The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

ROBBING A JEWELLER.--The lad Alfred Clothier, lately
in the employ of Mr. Peacock, a jeweller, carrying on busi-
ness in New Oxford-street, was placed at the bar, on re-
mand, charged with plundering his master.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was en-
gaged as errand-boy, and from certain circumstances trans-
piring, the 'police apprehended him on the present charge.
The articles produced on the first examination merely con-
sisted of a few metal rings and brooches, but the property
produced to-day was of a more valuable description. Among
the articles of which the prosecutor had been robbed were
three sets of gold studs and some silver brooches, amount-
ing altogether in-value to about £3.
The police-constable, who had charge of the case, said,
since the last examination he had discovered that several
boys had been in the habit of buying things of or pawning
articles obtained from Clothier. He had been to the resi-
dence of one of the boys, and had received some pawn-
broker's tickets, which he discovered related to articles
stolen from Mr. Peacock. Upon informing the pawn-
broker the property had been stolen, he at once gave up
the articles, and the prosecutor had identified them as
having formed part of his stock.
Mr. Jardine—Why did you take the property. There is
no use in investigating a case Where the property is
given up ?
The Constable--There are other things the prosecutor
Identifies, your worship.
Mr. Jardine--They may be, but we are inquiring at one
part
:of the case, and you are speaking of another.. Can
you, Mr. Peacock, identify the whole of the property pro-
duced as being yours ?
Mr. Peacock—l can't swear to the wedding ring, but I
know I had some shirt studs of the same pattern as those
with which the prisoner is charged with stealing. I can
speak positively to some of the brooches. As the wedding
ring is pawned with the studs I should think it belonged
to me.

Mr. Jardine—The only clear case we have against the
prisoner is that made out on the former examination—the
stealing five metal rings. Do you wish the case sent to the
sessions ?

Mr. Peacock—No, your worship. I have no vindictive
feeling towards the boy ; he has been in my service two
years, and I never had occasion to complain of him. I
should never have found out I had been robbed if it had
not been that the police informed me of the circumstance.
"'Mr. Jardine—As the prisoner has been two years with
you, you don't know for certain the extent of your losses ?
Mr. Peacock—No, sir. All I want is to get as much of
my property back as possible. I should wish the case dealt
with summarily, but the police tell me there is something
about a gold chain and pencil-case. I should like to know
something about that.

Mr. Jardine—Then there had better be another remand,
to enable the police to make inquiry about the things you
have mentioned. (To the prisoner)—What have you to say
to the charge of robbing your employer ?
Prisoner (crying)—l should never have thought of it if
I had not been frightened into it. After I first took one of the
things the boys used to come to me and say that unless I
got them some more things—some studs, or things like
them—they would tell my master of me. I used to get
them the things to keep them from doing so. I was afraid
of them.

Mr. Jardine—l dare say that is the truth. I shall remand
you for a week, for the police to make further inquiry.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A SitormA:4.—Edwin Porter, a young
man in the employ of Mr. Joseph Michael Rose, grocer, of
352, Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Bingham with
stealing money from the till of his employer.
The prosecutor said that, having reason to suspect the
prisoner's honesty, he marked four shillings and three six-
pences and gave them to a constable named Joy. The two
shillings now produced were two of the coin so marked.
Joy, 338 A, a detective, said he gave the marked money
he received from the last witness to a female named Law-
rence, and saw her go into Mr. Rose's shop and come out
again. A few minutes afterwards he went in and told the
prisoner he should take him into custody for robbing his
master's till. He denied having done so, but, on searching
him, two marked shillings were found.
The female Lawrence having proved receiving the marked
money from the last witness and going to the shop and
purchasing some articles and paying the prisoner with the
money,

The prisoner said he would plead guilty, and was com-
mitted for two months.

THAMES

PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.—
Christian Tilford, a foreigner, appfteared before Mr. Yard-
ley, after the night charges were disposed of, to answer a
summons which charged him with unlawfully exposing
fireworks for sale on Sunday morning last.
The case was clearly made out by Inspector Griffin of
the K division, who said he had received a letter com-
plaining that fireworks were manufactured and sold
in Church-row, Limehouse, and that it was a nuisance and
dangerous to the neighbourhood. The prisoner lived at
No. 3, Church-row, and there Nhas a large quantity of fire-
works exposed for sale in the window. The prisoner also
sold apples and sweetmeats for children.
The prisoner, in defence, said he covered over the fire-
works after the Inspector called upon him.
Mr. Yardley inflicted a fine of £5 and costs, and said that
penalty would not be enforced if the defendant abandoned
the illegal trade, and he must not only not manufacture, but
he was not allowed to sell or expose for sale any fireworks.
This was preparatory to the annual exhibition. Ile hoped it
would be known to every one that heavy fines would be in-
flicted if people dared to sell or expose for sale any fireworks.
It was a childish, foolish, absurd practice, and he was sorry
to say that grown-up fools indulged in the practice of let-
ting off fireworks as well as children.
Charles Norris, of No. 2, Church row, was fined £5 and
costs for a similar offence, with a notification that the fine
would not be enforced If the trade was abandoned. If,
either of the defendants dared to sell a halfpenny squib the
fine would be levied, and they would be proceeded against a
second time.

Two CHILDREN BURIED ALIVE IN A SAND-PIT.—
SANDWICH, THURSDAY. - The village of Puston-next-
Wingham, situate a few miles from this town, has just been
the scene of a melancholy occurrence, by which two little
children, a girl and a boy, were buried alive in a sand-pit.
One of them, John Fagg, was fortunately rescued in time
to save the little fellow's life, but the other poor thing was
a corpse when its body was taken out. The particulars of
this sad event were thus detailed at the inquiry before the
county coroner (Mr. T..T. Delasaux) yesterday afternoon,
touching the death of Ann Johnson, the child whose life-
less remains were taken from the pit :—Henry Fagg, a
labourer, said he went into the marsh for a horse, and on
passing Deason sand-pit he observed the deceased and a
little boy named John Fagg at play in the pit. On his re-
turn, in about ten minutes, he noticed that a quantity of
sand had fallen in the interval, and he could not then see
the children. He almost immediately saw the father of one
of the children, and told him what had occurred. George
Fagg proved going to the sand-pit, in consequence of what
he had been told by the previous witness, and then he heard
one of the children, but he could not say which, cry out,
" Oh, dear." He procured a shovel, and commenced re-
moving the sand. Shortly afterwards he found his own
child buried about four feet, but alive. Assisted by the
father of the deceased and two other persons, he continued
to dig, and ultimately found the body of the deceased, about
two feet deeper in the sand. She was quite dead. By the
jury—He believed the sand had fallen in consequence of the
wet weather. Corroborative evidence was adduced, and
after the coroner summed up, the jury found a verdict of
widemtoi dui% -