The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

Nightingale-street, Lisson-grove, and then took
the prisoner into custody. He told her that she I
was charged with concealing her infant in the coal
cellar, and she said, Yes, I dare say it was there."
It was further shown that at four in the morning
of the 10th ult., Mrs. Dibdin heard a groaning
in
prisoner's room, and on proceeding there, she (pri-
soner) seemed ill and in great pain. She (Mrs.
Dibdin) knew not at the time that prisoner had.
given birth to a child.
A surgeon from the workhouse said that the child
was no doubt stillborn.
The prisoner, who was in much grief throughou t
the proceedings, and had nothing to say, was com-
mitted for trial.
SUSPICIOUS. CASE.—Caroline Harrison was next
brought up by Nelson, an active officer, 150 D,
charged under the following circumstances :
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner
went to the shop of Messrs. Tomlinson and Richard-
son, Crawford-street, and offered 12 silk handker-
chiefs in one piece for pledge. One of the assistants
named Hillendale, questioned her as to how sh e
became possessed of them, and as her answer wa s
by no means satisfactory he gave her into custody..
Nelson said that another day he should no doubt
be prepared with witnesses, whose evidence as to
extensive robbery would be important.
Remanded.

LAMBETH. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A
CAB-DRIVER.—Henry Hearne, cabdriver, badge 45,
appeared before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to answer
to a summons charging him with demanding more
than his legal fare, and conducting himself in an
insolent and most outrageous manner.
Miss E. Boyce, a young lady who has an engage-
ment at one of the large theatres, said—On the
morning mentioned in the summons I engaged the
defendant's cab in front of Drury-lane, and desired
him to drive me to 8, Park-terrace, Kennington-
park. He drove me as far as the Kennington-road,
when he pulled cup, and in a gruff voice, said--
" Where do you wish to be set down "
I told him to set me down at the end of
Fleming-road, and he put me down there, when I
handed him is. 6d. He made use of several bad
expressions, and then said, " What do you mean
by this ?" and I replied, "It is your proper fare."
He said it was not, and followed me to the house of
my father; and, while doing so, he said, "D---
your eyes, I'll watch you. I always know the cha-
racters I have to deal with." He said his fare was
25., and this sum my brother-in-law offered to pay
him if he gave him his number, and his reply was,
" Yes, we know all about the number ; we'll talk
about that by and by." My father and brother-
in-law, both of whom had to get out of bed, got
into the defendant's cab and drove to the police-
station, where they got his number, and settled
with the defendant there. My mother spoke to the
defendant, and told him if he was dissatisfied with
the fare, he knew where they lived, and could take
out a summons, and his reply was, " I know what
you are. You're all a set of —." The hour was
between one and two in the morning, and the de-
fendant's conduct was so violent as to awaken all
the persons in the house, and his voice could be
heard some distance off. My engagement at the
theatre occupies me to a late hour, and that is the
cause of my being out so late.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boyce, the mother of the last
witness, corroborated her daughter's testimony, and
described the conduct of the defendant as of the
most ruffian-like description.
Mr. Henry Collas, the brother-in-law of Miss
Boyce, said that, on the morning in question, he
was awoke by the loud abuse of the defendant,and
on putting his clothes on hastily and hurrying down
stairs, he pulled out a handful of silver, and told
the defendant he might take what amount he liked,
provided he gave him a ticket with his number.
This, however, he refused, upon which Mr. Boyce,
his father-in-law, who, as well as himself, had been
aroused from his bed, desired the defendant to
drive them to the Walworth station. At the
station the defendant said the fare he demanded
was ls. 6d., and that he had only received is.,
though he (witness) had repeatedly heard him say
his fare was 25., and that he had got ls. 6d. The
defendant had also charged a fare for going to the
station, which they paid him.
The defendant denied having used the improper
and disgusting language sworn to, and seemed to
think himself much illused by being summoned.
Mr. Norton animadverted in severe terms on his
scandalous conduct, and said it was only in consi-
deration of his large family and his former good
character that he did not send him to prison with-
out a penalty. He then convicted him in the
penalty of 15s. and expenses for each offence, or one
month's imprisonment.
The defendant paid the penalty.

GREENWICH.--DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
—Frederick Johnson, 40, a powerfully-built man,
having neither home nor occupation, was charged
before Mr. Traill, with stopping Catherine Gilbert,
of Lewis-grove, Lewisham, on the highway, and
robbing her of 10s. in silver and ls. 6d. in copper
money.
The prosecutrix, an old lady, about 60 years of
age, said, that about three o'clock on the previous
afternoon she was at Ladywell, Lewisham, near
Ravensbourne Park, a very secluded spot, when the
prisoner stopped her and asked her to relieve him.
She put her band in her pocket, intending to give
him some halfpence, when the prisoner said he
would see what the pocket contained, and imme-
diately tore it from her person. The pocket con-
tained 10s. in silver, including a two-shilling piece,
and ls. 6d. in coppers. The coppers fell on the
ground, and the prisoner having picked them up
walked off, followed by her, when he shook his fists
in her face, and threatened her with violence if she
did not leave him. She afterwards gave informa-
tion to the police, and the prisoner was subsequently
apprehended.
Police-sergeant Seymour, 39 R, deposed to taking
the prisoner into custody at a coffee-shop in Dept-
ford, at ten o'clock the previous night, whilst in
bed. On being searched at the station a purse was
found in his possession containing 10s. in silver
(among which was a two-shilling piece) and 4d. in
copper.
The prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said
he had no questions to put. He had only returned
from Australia nine weeks ago, and he resided no-
where in particular.
Inspector Wilson asked for a remand. A similar
robbery had been committed on a young. woman
near the same spot on 19th Nov.. last, and informa-
tion had been received giving the description of a
man which answered in every respect that of the
prisoner, who had assaulted and committed a high-
way robbery on a lady at Camberwell on Saturday
last.
Mr. Traill remanded the prisoner for a week.