The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-28 00:00:00

QUEEN.SQU AUL

Yesterday Mary Mika, Elizabeth. Laycoek,
and Mary Parker, three girls of the town, were
placed at the bar before Mr. GRUGORIE, charged
with stealing from the person of Mr. Abraham
Alexander, the proprietor of the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, the sum of 411. 15e., under the
following circumstances:— _

It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor,
that on Saturday last he bad been at a dinner at
the Horns Tavern, at Kennington; he left the house
about eleven o'clock in the evening in company with
a friend, and at the door he saw the three prisoners
drinking some gin. He pulled out his purse to give
the waiter sixpence, and he noticed that the pri-
soner Hilton watched him very closely. His friend
walked round the corner of the house, and while
he wns waiting for him the girl came near to him,
and he could scarcely keep her from him. In a fey►
minutes he put his hand into his pocket, and to his
surprise found that his purse was gone, containing
on one side four 101. Bank of England notes, and
on the other four sovereigns and some silver. The
prisoner Hilton was gone, and be called a police
constable and told him how he had been robbed.
Morris, a police constable of the L division,
No. 186, deposed to taking Hilton into custody, at
her lodgings, in Fox's-court, Kent-street. On
telling her what she was charged with, she replied
that she had only 6s. 6d. about her. She then put
her band into her bosom, and pulled out a sovereign
and Ss. 6d. ; finding she had made a mistake, he
saw her slip the sovereign away, and throw it under
the bed, which he afterwards picked up. He found
no other money on her person.
Mr. GREGORIR ordered Hilton to be remanded,
and discharged the other prisoners.
Mr. Alexander said, that the numbers of the notes
had been stopped at the Bank.
The police constables were directed to make every
inquiry to obtain further evidence against the prisoner.

H ATTON.GA R DEN%
A fellow of the name of William Itlehony was
brought up, charged with assaulting one of the po-
lice of the G division.
The complainant stated that at half-past two
o'clock that morning he was on duty on Saffron-hill,
when he found the defendant supported by two
women, and so drunk as to be unable to walk. Be
immediately lent his assistance to the women to
convey the fellow home to Caroline-court, where he
lodged, but they had not proceeded many yarda,:w ;when
recovering himself a little, and getting on his legs, he
struck him a violent blow on tho face, which had
very nearly tumbled him, and was only prevented
from repeating it by the interference of a brother
officer of his, who was standing by at the time, and
though heavily intoxicated as he appeared to be, it
was with a great deal of difficulty that they could
both get him to the watch-house. He (the corn
plainant) had always known him to be a notoriously
had character, ever disposed to quarrel, and one of
the principal champions of a party of Irishmen on
the hill.
The complaint was corroborated by the evidence
of the other policeman, and the defendant not hav-
ing any thing to allege in his defence, but that he
was drunk, the Magistrates fined him lOs , and, in
default of payment, ordered that lie should be com-
mitted to the House of Correction for 14. days.
As soon as the case was disposed of, one of the
policemen complained to the Magistrate that there
were a number of very disorderly houses in Saffron-
bin, which gave them constantly a great deal of an-

noyance and trouble, but particularly Oa Wards,
and Sunday nights, when they were sure to be filled
with persons of the worst and most abandoned
characters of both sexes, who, after getting drunk''
in them, towards the morning reeled into the streets,
fighting and creating the most alarming disturbances,
and it was sometimes more than they could do for
hours together to clear them away, or take some
half dozen of them to the watch-house.
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Mr. LAING asked what description of houses
they were—whether they were private housii
or public ?—Mr. Busain, the inspector, It
that the houses alluded to were all private
houses, situated in the most retired courts and alleys,
in which it was a common practice to hold dance
on Saturday nights and Sunday nights, where faW
others besides reputed thieves and prostitutes cora
1 gregated. The mode they took to remedy the shut.
ting up of the public-houses after twelve o'clock,
was to provide themselves with a number of gallon
cans with large quantities of beer and gin before that
hour, and, thus supplied, they were enabled to keep
on singing and dancing until morning, and by that
time, the liquor being exhausted, all were become
intoxicated, and their revelling for ever *tided in Li
general row in the streets. The existence of sus°,
houses was an intolerable nuisance; and ho lON
to know from the Magistrate whether am ?Ili"
could not abate it. .
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great nuisance; but as the houses were Oral°
houses, the police bad no right to interfere to absteit
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Yesterday Martha Adams, a young worns°, eel::
very much with the small-pox, was chaff "..-
Mr. RAWLINSON with stealing a little WY. it,
Mr. James Matthews, of Augnstroc"get --t-0
gent's-park, builder, stated, that bang Osrict-d
go into the city that morning, be ro9lr- ins el,l,
with him for a ride. He stopped to look niter '"-
of his men, who were on a job its the New-rnido
and while his back was turned the child Wile it°llll -
from the garden-gate. He applied for inforrollisS
George Ball, a policeman, No. 21, of the &MI,
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prisoner, she told him she had taken uP 1 ',babe,
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street, and take care of it until it was adv_srati.tr.„
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emsrdfacoraner was remanded that further ing 1
appeared to be distressed witintil,,
might be made respecting her.