The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

WATCH ROBBERY.

A young man named Walsh was indicted for stealing
a watch, the property of a jeweller, carrying on business at
Woolwich.

The prisoner entered the shop, and having looked at
some albert chains, put his hand into his left hand pocket
and took some snuff or other pungent powder therefrom,
and threw it into the eyes of the shopkeeper, and then ran
off with the watch.

The jury found him guilty, and the Recorder sentenced
him to four years' penal servitude.

NEW COURT.

The Common Sergeant was occupied the whole of the
morning in hearing Mint prosecutions, none of which pos.
sensed the slightest interest.

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—(TMs Day).

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A WOULD-BE SUICIDE.—AN OVERDOSE.—AIice Watts,
a respectable .looking woman of about 40, was charged
before ➢lr. Beadon with attempting to commit suicide.
The constable of Golden-square said he was called to
the office of ➢lr. Syrupsen, solicitor, No. 7, in the square,
and found the defendant there at the time vomiting, and
by her side three phials, all empty. Having told him that
she had taken arsenic, he took her to a doctor's.
Lucas, 160 C, said he understood that she had been to
Mr. Sympson's and annoyed him.

In answer to Mr. Beadon the defendant said she had
taken laudanum—some from each of the bottles. Mr.
Sympson had arranged to pay her some money due to her,
and she had been disappointed.
Mr. Beadon asked her where she got the laudanum.

The defendant said at three different shops.
A certificate was here handed to the magistrate by Dr.
Slight, of Brewer-street, stating that although he had tried
remedies he could detect nothing, but this might have been
owing to the overdose having caused vomiting.
Mr. Beadou remanded the defendant for a week, that she
might see the chaplain and be in a better frame of mind
than she then appeared.

A CROSSING►SWEEPER CHARGED WITH PICKING A
LADY'S PoCKET.—Daniel Sullivan, a crossing-sweeper,
was charged with picking the pocket of a ladynamed White,
residing at Thornton-Heath, Croydon.
The prosecutrix was crossing from the Crystal Palace
Bazaar, Oxford street, when the accused seized her, which
caused her to let her dress fall, and at that moment she be-
lieved he took her purse from her pocket—the purse con-
taining £3 15s. On getting safely over the crossing, not-
withstanding that she had to shake the prisoner off, it
appeared that a friend of the prosecutrix gave the prisoner
a ponnv.

Mr. Beadon said had the offence of seizing hold of the
lady not been condoned by the fact of a penny having been
given to the prisoner, he would have severely punished
him for it as an assault.

The prosecutrix said she did not discover her loss till
she got to Messrs. Hodge and Lowman's, Regent-street.
A constable (Poole 300 C), said he believed nothing was
known of the prisoner.

Mr. Beadon, after a caution to the prisoner that if he
was charged with seizing hold of ladies again he would
fine him £5 or two months, said the evidence was insuffi-
cient, and discharged the prisoner.

ANNOYING THE PERFORMERS AT THE ST. JAMES'S
THEATRR.—Hannah M'Donnell, a violent tempered wo-
man, living at Angel-court, near the stage door of the St.
James's Theatre, was charged with annoying the ladies and
gentlemen connected with the theatre.

Sergeant George Silverton, C division, said that on the
previous evening about five the prisoner was in Angel-
court making a great disturbance, and swearing fearfully
As soon as she saw him approaching sho went indoors, and
from her window pelted all the performers who have to pass
down the court to the stage door of the theatre. She had
also behaved in a most indecent manner before several
children.

Wm. Parsons, the fireman at the theatre, said he was
in the hall of the theatre, and two of the ladies connected
with it came to him and complained of the prisoner's
conduct. He heard her make use of the most disgusting
language. It was not only last night, but on the previous
Saturday evening she had emptied the contents of a wash-
hand basin over one of the musicians belonging to the
theatre, while passing through the court.
The prisoner, whose conduct in the dock afforded a
pretty good specimen of the sort of woman the magistrate
had to deal with, was fined 40s. or a month.