The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-08 00:00:00

THE LATE RAILWAY ROBBERIES.

The following letter has been received by Mr. Nash, the Solicitor
to the Great Westorn Railway :
" Whitehall, Nov. 4.
" am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your loiter of the Ist instant, and, in reply, to
inform you that in addition to the reward to be paid by you for the
discovery of the persons concerned in the late depredations committed
on railway passengers, Sir James Graham will advise the grant cf
her Majesty's most gracious pardon to an accomplice, not being the
person who actually committed any of the depredations, who shall
give such information and evidence as shall lead to the appre-
hension and conviction of the person or persons concerned in these
offences.

" I am further directed to inform you that no favour or promise
er favour of any Mud must be held out to the prisoner Garret,
to induce him to give information.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) " S. M. PHILLIPS.
" To Charles Nash, Esq., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 7.
HOLDEN V. THE uvEnrooL GAS COMPANY.

Sir THOMAS WILDE, on the part of the plaintiff in the above
case, moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should
not be granted in the above case, in which the jury had given
a verdict for the defendants.

,Apzvaitril VI -a uutty
of gas which had escaped from the pipes by which he had
been in the habit of receiving a supply of gas. Ten
days previous to the accident the defendants had
received notice that the plaintiff did not require any further
supply of gas, yet did not stop the supply to his house, but
continued to send in gas into the pipes, until it acquired such
force as to escape from the pipes. On the part of the plaintiff
it was contended that the defendants were bound to stop the
supply; and on the other hand it was represented that the
plaintiff having a gasometer in the house, had the
means of stopping the supply himself.
Sir T. WILDE observed that the Company ought not to place
reliance on the power of the plaintiff to stop the supply, as
no person not understanding the mechanism of the gasometer
would be willing to meddle with it, and run the risk of
injuring it.—The rule was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-ROUSE.

A lad, named Richard Aldridge, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, charged with having stolen the sum of 34/., the
property of William Pritlove, a horse-keeper at Messrs. Cal-
verts' brewery. _ _

The prosecutor stated that he lived in a house in Sugar-
loaf-court, Thames-street, which was kept by the prisoner's
father; that about six weeks ago lie had locked up in a box,
in his bed-room, 32/. in gold, and 2/. in silver, and left it safe
on a Sunday; that on the Thursday following he observed
that his box had been broken open, and, on examining it,
he found that the whole of the money above-mentioned, which
he had been laying up from his earnings for a considerable
time, had been stolen; that the prisoner, up to the time of
the robbery, used to sleep at his father's house, but ab-
sconded immediately after the commission of it, and was
brought to witness by a fellow-workman on Tuesday last, on
London-bridge, and that the prisoner was given into the
charge of an officer, to whom he confessed that lie had been
concerned in the plunder.
William Morris, police-constable 419, said that he had re-
ceived the prisoner in custody from the prosecutor on the
charge of having stolen 34/. from him. While they were on
their way to the station-house, the prisoner said to witness,
" There's a man of the name of Tom Hale who ought to
be taken as well as me." Witness said, " Why ?" The
prisoner answered, " He went upstairs wits me, and helped
to break the box open, and he had part of the money." On
arriving at the station-house, witness searched the prisoner,
and found in his pocket a letter, which, upon being asked
what he intended to do with it, he stated he meant to send
it to his father. The letter was addressed, " 'William Ald-
ridge, at Mr. Calvert's brewery, Upper Thames-street,
London," and contained a confession of the theft, and an
account of the disposal of the money.
The unfortunate creature at the bar seemed to be deeply
agitated. The letter addressed by him to his father con-
tained the strongest expressions of contrition, and charged
the person who participated with him in the plunder as his
pressing instigator to it.
When the Loan MAYOR asked him whether he wished to
say anything, he merely said, " I wish to say that Hale
helped me to break open the box."
The prisoner was committed for trial.
William Thompson, a tall elderly man, who has been fre-
quently seen cadging about the Custom-house, was charged
with having stolen a gold watch and chain from a lad named
Philip Morris, in rather a peculiar manner.
P. Morris, who is a boy of very small dimensions, stated
that, between three and four o'clock on Monday last, lie was
at the Custom-house with his mother, and he had at the time
in his trowsers' pocket a gold watch, with a gold chain at-
tached, which his mother had given to him, and he had
been wearing a month or two. His mother went into the
baggage-room, and witness remained in the waiting-room
outside. The prisoner came up to him, and said, " Now, my
little man, did you come from Hamburgh ?" Witness replied
that he did not; and the prisoner put his arms round him, and
took him to the door of the baggage. room, where his mother
was standing, and said, "There's your boy." Witness's mother
gave the prisoner twopence, and lie went away. Witness felt
his watch go from his pocket when the prisoner had his arms
round him. He was afraid to tell his mother at the mo-
ment, but he mentioned the robbery to her when they
reached home.

Mrs. Betty 'Morris, wife of Mr. B. Morris, of Great Pres-
cost-street, Goodman's- fields, and mother of the boy who
had been robbed, stated that the prisoner, when he brought
his son to her, had his arm round the boy. The day after the
robbery witness saw the prisoner in the Minories, about half-
past ten o'clock, and she went up to him and asked him to go
with her to the Custom-house. He said, "Lion% know you."
Witness said, "I saw you in the Custom-house yesterday."
He said, "You did not," and walked away at a very quick
pace. Witness followed, and the prisoner asked her why she
followed him, and he succeeded in getting away. She then
gave information to the police. The watch and chain were
worth about 161. _ _

Groves (policeman 360 stated that he took the prisoner
into custody in Lombard-street, in consequence of informa-
tion, and told him the reason for doing so. The prisoner de-
clared that he was wholly ignorant of the transaction,• but
at the station-house he was immediately identified by mo-
ther and son, and he then acknowledged that he had seen
them on the preceding day at the Custom-house, and that
he had taken the boy to his mother, who gave him two-
pence, but he denied that he had ever put his hand near the
boy.
The prisoner said he was quite amazed at being charged
with a robbery. Ile never thought of such a thing as taking
the property of another. It was true he took twopence from
the lady, but then she gave it to him ; but as for the watch,
he never saw anything of the kind. He hoped the Lord
Mayor would not believe anything of the sort, and would
relieve him from such a charge by discharging him at
once.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.