The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-05 00:00:00

was a sufficient property in the bills on the part of the
Prince. After the Prince had signed the bills he was
incl;ned to think the Prince acquired a property in the
bills, for he c,:uld hare taken them up, and refused to
part with them.
Mr. Hawkins said the bills were laid on the table for
the purpose of having the prisoner's name affixed to
them, and then for the prisoner to carry them away.
All that Mr. Pollard took away was the Prince's name,
and that, he apprehended, did not constitute a case of
larceny.

Mr. Bush said /he point raised about the stamps was
illusory. If allowed to prevail it would invalidate half
the mercantile transactions of the kingdom.
Mr. HARDWICK said he had overruled the first objec-
tion. The next point was whether a constructive lar-
ceny had been privtd. It appeared that the prisoner
had state-d he was ready to pay over the money in
cheques and notes. He took away the bills, and nothing
more was heard of him or the bills.

Mr. Hawkins said, if the prisoner had intended to act
dishonestly he would not have called on the Prince to
say he iAus unable to procure discount for the bills.
There was no evidence to show that the prisoner had
any feloni,•us intention when he took away the bills.
Mr. HARDWICK said there was not much in the point
that the prisoner had called o❑ the Prince ; that might
have been d.rne only for a blind. The question was,
what, under all circumstances, were the prisoner's inten.
dons. Constructive ►arceny was difficult to prove, be-
cause it was impossible to dive into a man's mind to see
what his thoughts were at the time. The question was
always left to a jury, whether a person taking away bills
intended to sti al them at the time. This was the ques-
tion he should certainly feel it to be his duty to submit
to a jury in the prevent case. _ _

Bail was applied for and refused. Tuesday next was
fixed for re-examination.

THAMES.

Mary Ann "'ether was brought before Mr. Ballantine,
charged with stealing a necklace from a dying woman
in the London Hospital, under circumstances of great
atrocity.

On Friday night Mr. Thomas Blyth, a sl.toemaker,
carrying on business in Combie's-row, Commercial-road
East: Mrs. Blyth, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, of Cock-
hill, Ratcliffe, and their daughter, were returning home
from Fairlop fair in a chaise cart, drawn by one horse,
belonging to Mr. Blyth, when, in endeavouring to pass
a waggon, the wheel of the chaise cart came in contact
with a kerbstone, and was overturned. All the party
were thrown out, and all were seriously injured.
Shutters were procured, and the sufferers were carried
off to the London Hospital, when it appeared
that Mrs. Blyth, whose legs had been crushed by the
waggon, was fast sinking, and as she was laid in a bed
the prisoner, who, by some means, had obtained admis-
sion with the police and others, was hanging about her
neck, and appeared very officious. The nurses asked
her whether she knew the patient, and she said she was
her friend and neighbour. Mrs. Blyth soon afterwards
expi:ed, and the prisoner quitted the ward, but not before
she had clasped the lifeless corpse of the patient, and
pretended great sympathy for her dreadful fate. The
suspicions of the muses were somewhat raised by the
conduct of the prisoner, and they directed a policeman to
watch her. The policeman then asked the nurses if they
had missed anything, and they discovered that a coral
necklace had been taken off the neck of the deceased,
and the prisoner was accused of the theft. She was
searchcd, but nothing was found upon her. The police-
man, however, i❑ escorting her down stairs, heard the
necklace drop upon a rug, and immediately took the
prisoner off to the station-house. The nurses said the
necklace was dragged from the deceased's neck with so
much force that some of her hair was attached to it.
The prisoner in her defence impudently endeavoured
to insinuate that the necklace had b !en stolen by the
policeman, who must afterwards have dropped it on the
rug.

Air. Thomas Blyth, who was in a state of great suffer-
ing, idernifie.l the necklace, which he said was worth 31.,
and said his wile had it on when she was thrown out of
the chaise.

Mr. BALLANTINE said he had no doubt the prisoner
had stolen the necklace. It was a most shocking case,
a:id he should commit her for trial.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen and their daughter are in a pre-
carious state. Mrs. Owen's leg was fractured, and has
been amputated. Mr. Owe❑ sustained a fracture of the
thigh bone, and had two ribs broken. His daughter,
who is also in the hospital, sustained so much injury
that she is not expected to survive.