The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-09 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

A JUVENILE PICKPOCKET.—Thomas Rutt, a young lad
of about 13 years of age, was charged before Mr. Woolrych
this morning with stealing a handkerchief from the pocket
of a man whose name was not known, and who did not
appear to prosecute.

197 L stated that about nine o'clock on Saturday even-
ing he was on duty in the New-cut, and saw the prisoner,
who was in company with another boy, prowling
about. He had no previous knowledge of them, but his
suspicions being aroused he watched their movements, and
saw the prisoner take the handkerchief out of the man's
pocket. He then seized them, and the prisoner denied any
knowledge of the handkerchief. He saw him drop it on
the ground.
The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment.
A CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT.—Henry Miller, a
middle-aged man, dressed in shabby-genteel attire, was
charged with begging under the following circumstances.
From the evidence of 225 M it appeared that while he
was on duty in the London-road, on Saturday evening, he
saw the defendant, who pretended to be selling matches,
receive money from different passers-by. He had a large
and attractive placard in front of him, and three young
children, dressed in the same style. The placard set forth
that he was in great distress, and the children were placed
in a very artistic position so as to excite the benevolence
of those who wore more charitably disposed than ac-
quainted with the numerous impositions resorted to by the
street beggars who infest, more particularly, the thorough-
fares at the other side of the Thames. When taken into
custody the prisoner said that ho was merely selling
matches and not begging, the object of the placard being
to induce people to purchase from him, but not to get
money from them as a mere mendicant. He subsequently
stated that he had recently lost his wife, and that his
last child was only three weeks old, and unable to obtain
means for the support of himself and young family.
Three shillings and some half-pence were found on the
prisoner. The three children who had been with the pri-
soner were produced, and the eldest appeared to bo about
8 years of age.

Mr. Woolrych said there was no doubt that prisoner
conducted his operations in an artistic manner, and ttumed
the children to profitable account. He got by his idleness
more, on an average, than many a hard-working man for
his day's labour by means of the deception practised on the
credulous public. For the sake of his children he would
not inflict any punishment on him this time, but if he were
brought before him again ho would send him to prison for
one month.

THAMES.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A CABMAN-LICENSE REVOKED.

—Thomas Bird Hutchinson, a cabdriver, of 71, Randolph-
row, Pimlico, was brought up on remand before Mr. Part-
ridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the
East India-dock-road, Poplar, on Friday morning last, a
few minutes before 3 o'clock, and he was also charged with
suffering two persons to ride on his cab without the con-
sent of the person who hired him.
The case was clearly made out by a police-constable,
named William Elliott, No. 261 K, who saw the prisoner
drive his cab in a very reckless manner about the road, and
that the persons he had invited to ride with him were very
noisy and disorderly. The gentleman who hired the cab
was very much alarmed, and believed he should have been
robbed or ill-used if the police had not interfered.
The master of the prisoner said he was a person of bad
character, and good for nothing. The prisoner had been
in prison for a month some time ago.
The prisoner said he had only been convicted of loitering,
and that the fare had been consulted since he was re-
manded, and was not desirous the case should be pressed
against him.
Mr. Partridge said he should believe the sworn evidence
which he heard on Friday and was confirmed this
morning. The prisoner was a man of bad character,
and it appeared from his license that he had five masters
in a very short time, that he had been in prison,
and that he had some difficulty in obtaining
a license from the Commissioners of Police. The license
had been suspended formerly, and lie should now take care
that the prisoner should not drive a cab in the metropolis
again. He was reluctant to adopt this extreme step, but
his duty to tho public was paramount to every other con-
sideration. A drunken cab-driver was a nuisance, and he

might have run down and killed some one. He fined the
prisoner 40s. for the first offence or 21 days' imprisonment
and 20s. for the second offence or 7 days' imprisonment,
and he revoked the prisoner's license, which would be sent
with the revoke upon it to the Commissioners of Police for
the Metropolis and cancelled.
Thu_ prisoner wan then committed to prison tor three
weeks.

SHAVING A SAILOR.—Mr. Gomm, clerk to Mr. Hodgson,
solicitor, applied to Mr. Partridge for a summons against
Henry Elgar, lodging-house keeper, 8, New-road, St
George's-in-the-East, for detaining £lllls. 4d., the money
of Patrick Shea, a seaman, who came home in the ship
Conference, of Liverpool. The seaman received £lB when
paid off, and deposited the whole of the money with Elgar
except 7s. and the price of a quart of beer. Elgar charged
£8 for a suit of clothes the sailor was now wearing. The
cost of them was £3 only. There had been charged ls. 6d.
for a shave.

Mr. Partridge—He has been shaved well.

Mr. Gomm-.Yes, sir ; it is a clean shave—(laughter)—
and Elgar has detained £ll lls 4d. of the sailor's money.
Mr. Partridge—Take your summons. I am astonished
that seamen don't go to the Sailors' Homo in Well-street,
Poplar, where they aro well treated•

AQUATICS.

FOUR-OARED RACE THIS MORNING.

A four-oared race took place this morning between three
crews of the Little Wonder Rowing Club. The course
was from Battersea Railway Bridgo to Westminster Bridge.
A very fine race took place, and was won by three lengths,
the crows coming in as under:—R. Cook, H. Bell, G.
Castle, J. Jackson, D. Morgan (cox.), 1; J. Hawes, H.
Jones, R. Hawes, P. Bryane, C. Harrison (cox.), 2 ; C.
Dymock, R. Gravell, W. Weston, G. Follett, T. Shaw
(cox.), 0.