The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCH.—Nov. 10.

MANSION-HOUSE. —George Harrison and
James Hunter were charged before the Lord Mayor
with having robbed Mr. Fred. Wm. Jacob, of Great
Russell-street, Bloomsbury, of his gold watch.
Mr. Wontner attended for Harrison.

Mr. V. Prisnet-, clerk to Messrs. Padmore, of
Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street, stockbrokers,
said—l was at the end of Finch-lane on the morn-
ing of Lord Mayor's day, and felt a great crush. I
observed the two prisoners and some other persons
shoving against a lady and gentleman, who were
together, and against Mr. Jacob, who was also in
the crowd. Harrison put his fists t,gether in front
of his breast and forced himself up against Mr.
Jacob, who immediately seized him by the collar
and called out for help, and Hunter then rau up
to Harrison, evidently to take what he had got.
Several other persons then rush©d upon them, and I
saw something passed from one to the other, but 1
did not sea what it was, and the officer then came
up and took the prisoners into custody.
Mr. F. W Jacob said—l ',tin secretary to Spanish
and American bondholders. 1 was going to the Bank
of London on the 9th iust., and there was a great
crowd in Threadneedle-street, and I stood in the
middle of the road. Several persons were in front
of me, and all at once a man put his hand into my
waistcoat-pocket and took out my watch. Harrison
was the person. I held him tight till the officer
came and took him. He struggled very hard to
get away from me. I did not see my watch after-
wards. I felt the guard distinctly broken from the
watch when it was taken.
Franks (63114-I was in Threadneedle-street at
the time, and eard.cries of " Police !" and I went
to the spot. I saw Harrison struggling in Mr.
Jacob's grasp, arid endeavouring to got away. Mr.
Jacob said that Harrison had stolen his watch and
gave that prisoner into custody ; and Mr. Prisnet
pointed out Hunter, who was then trying to force
his wsy through .the crowd, and said that Hunter
had received vinething from Harrison. I then
took Huntaiinto-clistedy and Mr. Jacob charged
them both.

Mr. Wontner cross-examined the witnesses, but
their testimony was not weakened by the ingenuity
of his-exertions for Harrison.
Hunter said he was innocent of the offence.
Mr. Wontner submitted that a jury would not
return a verdict of guilty against Harrison in such
a case. It really appeared to be a mere case of
fun in which his client had been engaged on a day
remarkable for larking in the streets, and that
some practised thief bad taken advantage of the
confusion produced upon the occasion to run away
with the prosecutor's watch.

The Lord Mayor said the fun was just what the
most active and ingenious thieves were in the habit
of practising, and. he would neither summarily dis-
pose of it, nor decide it in Petty Sessions, but would
refer it to the more serious consideration of a jury.
The prisoners were then committed for trial.
William M'Clure was brought before the Lord
Mayor charged with having deserted from the 19th
Regiment of Foot, and also with having stole❑ a
pair of shoes, the property of a private in the
regiment.
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Isaac Wilcox, a private in the 19th Regiment,
said he was in the recruiting service. On the 25th of
last month he missed his shoes from the place at
which he lodged, and on the same day the prisoner,
who had enlisted in the regiment, ran away. Some
days afterwards the prisoner was met in the street,
and upon his feet were the shoes which had been
stolen.

The prisoner—l am guilty.
The Lord Mayor—You must go to Holloway
Prison for two month;, and labour hard there ;
when you come out your commanding officer will
deal with you for the desertion. When you are
discharged from the prison you will bo a better
soldier. . _ _

The Lord Mayor requested that the press would
acknowledge his receipt of 101. from M. A. C., fur
the poor-box.

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GUILDHALL.--George Berry, a travell-r, in
the employ of Messrs. Hutton and Slee, of Now-
gate-street, was placed at the bar, before Alderman
Phillips, charged with eali,ezzling 6'. 7s. Bd. and
6,/. 18s. 3d., the moneys of his employers.
Mr. George Stephen Rix said—l am a cashier in
the employ of Messrs. Hutton and Co., fringe
manufacturers, of 5 and 6, Newgate-street. The
prisoner was a town-traveller in their employ, in
which capacity it was his duty to collect orders and
money on account of his employers, and to account
for them each day as he received them, and to hand
the money over to me; He has not accounted to
me for the sum of 61. 7s. Bd. received of Mrs. Ro-
berts on the 10th of October, nor for the sum of Cl.
18s. 31 received from the same person on the 31st
of October; neither does the book contain the en-
try of either of these sums.

C
ros--examined by Mr. Wontner, for the pri-
soner—l have on many occasions given the prisoner
particular directions when to account forthe money.
'There is a commisSion allowed him in addition to
his salary, but I am not aware if there ii a balance
due to him, as that belongs to another department.
Sarah Roberts said—.l keep a Berlin wool ware-
house, at No. 30, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square,
and on the 10th of October last I paid the prisoner
6/. 7s. 81, and -On the 31st, Cl. 18s. 3d. ; and he
signed the receipts produced in my presenc3. I paid
those amounts on Messrs. Hutton 's account.
Mr. Wontner said this charge was open to ex-
planation ; but he would not object to a remand.
Alderman Phillips said he would remand the
case till Saturday, but he could not take bail.
William Metric tt, who gave Irmself into custody
last week fOr embezzling- 45/. Hs., belong,n; to his
master, Mr. George Baker, of Cecil-street,
Birmingham, when a detective officer from Bir-
mingham attended, and said a warrant had been
out for the apprehension of William Mennett, for
absconding from Mr. Baker's employ in 1854.
with 45/. 11s., and from the description given in
the fine and Cry he believed the prisoner was the
same pers.m.
Alderman Philips thought it extraordinary that
no person from Mr. Bak, :r had atteudeJ, and itsked
the officer by what authority ho claimed the
prisoner, as he had•no warrant with him ?
The officer said, Mr. Baker would have to come
to London ; but as the witness lived in that part
of the country, and the communication stated the
prisoner wo ild be given up to any officer sent to

Trios. Gem y, a horsehair corder in Antelope-gar-
dens, Shoreditch, stated that shortly before eight
o'clock on the night referred to, he found the empty
box produced, the look of which had been wrenched
off, upon a piece of waste ground at the rear of his
house, within about 300 yards from that of the
prisoners.

Eliza Parsons, a poor widow in the neighbour-
hood, was then examined, and stated that she had
boen in the occasional habit of washing for the fe-
male prisoner, in whose possession she had seen ar-
ticles of dress of the most costly description. Some
lace handkerchiefs and part of a dress which had
been proved to be the property of Lady Ellesmere
were here shown to the witness, who recognised two
of the articles as a portion of those to which she re-
ferred. A valuable black scarf was also exhibited to
her, in reference to which she stated that since the
former examination she had been spoken to by the
female prisoner, who urged her to give evidence to
the effect that she had known it as her property for
five years, but she declined to do so as she had
never before seen it.

Inspector Brecknell—ln the absence of a prose-
cutor, perhaps your worship will allow me to ask
the witness whether she can give any evidence re-
specting certain diamonds.
Witness—Yes, Mr. Jackson once showed me two
very splendid diamonds, which she told me had
been sent to her by a gentleman in Australia, who
had paid his addresses to her before she married her
husband.

The luspector—And I believe she has som• dis.
closures to make in connection with a copper tea-
kettle.

Witness—You mean the kettle that Mrs. Jack-
son gave ma to take care of, when her husband was
in trouble about receiving a cask of butter. I re-
member there were two watches in it, besides some
silver plate, a longjewel box, and a lot of rings, with
pearls and red stones, but, I returned the whole of
them to her about 10 days afterwards.
Police-constable Evans then deposed, in addi-
tion to his former evidence, that on the discovery
of Lady Ellesmerd's property at the house in Leo-
nard.street, a portion of it was claimed as her own
by the female prisoner, who declared that some of
the articles were presents from her mother, and
that others had been given to her byafemale friend
in the Hampstead-road. With regard to the
haberdashery goods which had been found upon the
male prisoner, their owner had not yet been traced,
but he had ascertained that the man Woodward,
from whom Jackson alleged he had obtained the
property, was now in the House of Correction un-
der a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment for re-
ceiving stolen goods.
It having been intimated by the police that fur-
ther time was necessary to complete the investiga-
tion, the prisoners were again remanded for a week,
but the magistrates required them to put in an in-
creased amount of bail for their future appearance.
W. Enzor, 17, was charged with creating a dis-
turbance in the Standard
.Theatre, Shoreditch, and

assaulting one of the officers.in uniform. attached to
that establishment.

Lambert, the complainant, stated that several
persons from the boxes having complained of the
conduct of some person above them in the gallery,
he proceeded there, and catitioned the defendant,
whose language was of the grossest description.
The interference, however, only irrcreased the evil,
and witness proceeded to remove him. A scene fol-
lowed that was not in the progismme of the even-
ing's entertainment ; defendant resisted violently,
and but for the aid rendered by a cabinetmaker,
complainant really believed he should have been
killed, as the offender called loudly for assistance
from his companions. who to the number of half-a-
dozen most shamefully complied. The performance
was for the period stopped, a portion of the wood-
work of the gallery was torn up, and a heavy blow
made at the officer's head happily averted by a man
standing near. Lambert was severely injured by
kicks dealt principally by the defendant, who was
well known as one of a band of ruffians frequenting
the railway terminus. This gang went by the name
of the Fotty Thieves.

Mr. Heritage, for the proprietor, assured the
magistrate that every care was taken to conduct
the theatre, which was most respectably attended,
with the greatest order.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said he believed this, and would
not tolerate such abominable misbehaviour.
Sent for one month to the House of Correction
in default of paying 40s. and costs.

CLERKENWELL,—Thomas Sayers, the well-
known pugilist, and at present the champion of
England, attended before Mr. Corrie, at the in-
stance of the parish authorities of St. Pancras,
charged with refusing to support his wife, Sarah
Sayers.

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Some facts connected with this case have already
appeare l from which it will be recollected that Mr.
Birchtnore, the relieving officer, stated that the de-
fendant had refused to support his wife, aid that
she had therefore become chargeable to the parish,
and was now an inmate of the workhouse. The de-
fendant refused to support his wife on the ground
Viat she had committed adultery, but took his chil-
dren away, and well looked after them.
Some witnesses were called by Mr. T. Wakeling
for the defence, who proved that a number of men
had been seen in Mrs. Sayers' room at all hours of
the Light, and that she was a very drunken and
dissolute person.
Mr. Wakeling proposed now to call Sayers' child,
a girl about 7 years of of age, to prove that strange
men had been seen in bed with her mother.
Mr. Currie said he would not examine a child so
young, and he would take upon himself the respon-
sibility of refusing her evidence. lie would adjourn
the case for any time that would suit the defendant.

Mr. Wakeling asked for an adjournment fur a
fortnight.
Mr. Birchmore had no objection to an adjourn-
ment, but was prepared to have the case decided
at once. He should be able to show that Sayers
had visited his wife lately.
The case ultimately was adjourned for a fortnight.

THAMES.—Thos..Ashwell, a master tailor, at
the corner of Holmes-street and Green-street,
nearly opposite John Kuox's Church, Stepney, who
had been out on bail, surrendered before Mr. Sel:e
to answer a charge of stealing gas, the property of
the Commercial Gas Company.
Mr. Safe having heard the case said that if there
bad been anything like satisfactory evidence that
the pipe now in cciurt, and called a " jerry," had
been fixed with any felcmions intention, he should
have c3mmitted the prisoner for trial. There was no
pretence for saying that it had been fixed before the
pipe meter was removed, and it was possible themete
failed to register the gas consumed. The 'r
prisoner
had acted most improperly in fixing this
with-
out the sanction of the gas company,
fo iah man, and
and without
had giving
beenthm them
guilty iiot iocfe . He w
a nu
nlaawsfauvl aercyt, butc there was no
case on which a jury would convict the prisoner of
felony. He should inflict a penalty of 101.
Mr. Jones added that theprsonor was liable to
a penalty of 2/. for
every night he surreptitiously
used their gas.

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WANDSWORTH.—Mr. William Watling, the
extensive pork-pie manufacturer and provision
merchant, of Pimlico, was summoned before Mr.
Ingham, at the instance of the Wandsworth Dis-
trict Board of Works, for having caused a nuisance
at his piggery in the York-road, Battersea-fields,
by the boiling of stale pork-pies.
Mr. Corseilis, the clerk of the board, stated that
this was a proceeding to prevent a recurrence of
the nuisance which was likely to occur daily. His
instructions were that the nuisance was caused by
the boiling of stale pork-pies to fatten the pigs.
Mr. Dune3mb , who appeared for the defendant,
said that statement was not correct ; and ho could

Mr. Ingham thought the evidence was very
slight, and recommended an adjournment of the
summons for the partiEs to come to an arrangement.
The officers did not complain of Mr. Watling as a
manufacturer of pies, but of his boiling them for
food for the pigs.
The summons was accordingly adjourned, Mr.
Drincombe stating that there was no doubt his wor-
ship would hear no more of the case.

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET
Nov. 10.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days large.
Oat straw, from 7s 6d to los 0(1 per kemple of 16 dinar
Iron ; wheat do., Gs 0(1 to 7s tid ; barley do., 5s 0.1 to 74 •
Od. Hay from 10d. to 12d.

EDINBURGH MEAL—Nov. 10.
There were in the market to•day 12 sacks oatmeal, each
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s Od and s.

:ARKET—Noy. 9.

tay 6 bags of oatmeal, 0 of
Sales dull.