The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-02 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Wi/Liam Thomas, a well-dressed young man was
charged with stealing a silk scarf from Ann Cooper, a
little girl six years of age.
It appeared that the child, in walking along Bermond-
sey-street to go to school, was met by the prisoner, who,
seeing that she was alone, induced her to accompany
him to an unfrequented place, on the promise of pur-
chasing some fruit for her. When, however, he got
her there, be immediately pulled the shawl off her
shoulders, and ran away, leaving the child in the
passage of an old house. He then proceeded to a
pawnbroker's shop and offered the shawl for sale, saying
that he was sent by his parents, and adding, that his
f'mily being in want of money, were cotinelled to make
away with their clothes. Information of the robbery
baring been given to the police, the prisoner was shortly
afterwards taken into custody, and on the way to the
station-Louse he told the constable that he was guilty
of the offence, and added that he could not tell what
could have induced him to rob so young a child, and
that it was not from want he did it, as he had got a
good home, and wanted for nothing He, however,
contrived to dispose of the shawl, and now refused to
give any information as to where it was to be found.

Mr. TRAIL—What have you to say in answer to
the charge made ? Prisoner—All I know about it is,
that I was possessed of an evil spirit when I took the
shawl from the little girl.
Mr. TRAIL—But you ought to have resisted the evil
spirit, as you call it, and not have robbed the child.
This, however, is no excuse for your having committed
such an offence, and you must make a jury believe your
statement if you can.
The prisoner reiterated that he had not got rid of
the evil spirit yet, and added that he was in hopes that
when in gaol it would leave him altogether.
The Magistrate then committed the prisoner for trial.
Henry Dorset, a butcher, in the New-cut, was charged
with blacking the face of Thomas Baptist, a shoemaker,
in Redcross-street, Southwark, and covering his head
all over with plaster of Paris. The shoemaker was
compelled to have his hair cut off, owing to the adhe-
sive qualities of the article thrown upon his head, and
being cropped close, besides having a fiery red car-
buncled nose, he cut a most ludicrous figure. He
stated that be bad been having a glass of gin and water
at the British Lion, and that he afterwards went into a
blacksmith's shop, where the defendant and several otker
persons were collected at the time. He (complainant)
did nothing to offend any one, when the defendant, by
way of a practical joke, commenced blackening his face
all over with a composition of lampblack and grease,
and afterwards threw a quantity of plaster of Paris over
his head, which stuck to his hair like birdlime, and al-
though his wife scrubbed it with hot water and soap, yet
she did not succeed in getting it off, and he was there-
fore compelled to ha,nst'iele:eiaittliilinehis hair cut off. Here the
shoemaker bewailed the loss ofi his head of hair.
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Th 7 Magistrate said, that it appeared a sufficient
quantity of the above composition had been used, as
would hare made the complainant's bust. There had
bees a good deal of conflicting evidence, but it was
certain that the defendant was the man who had
blackened theshoemaker's face, and afterwards bedaubed
his head with plaster of Paris. The defendant was there-
fore adjudged to pay a fine of forty shillings.

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&c., attending. the sale. A number cf the same deserip.
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--Edinburgh Jeered.