The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

OW-STREEt.
Mr, Alico'ck, gold 'and "ilve'r re4iier, of Cox's-
cutrt, Little Pritani; ca fte to this Office on tistur-
ithy, 'find 14ernied the Magistrates, that gt,consdq-
!:ble quantity of plate had been .offered for sa)e at
his house, on that day, Under cire:rngtances which
excited his suspicion, and that he bad induced the
men who brought it, and who gave his name Thos.
Thompson, at present lodging at the Hope Coffee-
house, Henrietta-street, Manchester-square, to leare
it till the Monday. Instructions were immediately
given to Taunton, the officer, to ascertain, if pos-
sible, whether the property had been the produce Of
a theft or robbery) And b ciimphthig the re-
maining tharikt bf a Partially effaced: Crest and
arms \d.h those described an adVertisement in
the " Hue and Cr y," it was ascertained that the
property belonged to it 'Mr. ktwall, residing in
Andover, in Hampshire. A despatch was imnie-
diatcl* sent off to that gentleman, and in the mean
time Taunton was on the look-out for the party who
had brought the plate to Mr. Alleock's, and who
hail not called for it on the Monday as he had pro-
mised. On Tuesday evening Taunton met a man
answering the description, at a public.house, near
Manchester-square; and took him into custod)P. He
was brought to this Office yesterday ; Mr. 'Et-all
and Mr. Allcock were in attendance at the same time.

The moment Mr. EtWall saw the prisoner he re-
cogniied him aS William Tibbs, who had lived as
footman in his service some five or six years ago.
The prisoner seemed greatly confused and agi-
Wed at the sight of his former master.
Mr. Adcock was then sworn, and deposed that the
prisoner was the person who had brought the plate
to his home on the Saturday. It consisted of silver
bottle-stands, forks, table, dessert, • and tea spoons,
sauce-ladles, fish-slice, &c., weighing in all 255
ounces. Priioner described them as belonging to
several persons in the country, who were anxious to
dispose of them for any price that could be got for
them. Ile said he could not tell whose was the crest
marked on some of them.

Mr. Etwall identified the property as his.- His
house at Andover had been broken open and robbed
of them on the night of the Bth or morning of the
9th Dec. The articles produced had been kept in a
secret drawer under the sideboard, which of course
the prisoner must have known during his residence
in the house.

On being asked what he had to say for himself,
the prisoner, whose emotion was extreme, replied in
a fuint voice that ill health, and the unfortunate situ-
ation in which he stood, rendered him incapable of
making any exertion, even to defend himself. After
the pause of a moment, he added, (his voice almost
choked by increased agitation,) " I have deceived
this worthy gentleman, who had always acted to-
wards me like a kind and indulgent master, and if
the forfeit of my life can make any atonement for my
crime, I shall willingly resign it.
Mr. HALLS, after complimenting Mr. Allcock for
the very proper and tradesman-like manner in which
he had acterl, ordered the witness to be bound over,
arid the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate
for the burglary, from whence he will be removed
for trial to the county in which the offence has been
committed.