The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-12 00:00:00

" Civil Jack" has since been discovered, and denies
all lii,ovvledge of the matter. He is quite a poor
fellow, of good character, and no suspicion attaches to
him, further than the very questionable declaration of
the prisoner.
It should be stated that at the prisoner's house were
found fifty duplicates for gold rings and other articles of
value.
The prisoner denied any participation in the burglary,
and said he found tr,e base coin in the street.
He was remanded.

LAMBETH.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A RAILWAY POLICEMAN.
William ifoore, late a policeman on the South-Western
Railway, was charged before the Hon. G. C. Norton
with violating the person of Sarah Prevett.
Mr. Dalby, the:superintendent of policefon the South-
Western Railway, said that three weeks ago a repre-
sentation had been made to him by one of his sergeants
with respect to the misconduct of the prisoner towards
the young woman, which he felt it to be his duty to
place before the manager, and the result was, that the
prisoner was ultimately dismissed from his situation.
The Directors felt, from the prisoner having been em-
ployed by them to protect the public, his conduct had
been such that, in addition to his dismissal, they ought
to send him before a magistrate, and had instructed him
(Mr. Dalby) to state that should his Worship be of
opinion, after a full investigation of the circumstances,
that the case was one for prosecution, they would be
accountable for all the expenses.
The complainant, a rather pretty-looking young
woman, who gave her evidence with some reluctance,
upon being sworn, stated that on the day before (Wed-
nesday) three weeks, she obtained leave from her mistress
to visit her father and friends at Kingston, and had paid
her fare to go by the South-Western Railway. When
about to enter the train, the prisoner, who opened the
carriage-door for her, asked her where she was going,
and what time she should return, and she told him, and
said she would be back by the six o'clock train ; upon
which he said he should be on the look out for her. She
did not return so early as she intended, but on arriving
at the Nine Elms-Station she saw the prisoner. He ex-
pressed a great desire to see her home or part of the way
home, and she, at his request, waited in front of the
station for him until he had done duty for the night.
The prisoner and herself then proceeded as far as Tower-
hill, on her way to her mistress's, when Moore re-
quested she would go into some public-house with him,
that he might have an opportunity of taking down her
address, in order to write to her. She went into a public-
house with him, when they had a pint of ale, and where
he kept her till half-past eleven o'clock at night, though
her proper time to be home was ten o'clock. The
prisoner then told her it was no use her attempting
to go home that night, and said that if she accompanied
him to his lodgings in Battersea-fields, his land-
lady would procure her a bed for the night, and she could
get home on the following morning. Upon his promise
that a bed should be provided for her, she accompanied
the prisoner to Battersea, but on getting there he said
the people at his lodgings were all asleep, and there was
no use disturbing them. lie also said he knew of a house
in Battersea-fields, where they could sit until the coffee-
shops were opend in the morning, and not suspecting he
meant anything wrong, she went with him until they
reached a shed and some haycocks, and here for the first
time he commenced taking improper liberties with her. She
succeeded in defeating two attempts upon his part to vio•
late her person, but in his third attack he effected his pur-
p use. Her clothes and bonnet were much injured by
the muddy state of the field, but after cleaning them as
well as she could, she, on the Thursday morning, went
to the house of her mistress, said she had unfortunately
missed the train, and could not get to town on the night
before. Her mistress, however, refused to take her back,
and discharged her. She removed her boxes to the
house of her aunt and uncle, and on the same evening
went to the Nine Elms terminus to see the prisoner.
She spoke to a sergeant of the railway police, who
questioned her about her intimacy with the prisoner,
whom he represented to be a married man, and she told
him what had happened, and by his directions she went
before the superior officers of the railroad on the follow-
ing day. Upon being closely questioned by the Magis-
trate, the witness reluctantly admitted that, after coming
out of Battersea-fields, she had accompanied the prisoner
to his lodgings, and that there a repetition of the act took
place without her making any resistance; but added, that
this was in consequence of the prisoner making the most
solemn promise of marriage, and declaring he would
never forsake her.

Mr. Dalby here said, that upon being spoken to in the
first instance by the manager of the railway, the prisoner
had offered to marry the young woman, provided it was
found that she was respectable, and that her character
was good. The manager in consequence kindly insti-
tuted an inquiry, from which it appeared that the father
of the young woman was a very decent man, and had
been for some years in the service of the Woods and
Forests; and th,2 young woman herself was also found to
be a person of good character; but the prisoner, notwith..
standing, did everything to evade his promise.
Mr. NORTON observed, that the conduct of the pri-
soner was most disgraceful, and the case was a very
proper one for the directors of the railway to take up.
The prisoner was employed to protect the public, and
particularly those travelling by the railroad, and should
be the last to be guilty of such disgraceful conduct. The
prisoner was remaLded.

THA i'llE S.
COAL DITTY. —William Bramstone, master of the
Countess of Malmsbury, appeared to a summons charg-
ing him with having unladen a cargo of coals without
payment of the duty, whereby he forfeited a sum nut
exceeding 5Z
The City Solicitor supported the summons

and Mr

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. •
GUILDHALL.
George John Ford, a printer, was brought before Me.
Alderman Hunter, charged with arson.
Baker, the ward beadle of Cripplegate, stated, that on
Wednesday the Coroner of London called an inquest to
inquire into the cause of a fire which had recently oc-
curred in Braim's-buildings, Beech-street, Barbican, by
which two , houses were burnt ; and the prisoner was
given into his custody by the coroner, with directions to
bring him before the magistrate. The jury had found
a verdict that the prisoner had wilfully set fire to the
premises.
Mr. Alderman HUNTER asked if any one appeared to
prosecute him for the offence?
Baker said the witnesses were in attendance, and there
was a gentleman on behalf of the Imperial Fire-office.
The gentleman referred to rose,
.and said he attended
to watch the case, but he had not received any instruc •
tions to prosecute.
Mr. Alderman HUNTER asked the beadle if he had any
witnesses who had not been examined before the co-
roner ? Baker answered that he hael-not.
Mr. Alderman HUNTER said the case appeared to
have been sent before him by the courtesy of the Co-
roner of London, but as a warrant of commitment would
be issued by the coroner, and the witnesses had been
bound over to appear at the Central Criminal Court, it
was needless fur the magistrate to travel over the same
ground. His abstaining from doing so involved no
failure of justice, and he should allow the prisoner to
stand committed on the coroner's warrant.
The Coroner of London shortly afterwards reached
the office, and said he had heard from the beadle the
result of the proceedings, but he wished to explain to
the Magistrate the reason he had sent the case before
him. The prisoner had caused two houses to be burnt,
one of them being his own house. The burning of this
was a felony by the statute, but not by the common
law, and therefore he, as coroner, could take no cogni-
zance of that offence, and sent the matter before the
Magisti ate for inquiry. At the same time he must be
permitted to express his surprise that the solicitor for
the Imperial Fire-office had stated that he had no evi-
dence to offer, no instructions to prosecute. He expected
the fire-office would be the first to support a prosecution
and take care the ends of justice were secured, and he
was surprised to find the solicitor was not prepared to
say what course he would take. He had committed the
prisoner only fur burning the house next to his own,
which was an offence by the common law as well as the
statute law.
The solicitor to the fire-office said they were not in-
different to the matter, but had not determined what
course they should take. He thought the remarks of the
coroner were uncalled for, as the Queen was the prose-
cutor.
The Coroner asked him if he shut his eyes to what was
passing daily round him ? Did he not see public bodies,
and even individuals, prosecuting charges in police-
courts, by the aid of counsel, to take care that the ends
of justice should be attained ?
Mr. Alderman HUNTER asked if the witnesses were
still in attendance ? The beadle said they were not.
There was only one remaining, who would depose to a
conversation he had with the prisoner.
The ALDERMAN said he had heard enough to justify
him in-detaining the prisoner for further examination;
and be therefore remanded him.
CLERKENWELL.
James North, late a private in the 2d Regiment of
Foot, was placed in the felon's dock, charged with bur-
glariously entering the house of Messrs. Walker, sur-
geons, 57 and 58, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and
stealing therefrom a gold watch, brooch, and other
articles ; also, on suspicion of being concerned in bur-
glaries at the houses of Messrs. Darlow, Baldwin, and
Neale, 61, 62, and 63, in the same street.
The prisoner was undefended.
It appeared from the evidence that, on the night of the
22d of November last, a series of burglaries of a most
daring description were committed at the above-men-
tioned houses, but since then the police have been unable
to discover the perpetrators. Nothing could be more
adroit than the manner of their execution, and one
would be led to think from the circumstances con-
nected with them, that the burglars were more desirous
of showing their skill than of acquiring gain, for in
Mr. Walker's they took a watch from the very bedroom
in which he slept, leaving unto shed another gold watch
which stood upon the table. Trom the same room they
took a bunch of keys, not minding about 100/. in gold
and notes which were within their reach. From another
of the houses they carried off 10/. in cash, and never
meddled with a drawer full of plate which lay open be-
fore them. They forced their way into the lower part
of Mr. Walker's house, and entered the others by the
windows. They escaped with their booty undetected.
The prisoner lives in Bridgewater-gardens, Chiswell-
street, and although without a pension, and destitute of
any means of obtaining a livelihood, has a very comfort.
able home. When arrested by inspectors Lernan and
Tate, of the G division, he had two knives and five
counterfeit crown pieces on his person. He was ar-
rested in consequence of information given by a man
named Tapp, to whom the prisoner said that on the night
of the robbery he was going home along St. John-street,
when he saw a ladder against one of the windows. He
further said that the stolen watch was offered for sale for
the sum of St, and mentioned other incidents connected
with the burglary. When apprehended, he stated
that a man, named " Civil Jack," was on the watch
outside Mr. Walker's, whilst the others were doing the
work.