The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-03 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1852.

his appearance, and the whole of them started off in
differeue di:ecdons.

Susannah Groom was then examined, and fully cor-
roborated the evidence of the last witness, but although
she positively identified the prisoners as having taken
an active part in throwing her down, she had no recol-
lection of the subsequent acts of violence, na she became
totally insensible, and did not recover her consciousness
until a considerable time afterwards, when she found
herself under the protection of the police.
Mary Ann Hawkins, the third young woman, and
two lads nathed Thomas Bowles and George Hudson,
were also examined, and gave a similar account 01 the
outrage.
Sergeant Curtis, R 13, stated that while on duty near
the main entrance to the park at the ttmo in question,
be observed the prisoners running as fast as they could
from the direction indicated by the witnesses, and hav-
ing received information that they had grossly maltreated
some women, he immediately pursued them and took
them both into custody.

The prisoners, who positively disclaimed all participa-
tion in the outrage, were ordered to be rer,anded for a
week. _

SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday Mary Howard, a young woman, in the
service of Mr. R Nicholson, landlord of the Jacob's
Well publio-house, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars,
was placed at the bar before Mr. A'Beckett, charged
with stealing a 501. Bank of England note, the property
of her master.

Tho complainant stated that on Thursday, the 29th
ult., he placed a pars; containing a 501. Bank of
England note, in a chest of drawers whin he kept in
his bed-room. The drawer in which the money was de-
posited was unlocked, but the bed-room door, to which
no person but himself, his wife, and the prisoner had ac-
cess, was always kept locked, and none bat themselves
could enter without being heard, as a bell was attached
to the door in such a manner as to be distinctly heard
throughout the house if such attempt were made. He
therefore considered that whatever property ass in the
drawers was perfectly safe until the previous morning,
when, on opening them, he discovered that the purse•and
the 50/. Banta of England note were missing from them.
He at once questioned his wife as to whether she was
aware of the circumstance, but she replied that she was
not, and the prisoner was then interrogated on the sub•
ject, and asked if she had seen the purse, and her answer,
without hesitation, was, that sho had iound a purse, but
with no money in it, while she was cleaning out the
drawers, and on her producing it from her pocket com-
plainant at once identified it as the one which had con-
tained his money, and as he placed no credit in her asser-
tion, he called a policeman and gave her into custody for
stealing the 50/. note.

The—prisoner said that on Monday ber mistress sent
her up to clean the drawers, and that:while she was
doing the work the purse fell out on the floor; it was
empty, and as she thought it belonged to the gentle-
man who, a short time previously, occupied the room,
she put it into her pocket, intending to deliver it up if
any inquiries were made by the owner.
Mr. A'I3ECK.ETT remarked upon the carelessness exhi-
bited by the complainant in placing a purse with such
an amount in a drawer without locking it, particularly
as he was aware that his servant (the prisoner) had ac-
cess to. tyre room at all times, although it was protected
from the 'visits of strange thieves by means of the bell
attached to the door, as already described.
The complainant said that he had but recently re-
Moved into the house, and that it was rather in a stato of
confusion, which would account for his not being so
particular as he ought to have been in depositing his
money in a safer place than he did.
The prisoner solemnly declared that she found the
purse as described; and said that if she was dishonest
enough to have taken its contents she would not surely
have retained it in her possession, but have destroyed it.
The MAGISTRATE remanded the prisoner, and di-
rected that the complainant's wife should staled the
next examination.
HAMMERSMITH.
George Webb, aged 27 years, a carpenter, living in
Kent-street, Borough, was brought before Mr. Paynter,
charged on his own confession with having feloniously
broken and entered the church of St. Paul, ,Siammer-
smith, and stealing from therein four surplices, one black
'ilk gown, two silk hoods, two scarfs, e cassock, four
bottles of wine, and a poplin gown, the property of the
churchwardenr.
John Chapman, poliec.constehle No. 52, C
deposed, that about eleven o'clock on Saturday night ho
was on duty in Piccadilly, when the prisoner came up
to him and raid " Have you heard anything of the rob•
bery at Hammersmith Church?" Witness replied that
ho bad not, and the prisoner then said, " I am owe of the
men who did it, and I wish to give myself up for the
robbery." Witness accordingly took him into custody,
and lodged him at the station-house.
The Rev. James Gilburne, one of the curates of Ham-
mersmith church, proved the loss of the property in
question on the night of the 21st ult. and the following
morning, and stated that a portion of it belonged to
him, and the remainder to the other clergymen of that
church. The vestry-room adjoined the church, and
could only be entered through the scored edifice. -
George Miller, police-constable No. 46 T, stated that
after the prisoner had been locked up in the cell at the
station in Hammersmith on Monday afternoon, i.e called
to him, and said he wished to speak with him. Witness
went to the cell and cautioned the prisoner as to what
he said, as it might be heret.ftcr used against him. The
prisoner then made the following confession I came
into Hammersmith with another man between ten and
eleven o'clock at night, and we went to the Sus•pension-
bridge public-house, where we had a pint of be '3r. Wo
then repaired to the church, and got over the wall at a
dark corner of the churchyard. We then went round to
the vestry-room window, and broke a pane of g,lass; but
finding that there was not sufficient room to admit us, we
went to the north side side of the church, where we found
one of the windows open. We took off our shoes, and en-
tered the church through the window; and we also obtained
an entrance into the vestry-room. We then forme' open a
cupboard and" ransacked two or three boxes that were
not locked. We then took out some surplices and silk
gowns. We also drank two bottles of wine, and took
away two other bottles of wine. We placed the surplices
and gowns into a bag, and left the church about half-
past five o'clock in the morning. We went through a
tide door towards Fulham. We stopped some time at a
public-house, and then took a stesm-boat to London-
bridge."
In answer to questions by the Magistrate,
The witness said the side- door through which the pri-
soner had stated that he left the church was fastened in'-
side, and he must have undone those fastenings before
the door could be opened. The prisoner also said that
he had been imprisoned twelve months for a burglary,
and that he had lately robbed two other churches, ono
at New Brompton and the other in Camberwell.
Mr. PAYNTER remanded the prisoner for some days,
in order that the necessary inquiries might be made.