The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-04 00:00:00

MARLBORO UGH. STREET.

BEGGING LETTERS.--Henry Jenkins, alias John
Prince, alias Merley, was brought up for final examina-
tion, charged with having obtained sums of money by
means of a fraudulent begging petition.
Mr. DYER said he should deal with him as a rogue and
a vagabond, and committed him for three months.
Mrs. Martha Franklin brought up her lodger, Timothy
Downey, a harmless-looking old man, on a peace warrant,
she having stated on her oath that she verily believed he
intended to murder herself, her little black husband, and
her five small children.

Mrs. Martha entered into a copious detail of Timothy's
irregular habits ; that, on one occasion, when she had
fastened up the front, he broke into her back premises,
and on Saturday last had emptied the saline contents of a
domestic utensil over her husband, as he was cleaning the
yard.

Mr. DYER—What reason have you for supposing he
will inflict any injury upon you ?—Oh, your Worship,
said Mrs. Martha, he threatened to do for me and my
family last night.
And do me too, massa (said the husband), poking for-
ward his little black phiz, which was puckered up into a
comical expression of affright at the atrocities enumerated
by his wife.
Hear me spake, plaze yer Wertchip (said Timothy),—
I'm a paceable ould Irishman, and I'm gitting my mate by
boot-closing these eliven years, which I'll take my owth
of. Send for Patrick Hennesy, plaze yer Wertchip, and put
him to his owth. Didn't he see the misthress take the
quart pet to me head ; and didn't she tell me she'd tike
the law o' me didn't I pay her sixpence a wake more rint
for me room?

But why did you use threatening language to her ?
said Mr. DYER. Och ! is it me (said Timothy) I
didn't spake to her at all, at all, tell she knaw'd me and
me children first.

Me peak now, massa (said the husband), he hab say he
sal knock my brain into my head yen I hab come at home.
Weil (said the Magistrate), I shall order him to enter
into his own recognizances to keep the peace.
With this decision (the complainants being satisfied) the
parties left the office, having first promised the Magistrate
they would not attempt to knawTimothy or his family again.
EARLY DEPRAVITY.-A remarkable instance of early
depravity was developed yesterday during the following
singular
_investigation before Mr. CONANT, the Sitting
Magistrate :
A matronly-looking female, with a Jewish cast of physi.
ognomy, who gave her name Jane Morris Brown, was
placed at the bar, charged with having obtained money by
pretending to tell fortunes, and also on suspicion of having
been concerned in the abduction of a well-dressed and well-
looking girl, apparently about fifteen years of age, from her
paternal roof.

Mrs. Martin was a lodger in Mrs. Stannard's house,
No. 11, Great Hudlow-street, the mother of the young
girl in question. Soml time ago the female at the bar
called at the house, and offered to tell their fortunes for
Is. each. Three females, amongst whom was witness,
offered to give her is. 6d. for a cast of her Sibylline vo-
cation. The woman consented, aud, spreading a pack of
cards out, commenced her mystic incantations,whicb having
concluded, she promised her three customers a young and
affluent husband apiece, in particular acquainting wit-
ness, who, however, was already married, and the
mothet of a family (a piece of information which her
researches into futurity had not acquainted her with), that
she would have three children at a birth, and giving Mrs.
Stannard the sixpennyworth of unwelcome information
that in less than a week she would not have a single
" stick" left in her house. Shortly afterwards, Mrs.
Stannard's youngest daughter disappeared, and, notwith-
standing the most anxious inquiries were set on foot, not
the least tidings of her reached her distressed parents until
the female at the bar called a day or two bark, and of-

Mrs. Stannard, who was crying bitterly, here called
her daughter forward, and conjured her most pathetically
to state to the Msgistrate where she had been.
The girl came forward with a bold look, and burst
out laughing, flatly refusing to say any thing on the
subject.
Mr. CONANT reproved her for the heartless effrontery
she displayed, and insisted upon her answering the ques-
tion which had been put to her.
Girl—Why, I went away with a gentleman, to be
sure, who took me to a house in the Waterloo-road.
The mother, whose feelings appeared to be overpowered
at the disgusting levity displayed by her daughter, here
said, that she could not account for the sudden change
the girl had exhibited. She had bred her up most care-
fully—had taught hey an excellent business—and even
now she was ready to take her home, and forgot all that
had passed.
Mr. CoKANT said it was clear to him the girl was too
heartless and depraved to permit the hope that she would
ever be thoroughly reclaimed. He would, however, not
suffer her with impunity to indulge in her present shame-
ful levity (the girl was still giggling), but should order
her to be locked up till night, when he would, in the
mean time, consider if a little punishment would not do
her good.
The girl was then removed from the office.
The prisoner, in defence, accounted for her knowledge
of the girl Sirah Stannard being at King-street by stating
that she sold second-hand dresses, and had called atWood's,
the brothel-keeper, where she had seen her.
Mr. CONANT committed her to hard labour for three
months.

The girl, Sarah Caroline Stinnard, had not been locked
up more than five minutes before she sent to the Magistrate
to state that she was willing to tell all she knew. On being
taken into the Magistrates' private room, she said that
she became accidentally acquainted with a gentleman
about twelve months ago, who, after taking her to the
play and other places of amusement, persuaded her a few
weeks ago to elope with him. Ile took her to a green-
grocer's near the Waterloo road, where they passed the
night. He gave her a few shillings in the morning, as
be said, to purchase some food, and she had seen nothing
more of him. She denied that the woman bad any thing
to do with getting her to leave her home, and she denied
all knowledge of the person's name or address who had
seduced her. She admitted that it was a fortune-teller
(but not the prisoner) who had taken her to the brothel in
King's-Court.
The girl with her friends then left the office.
W OR SHIP- STREE T.

Yesterday a costermonger, named John Bold, formerly
a seaman, was brought before Mr. TWYFORD, and Mr.
HORNE, a county Magistrate, charged with committing
the following brutal assuult upon a poor young woman,
named Mary Norwell

It appeared that the prisoner, although a married man,
had been cohabiting with the complainant until about a
month ago, when she being attacked with the cholera, he
left her. She, however, recovered ; and, on Thursday
week last, resumed her former employment of selling fruit
in Whitecross-street, on which day it appeared the pri-
soner and his wife happened to be passing, when the latter
said, " There's the I should like to wash myself in
her blood ;" when the prisoner ran up to her (complain-
ant), and, lifting up the chair on which she sat, l•e deli-
berately dashed her down with great violence backwards,
since which she has, in consequence Of the injury in her
back, been under the hands of a surgeon.
Several respectable tradesmen in the street came forward,
and said that they had never before witnessed so brutal an
act. One of them, who was standing at his door opposite,
said he saw the prisoner deliberately lift the poor woman
up, while sitting, above two feet from the ground, and then
dash her down on her back.

Prisoner—Do you mean to swear that I lifted her up
two feet from the ground ? Witness—l have sworn it,
and will abide by it.
A friend of the prisoner, at this juncture, stepped for-
ward, and said to the Magistcate that he had known the
prisoner for years as an inoffensive man, saving now and
then when he got drunk. He (the witness) could bring
forward three respectable witnesses to prove that the wit-
nesses for the complainant had perjured themselves.
Mr. TWYFORD—Did you witness it yourself ? I did
not.
Then hold your tongue, you are always here.

A voice from behind—He's well known. He pretends
to be a lawyer, or any thing to get money. He will fleece
the prisoner well before he has done with him. He is—
Mr. TWYFORD-Turn that man out.

The prisoner, in his defence, admitted having lifted the
complainant up, but he set her down gently. He said
that sometimes his head was affected, and that he was not
aware of what he was doing. While on board the Can-
ning East Indiaman, in China, he had taken poison.
The Magistrates ordered him to pay a fine of 20s. to
the King, or be imprisoned fourteen days, but with leave
to speak to the prosecutrix.
Prosecutrix—No, although I may never recover, I won't
settle it. I only want justice.
The prisoner was forthwith committed to prison.
LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday this office was crowded with silversmiths and
jewellers from all parts of the metropolis, who attended to
prefer charges against a young man named Geo. Mead,
who has plundered the trade to a considerable extent.
Mi. Hill, a jeweller, residing in St. James's-street,
Clerkenwell, stated that, on Monday afternoon, the pri-
soner, of whom he had some knowledge from having pur•
chased some lamp cotton from him, called at his shop and
said he wanted a pair of ear-rings to show to a lady in
Old-street-road, with whom he used to deal for cotton,
and who wanted to purchase them for her own use. The
prisoner then selected two pair of ear-rings, as those which
the lady would be likely to buy, and requested that a per-
son might be sent with him to the house of the lady, who
would bring back the money or the property. He accord-
ingly sent his apprentice with the prisoner, and told him
on no account to part with the goods until he got the
money for them. The prisoner, however, contrived to get
possession of the property, and he saw no more of him
until he was in custody at this office on the following day.
The ear-rings were worth li. _ _

The ntxt—case taken against the prisoner was for ob-
taining five rings, of the value of 81., under precisely
similar circumstances, from Mr. Perkins, of Gray's-inn-
toud ; and, in fact, all the cases were the same, except
that be selected different public-houses, taking care that
each should have a back and front entrance.

The MAGISTRATES thought that three of the cases
would be sufficient to take against the prisoner to insure
his conviction and transportation for life. They therefore
ordered that the evidence for three different offences should
be taken, and the prisoner committed for trial.
During the examination of the parties, pa rticularly the
apprentices, the prisoner, who was very well dressed, and
of respectable appearance, laughed heartily at the adroit-
ness with which he used to " victimize."
THAMES POLICE.

HORRIBLE CRUELTT.-James Russell and Peter Scutt,
two fellows of ruffianly appearance and manners, were
charged with committing the following cruel outrage:—
Mr. T. Vickers and Mr. W. M'Ca-sland, two respecta-
ble tradesmen, were passing along the New Ferry-road,
Poplar, adjoining the marsh by the West India Dock,
when they saw the prisoners and another man close to a
gate, on the other side of which a fine bullock was stand-
ing. The prisoners and their companion seized the ani-
mal's tail, and wrapped it as tightly as possible round the
strong rails of the gate, and then pricked it on the hind
parts with some sharp instrument attached to a stick.
The bullock no sooner felt the pain than it suddenly
started, and, in its efforts to disengage itself, the tail wds
orn off close to the rump and left on the gate. It then

Mr. Bury proved that on analyzing the coffee in ques-
tion, he discovered that it contained oxalic acid, in about
the proportion of ten grains to the pint.
George Cooper accompanied the prisoner in a cart to
Peckham on the Saturday preceding the discovery of the
presence of poison in the coffee, to deliver meat to Mr.
Edmonson's customers there. The prisoner drew up to the
door of an apothecary in Peckham, and gave witness a slip
of paper, with directions to take it into the shop. Witness
took the paper into the shop, and gave it to a gentleman
behind the counter, who made up three small papers con-
taining powders, and on giving it to witness he said that
there was enough in the parcel to kill twenty men. The
person who served in the shop went out to the prisoner,
who was sitting in the cart, and repeated the same words
with respect to the pernicious quality of the ingredients, as
he bad previously done to the boy Cooper.
Sophia Bennett, a young woman in Mr. Edmonson's ser-
►ice, on the morning in question had her breakfast in the
kitchen, between eight and nine o'clock, and took 'some
up into the shop for the boy who attended there. She
made his coffee in the pot which she afterwards used for
her master, and when she had finished her breakfast, she
added two or three tea-spoonsful of eoffee to that remain-
ing in the pot, and placed it near the kitchen fire. When
it boiled, she took it off, and placed it on the falling bar
to keep warm until it was required. While the coffee-
pot was in the situation described, the prisoner walked
into the kitchen, and went up to the fire-place ; at this
time witness had her back turned to the prisoner, cutting
bread and butter for her master's and mistress's breakfast.
In reply to Mr. MURRAY, the witness said, that after
the unpleasant flavour was detected in the coffee, her mis-
tress came down stairs and tasted a portion of the coffee
which had been left in a cup, out of which she (witness)
bad previously had her breakfast; but no flavour of a
disagreeable kind was detected in it.

The prisoner, who appears to be in a bad state of health,
was committed for trial.

Mr. MURRAY directed thnt the evidence of the person
from whom the oxalic acid was purchased should be en.
tered in the depositions ; and as the party was not present,
a future day was appointed for that purpose, when the
prisoner will be again brought up.