The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—this Day.

BOW-STREET.
THE FULHAM MAIL BAG ROBBERT.—Tho two men,
Shannon and Neville, uuder remand for stealing the Ful-
ham mail bag, were placed at the bar before Mr. Flowers.
Mr. Peacock said the prisoners had been remanded at
their own request, iu order that a witness might be in at-
tendance who could give evidence against the officers who
had taken them into custody. lie (Mr. Peacock) had
thought it desirable, in the meantime, to ascertain whether
Shannon was known at the prison at Holloway.
Agar, the warder, was in attendance, and stated that
Shannon had been in prison fer 12 months for a burglary,
and Neville had been there on a summary conviction.
Mr. Flowers asked Shannon whether the witness was in
attendance.
Shannon—No, sir. Ho won't come. I should wish to
have a summons for his attendance.
Mr. Peacock—What is the name of the witness, and
where is the house situate in which the conversation took
place, as you alleged, with the third man who has not been
taken into custody by the officers.
Shannon—l don't feel inclined to tell, or else he'll be
paid to keep away.
Mr. Flowers—You can have your witness in attendance
at the trial. If he were here now he would not prevent
your committal for trial. Have you anything to say
against that course being adopted. If so you had better
now state what you have to say.
Shannon then said—When I was up in the Militia the
third party, who was let go, was paid to come up to
lla,mpstead and entice me away by giving me drink, say-
ing that if we went down to Pimlico that he had the
driver of the cart "right altogether," that he should leave
the cart, and that the bag was to be put on the top.
For days after this the man came up to entice me away,
giving me drink and whatever I liked to have, and on the
day of the robbery I was very much intoxicated, as the
officers said. The detectives knew there were three parties
connected with the case.
Mr. Flowers—You have a witness who heard the detec-
tives saying to the man what you have stated?
Shannon—Yes ; he was to come up, make us drunk, and
when the robbery was committed by us, he was to walk
away, as they did not want him.
Mr. Flowers—You had better have that witness at your
trial.

Shannon—He shall be there if ho's not got out of the
way.

Neville, in reply to the Magistrate, said he had nothing
to say.
Both prisoners wore then fully committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

RINGING THE CHANGES.—John Hurley, charged with
stealing 18s. Bd. from Mrs. Rowland, wife of Mr. Row-
land, licensed victualler, of No. 50, Wardour-street, by
moans of a system known as " ringing the changes," was
again placed before Mr. Mansfield.
Mr. Froggatt, of Argyll-street, prosecuted, and Mr.
Wontner, jun., for the defendant.
After tho evidence had been read over, Mr. Froggatt
asked for another remand, as there would be several other
similar cases against the prisoner, who had been exten-
sively carrying on the system, especially amongst licensed
victuallers.

Mr. Wontner opposed a further remand on the ground
of want of identity, and that the police had had ample

ime to get up furthor cases.
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Mr. Mansfield said ho considered sufficient grounds had
been stated for another remand, and the prisoner would
therefore be remanded for a week.

BURGLARY.—The police have received information of a
burglary having taken place last night at Messrs. Cameron's,
silk fringe manufacturers, Marshall-street, Golden-square.
It appears that an entrance was gained by the outer door
being opened by means of a false key, and the warehouse
then broken into, and silk and other articles of the value
of about £3OO carried off.