The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY A PAWNBROKER'S ASSISTANT. James
Collins, a young man, was brought up on remand before
Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £2O and a gold locket,
the property of his master, Mr. Tarrant, a pawnbroker, in
Cabel-street, Whitechapel.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro-
secution. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Tar-
rant for three months, and in the course of time money had
been repeatedly missed. A few days ago the prosecutor
received information that the prisoner had given notice to
the post-master at the Post-office savings bank in Leman-
street, Whitechapel, to withdraw £2O which he had in-
vested there, and said to the prisoner, " The money you
have put into the savings bank is mine." The prisoner
said "No ; £5 of it is mine, the remainder is yours."
Dunaway, an intelligent detective, No. 11 11, arrested the
prisoner, and waited on the post-master, who, in accord-
ance with the Government Savings' Bank regulations, re-
fused to give information of the investments of depositors,
and asked for a summons to compel the post-master to give
evidence on oath and assist the interests of justice. At the
station-house the prisoner sent for Dunaway, and then ad-
mitted that all the money in the Savings Bank was Mr,
Tarrant's, and had been stolen. On searching the pri-
soner's box a gold locket was found by Dunaway. This
had been offered in pawn by a woman in Mr. Tarrant's
shop, and a suspicion having arisen that it was
stolen, it was detained and deposited in a drawer,
and a ticket attached to it. Thero was an in-
scription on the ticket, which stated that the ticket
was offered in pawn by Mrs. Chapman on the 9th of July
and stopped. It was found the prisoner had stolen other
property, which had not been traced.

Witnesses were called to verify the statement made by
Mr. Charles Young, and William Slater, of Pimlico, for-
merly in the service of Mr. Tarrant, said that he had seen
the prisoner wearing the locket.
Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, cross-examined the wit-
nesses, and set up a defence as regarded the locket that it
was given him by a man named Thomas, in Mr. Tarrant's
employ.

Mr. Charles Young said no one had authority to give
away property in Mr. Tarrant's possession, and asked for
another remand to enable him to obtain the testimony of
the postmaster who had received the deposits of monoy
from the prisoner. The postmaster was bound to with-
hold all information relating to deposits except on oath in
a court of justice, when any person was charged with
robbery or fraud.

Mr. Paget acceded to tho application made by Mr.
Charles Young, and granted a summons for the attendance
of the postmaster. He remanded the prisoner for a week.

HOW COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS ARE CAUSED.—
Josper Brock, a miner, for 13 years employed in a
colliery at Fieldhouse, near Huddersfield, belonging to Mr.
E. Brooke, was charged on Saturday with hating unscrewed
the top of his safety lamp and worked in the pit with a
naked light, contrary to ,the regulations of the colliery. He
pleaded guilty. It appeared that he was working in the
pit:within 10 yards of a place which was considered dan-
gerous on account of the gas, and where the ordinary dan-
ger signals were placed, and he unfastened the top of his
safety lamp and worked with a naked light, although there
were in the pit at the time no fewer than 67 men and boys,
whose lives he thus placed in jeopardy. A short time ago
some colliers from the same pit were fined for a similar
offence; but now, at the request of Mr. Dransfield, who
prosecuted, the bench sentenced t'ho defendant to one
months' imprisonment without the option of paying a fine,
and observed that a repetition of the offence would lead to
the offender being sent to prison for three months.
NORTH ESSEX REVISION.—The revision of the
lists by Mr. S. C. C. Fish, revising barrister, commenced
at Saffron Walden on the 20th ult., and closed at Witham,
on the 2d inst. The Liberals wore represented by Mr. T.
N. Roberts, of 5, Queen-square, Westminster, secretary to
the Liberal Registration Association. The Tories were
represented by solicitors in the various districts. -Liberal
claims admitted, 314 ; Tory ditto, 250-61 Liberal gain
on claims. Liberals struck off old register, 167 ; Tories
ditto, 151-16 Tory gain on objections. Net Liberal gain,
48. Numerically the new register will be 220 more than
the existing one, but the voting power will be 239 greater,
there having been 90 duplicates expunged, and 71 ad-
Mated.