The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIgENCE.—.Tan. 2.

LAMBETH. MODERN SERVANT-GIRLISII.--
Catherine Brown, a cook in the service of Mr. Mar-
tin, proprietor of the Hand-in-Hand publichouse,
in Park-road, Brixton-hill, was charged before the
Hon. G. C. Norton with stealing two bottles of
champagne, five bottles of Guinness's stout, a
bottle of ale, and a bottle of cordial (orange boven)
from her master's ceflar.
Mrs. Martin deposed that about six o'clock on the
evening before she went down to the kitchen, and
found the prisoner there in so helpless a state of
intoxication that she was obliged to be put to bed.
After the prisoner had been removed from the kit-
chen witness looked about, and in the platevrarmer
she found two bottles of champagne and a bottle of
stout, untouched, and four bottles of stout in an-
other place, untouched ; but in other parts of the
kitchen she discovered a stout and an ale bottle
empty, and the bottle of cordial was also very nearly
finished. _ _

Mr. Norton—Have you discovered where the
prisoner got all these things from ?
Mrs. Martin—Yes, sir. I found that the cellar-
man had inadvertently left the wine cellar door
unlocked, and the prisoner took all the bottles from
there.

Mr. Norton—How long has the prisoner been in
your service ?
Mrs. Martin—Since the beginning of October
last.

Mr, Norton (to the prisoner)—What have you
got to say to this charge of stealing all this property
from your master's cellar and getting so drunk ?
Prisoner—l never went in the cellar at all, nor
took any of the bottles from there.
Mr. Norton—Then how could you get so drunk ?
Prisoner—Oh, that was with gin I bought myself.
Mr. Norton—Then you do not wish to plead
guilty to the charge.
Prisoner—No, sir; I did not take the bottles.
Mr. Norton—Then I shall send you before a jury.
Committed for trial to the Surrey Sessions.

HAMMERSMITH.—CLEVER CAPTURE OF A
DESPERATE BURGLAR.—WiIIiam Jones, a young
man who had the appearance of a bricklayer's
labourer, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged
with committing two burglaries.
It appeared from the evidence, that shortly be-
fore two o'clock on Sunday morning police-con-
stable Haydon, 206 T, entered the premises of the
Cedars, a large school kept by Mrs. Rawlinson, in
the high-road of Hammersmith, near the turnpike-
gate, for the purpose of looking over the grounds as
usual ; and, while passing the front of the house,
he had his attention di awn to a pair of boots which
he had not observed when he went round a short
tithe before. The boots were quite warm, as if they
had just been taken off the feet of some person.
The constable went to the rear of the house, and
saw the prisoner trying to conceal himself in a
corner. He took him into custody ; and, while re-
moving him to the front gates, the prisoner offered
great resistance, and threatened the constable with
violence. A desperate struggle ensued, and the
constable broke his staff across the prisoner's
head. However, on reaching the outside, the pri-
soner effected his escape, and ran down a narrow
passage to Brook-green-place, a locality thickly in-
habited by Irish, and known as the Rookery. He
was here fortunately stopped by Inspector Hard,
who heard cries o'r "
_Stop thief," and he had to
knock him down twice before he could secure him.
The prisoner was without shoes, and he claimed the
pair found by the constable as belonging to him.
When searched at. the station he was found in pos-
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