The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-23 00:00:00

130 W-ST 3EE7.

Five able-bodied paupers were brought up from St. Giles's
Workhouse, charged by the governor, Mr. Buxey, with re-
fusing to do the work allotted to them.
The case was fully proved against them.
The prisoners said they were not well fed, and they were
compelled to do more work than their strength would
admit of.
Mr. Buxey denied this, and said the work had always been
the same. With respect to the diet, he would be glad if the
Magistrate would take the trouble to examine the diet table
of the workhouse.
Mr. HALL said he had done so, and he was quite sure that
no ground of complaint could be found with respect to it.
The prisoners were then discharged with a caution.
Thursday, John Horne, a young man engaged as money-
taker at Drury-lane Theatre, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Jardine, charged with embezzling various sums of money
received by him for and on account of Mr. Alfred Bunn, the
lessee, his employer.
Samuel Spencer, who had been engaged for three months
in the theatre ascheektaker, stated that he knew the prisoner,
who had been in the capacity of moneytaker for the last two
months. On the 15th inst., when he was passing the pri-
soner's box leading to the gallery, he addressed him and said,
" We may as well make a shilling or two to get a glass of
grog," which witness understood was to keep back a portion
of the money taken at the doors, but he replied he would
have nothing to do with it, and passed on to his check-gate.
A few minutes before the house opened he came to the box
in which witness was sitting, and said he would send him up
four large round checks, which were used for half-price, and
which he was to keep in his pocket, but the witness refused
again to have anything to do with them. and the prisoner
went away, a third person having come up at the time. The
next night, being stationed in the same gallery, the
prisoner again invited him to take some checks, but he
refused, saying, he could not think of committing a breach
of confidence, and on the following Monday morning
having communicated the circumstance to Mr. Parsons, the
box book-keeper, he received directions how to act in future,
and being again stationed at the gallery door, as the prisoner
passed, he said he wished he could bring him to his senses,
and upon witness asking "Do you think it's all right ?" the
prisoner said, " I think it is," and then he assented to the
proposal. The prisoner then told him he would send him
up some round checks after the run of admission was over,
at the same time directing him to put them into his pocket,
as he received them from persons passing into the theatre,
and give them to him. Before the half-price commenced
on that night twenty checks were presented by persons
who bad paid the prisoner, and witness put them into his
pocket instead of the check-box, which was kept locked,
and at the conclusion of the performance he gave them to
the prisoner, who said it was all right, at the same time
handing him 10s. wrapped up in a piece of paper, which
was half the price of the cheeks. The next night the same
scheme was pursued, witness receiving 10s. as his share—and,
having gone to drink together, witness asked him if a similar