The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-11 00:00:00

James Hughes, 48, victualler, and Daniel Rudd,
32, weaver, were indicted for stealing five sovereigns,
the moneys of James \Vetton, in his dwelling-house.
Mr. Chahner prosecuted.
The case was one of the ordinary public-house
robberies, and the facts were these : the prisoners,
and a third man, who escaped, went to the house of
prosecutor, the China ship, Hermitage-street, Wap-
ping, at an early hour in the day, and hung about
the house playing at bagatelle and drinking until an
opportunity offered to get into prosecutor's bed-room,
where the cash-box was kept. They were, however,
seen coming from the room, and prosecutor imme-
diately after finding that the money in question had
been abstracted from where he had put it, the three
men were stopped, and a scuffle ensued, during
which the third man escaped, jumping through the
window.

Ittioy were found Guilty, and transported fir ten
years.
John Read and Henry Smith were convicted of
stealing two half-overeigns, with violence, from the
person of Rich4rd Blo!..
Mr. Payne prosecuted, and Mr. O'Brien and
Prendergast defended.
The prisont-rs, it was proved, ar," both well-known
thieves, and the bullies to some of vie. low prostitutes
frequenting Goswel!-street, and had ,net the prosf—
cutor at a noted hou'e, the r-sorr f rhi-ves, and
having made him drunk took hi.n out un l-r the or,!-
text of seeing him home ; and on getting him i,.to
Hatfield-Aret-t, au unfrequented place, they knocked
him down and robbed lefc !Lim s-,seless.
Trey were both transporte f f;ft.eth y-vs•
!RD CO 17 II "1..
(13-,or:-? Mr. Bin,LocK.)
Haslam, 30, a labou7er, was in!ictel
stealing a quantity of tea, coffee, h.nd oth,-r article.s.
the property of the Pastern Counties Railway
Mr. Ballantine prosecuted, and Ik r. Ribton de-
fended.

The evidence went to prove that about the 27,h of
last month a large parcel of grocer) was made up by
Messrs. Rose, the teadealers in high-street, Shore-
glitch, to be sent to a Mrs. Tasker, a dealer at Peter-
borough. The parcel was packed into a chest, and
sent to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to be
forwarded by them to Peterborough, but on search
being made at the Shoredicch station it was found that
the parcel had been taken away. An inquiry being
instituted, and every search made without avail, in-
formation was forwarded to the police, and
shortly afterwards the prisoner, who is
known to the police was met by Ser-
geant Teakle, and having a large parcel with him
the officer said he must search him, and the prisoner
then said, 'J I can give you two sovereicns." Ile Naas
then taken to the station-bouse, and the parcel was
found to contain a part of the missing property. The
prisoner said he had bought it at Rose's, which turned
out to be false.

The jury found him Guilty.
It was then proved that the prisoner, by the name
of Noble, had been convicted of burglary at Guildford
in 1847. _ _ _

Tue prisoner, who is a most respectable-looking
man, sai:i that since then he had been keeping a beer-
shop and living honestly.
S•n-geant Teakle aaid he thought when the prisoner
took the beershop he meant to reform, but he had
watched him since his release from Guildford and
found he was carrying on a bad game.
Mr. BULLOCK sentenced the prisoner to be trans-
ported for seven yeare.
Mary Ann Alexander, a well-looking girl, was in-
dicted for concealing the birth of her female child on
the 17th of December last.

Mr. BODKIN prosecuted, and said that the prisoner
had been in the service of a gentleman named Mac-
donald, who, suspecting she had been delivered of a
child, questioned her, and search being made in the
house the body of a still-born infant was found under
some clothes. The Learned Counsel could not, be-
yond th tt fact, offer any evidence of concealment, and
there were no marks to lead to the inference that the
child had met its death unfairly.
The jury Acquitted the prisoner.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
LAMBETH.

Mr. .John Shaw, a hairdresser and picture-dealer,
residing at Kennington-cross, and Mr. George Ma-
thews, a carver and gilder, carrying on business in
Regent-street, Lambeth, were finally examined before
Mr. Norton, on a charge of obtaining 201 from Mr.
Paul Garbanati, carver and guilder, 92, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, by fraud and false pretences.
The evidence given on the former examination
having been read over by Mr. Gunn, the magistrate's
clerk,
Mr. Ballantine addressed Mr. Norton, and insisted
that the case was clearly one of fraud, as Mr. Gar-
banati had parted with his money on the joint repre-
sentations of the prisoners that the painting was one
by Etty, and that it had been exhibited by the So-
ciety of Arts at their rooms in the Adelphi ; there
was, at all events, sufficient in the case to justify the
commitment of the prisoners for trial on a charge of
conspiracy

Mr. IGATON—There is one thing to be said with
respect to the conduct of the prisoner Mathews, and
taat is, that he was the first to recommend Mr.
Garbanati to go to Mr. Weiss, the secretary to the
Etty Exhibition, to ascertain the genuineness of the
painting.
Mr. Ballantine—Yes, yes; but that was after Mr.
Garbanati had paid the 201. for it, and not before.
Up to that period not a word` of suspicion escaped
him as to the genuineness of the painting, and there-
fore I do not think him entitled to much consideration
on that score.
Mr. Garbanati was here called into the witness-box
and sworn, and in reply to the questions of Counsel
said, that he did not advance the money on the paint-
ing from his own judgment of its merits, but from the
value he had set upon it as an original of Etty, and
his feeling was confirmed in that opinion by its hav-
ing been exhibited by the Society of Arts. The 201.
which he had paid the prisoner Shaw he had received,
with a half-sovereign in addition, from Mr. Smith,
who discounted his acceptance fir 22/.175. 6d.
The prisoner Mathews—Tnat bill, I believe, was
drawn by me, and I got it discounted, did I not?
Mr. Garbanati—Yes.
Mathews—Pray, now, had we not arranged to
share whatever you got for the picture between us ?
Mr. Garbanati—Certainly not. I distinctly asked
you, when I took the painting away, and while we
were in a cab, what I should ask for the picture, ; and
what I should sell it for ; and 150/. was agreed upon,
though you said 6001. had been offered for it. You
recollect you said you did not mind making any sa-
crifice so you had some money to go on with.
In reply to Mr. Games, Mr. Garbanati said, that
Ur. Smith, previous to his discounting the bill, called
at his house; but he did not then represent that
Mathews, the drawer of the • bill, was in his employ-
ment. He admitted, however, that he might have
made some misrepresentation with respect to the bill.
On being further examined by Mr. Ballantine,
witness said, that the prisoner had admitted to him
that about eight months ago he had some corres-
pondence with Mr. Weiss on the subject of the paint-
ing, and had learned at that time that it was only a
copy of Etty's " Storm," and not the original.
A servant in the employ of Mr. Garbanati repeated
that he was present at a conversation between his
master and Mr. Shaw, and heard the latter state twice
over that the painting was by Etty, and that it had
been exhibited by the Society of Arts. The witness
also swore to having heard Mathews tell his master
the same thing.
Mr. John Charles Barrett, a picture-dealer, carry-
ing on business at 369, Strand, said he recollected
the Etty Exhibition at the rooms of the Society of
Arts. Soon after, he thought on the Ist of Septem-
ber, a young man brought to his house, from a Mr.
Shaw, a large painting (the one now produced), and
requested that it might be left there. It was left, and
remained until the following Friday, when it was
taken away. The painting was tolerably gaud as a
copy, but lacked many of the points of the original.
In his (Mr. Barrett's) opinion it was not worth mote
than from 101. to 15/., and he begged to negative
the assertion of the prisoner Mathews on the former
examination that he (Mr. Barrett) had offered 251.
for it. This, he assured the Bench, was not the fact.
Mr. Jonah Smith, a corn-chandler in Kennington-
lane, who had been called on behalf of the prisoners,
deposed that the week before last the prisoner
Mathews, of whom he had some previous knowledge,
brought him a bill of exchange, drawn by himself on
Mr. Garbanati, for 22/. 17s. 6d., and represented that
Mr. Garbanati was executing a large order for a rich
West Indian, on which he (Ma-hews) was engaged,
and that money was required on the bill to purchase
gold to finish the gilding. He (Smith) called on
Mr. Garhanati in reference to the hill, and that person
represented that Mathews was engaged in executing
the order for the rich West Indian.
Mr. Ballantine—Well, Mr. Smith, what discount
di i you charge on this little bill of 22/. 17!,. 61. ?
Mr. Smith—l don't see what that has to do with the
matter.
Mr. B illantine—Oh, yes, but it has ; 'how much
did you charge? Mr. Smith—Well, I charged 30s.
Mr. Ballantine-30i. on a bill for 221. 17s.
at one month's date I I should like to know from
you at what rate of percentage was that ? Mr. Smith—
Then you had better ealculate.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Ball,mtine—Well, I think it amounts to
somsthins like 90 per ermt., or thereabouts ; a hand-
some rate of interest that, Mr. Smith.--(Laughter )
The witnes, in his further cross-examination, ad-
mitted that he it el called on the prisoner Shaw before
he had discounted it, but denied that tl-e prisoner had
said anything to him in reference to the purchase of
the picture.

Nir. NORTON—Do I un,lers'and that all parties ere
willing to abide my deci-ion, not only criminally but
civilly ?
Mr Games—Sir, on the tart of Mr. Shaw we