The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-13 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.—ALLEGED MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—.
A man, who said his name was Henry Rogers, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with being a deserter
from her Majesty's .55th Regiment of Foot.
The recruiting sergeant said, last night he was in Charles,
street, Westminster, and about half-past nine be met the
prisoner. He went up to him, and having convinced him,
self that he was a person he had been looking for soma
time, asked him if his name was not Jones, and whether he
was not a deserter from the 55th Foot. The prisoner denied
being so, and said he had never been in the army, and that
his name was Rogers. A private of the regiment hapeink to be near at the time, be was called to see whether he eonuld identify him, and be immediately did so, and said he enlisted
last February.
Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he had to say to the
charge of desertion?
The prisoner said the sergeant and the other soldier were
m'staken in saying he was a person who had enlisted into
the army. He had never done so. He had a wife and three
children, which of itself would be sufficient to deter atau
I•om doing so; but independently of that, he was t 3 years
of age, and had for years been subject to palpitation of tha
heart to such an extent that no military doctor would
pass him.
In answer to further questions from Mr. Henry, the ser-
geant said be bad no doubt about the man.
Mr. Henry said, under these circumstances he must send
him to the House of Detention until he was taken to the
depot. If, as the prisoner stated, he was not a deserter he
would have full opportunity of producing witnesses to bear
out his assertion before the military authorities.
ROBBERY IN Sr. JAMES'S PARK.—A woman named
Mary Ann Smith was charged with robbing a young man
named Parker of his watch in St. James's Park.
Parker said, about half-past ten last night he waa entering
the pa.k near the York column when the prisoner came up
to him, and catching trim round the the waist said, " Holloa,
my sear," asked him if he was going to treat her to some..
thing to drink. He told her he had no money, and she
having let him-go he found his wiecli-guard bad been eut
and his watch stolen. He accused her of the robbery anal
held her until a policeman came up, when he gave her is
charge. The watch had not been found.
Mr. Henry said it was very imprudent, to say the least of
it; to speak to women at such an hour In the park. He knew
that frequent robberies had been committed there, but as the
prisoner was unknown to the police, and the watch had not
been found, he had no alternative but to order her discharge.,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET'.—LEAD SrnrpiNct sr
TUE ARTISTS' CLUB, Sr. J.IMES'S-STREBT..—TWO roughj
determined-looking fellows, in the dress of labourers, name
Richard Smith and William Riley, were charged with
stealing a quantity of lead from the roof of the Artists' Cloth
St. James's-street, the property of the Duke of Clevelandi
and others, trustees.
From the evidence of the porter of the club, it appeared
that on the previous evening he went up to the top of the
house, and there saw the two prisoners in the act of beating
up a large piece of lead which had been stripped from the
roof. The porter asked them what they were doing, when
he was told they were mending the roof. Assisted by
ansther porter, he secured Riley, but Smith got away down
a ladder placed against the adjoining house, which was
under repair.
Police-constable, 183 C, proved securing Smith in Picca-
dilly, and while on the road to the station he bolted, but the
officer putsued and captured him.
Smith said he had nothing to do with stealing tha lead.
lie was asked by Riley to ga up and assist in carrying some
slates, when the porter came up. Ho wished to call a wit-
ness to character.
A respectable tradesman said he had employed him several,
times, and had paid him £2 4;. last week.
The porter of the club said the prisoners must have out up
the ladder placed against the next house, as, if they had gene
through the club-house, they would have been seen.
Ahra,.am Evanc, a carpenter employed at the adjoining
house, identified the tools produced as his property. He left
them bale on the previous evening, and an going that morn-
ing he missed them, and was told they were found on the
prismiers.
Riley said be was guilty.
Mr. Bingham said that notwithstanding Smith had called
a witness as to character, he had no doubt of his guilt.
The prisoners were committed for four months' hard labour.

THAMES.—BURGLARY AND ROBBERY IN A WATER..
SIDE PUBLIC-ROUSE.—Frederick Shaw, a dirty,rough-
looking fellow, 25 years of age, who refused to give his
address or occupation, and who, it is belitved, is a ticket-of-
leave convict, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with
hurglariously breaking into and entering the St. Andrew
public-house, in Lower East Smithfield, and stealing there-
from eight bagatelle balls, a plated bread basket, one merino
mantle, one silk mantle, one pound of tobacco, and other
property.
It appeared from the evidence, that about two o'clock this
morning Mr. Charles White, the landlord of the Bt.
Addrew, was disturbed by some person walking about-the
premises, and, on going to his bed-room door, he saw a man
with aglimmering light moving about the house. lietustantly
alarmed the Inmates, the police were called, and Hally, 84
H, was admitted into the house. He was quickly followed
by Police Sergeant Marshall, No. 20 H, and they made a
thorough search of the house and discovered the prisoner
secreted in the tap-room. He had visited the lodgers' rooms,
the bar, her parlour, and opened drawers, cupboards and
boxes. He had also made an attempt to enter the landlord's
room, which contained much valuable property. A plated
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and opened a window. Having gained an entrance to the
kitchtn, the burglar had no difficulty in finding his way to
other parts of the house, and had ignited Lucifers
and burnt
small pieces of paper to light himself about the house.
Sergeant Marshall said the prisoner was seen loitering
about another house in the neighbourhood of Lower East
Stni!hfielfl a few nights since, and that house was plundered.
The prisoner was recestly detected in the act of entering the
house of the Superintendent of the ondon Dock, at Wap—
ping, and made his escape from the Watchman who captured
him. The prisoner was well known as the associate of
thieves, and he believed his real name was Sheehan.
Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner, far further inquiries to
be made about bite.

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