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and having received their directions th
When the robbery was dis

Inspector, and all the others tr
Constable Kehoe was then s,

information of an intended robbery in Mr. Pughe
be proceeded on Saturday morning to the bottom

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ver-street, opposite Paradise-street. Inspector Cottam took
his place in the public house, whilst witness and constable
Maguire went into Mr. Savage's shop, and took their sta-
tions in such a way that they could see all that passed out-
side. They remained there from an early hour in the morn-
ing till half past eight in the evening, when, for the first time,
their attention was attracted by all the prisoners coming up,
except Snowden. They walked round by Mr. Savage's door,
turned into an entry, where they remained for a few minutes,
and then Roper went and stood at a gas pillar. Crane, whose
real name was Adams, and Hamby came round where wit-
ness and Maguire were placed, and passed into Hanover-
street, and remained at the next door to Mr. Pughe's ; the
others went round and came up by the butcher's shop to the
side of Mr. Pughe's house. They did not, however, go in
that time, but went back to the opposite side, where Roper was
standing. There they divided again into two divisions; and
witness next saw Hornby go into Mr. Poghe's with a yellow
handkerchief under his arm, and so
Four of them then went into the hous

iething tied up in it
. Crane did not iv:

into the house with them, but he passed by Mr. Savage's
shop, and, crossing over, went into Mr. Pughe's immediately

after them. There were then five in the-house, and Rope'r
remained stationary at the lamp-post. They came out of the
house in a few minutes, and met again at the pla T where
Roper was, and, after a few moments conversation, they took

different routes, and went again into Mr. Pr
They then came out again, and again stoppe

some conversation there p

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.emained outside

from Mr. Pug

Hornby and Simpson running ►
Manesty-lane, and Mr. Savage
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street, when he was stopped and secured. The others maul
their escape ; but Crane and Hornby were pursued ane
brought back by witness and Maguire to Mr. Pnghe's, whe'
they found inspector Cottom up stairs with tb-
Thomas in custody. In the course of a short time afterwaral
Roper was apprehended in Williamson-square, dressed it
the same way as he was seen in Hanover-street, but with a
green patch over his eye. On being apprehended and told
the charge, he said to witness, " I have never been out of
my bed all day till this moment." Roper never went into
the house at all ; he stood outside, and appeared to give

insoner

Police-constable

Alaguire

next sworn

that he. was in Mr. Savage's shop, as described by Kehoe,
and so stationed that he might point out the thieves to
Kehoe. He saw all the prisoners come down Paradise-street
except Snowden. They stopped a little, and then went on
in different directions. As they passed backwards and for-
wards witness pointed them out to Kehoe, and told him their
names. Five of them, Thomas, Simpson, Hornby, Crane,
and Jones went into the house ; Roper remained at the gas
lamp. Simpson wore first the dress in which he now appeared
at the bar, and afterwards he had on a pepper and salt

The witness then described how the prisoners
went in and out of the house three times, each time having
some communication with Roper. When they_had all gone

swinger

in the last time, witness placed himself so as to have abetter
view of the door • and in a minute or two afterwards he saw
the rush from Mr. Pughe's. Hornbv ran towards Paradise-
street, and witness having secured him, he said " I will go
quietly,with you, for it is all up." About two hours after-
wards witness apprehended Crane and Jones in Williams-•-
square. On Hornby 3s. 7d. were found, and on Jones

In cross-examination by Mr. WARDLE, the witness s
positively as to the identity of the prisoners he had seen
Mr. John Ingram Savage stated that he had allowed the
police to be stationed in his shop, for the purpose of deter
ing the thieves. On Saturday, at h
to nine o'clock, he observed Roper
others were speaking to him. When the rush was math
witness followed and secured Sirnpsot

-past eigh'
the lamp-

Mrs. Pughe was the next witness. She stated that about
a fortnight since five or six men, who resembled the prison.
ers, came into their house. Hornby was the oaly one of
them whom she could recollect. They went into the back
parlour, where they sat altogether ; they made a great noise,
by speaking all at once, and calling for their liquor at the
same time. One of

uacic way. A few nights afterwards the same party
came again ; they again went into the back parlour,
and went on in the same way, but they did not stop
long. The next time they came was last Friday night ;
Crane was one, and Thomas was another. As on the other
occasions one of them went into the back yard. The window
of the room where Mr. Pughe kept his money looked into
the yard. The prisoner Thomas had slept in the house for
two or three nights about a week ago ; another man came
with him, but he stayed only one night and did not come
again. Thomas slept in the garret over the kitchen, from
which he could see into the yard and also into the room where
the money was kept. He could see quite plain a person
putting money into the desk in her husband's room. On
Saturday night all the men except Roper came in again.
Another man was then with them who was not now in the
dock. Roper had been in a short time before and gone out ;
perhaps it was half an hour previously. Snowden had been
in for an hour before them, in the parlour. He had been there
before, and witness noticed that he always took the same
seat ; it was a seat from which he could see the other men.
When they came in witness served them; they went out
twice, and it was just before the gas was lit that witness sup-
posed one of them got up stairs. All of a sudden they
began to talk very loud, and to laugh in a very noisy way.
A man, whom she did not see in the dock, then came in .nd
he called for a glass of porter. Mr. Pughe gave it to him,
and when he was drinking it, seeing Mr. Pughe had his hat on
prepared to go out, he held the porter over his head and
shouted very loud, " this is a glass of excellent porter,"
looking at the same time towards the back parlour; another
loud laugh was then set up by the men, and they became very
noisy and boisterous. \V itness went to them and complained
of the noise, and then observed that there were five persons
there. She heard a noise up stairs, and the men rushed
out of the parlour in an instant and ran off. Snowden then
came up to her and asked " what was to do," but she re-
fused to tell him.

Mr. Pughe stated that Thomas and Hornby had been at
his house before Saturday; and on Saturday night he saw
the whole of the prisoners there except Roper; Snowden was
in the bar at the same time. Witness was aware that the
police were upon the look-out. Witness kept his money in
a drawer in his bed-room, which was upon the first floor,
and was overlooked as described. He put five sovereigns,
one shilling and a half-crown in silver in a little box in the
drawer, which he locked, as well as the room door. He
marked the money. There was a closet in the room. On
going up stairs witness found the prisoner Thomas struggling
with Inspector Cottam who had throw►► him on the floor and
was securing him. The drawer had been broken open ; the
money was gone, as well as a pistol which belonged to wit-
ness. Witness afterwards saw the money and the pistol
taken from the prisoner Thomas. He identified the money
by the marks upon them. Three halfpence were also found
upon him which did not belong to witness, and a number
of skeleton keys. _ _ _

Inspector COttarn stated that he was ordered to watch for
the thieves in Mr. Pughe's house on Saturday morning. He
went there at seven o'clock as a traveller, and having men-
tioned his business to Mr. Pughe, he went into a closet in
his bedroom. He locked himself in that closet, which was
just large enough to hold one person, till one o'clock. At
one o'clock came out, got some refreshment, and returned
into the closet, where he remained till six o'clock. At seven
he again took his station in the closet, and about nine o'clock
he heard a footstep coming up stairs. There was a silence
for five or ten minutes, and then he heard a rattle in the
as if some person was trying to unlock the doo

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was tried for ten minutes by and bye the door burst in and
the hasp fell upon the floor. When it fell witness heard a
cry " this is a beautiful glass of porter," and then a loud
laugh was set up. In fact, all the time that the lock was
being tried, there was great confusion down stairs. The
prisoner Thomas then entered the room. He went straight
up to the drawer and tried it; he then applied a jemmy to it,
and the drawer cracked. He stopped and listened ; the men
below shouted again, and he drew out the drawer. He then
listened a second time • then he turned the silver out of the
bowl, went to the window, looked at it, and put it into his
pocket. There was a little box in the drawer, which con-
tained some gold, he took it to the window, looked at it, and
put it into his pocket. Then he took out a pistol and shoved
that in his pocket; as well 'as the little box and some papers.
He then examined the drawer and closed it. When he en-
tered the room he went direct up to this drawer, and it was
the only one he tried. Witness then rushed out and seized
him ' he got hold of witness by his throat, but witness had
him down in no time in the centre of the floor, with his
knees on his chest, in which position he held him till he was
secured. He screamed most awfully before witness laid
hands upon him, and this gave the alarm to those below ;
and he said that if witness would let him get up he would be
quiet. The inspector then described the money found upon
him, and Mr Pughe identified all the money except lid. and
the pistol, as his own.
This was all the evidence. None of the prisoners made
any defence. The magistrates ordered Snowden to be dis-
charged, there being no evidence against him ; the others
were committed to the sessions.

CORNS.—We have seen some verrstrong testimonials of
ability in the possession of Mr..(Cattinan, the chiropodist,
24, Pitt-street, corner of Greet Lam-street. We. believe he
has operated successfully on many gentlemen in Liverpool,
who have all expresse4 mach gratification in having been
under his care. He etadfcates corns without any pain or
inconvenience. He alsd has a mode of curing warts without
pain.

One of the witnesses (a participator in the crime) examined
on Wednesday, in Clonmel, on the trial for the murder of
Upon your oath, which do you think com-
the late Mr. Hall, being asked—he professing himself to be
a teetotaller—"
mitting murder or breaking the pledge the greatest crime ?"
answered—" I think one is as bad as the other."

To CHOOSE A STOCK 0.1, BEES.—Place your ear close to
i
the hive and give t a tap ; the inmates give a short and
sudden buzz all is right ;. but if it be a languid hum, or rather
a purring sound, the hive must he rejected, for the bees
are weak.— I'Vrighton on the Management of Bees.