The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-22 00:00:00

THIRD COURT.

HICIWAY ROBBERT.—Mary Ann Donavon was ir-
'licted for stealing a sovereign, the property of a foreign
gentleman.
From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that
on the night of the 14th of August he was walking
slung Milbank, about 9 o'clock, when the prisoner ac-
costed him and solicited him to accompany her to a
'louse of ill fame. He refused to do so, and he requested
k,er to walk on, but instead of doing so she put her
hands into his waistcoat pocket and took therefrom a
sovereign and a sixpence. He tried to pre vent
her running away, and, in the struggle, his r'zig,
valued at: 151., was taken from his finger by
'he woman. On discovering the loss of his ring he
called " police," and before the constable arrived he
(witness) saw the ring in the woman's possession, and
he immediately attempted to recover his property. The
prisoner struggled violently, but he succeeded in getting
the ring from her, but not before she had bit him se-
verely in the hand, the marks of which still remained.
Alter struggling fir some time a policeman came up,
and th• woman was given into custody.
In answer to the charge, the woman said the ger,
tleman stopped her, and behaved in a very indecent
manner towards her.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The learned Commissoner, in passing sentence, said
that the prisoner had, to all intents and purposes, com-
mitted a highway robbery. Tbe place where the robbery
Nas committed was a very lonely place, and it was con-
sequently frequented by a great number of very bad cha-
racters, whose sole object it was to waylay and
rob anybody who might happen to pass along.
Such practices must be put down by the strong
arm of the law, and in order that persons of
the same class as the prisoner might learn
what they had to expect if brought to that court, be
should pass a severe sentence upon her. From the fact
of having been previously convicted, he had no doutt
that she was one of those parties who habitually prowled
about the locality. He should, therefore, sentence her
to four years' penal servitude.
BURGLARY.—Mary llPKenzie was charged with bur
glariously breaking into the house of Joseph Hearn, ar d
stealing therefrom two pairs of boots and a quantity c f
wearing apparel.
From the evidence it appeared that the premises,
situate in Princes-row, Lambeth, were made secure at
About twelve o'clock at night, and in the morning the
house was found to have been robbed. The prisoner
was apprehended by the police with the property in her
possession before the information of the robbery was
received at the station-house.

The prisoner denied the charge, and said the pro-
perty belonged to her even after Mrs. llea,rn had iden-
tified it as belonging to her husband.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of having property
in her possession, well knowing it to have been stolen.
Two previous convictions were proved against the

prisoner.
The learned judge sontenead her to ais months' im

nriso nmect.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

SOUTHWARK.

ROBBERY OF 300/. 'WORTH OF PAPER ON THE RIVER
THAMES.—John Bullivant, Alfred Dale, Arthur Grim
wood, and Richard Smith, the three former waste paper
dealers and the latter a lighterman, were finally exa-
mined before Mr. Combe, charged with stealing several
bundles of paper from barges on the River Thames,
valued at near 800/.

Mr. Solomon appeared for the prosecution, and Mr
Binns for the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence, given at great length,
that on the 21ith of July a large quantity of paper was
brought from Scotland by the E linburgh steamer Ex-
press, consigned to several wholesale paper dealers in
London. When the vessel arrived off Miller's Wharf the
bundles of paper were removed to a barge to be con-
veyed to the warehouses. On unloading the barge
afterwards thirty-four bundles of paper were missed, and
information was given to the police. On the sth of the
present month another cargo arrived by the same steam-
ship, and in conveying the bundles from the ship to the
warehouses eighteen more of them were stolen. On
Monday, the llth inst., Inspector Bridges, Thames Po-
lice, and Sergeant Hewlett, M division, with other
constables, proceeded to Bullivant and Grimwood's
house, Leighton-grove, High-street, Southwark,
where they, with Dale, were removing several
bundles of paper in a truck. The prisoner Grim-
wood said he had purchased it from Bullivant, at
275. per cwt. On searching Bullivant's house a quan-
tity of outside wrappers were found, which, with
the paper, were removed to the station-house with the
three prisoneru. Smith was apprehended as being con-
nected with the robbery and another extensive robbery
of sugar on the river Thames. The outside wrappers
were afterwards examined, and the marks corresponded
with the 34 bundles stolen on the 26th of July. Tee
shipping-clerk. at Leith identified them al those shipped
on board fle Express on the 23d. of July. After tho
prisoners, had been locked up Inspector Bridges and Ser-
geant 'Rowlett proceeded to the shop of Mr. Cathiswood,
gr,o eer, in Gutter lane, where they were shown 15 reams
"41 paper, which that tradeiman had purchased on the
26th of Jelly from Grimwood at the regular wholesale
price. This paper was taken away, and identified by
the shipping clerk as another portion of paper shipped
on the 23d. Evidence was also given by Mr. Waffle, a
barge builder, and Wilson, a waterman, of John-street,
Lambeth, that they saw Smith and another lighterman
with a barge, laden with paper, on the river near that
spot, on the morning of the 25th of July. Wilson saw
the paper landed.
Mr. Bruce cross-examined the witnesses in a very able
manner, and elicited that Griaiveood acted in an open
manner all the way through, and that Dale was only a
servant of Bullivant's.
The whole of the depositions we re then taken, and
Mr. Combo committed all the prisoners for trial, ad.
mitting Dale to bail.