The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-27 00:00:00

POLICE-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
—Mr. Alexander Thompson, of New Bond-court-house,
\Valbrook, gentleman, was charged before Mr. Knox with
being drunk and disorderly in Tichborne-street.
Tho defendant was taken into custody the prev:ons
morning, and bailed out by Mr. Lindsay, of Lindsay's
Hotel, Air-street, Piccadilly, but on the case being called
on, failed to appear. On the defendant being placed in the
dock this morning, Mr. Knox told him that bat for the
exertions of the hotel keeper he would have sent a warrant
after him. He took the defendant for a mete boy, and
therefore refrained from doing that which might injure him
for life.

Sergeant Lindsay, 21 C, said that at a quarter-past three
in the morning, while passing the Cafe Regence, Picea'•
dilly, ho heard the breaking of glass, and directly after the
defendant and another were turned out. The defendant
then became very noisy and tried to force his way in again,
and he (the sergeant) fearing that something serious might
take place, and seeing the defendant was drunk, took him
into custody.

Defendant said he was sorry for it.
Mr. Knox said that a person of the defendant's position
ought to set an example to others, and not disgrace himself
as he had done.

The defendant was then fined 20s.

THAMES.

A SELF`-CONFESSED AND UNGRATEFUL THIEF
Samuel Smith, a tall youth, aged 19 years, who appearod
to be destitute, and was poorly clad, was brought before
Mr. Woolrych, charged on his own confession with stealing
a silver watch and chain, value £6 10s., a pair of boots, and
a tin cash box containing two sovereigns and 12s. 6d. in
silver, and three horn snuff boxes.

This morning at an early hour the prisoner accosted a
police constable of the K division, named Anderson, No.
206, in the Commercial road, East, and pointing to the Old
Friends ale and beer house, near the George Tavern,
said he was formerly potboy there, and had stolen
some money and property and wished to give him-
self up to justieo. Ha also stated that he expended the
money stclen by him, pawned Mr. Wardhaugh's silver
watch and chain in Ramsgate, his boots in Brick.lane,
and threw away some horn snuff boxes, for which he could
not find a customer. The prisoner was immediately taken
to the station. house, where he delivered to Anderson a
pawnbroker's duplicate relating to a silver watch pledged
at the shop of Mr. Hubbard, High-street, Ramsgate, on
the 22d of August last.
Mrs. Catherine Wardhaugh, the landlady of the Old
Friends, who was labouring under some indisposition caused
by her anxieties and continual attendance on her husband,
who is in a dying state, was sworn, and said the prisoner
was formerly her pot-boy, and left his situation about 12
months since. On the 18th of last month the prisoner called
upon her, and said he was in great distress and without the
means of obtaining food and lodgings. She gave him some
victuals, and he was permitted to sleep in the house that
night. Next morning he absconded, and she missed her
tin cashbox. It was taken from her bedroom. She after-
wards found the cashbox in a dust hole on the premises.
It was broken open, and the contents, £2 12s 6d. in money,
a silver watch and chain, and three horn snuff-boxes, one
mounted with silver, were missing. A pair of boots and
other things belonging to her husband were also stolen at
the same time. The silver watch and chain she valued at
£6 10s,

The prisoner, an,impueent fellow, who treated the mat-
ter with great levity, pleaded guilty.
Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner was a most ungrateful
thief. Mr. and Mrs. Wardhaugh, while labouring under
heavy afflictions themselves, had taken pity on a destitute
lad, and relieved him, and while Mrs. Wardhaugb was at •
tending on her husband, who was labouring under a clan-
gerous illness, the prisoner, with black ingratitude, robbed
his benefactors. Ho sentenced the prisoner to be impri-
soned four months, and kept to hard labour.