The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-21 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday a young man of extremely respectable ap-
pearance was brought before Mr. HALLS, in the custody of
Ledbitter, the principal officer, charged with having stolen
1751., the property of Mr. Skipsey, a breeder of horses, at
Doncaster, on the 19th of September last. The prisoner
gave his name John Ross.
Mr. Skipsey, it appeared, is a celebrated breeder of north
country horses, intended for the turf, and resides at Stockton.'
He was, as usual, at the last Doncaster races, and put up at
the Reindeer Inn. On Saturday evening, the 19th of Sep-
sember, the day after the races, Mr. Skipsey, after drinking
rather freely at his inn, went to bed, first, however, depo-
siting three Bank of England notes for 501. each, in his fob
pocket. He had been some time in be 1 when the prisoner,
Who had been a training groom to several gentlemen in the
sporting world, requested leave to speak to him, as he wanted
to engage his (Mr. Skipsey's) celebrated horse" Physician"
to coverfor the next season. He was shown to Mr. Skip-
sey's room, woke him up, and communicated the nature
of his business ; but the latter 'said he could not speak to
him upon business at that hour, and turned over and went
to sleep, the prisoner remaining in the room. On the follow-
ing morning Mr. Skipsey, on dressing himself, found that
his fob had been emptied of the three 501. notes and 25/.
in smaller notes, and gold extracted from his other pockets.
He gave immediate information to Ledbitter, who had been
in attendance at the races, and who in a short time traced
the prisoner to York, where he had changed one of the 501.
notes stolen from Mr. Skipsey at the Union Bank, and
immediately left the city, stating that he was going to
Houghton fair. Instead of going there, however, he went
to Heaton Paid( races, near Manchester, and from thence
to London. When at York he gave another 501. note,
also forming. put (4f those lost by Mr., Skipsey, to one
Francis, the guard of the -Veal; Wellington London coach,
but the latter said he had better give it to the guard of the
Leeds mail, who could get it changed in town. He did
so, and the Leeds mail guard brought it to London with
proper directions, and left it with the bar-maid at the
King's Arms, near the Bull and Mouth, St, Martin's-le-
Grand, the change to be given to the prisoner whenever he
called for it, and produced a memorandum which was de-
scribed. The prisoner called on a subsequent day for the
amount of the note, but the bar-maid had in the interim
been informed of the robbery at Doncaster, and she told
him, " Why, Sir, this is a stolen note ;" upon which he im-
mediately decamped, leaving the note behind him. Led-
bitter finding that Francis, the guard of the York Welling-
ton, knew the prisoner very well, applied to him to inquire
where he was to lop found! and Francis at once said,
" 0, 1 know harpwell[pqpi-igh ; hp NI Tit pf a Fab the
other day and hurt himself, and he was taken to the house
of a friend of his in !Castle-street, Long-acre." Ledbitter
inquired at the hphspt buf was told the prisoner was not
known there, Ledbitter, however, placed 4 person to watch
the door, and in the course of the day, the prisoner was seen
to come out and was apprehended. He was handed over
to the custody of Mr, Tims, the chief constable of Don-