The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

where he lived, and proceeded to his brother-in-law's
house, in Fashion-court, but had not been there
five minutes before the prisoners again cattle with
s-Lves in their hands and said—" Now, we have
got you to rights ;" and the prisoner Chandler took
hold of him by the breast and threw him against
the wall. His brother-in-law then came to his
assistance, when the other prisoner took Loki of
him and threw him down, and tore his coat. He
was then taken to the station-house, and both the
defendants told the inspector that they had taken
him into custody because he would not tell them
where he lived, or what he had got, although he
had informed them of both. Mr. Sykes, from the
County C wrt, told the sergeant on duty that he
knew him to be a respec'able shopkeeper, and he
then refused to take the charge. Both prisoners
then made use of a good deal of vulgar language ;
and when he came to examine his bundle he found
that one of the articles, a gown, worth 5-;. was
missing. He had never seen either of the prisoners
before.
Two other witnesses were axamined for the pro-
secution, but there was a groat discrepancy in their
evidence, and after a very able address from Mr.
Me.cd.fe, the jury acquit,ed the prisoners.
Joseph John Word was indicted for corruptly
receiving from James Russell Williams the stun of
51. for the restoration of a stolen dog.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Lewis appeared
for the prisoner.

It appeared from the evidence that iu the month
of February the prosecutor's daughter was going
along Long acre, and a large Newfoundland dog
belonging to her was following, wearing a brass
collar, on which her name and add'ess were en-
graved. When she got to the c 'tiler of Craubout n-
street she mised the dog. She had previously seen
a man who frequently pu, his hand towards the
dog, but she did not see him touch him. As the
dog did not come home to Leicester-square, where
she resided, the next day bills were distributed
effering a reward of 2/. for the restoration of the
dog. The day following, her father received a com-
munication, and in consequence of that he went to
Waterloo-bridge, where he saw the prisoner, who
told him that if he would give 5/ he could have
the dog back. He accompanied the prisoner into
the Strand, whete he said he expected to meet a
man, but he was not there, and then they went to
the-t:lity, but no man was to be found. The pri-
soner then said they must go elsewhere, and a cab
was ordered, and they proceeded to some place in
the neighbourhood of Bunhill-row, which was a
narrow court, and at the bottom of it was a public-
house. Here the prisoner introduced him to two
other men, and after a good deal of parleying be-
tween the prosecutor and the men as to how they
got possession of the dog, but to which inquiry
they gave him very abrupt answers, the dog was
produced and the Si. was paid. When the prose-
cutor was about bringing the dog away, he wanted
to know what bad become of the collar, and one of
them said that would be all right, and on the fol-
lowing day it was returned through the London
Parcels Delivery Company. The prisoner was sub •
sequently taken into custody at a dog-show, in
Half-moon-street, Bishopsgite, by Thomas Evans,
of the G division of police, from a description given
of him.

Mr. Lewis addressed the jury, and contended
that no corrupt payment had been made to the pri-
soner, but to the persons who had produced the dog.
A person named Gleed, who said he was the mas-
ter of the prisoner, gave him a good character for
honesty during the time he had been in his employ-
ment for upwards of 16 months, but in his cross-
ex tmination by Mr. Metcalfe he admitted that
when the prisoner was at the police-office he heard
it sta., ed that he (prisoner) had been convicted and.
sentenced to a month's imprisonment for dog-
stealing.
Mr. Creasy wanted to know, with that fact be-
fore him, how he dared to come into a court of
justice and give a man a good character for
honesty ; and ordered him to be taken into custody.
He then summed up the evidence, and
The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Lewis then moved in arrest of judgment,
but his application was refused.
Mr. Creasy sentenced the prisoner to imprison..
ment for six months. He then addressed the man
Gleed, and said he should not commit him for trial,
as his case was not so bad as that of a man who yes-
terday stated a series of falsehoods ; and, after a
oaution, ordered him to be discharged ; but re-
marked that if any more such cases occurred, he
would order such witnesses to be indicted for per-
jury, as both judge and jury were imposed upon,
and the ends of justice defeated.