The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-10 00:00:00

MANSION-lIOUSE.

ILLEGAL PLEDGING.--John Tow, described as a
messenger, and who stated that he was a German,
unacquanted with English, was charged before Sir
Robert Carden, sitting for the Lord Mayor, at the
Mansion-house, with having obtained possession, by
false pretences, of a desk and two rugs, the pro-
perty of Mr. Willement, a paint and colour mer-
chant, carrying on business at 7, Bury-court, St.
Mary-axe. It-appeared from the statement of Mr.
Beard, the solicitor who represented the prose-
cutor, that Mr. Willement occupied offices
at No. 7, Bury-court, in conjunction with a Mr.
Lewinstein. The prisoner was employed in running
messages, &c., by the latter gentleman, and was
well known to a boy named Hughes who was in the
service of Mr. Willement. On Saturday prisoner,
who, it was alleged, understood and spoke English
very well, came to the office and asked Hughes to
give him the desk, and stated that Mr. Letvinstein
had sent him for it. The boy gave it to him, and
afterwards told his master, who then said it was his
property, and questioned Mr. Lewinstein about the
transaction. That gentleman-denied ever having
given him any such instructions, and immediately
took steps to find the prisoner. lie, however, called
at the office of Mr. Willement, saw him, and said to
him, " How about that desk?" Prisoner answered,
" I have nothing to do with you." He sub-
sequently prevaricated very much, and was given
into custody and taken to the Bishopsgate-street
station. On his being searched two pawn-tickets
were found on him, which proved to be for the
rugs. The police-constable who took him into
custody went to his residence, and found there 119
tickets for almost every variety of articles. These
statements having been corroborated by the parties,
the prisoner, who still pretended that he could not
speak English, although his asseverations were
couched in exceedingly good English, was com-
mitted for trial. During the examination a woman,
supposed to be the prisoner's wife, was taken with
hysterics, and for a brief space created quite a sen-
sation in the court.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROUGH POVERTY.—John
Everett, an elderly man, said to have formerly been
in respectable circumstances, charged with attempt-
ing to commit suicide by throwing himself into the
Serpentine, was again brought before Mr.
Tyrwhitt.
Sergeant Cowdy, of the park constables, having
informed Mr. Tyrwhitt that Mr. Rogers, the re-
lieving officer of St. George's, Hanover-square,
would, if the prisoner was sent to the workhouse,
take charge of him, with the view of passing him to
his native place,

Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the prisoner to be taken to
the workhouse,

WESTMINSTER.

AN ARTFUL DODGER.—William George Ellison,
described as a servant, giving the address, Rotting-
dean, Sussex, was
charged with being found in No.
11, Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, supposed with
the intention of committing a felony.
It appeared that in November last the prisoner
called on Miss Rosa Darby, of 9, Chapel-street, and
took apartments for his " young master," making
such arrangements that Miss
,Darby was foolish
h to give him 4s. for the good lodger he had
got her. The " young master," however, never
eturnootnued up, and Miss Darby lost her lodger and 4s.
Yesterday morning Miss Darby was at her mother's
Chapel-street, and the prisoner came to
about Mrs. Darby's apartments, and made
eeimints to call in the afternoon. He accord-
ingly called, and a police-sergeant, Squire White,
11 B, was there to recognise. him. The prisoner was
then questioned as to his whereabouts, and stated
that he was the servant to the son of the Rev. Mr.
Thurgood, of Rottingdean. lie made several con-
fused statements, and was taken into custody.
Prisoner contended that his not having taken
anything failed to constitute a charge of being there
for an unlawful purpose. He failed to give an ac-
count of his master.
Mr. Arnold remanded him for a week, and said
he would take bail in £2O for his appearance.
He was locked up in default.