The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-16 00:00:00

THAMES.

SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE.—Catherine Duggan, one of
those infamous women who frequent Ratcliff-highway and
vicinity ostensibly for the purpose of selling oranges and
fruit, but in reality to plunder sailors and others, was
brought before Mr. Partridge charged with assaulting Mrs.
Harriet Thackeray, a very respectable married woman.
The complainant said she was passing the corner of Well-
street and Cable-street, near the Sailors' Home, last night,
and was met by the prisoner, who put her arms round her
neck, pressed her against a wall, and kicked her several
times, while another woman, a friend of the prisoner, tore
her bonnet off, and flung it into the road. Both women
used very foul language.
Mr. Partridge—What was the cause of this ?

Witness—l don't know indeed. She is a stranger to me.

The prisoner set up an infamous defence which the com-
plainant said was quite untrue, and the policeman who had
charge of the case said the prisoner was drunk and very dis-
orderly last night.
Geraphty, a police sorgeaat, said the prisoner was one of
the most infamous women in the district—an orange girl.
The prisoner—l don't go about with oranges now.
➢lr. Partridge said the prisoner had committed a most
unprovoked assault on a respectable woman, and he fined
her 108., and in default of payment seven days' imprison-
ment.

GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST AN UNDERTAKER,—Thos.
Tadman was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with
stealing a glass decanter, emblazoned with the word
" Sherry," and valued at 10s. 6d., the property of Mr. Jas,
Everafiold, landlord of the Duke of York, in High-street,
Shadwell.

On Christmas-eve the prosecutor had a sherry decanter
in his possession, It was full of wine. He missed it the
next morning, and gave information to the police. Last
night, Sergeant Dillon, 19 K, found the decanter in a cup-
board behind the prisoner's shop. The prisoner
told Dillon he picked up the decanter outside
his father's shop two or three nights after Christmas,
and did not know to whom it belonged. He now
repeated that statement, and said he was a respectable
undertaker and worked very hard for his living. While he
was making his defence an injudicious friend handed the
prisoner's card about among the solicitors at the table in
front of the bench, None of them seemed disposed to give
the prisoner an order, and- handed the card to our re-
porter. The inscription on the card was as follows:
"Thomas Tadman, furnishing undertaker, 32, St. James-
place, Buck-road, Shadwell, funerals performed on the most
reasonable terms. Orders by post promptly attended to.''
Mr. Partridge said he did not believe the prisoner's de-
fence. This was a grave charge. It was not unlikely that
the prisoner should pick up the large decanter full of
sherry in the public street. The prisoner had been in the
practice of frequenting the Duke of York occasionally, and
was in the house a week ago, and knew the bottle of sherry
was lost. He fined the prisoner 40s. for unlawful posses-
sion of the decanter,
The fine was paid.

The new magistrate, Mr. John Paget, of the Northern
Circuit and Liverpool Sessions, who was called to the bar in
1838, and has had great experience in criminal law, was on
the bench with Mr. Woolrych yesterday, and again this
day with Mr. Partridge. Mr. Paget will commence his
magisterial duties at this Court on Monday next, the 18th
instant,

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

There was an increased supply of vegetables at our
market to-day, and the late advance in prices was not
supported. The trade for fruit was steady.

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes,per lb 5 0 to 10 0
Foreign do 1 0 to 2 6
Melons
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
Apples, per hf -sv. 2 6 to 4 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 0
Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0
Gooseberries hf sire° 0 to 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. 8 d
Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, ptino oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 1 6to 1 9
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto '2 0
Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0
Peaches.. ...... 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per lisv 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0