The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-07 00:00:00

A THEATRICAL PARTY.

A little urchin, named Alfred. Topham, who
was stated in the police-sheet to be eight years
of age, was yesterday brought before Sic T.
Reeve, at the Richmond Petty Sessions Court,
upon a charge of stealing 15s. belonging to a
poor woman named James. Three other lads, one
of whom appeared to be about 12 or 13 and the
others voun,rer, - who had been mixed up in the some-
what extraordinary proceedings connected with the
robbery, were also present by the direction of the
police to give any explanation that might be re-
quired of them.
It appeared from the evidence of the complainant
that the lad Topham was in the habit of coming to
her house to do little odd jobs, and to run errands
for her, and he was aware that she kept her mone-y
in a box in the parlour On Saturday he was at her
house and saw her take some money out of the box
which contained 15s. all in silver. She left for a
short time, and upon her return she found that
Topham had decamped, and upon going to her
money box she ascertained that 15s. had been taken
away. She immediately applied to the police, an (I
from illiorination thlit subequentl reo(ivcd
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vutt.iti pi.o...eetletl to the kick:mond neat i•,•
front a ou
lads, 9 1 and lie there found Topham and the
other
were now present, all seated in a
s'e°ate who°ek'
with their pockets full of apples and
cakes, and apparently highly • delighted, and the
prisoner was taken into custody and lodged in the
station-house.

Sir T. Reeve inquired whether any money was
found upon the prisoner.
Mr. M'lntyre, the inspector, said that no money
at all was found upon Topham, and a few halfpence
only upon one of the other lads, but it appeared that
Topham had purchased two cricket bats and a ball,
which he produced, with part of the money.
The magistrate asked Topham what he had done
with the money ?—lle replied that he gave ss. Bd.
to one of the lads, now in court, and 3s. to acre-Th-64
and he spent the rest in fruit and sweets, and in
treating his companions to the play.
The magistrate inquired of the lad who was stated
to have received the ss. Bd. what he did with the
money, and he replied it was all spent, and the one who
was said to have had 3s. said that he invested the
whole amount in apples, which they ate during the
performance. (Laughter.) The magistrate askeShow
it happened that they came to take so much money
from a lad like the prisoner, and. said they must
.1 have known that he had come by it in an improper
manner, but they replied that he told them he had
received the money from a brother who was at sea,
and they all declared that they had not the slightest
suspicion that the money had been stolen by Top-
ham. The magistrate put some questions to the
police about the Prisoner, and it appeared that he
had a step-father, and that his mother was very ill,
and that no one was present to inter Pere on his
behalf. The prisoner, upon being told that he might
elect whether he should be punished at once for the
offence, or be committed to the sessions to take his
trial, replied that he
.wouldrather be punished now;
whereupon he was ordered to be confined 'in the
House of Correction for three days and to be once
well whipped. The magistrate also suggested that
the friends of the other boys should make up the
money they had received from Topham to the poor
woman who had been robbed, and they agreed to
do so.

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the imprisonment to six months.
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