The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTE'LLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT MRSSRS. NICOLS', Rl
GENT-STRUBT.—John Brooks, a respectable-looking you,
man, hi the employ of Messrs. H. G. and D. Nicol, nt".
chanttailors of Regent-street and Warwick-street, as ewer
and clerk, was charged with stealing several length!:
cloth of the value of £5, the property of his employers. '1
It would appear that, though the amount of properi.
the present charge is only £5, that at present MSll*
In
Nicol are unable to ascertain the amount of their lose
but
it is believed to be several hundred pounds.
Inspector Charles Webb, of the C Division, said
information he received, and inquiries which ho hadinmde,
he went to Messrs. Nicola', of Regent-street ye
afternoon, and saw the prisoner, who, ho had NI d
ay
viously. informed, was in the employ of the firm as ckpres
and
cutter-out. He told him he was charged with stealif
seve-
ral remnants l
of cloth belonging to his employer. ,
re-
plied, "Remnants ? I don't understand you,e
Me.
Henry Nicol then said, "lengths," and the prisc‘
" I've taken lengths Those lengths have been 1. said ,"de ,
into garments and disposed of by me." He asked, UP
Boner if it was not the rule of the house to have a
goods in a book, and he said, " It was truetl red the
not entered the lengths." Mr. Nicol was in he had
could tell them that they were not entered, and Or' and
soner had no right to take the property away. the pri-
Mr. Bingham asked Mr. Wobb whether he
tnew the
amount of Messrs. Nicola' loss.
Inspector Webb said he did not, but he belie
l it
a large extent. He found in the prisoner's was to
Session a
gold watch and chain. There were also a secl
and the duplicate of a third, several rings, ear, °ld watch
quantity of jewellery, altogether of the value oillgat and a
some of it being given up by a female he was least £5Oll
_
dresses to. "mg his
.

The prisoner, who said nothing in answer
was remanded for a week. the charge,

EXECUTION OF THE CoP,
MURDERER. NTIZY

(BY ELECTRIC TELIGRAPh
WARW
, FRIDAY.
Yesterday the workmen began their p the
z(i
erection of the scaffold for the execution (Johnrations for
Kington,
for the murder of his wife, at Coventr)
November last. on the 12th of
Since his trial ho had fully resigned he
fate. Yesterday ho had an interview Is
to his awful
the Rev. S. IL Widdrington, vicar 4 his father, and
Coventry, also visited the condemzf his at
prayed with him. After expressing I criminal, and
God would forgive him for the crime conviction that
after he was gone he hoped just ington said that
to some parts of his character, kj would be done
visor left hint under the impression his spiritual ad-
dered his wife from the combined feerhat he had mur-
ousy. She would not live with him, gs of love and jeal-
says, as he could not enjoy her himtd the unhappy man
the way. He was glad he had done ff he put her out of
now he knew site was gone. Md should die happy

Shortly before twelve this morn
toll, and the mournful procession t the bells began to
gallows. The usual preliminaries 11,,1en proceeded to the
the unfortunate man was launcheekg been gone through,
The executioner was George S alto eternity.
county of Stafford, who perforrae, the hangman for the
Palmer. his odious ofice upon

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Kington was formerly in the i
wickshiro Militia, and was in Regiment of the War-
irtsmouth with it. He
afterwards volunteered into the
charged through his being atllif.h Hussars, and was dis-
d with fits.

A further sum of
from the Bank yesterday fop in bar gold was taken
Cadiz. About £35,000 of the,xportation : £30,000 is for
Charter was also sold for abri.ld recovered from the Royal
at the Bank, unsold. 11. There is still somo amount