The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 0.

MANSION-HOUSE. —George Jones, an expert
thief, was charged, before Mr. Alderman Hale, with
robbing Mr. R. J. Davis, a clerk in the Bank of Eng-
land, of his watcb, at the time of the passing of the
civic procession.

J. Golding, a carpenter, said—About 12 o'clock to-
day I was near Finch-lane, when I heard the cry of a
robbery having been committed. At that moment I
saw the prisoner pass to another man a silver watch. I
collared him, and was immediately bonnetted and kicked
by his companions. He succeeded in passing the watch
away.

The prosecutor said at the time in question he beard
a snap, and on putting his hand to his pocket he missed
hi 4 watch. The prisoner was standing close to him.
The prisoner, who refused to give his address, and
said he was innocent of the charge, was fully committed
for trial.

Charles Heath, an impudent laoking fellow, was
charged with stealing a silver watch from the waistcoat
pocket of Mr. W. E. Staunton, of 19, East-street,
Lamb's Conduit-street.

James Cotterell, metropolitan police-constable P 401,
said that at half-past 12 o'clock he was in Upper Thames
street, when, just after the procession passed, be saw the
prosecutor bounetted by a lut of thieves. He next saw
the prcsecutor's watch in the prisoner's hand, but before
he could lay hold of him it was passed to some com•
panions, who escaped with it.
The prosecutor corroborated the evidence of the last
witness, and said he found the prisoner's hand on his
watch, although he did not actually see it passed.
Two other witnesses gave similar testimony, and the
prisoner, who made no defence, was fully committed fur
trial.

Alderman Hale disposed of, in addition to the above,
about 20 charges of picking pockets of watches and
handkerchiefs, committing some of the delinquents for
trial, and sentencing others to various periods of im-
prisonment.

BOW-STREET.—In the course of the afternoon about
a dozen persons, chiefly young men, were brought before
Mr. Jardine for picking pockets in the crowd assembled
to witness the Lord Mayor's procession.
With the exception of three women, who were dis-
charged for want of sufficient evidence, and one youth
committed for a month for *stealing a handkerchief, the
prisoners were remanded for further examination.

In four instances the property stolen consisted of
watches, and in one instance of a portmonnaie with its
content•.

CEER,KENWELL. Joseph Martini was re-exa-
mined ou the charge of obtaining articles of ironmongery
from Mr. Fowler, 38, Skinner-street, Sower's-town, by
false pretences, and with having otherwise defrauded
several tridestnen.
After hearing some further evidence,
Mr. Currie said that there was no case against the
prisoner. Though he did not believe the story of the
prisoner— that the goods would be paid for—still they
might, and he should discharge him.

MA R.LBO ROUG H-STRE ET. —BURGLARY. —Cases
Jones was brought before Mr. Beadon charged with
burglary.
Mrs. Austen, No. 2, Charles-street, said about two
o'clock that morning she was awakened by a loud noise
resembling the fall of a heap of crockery. Feeling
satisfied that thieves were in the house, she threw up
the window and called " police." A constable imme-
diately made his appearance, and she went down and
let him in. The constable proceeded upstairs, and from a
room on the second floor brought down the prisoner.
On looking about she saw evidence of robbery. Papers
and articles were strewn about in confusion, and a writ-
ing desk had been broken open. There was also an
empty decanter on the table. The decanter was full
the overnight, and it soon became manife-t that the
burglary had been detected in consequence of the pri-
soner having drunk the contents, and, becoming► intoxi-
cated, had rolled against some crockery and knocked it
down.

Police-constable Redmill, C 114, said he heard the
cry of police from No. 2, Charles-street, and being ad-
mitted by the last witness he went upstairs, and found
the prisoner standing near a window, evidently the
worse for drink. Tue prisoner said, " Its a bad job.
I've made a d--- fool of myself in drinking so touch
sherry." Witness found property scattered over the
room. The parlour floor was covered with paper, and
a desk bad been forced open. Several drawers and
places had been ransacked. There was a quantity of
broken crockery on the floor, which accounted for the
noise heard by the first witne,s. The prisoner had pained
accePs to the house by climbing over the area railings,
and forcing the parlour window. Witness picked up a
chisel which fited to the marks on the window. The
prisoner said to him he was glad his two companions
were not with him, as he wanted to go over the herring
pond by himself, bet had he not drunk so much sherry
no policeman could have taken him.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully com-
mitted.

SOUTHWARK.--CONVICTION OF A JUVENILE
THIEVES' TUTOR -THE PATENT WATCH PEOTECTON.

—William Harris, well known to the police as a tutor
of young thieves of both sexes, was brought before Mr.
Burchatn for final examination, charged with stealing a
valuable watch from a lady named Martha Farren, at
the opening of the Suow's-fields Ragged Schools, on
Wednesday evening last.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrx that
she was present at the opening meeting, which was pre-
sided over by the Earl of Shaftesbury. About half-past
eight o'clock she left the body of the hall to get her
bonnet and shawl, and in passing along the passage she
heard a kind of Snapping noise close to where her watch
was, and on looking down she saw the prisoner's hand
leaving her chain, which hung down minus her watch.
She him immediately seized hold of him, but there being
a crowd of persons about, he had every opportunity of
passing her watch without her perceiving him. She,
however, kept hold of him until a constable came up,
when she gave him into cuatcdy. Her watch had been
broken off at the baw, and she would not have missed it
bad not she heard the snapping noise which induced her
to look down. At the last examination Doanis Clark,
108, proved that the prisoner had a house in Bond-
street, Borough-road, in which resided boys and girls
whom he instructed in the art of
picking- pocket'. In
fact, Le attended pub is meetings and theatres with them,
and he had no doubt the watch was passed to one of
his pupils. The prisoner having beard the evidence,
pleaded guilty, when Mr. Burchatn remanded him until
yesterday, to see whether his associates would assist him
by restoring the watch.
On his being placed in the dock, his worship was in.
formed that nothing had been heard of the watch, which
had been stolen in the usual way. It was also an-
nounced as a remarkable fact, that out of the number of
thieved taken into custody for watch robberies, there
had never been found on any of them any instrument
for cutting the bows or chains of the watches. Cense-
quently the robberies must all be committed by the
breaking off of tit() bow.
At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. H. S. Gilling,
of 1, Upper Cuarles-3treet, Nirthampton-square, handed
in f.. 0. his worship's inspection an invention that he had
recently patents 1 and brought out for the protection of
watches from the depredators of such thing:. It consists
of a small elegantly contrived chain, one end of which is
fixad to the handle below the bow, and the other end is
attached to the end of the wateo-chain, so that if the
thief succeeds in breaking off the bow, much to his stir-
plise, the protector prevents hint from possessing him-
self of the watch.

Mr. Burcham, after carefully ex :mining the invention,
considered it an excellent contrivance, and which ought
to be publicly known to be appreciated. He believed