The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—JaIy 30.

BOW-STREET.--A cabman, named John Knight,
himself the proprietor of two cabs, was placed at the ba-,
before Mr. Henry, on a charge of robbing a young woman,
named Mary Barry, a servant at Ashley's Hotel, in Hen-
rietta-street, Covent-gaidea, under the following circum-
stances :
The prosecutrix stated that on Tuesday last she went to
vi,it a lady at Islington, who hal formerly stayed at her
master's. She left at about eight o'clock, when the servant
accompanied her as far as High-street, Islington. As she
c•ruld not see the omnibus, and as it was a very wet night,
she hailed a cab, got in, and told the man to drive her to
Ashley's Hotel, Henrietta-street, or to Charing-cross, from
which place she would know her way home. Abell-, half-
way home the cabman said he should like to have a glass
of ale, as it was very wet, and asked if she would have a
glass too. She agreed, an he stopped at a public-house,
where he got 600313 ale, of which she took one glass.
After that she could recollect nothing, until the next
morning, when she found herself in bed in a brothel
iu aeorge-streat, St.. Giles's. She then missed her purse,
containing 1/. 17s. 4d., her sleeve studs, boots, mantle,
and parasol. A woman whom she supposed to: be the
landlady told her she was brought there in a cab overnight.
The woman agreed to lend her u pair of boots to go home.
It was a Hansom cab, but I should not know the man
aga.u.
Policeman Lambert, of the E division, explained the
wanner in which he found the prisoner's address. Press.
cuts ix had given information at the E division station, in
consequ :nee of which he went to the house in George.
street to make inquiries. He found she was brought
to the house by a cabman. The latter hal been there
once before with a prostitute, who sail she bad heard
another cabman call him Knight. lie then looked
at the name in the hackney carriage books, and got
pris mer's irsnie and his address, in William's-mews,
Mary-street, Hampstead-roal. On Thursday he found the
prisoner at a public-house in Mary-street, and •*.arged him
with the robbery. Prisoner said, "All right; I havel ft
the purse, money, and studs at the station-house an hour
ago," at the same time producing a receipt from Inspector
kackenzia for property given up at the F division station
in Boa-street. The amount of money, however, was only
11. Prisoner sad, " I don't want to get the waterman
into trouble. The purse was found at the bottom of the
cab, and 11. (is. in it. I gave the waterman 25., paid ls.
fog the bed, and spent 2e. 6]. with the waterman.
That accounts for the U. Don't say anything to hurt the
waterman."

Wm. Smith, a boy of about 16 years of age, a servant at
the brothel in George street, said the prosecutrix was
brought there by the prisoner at about half-past 12 o'clock on
Tues taynight. Prisoner had cv.lled about an hour befcre and
had " engaged a room for a young woman for all night."
The prosecutrix was helplessly drunk, and the prisoner not
very sober. Witness helped him to take her upstatre, un-
dress her, and put her to bed, as she could do nothing for
herself. At the desire of witness, the prisoner showed him
the contents of her pockets, "that he (witness) might not
be blamed for anything in the morning." She had only a
fourp.mny piece, a halfpenny, a small German coin like a
farthing, and a pair ofgloves. Theprisonor, notwithstanding -
witnete's remonstrance, kept the fourpenuv piece, saying,
"I will come in the morning, and set her up with all I have
got of her's," adding, " that he did not care what they
charged for the bed—he would not mind paying ss. as
lung as he knew she was all right." Ha then requested
wituesi to go away and leave him with the young woman,
but witness refused, observing "that he would see her all
right, for he could see she was rcspeecr in such a
respectable. He
plcaalsoe ;
h told
the prisoner "it was a pity to see h.
ought to know better." , Prisoner said he did not know
where to take her. Witness said, "You should take her
to your own place, as you say you are a marled man." Psi.
sower replied, " She is as much a stranger ti) me as you
are. I never raw her till to-night. ' (Ile hid previously
eaid she was a friend.) Witness insisted upon the prisoner
leaving the room with him, and locked the door, keeping
had')l
wenti with°ren de rhcaairnr
prisoneraeasgialis:l
and
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tLe key. The next night (Wedneada(eile)
him addressingtogoau ddhriinmkitvslit`h`Chairmro.ta'n'
the public-house, where they had some ale. Prisoner ob-
served that "last night's affair was a rum job," and men-
tioned that he had the young woman's money at home,
having placed it in his wife's hands, and that, if there was
" no more noise" about it, he should keep it for his fare.
Waterman, No. 96, said he wason duty on the night in
question on the Broad-street rank, when prisoner drove
up and asked witness to mind his cab while he went to get
a lodging for a female. He went a'n”g tow Lieereb-•
Ores', an'i tif:ei a nj,i.o ittueutd, and saying he had " got
a lodging for her all right," took the young woman out of
the cab.

Mr. Henry —You did not mention that she was in tilt
cab before?

Toe witness continued - She was very drunk. He took
her away towards George-street, and presently returned
with the boy, who treated witnesi to some cold rum and
water and a bipcuit.

Mr. Henry asked if he did not know what sort of house*
they were in George-street ?
Witness- -I know there were some brothels.
Ir. Henry—You th•ill know more about tl.ii The au°
was one requiring a thorough inve3tigation, and for the
present the prisoner must be remanded.

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