The Sun. — 1832-10-06 (London, England)

BOW-STREET.  Yesterday Hurst and Webb, the men who stand charged with having abstracted notes to the amount of 2101. from a letter addressed to Messrs. Wooton, of Grange-road, Bermondsey, and which was given into the charge of Webb, as a supernumerary lettercarrier to the New Post Office, were brought up for re-examination. No furl her evidence being produced against them, they were again remanded for a week, when the Magistrate expressed hs determination to commit them for trial.  A young man, who stated bis name to be William Hudson Davis, and that he lived at 63, South Molton-street, was charged on suspicion of having robbed Mr. Edward Phillips, of Took's-court, Cursitor-street, of two sovereigns. Mr. Phillips on the preceding day had been dining with some frieuda, and being elevated with drinking more wine than usual, in his way home he went to the Shades, in the Adelphi, where he had some brandy and water, and met two persons who were strangers to him. They had some conversation, and after he drank his liquor they all went out together. His new companions then conducted him to a house Brydges-street, where they had some wine and water ; and while thus engaged, the prisoner entered and joined in !heir conversation. Witness was subsequently conducted to the Finish, in Jamesstreet, Covent.garden, as he stated, by the prisoner and the two first-mentioned persons. Here they had some more wine and water, after drinking which, it was proposed by one of the party that they should retire into a private room and have a rubber at whist. To this witness, unconscious of what he was doing, acceded, when they were shown into a room where cards were produced, and they sat down to play, when having played for some time, and he lost a few shillings, he proposed retiring, and rose for diet purpose, when the prisoner and the other two men placed their backe against the door, and would nor permit him to pass. He endeavoured to force his way, but the men surrounded him, and pushed him cbout, when, apprehensive of some personal violence, :‘te called our " Murder !" as loud as he could. A waiter immediately came, burst open the door, and conducted him into an adjoin'err room, where he discovered that he had lost two sovereigns, and that his umbrella had been carried away; he mentioned the circumstance to the waiter, who called up a fellow-servent, but no steps were taken to restore to him his property. He then quitted the house, and meeting a policeman under the Piazza, Covent-garden, stated to him what had happened. Just as he had finished his story, he observed the prisoner approaching him, and he gave him into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, had been down to Croydon Fair, and arriving too late in town to gain admission to his lodgings, he went first to the house in Brydges-street, and from thence to the Finish, where he met Mr. Phillips arid the two other men, having no know!edge of any of them. He admitted that he had gotte up stairs to play a rubber at whist, but denie 1 that he had participated in the robbery, if such had been committed. On being searched by the policeman, it appeared that but 1/. 3s. 6d. had been found in his possession, which he claimed as his own money.  As Mr. Palllipscould not swear that the prisoner had actually taken the money from him, Sir F. A. ROE would feel satisfied, if the prisoner would enter into his own recognizance to appear on Tuesday next, giving instructions to the policeman to etn to discover the other two men in the interim.