The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

POLICR INTRILIGEATE-(THIS

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
STEALING BAGATELLE :BALLS, &C.—OFFERING TO
SELL A MAN HIS OWN PROyEE.TY.—George James, a
shabby-looking youlig• man, described •as a tailor, was
charged as follows :
Jesse Goodchild, broker, of 4, Little Crown-court, said,
that about six the ilrevious evening, while in his- shop, the
Fisoncr lavuOlt three bagatelle balls, and offered them to
him for sato; but feeling satisfied that they were not his
property, he refused to buy them, The prisoner then left,
and sh,:lly aftorwards ho missed two chairs, part of a set,
from the door and •wh:eh were covered with the piece of
cloth pred =ed. In about twenty minutes afterthe prisoner
ca,ao bass to his ship with something wrapped. in the
piece of clO h and ilr.fx from Elie cloth a pestle and mortar,
which he put into 1.1.3 hand and offered for sale. At once
recognising them aa his own property, he asked how he
came by them, and .he said he had had thesis two months,
wili;e the ;act was tho things west' -,je in his slip in the

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wads.
ho 'picked up tliz pestle and rre;rt.,r in the

street. -
Woo C, sail he found the three bagatelle, balls on
the• rriA2ner, who saifl he had had them re:ne time, and
the pc:4le mndrocrtar d months.
Mr. Jilin Wils,m, of the -11,1 Bzlll, St. Ann's-nurt,
S.,ho, ntitiol the hag:Alle balls as his p7operty. They
had beep: used nut were safe at five o'clock-the previous
afternoon. TI-F2y were taken from the first 11 tor,„ and were
worth 1"s. He had only been it Aunt time owner of the
house, and had never seen the pri:ioner before.
The cometable as!eed for remand, which was granted by
Mr. Pea3on, with the view of treeing the chairs, and to
nutke intintriet r.e to the prisoner's antecedents.

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A N A t, TUl7P.—Strah Orisley, a dirty ;.?irl, aged

]a yt ,zit. cr bor. zet, was brow;

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Mr. Ve,rt7lry ehatq,,Nl ,%ith picking pockets.
?sirs. W-117.1rni, of No. 14, New Portland-street,
Connn,,rril-roal, stated that she was in a grocer's slop
w;:i in to Lo o:eirveA ntct t suaLtulah- wh.en she felt a
hand in hoe n et and the pri.,-vier nor
She did 11,4 take the Ited. out of her poc'fzet directly, bet
allowed it to rein in fly ro, -
-what the g:el e.r11:1
'tiriawtt her d",u'ot,: roe

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half-crown, and i:•.n
it. The prisoner inim-diatdy ri
municated with a woinq
dress and put somethin:
the prisoner into custody.
Mary Ann Thomly; )fl,
Whitechapal, said 013 WaS in the grocer's
,e-_soner attempted to pick her packet. Witness caught h:1;1
of the girl's hand the moment she i'eit it there, wad the girl
called out, " Oh, you are hurting my wrist."
Xr.:Yardley said the Ia t wita.)33 its cinch wiser than
the first, and he tltrat lit it W. 175 vary strange that-any wo-
man should have allowed the h.lnd of a stran!e girl to re-
, •ftain-in her pocket fe- en instant, eftee she found it there.
•. The prisoner, who sobbed loudly, said she was quite inno-
cent, and wished to go home to her mother. Mr, Yardley
:asked her wheresho lived, to which she replied, at No. 3,
Ila&cut,y-t ()ad. The magistrate then inquired
if any of her relatives were present, to which a pliceman re-
plied that the prirone:'s sii:ter was outside. She was called
in, and on being questioned by the magistrate, said she
and her sister lived at No. 3, Gower's-walk, near Black
man's Cooperage, Whitechapcl. A young man came to
her house and said her sister was in custody.

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L'.n. and the pri-

Mr. Yardley—Where is your mother? Why did she not
come here ? -
Witness —Shc is ant nursing in the Minories—my mother
can't be here.

Mr. Yaz'dley—ls this witness known?
A Policeman—,Yes, she is a common prostitute, and
walks Itateliff-74igliway.
Witru'sA—l am a lawful married woman, and my hus-
band's name is Brown.

Mr. Yardiey—You may be a married woman, but there
is no doubt you are a prostitute. I strongly suspect the
woman who was with the prisoncr ye.=_,torday was her mother
and receivel the half-crown that was stolen. I wish I had
her here. - - •

Roche, the
•Faoler of the court, said the Prigoner was
well known to hhn, and that she had passed through his
hands.

The prisontr made the most piteous exclamations and
said she was quite innocent, and never put her hand in the
pockets of the ladies._

Mr. Yardley said he had no doubt of the priSonet:'s guilt,
and that she was a very wicked and artful girl. He did
not believe a word said by the prisoner's sister. He could
not do better than separate the girl from the infamous set
by whom she was surrounded. He sentenced the prisoner
to be imprisoned for three months in the House of Correc-
tion, and kept to hard labour. If she was brought before
him again he would send her for five years to a reformatory,
and compel her mother to contribute largely towards her
maintenance.

"LIS DAY'S MARKETS.

fIAY MARKETS.

SMITHFITILD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4e ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load.
Supplies very moderate. Trade slow.
CUMBERLAND.—Mea(Iew hay' £2 15s to N 4:,; clover,
/4 Oc to f.. 5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per lead.
A slow demand, at previous rates.
WsurzerrAiqm.---Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; cloves,
14 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 613 to 103 per load.
A slow trade.