The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-22 00:00:00

THAMES.

BURGLARY.—CharIes Evans, a well known thief, aged
20, was brought up on remand before Mr Partridge charged
with feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house
of Mrs Catherine Glennie, a widow of No. 10, St. George-
place, St. George-in-the-East, and Eliza Desmond, 24, and
Eliza Allen alias Crawley, 27, were charged with feloniously
receiving a portion of the property stolen from the house,
they well knowing it to be stolen.
It appeared from the evidence that en the night of the
2d of the present month the dwelling of Mrs Glennie was
broken into, and two silver watches, three gold chains, a
gold pin, two gold studs, five gold rings, three silver bottle
labels, a brooch, and other property valued in all at.£2o, stolen.
An entrance was effected by removing an iron bar in front of
the kitchen window, by which admission was obtained into
the house, The parlour was entered, and a box in one of
the chests of drawers removed. All the property stolen was
in the box. The female prisoners, who are women of the
town, and are well known to the police. were afterwards
found dealing with some of the stolen property, and they
pawned two gold rings the day after the burglary at the
shops of two pawnbrokers, both named Wood, in Ratcltff-
highway. One of the rings was peculiarly constructed, and
formed, when opened, two hands and two hearts. The
rings were produced and identified by Mrs Glennie. An
II intelligent police-sergeant named Gamble, 49 K, who has
l been engaged in the investigation of the case, took the women
into custody a fortnight ago. Allan, on being asked where she
obtained one of the stolen rings she had pawned, said it
was given to her by a sailor. After she was remanded she
told Sergeant Gamble that Eliza Desmond ought to be
locked up as well as her, for it was Desmond's companion,
Charley Evans, that gave her the ring to pawn. Gamble
then obtained information that Desmond had pawned a gold
ring at the shop of Mr George Wood, a pawnbroker.
Gamble then took Desmond into custody, and she denied
pawning anything or being in the pawnbroker's shop. She
was recognised as being present when the two rings identi-
fied by Mrs Glennie were offered in pawn. The only evi-
dence against Evans who has been under remand for a
week, was that he was in company with the prisoners
Desmond and Allan in a public-house after the burglary.
When he was arrested by Sergeant Gamble he denied
having been in the company of two women. Joseph Chas.
Sleischer, barman at the Sun and Sword public-house, in
Csble•street, Whitechapel, proved that the prisoners were
drinking there, and appeared to know each other well the
day alter the burglary,
Hugh Andrews, a police -constable, No. 62 H, said he
knew all the prisoners to be thieves. Desmond had been
convicted.

Mr Partridge there was no doubt a burglary and robbery
had been committed, but there was no evidence to convict
either of the prisoners with having been concerned in it.
He had his suspicions. Evans must bo discharged, as
there was no evidence against him. He convicted the
women, Allan and Desmond, for being in the unlawful pos •
session of the stolen rings, and sentenced them to six
weeks' imprisonment and hard labour,