The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

THAMES.

EXPOSING GOODS FOR SALE OUTSIDE SHOPS.—Maria
Atkinson, a wetched looking woman, aged 30, was brought
beforo Mr. Yardley charged with stealing a pair of boots,
valuo 65., the property of George Cohen, a Jew dealer of
Rosemary-lane. _ _

Bridget Crea, a poor :Irish woman, stated that she saw
the prisoner take a pair of boots off a door, put them under
her shawl, and walk away. She gave immediate informa-
tion of the robbery, and the prisoner was pursued and taken
into custody with the boots in her possession.
David Barns, shopman to the prosecutor, said the boots
were exposed outside his master's shop for sale. Their
value was 6s. It was the third pair of boots he had lost
this week.

Mr. Yardley—l am not surprised at it. If it had been
she 13th, or the 30th, or the 300th pair of boots lost by your
master I should not have been surprised. Cannot you
carry on business inside your shop ?
106 i I Bennett—No, sir.

Mr. Yardley—Then your master ought to be ashamed of
himself. lie exposes his goods for sale outside, and holds
out a temptation to steal. It is a bad system, and ought
to be entirely suppressed.
Barnett—There are more besides us do it.

Mr. Yardley—Yes, I know there are ; because there are
more foolish and reckless people in the world besides you.
It is a most scandalous state of things.
The magistrate then sentenced the prisoner to one
month's imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful
possession of the boots.
TOBACCO SMUGGLING.—A Swedish sailor boy, named
Olson, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with
smuggling 81bs. boa. of foreign manufactured tobacco.
Thomas Norman, h police-constable, No. 64 K, stated
that at half-past ten o'clock last night he saw the prisoner
carrying a bundle in Limehouse Causeway, and loitering
about there as if waiting for some one. He asked the pri-
soner what he had in the bundle, and he made a verl
evasive answer. He took the prisoner into custody, and
upon opening the bundle found it to contain parcels of
tobacco weighing 81b. 6oz. _ _

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Mr. Daniel Howie, superintendent of the K division of
police, said that he seized the tobacco, NI hich was of first-
rate quality, and of foreign manufacture, liable to a duty
of 3s. sd. per lb. The prisoner belonged to the foreign
ship Williamsburgh, lying in the river. The value and
duty upon the tobacco amounted together to 87s. 6d.
The prisoner had no defence to make, and refused to say
who employed him.
Mr. Yardley had very little doubt the prisoner was an
instrument in the hands of others. Thie was smuggling
in rather a large way. He sentenced the prisoner to pay
a fine of 18, and, in default, to be imprisoned for one month
in the House of Correction.

MR. WIGAN AND THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—
We are authorised to contradict, in the most emphatic man-
ner, a rumour that has been generally circulated during the
past week, to the effect that, owing to a want of support
from the public, Mr. Alfred Wigan would retire at Easter
from the management of the above theatre. So far from
this being the case, the patronage bestowed on this ably-
conducted establishment, and the attendance of the most
fashionable audiences to witness the artistic personations of
the accomplished lessee, lead to the most hopeful prospects
of the future, and there is every reason to believe that the
success it has secured will be permanent under the meant
efficient direction,—Era.