The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

since the death of his wife. He had for many years been
assistant to Mrs. Connelly, the bookseller and news
agent at the Brighton Railway Station, and had by at-
tending to his business saved about 315 sovereigns and
half-sovereigns, which he locked up in a box in his bed-
room. He saw the money safe on Tuesday evening at 6
o'clock, when he locked the box and put the key in his
pocket. On Wednesday night, when he returned, he
found that the prisoner had left the house, and his sus-
picion being roused at her disappearance, he went to the
box, found that it had been broken open, .and all the
gold stolen. He immediately gave information to the
police, and in the morning despatched his children in
different directions in search of her, when she was dis-
covered in a railway carriage at Euston-square, about
to depart for Birmingham.
Mr. A'Beckett asked him how he came possessed of
so much money ?
He replied that it was the hard-earned savings of him-
self and late wife for more than 18 years, and it had
nearly broken his heart when he found it all gone.
Mr. A'Beckett here asked the prisoner whether she
wished to ask this witness any questions ?
She replied no ; she did take it.
George Parry, 376 S, said—He was on duty at the
Euston-square railway station that morning, when the
prosecutor's daughter came up to him and pointed out
the prisoner, who was sitting in one of the railway car-
riages, as having robbed her father of upwards of 3001.
The prisoner hal taken a ticket for Birmingham, and the
train was about to start, but he took her into custody,
and brought her direct to the Bermondsey police-station.
He told her that she was charged with robbing the pro-
secutor of 3001 in gold, but she made no answer.
Eliza Dove, the female searcher at the Bermondsey
police-station, said she was called in by the inspector to
search the prisoner. On her person she found 12 sove-
reigns, 5 half-sovereigns, and 1/. 15s. 9d. in silver. In
a box that she had witness also found among her wear-
ing apparel a large quantity of sovereigns and half-sove-
rehans, which sho handed over to the inspector to count.
The prisoner said nothing else, but that she took it be-
cause he was unkind to her.

Sergeant Reid, the acting inspector at the Bermond-
sey station-house, said he counted the gold, and found
it to consist of 179 sovereigns and 162 half-sovereigns,
making altogether found on the prisoner 2761. 6s. 9d.
Mr. A'Beckett asked whether anything had been as-
certained of the remainder ?

Sergeant Reid replied in the negative, as the police
had not had sufficient time to make inquiries.
➢lr. A'Beckett accordingly remanded the prisoner for
a week.

Thomas Tadman, an undertaker, carrying on business
at 275, Kent•street, was charged with uttering a coun-
terfeit half-crown to Chas. Wake, a manufacturer of
mourning hatbands, Charlotte-street, Caledonian-road.
The prosecutor said he had a suit in the Southwark
County Court on Tuesday, and it was arranged that it
should be settled on his being paid 10.1. outside the court.
The prisoner vas there with several others, and he handed
witness what he believed to be four good half-crowns
and a penny, which he put into his pocket, but on get-
ting home he discovered one of them to he a counterfeit.
Having no other half-crowns about him but those, he
was positive that he took the one in question from the
prisoner. Accordingly on Wednesday he went to the
prisoner and told him what had occurred, and gave him
into custody.
The prisoner said he was certain that he did not give
the witness a counterfeit half-crown. He was a respect-
able tradesman, and known to many parties in court.
Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, informed his worship that
he had known him as a tradesman for many years in
Kent-street.

Mr. A'Beckett said there certainly were in circulation
a vast number of counterfeit half-crowns, and as the pro-
secutor had sworn that the prisoner had uttered one to
him, he must remand him until Saturday, but would ac-
cept his own recognizance for his appearance on that day.

LAMBETH. —.A nn Maltony and MaryNickolls, young
women, paupers belonging to Lambeth parish, were
charged with creating a disturbance at Lambeth work-
house.

Police-constable G. Kidney deposed that, on the night
before, he was on duty in Lambeth workhouse, and at
about 9 o'clock heard a violent knocking at the door.
He found the prisoners outside, and they said they wanted
to get in. Mahoney said she had given in au order of
admission. He saw the master of the workhouse, who
refused to admit them except as casual paupers, and he
told them so ; but Mahoney refused to go into the
casual ward, and both again knocked violently at the
door, and were given into custody.
The prisoner Mahoney said that on the morning be-
fore she was discharged from Wandsworth House of Cor-
recTion, wheie she had served 21 days, having been com-
mitted there from this court on a charge of refusing to
do her work In the workhouse. Having no friends or
means of subsistence she made up her mind to return to
the workhouse, and with that object called on one of the
relieving officers and got from him an order for her ad-
misilon. This she carried to the master between two
and three o'clock, and on delivering it to him he told
her that she should not be admitted before eight
o'clock at night, and then only to the receiving ward
as a casual pauper, for a night's shelter. Finding that
she would have to remain at the workhouse door for
nearly six hours, and would be then only taken into the
house as a casual pauper and turned into the street the
following morning, she came to this court, when Mr.
Elliott, after hearing her statement, kindly ordered her
2s. 6d. from the poor-box.
Mr. Norton—What did you do with that half-crown
I understand it was ordered by Mr. Elliott to supply
your wants for the night, and that on the following day
you were to go before the board of guardians.
Mahoney—The fact was, your worship, that I met
this young woman (Nicholls) and one or two others, all
of whom complained that they had had nothing to eat
all the day ; and I took them into a cofee•shop and
gave hem some coffee and some bread and butter, and
after wards a little else for supper, so that there was not
/Inch left.

Mr. Norton—That was not the purpose for which you
received it ; but if you have spent it in that way much
fault cannot be found with you.
Effingham, probationary wardsman at the Lambeth
workhouse, said he had been desired by the master of
the house to inform his worship that he (the master) had
orders from the guardians not to receive the prisoners,
excepting as casual paupers for the night, and that ac-
commodation had been offered to them, but they refused
it, and kept knocking violently at the door.
Mr. Norton—l am surprised that the beard of guar-
dians should give one order to the master of the work-
house, and the relieving officer a different one. Both
hould act together.
Effingham—l understand, sir, that Mahoney had not
delivered the order to the master of the workhouse until
a quarter past 4 o'clock.

Mr. ?Torten—Suppose it was the time you state, I
should think it would have tried your patience and
aroused your feelings to be kept standing at a work-
house doer such an evening for three hours and three
quarter?, and caused you to knock in anything but a
gentle manner at the door. Such is my opinion of the
provocation given in this case that I cannot think of
punishing these young women.

In reply to the questions of the magistrate, the young
woman Mahoney declared that she had never been on
the town or acted improperly, and that in the last situa-
tion found for her by the parish she had stopped six
months. She also complained that much more favour
was shown to some young women in the workhouse, in
being allowed to go out and look for situations, than to
others, and that she belonged to the non-favoured class.
Having heard her statement, Mr. Norton desired El-
lington to tell the master of the workhouse that it was
his impression that justice bad not been done to Maho-
ney, and requested that a situation might be found for
her as soon as possible.