The Sun. — 1856-03-28 (London, England)

DARING BURGLARY. jeant Clare, of the same regiment.: The prisoner was there with several others, and he handed Joseph Quintall, 16, was indicted for burglariously en- The prisoner and the eerjeant lodged in the same witness what he believed to be four good half-crowns tering the dwelling-house of Win. Shakerly, at Cam- room. The prosecutor slept out one night, and on re- and a penny, which he put int) his pocket, but on getturning to his apartment the next morning missed two borne, on the 25th June last, and stealing a chair cover-ting home be discovered one of them to he a counterfeit. suspected was The box. prisoner hisfrom ing, and also with cutting and stabbing the said William 51. notes Having no other half-crowns about him but those, he the and dsubsequently, by toy, Shakerley with intent to do him some bodily harm, and given into custody, was positive that he took the one in question feom the Some excitement was produced iu court by the youthful exertions o one of the missingf Serjeen notest Smith, was traced, of the detectiveEe found force, prisoner. Accordingly on Wednesday he went to the appearance of the prisoner who was charged with suchprisoner and told him what had occurred, and gave him that the prisonerhad purchased a pair of boots of a Mr. a serious offence. It appeared that on the night of theinto custody. a tendering Golden-square, tt s Brewer street, 25th June prosecutor was aroused from his slumbers by Lewis, ofThe prisoner said he was certain that he did not give a noise he heard in the 5/. note in payment, which Mr. Lewis got changed at a house ; on going down stairs he the witness a counterfeit half-crown. He was a respectneighbour,s, named Cribb, p saw the prisoner coming towards him with a lighted Mr. Henry asked Lewisable tradesman, and known to many parties in court. candle. Prosecutor caught hold of him, and there was a if heut any questions to the Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, informed his worship that struggle between them. On a light being brought, pro- prisoner respecting the note ? he had known him as a tradesman for many years in secutor took the prisoner into a room, who then snapped The witness replied that he did, and prisoner told him Kent-street. that the Si.note was part of some arrears which had been a pistol at him, but which did not go off. Prosecutor Mr. A'Beckett said there certainly were in circulation screamed " Murder," when prisoner attacked him with paid to him at the War-office for Crimean service, a vast number of counterfeit half-crowns, and as the proitwould be very desirable if tradesuttered one to a knife, and inflicted several severe wounds upon him.secutor had sworn that the prisoner had Mr. Henry said men and others who received notes in this way would Tee prisoner was eventually secured, when he said he him, he must remand him until Saturday, but would acrequire persons tendering them to write their names and bad broken into the house to get money. On the prisonercept his own recognizance for his appearance on that day. erson would refuse honest No p back. was found two pistols loaded with small shot and a knife. address on the ------.. , to do this. Prisoner had entered by the warehouse window in front