The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-27 00:00:00

Alderman Carter remanded the prisoner for a week,

LAMBETH.—Marj Ann Smith, a decent looking
young womam, was charged with attempting to commit
suicide by throwing herself into the Surrey Canal.
A. policeman, named Friar, who was on duty in the
Old Kent-road, saw her struggling in the water at about
10 o'clock on the previous Saturday night and pulled
her out. He conveyed her to the William the Fourth
public-house, where restoratives were applied, and after-
wards to the Camberwell workhouse. It appeared that
the poor girl, who was a servant, had been induced by a
fortune teller to give her some clothes, and that being
afterwards seized with remorse, she had gone out and
made the attempt to drown herself. On the recommen-
dation of the master of the workhouse, who gave her a
good character, and in consequence of her own mani-
fest penitence, Mr. Elliott was induced to discharge the
prisoner.
James Goldsmith was charged with stealing a sove-
reign, the property of Mr. G. V. Wright.
Mrs. Wright said that about three weeks ago the pri-
soner called at her husband's house, No. 9, The Grove,
Clapham-road, and representing himself as a dissenting
minister, said he was endeavouring to sell a little cut-
lery and stationery for a most distressed family of chil-
dren, whose father was dead and whose mother was in
the hospital. She consented to purchase a couple of
shillings' worth of pens, and took a sovereign from her
purse, intending to send for change, but the prisoner
volunteered to procure it for her. She entrusted him
with the sovereign, and never saw him again until that
day, when she met him in the Borough, and gave him
into custody. When she charged the prisoner with the
offence, he stoutly denied it, but subsequently admitted
he was the man, and offered to pay her the 18s. if she
accompanied him to his residence in Fleece-yard.
The prisoner said that immediately after he had re-
ceived the change he met some old acquaintances, and
was induced to spend a portion of the money with them.
He hoped, however, his worship would permit him to
arrange the matter by getting the lady her 18s.
Mr. Elliott would allow no such thing, and remanded
the prisoner.

THAMES.. Williarn, Laut, an Irish labourer, aged
24, was charged with assaulting Catharine Millay, and
policeman Donald M'Kay.
The female complainant was a prostitute, and while
she was talking to a boy in High-street, Shadwell, he
suddenly attacked her, and beat and kicked her in a
most brutal manner. M'Kay interfered, and was
treated in much the same way.

Defendant's excuse was that he was drunk, and did
not know what he was doing.
Mr. Yardley ordered him to be imprisoned, and
to hard labour for six calendar months. kept
A fine young woman, of very respectable appearance,
named Frances Reader, aged 19, was charged with at-
tempting to drown herself in the London Docks.
She was observed to throw herself into the water by a,
custom-house officer, who fished her out with a hooked
staff. She was quite insensible, but she afterwards re-
covered.
Mrs. Reader, a widow, the mother of the girl, said
that she was a person of very bad temper, and had made
the attempt at self-destruction in consequence of her
having chidden her.
Mr. Yardley, at the earnest solicitation of the mother,
whose distress was extreme, discharged the girl with a
grave lecture on the impropriety of her conduct.