The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

FALSE SYMPATHY.—EIIen Willingale, a most impudent
woman, of very bad character, was brought before Mr Par,
tridge, charged with stealing a child's dress, a shell chim.
ney ornament, a sheet, a calico shirt, and various other
articles, the property of Henry English, a shoemaker, of
No. 6, St. Andrew's-terrace, Limehouse.
Tho prosecutor, who appeared to be labouring under
great despondency, is the father of the girl Emma English,
who preferred a charge of rape against Mr Goodfellow, a
surgeon, last week, and which was dismissed by Mr Self°.
Mr Engli• h was himelf charged with violently assaulting
Mr Good:C.l,lw, while labouring under the belief that his
daughter, aged 14, had been dishonoured by hm. Mr
English was held to bail in his owu recognisanees to k:ep
the peace. Sinco the investigation Mr English has been
pestered with strangers culling upon him, and pre-
[ending to a) mpathise with him. Of this class
was the prisoner, who was quite unknown to Mr Eng-
lish until last night, when she called upon him in company
with a young man, who had some business to transact with
him, The prisoner was very tipsy, and Mr English, who
was surprised at the intrusion of a stranger into his home,
attempted to get zid of her, but was unable to do so. She
insisted on sending for some ale, condoled with him on his
recent troubles, and said how hard it was his daughter
should have been ruined, and the father left without redress.
As the prisoner was leaving the house, after a long visit,
and Mr English was about to shut the street door, the pri-

boner dropped a child's dress from her person. Mr English
picked it up and found it be his own property. Mr English
went after her and brought her back, and took from under
her arm a sheet belonging to him. She then took a varlet)
of other things from her person and threw them on the floor.
She was given into custody and taken to the station-house.
While seated there she took a spoon from her pocket and
placed it alongside of her. She was then searched by a
constable's wife, and another spoon and a shoeing horn
were taken from her. The spoons and the horn were the
property of Mr English. lie was very reluctant to prosecute,
and said he would rather give her the articles and five
shillings, too, than see her punished.
Mr Townsend, a gatekeeper in the East India Dock,
confirmed the evidence a Mr English in every particular.

The prisoner, who was said to be the wife of an omnibus
conductor, declared, in the most impudent manner, that all
that was said against her was false. She dropped nothing,
and nothing was taken from her.
Mr Patridge—And nothing was taken from you at the
station-house ?

Prisoner—Nothing whatever. All false from beginning
to end, (Laughter.)
A young man named Atkins, a butcher, of No. 88,
Sidney-street, Stepney, was called by the prisoner, who
said he could pi ova she had nothing at all upon her. He
would not, however, commit perjury to save her. He said
she accompanied him to the house of Mr English, and she
had some drink. If she had taken anything he thought it
was a lark. . _

Mr Partridge—A strange lark, indeed. She goes to the
house of Mr English under pretence of commiserating
with him, and takes away thoac things. I fine her 40s for
the unlawful possession of the property, and in default one
month's imprisonment.
The penalty was paid.