The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

witness's house. Witness had seen all the articles in question and
more. Prisoner said he had been buying them of his master at
cost price.

Cross.examined--This (that he bought them of his master)
applies to the whole of the articles except the table•mats. These,
prisoner said, had been given him by his mother on the 10th of
August.

By the jury (to the proseeutor)—What are your private marks
on the brushes ? Having pointed these out, he was asked
whether he would swear his foreman had not sold them ? He
could not swear; the foreman might have sold them.
The jury Acquitted the prisoner. He was defended by Mr.
Ballantine.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO TV-STREET.

CAUTION TO RAILWAY PROJECTORS.—ShortIy before the closing
of the Court on Tuesday evening, Mr. Baldwin, M.P. for Totnes,
accompanied by a solicitor, waited on Mr. Twyford for the pur-
pose of applying for a summons against the registered projector and
the registered solicitor of a railroad, the name of which did not
transpire, to attend at this Court, and show cause why they
continued to use his name in the list of the provisional committee,
without first obtaining his sanction for so doing. Mr. Baldwin
said that he had written repeatedly to the parties, disclaiming any
connexion with the project in question, and, as no notice was taken
of any of his communications, he was driven to the necessity of
seeking protection under the Act of Parliament, his name being
still made use of against his will, and, as the law was perfe‘:tly
clear upon the point, he hoped the Court would assist him in
checking a system that had become very prevalent.
The Solicitor pointed out to the Magistrate the 7th and Sth of
Victoria, chap. 110, the 65th clause of which enacts, " That, as
great injury has been inflicted upon the public by companies falsely
pretending to be patronised, or directed, or managed by eminent or
opulent persons, now, for the purpose of preventing such false pre-
tenses, be it enacted, with regard to every company, or pretended
company whatsoever, whether registered or not, and whether now
existing or not, that if any person shall make any such false pre-
tences, knowing the same to be false, in any advertisement or
other paper, whether printed or written, and whether published
in any newspaper or handbill, or placard, or circular, then every
such person shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not exceed-
ing ten pounds."

Mr. TWYPORD said, that as the clause distinctly provided against
such improper prac9ces, he could have no hesitation in granting
summonses against the parties.

MARYLEBONE.

BURGLARY.—Wednesday Charles Mitchell, alias Darby Kelly,
James Burke, alias Woulder, and John Grogan, all •f them con-
♦icted thieves, were charged with having been concerned in a bur.
glary at the house of Mr. Clarke, che•semonger, dc., No. 6, SAlis.
hury.street, Portman-market.

It appeared from the evidence that en the same morning, about
three o'clock, the prisoners were taken into custody by Sergeant
Harrent, and other officers, for a murderous attack upon a man
named Francis, in consequence of information received with re-
gard to a burglary at the house above alluded to. The prisoners
were searched, when a copper French coin and a brass imitation
penny piece were found on Grogan and Burke. These pieces had
been stolen from Mr. Clarke's house, an entry into which had been
made by a back window. Three tills, all of them empty, were left
upon the counter, and it was further stated that numerous articles
of silver plate had been carried off. A constable of the D division
stated that a few hours prior to the robbery being discovered the
prisoners were seen together in the Immediate vicinity of Mr.
Clarke's premises.

Inspector Brown said, that in the course of a few days the
officers would, in 'all probability, obtain some information as to
the stolen plate ; and, in order to afford time for inquiry, the pri-
soners were remanded till Tuesday next.

ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—Yestcrday Wiliam Caleb Thomas was
charged with the illicit distillation of spirits, for which offence he
had, under 7th and Bth Geo. IV., cap. 53, sec. 32, rendered him-
self amenable to a heavy penalty.
Frederick Pargeter, an officer of Excise, deposed that on the
previous evening, between five and six o'clock. he entered the
house, No. 2. Payne-place, Kentish-town, the lower part of
which was inhabited by defendant. Witness found in the two
kitchens a forty-five gallon still, containing a quantity of molasses
wash, and some spirits had just before bean run off. The two
kitchens were fitted up in such a way as to lead to the supposition
that the illicit trade had been carried on for a long while. The
prisoner, on being given into custody, said that the house he in•
habited belonged to a beer-shopkeeper in the Newington.road.
The prisoner was fined 301., and in default three mouths' im.
prisonment.