The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

POLICY INTELLIGENCE.

LAMBETH.--Emma A - "---
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Bedell, a person of
about 36 years of age, and'gTb
William Cramer, a
youth of 18, were charged, the filbert
with plundering
her master, and the latter with having
nowledge.
tion of the stolen property with a gvingt received a por-
Owing to the respectable connexixogiii.3itoktf.
prisoner, the proceedings excited the younger
prisoner, who
the court was crowded. interest, and
It will be remembered, that the elder
was in the service of Mr. Shepheard, of the
Brixton, as nursemaid, bad stolen down stairs Telegraph,
Brixton,
night-dress and was in the act of filling a large bottler
with gin in the bar, when she was pounced upon by a
policeman named Tapping, placed there by M. r. shep,
heard, who had been robbed daily for some time past,
to watch. She told the policeman that she had taken
the spirits for a young man who kept her company.
Accordingly, on searching her boxes the officer found a
number of " love letters" written to her by the male
prisoner, and also a quantity of perfumery, some quite
untouched, bearing the labels of Mrs. Powell, his mis-
tress. The officer therefore went to Mrs. Powell's shop
in Park-road, and seeing the male prisoner, told him he
should take him into custody for receiving spirits. The
prisoner at once admitted that Bedell had been in the
habit of bringing spirits there, but he was not at all

aware that she had come improperly by them ; on the
contrary, he thought she had purchased it and brought
it there for her own refreshment as well as his. On
searching his boxes two bundles of cigars were found in
them, and these Cramer acknowledged he had received
from Bedell. Tapping said he had also ascertained that
the female prisoner had been most lavish in her expen-
diture for several months past. He had several trades-
men present to prove the fact, to one of whom alone she
had paid upwards of 201. for dress, &c. A large stock
of beautiful silk dresses was found in her boxes, some
of them never worn ; and it appeared that she was under
the tuition of a pianoforte teacher in the neighbourhood.
There were also found a quantity of sheeting, towels, and
other articles belonging to her master, Mr. Shepheard.
The following letters caused much amusement :
" Park-road, Oct. 16, 1853.
"Dearest Emma (the Emma in the centre of a pen and
ink sketch of a heart),—l am sorry I shall not have the
felicity of your company to-day, and still more grieved to
hear that your side is no better. I have sent you a pow-
der, which I hope you will have no objection to take. It
would do better to put it dry on your tongue at bed time,
and apply another mustard poultice, then I shall be glad
to hear that you are quite cured to-morrow. If it does
not get better in a day or two, I should ask for a leave of
absence to recruit your health, which I believe your pre-
sent occupation has fully undermined. I have scarcely
known how to pass away the dull and tedious hours.
Reading now has no charms for me. I would rather shift
muck on the line than stick here all day. Othello's occu-
pation's gone.' I shall remember with pleasure the many
dull hours I have passed sweetly away in your company,
and I begin to find that makingg love is
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"ALBERT."
" Dearest Emma,—l am happy to say my cold is a little
better, but lam not quite right yet. I have been very
dull all day, and I wish Croydon Fair was at the d- 1.
I have just made up a roaring fire, and I am going to drown
all my cares in brandy and water. I should smoke a cigar,
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ted if you look at the letter I have enclosed. My head
begins to get confused, so that I cannot say much more.
I hope no noisy individual will disturb your sweet repose
to-night, and trust you will remember me in your dreams.
—Believe me, dearest Emma, your's affectionately,
" ALBERT."
" Dearest Albert,—l write you a few lines this morning,
fearing that you might have thought me unkind for not
calling upon you some time in the course of the day. This
morning, as you are aware, was fully taken up with my
music lesson. The afternoon proved wet, which caused me
to stay in doors. I hope to see you to-morrow morning,
if the weather proves fine. Send me a line that I may
know how you are, for if it is the least damp to-morrow
I shall not be out, in consequence of the baby being so un-
well. Have you not felt dull to-day, or have you enjoyed
your retirement? Please send my love to Rosa Maitland,
if you have not written. Excuse my fun and imperfec-
tions, and believe me, my dearest Albert, your ever effec-
tionale, " EMMA."

Amongst the documents found in the female prisoner's
possession was a certificate from the Committee of Coun-
cil on Education, dated February 28, 18M, and from it
it would appear that the prisoner had served one year
as mistress of the Tendering Parochial School, Essex,
for which she received the munificent sum of 8/. And
in this document she is described as Mrs. Bedell. In
this document, which is a printed form, several erasures
and emendations, in the handwriting of the prisoner,
appear, and some of them are of a ludicrous character.
For instance, when the qualifications are given opposite
to the words " Grammar," " History," and " Geogra-
phy," "good" is written ; and in the margin appear,
evidently in the prisoner's handwriting, "French trans-
lation, perfect, Natural history, good. Algebra, good.
Composition, excellent. Derivation of the Angelo-
Saxon words, correct. Music good. Singing, good."
Owing to the absence of the potman formerly in the ser-
vice of Mr. Shepheard, who was in the habit of carrying
messages and different articles between the parties, arid
who it was thought was purposely kept out of the way,
the officers requested a further remand.
Mr. Ballantine hoped his client would be at least ad-
mitted to bail, and assured the magistrate that, from his
instructions, he verily believed that Cramer had been
made the ignorant dupe and victim of the other artful
prisoner, His friends, he said, were of the highest
respectability, and were prepared to give bail to any
reasonable amount.
Mr. Norton admitted that it was in Cramer's favour
that there appeared a disparity of at least 10 years ; but
the female prisoner said it did not exceed 5, at the most
—a declaration which caused much laughter.
The prisoners were ultimately remanded ; but Cramer
was admitted to bail.