The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-18 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESOAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 18, 1.367.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

have been learnt from what has already taken
place.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham.)
IN RE G. A. SALA.

Prisoner—l was drunk, or should not have

done it.
Mr. Selfe—lt is no excuse. I cannot look over
it. You are committed for 14 days.

This bankrupt, the well-known literateur, was
described as a newspaper correspondent and contri-
butor to a daily newspaper, of Sloane-street,
Knightsbridge, and to-day was appointed for the
first meeting. The bankrupt came up on his own
petition, and ascribes his failure to having to pay heavy
travelling expenses and insufficiency of income.
his total indebtedness is £2,650, and the principal
creditors are the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph,
who cl tlin £5OO ; Mr. Pratt, newspaper proprietor,
of Bolt Court, £BOO ; and the Friend-in-Need
Society, £B5O.

THAMES.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE IN A
PUBLIC STREET.—Francis Green, described as a
hammerman, aged 27, of No. 1, London-terrace,
St. George's-in-the-East, was brought before Mr.
Benson, charged with being concerned with others
in assaulting and robbing Mrs. Caroline Major
North, wife of a tradesman, dwelling at No. 59,
Cable-street, St. George.
Mrs. Major North stated that on Monday after-
noon last at three o'clock she was passing along the
Cannon-street-road, wearing her gold watch and
chain, when a young man rushed from a narrow
alley and Seized her chain with both hands, pulled
the watch froth the pocket in her dress, and tried to
break the chain, which was a strong one, and for
some time resisted all his efforts to rend it
asunder. She struggled with the villain, and he
dragged her along by the chain, forced her
on the ground, and by a violent effort disengaged
the gold watch from the chain, and ran away with
it up the court. Her mouth was bleeding from the
violence offered to her, and no one came to her assist-
ance. The prisoner and another man were right
in front of her and the thief while she was being
illused and robbed. They looked on, and the pri-
soner said to the man who was dragging her along,
" You -- fool, why don't you do it better than
that? " There were many persons in a low beer
shop opposite to the place where she was robbed,
but no one interfered.

Debts were proved, and a day namel for the next
meeting.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Robinson, Everitt, and Davis, three men belong-
ing to the City gang of burglars, were placed before
Alderman Sir Robert Carden, charged with an
attempted burglary in Noble-street, Wood-street,
Cheapside, and also with having skeleton keys in
their possession. It will be remembered that on
Monday, the 9th inst., Noble, a city detective,
observed the prisoners hanging about the doors of
some houses in Noble-street, and heard them men-
tion something about a key. He followed them,
and with Inspector White and Sergeant Moss took
them into custody and found seven keys upon them.
Sergeant Moss now stated that he had been to
the house No. 13, Noble-street, but none of the keys
would open it. He tried Nos. 27, 28, and 30, and
the keys opened them all. One key opened both 27
and 29. They are warehouses. He went to the
houses where the prisoners had been seen. On the
last occasion he had said that the keys would open
all the locks--lie should have said all the common
ones.

Mr. Benson—Did you cry police, thieves, or
murder ?

Witness—The attack was so sudden, and I was
dragged along so roughly, that I had not the power
to do so.

The Prisoner—Are you quite sure that I said,
" You --- fool, why don't you do it better ? "
Witness—Yes, I am sure of it.
The prisoner--What I said was, " It's a
shame to treat a woman in that manner."

Several persons in Noble-street stated that they
had seen some persons hanging about, and a watch-
man said that he heard the lock click, and went
out and saw three men, but could not recognise
the prisoners as the persons. Inspector White
said that he went to the place where the prisoners
were taken, and one of them gave him three keys.
William Warnes, Sergt. 18 Y, said that about
the spring of the year 1858 he had Robinson in cus-
tody for an extensive robbery in Hackney. He was
convicted and sentenced to nine months' imprison-
ment. He had not seen him for five years.
Mr. M. Williams, barrister, defended the prisoner
Robinson, and Mr. Beard Everitt.
The prisoners, who reserved their defence, wer e
committed for trial to the Old Bailey.

Witness—No, you said nothing of the kind.
Porter William Dunaway, Police-sergeant No. 11
11, of the detective police, said he apprehended the
prisoner yesterday afternoon, and said to him, " Do
you know who lam 7" to which he replied, " Yes.
I know what you are come about, Mr. Dunaway ;
it is about the lady that has been robbed of her
watch." Witness said, " The lady has stated that
you and another man were standing by all the time
it was done." On the way to the station house the
prisoner said, " I saw the three men that did it ;
they came down out of the court a few minutes be-
fore the lady came up." At the station house he
told the prisoner that he had been heatd to declare
that he saw the watch lying on the footpath for
ten minutes. The prisoner denied this, and said
that he laid bold of the young man's arm, when
he was robbing the lady; and said to him, " What a
-- shame it is, you villain." He asked the pri-
soner why he did not lay hold of the thief. The
prisoner said, " I do not knoiv whatever came over
me, my powers seemed to leave me. I could not
hold him." Dunaway added that a very low lot
inhabited Bowyer's Buildings, opposite to where
the robbery was committed. The court led to St.
George's-terrace, another bad place. There were
numerous thieves, burglars, prostitutes, and other
infamous characters in those places, and the inhabi-
tants of Cannon-street-road who did not belong to
the dangerous classes were afraid of their badly-
disposed and wicked neighbours, and would not
interfere if they saw a robbery or outrage committed.
Mr. Benson—That is an alarming state of things
indeed.

Police-sergeant Dillon, No. 19 K, confirmed the
statement of Dunaway as to the lawless state of the
district near the place where the robbery was com-
mitted.

Mr. Benson—A respectable woman is illused and
robbed in the daytime in a crowded thoroughfare,
and people look on and don't interpose. It appears
to me that many more could be charged besides the
prisoner. The public-house, in which were so
many persons of bad character, should be reported
to the licensing magistrates.

Dillon—lt was a. low beershop, not under the
control of the magistracy. The prisoner has been
hanging about there and associating with bad cha-
racters for a long time.
Mr. Benson was afraid he would not be justified
iudetaining the prisoner, although the circumstances
were suspicious, and finally ordered him to enter
into his own recognisances in the sum of .£lO to
appear next week. lie hoped tho perpetrator of
the audacious robbery would be arrested.