The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

STEALING A HAM.—Samuel Jacobs, an active fellow,
about 20 years of age, and described as a labourer, was
charged with stealing a " real York ham," weighing 301bs,
from the shop of• Mr. Bryan, cheesemouger, Suffolk-house,
at the corner of White Horse-street and Commercial-road,
Stepney. _ _

The robbery was a most audacious one, committed in
one of the most public shops in the metropolis, and at a
few minutes past nine o'clock in the evening. Two young
men saw the prisoner and two other men in front of Mr.
Bryan's shop. One of the thieves took a large ham
down from a hook in front of the shop, and gave
it to the prisoner, who tried to conceal it under his
frock. The ham was too large, and he could not
conceal it. He handed it to the third of the gang,
"who wf-nt to a tobacco shop next door with the ham in his
hand, and bought some tobacco. By the time information
was given to the shopman in the prosecutor's shop the
ham and the thieves had disappeared. The prisoner was
taken into custody, one hour and a half afterwards, in the
Anchor and Hope public "house, in the Horseferry-road,
Ratcliffe, about 200 yards from Mr. Bryan's shop. He
said to Police Sergeant Baden, No. 4 K, "You are wrong
this time." The prisoner, who loudly protested his inno-
cence, said he was at the Anchor and Hope all the even-
ing until he was taken, and he called a witness, who said
his name was Francis Jamieson, and that he left the pri-
soner in the Anchor and Hope at 9 o'clock, and there was
then another man with him.

The Magistrate said the prisoner's witness was a good
one for the prosecution. He was very much astonished
the man with the ham who went into the tobacco shop
was not secured. The young man who saw the thief with
the ham in the tobacco shop ought to have closed the door
upon him, and had time to call out the posse cornitatus.
Any one could apprehend a thief. The witness was not
actuated by any spirit of enterprise or energy.
The witness said he had a dog with him, and did not
see the man go into the tobacco shop with the ham, but
come out with it.

Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk—l have it on my notes, " I
saw him go into the tobacco shop with the ham."
The prisoner ultimately pleaded guilty, and was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour.

DARING STREET ROBBißY.—James Henry Seeble, aged
21, of 24, Thrawl-street, Spitelfields, shoemaker, was
charged with stealing 7s. from William Thomas Gyfford,
a wine porter, of Turnmill-square, Bethnal-green.
The prisoner forced his company on the prosecutor in
the Mile-end-road. They were drinking together until
half-past one o'clock this morning, when they reached
Sidney-street, Commercial-road. The prosecutor, who
was then the worse for liquor, sat down on a door step and
began to count his money in a bag. The prisoner imme-
diately snatched it from him and dropped 2s. or 3s. out
of it on the pavement. Tho prisoner stooped and
picked up the money again. A struggle took
place between him and the wine porter, and a
cry was raised of "Thieves," and "Murder." The pri-
soner ran away with the money ho had stolen. He was
pursued and captured by Henry Lewis, a police constable
403 K, who found the. stolen money upon him. Lewis
said the prisoner was a very bad character, and was in
custody a short time since for attempting to rob an unfor-
tunate woman.
Tho prisoner said he was not guilty of taking the
money, but ho was guilty of being in company with those
who did take it.
The Prosecutor—No one else was with me when my
money was taken.
The Prisoner—l'll be tried here and plead guilty.

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The prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets,
during the last few days, there has been very little
animation. Sugars have sold slowly at about pre-
vious rates, while coffee, in some instances, has
slightly declined. Rice has been dull, but without
change in value, while in tallow the operaticrns for
both present and forward delivery have been on a
limited scale at about previous rates.