The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

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chapel-road, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with
stealing a large quantity of miscellaneous property.
Mr. Burden said the prisoners had been in his employ
about nine months. They had the entire control and cus-
tody of the goods entrusted to him for sale, and he placed
the greatest confidence in their integrity and honesty. He
missed a quantity of goods from his sale-room last Thurs-
day, and again yesterday. He did not suspect the pri-
soners until yesterday (Thursday) evening, when,
in consequence of information, he accompanied Dun-
away, a detective police-constable, No. 129 H, to
the d welling of the prisoner Jacobs, No. 97, Back-
church-lane, where he gave him into custody and charged
him with stealing a plated tea and coffee service. The
prisoner said he was guilty, and took from his pocket two
pawnbroker's duplicates—one related to a plated coffee pot
and a tea pot, and the other to two pairs of boots. Ho then
searched his house and found it full of his goods from top
to bottom.

Mr. Yardley—What sort of goods ?
Mr. Burden—Household furniture and utensils of every
description have been stolen from my sale-room. The pri-
soner said he was not the only one guilty of robbing me,
and said that Doman had also stolen goods from the
sale-room. I said I thought it to be impossible,
for Doman was a stupid and drunken fellow, but never ap-
peared to be dishonest. Jacobs wife and family said it was
too true, and I then went along with Dunnaway to the
dwellin g of Doman, No. 1, Goodman's-yard, Aldgate, and
accused Doman of stealing a pair of boots and a bundle of
knives and forks. He denied it, and said the property wa s
in the sale room. Dunnaway searched the prisoner Donlan
and found several pawnbrokers duplicates upon him relat-
ing to the knives, forks, boots, and other stolen property.
Dunnaway, 129 11, confirmed all the material parts of
Mr. Burden's evidence, and produced the duplicates re-
ferred to.
In answer to a question by Mr. Yardley,
Mr. Burdon said Doman had been in his service on and
off three years, but as a weekly servant for nine months.
Other evidence affecting the prisoners and clearly esta-
blishing their guilt was entered into.
Jacobs said be did take his master's property out of the
sale-room, and pawned it, and was as guilty as a man could
be. Ile was very sorry for what he had done.
Doman also pleaded guilty,

Mr. Bowdler, the junior clerk, having completed the de-
positions, and read them over, the prisoners formally pleaded
guilty, and Mr. Yardley, after commenting on the serious
nature of their offence, said he gave them an opportunity
of pleading, and remanded them for the attendance of an-
other pawnbroker.
The case terminated at ten minutes past one.

ADVENT OF WINTER—SHIELDS, Thursday After-
noon.—The weather appears to be breaking up in the
Northern Counties. Yesterday was miserably wet and in-
clement in the county of Northumberland, and to-day the
weather has an extremely wintry appearance. Hail, sleet,
and snow came up from the north in smart showers all this
morning, and the face of the landscape was quite white
with the fallen hail. It is to be feared that the farmers
who have not got their crops into the stack yards will be
great attfferere.

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