The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—John Stott, a re-
spectable-looking young man, described as a draper, of No.
14, South-street, Manchester-square, was charged before
Mr, Knox, with stealing a pair of gloves and two half-sove-
reigns from the person of a young female of smart appear-
ance, named Louisa Herbert, who described herself as a
dressmaker, and said she resided with her father, a coach-
man, at Cavendish-mews.

Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, from the office of Mr: E. Lewis, of
Great Marlborough-street, defended the accused.
The prosecutrix said she was at the London Pavilion
last night (Sunday) when the prisoner accosted her and
asked her to have something to drink. She consented to
take a glass of cold brandy and water, She afterwards left
and want with the prisoner to Quinn's Supper Rooms at
the top of the Haymarket, and had sums supper. The pri-
soner offered to j.ay, but she said she would pay for her
own, and took cut a pair of gloves, in one of which were
two half. sovereigns. As the prisoner, however, persisted
in paying she put the gloves an•t her money back into her
pocket, and than left with the prisoner and walked up
Regent. street. They then walked into Hanover. square, and
she told the prisoner that she had missed her gloves and
money, and then he hurried off, saying that he lived in
Manchester square. She followed the prisoner to the
corner of Duke-street, when, on telling him that she should
charge him with robbing her he knocked her down. She
then gave him in charge.
In answer to Mr. Lewis the pt osecutrix said she was a
dress maker and not an "unfortunate." She went to the
London Pavilion by herself for recreation. Her father was
a coachman, and she lived with him over the stables in the
mews. After going up Regent-street she went somewhere
else with the prisoner—to Union-street, and the house
might be a brothel. She did not ask the prisoner to go with
him, but he asked her. The money belonged partly to herself
and partly to her cousin. She did not tell the prisoner that
if he gave her a sovereign she would not charge him.
Barber, 223 D, said that on going to the corner of Duke-
street he saw the prisoner fumbling in his pockets and drop
a glove, one of the prosecutor's, from his pocket. On taking
him to the station three half sovereigns and other money
was found upon him.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the prisoner
gave a correct address.
Mr. Lewis recalled the prosecutrix, and she denied that
she had said at Evans' that she lost £lO, but she said she
had lost £2 belonging to her father. She supposed it was
taken out of her pocket. She earned 12s or 14s a week, and
paid 9s out of it for her board and lodging.
Mr. Knox said it was a very odd story altogether, and
until the constable had given his evidence as to the glove
falling out of the prisoner's pocket, he thought it a prepos-
terous affair.

Mr. Lewis said his instructions were that the glove be-
longing to her was put by her into the prisoner's pocket,
and that the charge was trumped up by her.
Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner, and take
one bail in LW for his future appearance, and in the mean-
time the prosecutrix's antecedents could be looked into.
Mr. Lewis said he could bring witnesses to speak to the
prisoner's character.
The prisoner declared his innocence.