The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

BOW STREET.

ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.—John Lee was placed at the
bar charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Humphries.
The prosecutor said he carried on business as a shell-fish
monger, at 26, Charing-cross, and doubting the honesty of
the prisoner, he caused a person io enter the shop this
morning, for the purpose of purchasing four dozen oysters.
The prisoner received two shillings for the oysters and a
penny for the basket, but on Mr. Knight first seeing the
man this morning he said he had sold but two dozen of
oysters, for which he had received one shilling and a penny.
William Adams said• he was engaged to make the pur-
chase, and gave the prisoner two shillings for four dozen
oysters.

Prisoner—l never sold you more than two dozen.
Witness—Are you sure of that ?
Prisoner—Yes, certain.
Witness—Why, I have three dozen and a-half of them
at home, which I can produce.
The prosecutor said the dishonesty of the prisoner was
not confined to the present charge. If time was allowed him
he would prove other thefts against him.
Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoner for a week.
ROBBERY E Y MARINE.—Peter Harley was placed
at the bar on remand charged with stealing a purse con-
taining I4s.

Mrs. Grey said the prisoner had, through the kindness
of her husband, been stopping at their house for a short
time, and was treated very kindly. A morning or two ago
she had occasion to take out her purse to pay for something,
and instead of putting it in her pocket, she must have laid
it on the table. In a, short time, not finding it in her
pocket, she began to seach for it, and not succeeding in
finding it suspicion fell on the prisoner, who had suddenly
left the house.

City Police-constable, 353, said he apprehended the pri-
soner riding in a Hansom cab smoking a cigar. He found
the prosecutrix's purse on his person with 14s. in it.
The magistrate asked what sort of a character the pri-
soner possessed ?

The sergeant in attendance said he only enlisted in
February this year, and had committed himself in that
time, three times.

The magistrate they take him back to the regi-
ment if he is committed on this charge ?
The sergeant said he would have to take his:trial by court
martial for the loss of his necessaries.
The magistrate—ls he not a deserter ?
Sergeant—A man is not termed a deserter until after an
absence of twenty-one days. The prisoner is put down as
absent from barracks without leave. He is also advertised

as "run.,

On being asked what he had to say, the prisoner replied
in a careless manner that he took ?he money and intended
to spend it.

The magistrate said it was a very ungrateful proceeding,
and he should send him to prison for two months.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBING THE HON. MRS. VILLIERS.—DETERMINED
PyßSUlT.—Patrick Cailigan, no home, saddler, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a table cover, the pro-
perty of the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, wife of the Bishop of
Durham, of 1, Ennismore-place,Knightsbridge, from a eab
while in Oxford-street.

Mr. Alexander Douglas, in the foreign department of the
Post-office, and residing at ii, Great-turnstile, said that
while passing through the previous afternoon in the direc-

tion of the Marble-arch he observed the prisoner looking
suspiciously in a cab drawn up in front of a house. He
turned sharply round and saw the prisoner draw a parcel
from the cab and then ran away. He pursued the prisoner
some distance, being determined not to let him escape, and
while doing so the prisoner threw the parcel away. He
(Mr. Douglas) picked it up, and again started off with the
cry of "Stop thief," and the prisoner was ultimately taken
into custody.

The Hon. Mrs. Villiers not being in attendance, Mr
Brown, from Messrs. Harvey, Nicholl, and Co.'s, 2 and
3, Lowndes-terrace, proved selling that lady a table-cover,
which he believed to be the same, on the previous di y, and
that it was taken away in the cab.

Daniel Morgan, cabman, badge 1,285, proved taking up
two ladies, one of whom had the parcel produced, ix
Knightsbridge, and setting them down at Kelly's, house-
agent, in Oxford-street.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was remanded, Mr,
Tyrwhitt stating that the owner of the table-cover ought
to feel grateful for Mr. Douglas's exertions.