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 Sir 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 younger, 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 money
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, and
from information that was subsequently received a
police constable proceeded to the Richmond Theatre
about 9 o'clock, and he there found Topham and the
other lads, who were now present, all seated in a
front seat, with their pockets full of apples and
cakes,o highly delighted, and the
prisoner
lnto custody and lodged in the
s tai
Sir T. Reeve inquired whether any money was
t i n
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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 lad:, 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 ?--He replied that he gave ss. Bd.
to one of the lads, now in court, and 3s. to another,
and he spent the rest in fruit and sweets, and in
treating his companionss 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 hale ha.d 3s. said,that he invested the '
`vasoac. taken
whole amount in apples, which they ate during the
performance. (Laughter.) The Magistrate asked how
it happened that they came to take so much money
from a lad like the prisoner, and said they must
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 interfere 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 would rather 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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MIDD.

lONS.

The September general sessions of the peace, for
the county of Middlesex, commenced yesterday at
Clerkenwell, before Mr. Creasy (presiding for the
Assistant-Judge), and Mr. Payne ; and the follow-
ing magistrates were present :—Mr. Pownall, chair-
man of the county, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Gould,
Capt. Morley, and Mr. Halsey.
Mr. Creasy, in the course of a short charge to
the grand jury, observed that the calendar was
heavier than usual, there being 73 prisoners for
trial ; but of the cases which he had examined,
there was one only to which .he thought it might
be necessary to call their attention. It was one in
which two persons were charged with having
created a disturbance in a place where a number of
persons had assembled for the purposes of religious
worship, in a form and manner peculiar to them-
selves. There were several statutes applicable
to a charge of this description, the detail or
technicalities of which he need not go into, but
he thought it right to tell the grand jury that
if upon the evidence which might be laid
before them they were of opinion that the persons
who were disturbed by the persons charged were
assembled bone fide for religious worship, it would
be their duty to find the bill, and to submit the
case to a further and complete investigation. The
law provided a punishment for interference with
persons assembled for worshipping the Almighty in
accordance with certain requirements of the law,
and if these persons to whose case lie was alluding
had interfered with a legally constituted assem-
blage, they, certainly were liable to the penalty the
law authorised for such misconduct.
John Ganning, 22, stated to have been a con-
stable both in the Metropolitan and City police
forces, was indicted for having stolen 56 brushes,
value £9, the property of William Barnett, and
another, his masters.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson was for the prosecution ;
Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutors were motjier and son, carrying on
business as brush manufacturers at 36, Percival-
street, Clerkenwell ; and the prisoner had been in
their service since January last as coachman and
carman, and had means of access to her property
kept in stock. On Aug. 13 a quantity of brushes
were missed from a case in one of the warehouses,
and on the 17th the prisoner was found offering
some of the identical goods stolen for sale to a
tradesman in Piccadilly, who, suspecting they had
not been honestly come by, very properly took
measures which led to the prisoner being taken
into custody. The prisoner at first asked £5 for
what he offered for sale, and afterwards accepted
£2 165., gave a false name, and a false account of
where the brushes came from.
Mr. Metcalfe made an address to the jury.
The jury, being unable to agree in the box, re-
tired, and eventually found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to eight months' hard
labour.
Joseph Gates, 21, army accoutrement maker, was
indicted for having stolen 45 coats, and other arti-
cles of considerable value, the property of Laurence
Phillips, his master.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
to 10 months' hard labour.
Mr. F. H. Lewis was for the prosecution.
Walter Currell, 20, baker, was convicted of em-
bezzling several small sums received by him for
and on account of John Thompson, his master.
The prisoner was sentenced to eight months'
hard labour.
A great number of cases of larceny and robbery
from the person were disposed of.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
James Harley, a very respectable looking young
man, was indicted for embezzling the sum of 25.,
which he had received on account of Edmund John
Beale and another, seed.smen, of High Holborn, his
employers; and also for stealing a watch, pin, &c.,
the property of the same. He pleaded guilty.
Mr. Sleigh, for the defence, said it was a very
painful case, the prisoner, who was only 19 years
of age, having hitherto borne an unexceptionable
character, and being the son of an old and valued
servant of a nobleman of high rank. Unfortunately
he had abandoned himself to the society of bad
women, the consequence of whwas that he had,
no doubt, helped himself to his inaster's money and
property to provide himself with the means to carry
on such a course of life.
A brother of the prisoner was called, and he
stated that at the expiration of any sentence the
court might pass, the prisoner's parents would take
charge of him, and see that he was sent abroad, far
out of the reach of the associates through whom he
had been brought to this degradation.
Mr. Payne said, giving full effect to this, and to
a recommendation to mercy by the prosecutor,
and also in the hope that a short term of imprison-
ment would be a punishment sufficient to deter
him from evil courses for the future, wherever it
might be his fate to be sent to on leaving prison,
the court would only sentence him to three months'
hard labour.
Mr. Wray was for the prosecution.
Daniel Sullivan, 30, was charged with assaulting
Hugh Andrews, a metropolitan police constable, in
the execution of his duty: The jury found the
prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to 14 days'
imprisonment,
James Lindergreen, 18, was indicted for em-
bezzling several stuns, of money received by him
for and account of Francis Mead Hudson, his
employer. He pleaded guilty.
The prisoner was a porter in the service of a
checsemonger, No. 1, Church-street, Hackney.
Having embezzled several sums of money received
from customers he absconded, and was taken into
custody at Canterbury, where he had enlisted into
a regiment of Hussars, the uniform of which he was
now wearing. The prisoner, when apprehended,
offered to make good the deficiency in his accounts,
and the prosecutor strongly recommended him to
mercy.
Mr. Payne asked one of the prison officers, who
had been a soldier, whether the prisoner would be
received back into the service, and, on being
answered in the affirmative, he said he should sen.
tence him to a very slight term of imprisonment
That term would be one month.
William Harrison and William Thompson,
_ _

and 31, were indicted for stealing a coat and other
articles, value £3 10s., the property of William
Elmes.
llarrison was acquitted. Thompson was con-
victed, and sentenced to six months hard labour.
William Simmonds, 26, and Frederick Turner,
32, were indicted for stealing two titlers of sugar,
the property of Charles Rich and Dawse and
another, and were convicted. Simmonds was sen-
tenced to six months', and Turner, a well-known
thief, to four years' penal servitude.
James de Blumessen, 31, sailor, pleaded guilty to
a charge of feloniously obtaining by false pretences
from Richard Terry a pair of boots, and other
articles, and the sum of 55., with intent to defraud.
Mr. Ribton appeared for the prosecution, in-
structed by Mr. Vaughan.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and it was stated
that there were about a dozen other cases against
him of defrauding seamen's outfitters at the East-
end.
He was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.
John Jacobs, 19, and Henry Rutter, 18 (Johnson
in the calendar) were convicted of attempting to
pick pockets.
Jacobs was sentenced to twelve, and Rutter to
eight months' hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCR—Sept. 6.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A stylishly dressed woman, about 25 years of
age, a native of Darmstadt, who gave the name of
Mary Patten, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having attempted to pass a flash £lO
note, with intent to defraud Mr. D. Lonsdale, a
draper, at 31, Aldgate High-street.
The note, which was headed " Bank of Engrav-
ing," did not at all resemble a genuine £lO Bank
of England note.
W. Adcock said—l am assistant to the prosecu-
tor. The prisoner came to our shop to-day and
selected a shawl, the price of which was £1 16s. 6d.,
and offered me the note produced in payment. I
showed it to the prosecutor, who spoke to her re-
specting it, when she said it was a £lO note. He
then gave her into custody.
The Lord Mayor (to the prisoner, who spoke
English imperfectly)—How long have you been in
London ?
Prisoner—About four weeks.
The Lord Mayor--No one would ever take this
for a genuine £lO note. Where do you live ?
Prisoner—At No. 6, Great St. Helen's.
Officer—Her landlord, with whom she has been
staying the last four or five days, is here.
The Lord Mayor—Does he know anything of
her ?
Landlord—Nothing further than letting her the

lodgings.
Officer—She had paid a previous visit to the shop
of the prosecutor that morning, and she afterwards
called at another draper's in the Minories. She
made purchases at both places. I have the bills to
prove it.
The Lord Mayor:—Where did you get this note
from ?
Prisoner—A gentleman gave it to me for api e-
sent.
The Lord Mayor—When ?
Prisoner—About three weeks ago.
The Lord Mayor—Did he came over to this coun.
try with you ?
Prisoner—No, he gave it to me in London.
The Lord _Mayor----Ilad you been living with him?
Prisoner—Yes. •
Landlord—She took lodgings at my house Ave or

six days ago ; she remained' out of a night, which
made me anxious to get rid of her.
Officer—She had 15s. 4d, upon her in good money
when searched.

The Lord Mayor—Are you to see the- man again
who gave you the note ?
Prisoner—No. _

The Lord Mayor—Did she seem surprised when
she was told that the note was not a Fenuine one ?
Adcock--She said she would take it back again.
The Lord Mayor—l suppose some man has given
her this for a ten-pound note ?
The female searcher here stepped into the wit-
ness-box, and said—l produce another flash note for
£5O which I found upon her. When I was search-
ing her she dodged me about so much that I had
, great trouble in finding it. It was concealed in this
little box, which I produce. I was obliged to resort
to force, and in the struggle the bottom of the box
• was broken.

The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, arc you to see this
man again ?
Prisoner—No ; he said he was going into the
country.
The Lord Mayor—How many times did you see
him?

Prisoner—He passed a fortnight with e, and
then gave me these two notes and 10a. h
The Lord Mayor—Has she any boxes at these
lodgings ?
Landlord—Yes, my lord.
The Lord Mayor—The officer must search her
boxes, and she will stand remanded till to-morrow.
Remanded accordingly.
George David Pope, a cab-driver (number of badge
10,933), was summoned for having assaulted ano-
ther cab-driver named Thomas Badger.
The complainant said, that while he was pro-
ceeding over London-bridge with his (a Hansom)
cab, on the first inst., the defendant, who was fol-
lowing immediately behind him, ran the shaft of
his four-wheeled cab under his scat. Complainant
advised him to be careful, upon which he ran his
shafts against the panel of his Hansom cab, at the
same time jamming complainant's foot. Com-
plainant, with a view to the extrication of his foot,
cut the head of the defendant's horse with his whip,
upon which the defendant, with a dreadful oath,
jobbed the butt end of his whip into the com-
plainant's eye.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said the
complainant struck him first.
The complainant denied this.
The Lord Mayor said the assault was a most cruel
and unprovoked. one. The defendant must pay a
fine of 30s, and 3s. costs, or be imprisoned for a
month.

Defendant—l cannot pay the fine, and if you send
me to prison my wife and children will suffer. I
will pay it by instalments.
The Lord Mayor—No, I cannot give you time.
The defendant was locked up in default.

BOW-STREET.—A poor half-witted lad, named
Charles Barrett, who gets his living by selling laces,
&c., in the streets, was charged by Philip Cronin,
a great hulking fellow, who distributes handbills in
the streets for an advertising " doctor," with stab-
bing him.
Cronin said that on Sunday evening he was
standing at the corner of Lincoln-court, in Drury-
lane, when he observed the prisoner standing near
him with a knife, in his hand. Fearing that he
might do some mischief with the knife, witness
asked the prisoner to give it to him. The prisoner
replied " No, I won't," and stuck the knife in his
side. Witness then went to the hospital and
.got
the wound dressed. He was " bleeding like a pig."
Policeman Baylis, F 85, was on duty at the hos-
pital when the last witness came to have his wound
dressed. By direction of the surgeon witness went
in search of the prisoner, and found him at his
lodgings in Lincoln-court, eating his supper with
the same knife with which he had stabbed the com-
plainant. The wound was but trifling.
An intelligent lad, of about 13 years of age, and
of respectable appearance, here came forward, and
said he was passing at the time, and saw the com-
plainant and some others teasing the prisoner.
The latter had a knife in his had, which Cronin
was trying to take away from him. This was con-
tinued till Barrett became irritated, and stabbed
his tormentor with the knife. _

Mr. Henry—Then he has not given me a truthful
account of it. He said nothing about trying to take
the knife from him. _ _ _

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Mr. Inspector Mitchell said the prisoner had been
about the neighbourhood several years. He was
very quiet and inoffensive when alone, but when
worried by the idle people who lounge about the
streets in that locality; he was apt to lose his
temper, and become violent.
Mr. Henry would take the prisoner's recogni-
sances to appear this day week. He must say
Cronin had brought it on himself.

CLERKENWELL.—john Curley, aged 18, and
Joseph Smith, aged 17, two rough determined-
looking fellows, were charged before Mr. TT-whiff
with threatening the life of Mr. Thomas Birch-
mora, the relieving overseer of the parish of St.
Pancras.

Mr. Thomas Wakeling, of the firm of Messrs.
James and Wakeling, appeared on behalf of Mr.
Birchmore, and" stated that he had for many years
filled the office of relieving overseer of St. Pancras
parish, and was highly and deservedly respected
by the parochial authorities, dischqrnin'* his
onerous duties efficiently and earning for himself
the respect of the magistrates sitting at this court.
As to the two defendants, Curley had. been on
Friday last discharged by a committee of the
vestry, and on Saturday morning he called at the
workhouse for relief, which he received from Mr.
Birchmore. He afterwards said, "Is this all ? If
it is, I will do for you when you leave the office."
In the street he said to Mr. Birchmore " that if he
did not give him a loaf he would take his - life
from him," and was seen to sharpen a knife for that
purpose on the pavement. On Saturday morning
the other prisoner discharged himself and after-
wards applied for relief, which was refused, and he
then said to the complainant, " I will have your
- life," and he joined the other defendant and
they both repeated their violent threats. While in
custody of police constable Bride, 99 S, they said
they would not talk about taking Mr. Birchmore's
life, but they would have it.
The complainant was then called, and corroborated
the above statement, and stated that he went in
fear of his life. Other witnesses were called, who
proved that they heard the defendants make use of
dreadful threats, and that they saw them sharpen-
inga knife on the stones.

The prisoner, in defence, muttered something
which was not distinctly heard, upon which
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the ' life of Mr. Birchmore
must be preserved, and he should, call upon the
defendants to find bail, Curley for three months,
and Smith for one- month; and if either of them
came there again he would make them find bail for
12 months.

The prisoners were locked up in default.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Charles Williams, alias
Marney, a desperate-looking, stalwart man, was
charged with stealing a trunk and contents, value
£2O, the property of Mr. John Garrett, a surgeon-
dentist, carrying on business in Osborn-street,
Whit echapel.
Everest, 148 H, stated that while on duty in
Dhurch-street, Spitalfields, between the hours of 9
and 10 o'clock, on the night of Saturday last, he
observed the prisoner following a cab, with a large
trunk on the roof, and on reaching a rather secluded
part he sprang up behind and dragged the box off;
then, placing it upon his shoulder, was coolly walk-
ing away.with the prize, when witness stopped
him. Prisoner declared that a gentleman had de-
sired him to carry it ; struck him a violent blow in
the mouth which broke his teeth, and was not
secured until after a most violent struggle.
The prosecutor said he was in the cab at the time
in question, and until aroused by the outcry was
unaware of the robbery.
The prisoner, who is well known to the officers
of the court, did not offer any defence, and. was
remanded for the completion of depositions.

WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Davies, a solicitor, waited
upon the magistrate, and said he had an application
to make of a most extraordinary and painful charac-
ter. His client, Mr. T. Stevens, a house decorator,
of middle age, was married on the Ist in" st., at St.
Luke's, Chelsea, to Miss Martha Elizabeth Dunkley,
After the performance of the ceremony it was sug-
gested that they should commence the honeymoon
with a visit to Oremorne that evening, whither they
repaired. They left early to return hOme, and were
joined by the bride's sister. After
short distance Mrs. Stevens tooka proceeding
fancyto
somet
dainty in a ham and beef shop window, when her
husband requested her
itto stand outside while he
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went in and purchased her. To his surprise,
on regaining the street, he found his
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them to stop, but in vain, and being unable to fol-
low them at any owing to a recent attack of
paralysis, he lost pace,them and found that all attempts
to recover his wife were useless. He saw no more
of her until Saturday evening, when he met her in
the street in company with a Mr. Jalfon, a formid-
able man of colour. In consequence of what he had
heard he was afraid to go up to them, but was de-
te •
mined to watch them, in which, however, hewas
-after keeping them in sight for a few minutes—
frustrated. To add to Mr. Stevens's mortification
he had lost his clothing and several other articles.
He had applied for a portion:of these where :he
believed his wife to be secreted, but could. get no
satisfactory Anwer, and, LA since betaken himself

to the house of his wife's father, in Church-street,
Chelsea, where, in anticipation of his marriage, he
had deposited other property, when, to his surprise
and alarm, he told hun to be off, or he would run a
knife into him. The object of the present applica-
tion was to obtain a summons against Mr. Dunkley
for the threat, of which he went in great dread, and
a second summons for the unlawful detention of the
property.

Mr. Paynter observed that the case vas truly
very singular, and granted the required summonses:

LAMBETH.—AIex. Monso was charged with
stealing' a small glass jar, the property of Messrs.
Batty and Co., from a standing in the Crystal
Palace ; and also the plated end of a scabbard from
the India Court there.

James Darling, a special constable at the Palace,
deposed that on Saturday evening last, at about
four o'clock, while on duty in one of the galleries
of the Palace, he saw the prisoner go up to the
stand of Messrs. Batty and Co., take up the empty
glass jar he then produced, and put it into his
pocket. Having passed on some yards, witness
stopped him, and asked him for the jar he had just
taken from the standing of Messrs. Batty. The pri-.•
soner asked him what he meant, and on repeating
the question, he handed him the jar he then pro-
duced. He then told him he was a constable
belonging to the Palace, and that he must go with
him to the police station, when the prisoner.begged
of him to let him go, and offered him 10s. or a
pound to do so, but he refused and handed him over
to Sergeant Smith, of the police.

Sergeant Smith, 32 P, said that on the prisoner
being given into his charge by the last witness he
searched him, and in one of his pockets found the
mounting of a sword scabbard, which he said had
been sent to him from India by a friend. After
locking the prisoner up he (Sergeant Smith) pro-
ceeded to the Indian Court, and there found that

the mounting found on him had been taken from
the top part of a scabbard. The prisoner gave his
real name and correct address, and from inquiries,
he (Smith) had made, he found that his father held
high rank in the army, that the prisoner himself
had been an officer in the42d, but got married, sold
his commission, and spent the money in Paris,
where he resided for some time. He subsequently
got a situation at the Board of Health, which he
lost on the reduction of hands. His friends subse-
quently procured him a situation as letter-carrier
at the Post-office, but this he threw up, and for some
time had been doing nothing. In conclusion, the
sergeant said he had been to the prisoner's resi-
dence, 24, Sidmouth-street, Gray's-inn-road, and
there found his wife and children in a state of
apparent distress.
In reply to the charge the prisoner said he had
visited the Crystal Palace a vast number of times,
and defied the company's officers or the police to
prove that he had taken anything before. The jar
produced he saw empty, and he thoughtlessly took

It up.
Mr. Elliott observed that there could not be the
slightest doubt the prisoner had stolen the articles
found on him, and convicted him in a penalty of
405., or 20 days' imprisonment.

SOUTHWARK.—Francis Case, a journeyman
painter, was charged with committing a ruffianly
assault on his wife.

The complainant, who had been lame from her
infancy, and who exhibited a black eye, said that
she had been married to the prisoner about two
years, and since then unfortunately he had become
acquainted with bad associates, with whom he was
continually drinking. On Sunday night, while
they were in bed, without the least provocation, he
turned towards her, struck her on the eye and ear,
and a severe blow on the breast. Her screams
brought assistance, when she ran out of the house
and called in a constable, who took her husband
into custody. She was most brutally treated,
although he knew she was near her"confinement.
The prisoner denied committing the assault com-
plained of. He did not strike her in the breast.

The wife here exhibited a large bruise on the
latter, which had evidently been recently inflicted.
The prisoner said that she so aggravated him V'
her abuse, that he hardly knew what he did. He
had had a little drop to drink, and what she bad
got was her own fault.
Mr. Burcham told him that he was a savage
ruffian for striking his wife on the eye, ear, and
breast, well knowing that she was near her confine-
ment ; and after doing so he did not show any con-
trition for his brutal conduct towards her, but
seemed to glory in it. Such brutes must be
punished with the utmost severity of the law, as a
warning to others. He therefore sentenced him to
six months' hard labour in the House of Correction.