The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-30 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Monday night a re-
spectably dressed young man, named John Johnson,
was placed at the bar before Mr. BROUGHTON, on a
charge of assaulting - Chamberlain, on the
King's highway at Iloxton, and robbing him of a
silver watch.

Charles Still, shopman to Mr. Goodburn, of
Union-street East, pawnbroker, stated that he re-
ceived information this morning from a gentleman
(who gave his name Chamberlain), that he was
knocked down by five men on Sunday evening in
Iloxton, who robbed him of a silver watch worth
seven guineas, made- by Messrs. Dwerrihouse and
Co., Berkeley-square, London, and requested that
if such a watch was offered for pawn, we should
stop the party; this afternoon, about three o'clock,
the prisoner brought a silver watch, made by aver-
rihouse and Co., and offered it for pawn ; supposing
it was the same watch that had been taken from Mr.
Chamberlain, I detained the prisoner and sent for
an officer.

Mr. BROUGHTON—Is Mr. Chamberlain here ?
Mr. Still : Ile is not, Sir.
Mr. BROUGHTON—What is the value of the
watch you produce ?—Mr. Still : About 101.
Job Watkins, shopman to Mr. Sesveiby, of
Chiswell-street, pawnbroker, here came forward
and said, it was no highway-robbery, for he had
sold the prisoner's brother the watch produced this
morning, about ten o'clock, for 3/. 10s.; there was
neither maker's name nor address engraved on it
then.

Mr. BnouGnToN—That's very curious, if it is
the same watch you sold the prisoner's brother, how
it that there is a maker's name on it now.

Mr. Watkins—Whv, Sir, Dwerrihouse and Co.,
Berkeley-square, has bee►, put on it since I sold it,
merely to make it fetch a good price.
Mr. BROUGHTON-011, then a respectable watch-
maker's name is put on it to make the purchaser be-
lieve its a good watch; a fine way, indeed, to cheat
the public.
A young man, who gave his name Wm. Hands,
and who stated himself to be the prisoner's brother-
in•law, said he was the person who bought the watch
of the last witness, and the name of Dwerrihouse
and Co. he had got engraved on it for the purpose of
making it fetch a good price; it was not worth any
thing like seven guineas ; it was mere rubbish; now
he had got the name on it, it would sell for 31.
more than it would in the state he bought it.
Mr. BROUGHTON—WeII, I thought the watch
was a good one; its one of the most barefaced
frauds I ever heard of, to use the name of one of
the most respectable firms in the watch trade, with
a view to deceive the public.
Hands—l don't consider it a fraud ; it's a thing
done every day by others beside myself, and I
think every person has a right to make the most of
his goods.
Mr. BRoucirros—Do you call yourself an honest
man ? Hands—Why yes, I do.

Mr. BROUGHTON-LAre you aware that by such
fraudulent practices, you are doing Messrs. n werri-
house and Co. a great injury ? Hands—l have only
to look to myself.
Mr. Edwards, a watchmaker, residing in High-
street, Shoreditch, here came into the oflice, and
said the watch produced was a very good one,
jewelled in four ho!es, and worth at least 10 guineas.
Simmons, a constable of Spitalfields, said he
searched the prisoner, and found a silver snuff-box
and a silver ladle, on his person, also a quantity of
watch dials, and twenty-four duplicates of watches
at his lodgings, in Crispin-street, Spitalfields ; they
were pawned for various sums from 14 to 101., the
snuff-box bad C. Needham engraved on the lid, and
the punch ladle bad the initials I. S. N.
The prisoner was remanded till yesterday, when
Mr. Ogston, of the firm of Messrs. Dwerrihouse and
Co„ attended. He stated that the watch produced
was not of thei► manufacture, but it was a very close

imitation. The plate appeared very much like their
engraving, except the word Berkely being dif-
ferently spelt from those of their make—it was a
very good watch, and worth about 121. or 1'!!.
Simmons, the constable, said, the gentleman who
had been robbed had seen the watch produced, and
said it was not his.

The prisoner's mother, an elderly woman, here
addressed the Magistrate thus :--My son was taken
up for highway robbery, how dare the Magistrate
keep him in custody; he has no power to do it—
and my son shan't be kept in custody any longer for
any one.
Mr. BROUGHTON—I always regard the feelings
of a mother, and at the same time respect her de-
finition of the law; but I must beg you to be peace-
able, and conduct yourself with decorum.
The mother here began a complete volley of abuse
towards all the officers, calling them thieves, villains,
robbers, and other opprobrious names, until she was
obliged to be forced out of the office.
Hands, the prisoner's brother-in-law, did not at-
tend the second examination, and a warrant was
issued for his apprehension for the fraud.
The prisoner was discharged from the highway
robbery, but committed for want of bail on the
charge of the fraud.