The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-02 00:00:00

THAMES,

THE CONVICT'S WIFE —A REGULAR SHOPLIFTEE.--.
A woman, about thirty years of age, who gave the name of
Louisa Bull, but whose real name is Gates, the wife of a
convict, was brought before Mr Partridge, on remand,
charged with shoplifting.
Elizabeth Emma Partridge, of 40, Martha-street, St.
George-in-the-East, said that on Saturday evening, about
nine o'clock, she went into her master's shop and saw the
prisoner there, looking at some ribbons shown to hor by
another female, named Strasmore, who said, " There was a
mauve ribbon in one of those boxes, is it there now Wit•
ness looked, and said, " No, it is not there." The prisoner
said the missing ribbon was in one of the green boxes.
Se showed the prisoner the boxes. The ribbon was
nit there. She begged of the prisoner to move from
the counter, and said, "It ma) have fallen over
the counter on to the floor, It was not there. She then
asked the. prisoner to look in her pocket, and told her it
might have fallen into her pocket. The prisoner said she had
nothing in her pocket but what she had paid for, and took
up her pocket and held it out. She then took the prisoner
into the kitchen, and she sat down in the chair. Mary
Hal:, another shopwoman, came in, and said she had better
take the ribbon out of her pocket, and that was all she
wanted. The prisoner said she should not. Mr Hancock,
a member of the prosecutor's establishment, came in, and
said he should fetch a policeman if she did not give up the
ribbon. She said she did not care who was fetched.
Mr Hancock then went out and brought in a policeman, to
whom the prisoner was given in charge. The prisoner then
dropped a neck-tie from her pookot in the kitchen.
Caroline Strasmore, in the service of Mr John Hall, an
extensive linendraper in the Whitechapel-read and Martha
street, said the prisoner first looked at some neck ties, and

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then said she would not have any. The prisoner then
asked for ribbons, and looked at a great many pieces. There
were none that would suit her. Witness missed a roll of
ribbon from the box on the counter, and told the other
assistant the ribbon could not bo found. The witness then
identiflad 13 neck ties, two pieces of ribbon, and three pairs
of drawers, valued in all at 30s. The prisoner droppedsome
of the property from her person. The remainder was taken
from her.

In answer to a question by the prisoner, the witness said
—You had selected one pair of drawers. _

Charles Stannard, a police-constable, No. 439 K, was

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called to the shop of Mr John Hall, in Martha-street, and
took the prisoner into cuetody. Before she was searched
she dropped seven or eight neckties at his feet in the station-
house. She asked if he would not settle it. He said. " No,
I can do nothing of the kind." She said, "It is done, and
I have done it before." He saw her take a roll of ribbon
from her pocket, and put it back again. Ho afterwards re-
ceived the same roll from the female searcher. The searcher
also took some neckties and three pairs of drawers from the
prisoner's pocket. The prisoner was the wife of a convict
named Gates, and she had been often in custody.
The prisoner, in defence, said she was very tipsy when

she comitted the robbery.
Mr Partridge—lt is the most deliberate case of shopli

ing I ever met with, and I have no doubt it is not your
first offence. You aro committed for trial.

MARSDEN, THE LEEDS FORGER.—It will be re-
membered that this person, an ironfonnder at Leeds
and Castleford, escaped to America shortly after the collapse
of the Leeds Banking Company, which establishment had
negociated forged paper for bim to the extent of £70,000.
From the examination which has been conducted into
Marsden's affairs by the assignees, it would appear that he
hag accounts In no fewer than five other banks, including
ono in Leicestershire, and three in tho North and West
Hidings of Yorkshire. In each of these establishments
thoro is a small balance lying to his credit. He was also
connected with some seven companies under the Limited
Liability Act, in two of which his name figured as a direc-
tor. Occasionally, by way of satisfying the scruples of the
Leeds Banking Cowpany, as to the bona fide nature of his
transactions with business men, Marsden would adopt the
following plan would accept a bill, drawn in favour
of " Messrs. Jack Straw end Co., machine makers,"
For £500; send an impersonator of "Jack Straw," to the
bank, who would bring back the cash and hand it to Mars-
den. the remuneration being probably a glass of gin and a
crown piece. Several of such instances of defrauding the
bank have already transpired, Marsden was els) able to do
a fair bueit.esa with the ironiuundcre, who had found they
could buy castings from him at about £1 less per ton than
they could rnake them for themselves.
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