The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

TH E.; LATE EItTi'MLATIV IN THE

RE GE N T',S PARK

's7,,src,iday the Guvernin,ot sq:n ,iti:wd et nlryle-_
bone court, ruin the 3I ,use (1* Dtlention,
Gerkenu ell. bringing fLrein WilFarn Dyst)n, Alo
bad Ip,en r,inanded by Mr. Broughton, on the clwrge
of hztving been concerned with ot:ers iri hurglariously
breaking and entering the prernit:es of James Holiord,
E4q , Holford house, Regent's Park, :at an early
ti,,tir in the morning of Sunday, the 13th instt*nt.
In about two hours afttr Dyson WEIS brought in
and locked up in the cell by the gaoler, two more
persons, alleged to be participators in the transaction,.
which has caused throughout the country so great a
degree of interest :%nd excitk merit, were brought up
kt cab, properly secured from any chance of escepe,
by Se•rgeant Barry, A, ::Atached to the M (South-
wel.k) division, and Evan Jones, pilice-constable
250 M.

Su ,erinteudtint Haynes, of the division alluded to,
and who waa for a long period a most active officer of
the detective force, was also present. It soon became
rumoured in the district that, three men were to be
examined, and long before the night charges were
disposed of the justice-room was crowded to excess.
At three o'clock tha whole of the prisoners were
brought in and placed at the bar.
Mr. Broughton—W hat are the names of the two
additional prisoners ? Inspector Chamhers—Jamts
Mahon, alias Hollindale, and William Robinson.
It may be stated that Mahon, in addition to the
alias of Hollindale, has that of Ilanbery, and that
Rohimon is generally known by the appellation of
" Butcher Bill."

Mr. Broughton (to the prisoners)—You are
charged with having burglariously entered the pre-
mises of Jas. Holford, Eq., Regent's-park, amid car-
ried away tin ormolu ornarneot and other artieies. It
will be necessary to have the evidence of Mr. Paul, the
butler, as there are two fresh prisoners, to show thA
a burglary has been committed.
Mr. .Eciul then reiterated the particulars of his
former statement, affording satisfactory proof of
the burglary, and the part which he, and the rest of
the servants under his direction, took in endeavour-
ing to capture the marauders, by sword, gun, pistol,
and pitchfork.

Air. Broughton (to Superintendent Haynes)—Now
put up the first witness.

.
Henry Barry, 455 A—l am a sergeant of the M
division. On Sunday night, the 13:h instant, at ten
o'clock, I, accompanied by Jones, 250 M, visited the
George public-house, in Lombard-street, near the
Mint, in the Borough, and saw the three prisoners in
the t;lp room together.
Mr. Broughton—Were you in uniform or not ?
Witness—We were in plain clothes, your Worship.
Mr. Broughton—Do you know Dyson ?—Yes; he
lived in a house in Martin-street. I apprehended a
lodger of his some time ago, of the name of Miller,
for an attack upon Mr. Cureton, in Aldersgate-street;
and he is to be tried today at the Old Bailey. The
prisoner Dyson attended at the Mansion-house while
Miller was under examination there, and he seemed
to be greatly interested in the proceedings, as if he
were keeping a particular watch upon a case affecting
a most intimate friend.

Mr. Broughton—What do you know of Robinson ?
Witness—l have seen him in thieves' company, but I
cannot say of my own knowledge that he has been in
custody before.
_ _ _

Mr. Broughton—Do you know anything of the
prisoner Mahon ? Witness—Yes: he was sentenc(-d
in February, 1849, to three months' hard labour for
having a nun.ber of skeleton keys in his possession of
which he could not give a satisfactory account. His
right name is James Hollindale.
Air. Broughton—Have vou often seen him since
that period ? Witness—Yes: and generally- as an
associate of thieves at the George public-house.
M.:hon—You have not seen me there lately, have
you ? Witn(•ss—No.
ALihon—Was it anything unusual for me to be
miss: I from there for several nights together ? Wit-
ness—lt was.

Mahon--= Had you ever seen me in Dyson's com-
pany b.-fore ? Witness—Yes, ;eery ofum.
Mr. Broughton asked Supeiintendent Haynes as to
the character which the Geor,,o•a public-house g.,ne-
rally bore, and he said that the landlord had several
times been sou-moue(' for harbouring thieves, and that
only a week or ten days ago he had been convicted at
Southwark Police-court in the penalty of 3/.
Robinson to Barry—Have you not missed me upon
many occasions from the public-house you have spoken
of in the Borough ? Barry—l have, but could not
find out where you had gone to until I happened to
take you into custody.
By Mr. Broughton—When taken in charge,
Mahon, on being told he was charged with a burglary
at Mr. Holford's, said he knew nothing about the
affair.

Jones, 260. M, said, I was in company with Ser-
geant Barry when he visited the George, and there
saw the three prisoners and others belonging to their
party. I looked into the tap-room,'and Dyson nodded
at me. There was a quart pot on the table.
Mr. Broughton—Were they all sober ? Wit-
ness—They seemed to be so.
Mr. Broughton—Where did you take the prisoners
into custody ? Witness—From information which I
and my brother officer received, we went to a beer,
shop in a hack streA leading out of the Kingsland-
road, and BArry told Mahon that he must consider
himself in custody, and I presently returned to the
beer-shop, close to which I met Robinson, who, on
being told what he was charged with, said " I have
nothing to do with other people's doings;, and if other
people do anything wrong that is no affair of mine."
Mr. Broughton—Do you know Mahon ? Witness
—Yes, sir; well. When we reached the Feather-
stone-street station-house, Mahon, who was there,
upon seeing Robinson brought in, said, " You
have no business to bring that man here, he knows
nothing about it." And he kept on saying that he
was innocent.

Superintendent Haynes, to Barry-7 Have you ex-
amined the hand 4 of the prisoner Mahon ? Barry—
I have. His left hand was cut in the palm, and on
the lower part of his right thumb was a mark as if a
shot had penetrated it.
Henry Locock, cabman, badge 5,417, was neat
called.

Mr. Broughton—Do you know Mr. Holford's
house ? Witness—l do, sir.
Mr. Broughton—When did yoU first hear of a
robbery thNre ? Witness—This day fortnight, when
Lockerhy and Mason, of the S division, took me to
St. Thomas's Hospital, to see a man who had been
wounded.

Mr. Broughton (to Lockerby)—That man was
I believe, brought bh.fore Mr. Long, and discharged as
quite clear of the burglary ? Lockerby—Tnat is so,
your Worship.
Mr. Broughton (to Locock)—W hat do you know
in connexion with this affair at Mr. Holford's ? Wit-
ness—At about half-past one or twenty minutes to
two on the morning of this day fortnight, I had just
put down a joh at the York and Albany Tavern, when
the prisoner Mahon came up to me, and I asked him
if he wanted a cab—t, which he replied, " Yes." He
told me that he had been bitten by a dog, and he
showed me his hand, which was bleeding very much.
I told him there was a pump close by, at which he
could wash it; and while 1 was speaking to him,
another man came by, bleeding from the head, and
without a hat. He got into the cab, and ordered die
to drive to the Strand.

Mr. Broughton—Did he and the other man who
went to the pump speak ? Witness—they did not,
your Worship, and I had no reason to think that they
knew each other. While goiog along Albany-street
the man whom I was driving said he felt faint, and
asked to ride outside. He alighted, saying that he
would walk on, which he did, and soon atter, hearieg
another cab behind, he got in again, saying. "Drive
me as qukk as you canto Waterloo-bridge." He had
no hat on, and I asked him what had become of his
hat, but he made me no answer. I skl him down
close to the brige, and I demanded 2s. 4d. as my fare,
but he gave me only Is. 6d. I was at that moment
hailed by a lady and gentleman, who gut into the
vehicle, and I at the time objected to take them, not
liking to do so until I had found out where the man
whom I had brought to the bridge lived, as he was
lying down, bleeding; but I was obliged to carry the
fare I have spoken of, or ruu the risk of being sum-
moned and fined for refusing to do so.
Mr. Broughton—Did he tell you how it was he
had no hat ? Witness—No, sir ; but on the road to
the bridge he expressed a wish to go down to the
Strand by some bye street.
Mason (S)_l think, sir, that I shall be able to
bring forward one who was at Gloucester-gate, and
who will give important evidence, upon a future
occasion.
Mr. Broughton (to Jones)—Since the burglary
have you been in the habit of seeing the two pri-
soners, Mahon and Robinson, in the George public-
house? Jones—No, sir; I have missed them ever
since : before Mr. Holford's affair took place I saw
them there almost daily.
Mr. Joseph, surgeon, Great Marylebone-street, ex-
amined the hands of Mahon. Upon the left hand
there had been a cut, now nearly healed ; and below
the right thumb there was a blue mark and an in-
dentation, as if made by a spent shot. He (Mr.
Joseph) did no,:, consider that a shot had entered the
flesh.
Other evidence was gone into, from which it ap-
peared that while the prisoners were being convevtd
from Featherstone-street .tation-house to the Albany-
street station in a cab, Robinson, in allusion to the
burglary, said "That's riot my racket ; it's one scale
higher than my doing." Mahon (~,n the road said
nothing.'
A hat, produced on a former occasion, was now
produced by Dredge, 31 D ; it, had in it numerous
stains of blood, and shut holes in the crown, as aho
through the sides.

Broughton—Where did you find this bat ?
Witness—At a short distance from the house, under