The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-12 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

Caroline Bernard, a genteel-looking young woman, about
thirty-five years of age, a native of the French metropolis'
was indicted for stealing twenty yards of lace, the propertl
of Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Cornell, linen-drapers, of New:
ington-canseway. When the prisoner was arraigned alone
with the other prisoners, she looked wildly round the Court,
and, giving a sudden shriek of despair, swooned away. °P
her recovery she was accommodated with a chair at the
bar, and during the course of the trial she evinced great
distress of mind, and appeared anxious to conceal her face'
over which she kept her veil. There were several Of the
unfortunate woman's friends in Court, and it appeared diet
she had given a fictitious name when first taken into custo4
to spare the feeling of those to whom she was allied, and i°
that name she was put upon her trial.
Thomas Jones, a shopman in the employ of the prosecT
tors, stated that on the 17th ult. the prisoner called at big
employer's shop between twelve and one o'clock in the dela
She requested to look at some lace, and the shopman plat
a box of that article before her, and, after having examined
it, she expressed a desire to look at some more, at the same
time selecting a card of narrow lace which she desired to be,
left on the counter, in the event of not being furnished with
a pattern nearer in point of quality to that which she wanted.,
The shopman then went to the window for the purpose °
getting another box of lace to exhibit, and when he returned bea
at once missed a card of lace containing 25 yards, ell
saw that the prisoner was very much confused in her Mee;
ner. She said that she should make no purchase then, be"
requested that a pattern of lace might be looked out fer,
her, and that on her return from Kennington she would cab
in as she was passing. She then quitted the shop, and the
witness informed Mr. Kirkpatrick that a card of lace ose
taken, and that he suspected the lady who had just left the
warehouse with having purloined it. Mr. Kirkpatrick in':
mediately directed witness to follow her, and he brag'''.
her back to the shop. When she was accused of steal
the card of lace, containing twenty-five yards, she denied
tt
in a most emphatic manner, said that she was respectable'
and not a person that would be guilty of such an offence'
While the witness and his employer were standing near the
prisoner, be (witness) saw the lace fall from her persol
down at her feet on the floor, and although it was observed
both by himself and his employer, yet she still asseverated
her innocence.
The prisoner, who is well acquainted with the Eng.
language, declared her innocence of the offence.
Several ladies, at whose houses the prisoner was engage!
to give lessons in Fret;ph and music, bore testimony as
the respectability of her character hitherto.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, and
The CHAIRMAN said that the sentence was, that the Pri'
soner be imprisoned for six months and hanl labour.

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