The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-07 00:00:00

SOUTUWARK.

SUSPICIOUS CASE.—Mary Ann Willoughby was charged
before Mr. Burcham, the sitting magistrate, with stealing
a blue bag containing divers numbers of the Home Maga-
zine and other cheap periodicals, a banker's pass-book, and
other articles, the property of Mr. Turner, a draper, resid-
ing at Hanwell, in the county of Middlesex.
From the evidence of Police-sergeant M‘Leod it appeared
that Mr. Turner was driving his waggonette along the
Southwark-bridge-road, having the bag containing the
property mentioned in the charge deposited in the rear of
the vehicle. Before arriving at the Elephant and Castle
he discovered that the bag and its contents had been ab-
stracted, and he at once communicated his loss to the wit-
ness (Sergeant M'Leod), who immediately put detective
officer Robert Borschlayer in pursuit of the stolen pro-
perty, which Mr. Turner had fully described, especially
mentioning his banker's pass-book. • The testimony
of the detective officer (Borschlayer) went to show
that, from information which he received, he went to
the house of the prisoner, No. 4, Gun-street, within the
district of this court, and there in a box which ho
now produced, not only the bag, but the banker's book and
all the other property which have since been identified by
Mr. Turner as having been stolen from his waggonette.
The prisoner, when asked what she had to say in answer
to the charge, declared that while she was in the back
yard of her house a young man, whom she did not know,
came in and asked her to take charge of the bag. The
books which were found loose in her box belonged to her
children. She had lived eight years in her present house,
paying 4s. a week.

In reply to the Magistrate—Sergeant M'Leod stated that
the prisoner, who was a widow, had long been suspected
as a receiver of stolen goods, but until the present case
no charge had been made against her. He believed she
has resided in Gun-street during the time she had stated.
Mr. Burcham said that though the circumstances were
suspicious, yet looking at her long residence in the neigh-
bourhood, and also the fact that she has never before been
charged, he would permit her to go at large on her own
recognisance in £lO to appear in a week,

THAMES.
ROBBING FURNISHED APARTMENTS.—EIIen West, alias
Metcalf, alias Smith, a well-dressed young woman, aged
23, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged
with stealing two sheets, a table-cloth, a counterpane, and
a teapot, the property of Mrs. Harvey, a respectable widow,
of No. 5, Portland-street, Commercial-road, East.
On the morning of Thursday, the 28th of last month, the
prisoner hired a bedroom and a sitting-room in the house of
Mrs. Harvey, and represented to her that she was the wife
of Mr. Metcalf, chief mate of the ship Stanley, that the
vessel was wrecked, and that all the clew were drowned
except her husband and the captain. She also stated that
her luggage would be brought to the house in a few days,
and that her husband would Join her shortly, and was
expected in London hourly. Tho prisoner occu-
pied the apartments until the next evening, when
sho received a visit from a female who remained with her
some time. Both left the house soon afterwards, the visitor
first and the prisoner next. On the same night, at 12
o'clock, Mrs. Harvey visited the apartments hired by the
prisoner and missed her property. The prisoner did not
return to the house, but she was met in Jubilee-street,
Stepney, on the following evening and given into custody.
She then gave the name of Smith, and subsequently gave
the name of 'West. She refused to give her address, and
said she had been servant to a gentleman Named Arnold,
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