The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-(THIS DAY•)

(Before B. ROTC'', Esq., and a Bench of Magistrates.) t
Maria Hunt was indicted for stealing, on the 25th Me,
last, 7s. 6d. in silver, and 2s. in copper, the monies of VC'S
Bowring. • a
Susannah Bowring, the wife of the prosecutor, depeseti
that, on the day named, she employed the prisoner to elbesr
her house. The money named in the indictment was in !d,
box up stairs. After the prisoner left, the money was risiss`u
She followed the prisoner, who, after a short time, gave - p
part of the money, and confessed the crime. r s
The Jury found her Guilty, and the prosecutrix crave '"a
good character previous to this transaction. She bad kW).
her ten years, and her parents were both dead.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced her to solitary confinement file:
week, and interceded with the prosecutrix to take care °fold
upon her liberation, as she might be reclaimed. She sv
not be contaminated by the punishment inflicted upon henfir
John Edward Benham was found guilty of robbing bled
nished lodgings. He had taken the lodgings, and lire
them for two weeks. He ran away ; and when the ,inkiot
were entered, they were found to be stripped of every d,
that was portable. He was taken into custody, and the ,
plicates of the property found upoq him.—Sentenced to sr.:l
years transportation, because he appeared to be a pryt'''.
hand in these matters.
Jane Hayden, a very pretty girl, dressed most respectably;
in black silk, was indicted for stealing eight wine bottles,/
lued at is., the property of William Haybrough. tele•
The prosecutor's wife stated, that the prisoner was
keeper with her, and was left in the care of every thing' too
the 28th Aug. witness went to town with her husband', the
returned in the evening, and found the house shut up and be.
prisoner gone. She went down next day, and found that
tween six and seven dozen of empty wine bottles were geitei's
except .nine. She had never given her leave to par' „to
them. She was engaged quarterly, and was paid her wa'e
about a fortnight before the day in question.
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Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The girl belong alit
very respectable parents, who were living with sag;
Wilde. They had lived in the same house as he now did
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till March last, when they left, but they left behind them
empty bottles. fin the
Thomas Reed was a servant with the prosecutor.
day named saw prisoner sell eight or nine bottles to a 111,e.
from whom she received ls., as he thought, but he was not 50 lt
Cross-examined—There was no attempt at concealment'
was all done openly before him.
Mr. CLARKSON submitted whether there was anything t°
to the JCur oner
The AIRMAN thought it would be better for the Prls_toe
herself that she should have an opportunity of making the
statement she ad done befre.
She then said the bottleso were her fathers—that she had ref
ceived 9d. for them, which she had spent in beefsteaks,
which her master partook when he returned from town• gl of
Mrs. Ilaybrough was recalled, and after a great le-,bat
trouble on Ihe part—or the chairman, she ackliaviidgeu de-,
bat
prisoner had often laid out money for her. Jul
Mr. CLARKSON was about to call witnesses, when the
stopped the case, and returned a verdict of Not Guiltk.ra
The Learned Gentleman then said he held in his n`""
certificate of good character of the prisoner and her fa bad
from his friend Sergeant Wilde, in whose confidence they
lived for 12 years. rt
The CHAIRMAN then said that the time of the
had been unnecessarily wasted, and a most respectable
cgo,
placed in such a situation as must cause regret in the,bet.ged
of every one who had heard the case. She was diseuadbe
from a place she ought never to have beenput into, all 5e
was sure that nothing that had transpired thatpday would
eau
her to blush in future. He refused the expenses of the P
secution. „
Mrs. Haybrough appeared to feel stung by the r—„i, acit.
made upon her conduct ; she got once more into the ad'
ness-box and wished to explain upon the part of her linS t tlte
She was interrupted, but we heard enough to show tha
green-eyed monster had been the chief psomoter of the
graceful prosecution.