The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-28 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A SAD CASE.—A GIRL CHARGED 'WITH ROBBING
HER FATHER.—Mary Anne Sawyer, a girl, was charged
with robbing her father.

Henry Sawyer, the father, a respectable looking man,
living in Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, deposed that the
prisoner was his daughter, and that on the Bth of July she
stole a pair of boots belonging to a younger sister and then
absconded, nothing more being seen of her till Saturday
night last,

in answer to Mr. Knox, the father said he could do no-
thing with the girl, for although only fourteen years of age
she had ten times run away from home.

Mr. Knox asked the girl, who hung down her head, and
either cried or pretended to cry during the hearing of the
case, whether she wished to say anything. Without rais-
" I wish my father would forgive
ing her head she said,
me."

A gentleman stepped forward and said the girl had lived
as servant with a medical friend of his, but while there
several articles had been missed, and a poor servant girl
robbed of 255.

Goddard, 302 A, said on taking the girl into custody on
Saturday night, and asking her what she had done with
the boots, she made no answer.

Mr. Knox said it was a sad case, and that he had no
doubt she had been associating with young prostitutes and
bad characters of her own age. He would remand her for
a week.

WESTMINSTER.

DaiviNG HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—
John Ryan, a low-looking fellow of about 18 years of age,
was charged with assaulting Charles Gilbert, an Irishman,
and stealing from him 3s.

Prosecutor said—l was going along College-street, on
Sunday morning, at half-past 1, when prisoner and two
more men came up to me and asked me for a light. I re-
plied that I had none, and turned away, but had not gone
above 10 paces before the prisoner came up, seized me by
the back of the neck, and threw me down. The others
then commenced kicking, striking, and pulling me about.
Prisoner kicked me in the head and rifled my pockets,
taking 3s. and a screw of tobacco, all I possessed. My coat
was torn all to pieces and I was rendered almost insensible,
A gentleman came to my assistance, with a constable, and
prisoner was given into custody.
Thomas M'Donald sworn—l was in College-street on
Saturday night, and witnessed the assault. Prosecutor
was very shamefully kicked and beaten about, and I went
to his assistance. I caught hold of prisoner's accomplice,
but the prisoner on the arrival of the constable escaped.
Joseph William Todd said—l saw the struggle and
went to the assistance of prosecutor with a constable.
Prisoner ran away on our approach, and we pursued him.
He threw himself down in a doorway, but was overtaken
by the constable, and I pursued the other man, but failed
to catch him.

Police-constable 307 B, confirmed the above statement,
but added that the prisoner kicked and fought very much,
and with the assistance of a police sergeant he was taken
to the station.

Sergeant Young, 1 B, corroborated the constable's evi-
dence, and added, that prisoner struck and kicked him.
Prosecutor was knocked about very much. His head bled
profusely and his eye was closed.
Mr. Arnold thought it very strange that the prosecutor
should have said he held the prisoner, whereas he escaped.
The sergeant said that might be accounted for by the
state of insensibility in
was remanded till
Prisoner said he was drunk, and
which the prosecutor was.
Thursday next.