The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-18 00:00:00

" Robins, Yeovil," together with 11d. On May 7
I received a third parcel, addressed " Kelly, Man-
chester," with 2s. 2d. I put my initials to these
sums in the prisoner's wt IT book.
Mr. J. H. Marshall, af4 er proving that the pri-
soner was in the habit of receiving from him from
time to time cash for petty disbursements', produced
the way book, which showed that the prisoner, by
either altering or adding to the figures as originally
entered, had defrauded the prosecutors of 4s.
In answer to Alderman Cubitt,

Mr. Winterburn suid that when the prisoner
brought him a parcel on the preceding day he
noticed that the sum of ls. had been added to a
former entry. He thereupon communicated with

the prosecutors.
J. C. Knight, the constable, deposed that when
the inspector at the station-house read over the
charge to the prisoner the _latter said he was guilty
of the offence with which he was charged, and hoped.
his employers would deal lenie:itly with him.
The prisoner said he was guilty.
Mr. Marshall—The prosecut6rs wish the prisoner
to be dealt with as leniently as possible as he has
hitherto borne a good character. He has a wife
and family.
The prisoner wished the case to be disposed of at
once. _ _ _

Alderman Cubitt—The law does not admit of my
doing that, but if you plead guilty you will be
brought up in petty 'sessions, when two magistrates
will be in attendance, and then the case can be
dealt with here.
The prisoner, who then formally pleaded guilty,
was remanded till Friday, when he will be brought
up in petty sessions.
Andrew M'Pherson, travelling clerk to Mr. A.
Anidjah, looking-glass manufacturer, of 170, Bish-
opsgate-street Without, was brought up on remand.
charged with embezzling several sums amounting
to L 3 Os. 6d. belonging to his employer.
Mr. Beard appeared for the prosecution.
Evidence in support of the various cases having
been adduced, the prisoner, who declared that, so
far from having' embezzled the moneys of his em-
ployers, the latter owed him 1 ls. 3d., was fully
committed for trial.

Mary Traiers was charged with stealing two
pairs of boots from the shop of Mr. John Chew,
bootmaker, of 64, Minories.
It appeared. from the evidence of the prosecutor
that the prisoner had recently paid several visits to
his shop, and, after having tried on boots, left with-
out making any purchase. On Saturday last,
after she had taken her departure, he nu: ised a
pair of boots from a stack near where sh:e had
been sitting. She came again on Tuesday, accom-
panied by a little girl, and after trying on Heveral
pairs, which she said did not suit her, was about to
leave the shop; when he stopped her and asked
her what she had under her arm. She replied,
Nothing. He called his foreman, who put his hand
under the prisoner's shawl, and found the two pair
of boots produced. The little girl escaped, but the
prisoner was given into custody.
Henry Bird, the prosecutor's foreman, corrobo-
rated his master's evidence.
Prisoner said she was guilty of stealing theboots.
Alderman Cubitt sentenced her to imprisonment
with hard labour, for six weeks.
Mr. Hogarth, of 1, Stepney-green, appeared to a
summons charging him with having refused to pay
a cabman, named James Goodwin, legal fare.
The complainant said—On the 3d inst. I was en-
gaged by the defendant at Mile-end-gate to go to
Stepney-green., to take up. I then proceeded to
Fresh-wharf, London-bridge. There were five per-
sons and two packages. My claim is—distance ls.
6d. ; 3 persons, ls. 61 • luggage, 4d. ; 40 minutes'
detention at the two places, ls. ; the total being4s.
4d. I demanded this sum of the defendant, who re-
fused to give me more than 2s. He afterwards
offered me 3s. 4d. I offered to take 3s. 10d., al-
though my legal fare was 4s. 4d.
By the defendant—Although the entrance to
Fresh-wharf was blocked up, you detained me more
than half-an-hour after you had ascertained that
the steamer had started. You were talking to
your friends who came from the wharf.
J. Stephenson, another cab-drive-e, said—l was
hired at the same time as the complainant, and took
part of the luggage. We were detained by the de-
fendant nearly 40 minutes in Thames-street.
By the defendant—We were not ordered to drive
you to the wharf until we had waited 40 minutes.
Defendant—My answer to the charge is that
there was no detention other than was caused by
the block-up at Fresh-wharf.
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Mr. J. llogarth, who said—l met the complain-
ant's cab at the entrance to the wharf. We waited
a very few minutes, as the cab could not go on to
the wharf. I went to the warehouse to get a man
to come up for the boxes, which occupied a few mi-
nutes more. The cab had arrived before I got to it.
The steamer having started, we stood and " rea-
soned." for a few minutes. _ _

Alderman Cubitt—The question is what time you
took to deliberate \as to what you should do after
you found that the steamer had departed ?
Witness—l do not think that more than eight
minutes were consumed in that way.
Margaret Callaghan, servant to the defendant,
said that the cab was at her master's door only
from five to ten minutes.

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Alderman Cubitt—lt appears that 3s. 10d. was
the exact amount of the fare. The defendant gave
the complainant 2s. He will therefore have to pay
ls. 10d. to make up the proper fare, and the costs.
Defendant—How much altogether ?
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)-Is. 10d. fare, 3s. the
cost of the summons, and 7s. 6d. the cost of the
witnesses.
The defendant paid the 12s. 4d.

BOW-STREET.—An elderly man, who said his
name was Henry Stokes, and gave an address at
which on inquiry he was found not to be known,
was charged with indecently assaulting a young
woman named Clarissa Long, servant to Mr. J. W.
Thurston, a baker, in Bloomsbury-court.
The servant had been out walking with Mr.
Thurston's daughter, a little girl of 12 years of age,
and on returning about 7 o'clock in the evening
they complained that a gentleman had been fol-
lowing them. Mr. Thurston desired them to go
out again, and followed, to observe what occurred.
He saw the prisoner approach them, and put his
arm round the servant's waist. He followed the
prisoner for some distance, and then gave kim in
charge.
Mr. Thurston and the servant agreed in stating
that the prisoner had laid his hand on the latter in
an indecent manner, but this the prisoner denied.
He acknowledged that he tapped her on the shoul-
der familiarly, but alleged that he had done so in
consequence of her looking at him and laughing in
such a manner that he thought she was a woman
of the streets. She had laughed at him in the same
manner when she passed him before.
Mr. Jardine said it was possible that the prisoner
might have been under such an impression, but a
man who mistook a respectable woman for a pros-
titute must take the consequences of conduct which,
however little a person of the latter class might ob-
ject to it, was a gross indignity to a person like the
complainant. He must pay 405., or be imprisoned
for 14 days.
The prisoner pail the fine and was discharged.