The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 23.

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MANSION-HOUSE.—John Jones was brought
up on remand, charged with stealing a cotton hand-
kerchief and a sovereign from Henry Smith, in
Petticoat-lane, on Sunday last.
The prosecutor deposed that he went to the
" Lana" for the purpose of getting some clothes a
bargain, having his money, a sovereign, carefully
tied up in a corner of his pocket handkerchief.
While making his way through a crowd he saw the
prisoner with a handkerchief, which he fancied to
be his own, in his hand, and finding upon feeling
his pocket that his handkerchief was gone, he de-
sired the prisoner to return it .or he would give him
into custody. But the prisoner, instead ofb doing
so, pushed him on one side, while a man, who was
evrdently a confederate, pushed him on the other,
and so they kept him playing between them like a
shuttlecock till a policeman came up and took tke
prisoner, the other man getting away, and most
' likely carryirg off the spoil, as neither sovereign
nor handkerchief was found on the prisoner.
A policeman said ho had in vain attempted, since
Monday, to Lind the prisoner's residence.
Prisoner—. W by, I havn't got any residence. I
:ern always about the country, and came from
Hitchin last Saturday. I never took the man's
handkerchief, I assure you, sir.
Pros: cutor—Pleaa,, c,y lord, ho said at the sta-
tion that Lo was a, conjuror, and at all events he
conjund my soy( reign out of my pocket ; I wish he
could conjure it back again, for I am a poor man,
and worked very hard to b a able to save it.
The L rd Mayor—lt's a very hard cw A.e. reyou
a conjuror, prisons r ?
Prisoner—Yer, and a "worry honest one, too."
I ve no doubt The Lord May-or-01r, indeed.

you do the thimble-trick as you go about the coun-
try. But, however that may be, it was a shameful
thing to rob this poor man of his money.
Prisoner (impudently)—Oh, I don't believe he
lost any money. I dare say he lost his handkerchief,
but he don't look a man who could be worth a so-
vereign, and he has only trumped out this tale be-
cause he thinks you will give him one from the
poor-box.

- The Lord Mayor—That's an impudent defence,
and only makes your case worse. I shall send you
to prison for six weeks, with hard labour.
The Prisoner (with a knowing leer)—Then I
should prefer to have the case decided by a jury.
The LLord Mayor—But I have preferred to de-
cide it myself.
The Prisoner—Then there is no choice for me ?
The Lord Mayor—No choice whatever, except
to go prison for six weeks.

The prisoner—Oh, very well—that's justice, I
suppose.

He was then locked up.

GUILDHALL. Sarah Lee, a respectable
middle-aged woman, whose address on the charge-
sheet was at Mr. Pearce's, 104, Broad-street,
Rotherhithe, was charged on suspicion with robbing
Mrs. Walsh, the wife of a draper at Battersea, of
her purse, containing two sovereigns and 30s. 10d.
in silver.

Mrs. Walsh said.—l was going to Goodyear's, in
St. Paul's Churchyard, yesterday, to purchase some
hats, when my little boy expressed a wish to visit
the Cathedral. I accordingly took bin in ; and
while there this lady (the prisoner) came and sat
down close by my side. Her dress was spread out
over mine when she sat down. She asked me if
the service was over, and upon my telling her I,
could not inform her she entered into conversation
about the paintings in the dome. There was a
young man sitting at the other end of the form, and
my son was walking about looking at the monu-
ments. When my son returned to me this lady
rose, and wishing me very gracefully good morning,
she walked away. I then went to the door without
looking back, and just as I was going out I missed
my purse from my pocket.
Alderman Mechi—What kind of purse was it ?
Witness—lt was a long purse, with two odd slide
rings.

Alderman Mechi—How much was in the purse ?
Witness—Two sovereigns and 30s. 10d. in silver.
Frederick Walsh, a lad about 12 years old, said—
I am the son of the last witness. We left Battersea
about 9 o'clock in the morning and stopped about an
hour at Pimlico. We walked into the city.
Mr. Martin—What money did your mother
bring out with her ?
Witness—Two sovereigns, Sir, and 30s. 10d. in
silver. It was in a long purse with two different
rings.

James Phillips, draper, at 212, King's-road,
Chelsea, said—l saw the prisoner and Mrs. Walsh
sitting down together, and when I took my seat they
both rose. Mrs. Walsh went out of the north door,
and the prisoner went round the cathedral and down
the west aisle inspecting the monuments. In a few
minutes Mrs. Walsh returned greatly confused, and
in looking for the prisoner she was going out of the
south door when I called her back. We then pro-
ceeded round the cathedral and found the prisoner
looking at the monuments in the aisle leading to the
west door. Mrs. Walsh sail she had been robbed,
upon which the prisoner handed over what pro-
perty .he had about her to the policeman, and ex-
pressed a wish to be searched.

Police-countable 343 said—l found on the pri-
soner a purse containing two half-sovereigns, ls.,
and an old coin, a gold wat3ll and chain, and a
letter addressed to the prisoner.
The Prisoner—That letter refers to a Post-office
order which I received, and had just got cashed
at the Post-office.

Alderman Mechi (after reading the letter) said—
I feel hound to say that this letter shows the pri-
soner's connections are highly respectable, and
satisfactorily accounts for the money found upon
her. There is not the slightest ground for the
present charge agair:st you, ::adam, and I am ex-
ceedingly sorry you shou'd have been placed
in such a cruel position. Thero is no evidence to
throw the remotest suspicion upon you, and you
will therefore leave that bar without any stain
upon your character. Tile prosecutrix walked
all the way from Pimlico, and it is therefore pos-
sible she may have lost her purse before she got
to the Cathedral ; for we all know that it is no
difficult matter to find 100 thieves between Cha-
ring-cross and the city. In addition to wbit•h
when the purse was missed this lady did not at-
tempt to leave the Cathedral, as any guilty per-
son would have done, but waited to inspect the
monuments.

The prisoner was then liberated, and the pro-
secutrix was cautioned to be more careful in
future, and not giver a person into custody until
she had some evidence of the fact,

WORSHIP-STREET.—John Hoare, a middle-
aged man, described as a labourer, was charged
upon his own confession, wi h violently assaulting
Mary Hoare, his wife, and thereby causing her
death.

Critchell, of the R division, said—Last night,
at 11 o'clock, I was on duty in Bell-gre3n, Syden-
ham, when I saw the prisuner standing against
a fence, and I heard him say, "I hope God will
forgive me for what I have done." I asked him what

it was he had done, and he replied, "Go below,
and you will hear what I have done ; it is very
bal. He then hesitated, but added, " There
was a piece of work at home, and I took the
pokei-, struck my wife with it, and murdered
her.".

Prisoner—That iz false ; I did not say that I
had mandered her.

Officer—Yes, be did say "murdered her." I
then asked him where he came from, and he told
me Sarah's place, Brick-lane, Spitalfields. He
was peifectly sober, and said no more about his
wife then ; but I afterwards asked him where he
did it, and at what time, and he said about a
fortnight ago. I then took him into custody and
at the station at Sydenham he made a statement
to the sergeant on duty, who took it down in writing.
By the Prisoner—When you first met me you
were standing on the footpath, and when you said
" Go below," I thought yin meant me to go down
the hill to a public-house, as persons were about.
Strgeaut Strength, 49 R—About a quarter past
10 last night I was in lower Sydenham, and saw
the prisoner in cuslo.ly of the constable Critchell,
who, in his hearing, told me what he has now stated
upon oath. While at the station-house prisoner
exprelsed a desire to make a statement, as he was
very unhappy. I gave him the usual caution, and
then took down in writing this confession, which
he signed. He afterwards remarked that his wife
was buried at Bow Cemetery.
Tile Sergeant then read the following :—" About
a fortnight ago I was at home with my wife and
the girl. Some words arose, and the girl took up
the poker ; I thought to strike me with. I got it
away from her, and then my wife took up a stool
and struckme on the head, causing a wound. Ihad
the poker in my hand, and struck her cn the ribs
with it. She called police-constable 81 11, but he
seeing the blood on my head refused to take the
charge. My wife got ill, and went to the London
Hospital. They wished her to stay, but she came
home, got worse, went again, stayed a few dam.-
and returned. I fetched some medicine from a
dcctor's shop near Vhitechapel Church, buf. she
died on the following Monday.—John Hoare."
Sergeant Strength—When the prisoner signed
this he was sober, but excited.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Have you ascertained how far
this-is correct ?

Sergeant Strength—I have not had time, sir, to
make minute inquiries, but I b.dieve the woman
died from violence.

Mr. D'Eyncourb—l will remand the prisoner,
and let the officer alluded to in the statement then
be present.
Prisoner—l had been drinking. I recollect no-
thing about it. _ _

The accused was then ordered to be brought up
on Wednesday next.

SIIICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday at the
Goldsmiths' Arms, Sonthwaik-bridge, on the body of
Emma Bell, aged 22. The deceased bad for some time
cohabited with a photographic artist,. with whom she
lived u happily, in consequence of jealousy on her par'.
On TAsday, after quarrelling with him, she took a
quantity of cyanide of pota sine,, and died almost
directly. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity,"
ENGLISH INFLUENCE IN GERMANY.—The Paris Presse
cemplains of the decline of French i, fluence in Germany.
It affirms that a general sentiment of aversion towards,
France predominates in Germany, and adds that this
feeling is unconnected with political motives. The " dis-
int4eeted, cosmopolitan, and humanitarian genius of
France," has only (it Opines) teen temporarily eclipsed
in Gerniany- by the "genius of E ,gland." "During
more than two centuries," says the Prase, "Au tria
was dietinguisbed by her regard for France. Our lan-
guage, our customs, our literature, ruled uequ -eticeed.
This tended to soften the harshness and the excesses of
the governmental system. In 1820 this influence com-
menced to wane; but nevertheless the Frenchman could
still hold up Lis head in the streets of Vienna. To-day,
it is sought to extinguish it entirely, and English in-
fluence is visibly dethroning that of France. Our wares,
our books, our custom., have ceased to obtain preference
in Vienna. The English tutor has repl aced in great fami-
lies the French Lute r ; English literature has supplantee
that of Fleece. The Austiian capital is now utterly
given up to everything English. Doubtless this rude
Anglo-mania does not please ail parties, even in Vienna.
Sincere Catholics deplore it in particular. But their
complaints are lost in the mania which has seized upon
the government to which they appeal ; for the Engli
alliance cannot be purchased too dearly."