The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-28 00:00:00

MAR YLEB ONE.

John Lake and Francis Davis, two lads, the former
aged fifteen, and the latter eleven, were on Monday night
placed at the bar before the sitting magistrate, Mr. RAW-
LINSON, charged with stealing a valuable cow of the Alder-
ney breed, the property of Mr. John Salter, of Notting'
Barns Farm, Kensington.
The prosecutor stated, that on the 15th inst. he missed a
cow from out of a field near his residence, and in cone'
quenee of seeing an advertisement in the newspapers stating
that a strayed cow was confined in the greenyard at Pad-
dington, he went there and immediately identified it as be-
longing to him.
Peter Holt, keeper of the greenyard, said that on the
previous Monday, about six o'clock in the evening, the pri-
soners came to him and stated that they had brought
strayed cow by order of a policeman in Oxford-street, and
hoped that he would reward them, as they were very hun-
gry and had no money. He gave them a shilling for their
trouble, after which the prisoner Lake abused him in $
dreadful manner, and went away saying, " We could have
got more than that if we had taken it to Kensington." Wit'
news than advertised the cow, to discover the owner.
John Brady, a drover, in the employ of Mr. Bartram, $
cattle salesman in Smithfield Market, stated that on th,
morning of the day mentioned by the last witness, the p.n.,
Goners brought the cow in question to him, desiring hull
" to let it go at any price," and saying that it belonged to $
Mr. Westbrook. He was bid 61. for it, but refused the
money, as he considered her to be worth double the a:-.nount,
she being in calf. In the afternoon they fetched ;per awaY
again, and witness felt satisfied, that having no money with
which to feed themselves or the cow, they took her to the
Greenyard, thinking they should be handsorAely rewarded
for their pains. Witness thought it was all correct when
they brought the cow to him, as he sold two or three lately
for the prisoner Lake in the name of Westbrook. ,
Police constables Hancock and Blundell, of the T
sion, said they apprehended the prisoners that afternoon in
the Edgeware-road, and on taking them to the station,
house, Davis said that about four o'clock on the morning 01
Thursday week last, Lake called him up, and stated that
he had got some houses, land, and cows left him, and wished
him (Davis) to accompany him to a field in which the cows.
were in, and help him to drive one of them to Smithfield'
market to sell it. He accordingly went with him to tha
prosecutor's field, and took away the cow then in tile
Greenyard. He further stated that he and Lake, a short
time before, stole another cow from out of the same field,
and sold it for 101.

Prosecutor here said that he had forgotten to mentkal
the fact of his being robbed about six weeks ago of a r.:Oif,
all traces of which he had been unable to discover;.
The prisoner Lake said nothing in defence. Da:fii, who
sobbed bitterly during the examination, said that, what 10
had told the policemen was the truth.
The Magistrate, after saying that he thought there were
other persons concerned in the robbery as yell as the Pri"
soners, ordered them to be remanded.