The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-07 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH•STREET.

EXTENSIVE BURGLARY, AND APPREHENSION OF
THE RECEIVER OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—Beery Webb,
43, a hairdresser, carrying on business at No. 33,
Upper Park-place, Dorset-square, but who was well
known to the police as a receiver of stolen goods, was
charged before Mr. Beadon, with having in his posses
sion a quantity of valuable property, the proceeds of a
burglary committed on the premises of Mr. William
Hammond, breeches maker, No. 250, Oxford street.
Alexander Payne deposed that he was a porter in
the service of the prosecutor, and slept upon the pre-
mises. On the night of Monday last, about ten
o'clock, he locked np the premises as usual, and
retired to rest. On the following morning between
five and six o'clock he got • up, and proceeded.
down stairs when he was astonished to find everything
in great disorder. He went into the kitchen, and found
that the area gate had been broken open;and the shut-
ters of the kitchen windows forced. On going into the
shop be saw the padlock hanging from the door, as if it
had been unscrewed. A quantity of goods were lying
about, and the whole of the drawers had been ransacked
of their contents.
Beadon—Are you positive you secured the pre-
mises properly before you went to bed
Witness said be was convinced he had secured all the
doors and windows, as was his regular practice.
Alfred Baxter, clerk to the prosecutor, stated that on
Taesday morning laat he went to the shop and found the
place in the state described by last . witness. Be
looked over the stock and missed property, con-

sisting of pieces of Angola, and several pairs of
trousers, altogether of the value of more than sixty
pounds. The pieces of angola produced ars a portion
of the property stolen. He could swear to them from
a damaged mark on one of the pieces.
In-pector Webb, C division, said that on Saturday
night, about 8 o'clock, be went to the prii,,wr's, ac-
companied by Sergeant Chowne, of the E division, and
other constables. He found the prisoner in the shop,
and told him he must go with him for having received
the proceeds of a burglary in Oxford-street. Witness
then asked him if he had any cloth in the house which
did not belong to him. The pr suer replied in the ne-
gative. fie then searched the house and found
a box underneath the counter. The prisoner's
wife gave him the key, and said they were
so confined for room that she was obliged to
stow away her things out of the reach of her children.
He then opened the box, and the woman took out a
dress, which she threw over something, and carried into
the pat lour. He :uffuwid her, and on opening the dress
he discovered the pieces of cloth identified by last wit-
ness. He also found 25 duplicates referring to wearing
apparel and articles of valuable jewellery. He had no
further evidence to offer at present, and de fired a re-
mand in order to afford him time to make further en-

quiries.
Mr. Beadon remanded the prisoner till Saturday
next.

THAMES.

HEARTLESS ROBBERY AND BASE INGRATITUDE.—
Andreas Eckhardt, a German watch-maker, about 25
years of age, was brought before Mr. Self, in custody
of Mr. John Clements, the Superintendent of the con-
stabulary police, and charged with stealing two gold
watches, one silver watch, two watch cases, and three
silver guards, value in all 35/., from the dwelling-house
of a German shoemaker named Knits, of No. 10, since
of Grange-court, Phillip street, St. George.-in-the-East.
Mr. Stoddart, a solicitor, conducted the prosecution,
and said this case displayed great benevolence and
humanity on the one side and gross vdlainy and
ingratitude on the other. He called Mrs. Knits, the
wife of the prosecutor, from whose evidence it appeared
that a fortnight atter last Whitsuntide she met with
the prisoner of . whom she had sores previous
know ledge.'He was then in a state of utter destitution
and without shoes to his feet. She offered him a home,
gave Lim food, and her husband purchased watchmakers
toe's to the amount of 3/. 10s., and lent them to the
prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to obtain a
living at his business. M. finite also obtained work
for him, and fitted up a room in his house as a works
shop. On the 211 of July the prisoner absconded taking
with him two gold watches, a silver wh, two
his watinchd
-
cas-s and three silver guards e pratc
operty of k
th
benefactors who carried on a little business as watch-
makers and jewellers, as well as making and repairing
shoes. On Friday last Mr. Clements, superintendent ot
the Canterbury police, and a very iutelligent officer,
met the prisoner in that city, teok him into custody,
and asked him if his name was Ec'ehardt. The pri-
soner said it was, and Mr. Clements said you
are charged with stealing property in London. You
must go with me. The superintendent then went to a
shop in Canterbury with the prisoner, and found there
the tools which had been lent hire by Mr. Keite. The
prisoner admitted he had sold two
gold watches, the
property of his cauntryman Knite, and did not get the
money for one of them, and that induced hint to tun
away. Mr. Clement's found six pawnbrokers dupli-
cates on the prisoner, and three of them related to a
watch case, a silver guard chain, and a silver watch
pledged by the prisoner in Loudon. They were pie-
duced and identified by Mr. Knife.
The prisoner in his defence said he had Mr. Knite's
watches and eases four or five weeks, and was allowed
to have them to sell.
Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Stoddart said the prisoner had plundered a
watchmkr, in St. George in the East, of considerable
property, and other charges would be preferred at the
, cessions.
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The Cambridge Chronicle records that a per woman
named NVilson, wife of a carpenter residing in that town,
was on Thursday morning safely djvered of th, ee fine
children. They are all alive and likely to do well.
THE CHEAP PRESS.—The Turkesbury Herald stopp(
on Wednesday last. We undentand that several of the
originators of the Herald dispiva their liability to parti-
cipate in the loss, and that it is very probable the con.
corn will have to be w)und up by the county court
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