The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-13 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A respectably dressed young female was yesterday
brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged by a gentleman
named Johnson with having obtained money from him
under fraudulent pretences.
Mr. Johnson lived at the Priory, at Kew, and a few
weeks ago, the prisoner, an entire stranger, called at his
residence and obtained an interview with him. She said
she was the niece of Mr. Morison, the proprietor of a re-
spectable hotel in Dublin, that she had been seduced by an
Irish gentleman, who had brought her to London, and h-ft
her destitute. She wished to return to her friends there,
but being without the means, she had been recommended
to apply to him fist assistance, as he was acquainted with
her uncle, from having used the hotel in Dublin. The
plausibility of the girl's story imposed upon him, and he
gave her 55., and promised to send her to Dublin, alter he
had made inquiries into the truth of her statement. lie
did make inquiries, and found that the whole of her story
was a tissue of falsehoods, and having accidentally met
her that morning, he stopped her, and accused her of
having imposed upon him. She pretended not to recollect
him, and threatened to give him into the custody of a po-
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The prisoner prevaricated greatly in replies to questions
referring to these points, and after stating that her name
was Smith, and that she lived in Portland-place, acknow-
ledged that she went by the name of Butler, and passed as
a married woman at her lodgings at the Prince of Wales
public-house, Charlotte-street.
Mr. CHAMBERS despatched a police-constable to make
inquiries into the truth of her last statement.
In a short time Sergeant Dewing returned, and in.
formed the Magistrate that the prisoner was known there
by the name of Butler, and that in searching her room he
had found a written character from an individual signing
himself John Burke, which might probably lead to some-
thing connected with her real history.
Mr. CHAMBERS questioned the prisoner as to the writer
of the character, and after some difficulty the Magistrate
extracted the information that the writer of the character
was Sir John Burke, and that be was then residing at the
Quadrant Hotel, Regent's Quadrant.
Mr. CrraatisErts requested Sergeant Dewing to take the
prisoner to the Quadrant Hotel, for the purpose of request-

ing Sir John Thule to attend at the Ace, in ease her
statement was correct.

The prisoner appeared very reluctant to accompany the
police constable; but having been obliged to comply with
the Magistrate's order, all parties left the office together.
In about half an hour the police constable and the prisoner
returned to the office, accompanied by a servant girl be-
longing to the hotel. .

The servant bad a charge to make against the prisoner.
A abort time back she called at tke hotel on Sir John
Burke, and having established a sort of intimacy with the
servants of the hotel, she contrived to obtain from witness

1 Is. and a silver watch, in exchange for the duplicate of
what purported to be a flit gold watch. When witness
went to the pawnbroker for the purpose of redeeming the
article, she was told that the ticket was originally given
for a sofa, and that the description of the property had
been scratched out, and the words " gold watch" inserted
in its stead. She had never set eyes on the prisoner since
the cheat had been detected.

Sir John Burke having at this stage of the proceedings
entered the of

Mr. CHAMBERS inquired of him if he knew anything
respecting the prisoner?
Sir John Burke knew nothing more of the prisoner
than that she called on him at the Quadrant Hotel,
and related 11 very distressing tale of her seduction, and
her desire to return to her uncle, Mr. Morison, an hotel
proprietor in Dublin.
Mr. CHAMBERS produced the written character found
at the lodgings of the prisoner, and inquired if it was his
hand-writing.
Sir John Burke acknowledged that it was, and in ex-
planation observed that her story bad so imposed upon
him that out of pure humanity he had been induced to give
her the fake character for the purpose of helping her to a
situation.

Mr. CHAMBERS read portions of this character, from
which it appeared that the writer recommended in the
strongest manner Mary Morison, alleging that she had
lived in the service of his sister for a length of time, and
that she had left her place with an irreproachable character.
Mr. CHAMBERS asked Sir Joh❑ Burke, if the prisoner
had ever lived i❑ any capacity in the service of his sister ?
Sir J. Burke replied that she had not td his knowledge.
The prisoner declared that the " character" was not
given her from solicitation. The whole contents of it
were pure invention, and emanated from Sir John Burke
himself, who told her if she got a situation she might refer
to him, and he would give her a character.
Mr. CHAMBERS (lid not pursue the inquiry as to the
false character any further, but folded up the paper and
placed it in the hands of Sir John Burke, with the remark
that such a document had much better be in his hands than
in the prisoner's.
Mr. CHAMBERS then directed that the prisoner should
be remanded for the present, as it was not unlikely a case
would be made against her from what had been stated by
the maid servant at the Quadrant Hotel.