The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-20 00:00:00

CRIMINAL

Manz Ramsley was indicted for stealing a gelding,
a cart, and a quantity of harness, value 201., the pro-
perty of Mr. Edward Strouts, a farmer of Kingsdon,
near Sittingbourne, on the 14th July last. It was
proved that the property in question was safe on the
14th July last, and that they were seen in prisoner's pos-
session on the 15th of July at the White Horse
public-house, Brixton-road, and that he sold the
cart and harness to a wheelwright named Ben-
nett, living in the Wandsworth road, and that he
afterwards employed a person to take the hors to the
St. Martin's-lane repository for sale. The only ques-
tion was as to the id.mtity of the prisoner, Whose Coun-
sel, in his cross-examination, attempted to show that
several of the witnesses had, at a subsequent period,
said that he was not so tall as the man in whose pos-
session the property had been seen. The Jury, however,
found him guilty, and a previous conviction having been
proved against him, he was sentenced to fifteen years'
transportation.

NEW COURT.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN pres:(led In the I\l2W Court,
and was engaged tie whole morning in trying cases ot
simple larceny,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

(THIS DAY.)

Elizabctla 21PDonald, aged, blind, and lame, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. GREGORIE, the presiding
Nl..gistrate, charged with vagrancy.
Police-constable No. 31, C Division, stated that
about five o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the pri-
soner, in Old Bond-street, beg of a lady as she passed
by. As the prisoner had been seen about the street!
at the west end fur several days past, he took her into
custody.
Mr. GREGoRIE asked the prisoner what site had to
say ?
She stated that she be:onged to Belfast, where she had
been brought up and lived for many years in affluence.
Her husband, however, dying several years ago, his effects
were inf,uffieient to carry on some engagements he had
entered into, and in a short time she was left entirely de-
pendent on her own exertions to procure a livelihood for
her daughter and herself. This she managed to do until she
became afflicted as she was. Some time back she cameover
to England to endeavour to find out her brother, who is a
captain in the army, but learnt that he was abroad.
Since then she had eked out a miszniblc exis'ence b)
scaling pencils, pens, Stc., about the streets. She was
merely offering some for sale when the policeman took
her into custody.
The police constable said the defendant had a bas-
ket with her, containing pencils, Sze. ; but he distinctly
heard her solicit charity.
The defendant strongly denied this.
Mr. GREGORIE—I shall c immit you to the West-
inin,ter Bridewell for seven days.
Defendant—Oh, don't, Sir, pray don't add to my
misery and distress by sending me to prison. None of
my family ever came to such disgrace before.
Mr. Gregorte was inexorable, and she was removed
weeping to the lock-up cells.

CUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.)

POLICE OFFICIOUSNESS.—Joseph Reid, police con-
stable (City) No. 142, charged a young woman, named
Susan Grccn, with being drunk and disorderly in the pub-
lic streets. He:stated that last night, about ten o'clock,
he saw the prisoner standing at the corner of Rope-
maker-street, " gossiping" with another woman.
Mr. Payne (the Chiet-Clerk and Coroner)—What
of was that ? \Vttness—We are ordered not to
allow them to obstruct the street ; so I ordered her to
move on. She went on a little way, and then came
back again, when I took her to the station-house. She
m ►de a great resistance, and scratched my face.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHREY—Where did she scratch
your face ?
Witness pointed to his left check, which he turned
round to the Magistrate, who said he could see no mark

on it.
Mr. Payne—Nor I either. Was the prisoner making
any noise ? Witness—No, but she was " gossippiog"
and standing in the way.
Mr. Payne—And for that you locked her up ;
whereas, if you had not interfered, most likely she
would have gone away in a minute or two, and there
would hate been no disturbance.
Mr. Alderman HUMPIIERY (to the prisoner)—What
have.you to say to this? Were you drunk or noisy ?
Prisnner—l was not indeed. I only asked the young
woman as she came up to me, how was her lit,le girl,
when the officer crossed over from his beat, and bade
me move on. . I did so immediately, and only turned
round to say " Good night." He then ran after me,
and pushed me down. When I got up, he dragged me
away, and I might have scratched his face, but I declare
that. 1 did not intend it.
Mr. Payne—lt is great nonsense to take up the
time of the public with such cases. There does not
seem to be any occasion for the officer's interference.
The prisoner was discharged.
POLICE NEGLECT.—A driver of a hackney-coach,
named Leonard Haydon, was afterwards charged will
having stolen a box and its contents, of the value of 10/.,
the property of Mrs. Matilda Haydn, of Gravesend.
The complainant stated that on Thursday week last
she and a lady, namerilickson, having arrived at Lon-
ii+n=•bfidge',' frOt4-Giavesend bi,tbe steam-boat, went as
far at. Fisti:itreetAill for ii' hackney-co:tell. Their
luggage consisted only of the' box in question and two
small parcels. They engaged the prisoner to take
them to Smithfield, and on his setting them down and
receiving his fare, he drove away with the box,
which had been placed beside him on the
footboard. She mused the box immediately, and sent
after the coach. It was not overtaken, nor did she
know the number. Immediate notice, and a description
of the box and a list of the articles it contained,
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immediately
given by Mr. Hickson to the police. However,
nothing was discovered of the prisoner or the goods
until she sew the former driving the same coach on
the Thursday morning, and took his number. She
gave this information to the police, and on the next
'Thursday, exactly a week after, a constable went to
the owner of the coach, obtained the address of the
driver, found him in his lodgings accordingly, and took
him into custody. The box was not to be found, nor
any part of its contents. But the landlady of the
lodging-house and her servant proved that an ex-
actly similar box—that is a large wooden bon-
net-box, covered with a canvass wrapper, and
very heavy, was brought to the house by
the prisoner on the night of the complainant's
loss was subsequently taken away by him,
and afterwards brought back by his father (who re-
marked he would have nothing to do with it) on the day
before the police thought fit to search the lodging—
which was nearly a fortnight after the robbery.
Mr. Payne—lt is quite clear that if proper steps
had been taken by the police when they received
the prisoner's number, the property might have been
found. In fact, they might have traced the man in six
hours after the robbery, it they went properly about it.
A witness, foreman to the prisoner's employers, stated
that the prisoner, on the day of the robbery, showed
him A pair of gloves marked and trimmed in the same
manner as a pa:.r now produced by the complainant, who
stated that such a pair was amongst the stolen pro-
perty.
The prisoner said that the last witness was not to
be believed on his oath. He had taken a false oath to
get the prisoner out of trouble at Queen-square on a
former occasion.—(Laughter.)
The prisoner was fully committed.