The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-17 00:00:00

NARYLEBONEMITICE.

On Saturday eight, Eliza Plum, a young woman
dressed genteelly, was charged before. Mr. HosKINs
with intending to defraud Mr.-Rogers, of 216, Ox-
furd-street, jeweller.
-111e..-14,4ers represented, that between seven rad'
eight eileek that evening, Miss Plum came into his
shop to look at some neckfchaint,. She objected to
die size of one, arid after looking at another, she
asked him what he would allow for one whiCh she
produced, and, which she said .was gold. He had
before been taken in by a young woman so like this
person, that he belieVed her to he the same, and he
hal reason in this case•to suspect the quality of the
metal, and he refused to deal with her; and after
she left his shop, he followed her to watch her pro-
ceedings. She immediately joined company with a
man in the street, who some time before sold him a
lump for gold, which did not turn out to be so, and
that man, as soon as he saw Mr. Rogers's face, ran
away, and Mr. Rogers gave the young woman into
the custody of the police.
Miss Plum, with reluctance, gave her name and
address, and altogether denied that any man came
up to her in the street; but after Mr. Rogers again
repeated what he had seen, and assured Mr. Hos-
kins that he -could not be mistaken, she admitted
that it was one Edmond Walker, and she was re-
minded till Monday, and Buckeridge, the officer,
was ordered to look after Walker, and apprehend

-The case was resumed yesterday, and Buckeridge I
told Mr. Hoskins he did not succeed on Saturday I
night in-apprehending Walker, bitt he found a man
at thihonse of the prisoner's mother, who promised
to produce him at this examination, and that 'man
was present.
The man pointed out by Bockeridge stepped for-
ward, and Mr. Hosmics asked him if Walker was
forthcoming, according to his promise?—" I am
Edmond Walker myself," said the man.
Buekeridge—You Edmond Walker ? You did
not admit that on Saturday night ?—Walker—Of
course not. I did not wish you to take my liberty
away; but I can bring several persons now present
to prove that I am Edmond Walker, and I am ready
to answer any questions the Magistrate may be
pleased to put.
In answer to the Magistrate he admitted that he
had given his name Simpson, and his residence No.
2, City-gardens, on Saturday night to the officer;
but that lie lives at-No. 27, Chapel-street, Penton-
vine, and is a wo:king jeweller.
With respect to Walker, Mr. Rogers stated that
some time ago he came to his shop and offeied hint
a lump of apparently gold, and he was induced to
give him ss. for it : he afterwards took it to Mr.
Ruel, a refiner in St. Giles's, aid it was found to
contain only eightpenisy worth of that precious metal.
Mr. Edington, of No. 31, North .Audlev-street,
jeweller, informed Mr. Hoskins, that in February
last a young woman came to his shop with a chain
for the purpose of selling it; she said a lady with
whom she had been living gave it to her. She of-
fered it for gold ; it was in the evening; he tried it
with aquafortis, and it stood the test ; but in the
morning he discovered that it was only cased with
gold. lie paid her eight guineas for • it, and it was
worth two. Ile could not venture to swear it was
Miss Plum, but he really believed it was the same.
The chains were tried before the ►magistrate, 'and
found to be of gold, very much reduced, and Walker
said he and six of his brothers had manufactured
great quantities of them, and the workmanship was
so exquisite that half the pawnbrokers in London
had been deceived by them. He had been present
at a public sale-room, and seen them sold as unre-
deemed pledges to the amount of 200/. in one 'lay.
He said the piece of metal which he sold to Mr.
Rogers he took of a Jew in exchange, and if it turned
out to be of so little value as Mr. Rogers represented,
he was himself deceived. He is related by marriage
to Miss Plum. Ile had particular business to trans-
act on Saturday night .at Tyburn, and she accompa-
nied him; and as she wanted to buy a chain of a
particular kind, he gave her the orie in question, and
recommended her to go into the shop of Mr. Rogers
and see. what he would allow her for it, arid in so
doing neither he nor she had offended the laws.
Mr. Ilostcw. said there was so much appektrance