The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-26 00:00:00

saulting a man on the Queen's highway, and robbing
him of his watch, to which he replied he was innocent.
Witness, on searching Mtn, found the duplicate or a
watch, which the prisoner said was his cwn. Found
also two handkerchiefs, one of which s extremely
bloody. Afterwards' took White into custody and
found upon him a handkerchief and comb.

One of the Inspectors of the it division produced
the trowsers of Whittle, on which there were marks
4 blood.

Robert Hunter, the shopman of Mr. Moore, a
pawnbroker at Woolwich, proved that Whittle came
to their shop on th.3d of August and pledged the
watch he now produced for 1/.
Mr. Wright, a surgeon residing at Woolwich,
examined the prosecUtor early on the morning of the
3d of August. He was in a weak state from loss of
blood, and there was the mark of a severe blow from
the fist on the forehead. The hair on his head was
completely matted with blood, which proceeded from
a wound at the back of the head, which had either
been made by a bludgeon or from a kick.
The prosecutor identified the watch and handker-
chief produced as his property. The watch he had
had for 15 years.
Whittle in his defence said that the watch was his,
and that he knew nothing of the robbery of the pro-
secutor.

Whip said he was innocent of the robbery.
Mro32lron RoLr.E summed up, and

• The Jury, after a short consultation; found both
the. prisoners Guilty.—Sentence of death was recorded
against them, the Learned Judge stating that he
should recommend her Majesty to commute the sen-
tence to transportation for life.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)
Robert Pickering, a broker's porter, was charged
on suspicion of stealing a blanket and pillow; the pro-
perty of Mrs. Mary Hart, which had been intrusted
to his care.

It appeared that, for many years, a great intimacy
had existed between the prosecutrix and the prisoner,
and that the prisoner, in fact, paid his addresses to her
in the manner in which such things are usually
done. She was a servant, and as servants are not aiwaS's i a
place they generally require a home to go to 'when
such a misfortune happens. In the present instance
the prisoner's house was always the prosecutrix's home.
Whatever she required—food, lodging, money, clothes ;
all were at her service—without money and
without price ; all he had he freely shared
with her, and for these little acts of repeated
kindnesses, all he asked, and what he did expect,
was the hand of the fair complainant in return ; but,
alas ! the buoyant hopes of the prisoner were doomed
to be disappointed. The faithless Mary married
another, and poor Robert was left " neglected,
withered, and forgot !" About five months ago
Mary left a box in the prisoner's care, and
on culling for it, op Tuesday night, she found
that a blanket and pillow had been taken. She
accused the prisoner of the crime, and he ad-
mitted it, and—" damning, proof of guilt "—the du-
plicate of the missing property was found upon lam.
The prisoner acknowledged that he had taken the
things, which he was induced to do by dire distress ;
he had hoped to have restored them long ere this,
and he thought that Mrs. Hart would, under the cir-
cumstances, have given him an opportunity of doing so.
Mr. TWYFORD said he was not quite clear as to the
felony. He should remand the prisoner till to-
morrow, and would advise the pralecutrix to consult
with her husband in the mean time.