The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-10 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, Ann Brown, aged 21 ; Sarah Brown, (her
sister) aged 24 ; Charlotte Baker, aged 17 ; John Allen,
aged 16 ; George Allen, (his brother) aged 13 ; William
Calvert, aged 13 ; Edward Baker, aged 10 ; Thomas
Fitzgerald aged 16 ; and Robert Ward, aged 17, were
brought to this office, in the custody of Powell and Baker,
of the E division, charged under the following circum-
stances : _

The officers on Saturday evening last received informa-
tion that a gang of young thieves and prostitutes were in
the habit of assembling together in the first floor of a low
lodging house in Carrier-street, St. Giles's, and they deter-
mined on taking them by surprise, for which purpose they
repaired to the place, and found the whole of the prisoners
seated round a large table, which was laid out for supper,
and the prisoner, Ann Brown at the head of the party.
On searching the place they found various articles of pro-
perty which none of the prisoners could satisfactorily account
for, and they were all taken to the station-house.
Mr. LAING inquired who was the landlord of the house ?
Inspector Oakley replied that a person named Grote was
the landlord, and he let out the various apartments, and
the tenants would receive lodgers at a cheap rate, consist-
ing of the greatest riff-raff. The prisoner Ann Brown
rented the room, and let the prisoners sleep there at so
much per head. There were many other houses of the
sort in the neighbourhood, which were nightly filled to suf-
focation.

Mr. LAING asked Ann Brown how she procured her
living ?
Brown—l used formerly to go out, but now I stops at
home, and does the army clothing.
The prisoners denied any knowledge of the property,
and, except Ward, who was bailed for his appearance, were
remanded, and the officers directed to trace, if possible,
owners for the property.
On being removed from the bar Ann Brown said she
would " split," as she was not going to be " lagged" for any
of them. She was brought back, when she said that the
Aliens brought the property there, and that Charlotte Bar-
ker was in the habit of enticing boys to commit robberies,
and she was followed by a gang of young thieves.
Mr. LAING had no doubt that the property had been
stolen, and that she (Brown) received it, knowing it to be
so, on which charge he should remand her.
Michael Durant, an Irishman, was brought before Messrs.
LAING and BENNETT, in the custody of Sergeant Wil-
liams, of the N division, charged with beating and wound-
ing Edward Goode, a greengrocer, residing in George-yard,
Islington, so desperately that his life is endangered.
The prisoner was asked what he had to say to the
charge ? He cried, and said he heard a quarrelling, and
on going out with the hammer in his hand he was attacked,
when he was obliged to defend himself.
The prisoner was then taken from the bar, and the
officer was ordered to bring a certificate from the surgeon
as to the nature of the injury and condition of the man,
which ho promised to do. It appears that in and about
the neighbourhood there are two parties, English and
Irish, who have formed an inveterate hatred towards each
other, and frequent disturbances take place there, and
during the whole of Sunday the inhabitants were kept 'in a
continual state of annoyance and excitation in consequence
of a report that one man had been killed, until the activity
of the police restored tranquillity.