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

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTENSIVE BURGLARY, AND APPREHENSION OF
THE _RECEIVER OF STOLEN PROFYRTY.—henry Webb,
43, a hairdresser, carrying on business at No. 33,
Upper Park-place, Dorset-square, but who wa.3 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, tho proceeds of a
burglary committed on the promises 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 het, a"iout ton
o'clock, he locked up the premises as usual, and
retired to rest. On the following moining between
five and six o'clock he got up, and proceeded
down stairs when he was astonished to fiud everything
in great disorder. le went into the kitchen, and found
that the area ga'e had been broken open, and the shut-
ters of the kitchen windows forced. On going into the
shop he saw the padlock hanging from the door, as if it
hal been unscrewed. A quantity of goods were lying
about, and the whole of the drawers had been ransacked
of their cintents.

Mr. Beadon—Are you positive you secured the pre-
mises properly before you went to bed I
`Witness said he was convinced he had secured all the
doors and windows, as was his regular practice.
Alfred Baxter, clerk to the prosecutor, stated that on
Tuesday morning last he went to the shop and found the
place in the etate described by lest witrieree He
looked over the stock and raiesed property, con-
sisting of pieces of angola, and several pairs of
trousers, altogether of the value of mere than sixty
pounds. The pieces of angola produced ere a portion
of the property stolen. Ile 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, he wont to the prieon,r'e, ac-
companied by Sergeant Chowne, of the E and
other constables. Refound the prisoner in the shop,
and told him he must go with him for having received
the proceeds of a burglary in Oxford-strut. Witness
then asked him if he bad any cloth in the house which
did not belong to him. The prisoner replied in the ne-
gative. He then searched the house and found
a box underneath the counter. The prisoner's
wife gals him the key, abd said they WE 1":3
80 confined fur 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 OA out a
dress, which she threw over something, and carried into
the parlour. He d her, and on opening the dross
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 rio
further evidence to offer at present, and dredred a re-
mand in order to afford him time to make further en-
quiries.

Mr. Beadon remanded he prisoner till Saturday
next.

THAMES.

HEARTLESS ROBBERY ♦ND EASE INGRATITUDE.—
Andreae Eckhardt, a German watch-maker, about 25
years of age, was brought before Mr. S,lfe, 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 351., 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, cOnduoted the prosecution,
and said this case displayed gnat benevolence and
humanity on the one side and gross vd!ainy and
ingratitude on the other. He called Mrs. Knite, 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 some previous
knowledge. He was then In a state of utter thetitution
and without shoes to his feet. She offered him a home,
gave him food, and her husband purchased watchmakers
too's to the amount of 31. 103., and lent them to the
prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to obtain a
living at his business. M. }Knits) also obtained work
for him, and fitted up a room in his house as a work-
shop. Oa the 2d of July the prisoner absconded taking
with him two gold watches, a silver watch, two watch-
cases and three silver guards the pruperty of his kind
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 of
the Canterbury police, and a very
intelligent officer,
met the prisoner in that city, took him into custody,
and asked him if his name was Eckhardt. The pri-
soner said it was, and Mr. Clements said you
aro 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 him by Mr. Knite. The
prisoner admitted he had sold two gold watches, the
property of his countryman Knite, and did not get the
money for one of them, and that induced him to rum
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 London. They were pro-
duced and identified by Mr. Knite.
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Tne prisoner in hia defence said he bad Mr. Knite's
watches and cases four or five weeks, and was allowed
to have them to sell.
waMilicrrhlmBSaekti°feedrd, inrcaomt St. George in the East, of considerable
property, and other charges would be preferred at the
sessions.

The Cambridge Chronicle records that a poor woman
named Wilson, wife of a carpenter residing in that town,
was on Thursday morning safely delivered of three fine
children. They are all alive and likely to do well.
THE Culler PttEss..—Th• Tewkesbury fferali stopped
on Wednesday last. We understand that several of the
originators of the Herald dispute their liability to parti-
cipate in the lose, and that it is very probable the eon
cern will have to be wound up by the county court
judge,