The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 16.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Henry Miller was charged
with having, together with another person not yet in
custody, stolen a cash-box containing between 601. and
701., the property of the East India Company. Mr.
Maule attended for the prosecution.
Mr. Mauie said he regretted that the person with
whom the prisoner was believed to be concerned in the
robbery was the son of the messenger to the secretary
of the East India House.

-Samuel Ruggles, who was much agitated as he gave his
evidence, said—l have my office fitted up with railings
and drawers outside the office of the secretary of the East
India House, to whom I am messenger. I had in one of
the drawers the cash-box produced (a smashed cash-box),
which was Locke& up on Friday last. On that day it
contained twollo/. and two 51. notes, and gold and
silver to the amount of 121. or 131., and was in the
drawer on the left side in the middle of a nest of drawers.
About half-past 5 o'clock I left the box safe locked up in
the drawer, and at a quarter-past 1.0 o'clock on Saturday
morning 1 found my drawers shut, with the bolts sprung,
as if locked from the outside, an I then missed my cash-
box. I have a son named William, who is 15 years old,
and in the service of a gentleman iv Sise-lane. He lived
in my house, and used frequently to come to me at the
East India House, where he could have the opportunity
of seeing where I kept anything. He absented himself
from my house at Dalston about a week ago, and I made
inquiries about him, but I did not see him afterwards. I
communicated my suspicions to the secretary. The box
was brought to my house on Saturday last, in the enve-
lope produced, which bears the handwriting of my son
as the address. My daughter brought it to me in town
from Dslston.

Miss Jane Anne Ruggles, the daughter of the last wit-
ness, said—Oa Saturday morning a youth brought the
box produced, wrapped up in a paper, to my lather's
house. I did not know him. He gave me a description
of the person from whom he received it, and that descrip-
tion corresponded with that of my brother, whose hand-
writing was on the wrapper. The box was open in the
wrapper, and the lock was forced. It did not contain
any money, but it had some papers in it. The person
who brought the box went with me as far as a coffee-
house in Shoreditch.

Funnel (the detective officer)—l received information
of the robbery on Saturday, between 11 and 12 o'clock,
and I went t) make inquiries about Wm. Ruggles. I
received information that he had been to the Amazon
coffee-shop, in Norton-folgate, and found that he had
been lodging there abilut a week, and that the prisoner's
mother kept the house. I went from place to place after
the prisoner, and at last I found him in a travelling ca.
ravan in Old Nicol-street, near Shoreditch, with the son
of the proprietor and another. I told the prisoner that I
was an officer, and that I took him into custody for being
concerned with young Ruggles in stealing a cash-box.
He said he knew young Ruggles, but was not aware that
he had taken the box. I found 10s. Bd. on the prisoner,
who said he had been with Ruggles at half-past one
o'clock yesterday. I ascertained in making my inquiries
that some bank notes had been changed.
The witness, in answer to a question from Mr. Maule,
said he believed he should be able to prove that the pri-
soner had assisted in passing the bank-notes which had
been stolen.
The prisoner was then remanded.

CLERKEN WELL. Honorah M'Sweeny, alias
White, was charged withstabbing Edward White. Many
years ago White cohabited with the prisoner ' since then
he had been sentenced to transportation, had served four
years of his time, received a ticket of leave, and was em-
ployed at the Railway Carriage Works, Goswell read.
On Saturday evening, as he was leaving the works, the
prisoner came up to him and demanded money. On
being refused she said she would be revenged, drew a
knife from her shawl, and plunged it into his breast.
A surgeon who had examined the wound stated that
if the knife had not struck against one of the ribs, it
would probably have entered the heart and caused death.
The prisoner, who denied the charge altogether, was
committed for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Mr. Thomas Harrison, a
stockbroker, residing at Enfield, was charged with im-
peding one of the officers of the Eastern Counties Rail-
way in the Execution of his duty.
When the train stopped at Stratford, the station-
master went with a ticket collector to the carriage in
which the defendant and three other gentlemen were
sitting, and requested to be shown their tickets. The
others complied at once with the request, but defendant
said " But what if I've lost it 9" On being told that he
must pay the fare, he exclaimed, " Then I must try to
find it." Upon which he took out of his pockets one
after another several envelopes, some gun wadding, a
penknife, and a razor strop, and examining each with
great deliberation, observed " That's not it." At length
he pointed to an empty pipe case, which was lying be-
fore him, and remarked " I believe it's in there. Will
you have the kindness to rummage it up for me 7" After
this sort of thing had gone on for some time, amid great
laughter from defendant's companions, in which he him-
self joined, and several passengers had begun to complain
loudly of the delay, he produced a season ticket from his
side pocket. The train, was delayed about ten minutes
by defendant's conduct. The atation-master admitted
that he was aware of the defendant's possessing a season
ticket, but stated that by: a recent regulation he was
obliged to insist on all passengers producing their tickets,
and it appeared that it was through dislika to this new
regulation that the defendant had obstructed the officials
in their duty.
The magistrate imposed a penalty of 10s. and costs.

WESTMINSTER.—john Farthing and Chas. More-
ton, alias Gibson, two well-dressed men, the latter said
to be a returned transport, were charged with stealing
twelve 51. Bank of England notes.
Mr. C. Backman, described as an independent man,
residing at 14, Ranelagh-grove, Pimlico, received ten 51.
notes from Messrs. Cutts on the 3d inst., and added
them to three others in his pocket book, which he took
home and left there. On the same evening he went to a
tavern at the west end of the town in search of a friend
named Stewart, and not find'ng him entered into con-
versation with the two prisoners, who were there. He
had been previously slightly acquainted with them, and,
at their solicitation, consented to accompany them to a
ball at Barbican, but said he must fiat go home and get
some money. A cab was called, and all three proceeded to
Mr. Backman's, where the latter opened the street door
and parlours with his keys, and in the prisoner's presence
took a Si. note from the others in his pocket-book. He
threw the latter, when he had done so, on a chair, and
locking the rooms safely after him departed with the ac-
cused. They then went to a neighbouring tavern for re-
freshment, when the prisoner Moreton suddenly left, and
was absent for a few minutes. He returned to the party,
and they went to the bail, and on prosecutor's return home
lie discovered that his pocket-bo ik was gone. He had
placed his keys, when leaving the house, in his right coat
pocket, and found them changed to his left. A lady re
siding in the same hou,e as prosecutor saw a man, whom
she believed to be Moreton, opened the street and parlor
doors with keys at about the time he was absent from
the prosecutor and the other prisoner, and heard him go
out after remaining three minutes. Two of the st _den
notes paid into the Bank of England had Moreton's other
name, " Gibson," upon them, as it was stated in his
writing. Prisoners had left Mr. Backman at the ball
very early, and were found together when apprehended.
They were remanded till Wednesday.

MARLBOROUGHSTREEL—Dennis Fannon and
A.on Bolton were brought up for final examination,
charged with picking the pockets of several ladies.
The prisoners, who were very handsomely dressed, are
known to the police as two of the most dexterous street
pickpockets in London, and as belonging to a gang of
some six or seven street thieves, who work in concert.
The prisoners live together as man and wife at Vine-
cottage, New North-road. There were four cases brought
forward against the prisoners, all of which disclosed the
same features. The parties who were the complainants
had been stopped in the street by the prisoners, who
pretended they had lost their way, and wanted to know
the road to some railway station. While answering the
questions of the prisoners they were either robbed by
the prisoners themselves or by one of their confederates.
The depositions in the four following cases were com-
pleted --for stealing a purse containing 411. in bank
notes and gold from Miss Jane Davis, No. 40, Tnomas-
street ; for stealing a purse containing 2/. and some
silver, from Mrs. Naomi Baker, No. 20, Green-street ;
for stealing from Mrs. Lamb, of Cambridge-street, a
purse containing about 71. in gold -and silver ; and for
stealing a purse containing some silver from Mrs. Abi-
gail Smith, of Blackburn-mews.
The prisoners, who made a general denial of their
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guilt, were fully committed.

GREENWICH.—Mr. W. G. Smith, one of the local
agents engaged for conducting the election of Colonel
Sleigh, late a candidate for the representation of Green-
wich, appeared before Mr. Seeker to auswer a summons
taken out against him by a cabman named Clark for re•
fusing to pay him the sum of 225,
The complainant's statement was that on the evening
of Monday, the 6th instant (nomination day), he was
spoken to by one of Colonel Sleigh's committeemen, and
ordered to be in attendance at halr-past seven o'clock on
the following morning with his cab for the purpose of
taking voters to the poll. He was in attendance at the
time stated, and during the day the defendant ordered
him to different ',hoes, but on applying on the follow-
ig evening at eight o'clock for his money, according to
directions, he could not obtain it. He (complainant)
bad a wife and seven children to support, and had al-
ready lost three days in endeavouring to get his money,
having been engaged eleven hours in driving Colonel
Sleigh'scommitteemen and voters from one place to the
other.

A professional gentleman, who appeared for the de-
fendant, said, by the Act 17 and 18 Vic., passed in the
last session of Parliament, it was expressly enacted that
payment of expenses in respect of any election incurred
after the day of the nomination of any such candidate
could only be made by the auditor appointed for that
purpose, and that any other mode of payment was de-
clared illegal. The complainant's bill would be sent in
to the auditor and paid in duo comae.
Mr. Seeker t(1 .I the c)mplainant ho could not assist
him in the matter, and he must look for payment
through the auditur. -
The complainant left the court, declaring he would
have nothing more to do in election matters, and said he
began to doubt whether he should ever be paid.

Loss OF A FRENCH SHIP OF WAR.—We are sorry to
learn that the French steam corvette the Duroc, Which
had been expected for some time in China, was lost on
the ccast of Java, on her way from New Caledonia to
Hong Kong. Our worthy allies have been unfortunate
in these waters with their ships of war.—worth elthia
Herald, Dee, la.