The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENVG, SEPrEVIBEIt 21, 1861.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day,)

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OLD COURT.
ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROUTLEDGE'S.

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Henry Strong was indicted for stealing three printed
books, the property of MesSrs. Routledge, the publishers,
of Farringdon-street, and Samuel Bradley was indicted for
receiving the property knowing it to be stolen.
Strong pleaded guilty.
Mr. Orridge prosecuted and Mr. Best, of the Oxford
Circuit, defended Bradley.
The case having been stated to the jury,
Mr. Fox, a City ward beadle, said the early part of the
month of August he was seated in his parlour when he saw
the prisoner Strong, with one of Messrs. Routledge's
trucks when Bradley came up to him, and after
a short conversation, Strong took three books from under-
neath his coat and gave them to Bradley. They then went
away. I went out, and after going a short distance I met
them both together. I asked Bradley what Strong had
given him from underneath his coat, when he said, "Three
books, which I had ordered of him." I told him I did not
think it was a regular transaction, and that I should require
them to go to Messrs. Routledge's in order to ascertain
whether Strong had any authority to dispose of property in
the manner he hai done. They both went as far as the
door of Messrs. Routledge's warehouses in Farringdon-
street, but as they refused to go in the assistance of the police
had to be called.
Mr. Routledge, jun., said the prisoner Strong had no
authority to sell books on his own account.
Sergeant Johnson, of the City police, said—After the
prisoner Bradley's lodgings had been searched I saw him in
the cell of the station-house. I asked if he had any of
Messrs. Routledge's books at his lodgings. He replied
" No." I asked him if he was quite sure that he was right
in his statement, and he said he was sure he had none. I
then said to him, as he was a dealer in books, " Surely you
must have some stock," to which he replied, " So I have,
but they are chiefly old books and pamphlets." I then told
him to be careful in his answers, and he again denied hav-
ing any books there belonging to Messrs. Routledge. I
then asked him what he would say if I could show 142
volumes of Mr. Routledge's publications. He marked
several, and said he had purchased them, but I said—
" Those are published by Routledge," but he made no
reply. The charge was made before me at the station. I
questioned Bradley about the property, and he said he had
got them from Routledge's porter, and he ordered them.
Strong was afterwards brought in, and Bradley was asked
if he was the porter that had let me have the books, which
he denied.
Mr. J. Eton, clerk to Messrs. Routledge, said the pri-
soner Strong left the premises with a truck load of books
on the 7th of August, and said he was going to Mrs. Low.
Mrs. Low, late of London-house-yard, said she had seen
the prisoners together when she kept the house. Bradley
was a hawker of books.

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The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Bradley.
The Recorder asked if Mr. Routledge was in court, as he
should like to know if he had been robbed to a large extent.
Mr. G. Routledge said the prisoner Strong had been in
his service for nine years. He always thought he was honest.
The firm had lost a great many books, but had never been
able to trace them. Books of our own publication have
been seen in very suspicious places. The only thing that
he knew objectionable against Strong was, that he was con-
tinually meeting him in the streets talking to people.
The Recorder said it was a painful thing to find a man
who had been trusted robbing his employer. From the
number of Mr. Routledge's books that had been produced
in court, there could be no doubt that the system had been
going on for some time. He should therefore sentence him
to 12 months' imprisonment. With respect to Bradley, it
was hardly to be supposed that he, a hawker of books, could
for a moment think that Strong was acting honestly,
and he should, therefore, sentence him to 18 months' impri-
sonment.

Ann Callaghan was indicted for stealing 155., the pro-
perty of her master.
The prisoner, who had the appearance of a domestic ser-
vant, pleaded guilty.
The Recorder said be should postpone passing sentence
until next session, in order that certain inquiries might be
made about her.

Robert Brown was indicted for stealing three coats, the
property of Mr. Parnell ; and William Mead was indicted
for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing them to
have been stolen.

Brown pleaded guilty.
Evidence having been adduced,

The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Mead.
The Recorder sentenced Brown to twelve months', and
Mead, who, although the receiver, appeared to have been
made a tool of, to nine months' imprisonment.