The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-21 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.—(This Day.)

(Before J. E Johnson, Esq., and a Bench of Magistrates.)
AN UNGRATEFUL THIEF. —Sarah ITTestcott, 50, was
indicted for stealing a gold watch sad chain, the pro-
perty of Joseph Scott.
Sarah Scott stated that she was t. a wife of the prose-
cetor, and on the sth of October the prisoner came to
drink tea with her a No. 9, Devonshire-street, New-
ington-causeway. At the time her ha-band's watch and
chain was laying on the table in the sitting-room, and
no other person entered the house. The prisoner left
about nine o'clock, and after she was gone witness
missed the watch and chain. She gave information to
the police ; and some time afterwards she went to
Croydon, at which place the prisoner said she lived, but
c'.uld get no tidings of her. In Novetuber last she re-
ceived information that the prisoner was in cestody at
Croydon for felony, and on going there witness saw in
her possession a gold ring which she missed at the time
with the wsteh. The megistratee sentenced her to a
month's imprisonment for that offence, and at the ter-
inL,ation of that, pnr:ishment the constable took her into
enstody for stealing the watch and chain. She acknow-
ledged hating stolen the watch and chain, and said that
she pledged them for 21. 10..
Win. .A.lfre-11 Radford. r..,istant to Mr. Wm. Radford,
nawnbroker, Kennington-park, said that on the 6th of
October the prisoner pledged the watch and chain with
bun for 2/. 10'.
Daniel Rowbottom, police-constable 489 A, stated
that he received information of the robbery, and at the
termination of the former sentence at Croydon, he went
to Wandsworth House of Correction and apprehended
her. She confessed the robbery, and said she was in
d is tress. _ _

The jury found her guilty, and the Court sentenced
her to six months' hard labour in the House of Correc-
tion.

John Jones, 24, described in the calen 'ar as a car-
penter, was indicted for stealing a horse-rug, the pro-
perty of Thomas Gee.
The jury found him guilty, and the Court sentenced
him to two months' hard labour at Wandsworth.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARY LEBONE.

Maxi!FuL PosaßßSlON.—James Brenton was placed
at the bar before Mr. Long, charged on suspicion of hav-
ing stolen a quantity of lead.
Port,-r, 55 D, deposed that between 5 and G yesterday
evening he met the prisoner in Pickering-place,Bayswater,
and on asking him what he had in the handkerchief
which lie was carrying, he replied, "Nothing but a little
tea and sugar, and a drop of gin." Upon examining the
handkerchief witness found therein the articles named.
Prisoner was then questioned as to what else lie had, as
the front of his coat seemed rather bulky, but as he gave
a very unsatisfactory answer, he (witness) pulled open
the gamest, and saw concealed in the front thereof
EOM() lead, newly cut, weighing nearly 14Ibri. He alleged
that it was given to him by a man whom he accident-
ally met, and with regard to whose name or address he
(prisoner) of course had no knowledge.
The magistrate sent the prisoner, whose account of
the transaction he could not for a moment believe, to
hard labour in the House of Correction for a month, for
the unlawful possession of the property.