The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

WEST3IINSTER.

A QUEER CHARACTER.—James Wilson, a low-looking
fellow, well-known as the associate of thieves and smash-
er; was charged with being in enclosed premises for a
felonious purpose.
Police-constable 228 A said that on the previous even-
ing he was called to take prisoner, who had just climbed
over a garden wall belonging to a house in Dean's-yard,
Westminster.

Mr. Samuel Poole, a sculptor, carrying on business with
his father at Great Smith-street, said that at 11.30 on
Monday evening he saw prisoner climb over a wall be-
longing to Mr, Gullau and gave an alarm. The prisoner
climbed over the wall again and endeavoured to escape,
but he was secured.

Dennis, the gaoler, said that a fortnight ago prisoner was
charged with a similar offence, but discharged not known.
Mr Inspector Starr, of the A division, said a few nights'
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ago he found prisoner trying to open his window to open
the door of his area. He got away, but witness found him
again five minutes afterwards and took him to the station.
No skeleton keys were found, and he gavo an address. He
10 was liberated, as he appeared to be drunk. The address
was false. Next morning witness saw prisoner in company
with a convicted felon in Orchard-street, Westminster.
Prisoner gave the same false address, and pretended to
know nothing of the affair.
101/ # He was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.

THAMES.

BOBBING A SAILOR.—Three women, named Mary Ann
Cocklin, Johanna Reardon, and Ann Reardon, all well
known thieves, were brought before Mr. Paget, oharged
with stealing 20 sovereigns from the person of Peter Jacob
Bardrop.
The prosecutor is a ship's carpenter, and belongs to a
Glasgow ship called the Bertha, lying in the river, near
London-bridge. Yesterday evening he met Cocklin and
Reardon in Rateliff-highway, and he treated them to liquor
at several public-houses, and afterwards accompanied them
to the house of an old woman, named Simmons, No. 6,
Blue-gate-fields, Shadwell, where numberless robberies
have been committed, and sailors have been badly mal-
treated. He had a pocket-book in his possession, which
contained 20 sovereigns. Cocklin soon left him and went
out of the room. He missed his pocket-book directly
afterwards and made a noise about it. Reardon wanted
to converse with him, and ho told her hs did not want her
company and would have his pocket-book and money.
The old woman Simmons then came into the room and
returned him his pocket-book. He opened it and found
all the gold had been abstracted and only a small amount
in silver left in it. He said you have picked out the
20 sovereigns and left the change. He went out and gave
information to a police-constable named Isaac Pa wsey, 485 K,
who saw Cocklin and Reardon leaving the United States
public house and took them into custody. He was con-
veying them to the station-house when Buckley came be-
hind them, and Reardon immediately handed two sove-
reigns and a half sovereign to her. Pawsley called out to
Sergeant Proctor, No. GO K, "Take that woman into cus-
tody." Buckley was taken with the £2O in gold upon her.
It was stated by Donald M'Kay, a police constable, No.
275 K, that Simmons had absconded, and that she had
been committed for trial eight times for being concerned in
the plunder of sailors, and had always escaped conviction.
Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge, said her house ought
to be indicted, and that she was the worst thief he had over
met with in the course of his judicial career.
Mr. Paget—How is it she has escaped so often ?
111• Kay—The sailors go to sea before the trial, and she
escapes. There is a woman outside the court who, I un-
derstand, has had £6 10s. of Bardrop's money ; and old
Mother Simmons has had £6 10s. more. She won't return
until the sailor has gone to sea. _ _ _

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The prisoners all declared their innocence ; and said,
"We want it settled hero."

Mr. Paget said ho should send the case to the sessions at
once ; and if the grand jury were not discharged they could
be tried at Clerken well to-morrow morning.

The prisoners were committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.

A HOPEFUL DAUGHTER.—Sarah Martin, a woman be-
between 30 and 40, was charged before Mr Woolrych with
stealing plate and wearing apparel, the property of her
landlady.

Margaret Richardson, the prosecutrix, said that yester-
day the prisoner, who lived with her at 59, Bland-street,
Newington, took from the house in her presence a blanket
and sheet, and had previously stolen the other articles,
which she had pawned.
Mr. Edson said the prisoner had been married to a re-
spectable man, who had held a situation under Govern-
ment, but was compelled to leave her in consequence of
her habits of drunkenness.

The prosecutrix, a very respectable old woman, eaid
that she kept not only the prisoner, but her son and
daughter, since she was deserted by her husband, about
teu years since.

The prisoner said that not only the articles in question,
but everything in the house in the shape of furniture, bed-
clothes, &c., belonged to her, having been given to her by
her husband previous to his desertion.
The prosecutrix said there was no truth in that state-
ment, as she had purchased the articles as well as the other
property in her house.

Ann Sorrel, a servant of the prosecutrix, said she found
the prisoner in the house of a neighbour yesterday in a
state of drunkenness, and took from her pocket the pawn-
tickets produced.

The prisoner was remanded for a week.

WANDSWORTH.

DISTURBING A BURGLAR—SINGULAR APPREHENSION.—
John Martin, aged 58 years, who was described as a
labourer, with no home, was brought before Mr. Ingham
for re-examination orr a charge of burglary and robbery.
Ellen Kearsley said—l live at No. 1, Edward's-cottages,
Sheepcot-lane, Battersea, with my father, who is an engi-
neer. The prisoner is a stranger to me. Between three
and four o'clock on the morning of the 17th inst., hearing
footsteps in the lane, I got up and gave an alarm. On going
down stairs I found both the back parlour and the kitchen
windows open, which were nearly closed the night previous
when we went Co micsed soveral articles or nnen
from the parlour and others from the kitchen. Outside the
window in the garden I found four shirts, two coats, three
waistcoats, and other articles made up into a bundle, as if
to bo carried off. Our garden adjoins a field with low
paling between. The coat the prisoner now wears was
left behind at our house, arid a box of lucifer matches was
in one of the pockets. •

Police-constable Wright, 294 V, said—On the morning
of the 17th inst., about a quarter past three o'clock, I saw
the prisoner at Battersea-bridge toll-gate, going towards
Chelsea. Seeing the end of a towel sticking out of his
pocket, I asked him what he had. Ho replied, " Nothing
but this towel." I felt about him, and inside his waiscoat
I found a petticoat and a chemise. I asked him how he
came by them, and he replied, " I know best about that."
I then took him to the station.

The articles found upon the prisoner were identified by
Miss Kearsley. It also appeared that the prisoner was
wearing a coat belonging to Mr. Kearsley when appre-
hended by the constable, and at the station he exchanged
it for his own.

Mr. Ingham inquired whether the prisoner was known
to the police ? _ _ _

The constable Wright said ho was not.
Mr. Ingham then committed him to take his trial at the
next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.

As an indication of the unusual mildness of the
season, a few ripe strawberries were to be seen a few days
ago on a fruit stand in St. Nicholas-street, Aberdeen,grown
in a garden at Canal-road, where a second crop of this
fruit has formed.

THE VALUABLE RECTORY OF WELWYN, Hertford-
shire (famous as the benefice held by Dr. Young,
of the "Night Thoughts"), is placed at the disposal of All
Souls College, Oxford, by the death of the Rev. Sir Brooke
William Robert Boothby, aged 56. It is worth £750, with
a population of 1,600. Sir Brooke was born in 1809, and
succeeded as tenth baronet in 1846. He was educated at
Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford; 8.A., 1820;
M.A., and Fellow of All Souls, 1832. Having held from
1846 the living of Elmley, Kent, he became in 1852 rector
of Welwyn, and married Martha Serena, daughter of the
Rev. C. Boothby. He is succeeded by his son Brooke,
born in 1856. The baronetage was created in 1680.