The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-15 00:00:00

ASSIZE rNTELLIGENCE.

IVES TE ILN el RC,lll:l.—Denises, August 13.
(Before Mr. Justice ER LE. )
STABBING,—John Looker was indicted for maliciously cut-
ing and wounding Thomas Evergay, at Cricklade, in this

county, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
There was also a count charging him with committing the act
to prevent his lawful apprehension.
From the evidence it appeared that on the night of the 15th
of May, Evergay, Bleu was a superintendent of polite, was
going his rounds, and saw the prisoner lying on the ground in
one of the streets, asleep ; this was at about one o'clock in the
morning, and another policeman, of the name of Gerrard,
coming up, the prisoner was made to get up, and he walked
away. Shortly after this, Gerrard attempted to take another
man into custody, on suspicion of having committed a felony,
and a scuffle took place between them, during which Evergay
( who was going his rounds in the neighbourhood) came up and
went to his assistance. Just at this time the prisoner Looker also
came up, and Evergay observing something in his (Looker's)
hand, asked him if it was a stone. He made no answer, but
immethate!y rushed upon Evergay and stabbed him in the
hand with a knife, cutting him very severely. Other policemen
coming up, the prisoner was taken into custody. On being
asked =a hat he had done with the knife, he said he had dropped
it, and on search being made, an open clasp knife, with blood
on it, was found near the spot where the scuffle took place.
The case for the prosecution having closed, counsel addressed
the jury for the defence, commenting on the extravagant na-
ture of the charge, and the apparent want of motive in the
prisoner to commit the crime charged.
Mr. Justice ERLE having summed up, the jury found the
i.rsoner guilty of a common assault only, and he was sen-

tenved to two year,' imprisonment with hard labour.
WOUNDING WITH A SCYTHE.— Thomas Hobgood was in-
dicted for maliciously cutting. and wounding John Vines, on
the 19th of July, at Anon Keynes, with intent to kill or mur-
de•r him. There was a secondcount, charging him with intent

to do him some grievous bodily harm.
From the evidence it appeared that a cow belonging to the
prisorer had strayed nn some land of Vines's, upon which Vines
drove it into his yard, and impounded it there. Shortly after
this the prisoner's wife, having found that the cow was im-
pounded at Vines's, came there and asked to have the cow
given up to her, which was refused by Vines, unless she paid
a shilling for the damage the cow was alleged to have done.
The prisoner's wife refused to do this, and went away, and as
"he was going home, met her husband returning from mowing,
with his scythe on his shoulder. She immediately informed
him what had occurred ; upon which he went to Vines, and
insisted upon having his cow delivered up to him. Vines,
however, still refused to give up the cow, unless one shilling
was paid him. A slight scuffle ensued between him and the
prisoner, when the prisoner struck at Vines twice with his
scythe (in the language of the witness, " as if he was chopping
off a dock-leaf"), and inflicted two very severe wounds on
his arm.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to
be transported for ten years.
There being only three causes entered for trial, two only of
which were tried, the civil business finished early yesterday,
and Air. Baron Platt, pro tern., was engaged all day in try-
ing prisoners in the Nisi Prius ourt. This evening Mr. Jus-
tice Erie and Mr. Baron Platt dine with the Marquis of
Lansdowne, at his seat at Bowood. The High Sheriff ( Wade
Brown, Esq. ) and the leaders of the circuit are invited to meet
them.

ihe Grand Jury having (much against the general ex-
pectation) found a true bill against a man named Woolmore,
for the murder of his wife, the case is to be taken to-morrow
morning.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 14.
The Commission for holding these assizes was opened in the
usual form in the Crown Court yesterday, immediately after
the arrival of the Judges, Mr. Baron Rolfe and Mr. Justice
Cresswell, from Lancaster. Their Lordships attended Divine
service at St. George's Church after the opening of the com-
mission.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY
MANS/oN.
HO USE.
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robbed Richard Waller, an interpreter. ge
The complainant, it appeared, was spoken to by the
pr-oner —fine of those who units the avocations
of thief
an pr,st,tute—on London-brill;
e, and consented to
treat her to a glass of wine. While they were standino
at the 'oar the prisoner said she would just try if anyone
w:is in .the parlour, and quitted the complainant,
who
su.yected froth her long al-ecence that she had robbed
hitn, and upon searching his pockets lotted that his purse
ami its contents were Bowie, and that an old purse, eon_
ta jinni; couno rfett eoin. was substituted.
After a strict examination of the evidence, the LORD
MAYOR saw no chance of a conviction for the robbery,
and sentenced the prisoner to pay a penalty of 205., or
to he imprisoned fourteen days.
l'he prisoner paid the fine, and departed to all appear-
ance well satisfied with the result. Several well-dressed
thieves were waiting for her.
A young woman, who had refused to mention her
name at the station-house, was brought up, charged with
having contemplated self-destruction. She was respecta-
bly dressed, and was evidently superior to the ordinary
class of street-walkers.
The Lour, MAYOR—cell me your name. Defendant
—L me see—'tis Whitby—aye, Mary Whitby.
A policeman said that, as he was on duty on London-
bridge, he saw the young woman leaning upon the para-
pet, and a gentleman told him that she had her hands
clasped, and was saying her prayers, which he guessed
was preparing for seine desperate act upon herself.
Upon being spoken to, she said, with
unconcern, that
she was going to Shoreditch, but she unwilling
to
appeared unwilling
to make any further communication.

The LORD MAYOR—WeiI, defendant, what account do
you give of yourself ? Detendant—l have nothing par-
ticular to say. As to saying my prayers, that's all out of
the question, fur I know nothing of prayers. I never
had any to say.
The LORD MAYOR—What ! never said a prayer ?
Defendant—Never.

The LORD MAYOR—Where do you live ? Defendant
—ln several plac<-s. Here and there and every where.
The LORD MAYOR—How do you maintain yourself ?
Defendant—Why, by prostitution.
The LORD MAYOR—Prostitution! Defendant—Yes,
by prostitution.
The LORD MAYOR—How old are you ? Defendant
—Seventeen—l was seventeen last Monday.
The LORD MAYOR—And how long have you been
living in this dreadful way ? Defendant—Oh, I don't
exactly know.
The LORD MAYOR—A year ? Defendant—Yes, more
than that.
The LORD MAYOR—Two years ? Defendant—Aye,
more than that.
The LORD MAYOR—From whence do you come ?
Defendant—Fp.m Barnet last.

The LORD AlAron—Where are your friend. ? De-
fendant—Friend, ! I have no friends : my father and
mother and ail arc dead, except an aunt.
His Lordship remanled the unfortunate creature for
some days, and directed that she should be visited by the
medical attendant and chaplain of the prison.
WORSHIP-STREP,T.

DISAPPOINTED LOVE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —Yes-
terday Elizabeth Birmingham, a go,d-looking servant-girl,
was brought before Mr. Nolham, the sitting Magistrate,

upon a charge of attempting to destroy oerselt by poison.
Mr. Cochrane, a tradesman in the Cambridge-road, Beth-
nal-green, said the prisoner was in his service, and a very well-
disposed young person, but she had been courted by a young
man, from whom she had lately received a letter, telling her
that he should break off the acquaintat:ce with her; and in
consequence of this she bought a quantity of laudanum for
the purpose of poisoning herself. The witness, however,
found her very sick, and discovering what she bad done, gave
her in charge to the police.
A servant boy stated that he saw the prisoner take some-
thing out of a cup, but it made her sick, and he then saw her
pour the contents of a phial down the sink.
The phial was produced by a policemen, who said that on
the way to the Court the prisoner told him that she did pur-
chase some laudanum, but she only tasted a little of it, for it
immediately made her ill, and she threw the rest away.
The prisoner, who wept, and appeared dejected, said she
was now very sorry for what she had done, and would never
do so again.
Her master, who seemed to feel much interested in her wel-
fare, said she came from Petworth, in Sussex, and he would
gladly bear the expense of conveying her to her mother there.
'the prisoner, however, expressed reluctance to return home
to her mother, and said she would rather remain till she could
get a fresh service.
Mr. BINGHAM said he would send her to be taken care of at
the Bethnal-green workhouse for the present.
IMPUDENT ROBBEKY.—A young fellow, named Robert
Benning, was brought up for re-examination on a charge of
stealing upwards oi el. in the shop of a tradesman, named By-
fori, in Church-street, Bethnal-green.
Mrs. Byford w ,s in her parlour last Friday afternoon when
she saw the prisoner in the shop, with his hat and handkerchief
in one hand and a wooden bowl in the other, and having placed
the wooden bowl in his hat, he covered it with his harnikei chief
put his 11:0 hi:, head. The money-drawer was partly
op-n, and the complainant in,tintly discovered that a woolen
bowl, containing
.t 4. in silver, had been stolen, hut before she

could get past the counter the prisoner had made off. she,
however, caught aglimpzeot him running round the corrn.r

f the street, and Mr.. Wragg, a butcher, living opposite,
w'nt in pursuit on learning w hat bad occurred.
The prisoner waa traced to a cellar in Shackle-
well.street, the owner of which procured a light and
a search was !instituted. The wooden bowl was then found
empty, but the thief had made his way through a thin partition
to an adjoining cellar and escaped. but a black frock-coat and
hat were left there. These were identified by the complainant
as having been worn in her shop by the robber, and the pri-
soner being afterwards apprehended without coat and hat. She
picked him out also from several others amongst whom he was
placed in the station-house.—The prisoner was committed.
CLERKE A. WELL.
ROBBING CHlLDREN.—Yesterday Elizabeth Malloy was
finally examined, charged with robbing numerous children of
their clothes, &c.
The prisoner, it appeared, was in the habit of stopping
children who had been sent on errands, and under pretence of
rewarding them, would entice them into by places, where she
robbed them.--Several charges were substantiated against her,
and she was committed for trial.
DARING OUTRAGE.—.Tames Burgess and Sarah Burgess
(brother and sister), Henry Bull, and Sarah, his wife, were
charged by James Thorne, of Prospect-place, Islington, with
the following daring outrage and assault :--
The complainant appeared in court upon crutches, in come-
optence of the injury he had received, and he was in a weakly
state.

From the evidence, ;it appeared that complainant and his
wife were not. on the most comfortable terms, and he had
threatened to separate from her. The defendants, who!were
- .

related to her, came to his house on Monday night week during
his absence, and took possession of his parlour, where they
commenced smoking and drinking. On his return home he
was immediately accosted by Henry Bull in reference to his
domestic affairs, and asked why he had dared to call his mother-
in-law an " old -." The witness ordered them out of his
house, on which he was seized and knocked down by Bull, who
beat him shockingly, whilst the female defendants held him
down, and pulled his hair, calling out " butcher " him, and
during the time the male defendant Burgess, stood with his
back against the door. Witness felt his life to be in danger,
and he called out " Murder," but they endeavoured to stifle his
cries. After maltreating him for a considerable time, he, by a
desperate effort, made his escape from them, and rushed to the
back part of the house, and leaped out of a window, by which
his leg was so much injured that he had been ever since under
the care of a surgeon.
He called several witnesses, who proved that they heard

cries of murder from complainant, and stifled noises as some
one was being suffocated, and they went for the police, who
took Henry Bull to the station-house, where Mr. Thorne pre-
ferred a charge of attempted murder against him, but he
(Mr. Thorne) was told to apply for a warrant against him and
the other party, and Bull was liberated.
Phelan, 212 N, who took Bull to the station-house, said

he saw no marks of violence or blood on Mr. Thorne at the
time. The- prisoners had •no witnesses. Their defence was
that they went to the house without ill feeling to remonstrate
with Mr. Thorne, who had threatened to turn his wife out.
Mr. GREENWOOD said it was a very bad case, and inquired
whether Mr. Thorne wished to put the law in force against
them? Mr. Thorne—l do ;Igo in fear of my life ; I require
protection.
Mr. GREEN WOOD fined Henry Bull 21. 10s., or one month's
imprisonment, and the other prisoners 10s. each, or seven
days in default of payment.
They paid the money, and were liberated.
dl ARYL E BO N E.
NOVEL " PERFORMANCE" AT MADAME ALBERTAZZI'S
RESlDENCE.—Yesterday, two summonses, which had been
placed in the hands of Hooker, the officer, came on for hear-
ing before the .sitting imagi.or'ate, Mr. Rawlinson, the defen-
dants in each case being in the service of Madame Albertazzi,
whose residence is _at No. 22, Park-road, Regent's-park.
Mr. Ward, a solicitor, attended on the part of the com-
plainant.
Toe first case called on was that against Mary Covell, we,-
nurse to Madame Albertazzi's child, and' Vlho carried in her
arms a very beautiful infant.

Mary Nye, a married woman, deposed that she is lodging at
24, Charles-street, Hampstead-road, and that she had been
cook to Madame; on the 19th ult. defendant insulted her
mast grossly, and struck her on the arm with a broom, and
attar some time Madame Albertazzi separated them. Com-
plainant added, that in consequence of the alarm into which
she wes thrown, she was ill the whole of the same night,
and on the next morning, she gave birth prematurely to
a child.

Madame Albertazzi, who had been summoned at the instance
of the solicitor, was here called and sworn.
Mr. RAwLINSON—What do you know about this affair,
Madame? Madame Albertazzi—All that I know, is, Sir,
that on my going down stairs, upon hearing a disturbance, I
found each lighting the other.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Then it was a sort of "battle royal ?"
Madame Albertazzi—Yes, Sir, I think it was.

Mr. RAWLINSON—From what you saw, Madame, can you
form any opinion as to which was in the wrong ? Madame
Albertazzi —lndeed I cannot, Sir. _ _

Mr. RARLINSON—Did you see any striking with a broom ?
Madame Albertazzi—There was nothing of the kind, Sir, I
assure you.
Mr. Davis, surgeon, 66, Stanhope-street, Mornington-cres-
cent, said that on the 20th of July he put complainant to
bed with an eight months' child.
In reply to questions from the magistrate and the solicitor,
Mr. Davis said he could not state that the premature labour
was caused by any violence inflicted upon complainant. Vio-
lence would, however, certainly have been likely to produce the
result alluded to.

Mr. RAwr.iNsoN (to defendant)—What is your answer to
this? Defendant (hastily )—I am Madame Albertazzi's wet-
nurse, and when I went into the kitchen I asked the cook to
let me have the use of the fire, as I wanted to iron baby's frock.
upon which she haw-haw-ed at me, and refused, and then she
called we a—, and told me to go up stairs. I made the
remark that if she called me the like again I would knock her
down, and on her repeating the expression, we struck one
another.

Defendant called Rose Riego, the lady's maid. She cou:d
not =ay who began the fight.
The evidence in the first case having been finished, Rose
Riego was charged by Mary Nye.
Complainant stated that on the previous morning she went
to Madame Albertson's, with Mr. Ward, the solicitor, when
defendant rushed violently at her and pushed her out of the
place.
Mr. Ward said that he with complainant called upon
Madame Albertazzi, agreeably to an appointment which she
had made, in order that she might pay the wages due, but she
set forth that it was not convenient fur her to pay the money.
Defendant called complainant an old d—l, an old b—, and an
old —, and struck her violently. Some friends of Madame
Albertazzi's interfered, and prevented any further assault from
being committed.
Defendant called Madame Albertazzi, who denied that the
defendant had struck any blow.
Both the assault summonses were dismissed, and the com-
plaining party was told that she might go to the sessions if she
thought proper.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.-Yesterday, Emily Leviere, a girl
about twelve years of age, was charged with the following
robbery :
James Goulder, assistant to Mr. Bewer. pawnbroker, Mun-
ster-square, Regent's-park, depsed that he and others, for
security of valuable property on the premises, slept in the
shop, and that on the same morning, at an early hour, when
he awoke, he disovered his clothes, which he had laid upon a
chair, in disorder. He examined his pockets, and missed there-
from a handkerchief, half a sovereign, ar.d some coppers, and
on looking round the shop, found the prisoner secreted in one
of the customers' boxes, in which she must have concealed
herself prior to the closing of the shop on the previous night.
He called a constable and gave her into custody.
Williams. 285 said that on the way to the station-house
the prisoner dropped from her person a handkerchief, contain-
ing,the money of which the prosecutor had b.fen
She was committed for trial.

A letter from St. Petershurgh states that the Mi-
nister of Finance has published an order, which, in virtue of a
ukase published on the 4th ult., calls in all platina money, and
appoints offices in the departments where it can be exchanged
for gold and silver. All platina money is to be withdrawn
from circulation within six mortths from July 25.
ELY.—EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS .
—A correspondent
write :--4, All is life and bustle now-a-days ; in the railroad
interest we have coach after coach ; we have two coaches from
Lynn, one from Peterborough, one from Soham twice a day,
two omnibuses from Newmarket daily, and a town omnibus
which attends every train. Some few weeks since we thought
it a miracle to see a coach once a day; now we have much to
de to avoid being run ever by them, so much is the good city of
Ely improved...au* Post.

C.. ~s

THE ROBBERY BY CUSTOM-
TIOU:,E OFFICERS.

At the Thames Police-court yesterday the parties charged
with purloining five watches from a case in the West India
Dock, on the 23d of June, 184'2, and Henry Osborne, for re-
ceiving the propeity, knowing it to be stolen, were brought
before Mr. Broderip, for final examination. The Court was
crowded to excess with persons connected with the Customs
department and the Dock Companies, and the knowledge that
other robberies of a similar description had been committed,
and that 1,000 sovereigns had been stolen from a box on its
way from a merchant's counting-house to the ship
Stag, bound to Calcutta, which must have been effected
by the connivance of some persons, connected with the
Customs, gave additional interest to the proceedings.
Soon after twelve o'clock, William Stickland, the pro-
prietor of the Wheatsheaf public-house, in Anthony-
street, St. George's-in-the-East, who, at the time of the
robbery, was in the employ of the Crown as a Custom-house
officer, and Edward Lewis and William Bonham, Custom-house
weighers, together with Henry Osborne, landlord of the large
public-house called the Crooked Billet, No. 1, King-street,
Tower-hill, were put to the bar, the three first charged with
stealing one gold and four silver watches, the property of
.lies-re. Savory and Son, Cornhili, and Osborne with receiving
the property, knowing it to he busier,.
Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and Mr. Walford, solicitor of
Customs, prosecuted on brhalf of the Crown, and the following
legal gentleman were retained for the defence :—Mr. Wylde
(with Mr. Clarke, solicitor), for Stickland ; Mr. Pigott (with
Mr. Taylor), for Osborne; and Mr. Huddlestone (with Mr.
Williams), for Lewis and Bonham.
For the better understanding of the proceedings yesterday,
it may be necessary to give a short summary of the evidence
adduced on the part of the Crown on the last occasion. On
the 23d of June, 1842, a case, containing clocks and watches,
wa. forwarded to No. 1 warehouse in the West India Dock for
exportation, from Messrs. Savory's. The case was a double
one, the inner being of tin, soldered, and the outer of wood,
screwed down, and the watches were deposited under the clocks
in the inner case. It was opened in the shed, in the presence
of the prisoners Bonham, Lewis, and Stickland, and another
Custom-house weigher, named Henry Richard Turner (who
has been admitted as evidence for the Crown), for the purpose
of ascertaining the nature of the property. Two of 3lessrs.
Si vory's clerks were present atthe examination, and when it had
concluded, the cases were again soldered anti screwed down, and
left in charge of the Customs. After the depar ure of Messrs.
Savory's clerks, it was stated that the prisoners Bonham,
Lewis, and Stickland, and the accomplice Turner, broke open
the cases, purloined the watches, and, after a fruitlesa attempt
to dispose of them to a Jew, named Moss, they were entrusted
to Stickland to sell, and he afterwards reported to his confede-
rates that he had obtained 20/. for them, and gave each of them
5/., reserving the same amount for himself. More than twelve
months elapsed before the robbery was discovered, when Messrs.
Savory received a communication from their correspondent in
the West Indies that the case had been plundered of the watches,
and that only the clocks had arrived. Messrs. Savory had to
make good the loss. Strict inquiries were made, anti a reward
of 50/. was offered, but without success, and it was not until
ii rely that a clue was obtained to the thieves and the receiver.
On Friday last, Inspector Haynes, of the detective force, went
to Osborne's house with a search warrant, and in the course of
a long conversation he had will him, he admitted that he
bought five watches of a man he did not know, and whom
he never saw before about three years ago, when he
kept the Lamb in Lamb's Conduit-street, and delivered
to the inspector a gold watch with his wife's
initials engraved upon it, and a silver watch which bore his
own initials, and said he sold one of the watches to Mr. Yeo-
man, a job master, in Guildford-street, Russell--quare, who
produced it at the last examination, and another to Mr. Taylor,
his solicitor, but he could not r,wollect what he had done
the fifth. The two watches received from the prisoner,
and the one produced, were identified by Messrs. Savory's
clerks, and the numbers upon them tallied with the numbers
inc.rted in Messrs. Savory's books. It was not shown that
ere was any connexion bet eeen Osborne and the Custom-
house officers, further that, what was deposed to by the ae-
celoplice, who said that about the time o 1 the robbery hobeard
Stickland mention Osborne's name. It was aho stated by
ll:lints, that when he apprehended Stickland at the Wheat-
sheaf, he directed his wife to send for Mr. Osborne to look
atter his cellars.
Yesterday Mr. Ballantine -aid he had further evidence to
show that Stickland, Bonham, Lewis, anti Turner had access
to the shed and the case, and were employed in the West
India Doek on the day in question, June '23, 1842.
Mr. John Robinson, clerk to Mr. Savory, who was examined
on the last occasion, was again called, and proved that a packet
of watches for exportation were delivered by him to Mr. Faris,
another clerk, who saw the cases delivered in the West India
Dock.
Mr. Henry Webster, a watch and clock maker, stated that
on the 4th of September, 1842, Mr. Osborne brought him
two silver watches, and directed him to engrave upon one the
initials " H. 0." (the prisoner's own), and upen the other
"J. G.," and he did so. In the course of the following
October the prisoner brought to him a gold watch and directed
him to engrave Mrs. Osborne's initials upon it. The pri-
soner, at the same time, asked his opinion of the value of the
watches, and he valued the silver watches at 61. each, and the
gold one at 121. The prisoner said he was going to buy the
watches of a friend who was in want of money, or that he had
bought them.
Mr. William Skinner, an appointer of weighers in the Cus-
toms' Department, was examined at considerable length, and
he stated that Bonham, Lewis, Stickland and Turner were em.
ployed in the West India Dock on the 23d of June, 1842.
Their names were ticketed off as they answered to them in a
book which he produced. He also produced an appearance-
sheet for the same day, with the signatures of the prisoners and
the accomplice upon it. The four men were employed as ship-
ping officers, and they would be in No. 1 shed to examine the
packages and their contents.
William Laycock said he was an apprentice to Mr. Wales,
unman and brazier, in June, 1842, and recollected soldering a
tin case containing clocks and watches, in the West India
Dock. He recollected Stickland was there, and he believed
Bonham was also there, but he could not speak with certainty
of him. He recollected Stickland sending him upon an errand
to inquire after some shrimps. He at first refused to go but
Stickland earnestly pressed him to do so, and promised him a
jolly good glass of brandy-and-water on his return. He at last
consented to go en the errand, and, instead of shrimps, brought
back some whitebait.—(Laughter.) When he returned with
the shrimps—he meant the whitebait—Stickland and others
were in No. I shed, close to the case, drinking brandy-and-
water.

I►► answer to questions by Mr. Broderip, the witness said he
opened the case and soldered it down again. His business was
always in No. I shed, except en one or two occasions. [Tur-
ner, the approver, was here put forward.] Witness said he
recollected him very well indeed. He was in the shed at the
time. He was sent for the shrimps after he had soldered the
case.

Mr. John Taylor, solicitor, was called, and stated that he
bought a silver watch of his client (Osborne) in the autumn
of 1842, and gave him four pounds or four guineas for it. He
did not pay Osborne any money, but took it in part payment
of a debt fur professional services.
The watch was handed to Messrs. Savory's clerk, who iden-
tified it as one of those stolen from the case, and it was given
into the charge of Inspector Haynes.
Joseph Moss, an elderly Jew, was then sworn. His evidence
created a great sensation, and was often interrupted by the
laughter of the auditory, who were much amused, as well as
disgusted, with his odd manners, and his flippancy. He said
he was a general dealer, and lived at 3, Elizabeth-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, and dealt in anything and everything.
—( Laughter.) He did not know any of the prisoners, but he
might have seen them.
Mr. Rallantine—Will you swear that ysu never saw any of—
Moss, hastily—l will swear it.
Mr. Braderip—Don't answer so hastily. sir.
Moss—l might and I might mot have seen them.
Mr. Ballantine—Have you ever seen them or not? Moss—
I don't know, Sir • swear it.
Mr. Broderip admonished the witness, and told him to recol-
lect he was on his oath. Did he mean to swear, on his solemn
oath, that he had never seen any of the prisoners? Moss—
Yes, Sir.

Mr. Broderip—Am I to understand distinctly that you never
saw the prisoners? Moss—Perhaps 1 have seen them.
Mr. Broderip—Have yon seen any of them within twelve
months, or two years, or three years? Moss—l may or I may
not. What do you press me for ? I don't know.—( Laughter. )
Mr. Ballantine—Can you recollect having seen them in June,
1842, or about that time ? Moss—l don't keep dates.
Mr. Ballantine—l want an answer, yes or no.
Moss—l had no books in 1842.
Mr. Ballantine—Are you in a large way of business ? Moss
—No; and I keep no books about watches, or anything else.
Mr. Ballantine—l have not said a word about watches, Mr.
Moss. You have anticipated me.

Mr. Broderip was about to ask the witness a question about
his " general dealings," and he anticipated it by answering
that he was a respectable general dealer.—(Laughter. )
11r. Broderip—You can't look into my mind, and if you
answer in that way I cannot believe a word you say. How
long have you been a general dealer? Moss—Twenty years,
your Worship, upon my word.
Mr. Broderip—And you have never kept any books? Moss
—None at all—not one, Sir—none.

Mr. Ballantine—Did anybody call upon you in 1842 about
some watches ? Mess—l don't recollect.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you ever go to the West India Docks
to inspect any watches ? Moss—l did see watches.
Mr. Ballantine—Where did you go to see the watches ?
Moss—Where did I go to?
Mr. Ballintine—Yes. Moss—You ask where Igo to see
them?

Mr. Ballantine—Yes; now answer the question. Moss—
I did not go to see there, they were brought to me.
Mr. Ballantine—By whom, Sir ? Moss—By neither of
these men (looking at the prisoners).
Mr. Ballantine—Who brought you the watches? Moss—
Turner, the accomplice, brought the watches to my house.
(This answer caused a great sensation in court, Turner having
sworn on the last occasion, that Stickland took the watches to
Moss's house.)
Mr. Ballantine—Will you swear that Turner brought the
watches to your house? Moss—Will I swear it? Yes. He
called upon me, and asked me if I would buy them at a price.
Iloffered hien 181., I think, for five watches—one gold and four
silver.

Mr. Ballantine—Do watches come within the meaning of
the term " general dealer ?" Moss—Yes. and diamonds too.
Mr. Ballantine—And jewels? Moss—Yes, and jewels and
money, anything—all general dealing.—( Roars of laughter. )
Mr. Ballanline—The watches were left with you ? Moss
—Yes.

Mr. Ballantine—Did you return them ? Moss—Yes.
, Mr. Ballantine—Return them to whom? Mo=s—To Mr.
Turner. He came to me and demanded them, and I never
saw them afterwards.
Mr. Ballantine—Do you mean to persist that you never saw
any one but Turner abinit those watches? Moss—Yes, I do.
I ha, e been acquainted with M. Turner before.
Mr. Ballantine—Have you ever been at the West India
Dock, Mr. Moss? Moss—Frequently.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you go there about June, 1842?
Moss —I mean to swear that I was not there six months be-
fore or after that time.
Mr. Ballantine—Now look at the prisoners (the Magistrate
directed them to put on their hats), and tell me whether you
ever saw them before or not
:Moss—They never came to my
house at all.
,Ir. Ballantine--Did
you ever see them? you understand
me. Moss—Well, then, I never saw one of them before;
that's coming to the point at once.—( Laughter.) They have
not come to my house, and therefore I can't know them.
Mr. Broderip—Did you ever have any communication with
the prisoners about the watches ? Moss—Never.
Mr. Broderip—And never went to the West India Dock?
Moss—Not for six months before or afterwards.
Mr. Ballantine said he could not carry the case any farther,
and submitted that there was ample evidence to justify the
magistrate, and that it was necessary for the ends of justice,
that Moss should be compelled to find bail fer his appearance
at the sessions. Unless Moss was compelled to enter into
sureties there was no certainty of his appearing at the ses-
sions, and if he did not find bail he ought to be detained in
custody.
Moss—No, no, I'm not a receiver, but an honest man.
Mr. Broderip said that Moss was very hasty, and desired him
to stand down. He certainly felt it to be his bounden duty to
order Moss to enter into sureties for his appearance at the
sessions, and unless he did so, he would have to remain in
custody.
Moss—Will your Worship answer me a question ?
Mr. Broderip—Stand down, Sir. I don't sit here to answer
questions. If you do not find bail, I shall commit you!

Moss was then taken into austody by the gaoler till he could
find sureties.

Mr. Piggott, on behalf of Osborne, applied to the Magistrate
to take bail. Osborne was a man of substance awl good re-
putation, and up to the present time there had not been a
blemish upon his character.
Mr. Wilde made the same application on behalf of Stickland.

Mr. Ballantine said that no bail would ever satisfy him that
the prisoners would ever appear and take their trial, and as the
sessions would commence on Monday neat, there was the less
.necessity for admitting the prisoners to bail.
The prisoners were then committed, and were sent away in
the van after a number of their friends had received permission
to visit them.