The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-05 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

BETTING IN A THOROUGHFARE. —John Kenning-
ton, a respectably dressed young man, was brought
up in custody, charged with obstructing the
thoroughfare and assaulting the officer in the exe-
cution of his duty.
John Lee, 346, the police-cons able on duty in
New Bride-street, Blackfriars, said he saw the
prisoner, between twelve and one o'clock in the
day, standing wit a great number of men on the
pavement in-Bride-lane, and he requested them to
leave. They accordingly went quietly away, but
the prisoner remained, and refused to go until he
had received some money which was coming to
him upon a bet he had made.
Alderman Hale asked if there were any betting-
houses in that neighbourhood ?
The officer said he believed there were not, but
these men were in the habit of assembling daily to
the number of from 100 to 150, and so obstructed
the thoroughfare that passengers were unable to
pass on the footway. When he attempted to re-
move the prisoner he assaulted him, and witness
therefore took him into custody.
Alderman Hale inquired what was the object, of
so many men assembling in the s reets ?
The Constable sail that since the betting-houses
had been suppressed these paaties met to transact
all their be tingbusinessin the public thoroughfares.
Alderman Hale wished to know if the officer ob-
served any betting going on.

The ()deer said he could not say that he actually
saw any bats made, but there were a great many
men len-dog against the railings with books in their
hands, and he saw them from time to time writing
in those bool:s.

Alderman Hale asked if the prisoner had been
seen there before.

The constable said the prisoner was there nearly
every day, and he had repeatedly cautioned him.
Alderman Hale said, under those circumstances,
he should deal with the case differently to what he
intended if this had been the first warning the pri-
soner had received. He, therefore, fined the pri-
soner 51., or, in default of payment of that auriymt,
one month's imprisonment, and any other persons
br.iught before him for similar offences would be
dealt with in the same way.
The fine not being paid, the prisoner was car-
ried away in the van.

MARLBOROUGH-SIRE ET.—EMBEZZLEIMENT
BY THE STEWARD OF THE EAST INDIA CLUB:—
Richard Moore, steward of the Etst India Club,
St. Jame.,'s-squir, was charged with embezzling
moneys to the extent of about 1001. belonging to
the club.

Mr. Metcalfe was for the prosecution, and Mr.
Lewis of Great Marlborough-street, for the prison.-r.
Bunbury Taylor, secretary to the club, statd
that the prisoner had been upwards of two years in
the service of the dub. It was the duty of the
prisoner to collect money from ths heads of the
different departments of the club, and pay it over to
him. The prisoner was in arrears of these pay-
ments, and on the 12h of August -he asked the
prisoner to balance his accounts. The prisoner
brought him 501., and promised t) settle the ac-
counts the next day. The prisoner never made the
settlement, and absented himself from his situa-
tion.

Mr. Lewis cro3l-examine3, to show the system
of business adopted by the club with reference to
cash matters.

John Almond Tucker, clerk and cashier to the
coffee- 03111, proved the payment of several sums of
money to the prisoner on particular days.
The secretary proved that these amounts had not
been paid over to him by the prisoner.
William Miller, clerk of the kitchen, proved the
payment of sums of money to the prisoner.
These amounts were also proved never to have
been paid over by the prisoner.
The witness Miller also proved that after the
prisoner bad been required tomake up his accounts
he gave his carpet bag to a boy to take to Piccadilly,
and that he did not atterwards appear at the club.
Evidence was given of the capture of the prisoner
at Camden-town by the piilice, a reward for his
apprehension h tying been offered by the club.
Some further evidence to complete the case was
brought forward, and the prisoner was fully com-
mitted.

SOUTHWARK.—SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST
A LICENSED VICTUALLER. —Mr. J. Kempton, the
Landlord of the Tailors' Arms, 91, Shad Thames,
was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with steal-
ing a valuable horse from the premi,es of William
Marwood, in Queen Elizabeth-street, Hot selydown,
the property of Messrs. Swain and Barel, under
the following singular circumstances :
Pred,rick E. Smith, clerk to Mr. Murrell, auc-
tioneer and broker, said that on the previous even-
ing he was instructed to levy a di=tress on the goods,
(h., of Mr. Ma,rvvoo I, in Queen Elizabeth-street,
for rent duo to Messrs. Swain and Barel. Among
the property that he distrained was a grey
mare, valued at 401., which ho enteral in the
appraisement with the other goods. About half-
past six o'clock the prisoner came into the stab'e
and forcibly took away the mare, but he followed
him and gave him. into custody. Witne s told him
that he had distrained upon it, and if he persisted
in taking away the horse that he should charge him
with fel my. The prisoner repl;ed that it was his
horse, and he should take it away. Witness here
proluc2d the warrant of d;stress and other docu-
ments, showing the legality of his proceeding:.
Sergeant Gardiner, 20 M, said that as soon as the
charge was entered, and an explanation given, In-
speector Moore liberated Mr. Kempton on bail, as
it was clear that no actual felony had taken place.
In answer t 3 the charge, Mr. Kempton said that
the mare in question was a very valuable one, and
country,
untitryh e he
returnlefc ithu at
me Mu on
had recently come into his posses 4on. Having
occasion to
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eveningd'sovstayhe was surprised to see his mare
being strangers, Consequently he seized
it, but as soon as he saw the distress warrant he
gave
the animal up to the police.
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Mr. Seeker sail there could be no pretence for
the charge of felony, theiefore be must be dis-
charged, but he should caution him not to act so
hastily again.
Mr. Marwood, who is a respectable tradesman,
paid the rant due, and the horse was eventually
given up to Mr. Kempton.

L A.ll/I[BETH. —ROBBERY OF A LICENSED VIC-
TUALLER._james:Cox, police c mstable, P
was charged, by direction of Sir R. Mayne, on sus-
picion of being concerned w;th others not in cus
tody in stoaling iu the dwelling-house of Mr. John
Coleman, the King's Head, in Meet ing-Inuse-1 ,ne,
Peckham, 2001. in gold and five 51. notes of the
Bank of England. . . _

Mr. .Luna, the superintendent of the division,
was present to watch the case. •
Mr. Coleman, the prosecutor, deposed that on
Saturday evening last he counted 100 sovereigns
and put them into a small box, and 100 sovereigns
more he also put into a small bag, and deposited
both in a drawer in his bedroom on the first floor.
On the Tuesday evening following, at six o'clock,
he had occasion to go to the same drawer, when he
saw both the box and the b 'g safe, and by their side
he placid two five-pound notes,he had changed for
a neighbour, as well us- three 'O' her notes of the
same amount. in which five sovereigns were rolled
up, locked it (the drawer) up, and put the key in
his pocket. He also looked the bed-room door,
but left the key in it; and came down to his parlour
where he joined two friends. At ab Tut ten o'clock
he again went up to his bed-room, to get some
papers deposited iu the drawer whera the money
was, when he discovered the door open, the drawer
forced open, and the whole of his gild and no es
gone. On examining the rooms he found the win-
dow of the back bedroom open, and marks on the
roof as if the thief htd got in that way ,• and on a
bed close to the window he found a oldie], with
which the drawer had been forced open ; an 1 on his
bed, in the front room, ho found a small piece of
_carrile, both of which he gave to the police.
Mr. Norton—Where had you been from six
o'cl rek, the time._ at which you sty yiur. property
was safe, till the time you discovered the robbery ?
Witness—In my parlour, weth two friemds.
Mr. Nortou—Had you seen the defendant, as I
shall call hint, .during tLis time ?
Witnei•s—Ye,,, sir. About half-past nine he
op tined the parlour door, where my friends and my-
self were sitting ,and said, "You seem comfort ail
and I'll not disturb you," and closed the door
a;ain. I afterwards und. rstiol from my wife -11. tt
she served him with a glase of gin, when be went
out of a side door, which leads into a passage leading
both to tho s red and the back yard.
In reply to the questions of the mnisirate,
Mr. Coleman sad that not a single individual—
not even his wife—knew of his depositing the
money in the drawer, or the amatint so deposited ;
and added •that in the drawer adjoining that in
which the money wag, were deposited several
articles of jewellery, but the money, and the
money alone,
11%.13 the only property carried away
by the thief.
Mr. F. Cooke, a builder, said that on the night '