The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 16.

BOW-STREET.--A notorious prostitute named
Martha Brown, .was brought before Mr. Jardine on
a charge of robbery and assault.
The prosecutor, a respectably-dressed man, who
said that his name was John White, and that he
was a builder at Holloway, deposed that he met the
prisoner in Oxford-street, between two and three
o'clock that morning, and accompanied her to a
house of ill-fame in Charles-street, Drury-lane,
where he treated her to some drink. They then
went to a bedroom up-stairs, where they laid down
on the bed. On rising he missed his watch and
chain and all the money he had about him. He
taxed her with robbing him, but said if she would
give him back his watch and chain she might keep
the money. She then "began to bully him," and
endeavou:ed to get away. As he would not let her
leave the room, she took up a poker and beat him
about the head with it till he fell senseless on the
floor. When he recovered he called in a police.
man and gave her in charge. While he was insen-
sible she had full opportunity to dispose of the pro-
perty.
The constable stated that the prosecutor was
much agitated, and appeared faint from loss of
blood. At first he (the constable) thought he was
the worse for liquor, but he believed that was not
the case.

Mr. Jardine said that his conduct had been very
foolish. It was difficult to understand how any
man in his sober senses could trust himself in such
a den in such company. The case must be adjourned
to give the police an opportunity of tracing-the
property.

LAM BET H.--THE CASE OF ROBBERY AND
DESERTION.—Thomas William Clark, a private
soldier in the 9th Lancers, and also servant to one
of the officers of that regiment, who has been in
custody since Sunday last on a charge of desertion
and stealing £43 belonging to Mr. Ormerod, was
brought before Mr. Elliottfor final examination.
Mr. Oliver Ormered deposed that he was a cornet
in the 9th Lancers, at present stationed at Exeter,
that on the morning of the 11th inst. he was on re-
gimental duty, and was informed that the prisoner,
who was servant to a brother officer, was missing
from his quarters. Soon after his (Mr. Ormerod's)
servant came to him and asked him if he had taken
the money out of his desk, and he replied he had not,
and on subsequently examining the desk he dis-
covered that his money, £43 7s. 6d. was gone. The
money consisted of six £5 notes, and gold and
silver.

Mr. Elliott—Was the desk in which the money
was placed locked ?

M. Ormerod—lt was, sir, but the keys were left
by mistake on the. table.

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Mr. Elliott—Have you got the numbers of the
notes ?

Mr. Ormerod—No, sir. I tried to get them at
the Provincial Bank at Exeter, where I received
them, but they told me they never kept the num-
bers of notes paid away.
Stoer, 31 L, the officer who apprehended the pri-
soner, here informed the magistrate that on search-
ing him he found on his person £34 13s. 24d., and
of this. amount there were six bank notes of £5
each, and these he (the prisoner) acknowledged to
belong to Cornet Ormerod, and the same he had
taken from that gentleman's room.
Mr. Elliott decided on sending the prisoner to
Exeter, to.be dealt with there as the officers of the
regiment might decide on, and he was removed from
the court for that purpose.

SOUTHWARK.—A •DISIiONEST AND WICKED
MOTIIER.--Catharthe Bray, an old woman, was
brought before Mr. Combo for final examination,
charged with stealing two sovereigns, the property
of Mary Andrews.
The prosecutrix, a coal dealer in Mitre-street,
Broadwall, said that one of the prisoner's daughters
married her son, and the two latter lived in her
house. Another.younger daughter also came there,
and last week the prisoner was attending the elder
in her confinement. On Tuesday evening, the Bth,
she had £lB 10s, ingold in a tin box locked in the
drawers in the sitting-room, and the prisoner came
in rather the worse for liquor, and sat down with
her. About haifan hour afterwards witness had oc-
casion to leave the house for 20minutes, and on her
return she saw her quit the room with the younger
daughter. As soon as they were gone witness dis-
covered that the drawers were opened, and that a
padlock had been broken off the tin box, and two
sovereigns abstracted. She instantly suspected
the girl, and sent for her with the view of
giving her into custody for the robbery ; but
having some compassion on her youth, she declined
doing so. However, from what afterwards tran-
spired, she gave the prisoner into custody.
Catherine Bray, the younger daughter, was
called and sworn, when she said that, on the even-
ing in question, hearing that her mother was tipsy
in Mrs. Andrews's parlour, she thought it best to
get her upstairs to her sister's room. She accord-
ingly persuaded her to accompany her, and when
they got upstairs she found her mother had two
sovereigns in her pocket. Witness told her that
she could not have come honestly by them, and she
hoped she had not been robbing Mrs. Andrews,
when the latter called her down and charged her
with the theft. She denied it, and eventually told
about the two sovereigns she had seen in her
mother's possession. A police-constable was then
sent for, and her mother was given into custody.
Witness here cried bitterly and said that she urged
her mother to confess having stolen the money and
to restore it to Mrs. Andrews. She, however,
denied having taken it, thereby making the sus-
picion still rest upon her.
Police-constable 54 L, an old and efficient officer
said he took the prisoner to the station-house, when
she was searched, but nothing was found on her,
but singular to say, when he was passing along
Webber-street some time afterwards, he picked up
a small roll of paper, in which was two sovereigns.
He had passed that spot in taking the prisoner to
the station-house, and she must have dropped them.
Mr. Combe thought it very singular that they
had not been picked up before in such a public
thoroughfare. lie then asked the prisoner whether
she would be tried by him or go to the sessions.
The prisoner preferred being tried by his worship,
and pleaded guilty to the charge.
Mr. Combo told her that she was a wicked old
woman by committing a theft at her friend's house,
and allowing suspicion to attach to her young and
innocent daughter, who was consequently com-
pelled
ceto bear witness against her to prove her
innonce, He sentenced her to three months'
hard labour in Wandsworth House of Correction.

VESTMINSTER.— DISTRESSING CASE. A
middle-aged Woman, of superior deportment and