The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-29 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

On Friday John Davis and John White were re-ex-
amined, the former charged with receiving, and the latter
with stealing an ingot of brass, the property of Mr.
Payne, of No. 68, Shoe-lane, brass-worker.
Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, conducted the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Humphreys attended on -behalf of White,
and Mr. Wolfe on the part of Davis.
Mr. Ballantine stated that the prosecutor employed a
number of hands, and it Was evident he was beirg robbed
to a considerable extent; as, in addition to the prisoners,
two charges were pending at Union-hall, of having un-
lawful possession of his property. He, therefore, in
self-$. felt bound -to seek that the law should be
carried to extremity. White was in the habit of coming'
into Mr. Payne's foundry several times a day, and, he
had the means of either stealing the property himself, or
carrying it out for some- of Mr. Payne's workmen.
White came as the servant of a respectable firm in the
neighbourhood, in whose employ he had been many
years.
The evidence already taken was read over, to the effect
tha t on, Monday last Wardle and Barnes, two City po-
licemen were watching in plain clothes, and they saw
White leave a small parcel at the bar of the Black Dog,
in Shoe-lane, about five in -the evening . About eight
o'clock Davis went to the bar and asked if -his Toieman
had left anything for him. The harm lid gave him the
parcel. Ile was stopped outside the house, and the
parcel was found to contain an ingot of brass, worth 3s.
The barmaid-identified the prisoners as having left and
received the:parcel. White was in the habit of leaving
parcels for Davis.
Mr. Ballantine now called Mr. Payne to identify
the ingot. He said it was cast in a mould peculiar to
his concern, and he never sold brass in the 'shape of
ingots.
Mr. Wolfe urged that no part of Davis's conduct be-
trayed a guilty knowledge, and he could show under
what representations he received the property.
Mr. Alderman HOOPER thought the proof of a guilty
knowledge had not been made out against Davis, and he
should, therefore, discharge him. He should commit
White for stealing, but he would be remanded till the
next day that the depositions may be prepared.
- A donation to the poor-box of 2/. was received from
George Woodfall and Son.-
BO TV-STREET.

A young man, named Hebb, a servant, at the Reform
Club House, Pall Mall, was brought up for final examination,
charged with stealing a quantity of articles the property of
the Right Hon. E. Ellice, the Earl of Clarendon and others.
Mr. Coppock appeared for the prosecution.
A short time ago, a woman with whom the prisoner co-
habited, committed suicide, and left one child chargeable to
the parish. The parish of St. Martin's seized the goods found
in the prisoner's room, in order to appropriate them to the main-
tenance of the child. Amongst these had been found a number
of articles belonging to the Reform Club, and witnesses were
called to-day to identify them. The little girl deposed to having
seen the prisoner bring home the articles in question from the
Reform Club House, and also apples, pears, nuts, &c.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was fully
committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH- STREET.
Mr. Hardwick on entering the Court on Friday, had
the usual packet of letters from poor persons asking for
pecuniary assistance, placed in his hands.
Mr. HARDWICK told Clements, the chief usher, that
the magistrates had been compelled to come to the de-
termination to receive no letters unless the statements
in them were properly authenticated. The number of
letters received during the present week alone, amounted
to upwards of
.100. It was quite impossible that these
letters could all be attended to and the cases receive
proper investigation. Besides, if some stop were not
put to this letter-writing system, the Magistrates,
instead of doing good by giving small sums away to
the poor, would be creating a great evil, for they
would unavoidably be the means of bringing into active
operation the host of beggingeletter writers, the idle
and the profligate, who abounded in some quarters
within the jurisdiction of this Court. Applicants, there-
fore, must distinctly understand that their written state-
ments must be accompanied by vouchers from respect-
able housekeepers and tradesmen to whom they were
known, and that if this condition be not complied with
their application will not be noticed. It must further be
understood that recommendations will not be received
from the landlords of the applicants, or from small shop-
keepers to whom they may be indebted.
MARYLEBONE.
On Friday a wretchedly-attired, but apparently strong
and healthy young man, who gave his name Francis
Evans, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, upon
the following charge, preferred against him by Mr.
Bingham, one of the orship-street police magistrates—
It appeared, from the evidence, that on the same day
the prisoner was lying upon the pavement in the New-
road, and that he had chalked upon a stone close to him
the words "I am starving." Mr. Bingham, who hap-
pened to be passing, and thinking that he had seen the
same man upon a former occasion, under similar cir-
cumstances, directed the attention of a constable to.
wards him, upon the sight of wham, he (the prisoner)
got up, and as he was in the act of walking off, he was
taken into.custody. The object which Mr. Bingham
had in view, while pursuing this course, was, that an
inquiry might be gone into with the view of ascertaining
whether the prisoner was one really deserving of relief,
or an impostor who ought to be punished.
The prisoner said he was a coach-painter by trade ;
he was a single man, and had been out of work some time.
Jones, the usher, here stated that the prisoner bad
been brought to this Court more than once before, and
convicted, and that upon each occasion he told the same
story which he had done now.—He was committed to
the House of Correction for a month.
William Ward, a notorious smasher, was charged with
baring passed three counterfeit shillings at the shop of Mr.
Savage, 83, Harrow-road.
Police-constable Thomas Hallingan, 83 D, said that he
ascertained from Mr. Savage the description of the prisoner,
and having found out the same evening that three " smashers "
or titterers of base coin had sought admittance for the night,
at the Refuge for the Destitute in Market-street, Paddington,
he went there, accompanied by the complainant, Mr. Savage,
who identified the party who had passed the shillings. He
was therefore taken into custody, and on being searched at the
station-house, a counterfeit half-crown and two bad shillings
were found upon him. On a more minute search being made,
there was also found a phial containing some liquid, used appa-
rently for colouring the coin.
Mr. Losc said that he had no doubt of the prisoner's guilt,
bat it would be necessary to remand him for the attendance of
Mr.- Savage.
The prisoner was then recondncted to the cells.
LAMBETH-S1 PEE T.

On Friday John Wood, sen., John Wocd, jun., and
John Felix were 13laced at the bar before Mr. Norton, for
further examination, on a charge of stealing a vast quan-
tity of printed paper from the Export Excise-offiv, in
Tower-street, Tower-hill.
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The Court was much crowded with the persons who
had purchased the paper from the prisoners, and after
their evidence had been received, Mr. Mayow applied for
another remand, which was granted.
George Homes, a broker and appraiser, carrying on
business at No. 25, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, who has
been before at this Court to account for irregularities in
the discharge of his duty as broker, appeared on a sum-
mons charging him with making an overcharge in a case
in which he was engaged, under very aggravated cir-
cumstances.
The brief facts of the case were these :—On Wednes-
day; the 3d inst., Homes made a seizure of the goods of
a poor old woman for an arrear of rent of IL 55., and
removed the goods on the same evening to his own pre-
mises. On the following Friday the poor woman came
before Mr. Norton, and having related the miserable
state to which she was reduced, principally by her hus-
band going to sea without signing the note, which would
entitle her to a monthly allowance from the owner of
his ship, that humane magistrate directed Saunders, one
of the summoning officers, to see the parties, and make
the best terms he could with them ; and, deeming it a
fit case for relief from the poor box, said a reasonable
sum would be given to settle the matter, and get the
poor woman back her things. Saunders called upon the
landlord, and on informing him of what the magistrate
proposed, he, though a poor man, at once offered to
take 20s. for his debt. The officer next went to the
house of the broker, but was unable to see him until the
Monday following. The poor woman herself, however,
saw him, and told him what the magistrate had offere&,
and also the landlord, and he then said he could not re-
store the goods without his expenses. On the Monday
he was again told that the magistrate would settle the