The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUG H-STREET.

Eleanor Susan Ley, was.placed at the bar before Mr.
Maltby, charged with begging.
Samuel Daniels, one of the officers belonging to the
Mendicity
,Society, stated that between six, and.sev en
on Friday evening, as he was proceeding along Panton-
street, Haymarket, the prisoner accosted him, and ,soli.-
cited charity, stating that she should feel most grateful
even for a halfpenny. Her appearance inuuced witness
to take her into custody, in order that her case might be
inquired into. On her way to the station-house, she
begged that witness would not be hard up, ?n her for
merely asking for a half-penny. On searching her, a
sovereign, and eleven shillings and eight pence in silver
and copper were found in her pockets. On referring to
the Society's books, the following account of her'
was obtained :—She is the widow of Dr. Ley, for
many years physician to. Middlesex Hospital, and who
died about five years ago. During his lifetime the pri-
soner gave herself up to habits of drunkenness and dissi-
pation, and shortly previous to his decease made away
with plate and other property to the value of upwards of
5001. These means she sooh dissipated, and, becoming
very much reduced, made application to the Society by
ticket, soliciting their assistance to establish her to set
up a school. She received relief for some time from the
Society, and also from several medical gentlemen ; and,
independent of these, had 361. a year from the Me-
dical Fund.

The prisoner was ultimately discharged, and left the
office with several of her friends, who are respectable.

UNION-HALL.

Richard Ilitchnian, alias Thompson, alias Bristol
Dick, one of the " swell mob," convicted last May for
attempting to rick the Duke of D;viinshir. 's pocket
of a gold snuff-box at the Surrey Zoological Gar-
dens, was brought before Mr. COTTINGHAM, charged
with robbing a lady named Lampriani of a purse, con-
taining I is., on the preceding afternoon. Tne com-
plainant and her daughter were walking along the Albany-
road, at 5 o'clock on the preceding afternoon, when they
observed three men following them close behind. When
they arrived at the corner leading to the Camberwell-
road, one of the man walked on before his companions
and while he was passing Mrs. Lampriani felt a push
on that side, and on putting her hand into her pocket
she missed her purse, containing 11g. Thu man, whom
she suspected was the thief, went forward quickly, but
returned again in the direction of where his associates
were, but on looking round she found that they were
all gone. She immediately informed a policeman of
what had occurred, and some time afterwards he called
at her house, and having exhibited eleven shillings in-
quired whether she could identify any portion of it, and
she recognised one of the shillings as having taken a
short time previously from Mr. Tnwnsend, a wine--
merchant in the Walworth-road, and which wa• in her
purse at the time she was robbed. Tne complainant
added that she did not distinctly see the faces of any of
the men, but the prisoner in height and dress resembled
one of them.. She also identified the shilling produced
as bearing an exact similitude to the one that was in
her purse.

Tic complainant's evidence was crinfirined by her
daughter, who said that she was confident the prisoner
was of the men by whom she and her mother were
followod as already described. Oiie of the men wore a
cloak and a foraging cap.
A policeman of the P division stated that, on being
apprised of the robbery, he took the prisoner. ii t•► cus-
tody within a short distance of the spot where it oc-
curred, and having mentioned his suspicions, he then
told him that he must accompany hint to the station-
house. When they arrived there the prisoner took
eleven shillings out of his pocket, saying that it
was ail the money he had, and that it was his own.
The policeman added, that when the money was alter
wards examined the complainant identified one of the
shillings as having been in her purse at the time her
pocket was picked.
Mr. Townsend, a wine-merchant of the Walworth-
road, stated he paid the shilling alluded to with others
to the complainant a short time previsusly to the rob
bery ; that he knew the shilling from the particular
marks upon it, and he also spoke with confidence to
the identity of another shilling found on the prisoner,
and which he (witness) had given in change to the
lady who was robbed.
The prisoner stoutly denied any knowledge of the

robbery, and, in accounting for his presence in the
Alb.iny-road at the time it occurred, sa•d that he was
going to the doctor to hare his jaw examined, which
was broke in three places, when he was taken into cus-
tody. The prisoner, who has been frequently sum-
marily convicted fur being found in places of public
resort with intent to commit felony, was then full
eominitted for trial.