The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-03 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

James Kemp, an elderly man of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged by Mr. William Wood Hors-
field, of the Bricklayers' Arms, Kingsgate-street,
Holborn, with stealing a snuff-box.
The prosecutor said that on Wednesday evening,
at about seven o'clock, he was behind his bar, when
the prisoner entered and asked if he could be provided
with a bed, saying that he had come to London to see
the Exhibition. On being answered in the affirma-
tive, the prisoner said he would go and fetch his
luggage, and requested a pinch of snuff. Mr. Hors-
field handed his box, when the prisoner took a pinch,
and the box was put upon the counter. The prisoner
left the house, and the box being immediately
missed, Mr. Horsfield pursued him, and traced him
to the Orange Tree, Orange-street, Red Lion-square,
where he had attempted a similar robbery, and he
gave him into custody to William Cherryman, 153
F, who, on seaching him, other snuff-boxes, ice.,
were found in his, possession, and there was no doubt
he had been in the habit of robbing licensed vic-
tuallers.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hull, of the Orange-tree, Orange-
street, Red Lion-square, said, that on the same even-
ing the prisoner entered her bar, and said be had
come to London to see the Exhibition and to inquire
for a bed. He requested a pinch of snuff, but she
told him she had lost her box. She asked him where
he had come from. He replied, " Oh, you want to
know too much." Mr. Horsfield came in and gave him
into custody.
William Cherryman, 153 F, proved having searched
the prisoner, and finding two other snuff-boxes, a
German silver teaspoon, and other articles, supposed
to have been stolen. He said he did it through distress.
A counterfeit half-crown and hat-box with a new hat
in it were also found on him. _ _

Mr. TTRWEITT asked the prisoner what he had to
say to the charge, giving him the usual caution ?
Ho replied that he was drunk at the time, and did not
know what he had done, and he was sorry.
He was fully committed for trial.
THAMES.

Mrs. Jane Robinson, an elderly matron, who was
attired in deep mourning, and whose manner and ap-
pearance indicated that she had seen better days,
came before Air. Yardley, and humbly solicited relief,
under circumstances of a very peculiar and distressing
nature.

Mrs. Robinson said that she had been a house-
keeper in the parish of St. George's-in-the-East,
where her husband formerly carried on business, for
41 years, and she had been the mother of 13 chil-
dren, of whom only one survived. She was formerly
in affluent circumstance, but the death of her hus-
band, and a succession of calamities, had left her
homeless and pennyless, In the course of the last
two years she had lost three sons, who, after they had
arrived at the age of manhood, died of consumption,
after a very long and protracted illness. This be-
reavement was followed by the death of her husband,
whose illness was also a long one, and attended with
a vast expense, which nearly ruined her. In June, a
1850, her daughter's husband, who was mate of
ship, died from a sun-stroke at sea, and her daughter
was deprived of the means of support. For some
time she maintained herself and daughter by needle-
work, which was very indifferently paid for, and by
letting out part of her house furnished. A lodger
contracted a debt of 201., by stating that he had a
judge's order for 1351., and that when it became due
he would pay her the arrears of rent. At the ap-
pointed time he had not the money, and she disco-
vered, when it was too late, that she had been im-
posed upon by a man who never meant to pay her.
The landlord accordingly levied for 12 months' rent,
and seized everything she possessed, and also the
goods of a lodger, for whom she paid 245. to enable
her to recover her goods from the broker. This was
the finishing blow to her misfortunes, and herself and
daughter were now in the greatest possible state of
distress. They had subsisted for the last three
months by the sale of her husband's books and their
own wearing apparel. Those resources were quite
exhausted, and as a last extremity and with great re-
luctance she now made this public appeal.
Mr. Levingston, the chief usher of the Court, knew
the applicant to be a most deserving woman, tier-