The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

MARYL.EI3OIVE.

George Davis, a man well known to the police,
was brought up by Inspector Wiggins, of the 1) divi-
sion, and placed at the bar, charged with a burglary
at the residence of Mr. William tiowlee, auctione,r
and house agent, carrying on business at No. 20,
Upper Berkelepstreet West, Paddinwon.
Turnage, 18 1), deposed that at a quarter-past four
in the morning, us he was on duty in tirtyswater-road,
he observed the prisoner by the Hyde-pa,k railings.
He (witness) followed him, perceiving that his
pockets were very bulky, and at length laid hold ~e
him, after a ILird chase, he having run off as hard as
he could upon finding that his movements had been
closely watched. Witness asked the prisoner what he
had about him, to which he replied, " Nothing but a
pair of boots of my own ;" but on examining his
pockets he (witness) discovered therein, in addition
to the said boots, a pair of silver sugar-tongs, a sugar•
basic, a cruet-stand, a pair of candlesticks, and other
articles, many of which had been broken up in such
a manner as to enable him to conceal them in the way
he did. He had also on him two coats belonging to
the prosecutor.
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Mr. Bowles identified the property produced as
being his. .The house was safely locked up at half-
past eleven on the previous night, and when he came
down at seven oclock in the morning he ascertained
that the bock door at the bottom of the premises,
which had been double bolted, was open. He ob-
served no signs of violence to show that an entry
was made from without, and he could come to no
conclusion than that the party by whom he had been
robbed had by some means or other contrived to
secrete himself in some part of the dwelling prior to
its being closed for the night.
The prisoner, who has before been convicted at
this court, in defence said he picked up the whole of
the property in the road.
He was fully committed for trial.
William Baxter was placed at the bar for further
examination on the charge of having uttered a forged
51. note, purporting to be of the Bristol branch of
the Bank of England, to Mr. Compton, landlord of
the Crown public-house, Edgware road.
The evidence given in support of the charge when
first made was, that the prisoner after partaking of
a glass of sherry and a cigar, paid for the same with
a shilling, and then asked for change for the note,
which being immediately detected to be a forged one,
the prisoner was given into custody. He told the
officer, Beck, D 127, that he had been requested by a
person whose name he did not ml.ntion, to get the
note in question changed.
Mr. Nash, solicitor, now appeared for the prioner,
and Mr. Freeman, inspector of notes at the Bank of
England, and Mr. Newman, chief clerk to Mr.
Freshfield, the Bank, solicitor, were also present.
It was intimated to the magistrate that on a future
day there would be evidence forthcoming with regard
to another case of uttering, and it was not at all im-
probable that more parties who had been sufferers by
receiving forged notes would come forward.
Mr. Nash was desirous on the part of his client,
that the case in reference to Mr. Compton's charge
should be completed, but it was decided upon by the
magistrate, Mr. Long, that every thing in connexion
with the matter should stand over till Saturday next,
in order to afford time for full inquiry to be made
into the affair, which was one of the greatest impor-
tance to the public.