The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-27 00:00:00

PoLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Jane I'russan was again brought up, and placed at
the b,r before Alderman Chadi,, chlirged with steal-
ing tw,) 1001 B.:nk of England notes, one 20/. ditto,
on,, 101. ditto, one 51. ditto, a cheque for 371., and 71.
10s. in gold, from the person of Mr. John %%Inanity,
wooll,n manufacturer, lAtely residing at the Castle
and Falcon, Aldersgate-street.
Alderman CHALLIS said, as none of the stolen pro-
perty had been found, and the prosecutor was not
present to identify her more fully than he had done
on the previous examinations, he should feel it his
duty to discharge the prisoner, as there was no case
made out against her.

Edward Matthew Macklin was brought up on re-
mand tor further examination, charged with fraudu-
lently obtaining silk goods to the value of about 6001.
of Mr. Edward 11 Davies, of 5, Goldsmith-street,
City, agent for Al. Faessler Petzi, silk-manufacturer
of Paris and Lyons.
The case was remanded from the last examination
merely for the production of the goods by the various
pawnbrokers, who hold them in trust till such time as
they shall be ordered to give them up.
A great quantity of goods, consisting of silks,
satins, plushes, umbrellas, &c., were produced by Mr.
Sowerby and other pawnbrokers, amounting in all to
the value of about 4001. or 500/., but they were pledged
for not more than about 2701.

Alderman Chamas could not help remarking upon
the facility afforded by pawnbrokers in general to
servants to dispose of goods of which they had robbed
their employers. He thought that when such valu-
able goods as those produced were presented for
pledging, that the pawnbroker, for his own safety,
should make some inquiry as to how the party pledg-
ing became possessed of them. With regard to the
present case, he should remand it till Monday next,
with the understanding that the prisoner would then
be finally committed, and the depositions in the mean-
time would be prepared accordingly.
Joseph Ruddick was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of valuable books, the property of his employers,
Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., of Stationers'.
hall-court.

Alderman CHALLIS said—From the manner, pri-
soner, that you appear to treat this charge, I believe
that you are not aware of the serious position you
have placed yourself in. You are liable, according to
the Act under which your employers have prosecuted
you, to be compelled to pay double the amount of the
value of the property, to be fined 51., and to be impri..
soned for three months for each offence proved against
you; and in default of payment within three days
of the time of committal cf the forfeiture and fine,
to be publicly whipped in the House of Correction
or any other public place that the magistrate may
think fit to appoint. The cases are all very clear,
though I can only convict upon two, for which I
shall impose a fine of 51. and three months' imprison-
ment for each offence—the second three months to
commence at the expiration of the other. The books
are to be given up to the prosecutor without any re-
muneration. lam sorry to have to remark once more
upon the conduct of the pawnbrokers. In the cases
just disposed of it has been shown that 3s. has been
lent upon property worth 255., and upon the pawn-
broker's own acknowledgment they could get for
the same, even if they sold them to the greatest dis-
advantage. I consider that if pawnbrokers are de-
termined to carry on a wholesale system of receiving
stolen goods, the only way to make them more care-
ful is to make them the sufferers on conviction It is
only by repeated losses that they will be brought to a
proper sense of their duty. If a poor man were to
act in a similar way to only one-fourth the extent he
would most probably be transported for it ; and lam
therefore determined to use every means in my power
to suppress such an iniquitous system.
The books wire then given up, and Mr. Longman,
the publisher, and Mr. Miles, on the part of Messrs.
Simpkin and Marshall, thanked the Alderman for the
kindness he had shown in his attendance to the case,
and retired.