The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

LEVYING BLACK MAIL ON OMNIBUS PASSENGERS.—
Caroline Ward and Mary Marshall, two fashionably-
dressed women, were brought up for final examination,
charged with stealing a purse containing £l6 from a female
named Martha Mason, on the 25th of April, while they
were travelling in a Kingsland omnibus.
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circumstances to a gentleman in the omnibus, whon was
sitting opposite to her, as well as the conductor, who over-
took the prisoners who had got out
,and were near Lon-
I don-bridge when stopped.
It further appeared that they were taken into custody by
police- constable 482 A, and were searched at the station,
but without the property being found on them. The
following day they were brought before the sitting magis-
trate, who remanded them for a week, but consented to
accept bail on two persons offering to become sureties for
their appearance. The day of trial arrived, but not the
prisoners, who were non est, and hal contrived to elude the
vigilance of the police until Tuesday last, when they were
apprehended. In the interim the bail had been taken into
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security.
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of payment
Mr. Edwin contended that the evidence did not justify a
conviction, particularly after the length of time that elapsed
I since the commission of the alleged offence.

Mr. Combe was of a different opinion, as he considered
that it was a clear case, and unless they pleaded guilty he
would commit them for trial.

After some conversation with their professional adviser,
both prisoners pleaded guilty, and were severally sentenced
to six months' hard labour.

SHOCKING DISCOVERY.--Early on Wednesday
morning the trunk of a man was ilscovered in the " grin"
and the head on the other side of the rail of the down line
of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway on Esmont viaduct,
Yanworth, near Penrith. The arms of the deceased were
folded, and his body lay in such a position as to favour the
conclusion that death by decapitation was premeditated,
and was not an accident.. The body wa3 coiveyed to the
Ouasstaeadmistake in signalling a
lo'und necessary to dismiss him.
Castle Inn, Penrith, and it was discovered that the deceased
was Joseph Richardson, late a railway servant on the Lan-
caster
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'rew.thheenmhaiel train passed over the
dmeicnedLea the manner detailed ;
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weeks back was found lying dndanthswaterheedsotuhgehdtessmercipidtaeonin
across the down line, on the
was snatched off the
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casion just referred to was apparently in a state of stupor;
but when the person who found him came to the spot to
which he had dragged him, while he looked after the mail-
bags for Penrith, he had walk.ed. off across the fields with-
out thaukipg his deliverer or giving Etuy account of himself.