The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-09 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

FEMALE ORCHARD ROBBERS.---O. Ryan and S. Reeves,
of the ages of 15 and 17 years, were charged with being in
the orchard of Mr. Freath at Brompton.
John Smith, gardener, said that on Tuesday night the
grounds of Mr. Freath were entered, and a quantity of
fruit carried off ; this had been effected by breaking down
the fence, which he bad repaired yesterday, but found, in
the course of the evening, that it was again broken. He
went then about 8 o'clock and found the two defendants in
the ground. They had got in by breaking a board down,
and crawling through the hole they had made.
In answer to inquiries from Mr. Selfe,

The gardener said that the loss of the apples and
other fruit purloined by intruders was trifling compared
with the damage they did to the trees and in other respects.
Those girls had trodden down a quantity of potatoes.
Ryan—We had none of the apples.
Mr. Selfe—What did you go there for?
Reeves —We went there for fruit.

On its being asked what was known of the girls, it was
stated that Ryan's family were nearly all in prison for dif-
ferent offences.

The accused were remanded till Saturday.

THAMES.

THE STATE OF THE COURT.—HEALTHFUL PRECAUTIONS.
—This morning the whole of tho matting laid down in this
court, to deaden the noise of people walking about, was re-
moved by order of Mr. Partridge, who said tho noise was
a secondary consideration at this critical period, and that
people from all quarters of the district where cholera
and diarrhoea were prevalent were constantly passing in
and out of the court. The matting collected large quan-
tities of dirt and mud, and every time any person moved
about large clouds of dust were hovering about, which
the magistrate presiding, the officers of the court,
professional men, witnesses, and others inhaled. Mr.
Partridge was satisfied the matting was very unhealthyand
ought never to have been laid down in the court. He
directed that disinfecting fluids should be thrown over
the court, the passages and cells, and that no overcrowd-
ing be permitted. These precautions are highly neces-
sary and expedient, as two persona have been recently
attacked with cholera in the court. They were imme-
diately removed, one to an hospital, the other to a work-
house. A mass of the dirtiest people to be found in the
metropolis are generally to be found in the passage and the
back of the court, and are known as the " court beauties."

UTTERING A FORGED ORDER.—Frances Green, a woman
about 30 years of age, and who was described as a tailoress,
of 48, Grosvenor-street, Ratcliff, was brought up on remand,
charged with being concerned with John Lucas, not in
custody, in littering a forged ordei for the sum of £2B 125.,
with the intent to cheat and defraud Peter Murphy, well
knowing the same to be so, at the parish of St. George-in-

the-East.
Murphy is a soldier in the BUth Regiment. Heswas
formerly serving with the army in India, and he deposited
his savings, amounting to £2B 125., with Captain Gold,
the commander of his regiment. When Murphy
came to England he made the acquaintance of
the prisoner and her brother, John Lucas. They in-
duced him to have his letters addressed to their dwelling in
Chapel-street, St. George-in-the-East. Lucas obtained
possession of an order for the payment of £2B 12s. in favour
of Murphy, and drawn by Captain Gold, and by forging
Murphy's name to it, and representing himself as that per-
son, he obtained cash for it at the office of Sir John Kirk-
laud, army agent, of 17, Whitehall-place, on the 20th of
May last. It was proved that the prisoner, Green, received
the letter containing the order, and that she gave it to her
brother. She is the wife of a carman, and she admitted to
the police, Sergeant Freeston, No. 58 K, that she received
the order and gave it to her brother, who was keeping out
of the way. Freeston had experienced great difficulties
in the investigation of the case, in consequence of prosecu-
tor's reserve:and his waat of intelligence.
Mr. Partridge suspected that Murphy was keeping back
something. The case must be further investigated. lie
remanded the prisoner again for a week.

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