The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

MARCH 8, 1842.'

street, Shoreditch. On the 14th of February last, witness
suspecting that a woman in her service, named Mary Williams,
was fraudulently removing property from her premises, had
the woman searched, and slbs. of horse-hair were found on her
person. The woman then admitted that she was taking it for
sale to the house of the prisoners, to whom she had previously
disposed of various quantities of the same description of pro-
perty, which she had stolen from time to time.
liary Williams admitted the theft. She was in the habit of
stealing the property in small quantities and selling it to the
prisoners, who kept a marine store shop, at 57, London-street,
Finsbury. The prisoners paid her 4d. a pound for the horse-
hair.

Mrs. Purkis was re-called, and stated that the value of the
stolen goods was Is. per pound.
James Brammen, a police constable, stated that he had gone
to the house of the prisoners, and asked them if they had any
horse-hair in their possession. They at first denied that they
had any ; and when he afterwards found a quantity on the pre-
mises, the female prisoner said to the other, ‘'l knew that it
would come to this at last."

The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" against the pri-
soners, and they were each sentenced to one year's imprison-
ment in the House of Correction, with hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-110 USE.
THE ROBBERY OF THE BLACKBURN COACH, PERSEVER-
ANCE.—Two men, named James King and William Mooby,
were brought up before the Lord Mayor by Superintendent
Beswick, of the Manchester police, upon suspicion of having
boen concerned in stealing from the front boot of the Black-
burn Perseverance coach, a leathern box containing 1,5001. in
gold, and 5001. in Bank of England notes. The notes, which
were marked N. H., and numbered from 66,101 to 66,200 in-
clusive, and dated Manchester, 26th February, 1841, and
signed " W. Taylor," were said so have been stopped at the
Bank, and a reward of 100/. has been offered for the apprehen-
sion of the thieves.
Superintedent Beswick stated that the box had upon it a
brass plate, upon which was engraved the names " Cunliff,
Brook, and Co," and was stolen at a place called Bury, about six
miles from Manchester. The two prisoners, it would be
proved, had been on the coach on the night of Friday, the 18th
of February, and one of them (James King) was seen when
when the coach arrived at Bury to take the box or postman-
teats out of the boot.
Here King said, in a tone of surprise, " What ! me ? No
such thing."
Superintendent Beswick said he could prove that Mooby,whom
he believed to be the brother of King, had been also on the
coach. He knew Mooby to have been a porter at Manchester,
and to have lived there for many years. King was a hawker,
and resided at Leeds.
King--Not at all ?—I reside at Nottingham, and we are
not brothers.
Superintendent Beswick stated that he and his men had
traced the prisoners through various parts of the country since
the robbery had been committed. At length they traced King
to the house of a man of the name of Cousins, who resided in
Baden-place, Crosby-toad, Borough, where it appeared he
and Mouby, had lodged for a few days, and were or ap-
peared to be in possession of considerable sums of money. Wit-
ness arranged with Cousins, whose house they had quitted
with the intention as they stated to return to go in search of
the two prisoners, and Cousins remained in the neighbourhood
of the Mansion House, while witness went to the station in
Euston-square, to make some necessary inquiries. Cousins,
while at the Mansion House suddenly saw the prisoners pass
by together, and having called a policeman gave them into
custody.
The Lott') MAYOR asked whether any of the notes had
been traced ?
Superintendent Beswick replied that one of them
could, he had every reason to believe, be traced to one of
the prisoners. There was another charge against one of the
prisoners (Mooby). That person bad at a pre•sious time
been accused of having broken into a' silversmith's shop at
Manchester, and stolen 1,0001. worth of plate. The case was
upon that occasion discharged, but he believed there was addi-
tional evidence ready to be adduced.
George Cousins, of Baden-place, Crosby-road, plumber,
stated, that the prisoners, one of whom he knew, called at his
house and took a room. He thought they were brothers. They
called each other William and James. One of them brought
with him a leathern trunk. There was nothing in the first in-
stance in their behaviour calculated to excite suspicion. When
they were in the house a few days, they said they had been
robbed by another person who had just left the house with his
wife, for, as it was understood, the purpose of going to France,
of a sum of money amounting to 1751., all in 5/.
notes, with the exception of one, which was a note for
101. Witness was annoyed and agitated at hearing
that a robbery had been committed in his house, and immedi-
ately proposed to the prisoners to go to the station-house, and
inform the police of the particulars, and describe the person of
the man they suspected. They, however, said no, it was better
to keep it quiet, as they knew the man, and where to get him.
When one of the prisoners said he had been robbed of 1751.,
the other observed that it was well he had about his person his
property, amounting to 7001. King was the man who made
the last observation.
King—l never said any thing of the kind. I never was mas-
ter of 200/. in my life.
One of the Superintendant's men stated that he found upon
King 17/., and upon Mooby 22/. 15s. 10d. in gold and silver,
but no notes.
The Loin MAYOR asked the prisoners whether they were
desirous to say anything on the subject of the serious accusation
against them? King—Why, my Lord, I really have to say
that I am not guilty of the robbery.
Mooby—l never lost any money at Cousins's, and I never
said that I lost any. All 1 had was 22/. 15s. 10d. I have been
a porter, and came to town to look for a situation.
The Loan Maron—Where did you look for a situation ?
Mooby—Everywhere. I tried a great many places.
The Loan MAYOR—Mention one place at which you tried
to get employment. Mooby—l can't tell any of them. lam
no scholar. I always got work in Manchester, and I thought
I could as easily get it here.
The LORD MAYOR—Why did you say you were robbed of
175/., as Cousins states you said; and how (lid it happen that
one of you said you had 700/. in sovereigns about you ?—King,
it is no such thing.
The Loan MAYOR (to Cousins)—Did they return after
they declined to go and make the complaint at the station-
house ? Cousins—Thev did not. My suspicion was excited
by that circumstance, and confirmed by their absence.
King--We did not like to stay in the house, for, on our
return front the theatre, Cousins told us that the lodger and his
wife had decamped, taking with them some goods which did
not belong to them, and he asked us whether we had lost any-
thing, as they were dishonest people. We never said we had
lost anything, but we did not like to remain in a place of the
kind.
The Superintendent requested that the Lord Mayor would
remand the prisoners till Thursday next, in order that other
witnesses might be produced.
The Loan .MAYOR—By all means. Let the case stand over
till Thursday.
King (smiling)—There is no charge against us at all.
Remanded till Thursday.
130 W- S T I?EE T.
Two genteely dressed men, who gave the names of Wells
and Garland, were charged with assaulting a person named
Bush under the following circumstances. As the complainant
was unable to attend in consequence of the injuries he had re-
ceived,
Mrs. Bush stated the case. She said that on Sunday she
was walking along Whitehall, in company with another lady,
on the way to her residence in Regent-street, Westminster.
Her husband and her friend's husband were also proceeding
along 'Whitehall, a few yards in advance of the
ladies. The prisoners at the bar went up to the witness and
her friend, put their hands on their shoulders, and otherwise
behaved in a manner not at all becoming the respect which is
due to a virtuous woman. Witness and her friend felt highly
insulted at this treatment, and told the prisoners to go away,
mentioning as a further inducement to make them quit,
thw. their husbands were just before them, and would
soon make them go. The prisoners, however, in their excess
of valour and gallantry, refused to comply with the fair dame's
request, and added, " Oh, d--n the husbands, we don't care
for them." Witness's husband then came up, but the pri-
soners, instead of sheering off at his approach, only became the
more attentive to the ladies, and when remonstrated with by
the husband, the prisoner Garland laid hold of him, whilst his
companion Wills struck him over the face, so hard that his jaw
was dislocated. Mr. Bush was now under the hands of Mr.
M'Cann, the surgeon, of Parliament-street, who said that he
would be laid up probably for a month or two.
Mr. HALL remarked that the evidence was quite strong
enough to warrant him to remand the prisoners until the hus-
band should be able to attend. lie would, however, take bail
—themselves in 401., and two sureties in 20/. each for their
appearance this day week.
UNION-HALL.
Anthony Gorman was charged with assaulting and wounding
James Millist, a policeman of the M division, in the execution
of his duty. The policeman stated that being on duty at
Bermondsey-wall, at seven o'clock on the preceding night, he
stopped a boy with a bundle, suspecting it contained stolen
property. The prisoner came up at the moment, interfered,
and said that he had better look after the " swell mob," than
stopping honest people. The policeman desired the prisoner to
go on, but he refused, and struck at him several times, and a
scuffle having taken place, the prisoner got possession of the
policeman's staff, and struck him on the head with it, inflicting
a severe wound—The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow.
THAAIP.,S POLICE.
Yesterday Captain Scott, belonging to the ship " Earl of
Clam.," from China to London, waited on Mr. Ballantine, on
the subject of a complaint that had been made at that Court a
few days since, by a number of Chinese sailors and Lascars,
that they could not get the money that was due to them.
Mr. BALLANTINE said, that such a complaint had been
made, and he found it was a matter in which he could not
interfere. The Chinamen were understood to say that they
had engaged at 6 dollars per month, the value of which was
4s. 6d., and on arriving here they had been offered Spanish
dollars, which were worth but 4s. 2d.
Captain Scott said that as the case had been before the
public, he wished to explain the real differences. The owner
of the ship was a Parsee merchant, residing at Bombay, and
their agents here were Sir Charles Forbes and Co. The ship
had sailed from Bombay to China, where the 25 Chinamen
were shipped , they were then paid two months in advance, in
Spanish dollars; subsequently they were paid another two
months, and on their arrival at Gravesend some time ago
money to the amount of 751. was sent down from London to
pay them with, when by some extraordinary means they con-
trived to steal the whole of the above amount intended for their
pay (and which could not be traced) and then demanded
pay in English crowns, worth 55., instead of Spanish dollars,
with which they had been previously paid, worth 4s. 2d. This
demand was of course resisted. There was money due to
them, and if they insisted they might have it, but it had been
thought prudent to withhold the money while in ,this country,
for if they had it in their possession at the present time, they
would not have one farthing of it left in fifteen days hence,
when the ship would sail. The owners and agents he (Capt.
Scott) was sure would not allow any advantage to be taken
of these men, and for his own part he would do all he could
to pacify them; they were provided for by the agents, but
they could not be got to do any work, and were continually
annoying him.
Mr. BALLANTINE said that from the respectability of the
parties he was satisfied that every thing that was proper would
he done. If they persisted in their annoyance the police must
be applied to.
Captain Scott then thanked the Magistrate, and withdrew.
WOR SHIP- S TREE T.

A young man of respectable exterior, named John. Evans,
who stated himself to be a clerk out of a situation, was charged
with having wilfully broken a window in the house of his land-
lord, Mr. Livingstone, No. 20, Woodland-street, Dalston ; he
was further charged with having threatened the life of his wife,
and resisted Mr. Pritchard, a police inspector, in the execution
of his duty.
Mrs. Livingstone stated that the prisoner and his wife had
occupied apartments in her husband's house for upwards of
three months, but he had only paid a fortnight's rent during
that period. His wife was in a deep decline, and it was not
expected that she would survive many days. At a late hour on
the preceding night the prisoner, who was very irregular in his
habits, returned home in a state of intoxication, and repaired to
the chamber in which his wife was lying, where a violent dis-
turbance soon afterwards commenced, and the prisoner's mo-
ther-in-law came out and begged of witness to interfere, stating
that the prisoner had taken up a knife and threater,ed to murder
his wife. On her entering the room the prisoner ran down
stairs and !eft the house, but he came back in a few minutes.

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The Globe states that the Oceana of llavre, 700
tons, having on board 300 emigrants, men, women, and chil-
dren, bound for New Orleans, was, in December, wrecked on
a bank off Jamaica. Immediately the unfortunate sufferers
reached the shore they were stripped perfectly naked by the
negroes, who plundered the ship, not leaving even a single rape
of the rigging.

GLAIstORGANSIIIRE SPRING ASSlZES.—Catherine
Thomas, the wife of David Thomas, charged with the
wilful murder of her step-daughter, Mary Thomas, of
Eglwysilan, was found guilty of manslaughter last week at these
assizes, but has not yet been sentenced. The evidence showed
the child to have been visited with the most cruel treatment for
a continued period of time.
SINGULAR DEATH.—A few days since a labourer,
named Styles, living at an ancient farmhouse called Hole, near
Boarshead, Rotherfield, partook of some plaice. In attemp ing
to swallow a bone with a piece of flesh, the former stuck in his
throat. He immediately put in a crust of bread, with the in-
tention of driving the bone from its lodgment by swallowing the
bread. He succeeded in doing this ; but in forcing away the
bone from the place it had occupied, a hole was torn in the
passage of sufficient size to admit a part of his food. The con-
sequence was, that he lingered till Monday last, when he ex_
pired.— Sussex Express.
A Vienna letter mentions that two members of the
Central Railroad Commission, M. Ghigo, head engineer of the Ern.
peror Ferdinand's railroad, and the Baron de Lehr, chief architect
of the Vienna and Raah line, have been ordered by the Emperor
to proceed without delay to the United States to inspect the prin-
cipal lines of railroads, and to report on their meri.s. They are
to be accompanied by four pupils of the Imperial Polytechnic
School, and are to go via Liverpool.