The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-02 00:00:00

THAMES.

A TROUBLESOME WOMAN.— POLICE REGULATIONS.—
Catliorino Dugan, a bloatei, dissipated, clamorous
woman was brought befora Mr. Benson charged with
being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting another female.
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John Sheppard, a police-constable, No. 43 H, stated
that the prisoner wa3 fighting with another woman, and
was very drunk and noisy.
The prisoner, who kept up a continual noise with her
unruly tongue, said that she had been sent to prison fOr
seven days, and when she was released her two children
were in the workhouse. She then went into a, noisy
history of some of her adventures, and said she had faith-
fully observed the temperance pledge for nine months,
and if she was liberated she would take the pledge for
twelve months, and keep it faithfully.
Mr. Benson—How can I rely upon you ?

Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was the
most troublesome woman ho ever encountered. Last time
she was at that court and locked up she put her infant
through the wicket, and it would have fallen on tho pave-
ment outside, if he had not caught the child. If ho had
been absont the child would have fallen on its head and
been killed.

Mr. Benson hardly knew what to do with the prisoner.
She had a black eye, there wero contusions on her face,
and ho was afraid she was punished worso than the woman
who had charged her and did not appear. He should put
the case back, and consider what he would do with her.

The prisoner was then removed, and in a few minutes
the constable returned and said tho inspector at the adjoin-
ing stationhouse objected to receive the prisoner and lock
her up.

Mr. Benson said ho wished to deliberate upon the case,
and the woman could be locked up temporarily in one of
the-cells attached to the court.

Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the warder of the
court only received prisoners after their cases had been
finally determined by the magistrate.
Sheppard said the police station adjoining the court be-
longed to the K division, and he belonged to the H divi-
sion. If the woman was locked up he should have to stay
at the door of the cell till she was brought out again, but
if she was locked up in the H division station in Leman-
street, Whitechapol, she would bo under the charge of the
inspector on duty there.

Mr. Benson ordered the woman to stand in the dock
again, and sentenced her to one day's imprisonment.

WESTMINSTER.

LAMENTABLE EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—WiIIiam
White, a man about 30 years of age, presenting a most
wretched and dirty appearance, was charged with robbing
Mr. William Sparrow, of 2, Ranelagh-terrace, Pimlico,
chemist, under the following circumstances.
Mr. Sparrow said that ho had occasion to go outof town
on Monday fortnight, and left the prisoner, who had been
recommended to him as a highly respectable man, in
charge of his shop. lie left him £5 in gold and other
money for change, but the prisoner disappeared before his
return on Monday last. When he came back he found
the prisoner had absconded, and he could hear nothing
of him until yesterday when he was informed that he
was sitting in fiyde-park. Besides the money which had
been left the prisoner had removed the whole of the takings
for different articles sold in the shop.
A man, who described himself as a billiard-marker, out of
employment, said that he chanced to be sitting on the same
seat in the park with the prisoner, who told him that ho
had got drunk, and got robbed of his employer's money,
and that he had then deserted his shop, which he had left
unprotected. He was now vary sorry, and did not care
what became of him. Ho sent witness to prosecutor.
Prisoner, in reply to the charge, said ho had left the
money in the shop.
Ho was remanded.