The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-12 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A young man, who
gave the name of Charles Newton, and who is well known to
the police, was placed at the bar for final examination,
charged with stealing a purse, containing £2 18s., the pro-
perty of Isabella Bowles, a lady's maid, and he was further
charged with assaulting her.

From the statement of the prosecutrix, it appeared that
shortly before five o'clock on Sunday morning she was
going down the Blackfriars-road, and when near the Sur-
rey Theatre she was accosted by the prisoner, who was in
company with another man, and asked her to treat them to
some tea. She crossed the road in order to escape from
the parties, when they both rushed on her and snatched
her purse out of her hand. She struggled with them for
some time, when they succeeded in escaping from her.
However, she pursued them, and they were eventually
taken into custody.
In reply to the magistrate, the prosecntrix said she was
going to meet a friend in the Tottenham-court-road, and
having mistaken the hour, went out earlier than was neces-
sary.

Mr. North, proprietor of the Surrey Coffeehouse, stated
that on the morning in question he was looking out of the
window when ho saw a woman struggling IN ith the pri-
soner and another man, who treated her very roughly, and
then ran away, followed by the prosecutrix. He was unable
to pursue the parties, having no one in his shop at the time.
He swore positively to having seen the prisoner snatch the
purse from the prosecutrix and pass it to his companion.
Police-constable 57 C deposed to having taken the pri-
soner into custody, but his accomplice succeeded in escap-
ing.

It was proved that the prisoner had been previously con-
victed, and he was committed for trial,

THAMES.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Joseph Barry, a well-known
and experienced thief, was charged, before Mr. Selfe, the
sitting magistrate, by Mr. William Westrupp, assistant
and time-keeper to his father, the proprietor of the Oakum
Works, at Limehouse, with stealing from his person a
silver watch, valued at seven guineas, in the open street.
The prosecutor said that he was passing along Mercer -
street, where some acrobats were performing, when the
prisoner came up to him and took from his waistcoat pocket
the watch in question.

The prisoner (interrupting) said—" I can save your
time, your worship. I plead guilty."
Mr. Selfe—Yes, but 1 must hear a little more about you.

Thomas Goddard, of Francis-terrace, Hackney Wick,
said that, as he was passing along the street, he noticed the
prisoner and the prosecutor wrestling together, and he
noticed the prisoner with the watch in his hand. He
helped to hold him till a policeman came up, and he took
him into custody. (The watch was here handed to the
magistrate, and although only a piece of black tape was
used as a guard, the ring of the watch had been broken off,
showing that the prisoner was an adept at his work. The
witness seeing that the prosecutor was likely to be over-
powered by the other man he went to his assistance, and
saw the prisoner in the act of passing the watch to a con-
federate.

James Price, a police-constable, said that the prisoner
gave his address as being No. 116, in the Strand, but there
was no such number there.

Mr. Roche, the gaoler, said that the prisoner never lived
in the Strand, that he had been previously convicted and
transported.

The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A YOUNG GIRL BY HER
MoTßEn.—Susannah Eliza Crow, aged 15 years, was
charged by her mother, residing at 15, Endell-street, in the
vicinity of the court, of robbing her of sundry articles of
wearing apparel, and pledging the same at the house of
Messrs. Telfer, pawnbrokers, of 178, St. George street.
The case was a very painful one, and from the testimony
of the mother, it appeared that the daughter had been for a
long time stealing not only the wearing apparel, bnt also
carpets, and pledging theta, and having expressed her ap-
parent contrition, she had been from time to time forgiven,
but not reforming, she was at length given into custody.
The magistrate remanded the prisoner, and directed
that a summons should be taken out by acting Sergeant
Chandler against the pawnbrokers for taking in pledges
from a girl under age.