The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

POLICIA INTELLIGENCE.—_Oct. 16.

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MANSION-HOUSE.—William Sutton,lWilliam
King, and Patrick Collins, very small boys, were
charged, before Alderman Cubitt, with having
robbed a lady of her purse.
Aliehael Hayden, the detective officer, said—
Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, I saw
the prisoners opposite the Bank of England
watching different ladies out. They followed
one lady up Cornhill to the corner of Gracechnrch-
street, and then one went in front of her, another
behind her, and the third on ber right side. Sut-
t n placed both his hands beside the lady's dr as,
having a coat over his arm to conceal his hand. She
felt him, forced her way by them, and they left her.
I followed them for nearly two hours along Fen-
church-street, Leadenhall-street, Gracechurch-
street, and King William-street. At 3 o'clock a
lady was passing along, King William-street, and
outside a shop there was a crowd, and the three
prisoners got round her. Sutton put his hand to
her dress, aed he then withdrew it, and all three
walked 'quickly away. I spoke to the lady, gave
her certain directions, and went after the prisoners
through Moneta) at-yard into Pudd ng lane, where
I found them sittling under a gateway and dividing
some money. I waited until they left that place,
and then followcd them to the corner of Eastcheap.
Collins and King tossed with a shilling folsome-
thing, and the formerappareutly lost, for he pulled
cut a purse, which I produce, and gave it to King,
who put it in the waistband of his trousers. I gut
assistance from two gentlemen who were pas4ng,
and took the prisoners into a plumber's shop. Col-
lins put some silver into his mouth, and with some
difficulty I got ss. 6d. out of his mouth. On King
I found a five-shilling piece and a purse, on Sutton
a half-crown, a florin, and 2s. I took the prisoners
to the station-house. I afterwards saw the lady,
and in censequeuce of a communicatien with her, I
went back to the gateway in Pudding-lane and
there I found a portion of a first-class Greenwich
Railway ticket, and opposite I found, torn up into
smell piece., three parts of a first-class railway.
ickets of she same company-.
Mrf. Nada, of London-street, Greenwich, said
that she had come by rail from Greenwich, on
Weleesday, with some ladie4, and lost her purse,
containing about 17s. 6d., and three and a half re-
turn tickets of the company. She identified the
purse, for which no doubt, two of the prisoners had
tossed in the street, and the tickets as her property.
Sutton said, " We are guilty," and the other two
nodded in acquiescence, but upon being informed
that the ewe was one of teo serious a nature to be
disposed of anywhere except at the Old Bailey,
they said, "No, we are not guilty."
The prisoners were then committed for trial.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would
acknowledge the receipt of Bs. for the poor-hoe,
from Mr. Rough, the foreman of the jury at the
Secandaries' Court, being the fees received by them
for attendance on two trials at that court.

CLERKENWELL—Richard Geniis, a dirty,
ill-coniiitiJned looking f,llow, about 18 years of
age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
charged with setting fire to a cowshed, at 46, Mid-
dl. sx-street, Somers-town, the property of Mr.
Thomas Harris.

Mr. L wis appeared for the prosecution.
The premises in which the fire commenced were
abut seven months since burned and. seven valu-
able cows destroyed. Although there could be no
doubt that the fire was caused by an incendia• y, no
one was apprehended for it, yet strong suspicions
were entertained. Since then the prisoner has
been in custody on the charge of committing a rape
cn a little girl of weak intellect, but although Mr.
Sii:.lling, the divisional surgeon of the S division,
pioved that violence hf..d been used, Mr. Corrie
discharged the prisoner on the ground that no one
knew anything of the matter but the girl.
The lint witness called was

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Mr. Thornai Harris, who said—l am the occupier
of part of the yard at the rear of 46, Middlesex-
street, Somers-town. About four o'clock on the
afternoon of the Gth inst. I SAW some hay in flames
in the yard. The flames were not in my shop.