The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEINING, JAAUARY 5, lEE6.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

.This Day.

BOW-STREET.

Two fashionably dressed men, named Henry Dodd and
John Paterson, tho former of whom said he was a gasfitter,
residing in Kennington-lane, and the laAer a shoemaker,
residing at 11, York-street, Lambeth, were placed before
Mr. Vaughan, on remand, charged with feloniously loiter-
ing about a part of Drury-lane Theatre, with intent to pick
pockets.

From the evidence of Sergeant Coathorp, of the detec-
tive police, it appeared that he saw the prisoners standing
opposite the theatre on the night of the 28th
ult., about a quarter past eleven o'clock, and just at
the time the audience were leaving the theatre, they crossed
over, and commenced " testing" 'the pockets of the
ladies as they were waiting for their carriages. Coathorp
said ho distinctly saw the hands of Dodd twice disappear
in the pockets of some ladies, and, obtaining the assistance
of a sergeant of are A division of police, who was engaged
on duty inside tho theatre, he took the prisoners into
custody and charged them with attempting to commit a
felony. They were remanded, but beyond the fact that
one of the prisoners had been convicted, and the other
was known to be the associate of thieves, nothing further
was known.

Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate• for both prisoners.
He said it would be exceedingly bard if the two men were
sent to prison on the uncorroborated evidence of the police.
One of the men had been unfortunately previously con-
victed, but that 'Was no reason why he should be hunted
down by the police. With respect to the other, he was a
person who had accidentally met his companion, and, hav-
ing spent a few hours together, he was going home in his
company, without the slightest knowledge that he had ever
been convicted. It was too much, he thought, to ask every
person who had been in prison to hang a ticket iound his neck
showing the date and length of a sentence he might have
undergone. Yet such would have to be done to prevent
persons being taken up who, with the most innocent in-
tentions, accidentally entered into conversation with per-
sons of whom they had no previous acquaintance. He
hoped that, as the prisoners had given their correct ad-
dresses, the magistrate would discharge them.
Mr. Vaughan said that if he had had the slightest doubt
in the case he should have been inclined to share in
the opinion of Mr. Lewis, but unfortunately such was not
the case. The evidence was of the clearest description.
The constable sees the men opposite the theatre previous
to the termination of the performance, and immediately
the audience begin to leave they are seen to cross over the
road, mix with the crowd, and put their hands in the
pockets of the ladies waiting for their carriages. It was
true that Paterson was not seen to do this, but then he
put himself in front of Dodd, whilst he carried out his
object. It was also true that an honest man might occa-
sionally be seen in the company of a convicted thief, and
yet be perfectly innocent of bad intentions ; yet he
did not think it was at all probable that a man could habi-
tually be in the company of thieves without becoming
aware of the fact. The police were positive as to their
knowledge of one of the prisoners, and he could not think
that his companion was altogether ignorant of his character.
He should therefore deal with both prisoners under the
Vagrant Act, and send them each to prison for three
months, with haul labour.
The prisoners were then locked up.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 4.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Jan. 4.
fr. c.
182,500,000

Dec. 28.

Capital of the Bank
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857)
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve in lanced pro-
perty - 4,000,000
Notes in circulation ... 918,145,275
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

182,500,000 -

7,044,776 02

7,044,776 02

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

4,000,000 -
879,683,575 -

six months —
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.