The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-14 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

PLUNDERING A HOUSE OF PLATE AND OTHER ARTICLES
TO BETWEEN £lOO AND £2oo.—Sarah Clarke and Bridget
Keardow, persons of creditable appearance, were this morn-
ing placed at the bar charged with stripping a house of
plate, china, glass, bedding, house and other furniture, to
the value of between £lOO and £2OO.
Air. Frederick Allen Longhurst said—l am clerk to Mr.
Elko, house agent, of John-street, Brunswick-square. I
know the prisonerrio w
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Clarkei aro we put her in charge of the
se, 45, u
Brompton, a furnished house,
which belongs to Et customer of ours, Mr. John 1). Barry.
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She was put in to sl'iow the house to any lady who might
want to take it. I woof, there yesterday to look over
the house, and, to my surprise, discovered that she had
taken everything portable out of it. All the things that
could be carried away Wei 'e gone. I first missed the blankets
and counterpanes from the beds up stairs, and on asking
her about them she pettladed that they were down stairs
in the drawers, but she could not produce them, and I
directly found that other things were gone. I asked her

for the keys of the glass cupboard, and ascertained that pro-
perty had been also taken from there. I went for a police-
man, and while I was gone I learned she had left the
house with a milk woman, and in order to find her we
went to Mr. Jones, where she was employed, and the milk
woman was taken into custody.

Mr. Arneld—The milk-woman had nothing to do with
taking care of the house ?
Witness—No, but she had pawned some of the things.
Mr. Arnold—What evidence is there of that ?
Witness—The prisoner Clarke says that the other
pawned part of the things, and she herself admits it. She
said when she was taken she hoped she should not be
punished severely.
Inspector Bentley—There is a quantity of plated goods
and other property found pledged.
Ambrose, 101 B—l was fetched yesterday afternoon to
45, Thurlow•square. I heard from a cabman that the pri-
soner Clarke had been seen to leave the house with Kear-
dow, and I traced the latter to a Mr. Dansack's, Gloster-
grove, Kensington. I told her I should take her for pledg-
ing some of the things. She said she had pledged them
at the request of Clarke. She also told me that she had
been lodging with Clarke for the last three months. When
we got back to the house we found Clarke in the street, and
she was taken into custody. She then said she had taken
the articles, and Keardon had pledged them for her.

Inspector Butler, B division, said—At five o'clock yes-
terday evening I went to 45, Onslow-square, and found some
duplicates, but Mr. Longhurst will inform you about the
others.

Mr. Longhurst produced two large bundles of duplicates
received from the prisoner Clarke.

Inspector Butler—They refer to china, glass, plated
articles, bc. I received 160 duplicates from him; some are
for valuable property pledged for a small amount.
Mr. Arnold—And how many more duplicates have you ?
Inspector—l have 26, making 186 in all.
Mr. Arnold—And how many pawnbrokes ?
Inspector—Two. With 90 pledges at one, and the re-
mainder at the other.

A great quantity of property was now produced.
Prisoners said nothing. They were remanded.

THAMES.

"A LITTLE AMLIATION CASE."—Mary Patten, a very
pretty ard ladylike young woman, appeared before Mr.
Partridge to support an affiliation summons she had taken
out against Mr. John Sdckland, clerk in a brewery at
Bridport, in Dorsetahire.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro-
secution. The complainant was a female of great respec-
tability, and her family belonged to Bridport. The defen-
dant, who was clerk in a brewery in the same town, had
paid his addresses to the complainant, won her affections,
and seduced her. The result of this intercourse was the
birth of a male child, and the complaimnt now asked for
the usual order.

Mr. Partridge—Where was the child born ?
Mr. Young—ln the district of this court. The com-
plainant came to London for the purpose of being confined.
There will be no trouble in this little affiliation case. (A
laugh.) The defendant is not here, but he has sent a letter
admitting the paternity.
The complainant, on being sworn, said she had kept
company with Mr. John Stickland, a clerk in a brewery at
Bridport, and that her child was born on the 3d of August
last. Mr. Stickland was the father of the little one. The
letter produced was in the handwriting of her lover.
Mr. Young read the letter as follows :—" Harbour-road,
Bridport, October 3.-I%lr. Daniel Smith.—Dear Sir,—l
enclose a post-office order for the amount you claimed, for
£3 175., and will consent to the order of half-a-crown per
week for the little one. (A laugh.) I hope you will keep
to your guarantee and not make the order for more than you
mentioned. Please to say to whom I am to pay over the
the money.—Yours, &c., JOITN STICILLAND."
David Smith, police-constable, No. 416 K, and one of the
summoning officers of the Thames Police-court, said that
he served an affiliation summons on Mr. John Stickland, in
Bridport, and he said, " I cannot say I am not the father
of the child." He received the letter just read by Mr. Chas.
Young, with a Post-office order enclosed. •
Mr. Partridge ordered John Stickland to be called. He
did not answer, and an order was made upon him to pay
ss. per week for the first six weeks after the birth of the
child, and 2s. 61 per week for the next 13 years.