The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-14 00:00:00

MOOR V. USHER.

Mr. KNIGHT made the in this interpleader 1
suit for an injunction upon the plaintiff's bringing 4401. into
Court, The subject of this cause, relative to Mr. Granby
Calcraft's Divorce Bill, has been lately reported, and it will
be recollected that 5001. had been deposited with the plain-
tiff by Mrs. Love, the mother of Mrs. Calcraft, for the
payment of the Solicitors who were concerned on both sides
in promoting the Bill.
Mr. JACOB objected, on the ground that the whole
arrangement was contrary to the policy of the law. Mrs.
Usher, the administatrix of Mrs. Love, by her action,
demanded payment of the whole 5001., and that claim could
not he split into two.
Mr. KNIGHT insisted that Mrs. Usher's demand could be
split, or else he offered to bring in the whole 500/., and to
make Sermon a party, and consent to treat the matter as if
no payment had been made to him.
His HONOVR was not satisfied with the last proposal, and
desired to have some authority for dividing the subject of
Mrs. Usher's action into two parts.
The case consequently stands over till next term, upon
the understanding that the trial is not to proceed meantime.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN• MANCHESTER-SQUARE..

William Hall, aged 38, and Martha Hancox were in-
dicted for stealing, upon the 26th of March, in the dwelling-
house of Mrs. Charlotte Collins, five diamond necklaces,
three pairs of car-rings, two diamond ornaments, two
brooches, two rings, one pair of bracelets, consisting of pre-
cious stones, several gold bracelets, and other articles, of
the value of 3,0001., her property.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, at some length, stated the case for the
prosecution.
Mrs. Collins—l am living at No. 26, Manchester-square.
The two prisoners were in my service, the female had
lived with me as lady's-maid for seventeen years ; the
male prisoner had lived as butler for two years. In
March my son was on a visit to me. The female prisoner
slept in my room. The adjoining room was used as a
dressing-room ; it led to the landing-place. On the 27th
of March the property named in the indictment was safe ;
the jewellery was in a box, which was kept locked, and
placed in a drawer in the dressing-room. I kept the keys
of the drawer and box in my possession. The female pri-
soner was always employed to put the jewels away after
they had been used, and she was entrusted with the keys
for that purpose. On the 27th of March I dined out, and
the female prisoner, on my return home, took and put my
jewels away. On the following day I went out about two
o'clock, and returned about half-past five o'clock. The
prisoner slept in my bed-room that night. The keys were
in my pocket, which I left in the dressing-room. About
three or four o'clock in the morning I was awoke by the
prisoner, who was standing over me. She said, "Do not
be frightened, there is somebody in the house ; I am sure
there is, for I heard something fall in the dressing-room,
and a scuffling noise." I immediately rose and proceeded
to my son's bed-room on the same floor, and alarmed him.
He instantly got up, and his wife opened the window, and
called out—" Police." The prisoner told me that she had
locked the dressing-room door. I discharged the two pri-
soners on the following day.
Edward Tyrrell—l am an inspector of police. On the
3th of April I apprehended both the prisoners. I told
Hancox that the housemaid had made a confes_ion, when
she said," I can only say I did not have them." She then
gave me the keys of her boxes. In one of them I found
fifteen sovereigns, they were in a little case. In another
box I found three bracelets. I afterwards apprehended
Hall, whom I found at the corner of Duke-street. 1 said
to him, " I suppose you know that Martha it is custody."
He said, " Yes." I said, " You must consider yourself in
custody." He replied, " Very well, lam very willing to go
along with you." I then asked him if he was aware of
Mary having made a confession. He said, " You mean
Mary the housemaid?" I said, " Yes. She says that she
and Martha packed up the jewels in two parcels, and gave
them to you." He said, "My God, she can't say that."
I then took him to the station-house and searched him, and
found seven sovereigns, 19s. 6d. in silver, and 20. in
copper. On the following morning I saw Hancox, and
asked her, should I inform her sister? She said, " I don't
wish it. Had I followed her advice I should not have got
into this trouble."

Thompson, a police constable of the D division, was ac-
quainted with Hall. I saw him in the cell in the station-
house, when I said, " This is a bad job." He asked me
for my advice, when I remarked I could nat give any under
such circumstances. He said, " I intend to tell all about
it." I observed it was no use for him to do that, as Mary
Sumpter had told all about it ; that she saw him take the
jewels down Marylebone-lane. He said that was false, for
he did not go so far as the lane with them.
The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of
Guilty against both prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE said the prisoners had been con-
victed of a very serious offence, and the sentence, which he
was not at present called upon to pronounce, would be a
punishment over which he had no power or controul, but
which vieuld be little short of pain and privation of the
greatest amount for the remainder of their lives.
In the course of the morning the Grand Jury returned
true bills against Foster and Murphy for felony, and Patrick
Carrol for a murder at Woolwich.

NEW COURT.
On the Jury coming into their box this morning, an ob-
jection was made by one of them to serving.
The CoMMoN SERGEANT inquired the ground of die
objection.
The Juryman replied that his wife was dangerously
He trusted that in common feeling he might be allowed in
such an emergency to go home.
COMMON SERGEANT—It IS out of my power to give you
that permission, you having served on the Jury, but it is cer-
tainly an extreme case. You take my advice, " Steal out
of Court unobserved by anybody."—(Laughter.) You shall
not be called if it possibly can be avoided.
The Juryman adopted the recommendation of the Judge,
and was missed within five minutes.

John Hartigan, aged 16, and Caroline Hayes, aged 18,
were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of Judith Macdonald, and stealing some tri-
vial articles of wearing apparel.
In the course of the trial an Irish woman, named Har-
tigan, stood sp to give the male prisoner a character.
RECORDER—Are you any relation to the prisoner ?
Witness—No, your Honour, only a relation of friendship.
RECORDER—Are you not his mother? Witness—No ;
I'm only a relation to his father.—(Laughter.)
RECORDER—What relation are you to the father ?
Witness—l'm his wife, your Honour.—(Laughter.)
REcoanml.--Then you're the boy's mother-in-law, and
no relation.

Witness—Thais the truth.—(Laughter.)
Verdict—Not Guilty for both prisoners.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, a man named Davis, who keeps a second-
hand sale-shop in Marylebone-lane, was brought before Mr.
HALLS, in the custody of Goddard, the officer, charged
on suspicion of having received a portion of the jewels
stolen from the house of Mrs. Collins, in Manchester-square,
for the stealing of which, Hall, the butler to that lady, and
his fellow-servant, the lady's maid, were tried yesterday at
the Old Bailey.
After hearing evidence, Mr. Halls thought there were
no grounds for detaining the prisoner, and discharged him
out of custody.

Q UEEN-SQ UARE.
Thomas Walker, driver of the hackney chariot, No.
1,056, was summoned for extortion on the accusation of
Miss Maria Bishop, a young lady residing at No. 9, Pall
Mall East, who stated that she hired the defendant's coach
on Saturday morning at nine o'clock, in Oxford-street, near
Rathbone-place, with orders to drive to Pall Mall East.
On reaching the above address, the defendant demanded
25., which was paid, but he was told at the time that his
fare was only Is. 6d.

The MAGISTRATE fined the defendant in the mitigated
penalty of 10s., and ss. 6d. costs.

HATTON GARDEN.

In the case of Jane Thomas, aged seventeen, charged
with child murder, (the report of the Coroner's Inquest of
which will be found elsewhere) the evidence was not consi-
dered sufficient to warrant a committal for the capital of-