The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-25 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday John Durban was placed before Mr.
Jardine, charged with attempting to pick the pocket
of a gentleman in Bow-street.
Mr. J. M. Courtney, of The Sun newspaper, stated
that he was passing along Bow-street, near to Govent-
garden Theatre, when he saw the prisoner go up be-
hind a gentleman, lift up his coat• tail, and put his
hand into the pocket. Mr. Courtney immediately seized
him, and gave him into the custody of a policeman.
The prisoner, with the utmost nonchalance, de-
clared that his han-I was not near the gentleman's
pocket.
Several policemen in the court stated that they
knew the prisoner of old.
Mr. JARDINE sentenced him to three months' im-
prisonment and hard labour.
A young,inan, who refused to give his name, a
clerk in the service of Mr. Jones, solicitor, of Par-
liament-street, was brought up in custody, charged
with stealing. 4/., the property of his employer, under
the following circumstances :
Mr. Jones stated that until lately the prisoner was
in his service as clerk, and about two months ago he
gave -him the money in question to pay to a house in
the City. He had never done so, but had appro-
priated it to himself. There were several other cases
of robbery under similar circumstances; as, fur in-
stance, he had sent him to take out copies of writs,
and had not done so, but had appropriated the money
to himself.
Mr. JARDINE said this was no offence of which he
could take any notice.
Mr. Jones—What, Sir, if I give my servant 201.
to pay a bill, and he does not do so, but appropriates
the money to himself, is that no offence ?
Mr. JARDINE—It is no criminal offence, although
morally the man is guilty. It is in law merely a
breach of contract, and as such I cannot take cog-
nisance of it.
Mr. Jones—Well, I certainly should have consi-
dered it * robbery.
Mr. JARDINE—It is nothing of the sort, and you as
a professional man ought to have known that. The
p:lsoner must be discharged.
He was accordingly discharged.
A PROBABLE STORY.--A little boy named Henry
Thompson was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with
having in his possession six pounds weight of tobacco,
supposed to have been stolen.
The officer -who took the boy into custody, said he saw
him last night in Clare-market with the bundle in his
possession, which he seemed particularly anxious to con-
ceal. The officer went up to him and questioned him. and
his suspicions being confirmed by the boy's answers, he
took him into custody.
The boy in his defence said that he was coming home
last night from the Adelaide Gallery, when he was met
by a gentleman in a brown coat, who asked him to take
care of the tobacco till to-morrow, and in the mean time
endeavour to• sell it. He had never seen the gentleman
before, and the gentleman did not ask for his (prisoner's)
address.

In answer to a question from the Magistrate the pri-
soner said he lived iu Field-lane.—(Laughter.)
Mr, JARDINE remanded him till Friday.

WORSHIP-STREET.

THE LITE CASE OF POISONING.—AIfred Edwards
was placed at the bar for re-examination before Mr.
Broughton, eliargel with having administered poison
to a young woman named Jane Gregory, with whom
he occasionally cohabited, and thereby caused her
death.

Serjeant Lambert notified to the magistrate that an
inquiry had been commenced before Mr. W. Baker,
the deputy coroner, on the preceding day, which had
been adjourned until Friday next, to enable the che-
mical professor, to whom the residue of the noxious
liquid had been submitted, to complete his analysis.
Mr. George Hill Smith, assistant to Mr. Wildbore,
the surgeon Who attended the deceased, stated that he
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had an interview that morning with Dr. Leeson, the
Professor of Chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital, who
was engaged ih the analysis, and had ascertained
from that gentleman that he had detected among the
contents of the bottle submitted to his inspection, a