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THE SUN, LUNVON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11' 1860.

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CRIMINAL COU.RT.-(THIS -DAY-)

(Before Mr. Justice Crompton.)

Mrs. Eliza Harriett Mary Felthan, a very lady-like
woman, surrendered to an indictment charging her with
stealing a pair of mittens, a piece of embroidery, and other
trifling articles, the property of Sir Robert Peel. In another
court it was described as the property of John Gregory.
Mrs. Feltham was elegantly dressed. She wore a rich
blue silk brocade dress, a large velvet mantle, a white lace
bonnet and veil. She also had on a handsome gold chain,
brooch, and valuable bracelets.

Mr. Metcalf appeared for the prosecution ; and
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine Mr. Best (of the Oxford Circuit),
and Mr. F. H. Lewis defended.

Mr. Metcalf, in stating the case, said the defendant was
a person who moved in a very respectable circle, and she
either, from an ill-regulated mind or some other extraor-
dinary circumstance was placed in her present unfortunate
position. The offence was alleged to have been committed
on the 9th of June, at a fancy fair held at the Crystal Pa-
lace for the benefit of the funds of the Warehousemen's and
Clerks Benevolent Fund. The articles were exposed for
sale on the stall of Lady Emily Peel, and after having
passed the stall two or three times, she was observed by
Sergeant Bell to go up to it and take something from it.
After walking away for a short time, she again returned,
and was again seen by the officer to take a pair of
mittens from the same place, which she put into her
pocket. She then walked to the front of the grand
orchestra, and there opened her reticule, and wrapped up
the articles in her bag. Sergeant Bell watched her for a
time, and eventually went up to her, and asked her what
she had got in her bag. She replied nothing but her own
property. The constable said he knew better, when she
said she had some things she at first said she had bought,
and afterwards found. The constable said he knew better,
and that she must show him where she had bought it. If
the jury had any doubt as to the offence being fully proved
they could, of course, acquit the prisoner; but if, on the
contrary, they were of opinion that the offence had been
brought home to her, they would, without hesitation, re-
turn a verdict of guilty.

The first witness called was Robert Ball, E 39, who said
—I am a sergeant in the police force. I have been a con-
stable seven years. I was on duty in the Crystal Palace on
Saturday, 9th of June. I had other constables under my
orders. I was in plain clothes, as wove th. ether constables.
The occasion was a fancy fair for the Warehousemen and
Clerks' School. There was a great crowd present. The
fair was held in the central transept, opposite the grand
orchestra. I knew Lady Emily Peel's stall. I saw the
prisoner present on the occasion ; it was a little after four
o'clock in the afternoon. I saw her in front of Lady Emily
Peel's stall, and from the manner in which I saw her mov-
ing about I suspected her, and I watched her, and I saw
her go up to the stall and afterwards look at. several articles,
and she took hold of the d'oyley which was pinned to the
stall. She drew the pin out, and on a lady coming round
to the front of the stall she came close up to the
left of the defendant, who then replaced • the
d'oyley to the stall by a pin. As soon as the
lady turned her back to go round the counter again,
the defendant took the pin out and took the article and
crumpled it up in both hands and placed it somewhere in
front of her dress, and turning round she walked away
about tan or a dozen yards. She then returned to the front
of the stall again, and near to the centre of the stall there
were two or three pairs of gloves, or mittens, from which
she took one pair and placed them in her dress in the same
manner as she had the d'oyley. She then turned round
and walked towards the orchestra. When she arrived at
the outside of the fair she took a piece of paper from her
reticule, and with that piece of paper she rolled the articles
up. She then turned to the north end of the Palace. I
then went up to her in company with Stephen Baldwin,
who was standing outside the fair, whom I had directed
to follow me. He did so, and we both went up to the
defendant. I tapped her on the shoulder, or stopped
her. The reticule produced is the one I saw
her place the articles in. I asked her what she had got in
her reticule. She said " What I've got there is my own
property." I said " Where did you get them from ?" and
she said " I bought them." I asked "where," she said
" In the bazaar." I then told her I was a sergeant of
police, and that she must consider herself in my custody,
and I said you could not have bought them as I saw you
take them off a stall. Comte back and show me where
you did buy them. She said, " For God's sake don't take
me back. I'll tell you the truth about them." I said what
is that, you have told me one story. She then said, " I
picked them up," pointing to a spot about 12 feet from
where she was standing. I said you could not have picked
them up' there for I saw you myself taking them from off
the stall of Lady Emily Peel. She then exclaimed " Oh
my God what shall I do. I will give you any amount of
money if you don't take me, I will leave you my
gold watch and chain for the worth of the articles.
I said I could not take anything as I must do my duty and
take her to the station, and I did so. Baldwin heard every
word of the conversation I had with the defendant. He
went to the station with us. I saw the prisoner unpin the
article, they wore on the left-hand corner of the stall. She
had left the stall about 40 or 50 yards when I first spoke to
her. I utodta lost eight of 119 r C1....+.117 *ha -Ylf tale of the I
time. She never stooped at all in front of --tho stall.
There was no person there who could have sold her any-
thing. I opened the reticule in her presence after I
had taken her into custody, and found the articles in
it rolled up in paper. I saw she had a gold watch and
chain on. I saw her purse ; it contained 2s. 6d. and t',vo
railway tickets. She gave her correct name and adell'ess.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—She never men-
tioned that her mother-in-law was in the Palace until we
got to the station. She then told me where to find her, and
I did so near the Grand Orchestra. It was close by where
I stopped her. I did not see her husband that day. Bald-
win heard all I said to the defendant. He was under my
direction that day. I can't say he heard all I said at the
station, as I don't know whether he was present. He was
not present when he gave the defendant in charge to the
inspector. He had gone back to the palace. He had kept
the reticule in his possession ever since. The paper looked
as if it had had some luncheon in it. There was also a small
tumbler. I have been in the police seven years, but I have been
a .sergeant two years. I was a:tailor in Charles-street,
Westminster, before I entered the force. I was my own
master. I was close to the :defendant when she took the
articles, nearly looking over her shoulder. I saw her unpin
the article, and also the lady who came round after replace
it. I don't know wkether that lady is here. I don't know
that the committee were willing to take the matter up. I
consider I was doing my duty when I was looking over her
shoulder at her taking the things. I knew she had not
bought them. I did not stop her as she was leaving the stall,
as I wished to see if she had a companion, because most
likely if she had so she would have given her the articles,
and then I should have caught two instead of one. I did
not charge her with stealing a purse. At the Norwood
station a gentleman came in and said his niece
had had her pocket picked of a purse, which contained
two shillings and:sixpence and two railway tickets. The
gentleman gave me his card. At the station I said it's a
very strange thing, a gentleman says his niece had
had her pocket picked, and I asked the defendant how
much she had got in her purse. She said she could not
tell. I then told her the gentleman said his niece's purse
contained two shillings and sixpence and two railway
tickets, and I then asked her how she could account for
that. The purse she said was her own. I did not believe
it. I showed the defendant's purse to the gentleman, and
he said he believed it was his niece's. I have not made
any inquiry about that gentleman, as he left the
Norwood Station to look for his niece, I have never
seen him since. I have made no mistake about
the manner in which the defendant took the property.
I will swear that of my Own knowledge I have not made
any mistake. I did not ask to correct my first statement.
I had mentioned about her unpinning the d'oyley before
Lady Peel gave her evidence. It was in consequence of
my not saying I saw her unpin it on my first examination
that I asked to have the correction made. I swear that in
my first examination I said the article was pinned to the
stall, but not that it was unpinned and repinned by the de-
fendant.
The depositions taken before the magistrate were then
put in, and contained only a vague allusion to the articles
being pinned to the stall.
Witness (cross-examination continued)—.l was asked by
Mr. Elliot to describe what I saw so distinctly that I asked
to make the alteration. I will swear I did not ask to
amend my evidence before I was asked to describe what I
saw most particularly. I have no recollection that I asked
to make the correction before the magistrate spoke
to me. The correction I wished made was that I
saw her take the article. I will swear I did not say I saw
her snatch it. It was about half way in the case that I
asked to make the correction. Tho first time I mentioned
the unpinning was on the first examination. It was not
on the second examination. I have no recollection that I
did on the first, but I will not swear I did not. I did not
take her purse from her reticule before I took her to the
station. I will swear I did not most positively. Certainly
not out of the reticule. She gave me the purse. I said
to her, "Have you not got something else in your pocket."
I saw her take her purse out of her reticule and put it into
her pocket. She gave me the purse at the Crystal Palace
station. I did not say, when she gave me her purse, that
I knew to whom it belonged. Sergeant Marsh heard the
gentleman make the statement to me, and Baldwin also, I
believe. I did not ,say to the inspector when
at last." At
when we arrived
tahtethNe
Norwood station
e"teTthioenreehshe .7i
she is, gots
given over to the female
searcher. I have seen tire searcher here this morning in
company with Marste. I did not say to her I knew she had
several purses about her, as I had seen her pick several
pockets. I did not say she had several purses on her per-
son. I did not say I saw her pick pockets. I did not
tell the searcher not to leave her (defendant's)
sight else she would get rid of the purses. I did not
say to her, in the presence of Serjeant Marsh, to be careful
how she did search her, for from the manner in which I
had seen her moving about in the :crowds she had got
some other things about her. Marsh is here ; I have seen
kim this morning. I will swear I never mentioned anything
stout watches either to the searcher or Marsh. I might have
lalluded to her own watch, but nothing about stealing
one. I said she had offered me her watch and earrings, and
“130 swear I hoard her offer them to Marsh. I will not

swear I did not say something about purses. I might
have said she had other purses about her. I can't recollect
positively what I did say. I don't believe I did, and I
don't believe I did not. (Laughter.) I believe I might
have said after the gentleman told me that she might have
other purses. I believe now that I did say so. I directed
the female searcher to be careful, as she might have false
pockets. I might have mentioned crinoline. I will not
swear I did not say she had a false pocket under her crino-
line. I will swear positively I did not say to Marsh sh•
had been picking pockets. What I did say to him was,
that I suspected she had picked two pockets. I had been
standing opposite L lily Peel's stall for an hour and a half.
The prisoner did not come in front of me. I did not see her
before she came up to the stall. I did not say to anybody
that the defendant had come down pretty early in the
morning. I had not seen her before she was at the stall.

By the Judge-1 suspected her just before she got to
Lady Peel's stall. I noticed that she was dressed very
shabbily in comparison to other ladies.
By Sei geant Ballantine--She had a brown straw bonnet
on, a faded shawl—a green and blue one with a mixture of
red—and a dark silk dress, but very old.
Sergeant Ballantine—You've forgotten the crinoline.

Witness—l did not observe it,
Sergeant Ballantine—Not the crinoline with the false
pocket ?

Witness—No.

Sergeant Ballantine—lf you had said to her, or anybody,
" I have had my eye on you (or her) the whole of the
morning," it would have been untrue ?
Witness—Yes, quite so.

Re-examined by Mr. Metcalfe—l made no charge against
the defendant on getting to the station further than telling
the searcher to be careful. When I mentioned a false
pocket, it was not with a view to the searcher looking for
it. It was before we got to Norwood station that I heard
about the gentleman's niece losing her purse. I believe
I mentioned to Sergeant Marsh something about the
unpinning. In my first examination I said I saw her
unpin the article. I was cross-examined on that point by
the defendant's attorney, Mr. Lewis. The committee of
the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools are the prosecu-
tors.

Stephen Baldwin, 200 E, said—l was on duty at the
Crystal Palace on the 9th of June. Sergeant Bell called
my attention to the female in the passage leading to the
fair, as she WAS quitting it. She was about ten or a dozen
yards from it. I followed her with him. She was then
standing up. I saw her take the things from under her
shawl, stoop down, roll them up, and put them in her reti-
cule. I was only three or four yards distant from her.
Sergeant Bell went up and asked her what she had got in
her reticule, and she said " What I've got there is my own
property." He said, " Where did you get them from?"
She said, " I bought them." He asked her where, and
she said, "In the bazaar." He said, " You could
not have done so," as he saw her take
them from a stall. He told her he was a police-constable,
and she must consider herself in his custody. She said,
" For God's sake don't take me, and I'll tell you the truth,
I found them and picked them up" (pointing to a place
some distance from where they were standing). She said,
" I'll leave my watch and chain in payment." He told her
he could not take any, but he must take her into custody.
She was accordingly taken to the station. We went to the
Crystal Palace station first, and from there to that at Nor-
wood. I saw the reticule opened, but the things were not
taken out until they got to the station. I was not there
when a gentleman came in to speak about the loss of a
purse. I did not hear Bell make the charge against the
defendant. At the Crystal Palace Station, before we went
to Norwood, Bell took the defendant before the super-
intendent, and there he -told him he had seen her
take some things from Lady Peel's stall. I first heard
Bell say she unpinned the articles at the Norwood station.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—l watched the
defendant very closely until we got to the Norwood station.
The purse was taken from the reticule by Sergeant Bell at
the Norwood station. I saw Bell put his hand in and fish
it up. I will swear positively it was taken out of the
reticule. In saying I was not there when the gentleman
came in, I was alluding to the secretary.
By the Judge—l did not see it produced before, or I
should have seen it.

Cross-examination continued—The purse was produced
before the gentleman arrived. There can be no doubt
about it. It was in the reticule. Sergeant Bell had put
the articles into the bag again. It was then that the gen-
tleman came in and said his niece had lost her purse. I
will swear that he did not say he knew the owner of the
purse. Sergeant Bell, in the presence of the prisoner, said
that he had been watching her Borne time. He did not say
she had come to the Palace pretty early in the morning.
He di i not hear Bell say she had been picking pockets. He
said from her manner he believed she was about to pick
pockets. Bell said to the superintendent, " From her
manner she was about to pick pockets."

Sergeant Ballantine—Did Bell say she had picked two
pockets ?

Witness—No.
Sergeant Ba4antine—What I nothing about picking two
pockets ?

Witness—No.

Sergeant BallAntine—ThPr, h. navor wad amytt. in Er;
nbout picking• two pockets or anything like it in your pre-
sence ?

Wit'uess—No.
J..ady Emily Peel—who was examined from the judge's
Bench, said--I am the wife of Sir R. Peel. I took charge
of a stall at the Crystal Palace on the 9th of June. I re-
member the officer bringing the d'oyley back to the
stall on the day in question. I pinned it up
again. It had been hanging down. I pinned it on
to the cover of the stall. I used two pins to
fix the article. It was on the right hand side of the stall
facing the grand orchestra. I think it was marked 15s.
The d'oyley produced is the same as was on the stall. The
mittens are very similar to those at my stall. There were
a great number of persons round my stall. Articles were
frequently removed for inspection previous to purchase.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—The d'oyley
produced was the only one of the same pattern on the stall.
The sum of 15s. was affixed as the price. I only knew from
what I had been told that it had not been sold. Some
articles had fallen from the stall in the early part of the
day. There were articles of much greater value on the stall.
It is not at all by my desire that the present prosecution
was instituted. The articles on my stall were mostly made
by the children of the Warehousemen's Institution.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine having, in an eloquent speech,
adds eased the jury for the defence,

The learned Judge summed up the evidence, but the
jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press.

LA 7 INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

CLOSING OF THE OFFICES OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL
IN BANKRUPTCY.

The Lord Chancellor has issued an order for closing the
offices of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy from
Saturday, the 11th of August, to Monday, the Bth October,
both days inclusive—during the interval no dividends can
be paid. Creditors therefore in town and country entitled
to dividends ought ,forthwith, or as early as convenient,
apply to the respective official assignees for their authoriew-
tion to receive the same.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE BAGSHAW.

A meeting was held for declaring a dividend under the
estate of this bankrupt, formerly M.P. for Harwich. The
debt to creditors unsecured and liabilities amount to about
£16,000. The assets at present in hand amount to £945.
The amount of the dividend will be declared in a few days.
A large surplus is expected over the mortgages. Mr. Bag-
shaw, it may be remembered, obtained some time since an
immediate certificate of the first class. The declaration of
the dividend was postponed, pending other proceedings in
Chancery.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE JONES.

This bankrupt was described as of Lambeth-square,
mantle manufacturer, and now came up and passed on ac-
counts prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers—the main fea-
tures in the case are that the profits, and losses, and ex-
penses very nearly balance, the former being £1,022, the
latter £1,200. There was a capital of £152 in Feb., 1858,
which had been absorbed, and the debts now amount to
£269 ; assets, £7 14s. ; property, £94.

POLICE INTELLIGER CE-( THIS DAI

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Charles Bourne, groom to General Frederick Johnston,
of the Albany, was charged as follows before Mr. Beadon :

General Johnston said the defendant was in his employ
as groom, and on the previous day he told him to wait at
the corner of Grosvenor-street to take his horse from him
after he had been for a ride in the Park. On getting to the
spot he looked about for some time, and at last saw the
defendant in such a state that ho was unfit for duty. He
therefore prevented the defendant from mounting his horse,
which was a very valuable one, and rode it to the stables
himself. On getting at his stables ho asked Lord. Abingdon's
coachman to take charge of his horses for the night,
which he kindly consented to do, and upon this the de-
fendant set to hammering at the stable doors in the most
violent manner, causing the whole mews to turn out, and
being 68 years of age, and fearing his stables might be
burnt down and valuable horses destroyed, he gave him
into custody.
Defendant said he was very sorry—ho had taken more
than did him good.
General Johnston said he considered the defendant's
conduct very bad, for a few days ago, seeing that he was
very poor, having been out of a situation for some time,
he advanced him £5 to go on with.

Mr. Beadon said the defendant's conduct was very bad,
and he should fine him 10s.
General Johnston said the best of the joke was that the
fine would be paid out of his £5. (Laughter,)

THE YORKSHIRE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—The coal-
owners of South Yorkshire announce that they are com-
pelled to give notice that on the 16th inst. "their pits will
be stopped in consequence of their colliers continuing to
contrite to the Miners' Union Fund, for the purpose of
coercing the masters of the pits now on strike."

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