The Sun. — 1844-06-07 (London, England)

ROBBERY OF A POST•OFFICE.—YeSterday morning information was given that the post receiving-house, near Heaton new' church, had been broken into and robbed. The postmaster is Mr. Bray, a hairdresser, who keeps a small sh,p, No. 2, Haberdasher-place, adjoining the Haberdashers' Arms Tavern, and only five houses distant from the policestation of the N division, in Robert-street. Upon inquiry it was stated that the entry had been effected 'from the yard through the back parlour window, to which there was no fastenings, and. the thief had then merely to walk into the shop, where he broke open and abstracted the contents of a small writing-desk behind the counter. Mr. Bray stated that the desk contained about 761, two 5/. and a IW. Bank of England notes in an old pocket-book, and the rest in cash, of which 421. belonged to himself, and the remainder to the Post-office, but unfortunately he had not the numbers or any description of the Bank notes. The letter-box, which was locked, was undisturbed, and the desk containing the money appeared to be the only article in the place that had been touched. • There were lodgers in the upper part of the house, and Mr. Bray and his family slept in the kitchen, immediately under the Shop, but not any of them heard any noise in the night, or until six o'clock yesterday morning, when a paper-hanger, who- had some work to do on the premises, found tbe,shop-door a-jar, and walking in, gave the alarm. The back of the house is so surrounded that access could only be had from the yard of the Haberdashers' Arms, or by sealing a high wall surmounted' by palisades, and passing over several intervening yards and walls. The robber having apparently entered that way, and obtained possession of the money, let himself out at the front door. TUB SUPPOSED MURDER AT WlMBLEDON.—Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, Charles Hall, plasterer, of Wimbledon, who stands charged with the murder of Charlotte Hall, his wife, was conveyed from the lock-up of Sevenoaks by Joseph Bradley, the superintendent of police, to the offices of Messrs. Austen and Holcroft, the clerks to the local magistrates, and placed in the dock, before Mr. Atkins, for reexamination, upon a charge of having murdered his wife by suffocation. The evidence, which was taken at great length, was, with some slight exceptions, relating chiefly to threats of violence on the part of the prisOner towards his wife, very similar to that adduced at the inquest on the body, when the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from natural causes. At .the conclusion of the investigation, Mr. Charnock, who was for the defence, expressed his opinion that there was no necessity for him to address the bench, as he felt satisfied that there was no case against his client. Mr. Atkins, however, said that he had fully resolved upon committing the prisoner for trial ; and Mr. Charnock, therefore, in an able speech, contended that there was nothing in the evidence:which in the least degree tended to establish the. charge against the prisoner: hall was then committed to Maidstone Gaol, the charge against him being for " feloniously choking,. strangling, and suffocating Charlotte Hall, his wife." MR. .