The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 21.

WORSHIP-STREET. —Emily Druce, awre tch ed-
looking young woman, was charged with having
pledged a pair of trousers, intrusted to her to
make up by Elias Mears.
From the evidence it was adduced that a whole-
sale dealer in clothes named Moses, at 36, Mino-
ries, gave materials for trousers to a man named
' Barnet Harris, who undertook to return them
finished for Is. per pair. Harris has a machine
which effectually performs the stitching portion of
the labour, and for that he reserved one-half of the
ls., giving Mears the remainder to complete the
work. Mears in turn engaged the prisoner, and
furnished her with twist, thread, &c., on the un-
derstanding that she was to receive 34d. for finish-
ing the job; but she, as alleged, having a child to
support and a husband who had deserted her,
found the pittance accruing from her labour at this
price insufficient to purchase necessaries, yielded
to temptation, and pledged the trousers, after
fin'shing them, for 7s.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, expressing astonishment at the
price given by the dealer for the " making," put
sev,ral inquiries as to the value of the article as it
now appeared, produced by the pawnbroker, and a
tail-r in court observed that the material cost pro-
bably from Bs. to 95., and would as probably be
sold for 18s. Some difference of opinion was ex-
pressed on this point by the persons connected
with the case, but the most general one was in
favour of the tradesman who volunteered it.
Mears, whose cadaverous features and ill clad body
indicated an equal state of poverty with the pri-
soner's, said he only got about three-halfpence for
his share after purchasing the small materials, and
he bad not any money to redeem the trousers.
Mr. D'Eyncourt observed that it was clear this
was a system which gradually ground to the dust
the workpeople. He wished to see Mr. Moses in
regard to the case before him, but that person had
sent a letter, indicating that he was too busy to
attend. Whatever might be the selling price of
the article iu question it was manifest that it was
made for one shilling, and that three persons shared
that amount. Most sincerely did he wish that
dealers would, by being content withsmaller profits,
enable their workpeople to receive something like
a remuneration.

The prisoner was then ordered to pay the redeem-
in.; value, or in default be imprisoned for three
days, and was fined ss. for the illegal pawning, or
fur:her imprisonment.

THAMES,—Patrick Riley, an Irish lablurer,
who has been in custody since the 4th ii,st., was
brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged
with striking a soldier, named David Tarbett, on
the head with an iron hammer, and fracturing his
skull.

It appeared from the deposition of the wounded
man, a private in the second battalion of the Scots
Fusileer Guards, which was taken by a magistrati
in the presence of the prisoner at the military bar-
racks, Clewer, near Windsor, on the sth inst., that
Tarbett and a comrade named Robert Steel were on
furlough in London on Monday, the 28th of Dec.
last. They were quietly passing along that dirty,
noisy, and dangerous place called Rosemary-lane,
alias Royal Mint-street, near the Tower, when they
saw two Irish women fighting, surrounded by a
drunken and disorderly crowd. One of the women
had a child in her arms. The soldiers, who were
actuated by the most humane and laudable motives
got between the combatants, begged of them
nut to fight, and said, " Don't hurt the child."
Their motives were not appreciated by the
wretches about them, a brutal attack was
made upon the two soldiers, and they were
roughly handled by the mob. Riley went home
for a hammer at the commencement of the affray,
and struck Tarbett a violent blow on the head with
it, and partially stupefied him. The soldier was
very sick and ill directly after he had received the
wound, and when he returned to Windsor it was
ascertained that his skull was fractured, and he was
sent to the military hospital. A message was sent
to the Commissioners' office, Scotland-yard, of the
dangerous condition of the soldier. The prisoner
was apprehended on the 4th inst., taken to Wind or
on the following day, and then brought back to this
court and clearly identified by S. eel sa the man who
struck Tarbett on the head with an iron hammer.
The prisoner. was remanded until the 13th inst.,
awl again until yesterday, when a very unfavour-
aMe account of the wounded soldier was received.
Inspector Gernon, H division, said that Tar-
bett's recovery was hopeless, and put in a written
statement, in the handwriting of a military sur-
geon, to the foto wing effect
" Mr. Rubinson desires to inform the Superintendent
of Police that David Tarbett has become much worse
since the last certificate, and that a fatal termination to
the case is expected very soon. Colonel Ridley has
desired Mr. Robinson to acquaint the police authorities
with these particulars, in case any further proceedings
on the past may be desired antectiect to a fatal issue."
" Barracks, Windsor, Jan. 20."
Mr. Selfe said he very much regretted there was
to be a fatal termination to the case, and the
prisoner must expect to be called upon to answer
a veil, serious charge. He should again remand
the prisoner for another week.

Joseph
lepnotorious
h Smith,
JoLseAphMTßuEgTwHei.iTaEndd LAMBETH.—Edward
Jane
Hurigileis;
thieves, were charged before Mr. Elliott with break
ing into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Margaret Lang-
ston, a widow lady, residing at No. 143, Lambeta-
walk, and stealing theref, om several articles of wearing apparel, and from 5/. to 61. in cash.
The prosecutrix deposed that she was the last
person up on Monday night, and seeing that all was
secure she retired to rest about 12 o, elock. Nothing
occurred in the course of the night to disturb her,
yard
but on coining down stairs at 7 on the following
morningopens,hae
i file back
that force
hadleading
been used 1
to open it. She also found the parlour drawers
empty, and the property which they contained, and
uldo found
observed ti
which was safe on the night before, takon away.
The articles then produced, and which had been
found at the lodgings of Hillier, she could identify
as a part of those that had been stolen from her.
Mr. Inspector Young, of the L division of p,lice,
said that on examining the premises of thy prose-
cutrix on the morning of the robbery, he observed
some blood upon the back-door, which satisfied
him that the person who forced it Open must have
cut ids baud or fingers, and when the prisoner Bur-
gess was brought to the station-house be observed
a cut on his right hand, as if it had been done by
broken class. On asking the prisoner how be
came
by the cut, he said he did it while at dinner. The
female prisoner was brought to the station with
Burgess, and after overhauling her the female
searcher brought to him, Mr. Young, some wear-
ing apparel which corresponded in description with
some of the articles lost, and these the prosecutrix
identified as her property.

From the testimony of other witnesses it ap-
petred that the female prisoner at about 2 o'clock
,on the morning of the robbery, was seen to come
from the vicinity of the house of the prosecuttix
carrying a 13rge bundle, and soon after was j-ined
at Barns's uoffee-shops in Latubtith-walk, by the
other prisoners.
!
while being taken to the
shall speak the truth ; I shall tell you how it was.
-ho prisonerus e
by T u
police-constable 86 L, said, " I
l
There was a chap saw me and Buraess come from
near the house, and I understand he has 'came it'
staTtihoen
on us, and he sat down with us and drank some
tea out of the money that was stolen. We went
down the passage about a quarter past 12 and got
in at the back of the house. We took the things
from the parlour drawer, and went back to the
coffee-house and had tea out of the money we had
taken. The girl took some of the things to pawn,
and among them a black satin dress."
The prisoner Smith denied all participation iu the
robbery, but he and the other prisoners were
rernandel

Mr. Smithers, the master Of Camberwell Work-
house, waited on Mr. Elliott for the purpose of
informing him that the girl
.Benner, whose mother
is under remand at this court, on a charge of throw-
ing her down stairs, had on the evening before died
of the injuries. As far back as Siturday week the
unfot tunate gill was supposed to be in a dying state,
and the Hon. G. C. Norton attended at the work-
house with Mr. Gunn, the clerk, to t tke her evi-
dence, and this was done in the presence of the
mother, who at that time was taken into custody.
From her statement• it appeared that the mother
was addicted to acts of great intemperance, and
while quarrelling with her father she (the poor child)
went between them, when the mother with much
violence threw her down stairs. •
Mr. Elliott, who heard of the case for the first
time, remarked that he considered it a very shock-
ing one.