The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 30.

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James Moss, 24, and Charles Noon, 14, were
charged, on remand, with being in possession of
six pairs of Blucher boots, stolen from the premises
of Mr. Lilley, manufacturer, 115, Bishopgate-st reet-
without, on the morning of Saturday last.
Thos. Hopwood, manager to the prosecutor, de-
posed that upon going to the premiss 3'6 the, usual
hour on Saturday morning he found that 20 pairs
of boots and shoes, value 101., had been stolen from
the window, the shutters of which, left securely
fastened the night before, had been forcibly opened
from the outside. Behind the shut'ers iron bars
ran along the window, about 4 inches apart, and
through these the boots, which stood about 2 feet
from the outside of the window, must have been
dragged, one pair after another, by the help of a
piece of wood which he had found lying on the
window. The six pairs of boots now produced
were a portion of those so stolen.
The Lord Mayor—How long do you think it
would take to get the twenty pairs through the
window ?

Witness—l should think it would take nearly
an hour, my lord.
The Lord Mayor—lt seems to me to be very
extraordinary that these two prisoners should be
engaged for an hour committing a burglary in a
public place like Bishopgate-street, without being
disturbed by a policeman.

Police-constable 647—The constable who was on
duty on that beat is not here, my lord, but I
should think it might all be done in ten minutes.
Witness—That's impossible, as only six pairs
wet e found in the bundle when the prisoners were
apprehended. They must have gone two or three
times to the shop.
The Lord Mayor—l cannot 'exactly understand
it, but go on with the evidence.
Police-constable 647—About half-past five on
Saturday morning, I was on duty in Angel-alley,
Bishopagate-street, when I saw the prisoner Moss
on .a part called the ruins, fitting on a pair of boots,
with the prisoner Noon by his aide. It was about
200 yards from Mr. Lilley's shop. I asked Moss
what he was doing, and he said he was trying on
a pair of boots he had bought the night before,
between 7 and 8 o'clock, at a shop in Whitechapel,
the name of the propriet3r of which he did not re-
collect. I said it was a very strange place to fit on
a pair of boots-, which he had bought the night be-
fore, and I told another officer to take charge of the
prisoners while I looked about. He dieso, and
on searching the ruins 1 found five other pairs of
boots, tied in a handkerchief, and covered with
rubbish, a little way off the spot where the prisoners
were sitting.

Mary Dean—l live in Acorn-street, Bishopsgate,
and my house overlooks the ruins in Angel-alley.
On Saturday morning, about half-past four, I saw
the two prisoners on the ruins, with a bundle like
that now produced. After being there a little while
they got off the ruins, and Noon went into
Bishopsgate-street, as if to see whether any one
was coming. Ile made a motion as if the place was
clear, when Moss went to him, and they both went
away. About half-past five I saw them again come
on tno ruins, and as I then thought something was
wrong I went ont to look for a policeman, and as I
was coming back I met the officers with the two
prisoners in custody.
In answer to the charge Noon said nothing.
,Moss said he knew nothing except about the one
pair of boots, which the policeman had found him
in the act of fitting on.
The Lord Mayor—Why, your own sister has told
the officer that the handkerchief in which the Ave
pairs were found is yours.
Moss—Then I'll own to the six pairs, but not to
the others.
They were both committed for trial.

WORSEIIP-STREET.—Joseph Kingslake was
charged with wilfully and maliciously placing a
stone on the North London line of railway, to the
danger of the traffic and passengers.
Police-constable fussing, 367 N, stated that he
lived at Homerton, closely adjacent to the railway
in question, and yesterday afternoon d-stinctly saw
the prisoner descend the bAnk and place a stone on
one of the metals. This was done very carefully.
Witness instantly ran to the spot without his coat,
and removed the dangerous impediment, prisoner
taking to his heels on perceiving he was noticed.
With,n five minutes, however, he returned and
looked about, manifestly to see if the stone had
been removed, daring which search witnessponnced
upon him. When questioned as to his motive for
trespassing on the line, he replied that he went
there to look after a hall he had been playing with
and lost.

The Magistrate—ls any one here from the com-
pany to prosecute.
A person here stepped forward and said—l am
an inspector on the line, sir, and am authoriTid to
..tiLL • Ct c 1-,y (11 not;
Magistrate—On what ground Oppareutfy sur-
prised) '?
Inspector—ln consideration of his youth, sir ;
and then the stone is not large enough to have oc-
casioned an accident. The engine wheel would have
crushed it.

Magistrate—But the object was clearly that of
mischief. It is a matter not to be dealt lightly
with. What is the boy's age ?
Inspector—Fourteen sir.
Sergeant Davy, N 3g—And a very bad boy he
is, your worship—one of the worst and most active
young thieves about. He has frequently been
charged at this court, and his parents cannot do
adything with him ; indeed, they don't appear to
take any interest in him.
Magistrate—What do you say to this charge,
?
boy
Prisoner (snivelling, and holding up a piece of
coloured glass)—l only meant to pick up this. I
didn't put a stone there.

Magistrate—l shall remand you for a week.
This is a serious matter.

THAMES.—Richard biota, who has been twice
convicted at the Central Criminal Court of uttering
base coin, Charlotte Pulford, and Mary Ann Smith,
a married woman who carried a baby in her arms,
were charged with having a quantity of base coin
in their possession, and moulds, instruments, and
materials for the manufacture of counterfeit coin.

Grimes, 291 K, went to No. 31, Randall-street,
Poplar, and found the prisoners in the kitchen. In
spite of their resistance, he took from them some
bad half-crowns, a plaster of Paris mould, some
metal, a bottle containing a powerful acid, pieces
of copper wire for galvanic purposes, a new metal
spoon, and other such apparatus. Some things of
the same kind were also found buried in the garden.

The prisoners were committed for trial.
After the police had left the house a child be-
longing to one of the lodgers obtained access to a
basin, or mug, containing a poisonous acid, used
by corners in their nefarious trade, and swallowed
a portion of it. The parents carried it to a surgeon,
who administered an antidote, and the child was
sent to an hospital, but it was not expected to live
Many hours.
George Bensford, a dirty-looking ruffian, aged
20, of Flower-and-Dean-street, Spital helds, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing
a silver watch from the person of John Jenkins, a
labourer in the service of the London Dock Com-
pany.
The prosecutor, whose face was injured and
whiskers singed,
was assisting to the utmost of his
power in subduing the flames ru the London Deck
warehouses, and when an explosoa of saltpetre
took place ho was blown against some tenber
and very much injured. lie had previously
saved fifteen men whom he brought out of a
' warehouse on fire, and whose retreat was for some
time cut off. After ho recovered from the shock
of the explcsion he was allowed to leave the dock
and go home. He struggled through the crowd
until he reached the New York stores, opposite the
dock, where he partook of a glass of brandy to re-
fresh him. He was leaving the house with the in-
tention of going home to change his clo he;, when
the prisoner stepped up to him, and took his watch
from his pocket. The prosecutor took the watch
from the prisoner's hand, and gave him into the
custody of J. Mayne, a police constable, No. '5O H.
Mayne said the prisoner was well known to the
police, and was the constant associate of thieves.
Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to three
months' imprisonment and hard labour.

WANDS WORTH.—Mr. John Partridge Make-
ham, a gentleman residing at No. 28, D rtmouth-
street, Westminster, appeared before Mr. Ingham,
to answer the complaint of Mr. Henry Anscomb,
cn behalf of the Crystal Palace Railway Company,
for riding in a third-class carriage without having
previously paid the fare, with intent to evade the
payment thereof.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
It appeared from the evidence of several ticket
collectors employed at the Pimlico terminus of the
West-end railway in Battersea, that on the even-
ing of the 15th of June the defendant passed
through the barrier at the station with the inten-
tion of travelling by the 6.35 train to the Crystal
Palace station. He then asked a collector who was
clipping the tickets whether his return ticket would
be available the. next day, as it was very pro-
bable that he might not return the same
night. The defendant was told distinctly that
it would not, as it was only available for that day.
He then went by the) train, and on the follow-
ing mo.ning when the 10.50 train arrived at Bat-
ter6ea-station, the defendant, who was in a third-
class carriage, delivered up to the collector the half
of his return ticket, dated the 15th. The fare of 61
from the Crystal Palace to EAttenea was then de-