The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-04 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXPOSING DISGRACEFUL PHOTOGRAPHS AT TILE ALHAMBRA
PALACE.—A tall, well-dressed man, who refused his name
and address, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt wit.ll ex-
posing indecent photographs at the Alhambra Palace.
Sergeant William Clark, 8 A, said - On Saturday night
about half-past 11 I was on duty in the Alhambra Palace,
when my attention was called to the prisoner, who I was
informei was exposing indecent photographs.. I watched
the prisoner, and saw him show some prints to ,a young
.gentleman sitting at the side of Malt As soon a;the pri-_
Bonet saw me he left the young gentleman. T then called
the attention of one of the constables of the place
to the prisoner, and requested him to speak to the young
gentleman. I then stopped the prisoner, who was, leaving
the building, and asked what ho had about him. He said
"Nothing." I told him that I believed he had some in-
decent prints about him, and he said he was sure he had
not. I then turned round to look for the young gentle-
man the prisoner had been speaking to, and while doing so
the prisoner evaded me and ran to ono of the windows,
and threw something out. I sent a constable to see what
it was, and ho afterwards handed me this pocket-book.
The pocket-book contained 32 indecent photographs, and
in the prisoner's coat pocket another print was found. I
then took the prisoner to the station.
The photographs, which were of a most disgusting cha-
racter, were handed to the magistrate.
John Sutton, employed at the Alhambra (after giving
somewhat similar evidence to the Sergeant) said—l was
spoken to by the Sergeant, and also by two young gen-
tlemen, who said the prisoner had been showing them in-
decent prints. I afterwards saw the prisoner take some-
thing out of his pocket and throw it out of the window. I
saw the constable return with a pocket-book and give it, to
the sergeant.
By the prisoner—The two young gentlemen left their
names at the station, but not the one that was sitting next
to the prisoner; but the sergeant thinks he can find him.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did the young gentlemen complain of
the prisoner ?

Witness—They did. They said they saw the prisoner
exposing indecent prints.

Prisoner—Why are they not here ?
Witness —I cannot say.
Prisoner—They ought to be here in such a serious case;
not that their evidence is worth anything.
Mr. Tyrwhitt —lf it is not worth anything, then why
do you wish them to attend ?

Prisoner—lt is necessary they should attend.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will remand you for a week, and the
young gentlemen can attend.

THAMES.

ATROCIOUS ASSAULT.-A WOMAN UNSEXING IMMIX
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—Mary Ann White, a tall, masculine woman, was brought
before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Mr.
George Galloway, licensed victualler.

The complainant stated that on Saturday night the pri-
soner followed a sailor into his house. She belonged to a
class called " basket girls," the most disorderly women
and the greatest thieves in the district. He would not
allow any of them to enter his house, and he never sup-
plied them with anything on any pretence whatever. The
prisoner had been most specially forbidden to enter his
house. Her object in following the sailor into his house.
on Saturday night was to rob. him. Ho ordered
her to leave his house immediately, which she
refused to— do, and uttered' the most--'obscene :lan-
guage ,- and threats. He never heard such offensive
language in. his life before. She made a violent attack on
him, declared she would ruin him, and inflicted a serious
kick, which put him to great pain and inconvenience. He
gave the prisoner into custody. He wished the basket-
girls to be kept away from his house. No one was safe In
their company.
Mr. Paget desired Roche, the gaoler of the court, to exa-
mine the complainant, and, after he had done so, he was
sworn, and said there was a black bruise on the upper part
of Mr. Galloway's thigh, near the groin. It was evidently
done by a kick with a boot.
Police-sergeant Davey, No. 5 IC, stated that the prisoner
was a violent woman, and had been imprisoned for six
months for assaulting the landlady of a publio-house, and
one month for an assault on a policeman. She belonged
to a desperate and lawless olass—the "basket girls"—who,
under the pretence of selling oranges and fruit, had robbed
and illused many sailors.

Mr. Paget said he had made up his mind in all cases of
this description to commit the offender for trial, or to inflict
the most severe punishment in his power. He saw no
reason to alter his resolution, although the culprit was a
woman. She had committed an assault of a dangerous
nature on a respectable tradesman, and the sentence was
that she be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard
labour.