The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTEILLIGNNCE.— (This Day.

WESTMINSTER.
DARING ROBBERY AT PAWNBROKERS. Alfred
Johnson, a fellow of determined appearance was charged
with the following daring r
Smith's, pawnbroker, 17, Victoria-road, Pimlico :
Mr. Edward Smith statel that, at half-past 5 o'clockrobbery last evening at Mr.
last evening the prisoner wss brought into his shop, and
be was informed that he hsd been robbed. Prosecutor
ringsbn
stolen.
jewellery,
bad
then examined his window, and found that a pane of
plate
beenla cut glass, opposite
ItaendSotrahat evtawlouadbilaempolantd had
plate
and

Emma Richards, a little girl, living at 1, King's
Head-court, Orchard-street, said that, at 5 o'clock last
evening, she was sent on an errand to Victoria-road,
and attracted by the jewellery
in Mr. Smith's window,
was induced to stop and look, when she saw the pri-
soner cat the window with some instrument, which
appeared to be a brad-awl. She then saw a piece of glass
fall out, and prisoner immediately put his baud through
the aperture and took two diamond rings from the shop,
and handed them to a man who stood by his side. She
was going in to tell the ehopkeeper, when the prisoner
ran off, pursued by some one.
Thomas Makepeace, decorator, living at Wellam-
wharf,when she pointed out three suspicious-looking fellows
at the window, and in the next moment he thought be
beard gslaasids fall,be a
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movement was observed by the men, who ran off. He
pursued prisoner and ancther of them through several
streets, and at last he secured the accused. His com-
panions escaped.
Prisoner was remanded for a week.

TEA MRS.
DARING ROBBERY OF TIIR RIVER AND SUMMARY
CONVICTION OF A NOTORIOUS THIEF.—John Carthy,
who has been a (thief on the river from his infancy, was
brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing a case of
turpentine and three casts of oil from a barge on the
river.
It appeared from the evidence that on the 16th of
November last, John Wilkins, a lighterman, had charge
of a barge belonging :o Mr. Charles Lucy, a barge
owner and master lighertcan, and he moored it out-
side the London Dock, and left it there for three hours.
When the lighterman Wilkins returned, he found the
prisoner in a boat alougitide the barge. There were
three other men in the
hoa The pi:soner asked Wil-
kins what cargo be had :n the barge, to which he replied
"turpentine:' The cari,oreally consisted of linseed oil and
turpentine. At 11 o'clock the same evening witness
missed one case of turpentine and three cases of oil from
the barge. The value of the property stolen was 31. 4s.
Information was given to the police, and on the
morn-
ing of Nov. 17, Inspector Clarke, of the Thames police,
searched the lodgings of the prisoner at 6, Lower Webb-
alley, Wapping,. i
and found there three empty oil cases,
which from their appearance had recently contained oil.
The officer also found in the prisoner's room another
case of a similar description full of turpentine. The
prisoner kept out of the way ever since until yester-
day, when he was
taken into custody by Mr. Clarke.
Witness now identif,td the case of turpentine found in
the prisoner's room. ye knew it by the number 70.
Joseph Robert Davies, foreman to Charles Legg, of
10, Ratcliff-highway, stated that on the morning of the
16th of November last two men came into his master's
shop and asked him if he would buy any oil, at the
same time showing a sample. He offered them 265.
per hundred weight for it. They asked him to lend
them some melte to bring it in
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