The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-10 00:00:00

who was found guilty on the second count. The pri-
soners were then ordered to stand down.

NISI PRIX'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
THURSDAY, OCT. 6.—James Kershaw. William
Martin, and Joseph Taylor were charged with having
feloniously thrown down and destroyed a lock on the
Peak Forest Canal, in company with others, with a
view to obstruct the traffic on the line of the canal.

Taylor was acquitted, but the Jury returned a
verdict of Guilty against Martin and Kershaw.
Taylor was subsequently indicted for a conspiracy
at Marple, and found Guilty.
FRIDAY, OCT. 7.—Several persons were convicted
during the day of unimportant charges of rioting at
Bollington.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
BOW-STREET.

Yesterday a young man who gave the name of
Robt. Fletcher, and was described as a collector of debts
was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with
being concerned with two other persons, not in custody,
with assaulting and robbing James Stedman of a
valuable gold watch, and about 4s. or ss. in silver,
under the following circumstances :
The prisoner, it appears, is one of the gang who
have for some time past infested the parks, for the pur-
pose of committing robberies, and extorting money,
&c., by threats and accusations.
The prosecutor stated, that he was at present resid-
ing at the King's Head public-house, King-street,
Park-lane ; he was lately in the service of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, but was at present out of a situ-
ation. On the evening of the 14th of August last, he
was walking through the Green Park, about ten
o'clock, and when near the end towards Hyde Park-
corner, he was suddenly attacked by three men, who
ran up behind him and knocked him down ; when on
the ground they attempted to throttle him, and at
the same time took from his waistcoat-pocket a gold
watch, and the sum of 43. or ss. in silver from his
trowsers pocket. They used considerable violence,
and tore his trowsers.
Mr. HALL—Can you recognise the prisoner as
being one of the persons who attacked you? Wit-
ness—l am quite sure of it. Although I never saw
him before, I had quite sufficient opportunity of no-
ticing him so as to be able to identify him. Witness
then stated that a short time after the robbery he met
the prisoner in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, but
upon seeing him he immediately ran away, and he
(witness) was unable to catch him. Yesterday, as
he was walking through Bond-street, he again met
the prisoner, who attempted a second time to make
his escape ; he however gave an alarm, and after run-
ning some distance the prisoner was stopped at the
end of Burlington-arcade, in Piccadilly. Upon wit-
ness going up to him, he said, " You are the person
who stole my watch," to which he replied, that he
was going to get 101. which had been left for him at
an hotel in Bond-street, and he would give him that
if he would let him go. He also said that he had not
got the watch, but that a person of the name of
Stringer, who had been lately transported, had it,
and that he (Stringer) was one of the persons who
robbed him.

Mr. HALL—What was the value of the watch ?
Witness—l purchased it a short time previous of Mr.
Grayhurst, in the Strand, and paid him 251. for it.
Mr. HALL—Was the blow you received in the first
instance, or the treatment you subsequently expe-
rienced, of a severe nature ? Witness—l was ren-
dered perfectly insensible, and remained in that state
from ten o'clock till nearly one the following morn-
ing. Was quite sober at the time. At the time the
prisoner offered to give me the 101. he said that he
thought he could get the watch back.
Mr. HALL—Can you undertake to say that the pri-
soner was the person who took your watch? Wit-
ness—No ; I cannot say which of them took it,
neither do I know by whom the blow was struck ;
but I am quite certain that the prisoner was one of
the three men.