The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-17 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

Mr. Fr•edericl Smith, a man of respectable ap-
pearance, who described himself as a working silver-
smith, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott on a
charge of knowingly uttering a counterfeit half•crown
to Charles Ewing, the conductor of a Camberwell
omnibus.

Ewins stated that on the preceding evening the
prisoner got into his omnibus at Charing-cross, and
rode with him as far as the Camberwell. gate, and on
getting out tendered half-a-crown in payment for his
fare. Witness gave him 23. 2rl. iu change, and in
doing so put the half-crown into his mouth, and found
it as soft as a piece of lead. He in consequence told
the prisoner it was a bad one, and his reply was that
he had no other money about him, and edded that he
bad borrowed it (the half-crown) from the publican.
On examing the half-crown he found it was one of
the reign of King William IV., and precisely the
same in every respect as forty pieces that had been
taken by the conductors engaged on the same road on
the preceding week, and from this circumstance, and
the fact of the prisoner having sufficient change to
pay for his fare without changing the half-crown, he
called a constable and gave him into custody for
knowingly uttering the half-crown.
John Skipp, the time-keeper at the Camberwell
gate, deposed that in addition to the change given to
the prisoner by the last witness, he had observed
fourpence in coppers.
Prisoner—l had not the least idea that I had the
fourpence about me, else I should not have changed
the half-crown.

Mr. ELLIOTT—What are you ? Prisoner—A sil.
versrnith, sir, and the half-crown I received from a re

speetable publican.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Is there any person here who knows
your Prisoner—Yes, sir, I wish Mr. Mackie to be
examined.

Mr. Alexander Blaelrie, the landlord of the Rose
and Crown, Dean-street, Soho-square, was then
sworn, and said that the prisoner and his son were in
the habit of almost daily dining at his house, and he
believed Mr. Smith to be a respectable man. On the
evening before the prisoner borrowed a half-crown
from him, saying he was going to Camberwell, but he
could not take it upon himself to swear that the half-
crown produced was the one he gave him.
The prisoner was remande I, but WM admitted to
bail to appear on Saturday next.

WESTMINSTER.
Anne Ayres and Catherine Pettitt, two good-looking
girls, were charged with stealing 551. from Mrs.
Birch, a widow, residing at Pimlico and at Twicken-
ham.

Upon the accused being placed in the dock,
Mr. A RNOLD inquired the nature of the charge ?
Mrs. Birch—These girls you see before you have
robbed me of 501. and a Si note.
Mr. ARNOLD—WiII you state under what circum-
stances? Mrs. Birch—They were servants where I
had apartments in Hans-place, Sloane-street, and I
took pity on them and took them into my employ-
ment, and this is their gratitude. They told me their
mistress treated them like slaves, and when an acquaint-
ance called upon them, said " What did aervants waot.
with friends ?" I said, "Itis a pity two such nice
girls should be treved in this way, and completely
buried," so I took them into my service, and they
have robbed me. I have bad one's character, and I
have got the other one's now sbe has robbed me.
Mr. ARNOLD—Where did you miss the notes from ?