses were called to prove that the payment of
the money at the bar of the public-house, the Alfred's
Head, as stated by the witnesses, was altogether impos-
sible, as it could not have been done without their
seeing it.

Mr. Tanner, lately an inspector in the detective police,
was called to speak as to the character of one of the pri-
soners, and said he had known Richards for 15 years as
an officer, and always believed hire to be a person of the
highest respectability, and occupying a responsible situa-
tion on the London and Brighton Railway.
Mr. Metcalf—Yes ; he had to go up and down with the
bullion carried on the line ?

Tanner—l believe so.
Mr. Giffard—What do you moan by that ? There's not
much bullion carried on that line.
Mr. Metcalf—Oh, yes ; a large quantity goes to the
Continent via Newhaven.
The Recorder (to Tanner)—Do ycu know anything
about Lis duties at the Brighton railway

Tanner—No, my lord ; I do not.
The Recorder Laving summed up the evidence,
The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence de-
ferred.
A Post-office scrtor, named Scrivener, pleaded guilty
to two indictments, charging him with stealing a letter
containing a cheque, and forgery. The Recorder sen-
tenced Lim to six years' penal servitude.

STARVING SIIEEP.—At the Ilitchin Petty Sessions,
Charles Brown, a cattle dealer, of Preston, was charged
by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
animals under the 12th and 13th Vie., with cruelly ill-
treating some sheep. Evidence having been produced in
support of the charge, the defendant called witnessed on
his behalf, but with no avail, as the magistrate finedlim
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