The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-11 00:00:00

CLERKEN WELL.

Mary Ann Pontall, aged 13 years, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Mr. Evan
Jarrett, of No. 1, Mary-street, Arlington-square,
New North-road, Islington, with having set fire to
his house.

It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Jarrett, the
wife of the prosecutor, that on Thursday morning
last her husband and her brother-in-law left home,
the former to transact some business at the Exhibition,
and the latter in the City. He being a stranger in
London, the prisoner accompanied him a short dis-
tance to show him the way, and she returned at about
ten o'clock. Shortly after this witness had occasion
to go to her bedroom on the first floor, when she per-
ceived a strong smell of something burning, and
opened the windows. She went down stairs, and at
about twelve o'clock was again attracted by an in-
creased smell of fire. On proceeding up stairs she
found the place full of smoke, and on examining the
bed found large spots of oil upon it, and it was burn-
ing. Witness called to the prisoner, who said
perhaps somebody was up the chimney, but on looking
there was nobody there. She then said there had been
a fire in Downham-road ; and again, that Mr. M'Gill,
a next door neighbour, had been burning some old
boots, shoes, and other rubbish ; all of which, upon
inquiry, turned out to be false. After making the
place, as she thought, all safe, she went down stairs
and remained there until about four o'clock in the
afternoon, when she was nearly suffocated by smoke.
On again proceeding to the bedroom she found the
bed, bedstead, and bed furniture all in flames. She
made an alarm and ,called 'on the prisoner to fetch
some water, but she stood by indifferently and ren-
dered no assistance, but laughed. Witness endea-
voured to put out the flames herself, and commenced
throwing the things out of the window, and screamed
out, which brought some neighbours, who put out the
flames.

Air. TYRWIIITT remanded the prisoner for a week.
MARYLEBOIVE.

A determined-looking man, who gave his name
Retry Round, was brought up handcuffed, in the
custody of Mr. Superintendent Collard, of the Great
Western Railway Company's police, and Inspector
Locksley, of the D divisio❑ of the metropolitan force,
on the charge of uttering a medal in imitation of a
sovereign, with intent to defraud the railway company
alluded to.

Mr. Roberts, a clerk at the Paddington station, on
being sworn, said—Last evening, just before half-past
eight o'clock, the prisoner came to me and asked for
a third class ticket for Southall, at the same time put-
ting down a piece in imitation of a sovereign. I asked
him what he had given to me, to which he replied,
" Why, a sovereign." I took it up and marked it
with our stamping machine, and retaining possession
of the spurious piece, as I considered I had a right to
do, I desired him to quit the premises, but as he re-
fused to do so, and was very noisy, I felt myself
bound to give him in charge.
Mr. Collard, addressing Mr. Long, said that the
prisoner had, since his apprehension for uttering the
medal, been identified by parties who were now in
attendance and who bad been robbed by him on the
Queen's highway, under circumstances of a very
daring and atrocious nature, in connexion with a man
named William Harris, who had been examined be-
fore Mr. Paynter at liammersmith, and stood re-
manded from that court until Thursday next.
Mr. LONG —Are you prepared to go into charges of
highway robbery against the prisoner ? Mr. Collard
—Quite so, your Worship.
Mr. LONG—Very well ; as the other man whom
you imagine you will be able to show has been con-
nected with the prisoner before me in these highway
robberies has been examined at Hammersmith, let
the prisoner be taken at once there.
Ile was again secured by handcuffs, which had
been removed from him while he was placed at the
bar, and was taken to the court above mentioned in a
cab.