The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

THE CALENDAR.

The following is a summary of the calendar:—Arson,
1; bigamy, 1; child dropping in the public street, 2; un
lawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 3 ; cutting and wound-
ing, 8; embezzPlinent, 5; horse stealing, 2; larceny, GS;
ditto, in a dwelling-house, 7; ditto, from the person, 15;
ditto, by servants, 31; sending a threatening letter, 1;
manslaughter, 1;• misdemeanour, 17; murder, 6; rape,
1; receiving stolen goods, 6; robbery, 6; shooting with
intent to murder, I.—Total, 182.

George Henry Ward, aged 39, stable-keeper, and
George Ward, aged 19, groom, were indicted for
obtaining, by false pretences, from W. Angerstein,
Esq., the sum of 115/. 10s., with intent to cheat and
defraud him thereof.

In another count the defendants were charged with
the offence of conspiracy.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine prosecuted, and
Messrs. Bodkin and Williams appeared for the de-
fendants.

The charge was made against the defendants
under the following circumstances :—The prosecutor,
a gentleman, residing at Blackheath, saw an adver-
tisement in •the Times, in which three horses were
offered for sale, and according to the description given
of them they were almost perfection. They were
stated to be young and handsome, nearly thorough-
bred, remarkably clever as saddle-horses, and, above
all, perfectly sound. The advertisement concluded
by stating that a liberal trial would be granted to any
person who might be inclined to purchase the animals.
Mr. Angerstein saw the advertisement, and could pat
refrain from going to see the horses, with a view to
their purchase. Upon going to Gloucester-mews,
the place to which the advertisement referred, the
prcsecutor saw the younger prisoner, George Ward,
who showed him the horses, and told him that they
had been sent up to the other prisoner by a third
party, to be sold on commission. Soon after this, the
prisoner George Henry Ward made his appearance,
and he informed the prosecutor that the horses had
belonged to a highly respectable family of the
name of Loyd, residing near Stratford-on-Avon, and
that, in consequence of the death of the elder member
of the family, they had relinquished keeping the
horses and had ponies in their stead. He described
the horses in such glowing terms that Mr. Angerstein
was quite enraptured, and he resolved not to lose such
treasures, but forthwith gave a cheque for 1151. 10s.,
and the elder prisoner handed him a receipt for the
amount, which contained the following expression :
" All the horses warranted sound, quiet to ride, and
drive in single and double harness, and if the horses
were not approved of within seven days, the money
was to be returned." Having obtained possession of
his prizes, the prosecutor directed them to be taken
to the Veterinary College, where it was speedily found
that one of the " sound" horses was a roarer, and
badly spavined ; the second had a chronic lameness in
the off fore-leg; and the third had been unnerved in
both the fore-legs, and, in point of fact, the horses
were almost valueless. The prosecutor finding he
had been " done" sent the horses back to the prisoner's
stable, and on going there the next morning to demand
his money, he found that horses and prisoners had all
decamped, and hp heard nothing more of either of
th,;:n until the 26th August, when the same horses
were offered for sale through an advz-rtiseinent of a
similar character to that which had attracted the atten-
tion of Mr. Angerstein, and they had very nearly
succeeded in getting off two of the horses to a gen-
tleman named Prior, when they were taken into cus-
tody. The elder prisoner on being charged with de-
frauding Mr. Angerstein of his money, said " he ad-
mitted he owed the man the money, and he intended
to pay him as soon as convenient."
The above facts having been proved in evidence,
Mr. BODKIN took some technical objections to those
counts in the indictment which charged the defen-
dants with obtaining the money by means of false pre-
tences, and contended that the specific allegations
spoken to in the evidence were not in accordance with
the terms of the indictment.

The RECORDER held the objection to be valid, but
decided that the count for the conspiracy ought to go
to the jury.
Mr. BODKIN then addressed the jury in behalf of
the elder defendant, and argued that the evidence was
not sufficient to show a conspiracy between the parties
to defraud Mr. Angerstein, as all that the younger
defendant appeared to have done in the matter was to
act as a servant in the stable of the other, and the
chief matter alleged against him was, that when his
master made some representation about the owner-
ship of the horses, he did not get up and contradict
him. The Learned Counsel made some remarks
upon the subject of the law of conspiracy, and said
that many of the Learned Jndges had declared that
they could not define it, and it had been observed by
one of them that if two or three people were to
cough together in a church it was a question whether
they might not be indicted for conspiring together to
disturb the congregation.—(A laugh.) He con-
cluded by calling upon the jury not to strain the law
to meet any particular case, and expressed his opinion
that the evidence did not make out the charge, and
that the defendants were entitled to their acquittal.
Mr. WILKINs also addressed the jury.
The RECORDER then summed up, and after a very
short deliberation the jury returned a verdict of
Guilty against both defendants, upon the count
charging them with conspiracy.
They were sentenced—George Henry Ward to be
kept to hard labour for twelve, and George Ward for
four, months.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
BOW-STI?EET.

John Townsend, a porter, was charged before Mr.
Hall, with stealing a silk pocket-handkerchief, the pro-
perty of James Osborne, Esq., of Gloucestershire.
Mrs. Osborne stated that she had been staying at the
house of Mr. Howard, solicitor, Essex-street, Strand.
Last week she purchased a chest of very peculiar con
etruction, which was fastened with a secret spring. The
prisoner was recommended by the person from whole
she purchased the trunk to pack it, and she agreed to
pay him 12s. for doing so. She had purchased a quan-
tity of plate, and other valuable articles, and the pri-
soner was engaged all day on Saturday in packing the
chest. After this was done, and the chest was fastened
up, she heard the spring of the lid snap. Upon opening
the chest in the afternoon several valuable articles were
missed, and as no one knew how to open the chest but
the prisoner suspicion fell upon hint, and a policeman
was .sent to his lodging,. Ile at once acknowledged to
having stolen the handkerchief, which he pledged
pawnbroker's near to Temple 13ar. The oth.-r missinr
articles had not been found.

The prisoner said nothing in his defence.
Mr. HALL said this was a very serious ease. The
prisoner had been recommended as a confidential per-
son, and had taken advantage of that recommendation to
rob his employer.—Hq was committed for trial.