The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-12 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Elizabeth Lock, a domestic
servant, was charged with robbing her master.
Mr. Newton, of 37, Gower-street, said—The prisoner
was in my service, and had been so for some time. On
Thursday evening, after I had retired to bed, I was awoke
by heaing noises in the house, which induced me to get up
and go down stairs. I called the prisoner and asked her if
she had heard anything, when she supposed it must have
been her that had caused the noise as she was going to bed.
I told her to open the pantry door, as I felt convinced some
person was in the house. She did so, and there I found a
young man, a follower of the prisoner's. I told him to leave
my house, and next morning I told her she could no longer
remain in my service. I had some suspicion of the pri-
soner's honesty, and previous to her quitting the premises I
looked over the contents of a carpet bagbelonging to her, and
found therein three sheets belonging to a relative of mine.
I then examined her box and found a piece of drill, which
I positively identify as my property, together with several
other articles. I called a policeman and gave her into
custody.

Mrs. Newton said the prisoner previous to my marriage
lived with my mother as servant. She afterwards entered
my service, and in a very short time I began to lose a
quantity of wearing apparel. I told her of the less, and she
helped me to search the house to find the missing articles,
but without success. Prisoner said the only stranger
who came to the place was the washerwoman, and that she
must have taken the things, but as I thought her a respec-
table woman I did not believe the suspicions of the prisoner.
I continued to lose several articles of wearing apparel, and
when the prisoner's box was searched I found some pillow
cases, pocket handkerchiefs, knives and forks, and a variety
of other articles, all of which I identify as my property. I
never gave them to the prisoner.

Prisoner—The sheets were left in my charge by the per-
son to whom they belonged. They were used as wrappers
to certain articles sent to Mrs. Newton's house.

Police-constable Lambert said—When I took the pri-
soner into custody she said the contents of the bag belonged
to her husband, which I find is untrue. In my presence
she told Mr. Newton that she had taken the sheets, from
which the marks had been cut.

The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, wos fully
committed for trial.

ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN MONEY BY FALSE PRE-
TENCES.—A respectably dressed man, who gave the name
of William Thomas, was charged with attempting to obtain
subscriptions for an Indian school, by false pretences.
Mr. Clement Davidson Leggett said—l am stopping et
the Exeter Hall Hotel, and this morning the prisoner sent
his name up to me as a Mr. Thomas. As I was expecting
a gentleman of that name who is a magistrate in one of the
presidencies of India, I told the waiter to show the gentle-
man into the drawing-room. When I entered he shook me
by the hand, but I discovered it was not the gentleman I
expected, and I then told the prisoner he must be making
some mistake. He said he would soon show me he was not,
and then entered into a lengthened conversation relative
to the indigo trade and the state of India, and finally
said he was about to start a school for the education of the
children of officers of the Indian army, and asked for some
pecuniary assistance. I said I was connected officially
with several large schools in the Western Presidency, and
also that I was on the Bombay Committee of the Society
for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and that owing
to my official capacity, I could not countenance private
schools in India. He got up to leave the room, when I
told him he was an impostor, that I knew ho had obtained
money under exactly the same representations from a general
officer, a friend of mine, and also from my brother. He
did not deny the charge, but looked at me in great astonish-
ment. I then gave him into custody.

Prisoner—l never asked for any pecuniary assistance
from the gentleman. I asked for his patronage, but not
pecuniary help.

Mr. William Leggett—About 14 months ago I saw the
prisoner at my house in Upper Gower-street. He told me
he was going to start a school in India, and asked me to
subscribe towards the object. I gave him a sovereign.
Mr. Corrio—l shall remand the prisoner for a week, as
he has most likely been levying contributions on other
gentlemen .