The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.

Their Lordships met this day at half-past two o'clock.
MUTINY BILL.
The -Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed, after
which their Lordships adjourned till Monday.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

NEW COURT.

James Wood, aged 43, was indicted for stealing a quantity of
mill board, the property of his master, George Ellis.
It appeared that the prisoner had been sent to fetch some
mill board front a sale at which his master had purchased it,
and that instead of bringing it home to his master, he had sold
it to a person in the trade named Denny—Guilty.
Thomas Dunn and David Lloyd were indicted for stealing
a quantity of hops, value 71. 10s., the property of Messrs. Bar-
low and Co., their employer, and Joseph Rutter, a maltster,
was indicted for receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen.
Policeman N, 171, was on duty in Tooley-street, near the
premises of Messrs. Barlow, on the 18th March last, and
saw the prisoner Dunn carrying a poeket of hops
from the warehouse toward the premises of Rutter, in
Hill-lane. Witness suspected that all was not right,
and having made inquiry at Messrs. Barlow's counting
house, he took the prisoners into custody. Lloyd said the
sum he had received from Rutter for the hops was 71., and
that it was Grubb the porter who had weighed them ; and
when witness asked Grubb if he had made an entry, he
replied he had, and went up to the upper warehouse, and
brought down a piece of paper, which witness observed had
been just written, as the ink was quite wet: Dunn had a pa-
per in his possession when carrying the hops to Rutter, author-
izing the delivery of a packet of hops to Mr. Rutter, and
signed Thomas Saxby. William White, one of the partners,
deposed, that Mr. Thomas Saxby had bought 8 pockets of
hops from their firm in February last, three of which had
been taken away, and five remained iu their warehouse ; the
pocket in question was not one of those - purchased by
Saxony ; neither witness nor any of the partners of the firm
had given orders for the delivery of any hops to Rutter;
Rutter was not a customer of their's ; but Rutter and Saxby,
had bad some dealings ; Saxby had no authority to send the
pocket in quekion to Rutter or any other person.
Thos. Saxby deposed that he had sold one pocket of hops to
Chittenham, and two to the prisoner Rutter, the last on the 7th
March. There were five pockets remaining in Messrs. Bar-
low's premises, and witness desired the prisoner Lloyd to let
Rutter hive any of these five pockets of hops, for which he paid.
The pocket in question was not his, nor had he any authority
to sell them to Rutter or any other person. The order, dated
18th March, and signed " Thomas Saxby," is not in witness's
handwriting. There are five pockets of hops belonging to
witness still in Messrs. Barlow's premises.
Thomas Heath is in the employment of Messrs. Barlow.
It was Lloyd's business, as foreman, to send out hops that are
sold. Lloyd must have known that Saxby's hops were num-
bered in a particular way. There are on an average 8,000
pockets of hops in the warehouse, and a man might make a
mistake and send out one pocket for another.
Policeman E, 148, had been left in charge of the pocket of
hops on Rutter's premises. Rutter said it was all right - that
he had bought them on the 7th March from Messrs. Barlow
and Co., and that when he was an apprentice these sort of
hops were the perquisites of the men.
Grubb, an approver, deposed that in the month of Septem-
ber last, Lloyd, Dunn, and himself, had agreed to keep the
sweepings of the warehouses altogether. On the morning of
the 18th March, Rutter spoke to them about the sweepings.
They said they had no bags, and Rutter desired witness to go
with him, and he gave him two empty bags. Rutter and
Lloyd were present when the pocket of hops in question was
being packed. Saxby's hops were at the time in the lower
warehouse. Lloyd said he would write a note in Saxby's
name, and send the hops out as Saxby's. The note now
handed witness, signed " Thomas Saxby," is in Lloyd's hand-
writing.
On his cross-examination, the witness stated that he had
given evidence in a case of arson, at Northampton in 1830.
The man was convicted and executed. Witness got 101. for
expenses and giving evidence, and his father got 50/.
Several witnesses were examined, who gave the prisoners,
Lloyd and Rutter, excellent characters.
The Jury had not returned a verdict when our Reporter left.