The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-21 00:00:00

THAMES,

GOING TO THE WRONG POCKET.--Amelia Allen, a
good looking, well-dressed woman of the town, aged 25
years, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with
stealing 106 rix dollar bills, to the amount of £7 sterling,
from the person of Captain G. H. Garra, the master of the
ship Juno, lying in. the Surrey Canal Dock.
It appears from the evidence of the captain that he was
in liquor last night, and ho said to the magistrate in a con-
fidential whisper, " When the liquor's in, the wit's out,"
He met with the " young lady"—
Mr. Woolrych—You mean the prisoner ?
Witness=The same, sir. She took me to a house in
John street
Stepney-causeway. I was seated on a sofa, and
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a young lady was on one side of me and an old lady
on tho other. About five minutes afterwards I missed my
purse containing £7 in Swedish money, and I missed my
hat, and this old one was left in exchange.
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and sovereigns, English money.
Mr. Woolrych.—.She went to the wrong pocket. You
are very lucky, indeed.
Walter Hayward,
a police-constable, 406 K, said he met

the prosecutor and the prisoner last night in the Commer-
cial-road. Captain Garra charged her with robbing him
of his pocketbook and money, which she denied. The cap-
tain had an old hat on his head. The prisoner was taken
into custody and 4aearched, and her room in John-street
was searehel, but no trace of the money was found.
The prisoner denied having robbed the prosecutor, and
said she met him in the Grosvenor Arms public-house, in
Grosvenor-strcel, and he treated her. Sho acconipuu°
him to a hatter's shop in the Connuercial-road to huY
now hat, and they went to everal other places. She then
mentioned other incidents of their last night's adventure.
The captain, on being recalled, admitted in great pert
the truth of what the prisoner said. lie was at the Gros'
venor Arms having a game at nine pins. There were
great many people at the Grosvenor Arms. Ho was quite
sober.

Mr. Woolrych—Why, a little time ago you said you
were intoxicated, and when the drink was in the wits were
out.

Captain Garra said he was only three'parts drunk.
Mr. Woolrych—l tell you what, sir, you are not fit to be
entrusted with large sums of money about you. You g°
into a skittle •ground where there are many PerB°/1-
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assembled, and then to grog shops, and, lastly, to a boil
of ill fame, where you are robbed of one pocket book, and
only wonder you were not robbed of both purses. There ie
a case of suspicion, but it don't go far enough, and the
prisoner is discharged.
A number of infamous characters followed the 001,111
out of the court, with the view, no doubt, of obtaining the
English money which he was foolish enough to admit that
he had about him, but two police constables kept th°
wretches at bay, and accompanied him to a place of fatal
beyond the reach of the land sharks.