The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-19 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

HOUSEBREAKERS DISTURBED.—CharIes Erwood, a
well-known convicted thief, was charged before Mr. Knox
with loitering in Fitzroy-square for the purpose of com-
mitting a felony.
Outred, a constable of the E division, said that about two
that morning he was in Fitzroy-square with another con-
stable, both being in plain clothes, when he saw the pri-
soner and another man looking down the areas. Catching
sight of them (the officers) they made off down London-
street, and back again to Fitzroy-square. While standing
by the inclosure of the same street he (Outred) heard a
crash of glass and saw the prisoner from a doorway, and
then went up and secured him. On asking him what
he was doing the prisoner replied, " It's all right. You
can only make a drag (three months) of it. I have not
got the - screws (keys). 'What the others are doing
is nothing to me," He (Outred) with the assistance of the
officers had examined the houses in the direction of which
the prisoner ran, but could not find any appearance of a
window having been broken.

Police-constable, 41 E, having corroborated the other
constable, Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.

THE CHARGE OP ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND CAUSING
THE DEATH OF A CHILD.—The young woman, Jane
Hunt, described as a needlewoman, charged with attempting
to commit suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine,
and also with causing the death of her child by drowning,
was again brought before Mr. Knox.

The prisoner, it may be remembered, was rescued by
Parsoas, the chief boatman of the Royal Humane Society,
and taken to the receiving-house, and from what she after-
wards told him he dragged the Serpentine and found the
body of a male child.

A nurse at St. George's Workhouse said that the pri-
soner was constantly under her care, and on the first day
she was in the house she asked for her baby on two dif-
ferent occasions. On asking her if she had any friends,
she said, " None but her father," and she declined to say
who or where he was. She gave the witness to under-
stand that the baby was dead. She spoke to the prisoner
about Cheltenham, and she said she once had an aunt there.
On one occasion she told the prisoner there was a child in
the dead-house, if she would like to see it, and she said she
would not.

Mr. Knox remandcd the prisoner that the police might
institute inquiries to ascertain the prisoner's parents.

THAMES.

TEA ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—John Page,
an occasional labourer in the London Dock, was brought
before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 4lbs. of tea from a
warehouse in the dock.

Yesterday afternoon, a dock watchman named Thomas
Slater, noticed the prisoner on the south quay looking very
bulky, and felt his coat. At the same time Slater said to
the prisoner you have got something, to which the prisoner
replied, " I have got some tea." Slater said. you must
come with me, on which the prisoner took a bag of tea out
of his pocket and th ew it into the dock basin. A man
named Henry Hobson immediately procured the drags,
and at the first dip secured the bag, which contained 41bs.
of tea.

John George, a constable in the service of the London
Dock Company, said there was a boa in the tea shed which
appeared to have been broken open, and three or four
lbs. of tea gone from it. The prisoner had been employed
in the dock occasionally for some time past.
The prisoner admitted he stole the tea. He pleaded
poverty, and begged of the magistrate to be merciful. He
was very sorry for what he had done.

Mr. Selfe—Do you plead guilty, or do you prefer going
for trial,

The prisoner—I plead guilty, sir.
Mr. Selfe said he could not pass over such a serious
offence as this with a light punishment. He sentenced the
prisoner to be imprisoned for three months and kept to hard
labour.