The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

few hundred yards from the shop. The boy's cries
brought police-constable Relf, 210 B, to the spot,
who carageciusly entered the water, nearly up to
his shoulders, and succeeded in bringing safely to
land the defendant, who was insensible, and must
have sunk in a few moments. Having been con-
veyed to a chemist's near at hand'she came to, and
was then taken to the hospital, and after being
discharged thence was placed in the dock on the
charge of attempting to commit suicide.
Prisoner's defence was that her husband had been
guilty of infidelity towards her, and that under
excitement she had quarrelled with him and at-
tempted to destroy herself.
The husband, a respectable-looking man, applied
that she might be given over to his care, as she was
subject to fits.
Mr. Arnold said she would be well taken care of,
and remanded her till Monday.

MARYLEBONE.— FEMALE SHOPLIFTERS.
Mary Lundy and Ellen Dunn, respectably dressed
young women, were placed at the bar before . Mr.
Broughton, charged with having stolen forty-three
yards of ribbon, the property of Mr. Ingold, draper,
&e., Hampstead-road.
James Collins deposed that on Saturday night
last he was looking through the shop window of
prosecutor, and saw Dunn take from the counter
some pieces of ribbon ; she and the other prisoner
who was with her hastily quitted the place and were
followed by witness, wno, upon seeing two police
constables, gave them information of the robbery :
they went in pursuit of the prisoners, in whose
progress along -witness ob,erved Dunn fl; ig away
something which she had taken from beneath her
cape ; she and Lundy were speedily captured.
Other evidence was gone into by Sergeant Beard,
23, and Collings, 452 S, by whom the stolen goods
were produced.
The property was identified by Mr. Ingold.
Sergeant Beard applied for a remand upon the
ground that upon a future occasion other charges
of robbery would, he had no doubt, be brought for-
ward against the prisoners.
Mr. Broughton remanded them for a week.
WILFUL DAMAGE BY A FoREIGNEr..--Carl Hart,
a Dutchman, was cl•arged with the following act
of wilful damage at the house of Mr. Biggs, a
Berlin•wool dealer, carrying on business at 28,
Edgware-road.
The evidence showed that, on Saturday night
last, the prisoner was seen to thrust his hand
through a pane of plate-glass at the shop above-
named, and that for the offence ho was taken into
custody by Everest, 209 D, to whom, on the way
to the station, he said he did it to get a lodging at

the expense of the county.
In default of paying £3 for the mischief he had
done, he was committed for two months.
CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH.—William
Fitzpatrick and James Berry. were charged on re-
mand with having, on the night of the 24th ult.,
stolen a watch, value £5, from the person of Samuel
Wootton, in the Hampstead-road. Particulars of
the previous inquiry have appeared.
Mr. Lewis, jun.. now attended for Fitzpatrick.
Sergeant Holmes, 29, and police-constable 222 S,
gave some additional evidence, to the effect that
upon another day it would be•shown that there had
been a previous conviction against one of the pri-
soners. The watch alleged to have been stolen had
not been found.
The prisoners were remanded till Monday next