The Sun. — 1845-03-31 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  Henry Thomctv, a young man, who stated himself to be a sailor, living in Charles-street, Hampstead-road, was charged with burglariously breaking out of the dwelling house of James Smith, Esq., of No. 14, Soho square, having stolen therein a quantity of plate, and wearing ap • parel. Johanna Callaghan, servant to Mr. Smith, stated that about eight o'clock last evening the prisoner brought a note, addressed to her master, which she took to him up stairs, leaving the prisoner standing in the hall, waiting for an answer. Having received one from Mr. Smith, he went away, but returned again in a short time, and asked leave to wait in the hall, as a gentleman would call there in a few minutes respecting the note he had brought. Witness c)nsen'ed to his remaining there, and went down stairs. Shortly afterwards she noticed that he was not in the hall, and concluded he had gone away. It however appeared that he had managed to secrete himself in one of the apartments in the house, and remained there all night. Between five and six o'clock this morning, as she was coming down stairs, she thought she heard the footsteps of some one in the passage leading to the street-door, and on hastening there saw the prisoner in the act of going out at the door. He shut it after him, and, on her opening it, she found him on the step, putting on a pair of her master's boots. He had also a coat belonging to her master on his arm, and a bundle tied up in a silk handkerchief. She seized hold of him, but he broke from her, and set off running. Although she was only half-dressed she pursued him for a considerable distance, calling " Stop thief !" and at length he was seized by police-constable No. 118 of the C division. The bundle was found to contain two frockcoats, five silver gravy spoons, two silver forks, four silver soup-ladles, and two silver tea-spoons, Mr. Smith's property, and which he had taken from different parts of the house.  Mr. Smith said the note the prisoner brought purported to be from a person he knew nothing of, respecting some publications, and was evidently a ruse to get into the house.  The prisoner made no defence, and was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.  Janiev D4rby, a cab-driver, was charged More Mr• Hardwick with having been concerned in the attempted robbery and murder of Mr. Charles Green, in Georgeyard, Crown-street, Soho. It will be recollected that a cab-driver named .John Stack was some weeks since taken into custody, charged with having rendered Mr. Green insensible by a blow with the handle of his whip or some heavy instrument. The prisoner's obvious intention of robbing his victim was, however, frustrated by the timely appearance of police constable Clarke, C 55. The prisoner Stack was fully committed, but ordered to be brought up from time to time, in order to give the police an opportunity of finding the second man. Mr. Green, who appeared to have receive I,a wound two inches in length close to the temple, gave a short outline of the facts, the whole of which have been already published at the examination of the other prisoner. Police constable Clarke, C 55, found Mr. Green lying bleeding and insensible on the pavement, in Georgeyard. The prisoner was the man who was seated on the box of a cab.  Police-constable E 159 took the prisoner into custody. The latter said it was a bad job, but denied all knowledge of the assault.—lie was co:omitted for trial. •