The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-21 00:00:00

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SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

TAE LATE DELICATE AFFAIR IN WALWORTH.

In accordance with the arrangement made at the con.
elusion of yesterday's proceedings—which will be found
in another column of The 52142 —this case was proceeded
with thit morning.
The learned gentlemen engaged for the prosecution and
for the defendants, Copping and Saunders, having concluded
their arguments,

The jury found both defendants guilty on the count
charging them with a common assault.
Judgment was postponed until the 3d of May, in order to
afford time to consider what other proceedings should be
adopted.
The defendants were admitted to bail.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY CHILDREN AT THE GERMAN FAIR.—
Esther Moody, aged 11, Thereasa Moody, 9, and Jane
Merrell, 14, the two former living at 48, Wells-street, and
the latter at 45, Wells-street, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with stealing a large quantity of toys from the
German Fair, Portland Bazaar, the property of Mr. Robert
Green.

The prisoner Esther when taken into custody gave the
name of Brown. A. large number of toys of every description
were produced in court.

Mr: William Watkins Fray, the manager of the German
Fair, said—Having been informed that the girls were sus-
pected of stealing articles from the place, on their coming
together yesterday and leaving the fair, I followed them out
and stopped them. On searching the prisoner Esther I found
a cigar case and 25 other articles which had been taken from
different stalls in the fair, the prisoners in fact having visited
nearly every stall in the fair. The whole of the articles are
the property of Mr. Robert, Green, with the exception of one
article, which I suspect has been taken from some other
bazaar. While taking the prisoner Esther back the others
ran away. A constable was sent for, and the prisoner
Esther given over to him. She then gave an address,
which turned out to be false, but afterwards, on going to a
young lady who had employed her, and who also stated
that she had been trying to get goods in her name, we found
her correct address. I proceeded there with the constable,
and, the mother having expressed her sorrow, gave up from
a box a largh quantity of toys taken at different times from
the fair, but which the mother said her daughters had told
her had been given to them by Merrell. I then went to
Merrell's with the constable, and she was taken into cus-
tody also, and afterwards Theresa. No goods were found
at Merrell's house. Merrell said that Esther Moody had
taken things, but I believe I can prove that they all took
them.

Ellen Dole, assistant to Mr. Green, said—l have two
counters at the fair. Yesterday afternoon, while fitting up
a work-box, I noticed the prisoner Theresa pass her hand
along the counter, and shortly afterwards I missed a purse.
That produced is the same. It was safe just before the
prisoner came to the counter, and no one else had been
there but her. While the prisoner Theresa was at my
counter, the other two were some distance off.
Baldwin, 143 E—Merrell said that Esther took the things
and gave them to her, and that she gave them to Theresa.
The prisoners each denied taking the thilgs, and each
charged the other with taking them.
Merrelr s father, a respectable-looking man, a coachmaker
by trade, said his daughter had been brought up respect-
ably, and he had not the slightest idea that she had got into
such company. She had never brought anything home.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—ltis a distressing thing. There is a very
slight case against Merrell, but still there is a case. I think
a remand for a week may have a good effect.
The prisoners were then remanded.
Mr. Fray said he thought the mother of the Moodys
was worse than the girls themselves.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he quite agreed with him.