The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

WHOLESALE SHOPLIFTING.—Ann and Elizabeth Smith,
mother and daughter, were charged with stealing three
dress pieces, valued at upwards of £2, from the shop of
Henry and William Rowels, linendrapers, Nos, n and 12,
Warwick-street, Pimlico.

Mr William Howele said that at about half-past eight on
the previous evening the prisoners came into the shop while
he was at supper, and, from information received from one
of the shopmen, he went into the shop, when he saw the
prisoners, and before saying anything observed the end of a
robs protruding from under the younger prisoner's shawl.
As they were about to leave the shop, witness asked the
prisoners what they had got under their shawls, upon which
the younger prisoner let fall two robes, the elder prisoner
one. They were five yards from the counter when they
dropped the things, mad about a foot from the door of the
shop.

In reply to the magistrate, witness said that as the pri-
soners stood together the younger dropped two dresses on
her right, and the elder one on her left.

Allan Shorter, assistant at the shop, said that the pri-
soners came into the shop and asked for some linen, with
which they were served, and then wanted some caps.
*Witness perceived the younger prisoner put something
under her shawl, and went to inform his mister, who came
out, and upon taxing the prisoners with the robbery, they
dropped the articles stolen.
Police-constable 238 A said that he was celed to take
the prisoners into custody. They both said they know
nothing about the dresses.

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The elder prisoner, in answer to charge, said that she
never had anything, and the younger said that her mother
had taken nothing, but that she had got all the dresses and
dropped them all.

Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoners for a week.

THAMES,

A VERY DANGEROUS CUSTOMER.—Catherine Moore,
a very turbulent and drunken woman, was brought before
Mr. Paget, charged with being intoxicated, disorderly,
assault, and wilful damage.
Mrs. Sarah Machin; a respectable widow, said she was
the landlady of the Charles Napier beer and wine house, in
the Commercial-road, Limehouse. Yesterday moraine, at
11 o'clock, the prisoner came to the bar inebriated, and
called for a pint of porter. She refused to serve her. on
which the prisoner said "if you don't serve me I'll serve
you out," and took up a tumbler, which she hurled at her
head. It glanced by her face and struck the back of the
shop. Her daughter then commenced removing the
glasses and pots off the counter, and before she
could, do so the prisoner swept away everything off the
counter, including pots and glass. All the glasses were
broken. Before a police-constable could be fetched the
prisoner took up
threw it at the daughter of witness. It missed her and
a pint pot from behind the engine and
went through an embossed window, the value of which was
225. Besides that the prisoner broke a tumbler and four
glasses, abused her vilely, and made a great disturbance.
Fanny Fox, the daughter of Mrs Maclaren, confirmed
the statement of her mother.
The prisoner, who had scarcely recovered from yester-
day's dissipation, said §he had no recollection of what
happened.

Mr Paget sentenoed the prisoner to one month'lll imprison.
went and herd labour.

Shocking Tragedy at Tottenham,

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inthedeath of Mr. Gb r y
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a civil engineer. The following letter, signed by
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wife, was found after his death. From it will
be gathered hie statement as to the cause he had for com-
mitting suicide

FeIIOW.COUn trym en,--We have drawn up the statement
that you might know why we have agreed to die together,
and the villany that drove us to do it. We were married
on the 6th of July last; and we met for the first time only
a year ago. We slept together the first three months, and
nothing disturbed our happiness; but then we took the
house in Bedford-terrace, and as we had only a very small
income, to increase our means we let rooms. One of these
lodgers was Mr. Cowen, bandmaster and secretary to the
London Irish Volunteers. In February I received a va-
lentine, intimating that
my wife had an adulterous inter-
course
Cowen, I gave Mr. Cowen notice, and
he removed to Mr. Rod's house next door, giving out as
h
up
so near that he did it to show hid
contempt for the slander in question. I noticed that after
this
wife's health failed, and four weeks ago I sent her
down his reason
so
n with
for Mr.
putting
lodgings in a highly respectable place three mi-
nutes' walk from my sister's, at Mate Cottage, Tottenham.
I received a letter from my sister, saying that she had dis-
covered a letter written in slang terms to my wife, and she
said I ought to put a stop to any such clandestine corre-
spondence. I suspected Cowen and I called at Mr Rod's,
mtyo
but Cowen was not in. I said to Rod I had got the letter,
but Rod repudiated the imputation on Cowen, and said that
he suspected some one ; that it was the same person that
sent the valentine, and he would pledge his honour that
Cowenot giv
o w.e ns not
pected, whose name he could
n
always spoke of my wife with re-
spect and esteem, and as a father would of a daughter.
But on Thursday I received a letter, stopped by my orders
at the post•office, addressed to my wife, at Tottenham,
stati hem an
Cowen h esus
cautioning her not to leave her letters about, as she was
watched and one of them was found, The letter was signed
had mentioned the affair to, knew at once that the caution
" A Wellwisher," but as Mr Rod was the only one that I
came from Rod's house. I had an interview with my wife,
and she admitted the intrigue. She was my adored idol.
I had only seen her first 12 months ago, and I could not
survive the blow. I had for her an undying love. She im-
plored pardon, and I forgave her. I took laudanum. She
called my sister. and I was forced to take an emetic.
"Let me say that my wife was only six months past 16
years of age when we married, and she was then pure as a
babe. Now I call on you, fellow-countrymen, to root out
from society the man who infamously prostituted her to his
lust. He is 43 years of age, and is married, but is not living
with his wife. He committed a rape on my wife's person,
and then.by threats compelled her to keep the dreadful
secret, and so made her subservient to him, and by threats
frightened her into secresy. Her health was dragged down
by the state of her mind. All you that have daughters,
sisters!, or wives, punish this wretch. I cannot wish for
life. We cannot live,
and two young and shattered hearts
we dedicate ourselves to death, [He has letters which she
wrote to -him, but they were written to him because he
made her do so by frightening her with the secret.) My
love was so groat that I never would spars any expense for
my wife. I cannot now bear that she should be made an
exhibition of to punish that man. I hope you will all punish
that diabolical wretch, who has crushed two young hearts
in the spring of their life.

"GEORGIANA TREGEAR.
"GABRiEL TREGEAE."

The first witness examined was hie wife. Mre Tregear.
She said she was 17 years of age, ar.d had been married ton
months. She said she went to London s:ith her husband,
and bought laudanum at several shops, and L*co took some,