The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-11 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING- OCTOBER 11, 1547.

tors from the proceedings of men of the description of
the prisoner were greater than could be conceived.
r_Uhe " bucks" were persons of the lowest class, who
hung about the different cab-stands for the purpose
of taking the licensed driver's place, and by this
means of taking every opportunity to commit depre-
dations and to break the law by furious driving, ex-
tortionate charges, and foul language, and often, in
addition, injured both horse and cab. The " buck "
was also the principal agent in the removal of stolen
property. The cab proprietors were, however, de-
termined to suppress the system of employing "bucks,"
and they hoped to have the assistance of magistrates
in effecting this object.
The defendant pleaded guilty, and only said that
a gentleman had asked him to take him to a place
where he wanted to go, and he had complied.
Mr. HARDWICK replied that this was no excuse.
Under the same pretext the defendant would no
doubt have taken a thief in the cab with stolen goods
in his possession.
The penalty of 31., or one month's imprisonment,
was then inflicted, with an intimation that if the
offence was repeated the highest penalty would be
imposed.

WORSHIP-STREET.
On Saturday a middle-aged woman, named Eliza-
beth Collinson, was charged before Mr. Hammill with
having stolen 200 sovereigns and a quantity of house-
hold furniture, and other articles, from the residence
of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, and aged widow, recently
deceased.

Edward Smith, the deceased's son, stated that his
late mother was a person of very eccentric and penu-
rious habits, and, although he always suspected that
she had amassed a considerable sum of money, he was
unable to obtain any definite knowledge of the fact
until he was on the point of starting into the country
in search of agricultural employment in the early
part of last month, when his mother who was in very ill
health at the time, produced a large bag, and counted
out 200 sovereigns, which she assure him would
come into his possession, with the rest of her effects,
after her decease. The prisoner, who had been en-
gaged to attend upon his mother during her illness,
was present on the occasion, and saw her replace the
money in the bag, which she afterwards deposited in
a cupboard, and told him that he would find it there
in case anything should happen to her during his
absence. lle received no further intelligence of his
mother until he returned to London about ten days
since, when on calling at her house he was shocked
to learn that she had been dead and buried upwards
of a fortnight, and that the funeral expenses had
been defrayed by the parish. On instituting inquiries
respecting the disposal of her property, he was in-
formed by some of the neighbours that the breath had
scarcely left her body when the prisoner completely
stripped the place, and sold everything off to different
lodging-house keepers in Whitechapel. He imme-
diately gave information to the police, who succeeded
in tracing part of the property, and took the prisoner
into custody, but no clue to the missing money had
since been discovered. Several bulky packages, con-
taining bedding and other articles, were produced by
two lodging-house keepers, named Smith and i\l'Do-
nald, to whom they had been sold by the prisoner,
who told them that the relieving officer of White-
chapel had authorised her to appropriate them by
way of compensation for her services to the dying
woman.

The prisoner now repeated the same statement be-
fore the magistrate, but her assertion was distinctly
negatived by Mr. Hughes, the reliving officer, who
stated that he merely placed the property under her
care until the son or other legal representative of the
deceased should appear to claim it.
Mr. HammiLL ordered the depositions to be at
once taken, and the prisoner was fully committed for
trial.