The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-02 00:00:00

APRIL 2,

POLICE IN.

GUILDHALL.—Mr. Richardson, of Charles-
street, St. James's, stated that he had received a
notico from the cashier of this court informing
him that the magistrate had directed the fine
recently imposed on the Mariquita Gold Mining
Company to be paid to him (Mr. Richardson) in
aid of the costs incurred by him in prosecuting
the complaint against that company for not com-
plying the requirements of the last Joint-Stock
Companies Act. He said the complaint was not
made merely on his owu account, but on behalf
of the other shareholders, and he therefore de-
clined to accept the amount of the fine in aid of
his expenses, and begged it might be placed in
the poor-box.
Sir J. Musgrove said he was much obliged to
Mr. Richardson for remembering the poor-box, as
pitiable objects presented themselves from time to
time to whom a few shillings from the magistrate
proved a great assistance. Sir John expressed a
h ipe that the decision of the presiding Alderman
who imposed the fine would be beneficial to the
shareholders. _ _ _ -

Mr. Richardson said it had settled one point ;
but a fre•h difficulty arose under the new Joint-
stock Companies Act, which deprived shareholders
of the priv,lege they were entitled to under the
former Act of inspecting the minute-book of the
CO al parry.

BOW-STREET. —A dirty untidy-looking woman
named Isabelle Driscoll was charged with stealing
a geld ring.
Prison. .r went into the shop of Messrs. Dobree
and Totnlinson in the Strand, and asked to look at
some w,idding-rings. A case was shown to her by
the foreman, and she tried on about half-a-d.a n,
one of which she abstracted, but not without b,iing
detected by the young man, who at once taxeu
her with the theft. She denied it, but he was
so certain • of it that he determined to give her in
charge. At the stationhome the female searcher
oitserved that prisoner had something tightly
clenched in her hand, and on forcint, it open took
from her the ring in question. She gave a f else
address at the station.
Prisoner said it was her husband's address, but
she was sepAraSed from him. She had no regular
means of living, and no home "in particular." She
pleaded guilty to the charge.
Mr. Hall sentenced her to imprisonment for six
months.

MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, Mr. Arthur
Graqg .r, a starioner, &c., at 308, High Holburo,
was charge I, At the instance of Mr. Col!ard,
super-
in° endent of the Great Western Railway Company%
police, with having sent a pack-t addressed to Mr.
Underhill, Tiptoe, Staffordshire, the said packet
being of an inflammable na, ure.
Tue defendtut plea led guiLy, and he was con-
victed in the penalty of 101. and costs.
Mr. Collard slid, that some time ago inflammable
matter was sent b.) railway, and that, 10001. damage
occurred.

THAMES.—Thomas Jencoan, aged 42, the
cook of the steamer Gibralt tr, lying in the London
Dock, wac charged wito smuggling 341 b. of foreign
manufactured tobacco, by which he had incurred et
penalty of 1001.
Mr. Cumberland, from the Customs' solicitor's
office, prosecuted on the part of the Crown. Mr.
Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner.
Mr. George Hardy, a tide surveyor of Customs,
stated that the Gibraltar was trading between this
port and Cadiz. On Triuraday she arrived in the
London Dock. and he searle 1 a cabin, in which
were two berths, occupied by tie prisoner and the
third mate, and found 9JO cigars, weighing 341 b.,
concealed in the lining of the vessel. The place of
deposit was very artfully made. He had to re-
move a board at the bottom tif the cabin, and th-n
take away a batten on which it rested, before he
could discover the hiding place.
In cross-examination by Mr. Young the witness
said the prisoner declare:l the cigAr3 were not his
and that it was very hard to take him. The pri-
soner also said that he did not know the cigara wrre
in the ship until that day. Tue third mate left
the ship while he was seizing the first lot of cigars.
He intended to arrest the third mate wherev he
could find him. .

Mr. Cutnberland said the Cuitoms' Act was v.:,
stringent, and necessarily s 9. The whole of the
people on board were liable to be arres, ed, and
could be fine l ; bit the C tinmissionect of C,lstoms
had only sleet those br prosecution who must
hive had a guilty knowleige of the cigars Leing
secreted.

Mr. Claridge, Queen's appraiser of condemned
goods in the port of L'indon, said the ciga s pro-
duced were of foreign manufacture, and liabie to a
duty of 94. sd. per lb.
Mr. Selfe Pentene.-1 the prisoner to pay a fine of
100 `l. to the Queen, and be imprisoned until it was
paid.
Mr. Young—The cigars really did not 13:410ng to
he cook. They were the property of the tuird
at, ”f tho ot..auler.

SOUTEI'VARK.—James Berry was brou;ht up
for tival examination, cha g d wlt wilfully and
knowingly uttering several counterfeit crown
pieces to diff rout trade,people in Berm.,ncis.y.
Thera were a great number of the prisoner's vic-
tims in court to identify him.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

LA.MBETEL—Henry Warberton, a wAI-dressed
and respectable-lo,iking young man, who has
studiously avoided giving any ace punt of himself
by which he might be traced, bur wno is suspected
to belong to a gang of expert thieves who commit
robb,ries at publicisouses and beershops, was
brought up for final examination, charged with
attempting to com'iiit a robbery at the Queen beer-
house, East-street, Kent-road, on the 18th of last
month.
After a recapitulation of the evidence given on
the former occasion,
The prisoner begged hard to be dealt with by the
magistrate, declaring he should never commit such
an act again.
Mr. Norton said,—Do you wish to give any ac-
couw. of yourself, your place of residence, or who
your friends are ?
Prisoner—I should rather not, as Ish iuld only
he bringing disgrace upon my friends, woo are
moot respectable.
Mr. Norton—Have you any objection to givo up
the names of your confederates in this attempted
robbery to the police, so that they may be able to
trace them ?
Prisoner—l'd rather nob, sir ; I have no wish to
bring them into trouble..
Mr. 1.4-ur :oU—low can you expect, after thus re-
fusing to give any account of yourself or your aa.o-
ciates, that I shall deal favourably with you ? Be-
sides, the case is of too serious a character to he
summarily dealt with, and I shall therefore send
you to take your trial at the Old Bailey.

WANDSWORTII.—The four prisoners, James
Tounsend, alias Bennett, his cuusin Eliza Horne,
Richard, a general dealer, of Seffron!hill, Hohorn,
and William Jones, a watchmaker, of No. 3,
Gravel-lane, Southwark, who have been so fre-
quently remanded on the numerous charges pre-
ferred against them by persons from all pa( is of the
metropolis, were fully committed fur trial be Mr.
Dayman.
Tounsend, who is all,ged to have 12 wives, and
who is committed for trial for an attempt at mur-
der, presented to the court the following extraor-
dinary written statement as his defence :—" Myself
and another man, named Ge.,rge Lewis, went to a
house in St. George's-road, Pimlico, to a policeman
named Fells. We went with the intention of rob-
ing a house at 114, Warwick-street, St. George's-
road. The time we went was on a Sunday T be-
lieve about 1 o'clock. Mr. Fells was then miudieg
an empty house. We told him we had come to do
the job in Warwick-street. He said we could go
uestairs, then no one would s-e us hanging about.
We then could see the house we intended to reb.
We watched the house all Sunday afternoon till
about 11 o'clock on Sunday night. We then left
Fell's house and went towards 114, Warwick-street.
George L wis then got over the railing ;aecl forced
the window up, and got in. He had . been in the
house about five minutes when I heard a woraa''
scream. I then went back to Fells's house, and
told him that George Lewis had got in, and I
thought he was knocking, the girl about, as I heard
her scream. Fells then said, 'He will not hurt the
girl.' I said, I don't know, he will not come out
without the plate.' Fells ellen said ho thought he
should go to bed. He then said, 'lf you get it,
bring it down the area steps and put it under them,
as it will be all right, no one will look there. You
can then place a stone between the railings near the
gate, aed I then shall know it is all right.' I crime the
next morning, and Fells Old me what was there. I
fetched it away in a bag, and met George Lewis.
We disposed of the plate, and we then went to see
Fella. We !met him down by Grosvenor-place.
We then gave him some money, and then went and
had something to drink. The rope that was found
round the girl's neck was Fell's rope." The pri-
soner also made another charge against Fells, who
belongs to the 13 division, of conspiring with him
in ebtainin,g money from a young woman named
Juliet Az kins, whom he married in the name of
Charles Lewis, the fact being known to Fells that
he was alreadya married man.

Fel s, the Officer a'luded to, has b3en watching
;h.; Las from the c immencounent, and gives a posi-
tive denial to the charges. He prora4 a former
comioion against Tounsend.