The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-14 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION lIOUSE.—EXTENSIVE SHOPLIFTING IN THE
CITY:—It will be recollected that last week two persons, Jacob
and Rachel Aarons, Jews from Holland, were brought up be-
fore the LORD MAYOR, on a charge of having robbed the ware-
house of Mr. Lester, woollendraper, in Leadnhall-street, of a
large piece of woollen cloth. It was charged that they had been
to the warehouse before, representing themselves as foreign
traders, and desiring to look at certain goods, but bought none.
On that occasion a piece of woollen cloth, of value of thirty
-guineas, had been missed. On the second time they visited Mr.
Lester's warehouse, the porter suspected that the fenialepri-
soner on her going out had something about her, and brought
her back, when she dropped a large piece of woollen cloth. It
excited much astonishment that she should be able to secure so
large a piece of goods, but an apron, with hooks affixed to it,
has been subsequently found in the warehouse, close to where
the prisoner stood. This apron is so formed as to retain with
security any article that might be attached to it, though of con-
siderable weight. The two prisoners were brought up a se-
cond timelor examination, when Forrester, the, officer, stated
that lie had succeeded in finding out the fodgings of the two
prisoners at No. 7, Finsbury-market, where he had discovered
a large assortment of goods, consisting of silks, valuable shawls,
scarfs, and pieces of cottons, with the marks obliterated. The
office was filled with 'shopkeepers, who stated that they had
missed goods in an extraordinary manner ; bid few of them
could recognise the prisoners : one of them, an extensive -silk-
manufacturer, who had been robbed to a great amount, identi-
fied one of the shawls found at the prisoner's lodgings, as his
property, and had no doubt that the remainder of the shawls
were also his, but could not swear to them, as the marks were
taken off, and there were oth of the same pattern, nor could
he recognize the prisoners. Restated, however, that since the
statement of the case had been published in the Newspapers, a
number of the trade had taken stock, and had discovered most
serious deficiencies, which, they did not doubt had been occa-
sioned by the depredations of shoplifters of no ordinary descrip-
tion.

The LORD MAYOR thought it would be nnnecessary to mul-
tiply cases against the prisoners, and that the charge made by
Lester would be sufficient to send the prisoners to take their
trial upon.
The two;prisonersewere therefore fully committed for trial on
the charge of having robbed Mr. Lester's warehouse, and the
parties bound over to prosecute.
On the examination of the twoprisoners, nearly all the known
receivers of stolen goods in the city were bout the avenues, and
such a, degree of anxiety upon the case was evinced amongst this
class, to induced the officers to suspect that the ease had exten-
sive ramifications. When they searched the lodgings of the
Aarona, they found a card with the address of a man named
Goulston, .No. 23a Old-street, St. Luke's. Forrester and For-
ster immediately went. there, and gained a sudden admission.;
The greatest confusion was excited by their appearance. They:
apprehended Jenark Goulston, to whom the premises belonged;'
they found but one piece of silk with a roller, on which the
mark 'was unobliterated. This mark led to the discovery of the
owner, who had been roblSed, but by another pair of foreigners
than those who had been brought before his Lordship.
Jenark Goulston was then placed at the bar, and the evidence
against him was-as follows':—
Sarah Chittam, warehousewoman to Mr. New, of Paternos-
ter-row, silk-manufacturer, stated, that on that day a man and
woman, who appeared to be foreigners, came to the warehouse;
a piece of silk was stolen, but it was not missed until the police-
officers brought home a piece, which was ascertained to be the
property of the house; she was positive the silk had not been
sold, and she had seen it on Thursday.
enry Forster, an officer, produced a piece of silk, which was
identified as Mr. New's property. He stated, that he had, in
consequence of information, gone to the apartments of the pri-
soner, at 23, Old-street, and that he met the prisoner's wife
coming out of his apartment, on the second floor, with a bundle
containing the silk ; the prisoner said he knew nothing at all
about the property upon heir%
_first interrogated, but he after-
wards said that he purchased it at an auction.
The parties were bound' over to prosecute Ooulston for the
misdemeanour of having in his possession stolen property.
Joseph Smith was charged with haVing passed a forged £lO
note upon John Griffin. '
Griffin, who lives with Mr. Tueker, of Budge-row; stationer,
stated that the prisoner came to the warehouse between four
and five in the evening of the 28th of August, and asked for a
ream of elephant paper, aaying that it was for Isaac Lyons, of
the Kent-road. NVitness said he understood Lyon's name was
Moss Lyon's, to which the person replied in the negative ; hut
that the name of Mosey was given to him by the boys—
Witness gave him change for a £lO note, deducting 30s. for
the paper.
Mr. Christmas, for the Bank; stated, that the £lO note pro-
duced was a forgery ; and requested that the prisoner might be
remanded, as many other cases were expected to be brought
against him.
Moss Lyons, paper-manufacturer, of the Kent-road, said,
that the prisoner had been in his employment about a month.
He stated, that he had never sent the prisoner for the elephant
paper to Mr. Tucker.—South was then sent back to prison.
Ou ILDHALL.—JUVENTLE DEPREDATOUS.—A ragged
little fellow, about 11 years old, named Robert Banbridge, one
of a gang of pelfering little urchins that infests the neighbour-
hood of Long-line, -Smithfield, was brought up yesterday be-
fore Mr. Alderman BRIDGES, upon the charge of a Mr. Hodge,
who keeps a toy shop, No. 03, in the lane.
Mr. Hedge stated, that the neighbourhood was perpetually
annoyed by a number of dirty boys, about the age of the pri-
soner, and some of them younger, who appeared to have no
other visible mode of getting their bread, than by committing
depredations, and pilfering every thing they can lay-their hands
upon. Their practice is to watch their opportunity about dusk,
and break the panes in shop-windows;' and in the hours • of,
business they lurk about, two or three together, remove the'
broken pieces of glass, and rob the windows of any small ar-
ticle Within their reach. In this way he had hiMself no less
than eight squares broke in his shop window within the last
fortnight. Expecting depredations in consequence, he had been
almost continually on the watch, and on Wednesday afternoon,
while a female was looking at the goods in the shop-window, he
observed the prisoner, and two other boys, place themselves
beside her, near to one of the squares of glass that had been
broken. He watched them, and saw the prisoner remove a
piece of pasteboard that had been put against the broken pane,
and steal a box of colours and another small article out of the
window ; his companions the while so completely covering him
on each side, as entirely to preclude the observation of passen-
gers. On seeing him, Mr. Hodge, come to the door, they
made off; he pursued the prisoner, who set up the cry of" stop
thief," and after a pretty long chase took him into custody.
The boy cried a great deal, but had nothing to say in his de-
fence ; and the Magistrate, thinking him a fit object to be
made an example of to deter others, committed him to.Newgate
for trial,.