The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-17 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, Jiro., 16.

Sarah Hill, aged 27, was indicted for stealing
17s. in silver moneys, a knife and a key, from the
person of Wm. Cleverdone, his property.
The prosecutor, who said he was a " Yorkshire-
man coomd up to Ltinnun," gave his evidence in a
manner which convulsed the Court with laughter, to
the following effect :—" I knows the lass, but I only
had a short acquaintance wi' her. One night (the
24th of June), aboot twelve o'clock, I was a gang-
ing gown the Borough, and she corn and cotchd
hold o' moy arm, and axed me to ge her some gin.
I wur aboot three sheets in the wind, but I knowd
what I wur at, and I tould her I wanted nooan of
her coompany. Just as I got through Mint-gate,
she put her hand in may pocket, and grabbed all
moy mooney.—(Laughter.) You 'maun laugh, but
she (Id thou' as sure as my name's Bill Cleverdone.
(Loud laughter). Well, you know, I sings out for
the watch ; the pa/ism-in cum'd and took the money
out un' her hand under the lamp-post, loik, you
know—(Laughter.)

The prisoner cross-examined the prosecutor very
minutely, and asked him if another lady was not in
his company ?

Prosecutor—No; there wur one cum'd up to you
and laid hold o' me the other side, but she made
laer

Prisoner—Didn't you promise to make it up ?
No; you sent some o' your friends to me, and they
swore they'd kill me if I did not keep away; hut
I 'oppose I must foight through it as well as I can.
(Laughter.)
Police-constable M, 124, watched the prisoner,

and was close behind her when she committed the
offence. He immediately seized her, and found the
money, with the knife and key, in her hand.
The prisoner denied the charge.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty; and
The COURT, understanding that the prisoner wtis
an old offender, sentenced her to seven years' trans-
portation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HOUSE.

Yesterday two men, named Pedley and Smith,
were brought before Alderman HUGHES for final
examination, charged with obtaining goods to a large
amount, the property of Mr. Williamson, ware-
houseman, of New-court, Bow-lane.
It appeared that on Saturday morning, the 30th
ult., Pedley, who is occasionally employed as a
" trimmer" at the Carron Wharf, went to the com-
plainant's wharf and inquired if he had any packagt s
to send to the above wharf ? The complainant
answered in the affirmative, adding, that they would
be ready in the course of three or four hours, and
Pedley said, that if he did not call himself he should
send two men for them to take them to the wharf.
Two men, one of whom was Smith, did call, and
described that they had been sent from the Carron
Wharf, and the packages were delivered to them.
One of the packages contained shawls to the amount
of 1501. Some time after the departure of the men,
it was ascertained that the property had not been
taken to the wharf; and as Pedley had been at the
complainant's house in the morning to make the in-
quiry as to whether any packages were to be sent to
the wharf, and was answered by Mr. Williamson de-
scribing the time they would be ready, it was strongly
suspected that the former had given the requisite in-
formation on the subject to the men who had suc-
ceeded in obtaining the goods.
Mr. White, one of the proprietors of the Carron
Wharf, proved that Pedley had no authority to ap-
ply for goods to be sent to the wharf, and that he
was merely employed as a trimmer or helper by some
of the carmen belonging to the wharf. Smith was
identified as one of the men to whom the packages
had been delivered, but the other man who had
called there with him, has not yet been taken into
custody.
Pedley, in his defence, declared, that although
he had called at the complainant's premises, and
made the inquiry respecting the goods, yet that he
gave no information to any person by which they
could be procured.
The other prisoner said that he was employed by
a man (not in custody) to assist in carrying the
packages from the complainant's warehouse to Bi-
shopsgate-street.
Alderman HUGHES, in committing the prisoners,
in default of procuring bail for their appearance to
answer the charge, remarked that the offence,
although novel, was one of great importance as
affected the public, and therefore he should send it
before a jury.
Thomas Turner was charged by Mr. Blanch,
the gunmaker, of Gracechurch-street, with attempt-
ing to pass a forged order for the delivery of goods.
The complainant stated, that in the course of Sa-
turday evening last the prisoner entered his shop,
and presented a written order, purporting to be in
the hand-writing of Mr. Lacy, of Camomile-street,
for a pair of pistols, with percussion locks. Wit-
ness, on examining the writing, and the signature
attached to the order, discovered that they were
forgeries ; he inquired of the prisoner from whence
he brought the order, and the reply was that it had
been given to him by a man in the street, from whom
he was to receive some remuneration for his trou-
ble. Mr. Blanch accompanied the prisoner to the
place where he said that the man was waiting, but
no person was there.
Mr Lacy having proved that the order in ques-
tion was forged, the prisoner was committed for
trial.

CURIOUS APPLICATION.—In the course of the
day a gentleman applied to the Alderman for his
advice how to act relative to a talkative parrot, be-
longing to his next door neighbour. The applicant,
in describing the nature of the annoyance to which
he and others were subjected, said that the parrot
talked incessantly from morning until night, and his
noise was so dhcordant and shrill as to operate most
unpleasantly on his organs of hearing. Applicant
had had an interview with the lady to whom the
bird belonged on the subject, but all the satisfaction
he could obtain from an application in that quarter was
an expression of astonishment on the lady's part
that he could be a man so void of taste as not to be
delighted, instead of being provoked, at the " sweet
talk "of her favourite parrot. If the bird was
placed in one of the back rooms, or even in a front
room up stairs, the jargon which it sent forth and its
loud screech would not be half so bad ; but when it
was suffered to hop about the front parlour window
sill, mimicking the voice of the human species, there
was no bearing it; and he (appl cant) was deter-
mined if possible to abate the nuisance, and for that
purpose had come to the Mansion-house.

The ALDERMAN, laughing, said he was not aware
there was any law to prevent a lady from keeping a
talkative parrot, if she liked ; it was possible that
the lady, unlike most of her sex, was not fond of
talking herself, and therefore had provided herself
with a substitute. He would advise the applicant
to coax the lady over.