The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-15 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET,

George Reynolds ,who a few years back failed as a beer-
shop-keeper in Spitalfields, and has since been ostensibly a
weaver, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, for final
examination, on a charge of coining.
Mr. Field, inspector of coins to the Royal Mint, and Mr.
Powell, Mint solicitor, prosecuted on the part of the Crown.
Sergeants Teakle and Price produced plaster of Paris moulds
for shillings and half-crowns, together with melting pot,
shears, files, and other implements used in coining; also a
number of counterfeit coins of both denominations, all of
which•they found in the prisoner's possessioh when they ap-
prehended him. The moulds were then warm, and the coins
apparently just made. There was another mould not quite
finished, and the prisoner, seeing the officers lay bands on it,
said in a desponding tone, " Oh ! you'll find a good half-
crown in that, and that I borrowed." They accordingly
found, and now produced, the mould with a genuine half-
crown embedded in it to form the mould for the counterfeits.

The prisoner, who had alleged that distress had urged him
:o it, was now committed for trial.

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John Burton, who had been a fortnight on bail, re-appeared
before Mr. Broughton on a charge of driving a cart over a
lady named Ramsay and her child. _

Ars. Ramsay had been unable to attend until yesterday,
and was still unable to walk without assistance. It appeared

that at the time mentioned she alighted from an omnibus,
near Hackney Church, with a child, 'and was taking the
footway leading to Homerton, when she was struck and
knocked down by a cart in which were the defendant and
several other men, who, it was said, had been drinking
freely, and were driving improperly. The child was thrown
under the wheel, but was saved from destruction.
Mr. BROUGHTON said it was a serious case, and he desired
to have the fullest evidence that could be obtained as to the
condition and conduct of the parties in the cart. He there-
fore remanded it again for the police to bring forward other
witnesses.
John Latham, a lad, was charged with riding over a re-
spectable married female, named Green.
A police-constable of the G division proved that about
eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon, while Mrs. Green was
crossing the City-road with a child, the prisoner, who was
riding a horse at a furious rate, rods over her, and she wai
conveyed, seriously injured, to the residence of Dr. Davis, in
Worsfiip-square. Her husband, who was now present, said
he bad left her quite insensible, and in a dangerous state,but
happily the child was not hurt.
The prisoner alleged that the horse had run away with
him.

Mr. BROUGHTON remanded him.
THAMES.

Peter liPPherson, a middle aged man, who was till lately a
hawker of goods in the district of this Court, was charged be-
fore Mr. Ballantine with illegally practising the trade cf an
auctioneer, without being duly licensed, in St. George's-
street, formerly called Ratcliff Highway, by which he had
rendered himself liable to a month's imprisonment.

This was the first case under the new Act of Parliament,
the Bth Vic., cap. 25, which is called " An Act to repeal the
duties of Excise on sales, and to impose a new duty on the
license to be taken out by all auctioneers in the United King-
dom." The Act imposed a penalty of 1001. on every
auctioneer not taking out a license, the price of which an-
nually is 10/. The 7th section enacts, that before any auc-
tioneer shall commence any sale, he shall suspend or affix a
ticket or board, containing his full christian and surname,
and place of residence, and exhibit it in a conspicuous part
of the sale-room, from the commencement till the termini- -
tion of the sale. The eighth section, which has been moi e
particularly framed to reach the mock auction fellows, pro-
vides that the license shall be produced by every auctioneer
on demand being made by any officer of Excise, Customs,
Stamps, or Taxes, or in the event of the auctioneer not
being able to produce his license, he must deposit 101. with
the officer, to be returned to him if the license is produced
within seven days, but otherwise to be forfeited. If the auc-
tioneer can neither produce a license nor deposit 10/. with tl e
officer making the demand, he may be forthwith arrested and
taken before a justice of the peace, who is empowered to
send the party to the house of correction for any period sot
exceeding one month. The defendant, who has been con-
ducting a mock auction for the sale of cutlery, crockery-
ware, tea- trays, and other articles, was exercising his call-
ing with great vigour on Monday evening, and knocking
down the lots in rapid succession, to imaginary purchasers,
and occasionally to a real buyer, when two Excise officers,
named Baxter and Campbell, were induced, by- the invita-
tion of a " barker" outside, to walk in. While the defen-

dant was describing in glowing language the value of his lots,
the "barker" continued to call out vociferously, "Walk in,
gentlemen, the sale's now on." Their proceedings were sud-
denly terminated, rnd they were taken all aback, by the
officers asking M'Pherson for his license. He said he had
not taken out one, and he was then asked to deposit 104
with Baxter, who told him who he was. 11.1‘Pherson ex-
pressed his inability to do so, and was forthwith given into
custody. He had not complied with any of the proviiiuns of
the Act of Parliament, and the name of another man was
affixed to the walls of the shop or sale-room, who had like-
wice neglected to provide himself with a license.
Ellis, the Chief Usher, said he had known M'Pherson for
many years, as a hawker and pedlar in the neighbourhood,
but he was not aware that he kept a mock auction.
The officers having proved the sale, Mr. Ballantine sen-
tenced the defendant to seven days' imprisonment in the
House of Correction, and told him, if he repeated the offence,
ho should be committed for one mouth.

Amelia Bray, a girl nineteen years of age, who was
very meanly clad, and appeared in a state of great affliction,
was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with pawning
four pairs of trousers, the materials of which had been sup-
plied to her by Emanuel Gideon, a slop-seller, to make up.
The prosecutor, who lives on Tower-hill, proved having
supplied the materiats for the trousers, and two pawnbrokers
produced the trousers ; they had been pledged for 16s. Three
pairs were pawned at one time for 125., and another pair sub-
sequently for 4s.
The prisoner said she was in great distress when she
pawned the things, and did it to raise money to supply the
cravings of hunger, and to provide nourishment for a sick
father, who was past work and was in a (lying state. She
bad made away with everything on which she could obtain
money before she pawned the trousers. She intended
to have redeemed the property as soon as she was able
to do so.
The. policeman who 'apprehended the prisoner said her
distress was past description, and her home was a very
wretched one. It was true she had a sick father to main-
tain.

Mr. BALLANTINE inquired if the prisoner was known, and
the officers said she had not been in custody before.
The poor girl said she worked early and late to support
herself and father, but slop-work was so badly paid for, that
she was unable to do so. _

Mr. BALLANTINE said he felt for the . situation of the

prisoner, but as the case was brought before him he must do
his duty, painful as it was to his feelings. He sentenced the
prisoner to pay a fine of 235., and sixteen ditto the value of
the goods pawned; and in default committed her to the
House of Correction for fourteen days. The goods must be
restored to the owner.

Gideon then paid the girl for making the trousers, and she
was then committed.

A woman, named Ann Seaford, was brought
quantity of
Ballantine, on remand, charged with stealing a
female wearing apparel, value Ht., from the dwelling-house
' of Mr. John Wordsworth Robson, an artist, residing at No.
Robson, for
30,T Wheapppriisnogn.ewralhi,aLd bvoleeern in theShadv service ells of Mr.
.
the last seventeen weeks, and was originally engaged l
to attend his sick wife, who died on the 24th ult.risoPnTieorntn
Mrs. Robson's death the prisoner commenced pawning
r her
things, and upon a discovery taking place, the p
en-
deavoured to terrify Mrs. Robson with informing her hus-
band that the property was pawned with her consent. The
sick lady refused to do so, and for some reason the prosecu-
tor overlooked his servant's depredations. After Mrs. Rob-
son's death, the prosecutor discovered his late wife's stock of
linen, wearing apparel, shawls, &c., diminishing every day,
and on Friday last he taxed the prisoner with robbing him.
She stoutly denied having done so. Mr. Robson made in-
quiries at the various pawnbrokers, and found his property.
The prisoner was given into custody, and on being searched,
a lace cap, belonging to the late 'Airs. Robson, was found
upon her. This cap was in a cupboard in one of the apart-
ments only an hour before she was detained. Mr. Robson
sent her into the apartment during the hour for his comb
and brush, and the prisoner took that opportunity to steal
the cap. Three pawnbrokers produced thirty different
pledges on whizh money had been obtained before and
after Mrs. Robson's death. Two other pawnbrokers, who had
advanced loans on Mr. Robson's property, did not attend.
On being conveyed to the station-house, she tore up a num-
ber of duplicates, and the pieces were picked up and put
together by Malin, 99 K, who by that means was enabled to
trace the property.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
WANDSWORTH:

THE CHARGE OF TRESPASS AGAINST THE RICHMOND
RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Thursday last Mr. Evan Morris,
solicitor, and vestry-clerk of Putney, obtained a summons
against the promoters of the Richmond Railway for entering
and committing damages upon certain laud in the occupa-
tion of Mr. Thomas Atkins, without affording that person
compensation, or obtaining his consent to the same. The in-
formation was laid under the Bth and 9th of Victoria, cap.
18, or Lands Clauses Act, the 89th section of which enacts
that if promoters of railways enter upon lands without the
consent of the owner or occupier, or before payment or de-
posit of purchase-money, they shall forfeit the sum of 101.
above all damage committed on such lands, and that such
penalty and damage shall be recoverable before any two jus-
tices. The damage in this case was laid at 1001.
As it was generally expected that the case would come on
for hearing to-day, a great deal of interest was excited ; the
question as to whether a railway company or its contractors
could enter on land, and commence operations, without first
satisfying the owner or occupier, being considered one of
paramount importance, especially to occupiers of land in the
neighbourhood of London, from whence so many railways
are likely to radiate. Those interested in these matters
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