The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-26 00:00:00

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afixed place of abode, and William White, aged 37, a polhe
of Liverpool-road, Islington, were charged, before Mr.
the
Bar-
ker, with feloniously assaulting and stealing from per-
son of Mr. James Thomas Swallow, auctioneer and toy and
fancy dealer, of Market-place, Peterborough, a purse con-
taining £2B 10s., his property, at King's-cross.
Mr. Nutt, solicitor, of Fenchurch-street, City, prosecuted.
The prosecutor, who was so ill and weak from the effects
of the prisoners' violence that he had to be accommodated
with a seat, said—l am an auctioneer, and carry on business
at Market-place, Peterborough. I came to London on Tues-
day afternoon on business, and last evening went to King's-
cross rail way station for the purpose of returning home, and
had placed my bag and overcoat in the carriage. I had
about half an hour to wait before the train started, and I
went out of the station for.the purpose of smoking. 1 went
to the " Victoria" Tavern and had a glass of pale ale. I
went to the cab entrance of the station, and when I was
speaking to the porter a female came up, and having over-
heard what I was saying to the porter, she said, "Are you
going to Glasgow ?" I said, " No ; lam going by the Edin-
burgh mail." She said, "I am from Glasgow; I should like
to go there ;" and I said, "Youhad bettergo," and I walked
on to the other side of the road, to where some buildings
are being pulled down. I was just in the act of crossing the
road when the same woman came up and said, "I should
like to go to Glasgow," when I said, "Go away, woman
d• i't bother me." The very moment I said that the two pri-
soners came up, and White said, "Do you know where Mr.
Johnson lives about here ?" I said, " No, I am an entire
stranger;" and then he struck me with an umbrella he
had in his right hand:on the right side of the face and
head. Then the prisoner Main came up, and I received
another blow on the left side of the face, but from whom I
cannot say. There was no one there but the two prisoners
and the female, and I got the blow from one of the three,
who were in a cluster. The second blow hurt me very
much and knocked me down, and whilst I was on the
ground I felt for my money which I had had a minute orso
before, and I found it was gone. Whilst I was down, I said
"You vagabonds, I have lost my purse ; you have robbed
me. And then White said, " Oh, no, nothing of the sort ;
nonsense." I said, " You have," and he laid bold of me
and tried to prevent me getting up; I pushed him on one
side, seeing the other prisuner and the woman running
away, and he tried to trip me up, but he did not. I caught
the woman and held her and said, " You or tho men have
robbed me—one of the three have." Upon that
I received a blow from some one, but I eannot say from
whom. That blow took my senses away, and when Ira-
covered the man and the woman were gone. The policete
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came up, and as I was speaking to them I saw White o
other side of the road, and I said, "That is the 7:1:1, that
knocked me down first." As soon as the police seized
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By Whito_it was about five minutes after I had been
Richard
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said—Last night about nine o'clock I was
bals,s;lati:oidiurittlio;t' the back-way of the Great Northern Railway.
Icop-ullned up as soon as I got out of the gates, and I saw 3 men
running very fast by me. They stopped at the corner of the
trand the prosecutor spoke to a woman. As I got down
stoee' themt I saw the prosecutor get up from on the ground,
and the two prisoners run off. I can swear to White, and
to the best of my belief Main is the other man. The
mon ran different ways, and the woman walked up Ed-
ward-street, the same way as I came out. 1 thought it
was a strange affair, and the prosecutor came up and
said, " The villians have robbed me." I said, " It is a
pity you did not call for the police or for assistance, as
then the thieves would have been stopped." The 'prose-
cutor then crossed to speak to a police-sergeant, and
whilst speaking to him he said, "What is that ?" point-
ing to White, who was on the opposite side of the road,
and then gave White into custody. When they took him
the prisoner Main came up, and the prosecutor said,
" I think that is the other man," on which Main attempted
to walk off, but the constable stopped him. I am sure of the

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prisoner White, because I saw his face as he ran past me.
He was wearing a white hat. I did not see Main's face, but
to the best of my belief he is the man.

Police-Sergeant Geo. Parry, 14 Y, said-1 waspassing ul)
the St. Pancras-road about 9 o'clock last night when I
saw
the prosecutor leaning against a hoarding very much ex-
hausted. I asked him what was the matter. He said he
had been knocked down and robbed. He gave me a de-
scription of the persons, and whilst he was doing so I saw
both the prisoners coming close together down the St. Pan-
cras-road. I called his attention to them, saying " There
is a man with a white hat," and I went across and seized
\Vhite. I did not speak to him nor heard any one, when
he said " I did not rob the gentleman. 1 hay. cow° to
seo a friend off by the train." At that time the prosecutor
came up. A mob collected, and the other prisoner was
standing abut two yards from run looking on like the
other bystanders. The prosecutor looked round and said
"There is the other man that robbed me," and thou
immediately made off, pursued by police-constable Wood-
I searched White, who had an umbrella in l.is pos-

session.
11. L in—l saw you and White coming down the st..
Pancras-road together, and I had seen you together about
a quarter of au hour before that. You did not run away,
but you walked very hurriedly.
Mr. Alexander (clerk)—Do you wish to ask the sergeant
any more questions ?
The prisoner—No. I have nothing further to "axe" him
for he is not telling the truth.
Inspector Fraser, Y division, who watched the ease on
behalf of the Commissioners of Police, said that both the
prisoners were known as companions.
Police-sergeant Cook, 8 Y, said that White was a ticket-
of-leave man, and his sentence would not expire until
Christmas next.

Mr. Barker committed the prisoners to the Central Cri-
minal Court for trial.

THIRD EDITION .

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
MATCH.
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Won by twenty lengths.
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Mr. Handley's Retrousse
Baron Rothschild's Guinivere (Peake) 2
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Mr. Savile's Sealskin (Cannon) 1
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An. M.

Mr. Pryor's Troublesome (Covey) 1
Mr. S. Thellusson's Ostregor (Fortlham) '2
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Capt. Machell's Brimstone (Cannon) 2
Mr. R. Ton Broeck's Warrior (Fordham) 3
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