The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-18 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Two well.dreeeed young women (well known to the
police), who gave their names as Aan Jackson and
Charlotte Yonny, were charged before the Lord Mayor with
the commission of the following daring street robbery.
From the evidence of the prosecutor, a Mr. Hill, a rent-
collector, living in Heform-place, Nihitecross-street, it
appeared that on Friday night, between eleven and twelve
o'ciock, he and a friend were passing along Princes-street,
on their way home, when they were accosted by the two
prisoners, who were told to go about their business, when
the prisoner Jackson suddenly made a snatch at the prose-
cutor's watch, broke it from the guard chain, and ran away
with it. The other prisoner, Young, also ran off, but both
were pursued by the prosecutor, his friend, and Police-
constable Dunbar, 270. In the course of the chase the
prisoner was seen by the police-constable to throw some-
thing away. The officer picked it up, and it turned out to
be the case of the stolen watch, the watch itself being
found in the possession of the prisoner Young when she
was captured in Moorgate-street.
The prisoner Jackson, when called for her defence, said
she would plead guilty, and have the matter settled here.
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The prisoner Young protested that she wan met guilty.
In reply to the Lmd Mayor,
Partridge, the gaoler of the court, said that he believed
both the prisoners were known, and added that there
was a gentleman in court who had another charge to prefer
against the prisoner Jackson.
The gentleman alluded to, whose name did not trans-
pire, here stepped forward, and informed the court that
about 10 o'clock on the night of Wednesday, the 6th
March instant, he was proceeding along Fan-street, on
his way home from business, when he came up to Jack-
son, who was standing near another female, who was
lying on the foot pavement. Jackson stated that the
female was her enter, who had fallen in a fit, and en-
treated him to assist her in raising the latter. lie wil-
lingly lent his aid and having done so recommended
Jackson to convey her sister house in a cab. She said she
would do so, and be then left them together, but had not
gone many paces before he heard the sound of footsteps as
of persons running away, and then discovered that he
had been robbed of his watch and chain, which wore of the
value of 71., and which had been perfectly safe in his pos-
session just before he fell in with the prisoners. He at
once gave information to the police of his loss, and also
supplied a description of the women, and on that morning
he had been sent for to the police-station, where Jackson
was in custody on the other charge, and he at once identi-
fied her as the female who Lad solicited his assistance in
the manner alread described.
The prisoner Jackson called Heaven to witness that
she was wholly innocent of this affair, and declared that
she could prove that she was not near the spot on the
night in question.
The Lord Mayor remarked that this was a case whirls
dome, del further inquiries before the matter was finally
disposed of, and with that view his lordship remanded both
the prisoners to Thursday next.