The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCH.—Nov. 9.

MANSION-HOUSE. —George Jones, an expert
thief, was ohar'ed, before Mr. Alderman Hale, with
robbing Mr. R. J. Davis, a clerk in the Bank of Eng-
land, of his watch, at the time of the passing of the
civic procession.

J. Golding, a carpenter, said—About 12 o'clock to-
day I was near Fineh-lane, when I heard the cry of a
robbery having been contmitted. At that moment I
saw the prisoner pass to another man a silver watch. I
collared him, and was immediately bonnetted and kicked
by his companions. He succeeded in passing the watch
a way.

Tile prosecutor said at the time in question he heard
a snap, and on putting his hand to his pocket he missed
hi 4 watch. The prisoner was standing close to him.
The prisoner, who refused to give his address, and
said he was innocent of the charge, was fully committed
for trial.

Charles Heath, an impudent looking fellow, was
charged with stealing a silver watch from the waistcoat
pocket of Mr. W. E. Staunton, of 19, East-street,
Lamb's Conduit-street.
James Cotterell, metropolitan police-constable P 401,
said that at half-past 12 o'clock he was in Upper Thames
street, when, just after the procession passed, he saw the
prosecutor bonnetted by a lot of thieves, lie next saw
the prosecutor's watch in the prisoner's hand, but before
he could lay hold of him it was passed to some com•
panions, who escaped with it.
The prosecutor corroborated the evidence of the last
witness, and said he found the prisoner's hand on his
watch, although he did not actually see it passed.
Two other witnesses gave similar testimony, and the
prisoner, who made no defence, was fully committed fur

Alderman Hale disposed of, in addition to the above,
about 20 charges of picking pockets of watches and
handkerchiefs, committing some of the delinquents for
trial, and sentencing others to various periods of im•
prison [neut.

BOW-STREET.—In the coerce of the afternoon about
a dozen persons, chiefly young men, were brought before
Mr. Jardine for picking pockets in the crowd assembled
to witless the Lord Mayor's procession.
With the exoeption of three women, who were dis-
charged for want of sufficient evidence, and one youth
committed for a month for stealing a handkerchief, the
prisoners were remanded for further examination.
In four instances the property stolen consisted of
watches, and in one instance of a portmonnaie with its
content..

CEERKEN WELL. Joseph Martini was re.exa-
' mined on the charge of obtaining articles of ironmongery
from Mr. Fowler, 33, Skinner-street, Somer's-town, by
false pretences, and with having otherwise de:rauded
several tralesmen.

After hearing some further evidence,
Mr. Corrie said that there was no case against the
prisoner. Though he did not believe the story of the
prisoner—that the goods would be paid for—still they
might, and he should discharge him.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—BIIRGLABY. —Chag.
Jones was brought before Mr. Beadon charged with
burglary, _

Mrs. Austen, No. 2, Charles-street, said about two
o'clock that morning she was awakened by a loud noise
resembling the fall of a heap of crockery. Feeling
Nat is fi dki that thieves were in the house, she threw up
the window and called " police." A. constable imme
diately made his appearance, and she went down and
let him in. The constable proceeded upstairs, and from a
room on the second floor brought down the prisoner.
On looking about she saw evidence of robbery. Papers
and articles were strewn about in confusion, and a writ-
ing desk had been broken open. There was also an
empty decanter on the table. The decanter was full
the overnight, and it soon became manifest that the
i burglary had been detected n consequence of the pri-
soner having drunk the contents, and, becoming intoxi-
cated, had rolled against some crockery and knocked it
down.

Police-constable Redmill, C 114, said he heard the
cry of police from No. 2, Charles street, and being ad-
mitted by the last witness he went upstairs, and found
the prisoner standing near a window, evidently the
worse for drink. The prisoner said, "Its a bad job.
I've made a d---- fool of myself in drinking so much
sherry." Witness found property scattered over the
room. The parlour floor was covered with paper, and
a desk had been forced open. Several drawers and
places had been ransacked. There was a quantity of
broken crockery on the floor, which accounted for the
noise heard by the first witne-s. Theprisoner had gained
accei-e to the house by climbing over the area railings,
and forcing the parlour window. Witness picked up a
chisel which fitted to the marks on the window. The
prisoner said to him he was glad his two companions
were not with him, as he wanted to go over the herring
Pond by himself, but had he not drunk so much sherry
no policeman could have taken him.

The prisoner reserved his debacle), and was fully corn.
naittud.

SOUTHWARK.--CONVICTION OF A JUVENILE
1./SIEVES' TUTOR.--THE PATENT WATCH PROTECTOR.

—William 'Janie, well known to the police as a toter
of young thieves of both sexes, was brought before Mr.
Burchana for final examination, charged with stealing a
valuable watch from a lady named Martha Ferran, at
the opening of the Snow's-fields Ragged Schools, on
Wednesday evsaing last.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutr x that
she was present at the opening meeting, which was Pre-
sided over by the Earl of Shaftesbury. About half-pact
eight o'clock she left the boiy of the ball to get her
bonnet and shawl, and in passing along the passage she
heard a kind of snapping noise close to where her watch
was, and on looking down she saw the prisoner's hand
leaving her chain, which bung down minus her watch.
She him imaaediately seized hold of him, but there being
a crowd of persons about, he had every opportunity of
passing her watch without her perceiving hen. She,
however, kept hold of him until a constable came up,
when she gave him into custody. Her watch had been
broken off at the bow, and she would not have misse 1 it
had not she heard the snapping noise which induced her
to look down. At the last examination De lois Clark,
103, proved that the prisoner had a house in Thud-
street, Borough-road, in which resided boys and
whom he instructed in the art of picking pockets. In
fact, be attended pub he meetings and theatres with them,
and he had no doubt time watch was passed to one of
is'a pupils. The prisoner having heard the evidence,
pleaded gui'ty, when Mr. Bure'oaui remanded him until
yester&y, to see whether his aseociatas would assist him
by restoring the watch.
On his being placed in the dock, his worship was in-
Lrated that nothing had been heard of the watch, which
had been stolen in the usual way. It was also an-
nounced as a remarkable fact, that out of the number of
thieves taken into custody for watch robberies, there
had never been found on any of them any instrument
for cutting the bows or chains of the watches. Conee-
quently toe robberies must all be commi.tel by the
breaking off of the bow.

At t} is stage of the proceedingq,
Nfr. H. S. Gilling,
of 1, Upper Onarleg-street, IsUrtharylpton-- quare, banded
in for his worship's inspection en invention that he had
recently pAttntel and brought out for the protection of
watcl as from the depredators of such thing. It consists
of a smal. elegantly coot ived chain, one end of which is
fixed to the handle below the bow, and the other end is
attached to the end of the watch-chain, NO that if the
thief succeeds in breaking off the bow, much to his cur-
ise, the protector prevents him from possessing bim-
salf of the watch.

Mr. Burnham, after carefully examining the invention,
clnsidered it an excellent contrivance, and which ought
to be publicly known to be appreciated. Ile believed