The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-05 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

A NOVEL SPECULATION.—A curious case Was
brought under the notice of the Magistrates at Bow-
street, last night. Two men were brought to the
office by the police, under suspicion of having
stolen a piece of floor-cloth. It appeared that they
had been observed driving along the Vauxhall-road,
in a spring cart, in which there was a large piece of
floor-cloth, and that they stopped at two or three
different pawnbrokers, as if for the purpose of dis-
posing of it. A policeman, by whom they were
watched, went into one of the shops, and ascertained
that they had offered the cloth to pledge for 41.;
but, as they could not make terms, they carried it
away. He then followed them to the shop of
another pawnbroker, in Long Acre, where they
again alighted, and carried the floor-cloth in,
shortly after returning without it. The policeman,
on inquiry, ascertained that they had pledged it. He
immedately followed and took them into custody,
afterwards conducting them to Bow-street, to give
an account of their conduct, suspecting that they
had come improperly by the property.
On being put to the bar, they stated their names
to he Winter and Coldlan. Previous to their being
called upon to give any explanation, Sir FREDERICK
Rot. directed that Winter should be taken out of
the office; he then called upon Genial; to account
for the transaction, when he stated that the spring
cart belonged to him, and that lie had been em-
ployed by Winter to accompany him to Messrs.
lluntley and More's, floor-clod; manufacturers, at
Chelsea, where he was in the habit of purchasing
remnants of damaged floor-cloth at a cheap rate,
which he subsequently carried to different pawn-
brokers, after dark, and pledged at a cousidcrable
profit, without any intention of course of afterwards
redeeming it. Winter was subsequently- brought
into the office, and on boing questioned, gave pre-
cisely a similar account of his speculation.
The prisoners were then discharged.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Mr. Grey, chytnist and
druggist, 97, New Bond-street, having some suspi-
cion that he had been plundered of property to some
extent by his servants, applied to this office, and
gave such infortnation as to induce the Magistrates
to place the matter in the hands of Goddard and
another officer of this establishment ; and the result
is, that six persons have been at different times
taken into custody, and a large quantity of every
description of stock, consisting of valuable oils,
drugs, medicine boxes, &c. &c., has been discovered.
A remand was applied for and obtained yesterday
by the officers, for reasons which cannot yet be pub-
licly stated.

he phwers I'd be utter shipping it in yet eye ;
my cowl I wad. Nor a Haig will I be giving you
until you plases to tip us the right sort and sot ye
axed for; and I manes to keep this ere gin until as
how you crates us as everybody ought to be trated
who's got the money in their pockets." The
landlady, on hearing Mary give vent to her
feelings in such elegant terms, interfered, and
endeavoured to allay Mary's passion by filling ano-
ther quartern measure from the bottle. Mary and
her companion tossed off what they deemed the
right sort, and, without saying a word, bolted into
the tap-room with the quartern of gin drawn in the
first instance by the landlady's daughter, and distri-
buted it among those assembled, as far as it would
go, in a three-out glass. The complainant, of course,
followed them and demanded payment. "Is it the
money you want ?" said Mary, " bekase if it is ycn
may want it, my honey ; so toddle, or I'll be rater
spifficating you." Miss Mary then turned upon
her heel and made a sort of Taglioni movement to
the other side of the room, where she came plump
mto the lap of a❑ itinerant tinker, whose spouse was
seated beside him. This slight freedom might
have passed unheeded and unnoticed by the tinkei's
better half, had not Mary refused to leave the situa-
tion in which she had so comfortably placed her-
self. However pleasant this might have been to
the tinker, it was decidedly not so to his wife, more
.specially as Mary had the neck of the tinker en-
Uded in her right arm. Up jumped the wife
of the mender of pots and kettles and remon-
•trated with Miss Mary ; hut on finding that
Aim), heeded not what she said, and also observ-
i,!g that her husband did not exert himself to ge•
•id or the intruder, but rather seemed delighted
with his situation, Mrs. Tinker " let fly" at them
both right arid left, in a style which proved she was
ao novice in the art. Macy lost not a moment in
retaliating, and a general row ensued, in which Mee.
Peddle, fit her endeavours to turn them out, re-
:Tired one of Mary's "spiflicating" hits. The po-
lice interfered, and Mary was brought, or rather
dragged into this office. Her companion made " her
'ticky out of a side door," on observing the police
cater. The assault on Mrs. Peddie was proved,
and Mary, in default of paying a fine, was sentenced
o five days' imp isonment. The idea of being sent
o the House of Correction so enraged Miss Mary
'hat she flew at Mrs. Peddie in the presence of the
Magistrate, and, making Ue of a disgusting oath,
struck her in the face. The blow was a violent one
old Ms. Peddie's spectacles were shattered into
several pieces, and the bridge of her nose was cut
severely by the rim of the spectacles.
The Magistrate immediately ordered Mary to find
bail for this second assault, and in default of pay-
ing for the damage done to the spectacles, to he
imprisoned two months, and kept to hard labour.
Miss Mary, alias "Out-and-out Poll," was then
escorted to the lock-up by a strong guard of police.

MARY LEB ONE.
SLIGHT' REFRESHMENT —Yesterday two females
named Stevens and Saunders, and two men named
Stevens and Pye, were charged with robbing Mr.
Burton, of 39, Crescent street, Euston-square, of a
valuable gold watch and appendages.
The prosecutor met " the ladies" and Stevens at
the King's Head, Hampstead-road, and after drink-
' ing with them, accompanied them home, when they
gave him some liquor which stopified him. On
twaking, he found his watch and the prisoners gone,
hit a policeman apprehended them with Pye at the
Three Compasses, New-road. Forty duplicates were
round at their lodgings.
Stevens said, in his defence, that he worked for
;he Exchange Bazaar, and could receive a good cha-
,acter from Mr. Owen. When he met, Mr. Burton,
they had two glasses of brandy and water, and on
reaching home they drunk nine pots of ale, five hair
pints of gin, and two pints of rum, which so com-
pletely done up the prosecutor, that he could not.
prevail on him to move, and he was unable to stay
it home, as he had to attend Mr. Oxen's.
The " ladies" and Pye declared their innocence
of the robbery.
Mr. HOSKINS remanded them till Thursday next.