The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—Yesterday Richard Elliot,
described as a tobacconist, and Richard Vincent, an om-
nibus driver, were brought up for final examination,
charged with being concerned in breaking into the
dwelling-house of Mr. Cox, a clerical robe-maker, 29,
Southampton-street, Strand, on the night of the 24th
of December, and stealing several pieces of silk, and
other articles, amounting to nearly 2004
It may be necessary to state, that information being
given of the circumstance, the officers of the detective
force discovered that the prisoners had disposed of a
piece of silk, consisting of seventeen yards, for 14 ss. Gd.,
to Mrs. Dismore, the landlady of the King's Arms public-
house, in the Coal-yard, Drury-lane, who was unable to
identify the prisoners, but they being subsequently ap-
prehended in Paddington, the remainder of the property
was discovered in the house of Elliot, together with a
considerable quantity of other valuable property.
Inspector Shackle said, as a wrong impression was
made on the Court at the last examination, respecting
the public-house where the silk had been sold, he had
received a letter from the landlord, offering to produce
persons, who were in his house when the property was
disposed of, to speak to the identity of the prisoners.
Inspector Shackle said, he was bound to add that Mr.
Dismore gave every assistance in tracing out the parties
by whom the property had been sold, and he thought he
was entitled to such a statement.

Mr. JARDINE considered the matter required only to
be corrected, and, as the officers were satisfied with the
assistance they had received, it was sufficient to remove
any wrong impressions that might have been made at the
last examination.

James Bachelor, a coach-lace manufacturer, proved
that on Saturday, the 28th of December, about four
o'clock in the afternoon, being at the bar of the King's
Arms for the purpose of getting change to pay his iren,
he saw two men enter, one of whom was Elliot, with a
parcel under his arm, and on asking the landlady if she
would purchase a piece of silk, seventeen yards, she re-
plied she did not require so much to make a dress. He
then said he had taken it for a bad debt, allowing 3s per
yard for it, but he would take Is. 6d. a yard for it, upon
which she gave 11. 55. 6d., and placed the parcel under
the counter.

Mr. Robinson applied for bail to be taken for Vincent,
as he had heretofore held an irreproachable character,
and the officer could bring no other charge.
Mr. JARDINE agreed to accept of bail, himself in the
sum of 1001. and sureties in 501. each, to answer the
charge at the Central Criminal Com t, and the wit-
nesses being bound over, the prisoners were committed
for trial.

ROBBERY OF THE LEICESTER BANE.—The prisoner,
Elliot, was then charged with stealing the sum of
1,071/. 16s. 10d., the property of Messrs. Pares and Co.,
the Leicestershire Joint-Stock Banking Company.
Mr. Henry Thomas Hill, a clerk in the service of the
prosecutors, stated that on Wednesday, the 13th of Sep-
tember, 1843, he made up a parcel containing the sinister
of Bank of England, country notes and cheques, amount-
ing to 1,071/. 16s. 10d., which consisted of one
hundred and :forty-six Si. notes, and nine 101.
notes, with nine cheques, directing it to Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smith, of Lombard-street, London. Having
made up the parcel he sealed it, and took it to the book-
ing-office at the George Hotel, Leicester, where he deli-
vered it into the hands of Mr. Henry Ilacket, who was
then a clerk, for the purpose of having it forwarded to
London. The dexter halves of the notes he made up in
a letter, which he directed the same evennig in the
same manner, and put into the post-office. He did not
take the number of the notes, as it was not then the
custom, nor had he seen them since. Witness identified
the sinister half-note produced of the Bank of England
for Si., dated the 2d of Nov., 1842, No. T. 0. 26,785,
which passed through the Bank 9th of Sept. 1843 or
1844, but he could not tell which without referring to
the books; also the sinister half of another for Si., dated
2d Nov., 1841, No. S. P. 26,364, as having passed
through the bank on the I 1 th of Sept., but he could
not tell the year ; and a third for 5!., dated 16th of Feb.,
1842, No. S. A. 83,413, passing the bank on the 13th of
September.
In cross •examination, witness could not say the notes
were part of the parcel that had been made up and posted
in the manner described.

Inspector Haynes informed the Court that as Pares
and Co. had indemnified the Bank of England for the
loss, they declined to interfere in the prosecution. The
same objection had been made by the Midland, and the
London and Birmingham Companies, on the ground that
the parcel had not been lost by their servants ; and as
to Smith and Co., they considered the expense too great,
which obliged him to get the evidence in the best way
he could.