The Sun. — 1862-03-06 (London, England)

BREAK INCA INTO A PAWNSHOP.  At the City Police Court, on Tuesday, James Harrison was charged with having broken int 3 the the shop of Mr. J. L. Brown, No. 306, Oldham-road, and stolen a cash box containing £8 16s. lid. and other articles. Mr. Brown stated that he formerly lived in the house adjoining his shop; but on account of his health, he took a residence elsewhere, and let off the house next door to his shop to the prisoner, who had lived there for the last twelve months. There was a communication between the house and shop when the former was occupied by himself, but when he left he had this means of access to the shop blocked up ; and since then the premises had been entirely unconnected with each other. It was his custom at night to leave the cashbox concealed amongst the goods. It usually contained from £8 to £lO, for the use of the shopmen the first thing in the morning. The box was invariably left unlocked. For some months he had missed cash from the box to the amount of £4 or £5 per week; and in taking stock recently there were goods to the amount of £2OO or £3OO which could not be accouated for. He called in the assistance of the police; and on Thursday last, he and Sergeant Torr examined the premises. They found in the cellar a place which aroused their suspicions, and a watch was kept. On Monday evening he left his brother and Police-constable Butler on the premises, and on coming back he found that a board had been removed from the bottom stair in the cellar, so as to form a communication with the prisoner's house. This was the same place he had before noticed as being suspicious. The hole was large enough to admit the prisoner or anyone else his size. On examining the shop, he missed the cash box from its place. It was afterwards shown to him by a police officer, but nothing was gone from it. At the police station a lamp was shown to him, which he identified as one he had missed from his shop. The cash box contained £8 16s. lid. in gold, silver, and copper,—Joseph Butler, a police constable, stated that in company with the prosecutor's brother he was watching the shop on Monday evening. Both of them were concealed. About half-past seven he heard a noise in the shop as if some one was walking about, and in about a minute afterwards he saw the prisoner coming up the stairs with a lighted lamp in his hand. The prisoner was in his shirt and drawers, and had no shoes on. The prisoner went to the place where the cash box was kept, and pulled out a bundle, which he placed on the floor. He opened the lid of the box, when he (Butler) ran towards him. The prisoner had a lamp in his hand, which he threw at him (Butler). The lamp struck him on the head and made him stagger fora bit.On recovering himself, he caught hold of the prisoner, the but the latter slipped through a trap door into cellar. The witness followed close behind, and saw the prisoner go through a hole in h tried to follow, but, having all , his clothes ewall. He on, he ac stuck fast. He then went to the and was about to break it open, when the prisoner came out, still in his shirt and drawers, and, after a struggle, he was secured.—The prisoner was committed for trial.  The German journals•bring the news of the death of the venerable poet, Justinus Kerner, who lately diedin the arms of his childi en, at the age of 76. All readers of German literature are acquinted with the poetry of Kerner, some of whose ballads are peculiarly sweet, simple, graceful. But Kerner was better known to and other way less, perhaps, to the honour of his intellect in anacuteness—as a believer in, and expounder is intellect and pounder of, the once famous revelations of the " Seeress of r revorst." bitritDEß IN THE ISLE OF W evening, a man named John White,WlGHT.—On Saturday a farm labourer, was walking at Lake, near Sandown , in the Isle of Wight, with a young woman, who for some time past has been housekeeper to a pensioner named Joseph Wooden, when Wooden waylaid them, and deliberately stabbed White, his death being instantaneous. Jealousy is supposed to be the cause of the murder. Wooden has boon apprehended.