The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1844.

road, on Saturday evening, when the prisoner told
him he was wholly mistaken in the man, for he had
no wife, but a friend of the prisoner shortly after came
up and addressed him, when the prisoner acknow-
ledged that he was a widower, and that more than
two years ago he had abandoned his three children,
without any one to look after them, in a parish in
Kent, and that they had been carried to the Maid-
stone union-house, where they they now were. Hol-
land said the authorities of the union were so exaspe-
rated at the prisoner's conduct, that they had offered
a reward for his apprehension. The prisoner had
also acknowledged, that though he had married his
wife in the name of Stevens, that was a false name.
The prisoner, in defence, attempted to take advan-
tage of this circumstance, and contended, on that
ground, that the marriage was invalid.
Mr. BROUGHTON, however, told him that he was
wholly mistaken in this, for as the wife had never
known him by any other name than that of Stevens,
he could not be allowed to take advantage of his own
wrong, and he could assure him that the marriage
was perfectly valid. He did not consider that he
should be doing his duty, under such aggravated cir-
cumstances, if he did not sentence the prisoner to a
month's imprisonment in the House of Correction,
with hard labour, as a rogue and vagabond; and
Holland must give the parish authorities in the coun-
try notice of his apprehension, that he might be also
prosecuted by them for abandoning his children.
LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday Saul Fichell, a German Jew, was placed
before Mr. Norton, the sitting Magistrate, charged
with robbing his employer, Mr. Adolphus Lipman,
outfitter, :80, Pearson's-street, Ratcliff-highway, of
one gold and nine silver watches, value 35/., under
the following heartless circumstances :
Mr. Lipman deposed that he had known the pri-
soner for two years, and as he was a foreigner and of
the same persuasion as himself (a Jew), and knowing
that he was in great distress, he did all he could to
assist him, and gave him occasional relief. He had
lost sight of the prisoner for a considerable time, and
about a fortnight ago he went in search of him, and
found him in a most pitiable plight in the Minories,
gaining a precarious subsistence by selling a few
trifling articles in the streets; the prisoner was clothed
in rags, and nearly half starved. In answer to some
questions put to him by Mr. Lipman, the prisoner
said he was dreadfully ill, and had just come out of
the Jews' Hospital, Mile-end. The prosecutor told
the prisoner that if he would promise to be a faithful,
honest, and industrious servant he would take him
into his employ, as he had just parted with his shop-
man, and would give him board arid lodging and ss.
per week ; and if he served him (the prosecutor)
faithfully, he should never want a friend as long as he
lived. The prisoner was then taken home by Mr.
Lipman, and clothed from head to foot; the prosecu-
tor also gave him a small gratuity in money, and
made the prisoner a present of half a dozen new
shirts, giving him, at the same time, the most nourish-
ing food. This benevolent Jew, it would seem, had
really acted the part of the good Samaritan towards
the prisoner, who, before he had been in his master's
service twelve-days, robbed him of the watches in
question.
John Bray, a policeman of the H division, said
that, in consequence of information received at the
station-house, he apprehended the prisoner adjoining
the Shoreditch station, while asking for the Brighton
Railway. On searching bias he found the property
now produced—viz., six silver watches and one gold
one, which the prosecutor identified ; he afterwards
ascertained that one of the watches had been sold
for 7s. 61., in Rosemary-lane, which he also now
produced.
The prisoner owned having taken the watches, and
said he was instigated to it by a person, who was a
notorious coiner in Rosemary-lane, who told him he
had now a good opportunity to rob his master, and
said that they could both easily escape to Brighton,
where they could go by railway, and cross over to the
Continent without being discovered.
The MAGISTRATE asked the prisoner if he was will-
ing to give the name and description of this person to
the police ?—The prisoner said he was willing to do so.
Mr. NoaroN said he was a most ungrateful fellow,
and remanded the prisoner to afford time to appre-
hend his accomplice.