The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-13 00:00:00

MA RLBOROU (;H-STREET.

The following case has undergone several inves-
tigations at this office within the last'three weeks,
but we have hitherto purposely refrained from giving
publicity to any of the proceedings.
A Mr. Hewitson, a dealer in pictures, residing at
West.square, Lambeth, is, it seems, the consignee
in London of a picture-exporting firm, called Mainiffe
and Co., established at Brussels, and in pursuance
of his consigneeship, Mr. Hewitson some time ago
received a large collection of paintings for sale in
this country, from his consignors at Brussels. Not
finding London a very ready market, Mr. Hewitson
betook him to a country town, with his goods, and ,
took with him, as his travelling companion and assist-
ant, a Yorkshire gentleman (Mr. Hewitson himself
being also a native of the sister isle), a Mr. William
Kemp. They travelled about to various places,—
Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Gloucester, &c.—dis-
posing here and there, of us many of the collection !
as they could get purchasers for, until they at lest
brought themselves up at Southampton with a great
load of pie! ures still unsold, and those that were d s-
posed of yielding what is called a " losing profit,"
that is, not quite covering the expenses. Under •
these circumstances, Mr. Hewitson came up himself
to London, leaving Mr. William Kemp in possession
of some fifty or sixty picturesat Southampton; bat
soon after his arrival in town he wrote to Mr. Kemp
saying, that as there was uo probability of a sale
at Southampton of the pictures, he wished them
to be forthwith forwarded to London again. Mr.
K. immediately obeyed his instructions, and having
neatly packed up the pictures in four cases, sent
them per waggon to a waggon-office in the City
called Gerrard's-hall, directed, not to Mr. llewit son,
but to Messrs. Mainiffe and Co., whose property
they originally were. Mr. Kemp himself also came
up to town, and on the arrival of the pictures he
accompanied Mr. Hewitson to Gerrard's-hall, and
there shewed him the four cases in which the pictures
were packed, and Mr. Hewitson gave directions at
the office to take care of the pictures until he should
send for them in three or four (lays. Before he did
send for them, however, Mr. Kemp, it appeared,
went again alone to the waggon-office, and present-
ing the card given to him at the corresponding wage •
gon-office at Southampton, claimed the pictures, and
they were of course delivered to him. Mr. Kemp
then had the pictures removed to the house of a Mr.
W. E. Malcolm, in Mason-street, Westminster-
road, and which Mr. Malcolm, as appeared by the
evidence, engaged the carrier who brought the pic-
tures for Kemp to his house. At the expiration of
the three or four days Mr. Hewitson went to Ger-
rard's-hall for the pictures ; but they were gone,
and Mr. Kemp was not to be found. Mr. Hewitson,
however, chanced to hear that some of the pictures
in question were to be seen at the house of a Mr.
Smart, a picture-dealer in Tichborne-street, Hay-
market, and on inquiry of Mr. Smart, it was learned ,
from him that Mr. Malcolm had sent the pictures
there to have some money raised upon them. On
this discovery Mr. Hewitson obtained a warrant
at this office, and had Malcolm apprehended
as a guilty receiver from Kemp, a guilty taker,
who was not to be found ; but on the apprehen-
sion of Malcolm, the brother of the latter, an en-
graver residing in Warwick-street, Cuckspur-street,
set off to the Isle of Wight, where he learned Kemp
was, and brought him to town ; and here it is but
just to state, that Kemp did not hesitate an instant
about coming forward to meet the case, but set out
instantly and voluntarily with Mr. Malcolm from the
Isle of Wight, assuring Mr. Malcolm that the whole
transaction of the picture was a mere matter of
account between Mr. Hewitson and himself; and
on his arrival in town he came at once before the
Magistrate.,, and placed himself at the bar by the
side of the prisoner Malcolm. The question now
arose whether or not Kemp was a guilty taker of
the pictures, because, if he was not, Malcolm could 1
not be a guilty receiver; and to settle this point a !
vast deal of discussion at each of the many examitta-
dons took place, and Mr. Hewitson underwent u
long cross-examination by a professional gentleman
who attended for the prisoners, to show that there
existed a sort of partnership as to profits and ex-
pellees on the sale of the pictures between Kemp
and Hewitson, and the latter admitted certainly
that Kemp was to have one-third of the profits, anti
he admitted also that Kemp had had an attorney's
letter sent to him, Hewitson, with an account un-
settled, in which Hewitson was made to appear a
considerable debtor to Kemp. But this had not
been sent to him, he said, until after Malcolm was
taken into custody, and he denied that there was
any thing due from him to Kemp. It was urged,
also, on the part of Kemp, that he had detained
the pictures under the advice of his solicitor, Mr.
Pinero, of Charles-street, Cavendish-square, until
Hewitson should have settled his accounts, and Mr.
Pinero -was called forward to prove this fact.
Mr. ROE (the Magistrate) said that Mr. Pinero
had better be cautious how he involved himself by
any answers, as an accessory after the fact.

Mr. Pinero was not in the least afraid of any
suck involvement, for he had merely given his pro-
fessional opinion, which he had a right to do, on the
representation made to him by his client, and he
had no objection whatever to state the advice he
had given ; and that was, if there was an unsettled
account between the parties, that Kemp should keep
the pictures until his claim was satisfied.
In the end Mr. ROE (with whom was Mr. HENRY
DYER, jun.) committed both prisoners for trial on
those charges, and peremptorily refused an applica-
tion to admit either to bail.

The prisoners are very respec!able-loolting young
men, and their connexions are said to be also re-
spectable.

iVilliunt James, fames Skelton, and Richard Price,
three well-dressed young men, who have been in
custody several days, charred with attempting to
commit a burglary at the Red Lion public-house,
corner of Windmill-street, flaymarket, were
brought before the Magistrate for final examination.
The Magistrate, after hearing the evidence of the
landlord and other witnesses, had not the slightest
doubt as to the guilt of all the prisoners ; but as
there was no direct evidence to implicate Price, he
should only hold him to bail as a suspicious charac-
ter; Skelton, as a rogue and vagabond even by his
own account, being out drunk about the streets at
four o'clock in the morning, he should commit for
three months to the House of Correction ; and James
be should send to Newgate to take his trial for the

attempt at burglary. The prisoners were then all
removed, pursuant to their sentences.

WORSHII'-STREET.
A young man named Hurst, was charged with
cemmitting a criminal assault upon Ann Pratt, a
pi-etty•looking girl about 15 or 16. From the girl's
evidence it appeared that the prisoner had promiseq
her marriage—that on Saturday night she met him
by appointment, to take a walk, and accompanied
him to a public-house, were she dank some wine,
which he pressed upon her, and became tipsy. On
leaving the house he took her as far as Temple-bar,
-where he pushed her into a house, kept her there all
_n'ght, and auomplished his purpose against her will.
She remained till one o'clock on the following day,
and on going home, told her aunt what had happened.
• The Magistrate said it was a gross and infamous
case of seduction, but there was not sufficient evi-
dence against the prisoner for a criminal proceeding.
He was,. therefore, discharged.