The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-16 00:00:00

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

William Hands, a journeyman blacksmith, and John
Jones a travelling trotter-merchant, were brought before
Mr. Chambers, charged by the police with having been
found cuffing each other on the pavement in Bear-street at
a late hour the over night.
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The policeman said that he interposed on witnessing the
scuffle betwixt the defendants, who were lying on the pave-
ment. The pigs' trotterman had evidently got the worst of
the bout, as be was bleeding profusely from the nose.
Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, what do you say in defence ?
Jones—Please your Lordship, I'm the man wot sells the
werry best pigs' trotters, and I'm uniwersally respected
cause my character vil bear the strictest explanation. On
Sunday night I goes into Mr. Pickno's public-house, viol).
I always sarves, and yen I got into the tap-room I seed
this here criminal and another lady sitting one agin t'other.
I axes the lady if she wanted a prime trotter, and she axes
me how I sould 'em ? Vy, marm, says I, sorne's a penny,
marm, and some's two-pence, marm, perwicling I perwides
mustard and pepper." " Vell," says she, " Pll try a twopenny
von ;" so I sarves her vith six vhoppers, von arter t'other, be-
sides three penny busters, anda whole kit-full of Winegarand mustard. Ven she'd done I ax'd her • for the money,
quite natural ; but instead of forking out she swore my
wittles stunk, and then she cotchea hold of this here nose,
and lugged me round and round the table. I'll candidly
own I kicked up a gallows dust, but she wouldn't let go
till she giv'd it such a hawkard tvist that I thought it vos
all up the spout vith my conk. Howsomever, I'd no
sooner got avay than up comes this here t'other, and hits
me a rum'un, which sent me bang into the street.
This statement being in part corroborated, the Magis-
strate directed that the trotter man should be released, and
brought round to make his charge against the blacksmith.
The trotter man re-stated his grievances, and added, by
way of climax, that his basket of trotters had been kicked
into the mud.
Mr. CHAMBERS called on Hands for his defence.
Hands—l'm quite unaccustomed to public speaking, and
I never had the pleasure of being in sitch a onpleasant si-
tivation afore ; but I beg leave to say that the gemman has
wery much egshadgegrated the matter, for the lady only
eat four and not six of his trotters ; so as he wanted to
hirnpose I hinterfered, as yes quite proper.
The defendant was ordered either to arrange the matter
with the trotter man, or to find bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday, Maria JVeggett was placed at the bar before
Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. STOCIS, a country Magistrate,
o?rtcly ofW Mrs.
il
t.4lg 'a pair of black silk stockings, the
Julia Cohen, No. 9, Cambridge-heath-
road, The investigation exhibited the extraordinary in-
trepedity of a child, named Esther Wadden, twelve years
old, , who pursued the prisoner
two miles. a. 41-,i;44ViC.A3 of nearly
Thv, #ll4 wike was of diminutive form, on being sworn,
saktlbat Ste was servant to Mrs. Cohen. On the previ-
ou..,tl.. enipc, the prisoner came into the shop while she was, previ-
s OV tn,
there. and snatched a pair of black Pik sl.oekingA ofd the
e9,llneT, ail I'9 dell 41,1 TAO folictlved by witness, On
' 1,1.. r iviii-gpci 4 AM.PI,Ie, witnesi asked her for the
req ilv ,
ifhen she said she would not give them. She
iOwiWhiteobapel Church, where, on her speaking
stwto:ncal:man, witness came up and again asked her to deliver
them up. The man tried to persuade her to do so, but she
still refused. She went into two public-houses, still pur-
sued by the witness, and at length entered the Pavilion
Theatre, in the gallery. Witness there followed her, and

on the check-taker stopping her, she said that she belonged
to the man and woman. She kept close to the prisoner,
bothering" her for the stockings. After staying there an
hour, the prisoner came down, witness going after her, when
she went into the house next door, and shut the street door.
Witness knocked at the door, which was opened by
a man with a light, whom she told what she wanted. On
looking for the prisoner, she was found in the act of con-
cealing the stockings.
Mrs. Cohen said that the stockings were sent to her by a
lady to be grafted, and that they were worth ss.
Sergeant M'Kee, H 4, deposed that he found the stock-
ings concealed.
Mr. BROUGHTON remarked that it was as extraordinary
an instance of perseverance and intrepidity as ever came
before him in his situation as Magistrate.—Committed.