The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-17 00:00:00

BO %V-STREET.

Yesterday Messrs. Carpue and Isaacs, Jew fruiterers
and orange-merchants, in the Minorics, appeared before
Sir IL BIWNIE, upon a summons, obtained against them
by Captain Case, of No. 22, Great Castle-street, Rogent-
street, in order that they might account before the Ma-
gistrate for the possession of two notes of the Bank of
England for 10/. each, of which Capt. C. had been robbed.
It appeared that the complainant lost his pocket-book
on the 3d inst., containing two promissory notes for 100/.
each, and three notes of the Bank of England for 101.
each. On the 6th inst. two of the notes were paid in at the
Bank of England, in the name of the defendant ; upon as-
certain'og which, Captain Case applied for and obtained a
summons to compel the defendants to give up the name of
the individual who had passed them the notes.
In reply to a question by Sir IL Bia ir, Captain
Case said he was not at all aware how he had lost his
pocket-book. lie had reason to believe, however, that it
had been stolen from the breast-pocket of his regimental coat.
Sir 11. BlaNlE—Have you no suspicion, Captain,
against any body ? Captain Case-1 certainly cannot
charge any person with robbing me. I should be sorry to
do so without sufficient proof, and would much lather lose
the whole of the money than charge an innocent person
with the theft.

The defendants accounted for the possession of the notes
by stating that they had taken them from a man named
Peter Cunningham, to whom they sold some fruit.
Sir R. B 1 It NI E—Where is this man to be met with ?
Carpue—We really cannot say where he may be met with.
Sir R. BIRNIE-That is rather odd. You ought to have
known more of a person from whom you took two 101.
notes.—lsaacs—He had dealt with us before, Sir Richard;
we know the man very well.
Sir R. Bume-.--Oh ! you do? Then I tell you it is
your duty to find him out.
Captain Case said, that the wife of one of the defendants
told him that Cunningham was gone to Cambridge, and
advised him to go in pursuit of him.

Sir R. BIRNIE-The defendants are dearly responsible
for the notes, they having both acknowledged that they
know the man from whom they took them.
Carpue—We are willing to assist the complainant in the
recovery of his money as far as we can. Are we at liberty
to give Cunningham into custody?
Sir R. 13111.N1E.-Certainly you would be justified in
doing so; and I tell you more, that your own characters
require you to take some step of the kind. Have you ever
had any dealings in Bank-notes with this Peter Cunning-
ham before the present transaction ?—The defendants re-
plied in the negative, observing that Cunningham had al-
ways paid them in gold and silver, prior to his paying
them the two notes in question.
It was finally agreed that the defendants should use all
due diligence to discover Cunningham, upon which condi-
tion the summons was suspended.
A fellow, who signs himself " Edward Hughes," and
who resides somewhere in the neighbourhood of Birrning-
ham, has latterly been at work on an extensive scale in
sending orders to London tradesmen for goods per coach,
promising to remit the amount in cash without delay.
This fellow has proved to be a swindler, and is supposed
to he connected with some of the various gangs that are
at this moment dispersed about the country. The fol-
lowing letter, from a tradesman in the Strand, was re-
ceived yesterday by Sir Richard Biruie. It describes the
mode which the writer took to answer an order for goods
with which Mr. Hughes had favoured him.