The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

Drury-lane, stated that the prisoner had sold goods to
the house on the 3 lst of March and on subsequent days.
The LORD MAYOR—On what day did the prisoner go
into the service of the house of the prosecutor ? Mr.
Walker—On the 31st of March.
Mr. Avant said, that on that very day the prisoner
called at the house and sold two pieces of lawn.
The LORD MAYOR—What, on the first day of his
employment ? Mr. Walker—On that day he began.
The witness stated that on the 2d of August the pri-
soner brought in 12 pieces of lawn, and sold them to the
firm for 3/. 15s. (five of the pieces were here produced
and identified as part of the stolen property). Seven of
the pieces had been since sold by the house. On the
sth of May the prisoner brought in 12 handkerchiefs,
and on the 6th witness, upon going into Messrs. Boyd
and Co.'s warehouses to make a purchase, saw the
prisoner there, and was served by him. Witness said to
him, " Hallo, are you here ? Why, you told me last
night you were not in a situation." The prisoner re-
plied, " it's all right." Witness said, " where l,ad those
lawns come from ?" The prisoner said nothing, and
witness remarked that he had purchased up stairs some
of the patterns which he had purchased of the prisoner
last March. The prisoner said, I assure you it is
quite right. They never came from here." Witness,
after some further comment, asked the prisoner whether
he did not know that his (witness's) brother had de-
tected a party who had been plundering them some time
before ? to which the prisoner replied in the affirmative.
Witness completed the purchase he was making with the
prisoner, and made a communication to the house upon
the subject.
The LORD MAYOR—Does the prisoner wish to say
anything on the subject of the charge? Mr. Pelham—
Nothing.
The Lola) MAToit—l commit him for trial.

Mr. Walker expressed an earnest wish that as a gen-
tleman of the name of Joseph Bottrell, who had been in
the house of Messrs. Boyd and Co. for several years,
and was a person in whose integrity the greatest reli-
ance was placed, might be prejudiced by the report that
a man of his name was charged, the press would make
the distinction in the account of the transaction.
The witnesses were then bound over to appear to
give evidence at the sessions of the Central Criminal

Court.
A young woman of engaging appearance was put to
the bar.

A policeman stated that a Captain P---, who had
followed the prisoner from Norwich, and charged her in
the City with being in possession of a trunk containing
his property, had thought proper not to appear to sup-
port the charge.
It appeared from the reluctant statement made by the
young woman that Captain P— had been paying marked
attention to her in Norwich, and had promised to marry
her, but that finding his intentions were not honourable,
he had suddenly left the town and come to London, to
avoid importunities which were insulting and degrading
to her; that the Captain followed her to town, and, per-
ceiving that she was determined to shun him, charged
her with:having robbed him of his trunk, just as she was
getting into an omnibus.
The Captain sent a eertificate to the Mansion House,
atating that he had no intention to appear against the
young woman, and the Lord Mayor discharged her.