The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00


On Tuesday Richard May, potman at the Royal Oak'
Deptford-road, Rotherhithe, was placed at the bar 'be-
fore Mr. Jeremy, charged with obtaining money by
means of a false voucher, for wine sold by John James,
landlord of the above house, to a lady named Lainson,
residing in Millpond-row.
Mr. James, on being sworn, deposed that he ordered
the prisoner to deliver half•a-dozen of port wine at
Mrs. Lainson's house. but never authorised him to re-
ceive payment for either wine or spirits. The prisoner,
however, subsequently made out a bill in his (Mr.
James's) name, attaching his own receipt at the same
time, saying that he had paid for it at the bar.
Mrs. Alice Lainsoa deposed that she received the bill
from her servant, who said the prisoner was waiting for
payment. The bill was receipted, and if not paid th,
acknowledgment was to be torn off. Witness immedi-
ately paid the amount, 24s., to the prisoner. She had
also paid for wines ordered or the prisoner, and which
she supposed came from the Royal Oak. One parcel
of wine came in October, the other in November.
Mr. James said he believed the prisoner had ordered
wines and spirits from other houses, which had been de•
livered to the parties as coming from the Royal Oak,
the bills made out in his name, and payment made ac-
cordingly.
The prisoner was remanded to Maidstone Gaol.
WOOLWICH.

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Yesterday Henry Tyson, aged 22, and most respect.
ably-dressed, was brought up by Police-constable Glad-
win, 122 H, and placed at the bar for final examination,
on the charge of being an escaped felon from Castle
Ruthin Gaol, Isle of Man.
The former depositions having been read over, the
following additional evidence was adduced:—
Gladwin, 122 H, stated that on Sunday night he met
the !prisoner in High-street, loitering about, and think-
ing it suspicious he watched him some time, and then
asked the prisoner where he came from and what he was
doing. The prisoner tried to evade him, but finding he
could not, said he was very uneasy in his mind, and said,
" Tell me where a police-constable (the witness being in
plain clothes) is to be found, that I may give myself up,
for I am one of the escaped felons from the Isle of Man."
He said he was a police-constable, when the prisoner
said, " Take me, my mind is so uneasy I cannot rest."
He took him to the station-house. and found by the flue
and Cry that the prisoner exactly corresponded with the
description of one of the six that escaped on the 10th of
September last. He had since corresponded with Mr.
Inspector Bullion, of the police at Douglas, Isle of Man,
who confirmed the prisoner's confession.
Prisoner—As far as I can I will confess the whole
truth, it will be such a relief to my mind. I enlisted
into her Majesty's 6th Regiment of Foot, and rose
rapidly to tie a sergeant, when I and a private laid a
plan to rob the officers' quarters, and dill Sr) ; hut in
the act heard the cry of " thieves," and made our
escape and deserted. We were puzzled how to
change our military dress for plain clothes,
when we determined to break into a farm house, and
procure a change, which we did, and left the others be-
hind. We were, however. apprehended for the burglary.
and committed for trial on the 10th of August. Hughes,
on the 10th of September, liberated us from the cells,
when with an old patten- we forced open the gaol doors,
and got over a high wall, and made the hest of our way
down to the water-side, sad there found a pleasure yacht
belonging to a gentleman named Gawne, into which we
all got immediately and put out to sea, and were there
two nights and two days without bread or water :.nd al-
most famished with hunger. We landed on the Welsh
coast (our intention w as to have gone to Ireland, but
the stress of weather prevented us doing so), and then
stove in the vessel and scuttled her, that caused it to be
sunk. After landing here, we all separated, each taking
a different road, and he had neither seen or heard of
them since; but wandered about the country till ho came
to Woolwich, was questioned by the police-constable,
and he then determined to give himself up to justice at
once.

The Worthy MAGISTRATE said he must remand him
to Ruthin gaol to take his trial, and the officer was
therefore to take him in safe custody to that gaol,
where he would be dealt with according to law.