The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A SCANDALOUS NUlSANCE.—Elizabeth Bacon, a girl, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with disorderly conduct, &c.
Police-constable Charles Vindon, 34 E, said that on the
previous night about 9 o'clock he saw the prisoner and
several other boys and girls in Cumberland-street, and
directly the prisoner saw him she called out, " Here comes
the Bobby !" and ran away, and after going a short
distance she turned round and made use of a disgusting
expression.
Mr. John Beale, harness maker, of No. 1, Gresse-street,
Rathbone-place, said he know the girl to be an associate
of a class of boys and girls whose conduct was perfectly
frightful. They were in the habit of congregating and
annoying the inhabitants of the street., and if any one
interfered with them they were grossly insulted. Of a
Sunday the boys and girls picked pockets, pelted the
passers-by, and bonneted elderly gentlemen. A few days
ago a number of them went into a pastrycook's shop, and
took away a number of tarts and throw them about the
street, and about 400 panes of glass at Percy Chapel had
been demolished by them.
The Prisoner said it was not her, but the other girls.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a melancholy thing to see a
gill so young devoted to such wickedness. She was going

to ruin as fast as she could. Ile should lino her 205., or 7
days.

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY.-Richard
Cheshire, a private in the Grenadier Guards, was brought
before Mr. Paget charged with a robbery in a beerhouse.
Charles Raine, a London Dock constable, of 5, Trinity-
buildings, Great Tower-street, stated that last night, at a
quarter past ten o'clock, he was returning home along
Towerhill when he heard cries of murder and police pro-
ceeding from the interior of the Little Tower beerhouse,
in Postern-row. On looking in he saw the prisoner and
three or four other soldiers at the btr, the landlady in fear
and screaming, and the place in great confusion. lli got
into the doorway and saw the prisoner violently pushing
the other soldiers, and at the same time the prisoner
drew the till out of its place, took the money out, and put
it into his right-hand trousers pocket. The soldiers then
ran away, and proceeded to the Prince Albert publichouse.
He followed them, and gave information to a City police-
cousta ble.

Mrs. Susannah Hayhow, the landlady of the Little
Tower beerhouse, said the prisoner and another soldier
rushed into her parlour And knocked down, her husband
and another man named Sands. A rush. was then
made towards the bar, the till was drawn out, and the
money abstracted. The till contained a shilling's worth.
of pence and halfpence, two sixpences, a fourpenny-piece,
and a threepenny-piece.

The prisoner made a general denial of his guilt. The
case, however, was clearly made out against him, and Mr.
Paget committed him for trial.

WESTMINSTER.

VERY REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.—Thomas Gordon, a
man nearly 30 years of age, was placed at the bar charged
with having burglariously broken and entered the shop of
Mr. Griffiths, Regent-place, Westminster, and stealing
therein a number of watches, gold chains, and other articles
of value. _ _

Prosecutor said—l am a watchmaker and jeweller. I
discovered on Tuesday (yesterday) morning when I got
up that thieves had effected an entrance into my houie in
the night. I found the staircase window and the back
door open; My shop had been entered and a number of
watches taken from off my work board, and there were
others removed from a glass ca-se. A great deal of the pro-
perty stolen belonged to customers, being articles sent to
me to repair. I afterwards gave the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Arnold—Was your house loft secure on tho pre-
vious night ?
Prosecutor—l fastened it myself.

Mr. Arnold—How was it entered ?
Prosecutor—The fastening of the staircase window had
been removed by a knife or some other instrument fiom
outside. •
Mr. Arnold—Do you khow anything of the prisoner ?
Prosecutor—Nothing. •
Mr. Arnold—ls any of your missing property found ?
Prosecutor—Yes ; a gold ring has been traced to the
prisoner, and is now produced.
Mrs. Elizabeth Waterfield—l keep the Old Rose public-
house, Medway-street, Westminster. Yesterday the pri-
soner came into my house, and offered to sell me a ring
which belonged to my daughter.
Mr. Arnold—Where had the ring been?

Witness—We had sent it to Mr. Griffiths to put a stone
in, and it was one of the things stolen from his shop. I
bought it of the prisoner, because he should not take it
away for half-a-crown. I gave information to Mr. Grif-
fiths immediately, but the prisoner and those that were
with him went away directly they had had something to
drink. The police wont after them, and the man was
taken.

John Marsh, 62 B—l received information about this
robbery, and prisoner having sold the ring, and I found
him this morning at the Corner-pin public-house, Strut-
ton-ground. I told him what I took him for, and ho said
he had picked up the ring.
Prisoner was remanded.