The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SELF-ACCUSATTON OF A WITNESS—OFFERING STOLEN
PROPERTY FOR :ALE.—Two young men named George
and William Holding was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with offering for sale a silver fork, supposed to be stolen.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners went to
the shop of Mr. Jacobs, a jeweller, Oxford-street, and
George offered a silver fork broken in two and with a crest
partly erased for sale. Inspector Bowles happening to be
passing at the time was called in, and the prisoners given
into his cus'ody. Upon this William started off. The in-
spector left George in charge of the persons in the shop, and
pursued William as far as Old Cavendish-street, where he
was stopped, and then, with the other prisoner, taken to the
station, when George said, "I'm sure it is not stolen (mean-
ing the fork), for I received it from my cousin William."
The prisoner William then said, "Three weeks ago I re-
ceived it from Emma Wrag, at 65, Cambridge. terrace,
Hyde-park, She told me she had found it in the house,
and that it had been left behind by some person who had
previously lived there." Inspector Bowles afterwards
went to No. 4, Eastbourne-terrace, where Emma Wrag
was servant to Mrs. Hallein, and Emma Wrag
said she did not give him (Williani) the fork, and
could not have thought he would have done such a thing;
and on the inspector goiog to 65, Cambridge-terrace, he
ascertained that the fork was the property of Lady Letitia
Otway, and had been stolen from the plate-basket in the
kitchen on the 6th of this month.
The young woman, Emma Wrag, got info the witness-
box, and said that both the young men at the bar were in-
nocent, that she had taken the fork herself, and given it to
the prisoner William.
Mr. Tyrwhitt told the young woman that she had better
be careful or she might criminate herself. She had better
stand down.
Mr. Norton, solicitor, and landlord of the house, 65,
Cambridge-terrace, identified the fork as the property of
Lady Letitia Otway, and said he missed it on the 6th of the'
present month.
The prisoners were remanded to see what steps Lady
Letitia 0 twat' intended to take.
Mr. Greenall, tailor, of 325, Oxford-street, in whose em-
ploy the prisoner William had been for some time, gave
him a good character, and offered to become bail fot him.
The young woman, Emma Wrag, and the prisoner William,
had both lived in his service while in Conduit-street, and
always behaved themselves very well. He believed they
had been keeping company together.
Mr, Tyrwhitt remanded the young men, and took Mr.
Greenall's bail for William.
WILFUL DAMAGE AND MURDEROUS AssAxtr.T.--Ellen
Carmody, residing at 8, Smith's-court, Great Windmill-
street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully
breaking a plate of the value of £3, at the Crown public
house, Crown-court, Little Pulteney-street, the property of
Mrs. Eliza White, the landlady, and also with assaulting
Miss Ellen White; the niece of Mrs. White, and Eliza
Cook, the servant.
Miss White said that on the previous night the prisoner
and another female came into the house and had a pint of
porter. They did not pay for it, but went out. She went
after them and tapped the prisoner on the shoulder and

told her she had - not paid for the porter. The pri-
soner said—" I'll show you if I have not paid for
it," and then came back and made use of very bad language.
After some trouble she was got outside, and for five
minutes beat the window with her hand, but not being
able to break it by that means she took off her boot and
smashed a pane of plate glass of the value of £3. She
then got into the house again and tried to attack her (wit-
ness) but she got out of the prisoner's way, and the ser-
vant (Eliza Cook) came to her assistance, when the prisoner
took up a piece of glass and struck the servant a fearful
blow on the head with it, cutting it very badly and deluging
her with blood. She also saized a pint pot to attack her
(witness's) aunt.
Eliza Cook, servant to Mrs. White, proved seeing the
prisoner smash the plate of glass, and said that in trying to
keep the prisoner off her young mistress, she took up a pint
pot to strike her with it, and on her (witness) taking it
from her she stooped down and picked up a piece of glass (a
formidable weapon in the hands of an infuriated person, it
being of a triangular shape, and jagged), and struck her a
severe blow on the head with it. The prisoner then took up
a side door shutter, and swore she would smash her brains
out. The effect of the blow was that her head was severely
cut, all her clothes were saturated with blood, and she was
taken to the Middlesex Hospital, where her head was
dressed. _

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for a
week. In the event of the young woman Cook having
erysipelas and dying, the prisoner would be tried at the Old
Bailey. Under any circumstances the prisoner would have
very severe punishment.
Remanded.