The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TBIS :ILE)

130 W-STREET.

HIGHWAY RODBERY.—Joser;a perry, a well-known
thief, was brought up on re:aand, charged with garrotting
and robbing a gentle/D....1r named Hibdon of his watch and
breast pin, worth.'cogether, about £3O.
The proseci:or, in his evidence, stated that on the even-
ing of tkd robbery he went to the Ship public-house with
the interAtiou of remaining there for an omnibus to pass ,:no
door. As he was waiting a female came up and er.itered
into conversation with him, and he eventually " cre,„,ted,,
her. On leaving the bar the prisoner an
.:t another
man followed him, and after strolling ab'Jut a short
time with the womananother public-housew as entered, and
as he was leaving that place he was seized round the throat
by one man while the prisoner robbed hirer of his watch and
breast pin. He became insertsible from the injuries he re •
ceived, and was found by the police insensible on the foot-
way. The public b:,-Juse last entered was the Southampton
Arms, Tottenham-court-road, the slang name for which is
" The Beans," The woman did all she could to protect the
prosecutor, and called loudly for the police, but before any
assistance arrived both men succeeded in effecting their

escape.
Sergeant Lambert, of the detective force, said, from the
description given of the persons committing the robbery, he
apprehended the prisoner.
Police-constable 165 E said, on the evening of the rob-
bery he saw the prisoner, in company with another man,
standing at the corner of Warren-street, Tottenham-court-
road. He went up to them and told them as it was so late
he could not allow them to stand talking in the street.
One of the men walked away, but the prisoner, after pro-
ceeding a short diMtance, entered the Southampton Arms,
in the neighbourhood of the Victoria Theatre, but he had
not succeeded in capturing the other man. When he
took the prisoner into custody he denied all knowledge of
the robbery, and said it was a mistake ; but when ho was
seen by the witness and prosecutor they at once
identified him as one of the men with whom
they had been drinking at " The Beans" public-
house. He was certain the prisoner was the man he
spoke to near Warren-street on the night of the robbery.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgato for trial.
STEALING A GOLD PIN.—A young girl named Lingard
was charged with stealing a gold breast-pin, the property
of Mr. Foster, the Secretary to the Society of Arts.
The housekeeper stated that in consequence of half a
sovereign being missed a day or two ago, she questioned
the prisoner, who was her domestic servant, as to whether
she had seen the money. The prisoner replied she had
not ; but yesterday she commenced to spend some more
money than usual, and this circumstance created a
suspi-
cion. Her box was searched, in which the gold pin pro-
duced was found together with a quantity of postage
stamps, a penknife, and two or three pawnbrokers' dupli-
cates; but, as the pin had only been found that morning,
she was unable to say whether the duplicates referred to
any property belonging to her.
Mr. Foster said the pin produced was his property. He
missed it a week or two ago, but in consequence of his
losing it from his pocket nothing was said about it further
than mentioning its loss. A day or two ago he missed half
a sovereign from a letter, and he then told the housekeeper
that search had better be made for the missing money. It
was not, however, found ; but in looking for the money the
housekeeper found the gold pin in the prisoner's box.
The police-constable who took the prisoner into custody
said the prisoner did not deny the robbery. She also said
the postage stamps found in her box belonged to Mr. Foster,
as she picked them up in his room.
The prisoner was remanded in order to ascertain whether I
they articles pawned were her own property.