The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Hurst and Webb, the men who stand
charged with having abstracted notes to the amount
of 2101. from a letter addressed to Messrs. Wooton,
of Grange-road, Bermondsey, and which was given
into the charge of Webb, as a supernumerary letter-
carrier to the New Post Office, were brought up
for re-examination. No furl her evidence being pro-
duced against them, they were again remanded for
a week, when the Magistrate expressed hs deter-
mination to commit them for trial.

A young man, who stated bis name to be William
Hudson Davis, and that he lived at 63, South Mol-
ton-street, was charged on suspicion of having
robbed Mr. Edward Phillips, of Took's-court, Cur-
sitor-street, of two sovereigns.
Mr. Phillips on the preceding day had been dining
with some frieuda, and being elevated with drinking
more wine than usual, in his way home he went to
the Shades, in the Adelphi, where he had some
brandy and water, and met two persons who were
strangers to him. They had some conversation, and
after he drank his liquor they all went out together.
His new companions then conducted him to a house
Brydges-street, where they had some wine and
water ; and while thus engaged, the prisoner entered
and joined in !heir conversation. Witness was
subsequently conducted to the Finish, in James-
street, Covent.garden, as he stated, by the prisoner
and the two first-mentioned persons. Here they
had some more wine and water, after drinking which,
it was proposed by one of the party that they should
retire into a private room and have a rubber at
whist. To this witness, unconscious of what he
was doing, acceded, when they were shown into a
room where cards were produced, and they sat down
to play, when having played for some time, and he
lost a few shillings, he proposed retiring, and rose
for diet purpose, when the prisoner and the other
two men placed their backe against the door, and
would nor permit him to pass. He endeavoured to
force his way, but the men surrounded him, and
pushed him cbout, when, apprehensive of some
personal violence, :‘te called our " Murder !" as loud
as he could. A waiter immediately came, burst
open the door, and conducted him into an adjoin-
'err room, where he discovered that he had lost
two sovereigns, and that his umbrella had been
carried away; he mentioned the circumstance to
the waiter, who called up a fellow-servent, but no
steps were taken to restore to him his property.
He then quitted the house, and meeting a police-
man under the Piazza, Covent-garden, stated to him
what had happened. Just as he had finished his
story, he observed the prisoner approaching him,
and he gave him into custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, had been down to
Croydon Fair, and arriving too late in town to gain
admission to his lodgings, he went first to the house
in Brydges-street, and from thence to the Finish,
where he met Mr. Phillips arid the two other men,
having no know!edge of any of them. He admitted
that he had gotte up stairs to play a rubber at whist,
but denie 1 that he had participated in the robbery,
if such had been committed. On being searched
by the policeman, it appeared that but 1/. 3s. 6d.
had been found in his possession, which he claimed
as his own money.

As Mr. Palllipscould not swear that the prisoner
had actually taken the money from him,
Sir F. A. ROE would feel satisfied, if the prisoner
would enter into his own recognizance to appear
on Tuesday next, giving instructions to the police-
man to etn to discover the other two men in
the interim.