The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

THAMES.,

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Ann Mace, aged 18, and de-
scribed as a fringe weaver, of No. 4, Hunt-street, Great
Garden-street, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Yard-
ley, charted with stealing a pair of trousers, value 45., the
property of Mr. William Byas, pawnbroker and salesman,
of No. 147, St. George-street, Ratcliffe.
Mr. William Cunningham, in the service of Mr. Byas,
said the prisoner came into the shop yesterday afternoon
and asked him if he could tell her where Mr. Arnold the
pawnbroker lived. He turned his back to inquire, and
when he returned and told her the proper direction she left
the shop. Directly afterwards he missed a pair of trousers
from the place near where she was standing. He went
after her, and said "What have you underneath your
shawl ?" to which she replied " Nothing." He opened the
shawl, and took a pair of trousers from under it.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Yardley sentenced
her to two months' imprisonment with hard labour.
A MOST HORRID COUPLE.—INFAMOUS ROBBERY.
Richard Willis, aged 51, the keeper of the most infamous
house in the district, and situate in that sink of iniquity,
Blue-gate-fields, Shadwell, lately re-named Victoria-street,
and Mary Ann Mahoney, 20, a woman of the town of the
lowest class, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged
with being concerned, with two females of loose character,
in assaulting Nicholas Covachwich, an Austro-Italian
sailor, and stealing froii his person £l7 10s. in English
gold, two gold American dollars; one gold ring, one silver
ring, one gold shirt stud, three gold doubloons, a gold
watch, and a dagger, his property. There have been more
robberies and outrages committed in the den, No. 8, Blue-
gate-fields, than in any other place in the district. Willis
has been often in custody for robbery, outrages on the police,
and other offences, and one Sunday morning turned out the
body of a prostitute who died in his house, and a fearful
row ensued, which was suppressed I?ythe police. Willis
was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard
labour for assaulting the police on that occasion. On Fri-
day night the prosecutor was inveigled into Willis's house
by a girl, and when he went to bed he placed all his pro-
perty under his pillow, and his dagger, which he thought
was a protection, on the top of the pillow. Soon afterwards
the prisoners and others rushed into the room and forcibly
dispossessed him of all his gold, his watch, and other pro-
perty. Ho hastened down stairs, and saw the prisoners
rifling the pockets of his clothes. He saw the female pri-
soner with his gold watch in her hand. He attempred to
gain possession of his money and property, and was ill-used
and thrown into the street.
Police-sergeant Stimpson, No. 21 li, went to the pri-
soner's house and took the prisoners into custody. Two

keys belonging to the prosecutor's carpet bag were found in
the house. Willis told the sergeant that the prosecutor's
dagger was in the dust-bin, and that Covachwich
had placed it there. The dagger was found in the
dust-bin and identified. The foreigner had not placed it
there.

Mr. Yardley asked Covachwich how he came to go into

such a horrid place—the worst •in London, and, conse-
quently the worst in the world, with so much money about
him.

The sailor replied, that he intended to lodge in the
sailors' home in West-street, but it was quite full. He
came from Trieste the night before last, with the intention
of returning to Australia where his brother was staying.
He came from Australia to England with £3OO in his pos-
session, on the 14th of December last, and deposited the
greater portion in a London bank.
Mr. Yardley was glad to hear that, for he quite despaired
of the prosecutor ever obtaining restitution of a farthing of
hie money, his watch, or anything else of which he was
plundered last night. Stimpson would do all he could He
remanded the prisoners until Wednesday.