The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-27 00:00:00

POLICIZ INTEL! IGKNCE —Feb. 26.

MANSION-HOUSE.—taeorge itacklin, a silk mann
facturer, living at No. 5,511. p.-i-street, Bethual-ern-ren, was
charted with having in his possession 12ilb. of dyers silk,
of the value of 101., which had been stolen from the pre-
mises of Mr. James Walmesley, silk manufacturer, 12,
King street, Cheapside.
Mr. Lewis appeared in the part of the prisoner.
J. T. Hicks, a gimp spinner, in the service of the pri-
soner, said—On Sunday, the 2.1 inst., my master sent for
me to his house, and told me that he had two parcels which
he wished meto get rid of as soon as possible, and he wanted
me to take them away. I asked him where I .hould take
them, and he replied, " Anywhere, so long as you take
them out of my place for a few weeks." I told him I would
not do anything of the kind, as it was Sunday. He asked
me to have a cup of tea R ith hitr, and I did so. He then
asked me whether I would call soon on the folowing (Mon-
day) morning, and take them out of the house before any
ono came upon the premises. 1 went there at 8 o'clock,
my usual time, and on the door being opened the prisoner,
who was in bed, called out, " Tom, I wish you would take
those parcels out of the house as quickly as possible." His
wife gave ma a bag to put the two parcels in, and I took
them to my own house for safety. On the Thursday fol-
lowing he ordered me to take some furniture patterns out
of the house immediately, as Mr. Walmesley (the prosecu-
tor) was going to send a warrant to search the premises.
He told me that if anybody noticed me carrying them I
was to dc“ige thorn from one turning to another. I took
them to my sister's at first, and then removed them to my
own house for safety. (Laughter.) I neat removed them to
the prisoner's premises, leaving the parcels of silk at my
own horse, according to his directions. He said he wished
them to remain there till everything was dropped, as he
did n ,t know whether the prosecutor would not send some
one to search his premises. He told me that after every-
thing was dropped he should want me to bring some one
whom I knew to him, to sell the goods to him (prisoner),
and that he would pay for them at the rate of Brl.
per ounce. He also said he shoul I want an invoice,
not in the name of the person who brought them to sell, but
in the name of some other person who lived 100 or 200
miles off, and if is deal person's name could be got at the
better, so long as that person's name was on the invoice.
After I h ar : all this I began to feel very uneasy, an lafter
communicating with my friends I took the two parcels of
silk to the prosecutor, who desired me to take them back
to my house, and ilo,t to give them up to anybody till he
came there, which he shortly after did with an officer.
Mr. J, Walmesley —I am a wife .n.i trialtdiß4 manufac-
turer at 12, King-street, Cheapside. I bay. Nought goods
of the prisoner, who has been in the habit r.f coming to toy
warehouse. I identify the greater part of the silk protiuml
as my property, and believe that the remainder belongs to
me also. I hive lately missed, fom time to aim i, portions
of my stock of the quality produce r. In consequence of
a cornmunlcation made to me by the last witness, I yes-
ter/ay went to the prisoner's house with a constable, who
took possession of the silk. (The furniture patterns have

not been found.)
T. Harris, met,opelitan police constable, 119, H —I went
with the prosecutor and took the prisoner into custody for
having the silk in his possession. He told nee it belonged
to him, and that he hail an invoice of it. Ho afterwards
said that he had not an invoice of it. He said he wished
to have a little private conversation with the prosecutor.
The prosecutor attetwards told me in the prisoner's pre-
sence that the prisoner had told him that he had had the
silk from a young man in the prosecutor's employment.
The prisoner afterwards denied this, and said he ha,i
bought it of a man who came from Co sentry, whose name
and address lie did not know.
The prosecutor was recalled, and said,—When I said to
the prisoner, " That is my silk," he replied, " It is your
silk," and he asked me to make the matter up, as the dis-
grace would be so great. I asked him where he got it
from, and he replied, " From Tom," alluding, as I thought,
to my porter of that name.
By Mr. Lewis—l have dealt with him for many years,
and always found him perfeely honest in his dealings.
The prisoner, who said he was not guilty, was fully com•
mitted for trial, the Lord Mayor refusing to accept bill.

WORSHIP-STREET.—James Pillar, alias Stonely, I
was charged with the following frauds :
Anne Green—l am a widow, living in Derhyshire-street,
Bethnal-green; and was at my san's house, in Charles-street,
adjoining, on Monday, the Bth inst., when the prisoner
knocked at the door, and asked me if I ha I not some pro-
perty abroad. I said no, but I had in the Isle of Wight,
and he replied, " Well, then, I em come to tell you that
it will all be in Chancery if you don't give me 10s. 114 d.,
and iis. for letters sent backwards and forwards about it."
He then told me I was to go to Hr. Remisell, of 18, Strand,
next morning, at t 0 o'clock, and settle it. I believed his
statement, and gave him 15e. 11.1., and he accompanied
me home to get the money.
William Green—l am a labourer, anal the last witness's
son. When we told the prisoner our property was in the
Isle of Wight he said, Ay, yes, that's it ;" and when
directing us, after paying him the money, to go to 18,
Strand, he said, " Ask for Mr. Joseph's offices, and you
will be shown into mine." Instead of going next morn-
ing, however, we went the same evening, and found that
waat he had told us was totally false, inasmuch as the
people there told us that numbers of people had applied to
them under the same circ-unstanoes, complaining very
bitterly of the way they had been cheated, and theyshowed
us a list of the people.
John Boyd—l am a weaver at Mile-end. On Wednes-
day, the 10th, the prisoner came to my house and asked
me if I had not somebody abroad belonging to me. I have
a brother in Van Diemen's Land, and prisoner said,
" Well, I've come to tell you that he's deal, and has left
all his property to you, but you will have to pay 10a. 1.1.1.
at my office in the Strand to-morrow before half-past two,
or you will not receive the property." I believed what he
said, and paid hint 125., and, after giving me two six-
pences back. he said, " The halfpenny will do another
time, as I am going to see an old lady in Ratcliffe-high-
way." I accompanied him a short distance and showed
him the way, but I soon di.clvered that I had been de-
frauded, anti saw no more of him till I found him in cus-
tody on another charge.
Thomas Hammond, of Brompton-place, Stepney.--On
Tuesday, the 9th inst., the prisoner stopped m
CherisitianCoan
mercial-street, Whitechapel, and asked, in,T\v„ we have
surnsme. I told hian, and he exclaimed, .y, •
advertised for you in the papers ; are you aware
No, I am
there is a
"
large quantity of property left,ytie 9"I.
"just step home,
.
not." " Well, there is, then, ' said he .
and I'll tell you." I went home with him, end then ray
wife handed me a direction he had just btefore left with
her, anti he told us to go to 18,Strand, thi. afternoon, or
next morning at the latest, or the property would be c,-r
tainly thrown into Chancery, and we sooni never get any
him
of it. We walked with and he demanded I Os. Od. to
stay the Chancery proceedings,thegleater portion of which
rive bin], but nothing carne of it, and we next
wedis-
coveredgave
we had been robbed of our mono!.
Henry Sprett---I am assistant to Mr. Thomas Allen, an
army outfitter, of 18, Strand, and never saw the prisoner
before to-day that lam aware of. Within the last six weeks
innumerable persons have applied at our house for a Mr.
Randall or Rsndsell, but no snob person;ever lived there,
nor is there the slightest foundation for the statement
made by the prisoner that our house is a place used for any
such purpose.
Queenby, 125 H, said I have 14 other oases of the same
description still.
The prisoner, who doscriied himself as a draper's assis-
tant, and was stated by the police to have been repeatedly
iu custody for rob Jery and other offences, laughed continu-
ally at the witnesses while describing the plausible manner
by, which he had taken advantage of them, and, on being
called upon for his defence, replied tartly, " Oh, I shall
reserve it ; I know nothing whatever about it ; they are
all certainly mad," The prisoner wag committed for trial,
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