The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-09 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

CASUAL ECONO3lY.—Elizabeth Wood, a hungry-
looking woman, with a hungry-looking infant in her
arms, was charged with applying for admission to
the casual ward of the Strand Union while having
in her possession sufficient money to pay for her
lodging.
A policeman said the prisoner applied at the Bow-
street station, at half-past eight on Saturday night,
for an order of admission to the casual ward. She
said she had no money to pay for a lodging. The
inspector ordered her to be searched, and 3s. 41d.
was found on her.

Mrs. Smith, the female searcher at the Bow-
street police station, said she searched the prisoner,
and found 3s. 4id. on her. The prisoner begged her
not to say anything about it to the inspector, or she
should not get an order. She said it was the first
time she had been there, and she did not know it
was wrong. Witness, however, remembered to
have seen her on previous occasions, and had no
doubt she knew the regulations perfectly well. The
prisoner, in fact, did ultimately admit that she had
been there before, only once, and this a long while
ago. Witness was sure she had been several times.
She told witness she wanted to go to Maidstone on
Monday, and the fare was 2s. 3d.

The prisoner said that this was true, and if she
spent 6d. for a bed on Saturday night and the same
on Sunday night, making is., she would have
nothing to buy food for herself or her child on Sun-
day. It was the first time she had been guilty of
an act of the kind, and she would certainly never do
it again.

Mr. Vaughan asked how long it was since the
prisoner had applied to the casual ward before.

Mr. Smith really could not tell. He kept a book
in which were entered the names of the applicants,
but as they generally gave a different name every
time it was impossible to trace them.

Mr. Vaughan saki it was quite possible the pri-
soner's story was true, and at all events it did not
appear that she had been brought to this Court be-
fore. He should give her the benefit of that circum-
stance, and discharge her with the caution that she
must not attempt this kind of deceit again, or she
would certainly be punished.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO GET RID OF.—This
morning, Mrs. Newman, who was described as get-
ting her livelihood by the sale of old clothes, and
who was a very pretty Irishwoman of about 30
years of age, was brought before Alderman Sir
Robert Carden, in the Justice-room at the Man-
sion-house, charged with assaulting and threaten-
ing a Mrs. Jones.

Mr. Beard appeared for the prosecution, and
stated that unfortunately some eight years agoithe
defendant had a child by the complainant's husband,
and that, although she had received money for its
support, as well as various other sums at different
times, she had continually annoyed and threatened
the complainant, using the vilest language. About
two months ago she was brought up at Guildhall,
and, not being able to find bail, was sent to Hollo-
way, from which she came out on Monday last, and on
Saturday she had gone to the complainant's house and
thrown jugs and other missiles at her, besides declar-
ing, in the most revolting language, that she would
do for her with a knife. The husband had given
her £3O to go to America, and she actually went
there, but immediately on her arrival re-embarked
and returned to England. Since then she had been
a constant source of annoyance to Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, although the bastardy money was paid regu-
larly. Mrs. Jones stated that the defendant threw
two or three jugs at her, and threatened
to stab her, at the same time adding " that she
should then marry Mr. Jones.'
The defendant, who, during the whole examina-
tion had conducted herself in a most voluble and
angry manner, here said that she had gone to
America because Mr. Jones brought her a paper,
which he said came from the Lord Mayor, ordering
her to go, and she thought she was obliged to do
so. When she got on board the ship, however, the
captain told lwr it was only a ruse to get her to go,
and advised her to go back, as she had no friends in
America. That was why she came back. Her
little boy was eight years old, and all she wanted
was to get a liv.ng for him and herself.
Sir R. Carden asked her if she would promise to
keep the peace if he would let her off. If she did
not he must bind her over in immediate bail,
which she would not be able to obtain, and she
would go to prison for a year.
After long hesitation and voluble explanations she
promised, and Sir R. Carden told the complainants
not to interfere with her in any way. The wife said
" she was ashamed of her."

Sir R. Cardeu—lt's your husband you ought to
be ashamed of.

GUILDHALL.

A VISITOR FROM THE INFERNAL REGIONS.--
A man, apparently about 40 years of age, who gave

the name of Charles Westlock, but refused to give
his address or occupation, was charged before Sir
Francis Moon to-day, with being found in the
streets and not giving any satisfactory account of
himself.

The prisoner, whose matted locks and general
appearance, realised the description of Dickens's
Haunted Man," addressed the magistrate in a
very excited manner, but was informed that he
must wait till the evidence in support of the charge
was heard. He bowed respectfully, and said some-
thing about another magistrate in hell.

From the statement of a police-constable it ap-
peared that late on Saturday night he found the
prisoner sitting at the end of Chancery-lane, Fleet-
street. lle had watched him for some time pre-
viously, and from some frantic gesticulations on his
part he came to the conclusion that he was drunk. Ho
asked him to go home, but prisoner did not appear to
understand him. He then asked him his name, and
he said, "lam a lost soul." On being asked where
he lived, he replied in a sepulchral voice, "My
residence is hell." The policeman said that he must
go along with him, and the prisoner requested to be
taken home. The address given the sepulehrous
regions not being familiar to the policeman, he took
him to the station.

The prisoner entered into a rambling narrative.
The Magistrate said the prisoner did not appear
in his right senses, and remanded him until Friday,
in order that he might undergo medical inspection.