The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

BOW-STREE7'.

Two soldiers, of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, named
Richmond and Hopgood, were charged, before Mr. Hall,
with stealing a basket, containing a pocket-handkerchief
and a parse, in which were 155., the property of Mary
Ann Howton, a dressmaker.

The complainant said, that she met the prisoner Rich-
mond in Whitehall on Wednesday night, when he stepped
up to her and asked her to go and have something to drink
with him. She agreed to this, and they went to the canteen
at the Horse Guards. As they were leaving the can-
teen the other prisoner (Hopgoad) met them. They re-
turned to the canteen, and had some more drink, and
Richmond attempted to take a basket which she had in her
hand away from her ; when he failed in this he
put his hand into the basket and took her handkerchief
out. She said, " Give me back my handkerchief;" but
he stood up and went out. Witness followed, and as
soon as she got outside the door Richmond seized her
basket and ran away with it, while Hopgood held her.
She immediately went to the barracks and made a com-
plaint, giving a description of the prisoners. There was
a purse, containing 155., in the basket.
Richard Crowe, potboy at the canteen, corroborated
the chief part of the above statement.
Sergeant John Warren, Ist battalion Scots Fusilier
Guards, said that, acting upon orders received from his
sergeant-major, he detained the prisoner Hopzood upon
his returning to barracks that night, and took him to the
guard room, where he searched him. On his beginning
to search him he said he did not like to be searched for
another man's crime, and he would tell the whole truth
about the robbery ; it was Richmond who committed
the robbery, and he had nothing to do with it. Witness
found on him 25., which he said belonged to a comrade
who was in the hospital. Richmond afterwards came to
the barracks, and was searched, ls. 6.1. in silver, and
6id. in copper was found on him. The posecutrix saw
the prisoners that morning, and immediately identified
them.

The prisoners were committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Thomas 11PGrath, Jo'.n Lennard, Dennis Bryan, Da-
niel Daly, and Pairich Bryan, were placed at the bar,
charged with assault and riot, after committing a rob-
bery on a coffee-house keeper.
Helen Gillhatn, a young girl, said her mother, a widow,
kept a coffee-house in Buckingham-place, Fitzroy-square,
and on Wednesday, when her mother was out, the
Eve defendants came in and ordered dinner, which was
given them, to the value of 4s. 7d. Atter dinner they
called for tea. The defendant refused to let them have
tea unless they first paid for their dinner, which they
would not do. She therefore called in the aid of a po-
liceman and some of her neighbours.
Timothy Madigan, S 293, said, when called in to re-
monstrate with the prisoners for refusing to pay, Len-
nard rose and showed fight. A scuffle ensued, four
other constables were called, several of the neighbours
entered, and a crowd gathered about outside, so that the
shops were necessarily shut up. Four of the defendants
fought policeman and neighbours, one square of glass was
broken, and several plates. They were all brought to
the station.

The proprietor of the Collegiate Coffee house, in
Tottenham Court-road, recognised four of the defendants
as having been in his house on Tuesday night last, in
company with another, when they called for refresh-
ments to the value of seven shillings, and refused to pay
the money. _ _ _

Mr. IlAnDwicKE said he was amaz2d the proprietors
of those houses would give credit to such persons, who
knew well nothing could be done with them in criminal
law, and that no body would ly3 at the trouble of sum-
moning them to the Court of Requests. The Magis-
trate then said, the four defendants who had been proved
guilty of assault should pay 51, or go two months to the
House of Correction, and M`Grath, the other defendant,
who was an accomplice in the riot, should enter into his
own recognizances in 501., and find two sureties in 251.
each, with twenty-four hours notice of his bail, for his
good behaviour for the next two months.