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

THE LATE BURGLAR' IN THE

REGENT'S PARK.
Yesterday the Government, viii ;tirivod at Maryle-
bono Police. court, flout the House of Dt.tention,
Cerkonwell, bringing therein William D, Son, ho
b4€:n remanded by Mr. lironwhton, on the chkrge
of having been concerned with otters in hurglariously
breakiog and entering the premises of James
E H-Iford House, Regent's Park, •.at an early
hour in the morning of SandAy, the 13th instant.
In about two hours after Dyson was 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 and excitement, were brought up
in a cab, properly secured from any chance of escape,
by Sergeant Barry, A, 'ettached to the M (South-
wark) division, and Evan Jones, police-constable
250 M.

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Su, erinteudent Hilynes, of the division alluded to,
and who was for a long period a most active officer of
the detective force, was also presen% It soon became

rum)ured in the district that three men were to be

examined, and long before the night charges were
disposrd of thc juitice-room was crowded to ex,.:ess.
At three o'clock the whole of the pr6ouer6 were

brought in and placed at the bar.
Air. Broughton—What are the names of the two
additional prisoners ? Inspector Chambers—James
Atlhon, alias Hollindale, and William Robinson.
L. may be stated that Mahon, in addition to the
alias of tlollindale, has that of Hanbery, and that
Robinson is generally known by the appellation of
"Butcher Bd1"

Mr. Broughton (to the prisoners)—You are
charged with having hurglariously entered the pre-
mises of Jas. Holton.% Eq., Regent's-park, cud c;ir-
ried away an ormolu orni.anent and other articles. It
will be ilecei,sary to have the evidence of Mr. Paul, the
butler, as there are two fresh prisoners, to show that

a burglary has been committed.
Mr. Paul then reiterated the particulars of his
former statement, affording satisfactory proof of
the burglary, tied 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.
Mr. 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 13th 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.p 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 to-day 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 sentenced
in February, 1849, to three months' hard labour for
having a number of skeleton keys in his possession of
which he could not give a satisfactory account. His
right name is James Hollindale.
Mr. Broughton—Have you often seen him since
that period ? Witness—Yes : and generally as an
associate of thieves at the George public-house.
Mlion—You have not seen me there lately, have
you ? Witness—No.
Mahon--Was it anything unusual for me to be
missed from there for several nights together ? Wit-
ness—lt was.
Mahon—Had you ever seen me in Dyson's com-
pany before ? Witness—Yes, very often.
Mr. Broughton asked Superintendent Haynes as to
the character which the George public-house gene-
rally bore, and he said that the landlord had several
times been sommoned for harbouring thieves, and that
only a week or ten days ago he bad 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 back street 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 it 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 be kept on saying that he
was innocent.
Superintendent Haynes, to Barry—Have you ex-
amined the hands 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 next
called.
Mr. Broughton—Do you know Mr. Holford's
house ? Witness—l do, sir.
Mr. Broughton—When did you first hear of a
robbery there ? Witness—This day fortnight, when
Lockerby 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 before Mr. Long, and discharged as
quite clear of the burglary ? Lockerby—Tnat is so,
your Worship.
Mr. Broughton (to Locock)—What do you know
in connexion with this affair at Mr. Holtord'a ? 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 job at the York and Albany Tavern, when
the prisoner Mahon came up to me, and I asked him
if he wanted a cab—te 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 I was speaking to him,
another man came by, bleeding from the head, and
without a hat. He got into the cab, and ordered me
to drive to the Strand.
Mr. Broughton—Did he and the other man who
went to the pump speak ? Witness—they del not,
your Worship, and I had no reason to think that they
knew each other. While going 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, hearing
another cab behind, he got in again, saying, "Drive
me as quick as you can to Waterloo-bridge." He had
no hat on, and I asked him what had become of his
hat, but he made me no answer. I set him down
close to the brige, and I demanded 2s. 4d. as my fare,
but he gave me only ls. 6d. I was at that moment
hailed by a lady and gentleman, who got 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 be was
lying down, bleeding; but I was obliged to carry the
fare I have spoken of, or run 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 het ? Witness—No, air ; 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.
o:her evidence was gone into, from which it ap-
peared that while the prisoners were being conveyed
from Featherstone-street station-house to the Albany-
street station in a cab, Robinson, in allusion to the
burglary, said " That's not my racket ; it's one scale
higher than my doing." Mahon on 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 shot holes in the crown, as also
through the sides.
Mr. Broughton—Where did you find this hat ?
Witness—At a short distance from the house, under