The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 30.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John Limber, 8, Shaftes-
bury-street, Walworth, tarpaulin maker, was.
charged, on remand, with obtaining two parcels of
canvas, value £75, and also the sum of £39 4s. from
Mr. J. B. Chalmers, 3, Leadenhall street, general
merchant, under false and fraudulent pretences.
The prosecutor said—l have had two previous
transactions with the prisoner, having supplied
goods to him for him to supply to the London and
Brighton Railway Company, from whom he had re-
ceived contracts for tarpaulin waggon-covers. On
each of these occasions, after the fulfilment of the
contract, J received from the prisoner the letter
which had been addressed to him by the secretary
of the company, stating that a check was ready in
payment, and on the production of that lotthr T re-
ceived the check in the usual way. About the end
of July prisoner called upon me, and told me he had
written to Mr. Walker, the storekeeper of the Lon-
don and Brighton Railway Company, offering to
make 50 tarpaulin sheets for 755. each, less 2 dis-
count for cash one month after delivery ; that Mr.
Walker answered his application by calling upon
him and desired him to make them up and let him
know when they would be finished. I believed his
abatement, and when he asked me to supply the can-
vas and take the order off his hands, emploYing him
to make the sheets up at 16s each, I agreed to do so.
I therefore gave an order for the canvas, which
was delivered at the prisoner's workshop, and 'for
which I have since paid ; and on different days I
paid him various sums, amounting together to £39
45., for making up the sheets. On the 3d October he
told me he had delivered 24 of the sheets at New-
cross station, and on the 9th November that he had
delivered 25 more at the Willow-walk station, the
canvas supplied being only sufficient for 49 instead of
50 sheets. I produce the receipts given to me bythe,
primmer in connexion with this transaction. D uring-
the present month the prisoner called on me, and
said he had signed the paper authorising Ine to re-
ceive the sum of £l3B 17s. sd. fro 1 the company.
Ile also handed me an invoice by him to
the company, with a receipt atta 4-to it signed by
him. Mr. Russell, to whom Igave the order for the
canvas, drew two bills for the amount, at onamonth
and three months, upon the defendant, payable to
my order, which I endorsed before the goods were
delivered, and which I paid when due. Finding the
prisoner did not bring me the secretary's letter an-
nouncing that the cheque was ready, as usual, I went
to the company's offices, and ascertained that the
prisoner had no contract for the supply of tarpaulin
sheets in July last; although subsequently he ob-
tained an order for 24, which he delivered a fow
days ago, and some time after he had told me that
he had delivered the 49, which he said he had made
out of the canvas with which I supplied him.

. Mr. G. King, stationmaster at the New-cross'sta-
tion of the London and Brighton Railway, deposed
that the prisoner did not, on or about the 3d Octo-
ber last, deliver 24 tarpaulin sheets at that station,
and that no such sheets were delivered in his name
or in that of Mr. Chalmers. On the 11th October,
however, witness received one sheet from the pri-
soner, and in August 12, but no others between
July and October.
Alfred Bennett, foreman of the Goods De-
partment, Willow-walk Station, London and
Brighton Railway, said he did not receive 25
sheets from the prisoner in November, but that
two or three months ago be received one as a
sample, which ho condemned and returned. He
received six on the sth December, and scat them to
New-cross.
Mr. King—Those are the six which I have said
I received on the 6th December.
Mr. Hugh Russell, linen factor, Star-court, Bread-
street, said the bargain for the canvas was made
between him and the prosecutor, and that it was
delivered to the prisoner, who was regarded by the
firm as being the servant of Mr. Chalmers.
The prisoner was again remanded for the attend-
ance of Mr. Walker, storekeeper to the London and
Brighton Railway Company.
'Mr. Humphreys applied to have his client ad-
mitted to bail, contending that the whole transac-
tion could only be regarded as one of partnership.
The Lord Mayor said he would accept bail, the
prisoner himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O
each, with 24 hours' notice.
Alfred Mott, a driver in the employ of the Lon-
don General Omnibus Company, who was last weak
remanded on a charge of knocking down and caus-
ing the death of Esther Kimber, of 19, Little Trinity
lane, surrendered in discharge of his recognisances
to meet any further charge that might be brought
against him.
The Lord Mayor said he was happy to be able to
discharge the prisoner from custody; but at the
same time he hoped the occurrence would act as a
warning to all omnibus drivers to be as careful as
possible, for omnibuses now took up so large a share
of the principal streets that it was only by extreme
care that accidents could be avoided.
The defendant was then discharged.

GUI LDHALL—Henry Albert Ball was brought
up on remand, charged with uttering forged orders
for the insertion of advertisements in a book on law
costs, and obtaining money upon the false represen.
tation that the orders were genuine. When all the
evinence had been given,
Alderman Salomons said to the prisoner-4As far
as I can see, there is nothing in the case to justify
171 C in detaining you any longer. You arc therefore
discharged. 4'

LAMBETIL—MunnEuous ASSAULT.—Mr. W.
Posslethwaite, a large and powerful man, was
brought before the Ron. G. C. Norton for Mud

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