The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

MAR YLEBONE.

Caroline Haseldine, a well-dressed and pretty looking
young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long,
charged with having robbed Mrs. Mary Sumption, a
widow lady residing at 10, Stanhope-street, Hampstead-
road, of property to the amount of more than 100.
Prosecutrix, on being sworn, said—The prisoner has
been in my service three years. On Friday last I re-
ceived from my tenants a large sum, which I put into
my wardrobe. where other money had from time to time
been deposited by me. In the whole there was more
than 100/., consisting of three 101. notes, four 5/. ditto,
together with a quantity of gold and some silver. The
whole was placed in three bags, and I locked the door of
my wardrobe, which was in my bedroom. On Saturday
night the prisoner, as was her usual custom, took a bird
into the parlour, and presently came down to me in the
kitchen, exclaiming, " Oh! my God! mistress, we have
been robbed, for the parlour window is open and the
drawers also;" upon hearing which I said, " Oh! then I
am a ruined woman." I went into the parlour with
her, when she remarked, " but they haven't undone
the secretaire, for there's a key in it that don't
fi: ;" which I found to be the case. The key is
mine. I saw a silver watch, which was my late hus-
band's, lying on the window board, and prisoner said,
" Oh, that will, I dare say, detect them." This watch
was safe in my bedroom the same morning. Prisoner
then went up stairs, and as I was about to follow her she
came running down in great haste, saying, " Oh, ma'am,
the drawers are all open, and the wardrobe too." I ca-
tered the room and found that all my money was gone,
and also the larger bag of the three. The other two I
found empty upon the floor. I said, " Oh, dear ! who
can have done this ?" and the prisoner made no answer.
She, however, seemed mash agitated. Yesterday a trades-
man named Levy came to my house, 1 e having heard of
the robbery, and informed me that on last Tuesday week
he sold to the prisoner a gold watch. a gold chain, a ring,
and two brooches. This was mentioned in the presence
of the prisoner, who then said to me, " I am the one
who robbed you, and no one else, and I'll restore you
the money." She then addressed herself to Mr. Levy.
saying, " You'll return to Mrs. Sumption what I paid
you;" to which he replied, " We'll settle that another
time," and he then went away. After he was gone I
said to the prisoner, " Now, Caroline;" when she re-
marked, " If you will only go out at that (the front kit-
chen) door for a minute I'll restore it;" upon which I
said, " Then it's iu the kitchen?" and she replied, " Yes,
it is." I told her she might just as well give
it to me where I was, as it was not my intention to go
eut, upon which she put her hand into an opening under
the grate, and drew therefrom a parcel, which she gave
to me, saying, '•There's your money." I opened it, and
found therein two 101. notes, six 5/. notes, 28 sovereigns,
15 half-sovereigns, 3 half-crowns, 2 shillings, and seise-
, pence.-- Lssaid_ashoverGarialine, give .me the rest'
of the things," and she drew from the same place as she
did the money, a gold watch, chain, key, ring, and
brooch, which she gave into my hands.
' Lockerby, 180 S, said, that he visited the house en
Sunday night :ast, and upon examining the premises at
once felt satisfied that the robbery must have been
erf-cted by some one on the premises. Yesterday even-
ing he took the prisoner into custody, when she gave
him a brooch, which she said was one of the two which
she had bought of Mr. Levy on the Tuesday week.
Witness remarked to her that that was before the roh-
bsry, when she said that she knew that, and that she
made the purchases of the watch and the whole of the
other articles with her mistress's money.

Mr. LONG—Did she make this statement to you volun.
taril) ? Witness—She did, Sir.

M-r. LONG—Did she tell you in what money she paid
for the artictos? Witness—She told me that she changed
a 101. and a 5/ note, both of which she had taken from
the wardrobe; she also said that she had taken money
from there before.

Mr. LONG— Did she mention to you the amount she
paid for what she bought? Witne►s—No, Sir.
Mr. Levy was present, but it was nut considered ne-
cessary by the magistrate to have him sworn as a wit-
ness in the case; he said that the goods purchased of
him came to 131., and he had no reason at the time to
imagine that the prisoner bad come improperly by the
money.
In reply to the Magistrate, he said he should be wil-
ling to return the money he had received upon the arti-
cles he had sold being returned to him.
The prisoner, who bad nothing to say in answer to
the charge, was fully committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.