The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—March 4.

GUILDHALL.—Jane .Rantsbottom, was, on remand,
charged with having, by menaces, obtained money from
divers persona.
The course pursued by tho prisoner appears to have
been a most systematic one She enters a shop with
'a basket containieg some bottles, labelled `• Circassian
cream hair wash," which the offers for kale. Having
succeeded so far, she leaves, and returns tho following
day, when she demands some more money, threatening
that, mule-s she receives it, she will infirm the ripetress
of the shop that the girl took the money frem the till,
aittl also threatening to create a disturbance. The un-
fortueate victim beieg afraid of ,using her situation, and
in order to .'.-cep her quiet, pays the money she demands.
She appears to Ziave Enceeeded in several instances, and
in the pre cot case; where she entered the shop of D4r.
['Ackland, confectioner, of Great Russell-street, Covent-
garden, am! effected a sale with Louisa Swan, the ar.
eistant, she returned no less than three times, and it was
not out 1 the report of We. proceedings appeared in the
papers that the prosecutrix was aware of her appre-
hension.
Alderman Challis said be was glad to see that the
publicity of the case had been the means of bringing for-
ward two inure cases. He sliould remand the prisoner
until Saturday, when he had no doubt snme other per-
sons would cone rward aud prefer charges against
her.

130W-STREET.-Iltr. John Masson, a money-taker
at .Crury-lane Theatre, was charged by the treasurer,
Mr. Joseph Lewis, with..essaplting him in the street,
near the theatre, on the previous night.
It aupeared that in the course of the evening Mr.
Lewis had taken o'jection to the manner in which the
defendant's accounts were made out, and bad charged
him with wilfully mysti!ying them. Taking this as an
imputation of dishonesty, the defendant accosted him
as he was leaving the house alter the performance, and
asked him what he meant by. that expression. An alter-
cation ensued, which ended in defeudant striking Mr.
Lewis several times with his walking-stick.
Coto; lairant assured the magistrate be bad no desire
to press the case further if defendant would promise not
to -molest him again. Ho eidnld observe that he hrd
not the slightest intention:of imputing fraud to the de-
fends,nt, whom he believed incapable of a dishonest

action.
Mr. Henry did not think Mr. Lewis would be justi-
fied, tinder the circumstances, in withdrawing the charge.
The defendant stated most positively that he. only
struck the compla,..uant in self-defence.• Mr. Lewis
struck him first.
111 r. Henry';:iould rot allow it to go forth that a person
in Mr. Lewib's position could- be asaolted with impu-
nity for a,king that accounts should be made out in a
particular manner by those placed. under them. The
defendant must pay a fine of 31., or bo imprisoned for
three weeks.
The fine was paid in the course of the afternoon.

WESTMINSTER—Mr. }Valiant Duncan, described
as D. merchant carrying on business in Tooley-street,
Borough, and residing at 53, o:bourne-terrace, C!ap.
ham-road, was charged before Mr. Paynter um der the
following circumstances:— _

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Mr. Thos. Brodg,ers, 83, Tachbrook-street, Vauxhall-
bridge-road, stated that between 1 and 2 o'clock that
morning, while in bed in the back parlour, he was awoke
by the sound of a person writing or scratching something
on his street door. He hastened- to' the front parlour
window, and while there saw defendant leave his door-
steps. He put on his clothes and examined the street
door, on which he found written in various places his
own name, coupled with a most disgusting appellation.
He went out into the street, where he met the defendant,
and they looked hard at each other, and shortly after-
wards the defendant came up to him, and, repeating the
filthy expression chalked upon his door, threatenld to
punch his bead.
_ Mr. Paynter inquired the cause of all this.
The complainant replied that 84, Tachbrock•strcet had
recently become a house of P 1 fame, in the occupation of
a person named Glover, and the disgraceful exposure of
t balf-naked women at the windows p 124 thy auneya,nee

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