The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-12 00:00:00

for goods sold to the bankrupt amounted to 290/,,
which amount was still unpaid,
Mr. Wise, the landlord of the house 4, Albion-
grove, identified the prisoner as the tenant of that
house from Michaelmas, 1850, up to the present
time. That was the prisoner's private residence.
Mr. Grant, the prisoner's stepson, said the last
time the bankrupt slept at 4, Albion-grove,was in
July last.
Mr, Sleigh said that was the whole of the case for
the prosecution, but he thought it was right to in-
form his friend, Mr. Lewis, that he should probably
prefer a❑ indictineut against the prisoner at the Old
Ba ley, for obtaining g.pode within 3 months of his
bankruptcy, under false pretences, and with intent
to cheat and defraud his creditom
The prisoner was then committed to take his trial
at the Central Criminal Court.

MARYLE BO NE. --EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK
IN A TELEGRAPH OFFICE.—IMPORTANT TO THE
PUBLIC. —A young man named Charles James
Davis, a clerk in the office of the London Elec-
tric and International Telegraph Company, at
their office at the railway statical of the London and
North-Western Railway, Euston-square, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with
having embezzled 58, received by im for and on
account of his employers.
Mr. John Lawton, woollen manufacturer, Staley-
bridge, Staffordshire, deposed that on the 2d inst.
he arrived in London by the train, and that he paid
the prisoner ss. for the transmission of a message
to his home ; he subsequently ascertained that his
message had not been sent.
Mr. Turner, a clerk in the office, proved that he
had not received the 'money from the prisoner, whose
duty it was to hand it to him. The prisoner had
been absent from his post two days.
Hull, 168 S, said that on the previous night he
took the prisoner into custody at 10, John-street,
Bermondsey, and that when told what he was
charged with, ha said he certainly did receive the
money and gave a receipt for it. He felt sleepy
and forgot to send the message, and when he awoke
he tore up the the paper to light the gas with.
The prioner was committed for trial. He was
bailed for his being forthcoming at the sessions.

WORSHIP-STREET.—EXTAORDINA.RY RAIL-
WAY ROBBERY.—Thomas Jones, 23 years of age,
describ,Al at a hawker, but well known to the
police as a swell mobsman, was charged before Mr.
Hawniill with stealing a valuable gold watch fit m
the person of Mr. James Slie, a clerk in her Ma-
jesty's Customs, and residing in the Queen's-road,
St. John's Wood.

Prosecutor said—On the evening, of the 18th of
September last I was a passenger by the North
London train from Fenchurch-street t) Camden
Town. When I first entered the carriage and took
a seat by the door a young girl sat opposite me, but
the prisoner immediately following me she resigned
that position, and the removal brought him im-
mediately opposite to me. As the journey pro-
gressed his manner excited my attention, for I con-
sidered him intoxicated. He was ex,remely restless,
frequently rose and looked out of the window, re-
seated himself, and repeatedly kicked my shins.
rTohuenlcaistm tyimneetckhi occurred I turned and faced him,
:
right hand upon which he seized the gold chain suspended
theiu but my Watchf,ll, had disappeared.
übltuat
aonpe,n eadndt the door
out
t; thet
he
carriage
with his
chain
broke in two places, a portion remaining with me,
I
I distinctly saw
simultaneous,
obbaetryalatnhdoutglihe
severalescape wereper
so nearly sini-
sons Were in the same compartment, all were ap-
parently so astonished as to render them motionless.
rho train Was at full speed at the time, and the
spot selected for this daring act I believe to be near
the canal bridge of Sir Geirge Docket's canal, be-
tween new and Hackney-wick.
Mr. Haminiil—Weve y._ u any doubt that the
prisoner is the man who robbed you ?
Prosecutor—.l have some, from now observing
that the prisoner's whiskers are more scant than
they then were, but in every other res,iect he is
exceedingly like ; even the coat he wears I believe
to be the same he then had on. His right arm was
continuslly resting on the window ledge, and 1 par-
ticularly remarked the lining of the sleeve.
Sergeant Francis, of the N division, deposed—
About half-past eight o'clock on the evening of
Friday, th 18th of September, I was at Hackney
Railway station, and was informed by Mr. Slie of
this robbery, and a description of the thief. I in-
stantly suspected the prisoner, and proceeded along
the line of railway towards Bow. Three men whom
I met and questioned stated that they had seen a
man without a hat a short time previous, and they
believed him to be an escaped lunatic. On the
following morning, while searching, I discovered
traces of some person having crossed among the
weeds of the canal referred to, and I also found a
quantityand, a
of' bloodsl think,
ihafi
adjacent
field nearte
the
spotVictoriaPark
station,where
the robbery was effected. Three or four days after-
wards I ascertained that the prisoner was ire Rollo-
' way Prison, under sentence by the Lord Mayor for
larceny from the person, and his sentence expiring
this day, I instructed Burr, 426 N, being on sick
leave myself, to take him into custody on this
charge. On examination of the prisoner's trousers,
I found a cut and corresponding scar on one of his
legs. The watch has not been recovered. On a
future day I shall be prepared with further evider. ce.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, and cross-
examined the witnesses with a view to shake their
testimony of his identity, was then ordered to be
brought up again this day week.

SOUTHWARK. -SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A F-
MALE. -THE SOCIALFLVIL,-.~~~illiam Knight, a
1-.zy looking fellow, who stated himself to be a
waterman, was brought up, charged with commit-
ting a brutal assault on Lucy ilanaburn.
The complainant, a poor miserable-looking young
woman, who exhibited several bruises on the head
and face, said she had lived with the prisoner about
two years and a half. On the previous night
when he came home, because she had no money to
give him, ho struck her and knocked her down.
As she was getting up he seized a padlock and
struck her on the face with it. She ran out of the
house callmg out "Murder," and meeting a police-
constable, they returned to the house and she
gave the prisoner into custody,,
The Magistrate asked her whether he ill-used
her befo, e ?

She replied that he was frequently in the habit
of ill-using her because she could not supply him
with money, but she never complained to a magi-
strate before.
His worship asked her now he o':tained his
livli-
hood ?

She answered that
seldom did any work. he was a Waterman, but he
irate inquired whether she followed
anTyheempinlao
She replied th she did not. Unfortunately she
was compelled to walk the sileets when the prisoner
did not work to get food and pay their lodgings.
The magistrate was surprised at a young woman
gyins, ent ?
living with such an idle fellow, and actually assist-
ing him by her proAitution. He asked how old
she was ?
She said that she was 20,
and had no friends in
London. When she first lived with the prisoner he
was kind to her, and supported her.
In answer to the charge the prisoner admitted
having struck her, but she aggravated him very
much.
The magistrate told him he was a cowardly, idle
persons of such a savage nature as
by the law to keep their passions
bveagmabuosnt db,eatuadugh t
under control. He must be committed to the
House of Correction for two months with hard
labour.