The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-24 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT COUNT STRZLECICI'S.-At Marlborough-
street, Frederick Johnson, a rough-looking fellow,
described as a labourer; but refusing his address, was
charged before Mr. Knox with stealing, at 23, Savile-row,
an opera-glass, a gold chain and seals, a medal, and a
quantity of other ,property, belonging to the Count Paul
Strzlecki.—Henry Stokes, valet to the Count Strzlecki,
said : Yesterday evening I dressed the count for dinner,
and after he leftl set everything right in the room. I went
out, and on my return, the servant, who had gone upstairs
to light a fire in the room, found the prisoner at the count's
drawers, and in consequence of the alarm she gave
I rushed upstairs, and saw the prisoner coming downstairs.
I seized him, and sent the servant for a constable, and
before his arrival the prisoner got me into Boyle-street,
where I had a struggle \. _th him. He then got from my grasp,
and I was tripped up. I got up as soon as I could, and
followed him into COk-street, where he was overtaken
and broiight back to Savile-row. I returned there with a
constable to see whether there was any one else in the
house, but there was not. I then went to the Vine-street
station and made the charge, and at the station
a quantity of articles, the property of the count,
were found on the prisoner. I believe the articles to be of
the value of about £40.-.—Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner,
who appeared to have made the best use of his time while
in the house, as he had managed to select those articles
from different places which were most portable and most
easily to be concealed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

HEAVY SENTENCE.—Joseph Hodges, 32, was indicted be-
fore Mr. Payne, at the Middlesex Sessions, for stealing two
dead fowls, value 65., the property of Richard James.
The prosecutor is a cheesemonger and poulterer, living at
Victoria-road, Pimlico, and on the night of the 4th of
January the prisoner went up to the prosecutor's shop,
deliberately took two fowls from the board, and ran away
with them. He was pursued, when be threw the fowls
away, but was caught arid given into custody. The
prisoner, in his defence, said he was drunk and did
not know what he was about, but the witnesses de-
niedthe drunkenness. The jury found the prisoner guilty.—
Herbert Reeves, warder at Coldbath-fields Prison, put in
the following convictions against the prisoner :—Nine
months, at the sessions of this court, 15th of April, 1861,
in the name of John Hall, for stealing linen from a cart ;
eighteen months, 24th of March, 1862, at the sessions of
this court, in the name of John Williams, for attempting
to steal a case of stuffed birds ; three months, 24th
December, 1863, at Marlborough-street Police-court, in
the name of John Hodges, for attempting a robbery ; two
years, at these sessions, October 3, 1865, for stealing pots ;
and six months, October 12, 1867, at Marlborough-street
Police-court, as a rogue and a vagabond.— Mr. Payne said
he had had a long career of crime and almost every
description of punishment, and he must therefore now be
removed from society for some time-to come. The sentence
now upon him was, that he be ke4 ifervitud6 for
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