The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-30 00:00:00

THAMES.

A LITERARY THlEF.—Henry Wilson, aged 32, who
gave his aodress, Wiiks street, Spitalfields, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych, charged with ste, ling two printed
books the property of Mr. Benjamin Briant, of No. 15,
New-road, St. George-in-the-East.
There is a book stall before the prosecutor's house, and
yesterday afternoon, shortly before six o'clock, the pri-
soner was looking at the books. Mr. Samuel Cohen the pro-
secutor's shopmau, observed him, and knowing him to be
"a queer sort of character" went to the opposite side of the
way and watched his movements. The prisoner soon after-
wards took two books from the stall, put them under his
coat, and walked off with them. Mr. Cohen followed the
prisoner and laid hold of him, One of the books was found
under the prisoner's coat, the other in his pocket,
In answer to Mr, Woolrych, the witness said that the
reason he called the prisoner a queer sort of character was,
that he kept a shop himself. The prisoner used to visit that
shop and rob him.
William Andrews, 38 11, said that he heard the cries of
p 'lice and help. and saw the prisoner and Mr. Cohen strug-
gling for the possession of a book with a red binding, and
he went up to them and secured the thief.
The prisoner—l picked up the books.
Mr. Woolrych—No doubt of it. You picked up the books
off the stall. You are sentenced to one mouth's imprison-
ment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the
books.

A -yOUNG SCOUNDREL—CharIes Mackenzie, a tall, pale-
f ,ced lad, aged 17, was brought before Mr. Wo lryeh
charged with assaulting Elizabeth Day, a girl who will be
twelve years of aga in August next.

Mr. Henry Allen, agent and prosecuting officer to an ex-
cellent society, called the " Associate Institution for Im-
proving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of
Women," was present to watch the case. The Associate
institution recently prosecuted the Howards, lather and
son, and a woman of the town named Bentley, wh'o had
entered into a conspiracy to &file a young girl named
Markett. The prosecution was successful, and the wre.ches
are now undergoing imprisonment.
It appeared that the girl Day is the daughter of poor
but very respectable parents, and was a servant in the
house No. 10, Walker's-terrace, Lim,hous., where the pri-
soner was an apprentice. Theis bedrooms were adjoining
each other. On Sunday morning the p, isoner obtained ad•
mission to the girl's bed while she was asleep. She was
awake by his vio once, and the t videLce she gave left no
doubt he had committed a criminal assault upon her. She
avoided him as soon as possible, and he sprang from the bed
and left her. The girl went home immediately and related
to her motuer what had occurred. The mother examined
her daughter, and was satisfied the girl had been improperly
used. A medical gentleman was called in, and his evidence
went to show that violence had been offered to the girl.
In answer to a string of questions by Mr. Woolrych, the
girl said the prisoner never took any liberties with her un-
til Sunday morning, and that she had never given him any
encouragement tr act as he had done. She was very much
terrified when she found him in her b-d. He came into the
kitchen with his face cut on Saturday night, and asked her
to put a dressing to it, and abe did so,
The father of the prisoner addressed the magistrate in
favour of his son. He said he was foreman to Mr. Gray,
in Limehouse, whore his son, the prisoner, was apprenticed.
and was proceeding to call the magistrate's attention to the
fact that if the girl had called out, she would have been
heard by other people in the house, when
Mr. Woolrych said he did not want to hear the man's
statement or his reasonings. He was satisfied a prima facie
case was established, and should commit the prisoner for
trial for an assault r n a girl betweev 10 and 12 years of age.
A.; present. the prisoner would be remanded, for the com-
pletion of disp sitions, until Tuesday mitt.
Mr. Allan said the Associate Institute would prosecute.