The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 26.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Jobn Berry was charged
with stealing four pieces of Silesia cloth, value
5/. 7s. 10d., the property of his employers, Messrs.
Marland and Whitcomb, warehouseman, 2, Star-
court, Bread-street, and Manchester, and also with
forging a receipt to an order for delivery of goads
with intent to defraud.

The prisoner about two months previously had
been cha►ged with a similar offence, when he
pleaded guilty and expressed contrition in a manner
apparently so sincere, that his employers consented
to a merely nominal sentence, and upon the media-
tion of the Lord Mayor, agreed to receive him back
into their service.

From the evidence now produced it appeared that
on Monday the prisoner told Mr. Headley, mana-
ger to the prosecutors, that he had sold four pieces
of Silesia to Jem White, on account of Messrs.
Pigott, Gresham-street, and Mr. Headley, upon re-
ferring to the day-book, found au entry to that
effect, and also found in the delivery-book a corres-
ponding entry purporting to be signed d by Mr. D.
S. Pigott, whom he knew to be ill at the time. In
consequence of this he suspected the signature to
be a forgery, and at once stepping over to Messrs.
Pigott's found that such was actually the case. He
then returned to the warehouse, when he found
that the receipt had been torn out of the delivery-
book during his absence, but upon telling the pri-
sonerhe must have an explanation he produced the
receipt torn into four pieces. and said ha had sold
the goods to a man named Jarman, a customer of
the firm.

This statement he repeated in court, adding that
Jarman had bought two pieces a few daysbefore, and
two other pieces about a fortnight before that, pro-
mising to pay for them the same day, but he Lever
paid for them, and so he (prisoner) entered them to
Messrs. Pigott.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—You are the most
ungrateful man that ever stood at that • bar, after
the trouble we had last time to induce your master
to take you back again.
He was fully committed for trial.
John Johnson, William Daniels, and Henry
Pearce were brought before Alderman Rose, for
final examination, charged with stealing a quantity
of boots and shoes, value 1001., the property of
Messrs. Donovan and Baker, bootmakers, 52, Fen-
' church-street, whose premises were burglariously
entered on the night of the 14th inst.
Theodore Foulger, police-constable 548, added to
his former evidence, that since the last examination
he had again searched the premises of the prisoner
Johnson, and found a stock and 16 centre-bits one
of which exactly fitted the hole bored through the
panel of the door of the premises broken into. He
also found a key, of which an impression had evi-
dently been taken, as it was covered with wax.
Johnson said the centre-bits and key were part
of his stock as a marine store dealer ; and the officer
upon cross-examination admitted that he had found
the stock in the window, and the centre-bits on a
door in the shop.
Mr. Lewis, jun., who appeared for Pierce and
Daniels, contended that there was no evidence to
justify their commitment, and asserted his ability
to disprove evidence which had been given on a
former occasion, that his clients were seen loitering
near the spot on the day and night of the robbery.
Alderman Rose said the case was clearly one for
a jury, and asked the prisoners what they had to
say to the charge.
Johnson said—l wish to make a statement. On
Thursday week a man came to me, whose name I
think is Baker, and said, "I've between.loo and 200
pairs of boots to dispose of, part of a bankrupt's stock
—do you think you can sell them ?" I said " Yes, I
think I can," having little to do at my own busi-

ness of a wine cooper. He said, "in all pro-
bability, to-morrow, being Friday, I shall send
them to you," and after agreeing upon the price,
I was to have all I could get over Os. a pair for
selling them, and it was arranged that I should
have them next day. Next morning I went early
to the Edgware-road, and upon returning home,
about half-past ten, I found that four large bags of
boots had been left during my absence. After wash-
ing and having breakfast, I went over to the public-
house, in North-street, and in conversation among
some gentlemen, of whom Pearce and Daniels were
two, Pearce complained that his boots hurt his feet.
I said T could alter that, as I had some boots I
could sell him, and he said he should have no ob-
jection to buy a pair or two. I then fetched three
or four pair, one of which he bought, giving me
10s. for them, and that ended our buying and sell-
ing. That was the first time I ever saw him, and
the second time was when he was pushed into the
cab on Pentonville-bill after I was in custody.
While I was selling the boots to Pearce, Daniels
said he should like some too, and having taken his
measure, I took five or six pair for him to fit on on
Saturday morning, out of which he bought two
pairs, giving me 10s. for one and Os. 6d. for the
other, and I beg to say that I never saw that man
before in my life either, and if I had had time I
should have been able to find the man who left them
at my house.
The other prisoners said they bought the boots
of Johnson, and knew nothing about the rob-
bery.
Mr. Lewis then called witnesses to prove that
between 1 and 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Thurs-
day, the 14th inst., during which time an officer
had sworn that he watched these two prisoners as
they were loitering about Cornhill, they were at a
public-house in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly,
and also that Daniels was n bed on the night of
the robbery, at a time when another witness de-
posed to having seen him near the spot. The
learned gentleman also called the potman of the
Prince of Wales public-house, North-street, Pen-
taaville, who corroborated the statement made by
Johnson with regard to the sale of boots by him to
the other prisoners.
Alderman Rose said he had some doubts upon
some of the evidence, and he th-refore remanded
the prisoners, that he might have time for consi-
deration as to their committal.

BOW-STREET.—James Dillon and James
Barr, two boys who at the age of 15 are already
well known to the police, were brought up on
remand, Barr for stealing 65/. worth of property in
a dweaing-house, and Dillon for being concerned
with him in the robbery.
Anne Beade, the servant at No. 22, Torrington-
place was cleaning the door-steps of that house at
about eight o'clock on the morning of the 14th
inst., when she observed Dillon lurking about in
front of the adjoining house, No. 21, the residence
of Mr. Alexander Aikman, a shipowner. Looking
up at the parlour window, which was open, she
saw Barr standing on the inside, holding a silver
waiter in one hand, and with the other beckoning
to Dillon. The latter was approaching the spot,
but perceived she was watching him, and ran away.
At that moment Barr had turned his back for a
moment and was taking from a sideboard another
waiter. Beade then went in front of the house
and beckoned to Mr. Aikmau's servant, who was
in the kitchen below. She came to the street door
and Beade told her what had occurred. They
entered the room and found Barr standing by the
window, with the waiters and salvers on the
table and sofa at either side of him. Mr. Aik-
man was sent for, and the prisoner avowed that he
had got in through the window to steal the plate,
adding that he did so at the instigation of a strange
man and boy. He then produced from his pocket
a small case, which he gave up to Mr. Aikman,
and which contained a diamond ring worth 251.
He had taken it from the mantel-piece. The
salvers were valued at 20/. each. Dillon was taken
by description some days afterwards. The two
prisoners were constant associates.
Dillon was further charged with stealing a tea-
pot from the shop of Mrs. Sutcliffe. a gold and
silver refiner, in Long-acre, two days after the
above occurrence.
The prisoner applied to Mrs. Sutcliffe to change
two foreign coins for him, saying that be had taken
them in mistake for fourpenny pieces. She went
to the back of the shop to show them to Thomas
Pavey, here foreman, and she had no doubt that
at the moment when her back was turned the pri-
soner took the teapot from the counter. She had
seen it there safe at the time he entered the shop.
She offered him sixpencelfor the coins, which he re-
fused to take, and he went away. After he had
left she missed the teapot. After a while the pri-
soner returned to the shop, and, again producing
the two coins, said he would take 6d. for them.
She charged him with stealing the teapot, which
he denied, and offered to satisfy her that he was
an honest respectable boy if she would allow him
to go, in charge of the foreman, to fetch his parents,
who lived near Russell-square. The prisoner then
took Pavey to some .back street in the neighbour-
hood in question, and got him into a house, where
be was set upon and hustled by a man and some
women, who detained him while the prisoner
escaped. Nothing more was heard of the teapot,
which was worth V.
Barr was committed for trial on the first charge,
and Dillon upon both.
WORSHIP.—James Smee, a dapper little man,
who goes in sporting circles by the name of
" Jemmy," was charged with being concerned in
keeping a betting-house.
Some time back a policeman went in plain clothes