The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A " BETTING MAN" CHARGED WITH " RINGING
THE CHANGES."—John Hurley alias Henley, de-
scribing himself as a betting man, was charged
with stealing at the York Minster public-house,
Wardour-street, 18s. Bd., the moneys of Mr. Wm.
Rowlands, the landlord.

Mrs. Mary Rowlands, wife of the prosecutor,
said that on Friday evening, the prisoner and
another man came into her house and called for
some liquor. The prisoner's companion threw down
a sovereign to pay for it, upon which the prisoner
told her not to take for it out of the sovereign, and
threw down some halfpence, but not enough. The
prisoner's companion, who had taken up the sove-
reign, again threw it down, and the prisoner told
her not to change it. The prisoner and his coin-
panion baffled her a, good deal, and at last it was
agreed the sovereign should be changed, and the
prisoner's companion dropped into her hand what she
thought was a sovereign, and the gave him 18s. Bd.
change, and they left, and directly after they had
gone she found that the coin dropped into her hand
was a shilling. She sent her young man out to see
whether he could see anything of them, but he did
not succeed in doing so, and she then spoke to
Sergeant Cole.

In answer to Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marl-
borouah-street, who appeared fnr the prisoner, Mrs.
Rowlands said she saw no
.more of the prisoner nit
he was taken into custody. She was certain as to
the prisoner's identity, although he wore at the time
a different hat and coat.

Sergeant Cole said that at half-past 9 on Friday
evening last he saw the prisoner and two other men
he knew in Wardour-street. The prisoner was
then wearing a light coat and a deerstalker. He
followed them about for sonic time, wanting them
for another matter, but lost them, and he was after-
wards informed what had occurred at Mr Rowland's.
Last night he saw the prisoner in the Australian
Stores, Little Windmill-street, and said, " Jack, I
want you for stealing 19s. from the York Minster,
Wardour-street." He replied, " 19s. ; I never
stole 19s. in my life." He told the prisoner that
he would have to go to the station, and he repeated
several times that be never stole 19s. in his
life ; and on getting to the station he (Sergeant
Cole) found that it was 183. Bd. the prisoner was
charged with stealing. He afterwards got three
persons and placed them with the prisoner, and im-
mediately Mrs. Rowlands saw him she picked him
out, saying that she would know him from 100
others, and she had also described him accurately
to him. He wished for a remand, as there would
be numerous cases against the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on the pri-
soner's behalf, contending that the evidence against
him was very weak, the only share in the transac-
tion taken by the prisoner being his preventing his
companion changing the sovereign and then throw-
ing down some halfpence.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought it a case for a £lO
bail, but upon Sergeant Cole stating that the pri-
soner, who was well known to the police, would not
appear to that bail, it was increased to two bail of
£,20 each, Mr. Tyrwhitt stating that he would also
require 24 hours' notice of bail.