The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

ROBBERIES IN THE DOCK.—A CAUTION.—DanieI
Buckley, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Ben-
son, charged with the unlawful possession of 4 ozs.
of tea, the property of the London and St. Kathe-
rine Dock Company.

The prisoner was stopped by Inspector E lis, of
the Dock Company's police, with 4 ozs. of tea in
his pockets. Ile was leaving the London Docks at
the time. He said be picked it up. The tea was
quite clean, and.the iimpcctor bad no doubt it came
out a pile of tea in one of the warehouses, or had
been stolen from one of the chest-.

Mr. Benson sentenced the prisoner to 21 days'
imprisonment and hard labour.

William Henry Lloyd, a well-dressed man, stated
to be in a good position, aged 37 years, was brought
up on remand before Mr. Benson, charged with
being in the unlawful po3session of a pound of raw
coffee, the property of th 3 London and St. Kathe-
rine Dock Company, and not being able to give a
satisfactory account of the same. The prisoner
was stopped a few days since by Thomas Riff, a
watchman, as he was leaving the St. Katherine
Dock, and a pound of raw coffee was found in his
trousers pocket.

Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, who now attended
for the prisoner, said he was a cooper in the dock,
and had been employed there 14 years. The pri-
soner had not been charged with any offence before,
and great confidence was reposed in him. A supe-
rior officer had promised the prisoner a sample of
raw coffee, and laid it on his desk. The prisoner
did intend to obtain a written pass for the caffee,:to
enable him to bring it out in a regular manner, but
he put it in his coat pocket, and forgot to obtain
the pass ; in fact he did not know the coffee was in
the coat-pocket when he was leaving the dock. The
coffee was worth sid., and the only irregularity of
which the defendant had been guilty was the omis-
sion to obtain a pass.
Mr. Benson said he had remanded the prisoner
to enable him to obtain one or more of the many
persons who he said knew the coffee was given to
him, and who could prove that he was promised
a pass to take it out of the dock. He
should like to see the regulation which
allowed any superior officer of the dock to carry a
sample of anything away, except upon due autho-
rity from the owner or broker, or any regulation
which authorised a superiorofficer togive his inferior
a pass to remove stolen property. The defence set
up that day was exactly the one the prisoner made
on a former day, and he did not believe a word of
it. The only difference was that Mr. Smith had
told the story at greater length, in better language,
and more consecutively. He saw no difference in
this case and the last. Both were cases of unlawful
possession, in fact stealing property necessarily ex-
posed on the dock quays and warehouses.
Riff here said that the coffee was found in the
prisoner's trousers pocket, and not in his coat poc-
ket, and that he had been employed on the lime-
juice floor adjoining the coffee floor.

- Mr. Benson said the prisoner was not to escape
because he had a better coat on, a better place,
better wages, and was altogether in a better position
than the poor man he bad just convicted. He
could make no distinction in the two cases, and he
committed the prisoner of unlawful possession of
the coffee, and sentenced him to 21 days' imprison..
ment and bard labour in the House of Correction.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—.This Day.

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, July 26.—Hebe and Emma, from Guile ; Earl
of Aberdeen, from Hamburg; Bertha, from St. Peters-
burg; Margaret, from Dram; Able, from Quebec; In-
tegrity, from Cronstadt.
Arrived, July 27.—Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam ;
Orion, steamer, from Antwerp; John Bull, steamer, from
Havre ; Amelia and Ann, from Durdt ; Amaranth, from
St. John's, N.B.

Sailed, July 26.—Trydaspes, steamer, for Lyttelton ;
Palmerston, fur Colombo.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, July 26.—Joseph Straker, screw steamer, with
the George Pyman, screw steamer, in tow, from Dieppe,
for West Hartlepool.

Passed, July 26 (in tow).—Countess of Kinforo, ship,
from New Zealand, for London ; Dunkeld, from London,
for Hongkong.
Passed, July 27 (in tow).—Valkyria, from Pieton ;
Channel Queen, from Falmouth ; Edward, barque, from
the west—all for London; Orient, of Banff, from the west,
for the north.

Passed, July 27—Fleetwing, barque, and Balmoral, of
London, from the west, for London ; William Hunter,
screw steamer, from the north, for the west ; Alvirado,
screw steamer, from the west, for London; Canopus, from
the 1700, for the north.