The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-18 00:00:00

HATT ON- GARDEN.

Saturday a young man, who gave his name
Richard Jonas, and described himself as a medical
studcnt, was brought from the-station-house, in the
custody of William Springert, 123, E division,
charged by Mr. Elliott, of No. 7, Staple Inn•build-
ings, Holborn, with having obtruded himself into his
house under the following extraordinary circum-,
stances :

A short time ago a married young lady and ft'eFl "
husband took apartments in the complainant's house',
and ultimately a splendidly-dressed female, between
17 and l 8 years of age, was introduced, under the
representation that she had come on a visit from
the country and was the sister of the married couple.
Mr. Elliott and his wife were in the habit of sleep- ,
in;; in the front parlour, but, in order to accommo-
date the parties, they agreed to remove their bed to
the second floor, and allow the sister the use of a;
:oft& until she could conveniently provide hzsr,elf
with a comfortable lodging. On Friday niglif;
however, Mrs. Elliott observed her in company.
with the defendant under circumstances that left
little doubt that an improper intimacy existed be,
tween them, and on seeing her they seeited cnn-
fused, and bade each other " Good night ;" hut, irk
stead of leaving the house, the defendant accoraftnied
the young lady ,into the front parlour. She did :Wit
wish to interfere in the absence of her husband, or to
disturb the peace of her sister and brother-in-law,who
were highly respectable individuals, but she men-
tioned the circumstance to Mr. Elliott on his return
home, and he paid little or no attention to it until
the following morning, when, on passing through
the passage, he plainly heard whispering, on tt hi6li
he instantly forced open the parlour door and t 020.10
the lady stretched upon the sofa in her night-dress,
and the defendant was adjusting his apparel. They
were both considerably embarrassed at the dis-
covery, and on asking the defendant why he dared
to obtrude himself into his house, he made no an-
swer. Mr. Elliott rang the bell, alarmed the house,
and ordered his 'servant to bring in a policesofficer,
while he held the door to prevent an escape, and
the young lady was affecting hysterics on the sofa.
Springett at length made his appearance, and the
defendant was given into custody. On searching
him a love-letter was found, which had been for-
warded to him by a young lady residing near Devon-
port, who, frornlts tenor, evidently possessed a
strong regardlitid affection for him. It was couched
in the most sensitive and loving terms, expressing
fear that he had forgotten her, and that a eta} had
supplanted her in his affections; it also suggested
the necessity of an early application to her fatties'
who was very ill, if be required any pecuniary re-
mittance; and what renders the aVr very extr. -
ordinary is, that the young lady with wham the de-
fendant was discovered in the faux pas was thn
eve of marriage with a respectable young man, !vn4
she had frequently admitted the defendant into the
house of Mr. Elliott under similar circumstances.

Springett, the constable, on taking the defendant
into custody, "on suspicion of having entered the
house with intent to commit felony," perceiving
that he was of respectable appearance, treated him
differently to other prisoners, and allowed him to sit-
up in the station-house, instead of putting him into
the black hole with the others, and on being que,-
dotted as to the awkward dilemma in which he
-t ,od, he replied that he had been frequently at the
home, at the desire of the young lady, whom he
accidentally met in Holborn, and, &ding her to be
a pretty girl, he would rather have walked to the
gallows than have refused to. see her home, but he
positively denied any intention to commit felony.
Mr. LAING thought the person who had impro-
perly led the defendant, ought to have been charged
as well as him; her conduct was as culpaple, if not
more so, than his.
Mr. Elliott was aware of the excessive impro,
priety of her conduct, and nothing but a feeling of
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preventede i him giving her into
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The defendant did not deny having been found
as described, but it was entirely at the solicitation
of the young lady herself. He was a medical student,
walking the hospitals.
Mr. LAING said there was no charge against him,
and he was liberated.
WORSHIP-STREET.

On Saturday an adjourned inquiry was resumed
by Mr. BROUGHToN, touching a conspiracy that ap-
peared to have been entered into by several jour-
neymen shoemakers, to defraud Mr. Hemsley, of
Norfolk-street, Commercial-road, and Mr. Gibson,
of Goswell-street, shopkeepers, in the shoe-trade.
It appeared that one of them, named William
Hale, who had been employed by Mr. Hemsley to
make six pairs of women's shoes, and received wages
in advance, gave notice to his employer that while
proceeding to the shop in the Commercial-road, on
Saturday night, the 2d instant, he was knocked
down by some men, who ill-used him and robbed
him of the shoes. Upon inquiry subsequently made
in the neighbourhood, and of the police, no such
occurrence could be heard of, and he was believed to
have fabricated the story of the robbery. His em-
ployer charged him with embezzling the property,
but he was discharged for want of proper proof.
Some days afterwards, however, Hale's landlord
went to Mr. Hemsley, and informed him that the
shoes in question were in Mr. Gibson's possession,
upon which Hale was again taken into custody ;
the parties all appeared before the Magistrate, arid
six pairs of shoes, said to be the same, were pro-
duced. They had been sold to Mr. Gibson, at what
was stated to be a fair price, by a person who was
not in custody.

Thomas Pitfield, the landlord, being aslied by the
Magistrate how he happened to know that the
shoes had been sold to Mr. Gibson, said be had re-
ceived information to that effect.

Mr. BROUGHTON insisted upon knowing whence
he derived his information, and he produced a letter
which he said he• had received to the following
effect:—

" Dear Torn,—We lost Bill last night, but sold the
shwa at Mr. Gibson's in Goswell-street ; six pair of shoes
fir 10s. and one pair of boots for 3s. You go to him,
ind ask to look at a pair of Listing welts, and he will
show them to you. You then tell him you know they
ire stolen, and he must give them up. We will see you
shortly. " Yours, &it.,
JAMES and MANNING."

Pitfield being further questioned said he was him-
self a shoemaker, and Hale had lived with him and
worked in the same room, but not in the same em-
ploy. He knew the two men whose names were
s;gned to the bill, but could not tell where they
were to be found. He declared that he knew no-
thing further than he had stated, and that upon re-
ceipt of this information he went to the prosecutor
to assist in getting back the property.
Mr. BROUGIITON said there appeared to have bet n
a most abominable contrivance to defraud both Mr.
Hemsley and Mr. Gibson. Pitfield was held to bail
for his re-appearance, and Hale also was afterwards
discharged on the same terms.
On Saturday Pitfield re-appeared as required, but
it was stated that Hale had absconded, and it had
been ascertained that he and the writer of the letter
above mentioned disposed of the shoes and spent
the money.
Mr. BROUGHTON, after some
remarks upon the
profligacy which had been exhibited by the Jour-
neymen in this case, ordered the shoes to be restored
to Mr. Gibson's custody, and dismissed the case fur
he present.
Pitfield was discharged, and said he would render
what assistance he could to said the ends ofjustic!.