The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—May 12,

OLD COURT.
THE GREAT BOOT ROBBERY.

he jury returned a verdict of not guilty against
Francis Maybury, an account of whose trial ap-
peared in our impressiou of yesterday.

T. Glass, 17, a respectable looking young man,
pleaded guilty to two indictments charging him
with the offence of forging endorsements to bills of
exchange, with intent to defraud Stafford Henry
N orthcote, and others.
Mr. Giffard, who appeared for the prisoner,
asked the Recorder to postpone psssing sentence
until he should have an opportunity of calling some
witnesses on behalf of the prisoner, and putting the
Courtin possession of some facts that would possibly
influence the judgment.
The Recorder said he had no objection to post-
pone passing sentence to give the learned counsel
an opportunity of calling the witnesses to whom he
referred.

The case of Capt. Erlam, who is charged with the
abduction of a young Jewess, named Rosa Good-
man, has been removed by certiorari to the Court
of Queen's Bench.

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 12.

(Before Mr. Pullley, Q.C., Assistant Judge.)
Eliza Williams, a tall, well-dressed woman, was
indicted for stealiug a dtess, a pair of bracelets, and
other articles, of the value of 201., the property of
Elizabeth Jane Hinksman.

Mr. Orridge conducted the prosecution.
The prosecutrix resided at No. 64, Shepperton
Cottages, New North-road, and it appeared that on
the 21st February the prisoner engaged an apart-
ment there. On the 23d she left and did not re-
turn, and a number of articles were missed from
Mrs. Hinksman's r 0011313. On the 2d April the
prisoner was taken into custody on another charge,
at a coffee-house near the Angel, at Islington, at
which time sbe was wearing some of the clothing
stolen from Mrs. Hinksman.

The Prisoner denied that she took anything away
from the prosecutrix. The articles found upon her
were given to her by her husband.
The Jury found her Guilty.
The prisoner was then tried upon an indictment,
charging her with having stolen a counterpane and
other articles, the property of Sarah Lewis.
This case was similar to the last. The prisoner
took a lodging in Powell-street East, St. Luke's, on
the 28th March, and immediately afterwards ab-
sconded with the contents of several drawers. It
was upon the information given to the police of
this theft that the prisoner was taken into custody.
The Jury found her guilty.
A. third case was then gone into. The prisoner
was charged with having stolen a watch, value 46
guineas, and clothing and other articles, worth about
401., the property of Colin Robertson Tulloh, her
master.

The Prosecutor stated that be lived at No. 4,
Southwick-cieseent, Hyde-park, and on the 26th
Jan. the prisoner entered his service as cook. On
the morning of the 3d Feb., at an early hour, she
went away without any preitious intimation of her
intention to leave. On the night of the 2d, when
he retired to bed, all was correct and safe ; but the
prisoner, it seemed, was heard about during the
night. He undressed about half-past 12 on the
night of the 2d, and placed his clothes, watch, do.,
on the table iu his dressing-room, and when he got
up in the morning they were ad gone, as well as
three pa'rsof boots from under the table. The per-
son, whoever it was, that committed the theft, after
visiting his dressing-room, went to a press at the
back, and took a topcoat and sundry other articles
—thence to another room, from which several arti-
cles of dress belonging to Mrs. Tulloh and a roll of
cloth were taken. This was done while they were
asleep. The dressing-room door was shut, but not
locked. He also missed a poncho cloak from the
hall. The prisoner entered his service in the name
of Sarah Knowles, and gave a reference to a Greek
lady, named Mavrocordato, with whom she lived a
month, but had notice to quit.
Francis Devenish stated that on the 3d of Feb.
he was butler to Mr. Tulloh, and had come from
Scotland to give his evidence. Before he went to
bed ou the night of Feb. 2d, he went round, as was
his custom, to see that all was safe, and at that
time all the doors and windows were securely fas-
tened inside. He heard the prisoner moving about
early in the morning, and when he went down to
the kitchen, about 7 o'clock, she had left the house.
The drawers had been ransacked and the gas was
lighted. He went up stairs and missed from the
11311 a poncho, which he took off Mr. Tulloh when
•ho came home the previous night. Th, re were no
marks of violence whatever, and, the house clearly
had not been entered. The prisoner left a box be-
hind her ; it contained nothing, however, but au
old pair of gloves and a tobacco pipe.
Emma A'hbrook, housemaid at the prosecut )r's,
said she heard the front door slam about 7 o'clock
on the morning of the 3d. One day the prisoner
remarked to her that it was strange Mrs Tulloh did
not wear jewellery, and witness answered that the
reason was that she was in mourning. On another
occasion she took up a corner dish, and having care-
ful'y examined it, she said it was not silver: Wit-
ness replied chat she did not know.
Hannah Adams said she was upper housemaid in
Mr. Tulloh's service. The prisoner left her bed-
room on the morning of the 3d with a candle about
six o'clock. When she got up about an hour after-
wards she_ found ihe things in confusion, and the
prisoner gone.
The prosecutor said the value of the articles
stolen was altogether about 941.
Police-constable 98 N, produced a number of
skeleton keys, which be found in a carpet-bag be-
longing to the prisoner. It was in her possession
when he apprehended her.
The prisoner said these keys were not hers, they
were her husband's. She knew nothing of the
robbery at Mr. Tolloh's, and the reason she left se
suddenly was that Mrs. Tulloh had told her she
did not suit the situation. The police had made
inquiries as to her character, which had been satis-

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factory.
The Assistant-Judge told • the jury that it
was for them to say Avon the evidence whe+her
the probability wal excluded that any person other
than the prisoner had committed the robbery. If
they came to the conclusiOn that the prisoner was
guilty there would be little difficulty in arriving at
the opinion that she did not act alone in the mat-
ter, but bad the aid of somo one outside to carry
away the plunder.
The jury at once found the prisoner guilty.
Police-constable 98 N then said there were a
grea;t number of other cases against the prisoner of
robbing lodgings, and there was a man who passed
as her husband, but he could not be found. A quan-
tity of keys which had been stolen from places where
she had lodged, principally latch and drawer keys,
were found upon her when she VSA taken into cus-
tody; but by order of the committing magistrate
they were given up to their respective owners upon
identification.

The Assistant-Judge said he could not conceive
a much worse case or a moredangerous person than
the prisoner, who not only was a systematic plun-
derer of furnished lodgings, but pursued a sys-
tem of robbery, no doubt aided by accomplices,
by getting situations in respectable families. The
sentence upon the first and the lad indictment was
that she be kept in penal servitude for six years.
No judgment would be passed upon the second in-
dictment.

The prisoner smiled and walked out of the dock.
Henry Davis, 31, carman, and William Game,
31, general dealer, were indicted, the former for
stealing two wicks-and a peck of oats, the property
of William Slade Parkes, his master, and the latter
for feloniously recAving the same.
The Jury found them guilty, and the Court sen-
tenced each of them to 4 months' hard labour.

William Brown, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge
of having stolen a watch from the person of Michael
Lemon. lie was proved to be a well-known and
expert thief.

Sentence, four years' penal servitude.
(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Frances Lane, Julia Edmonds, and Ann Cos-
grove were indicted for stealing from the person of
George Taylor a purse and 4s. 3d., his property
and monies. _ _ _

Mr. Foote prosecuted ; Mr. Horry appeared for
Lane and Edmonds ' • Cosgrove was undefended.
The Prosecutor, by trade a pewterer, residing at
No. 21, Henry-street, Pentonville, on the morning
of the 14th April, between 1 and 2 o'clock, was
going • down White Lion-street, when his at-
tention was drawn to a woman who appeared to
be very ill, and she was groaning loudly as it in
great pain. He stopped for a few moments to speak
to her, but had hardly done so when the prisoners
Lane and Edmonds came behind him and held his
arms, while the other prisoner (Cosgrove) thrust her
hand into his pocket and took out his purse, con-
taining two florins and a threepenny piece. He
called for the assistance of the police, and the pri-
soners Lane and Edmonds were taken into custody,
but Cosgrove got away for the time. The prosecu •
tor's purse was picked up on the spot. Police-con-
stable Ratcliffe, on coming up, saw all the prisoners
round the prosecutor.' A week after this occur-
rence the prisoner Cosgrove was taken into custody
by Police constable Cox, 369 N, who told her that
she was wanted at Islington. She said she
had not been out of the house for three weeks, and
on the way to the station-bduse she offered him ls.
to let her go.
Mr. Horry, on the part of Lane and Edmonds,
threw conswerable doubt upon the testimony of