The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-03 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1868.1

POLICE _UT,

THIS DAY.

AR LBOROUGH-STIZ EEL

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING A CHILD.
—Charles Miller (a German) and Bertha
husband and wife, were charged before Mr. Tyr-
whitt with unlawfully detaining a child under 14
years of age, namely, Elizabeth Chard, aged five
years, with intent to deprive the parents of such
child, in July, 1864.
Frederick Chard, of No. 2, Cross-street, Golden-
square, said—l missed my child Elizabeth or the
4th July, 1361, she being then just over five years
of age. Yesterday evening I went to a place in
Bethnal-green, N. 7, Brandon-row, and saw my
child in bed, and directly the child saw me she
clung to me.
1117. Tyrwhitt—Where did you miss the child
from ?

Prosecutor—My wife was with me in a public-
' house, and I have heard that the prisoners were
there at the same time. I advertisA the loss of the
child in the newspapers.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Prisoners, do you wish to ask
any questions?
The Prisoners—No.
Elizabeth Chard, the little girl, said—l was with
my mother a long while ago in a public-house in
the evening, and I went home with those two (the
prisoners). My mother didn't go with us. I don't
know why she didn't go. They carried me—the
lady carried me. My mother did not prevent them
taking me away. The man was with the lady.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—ls the mother here ?
Officer—She cannot be found.
The Child—l knew my father when lie came. I
did not ask t,o'go home with him.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—When did your wife leave you ?
Prosecutor—Two years last May, to live with a
man.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—llo you know anything of these
people ?
Prosecutor—No. I never saw them till yester-
day.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did she say nothing when she
came home about the child being lost.
Prosecutor—When she came home she abused
me, and said, " The child's lost, you —. You
don't care anything about it."

Frederick Kromback, a shoemaker, said—l was
at Millet's house, in Royston-street, Bethnal-green,
when the child was brought home by the Millers.
I saw the little girl in bed, and on asking him
where he got the child from he said it was given to

Mr. T,yrwhitt—Have they any children of their
own ?

Witness—No. The little girl also told me that
her parents were dead. About three months ago
they moved from Royston-street to Bandon-row.
They have had the child re-christened, and I know
the person who is godfather to the child.
Female Prisoner—The W 0112311 gave the child
to me.

Williatn Chapmw, 157 K—Tn consequence of
what was told me by List witness I went with him
and the father of the child to Bandon-row, and told
Miller I was a police-officer, and that I had come
about a little girl he had brought home four years
ago. He replied " 1 know nothing about it ;" and
on my asking him if he had not got a little girl there,
he said "Yes." I asked him if it was his own little
girl. Ile said his wife brought it home, and that he
knew nothing about it. The wife then said, '• I
brought the little girl home, and I was sorry
for it three days afterwards." Afterwards
she said the child was given to her by the mother.
The prisoners were afterwards given into my
custody. The father asked for the beads the child
was wearing when she was lost, and the child went
and got the beads.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was it a tolerably comfortable
house ?

Constable—lt was, and there was no other child
there. [The child appeared to have been well fed
and attended to.]
The male Prisoner—l went into the public-house,
and the woman came in with the child, and the
child's mother said my wife could have it; and I
went out, and on my going back to the public-house
found my wife corning to me with the child, and
on my asking what that was, she said the child had
been given to her. I afterwards looked for the
mother, but could tot find hcr. I took the child
home. The child said its name was Lizzie.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt is a case within the act of Par-
liament, and .1 might remand the prisoners, but at
the same time the mother of the child appears to
have been a very careless woman, and likely to have
given it to any one. I will take two bail in £2O
each for a week. The prisoners appear to have
taken care of the child.

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THAMES.
AN OLD SINNER.—Margaret Johnson, a plump,
stout, and nimble woman, was the first prisoner
charged this morning.
Police-constable No. 312 K stated that he found
the prisoner very drunk and noisy on Saturday
night, and took her into custody.
Mr. Benson--You are 90 years of age, Mrs.
Johnson ?

The Prisoner—yes,
sir, I am, and one more.
M' r Benson—lt is time you left off getting drunk,
Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson—I
will leave it off ; I am going
into Kent hopping.
Mr. Benson—Hopping
at 90 years of age.
The Prisoner yes r • every year Igo into the
ent
hop grounds of 'll sir •
op picking. I have done so
80 years.
Mr. Benson you are a wonderful woman, Mrs.
Johnson. You are discharged.
ILLEGALLY PAWNING. Mary Rich alias Eliza-
beth Carr, was brought before Mr. Benson charged
with illegally pawning a shirt, the property of Mr.
Luke, of No. 37, Tower•buildings, Yapping.
The prisoner was stated to be a married woman,
who had been in the practice of robbing ready fur-
nished lodgings. There was a similar charge ready
to be preferred against her at the Westminster
Police-court. A large quantity of pawnbrokers'
duplicates, supposed to relate to stolen property,
was found upon her; but although the pri-
soner had been twice remanded previous the
various articles could not be found. The prisoner
and her husband hired an apartment in the house
of the prosecutor, a few weeks since, and on the
following Saturday she missed a sheet off the bed
room let to the prisoner. She spoke to the prisoner
about it, and she said that she had taken it to the
laundress to be washed. Mrs. Luke demanded the
sheet immediately, and the prisoner thcn took her
to Palmer's-folly, Bluegate-fields, Rosemary-lane,
and other places, where the prosecutrix was not
safe, under pretence of looking for the laundress
and the sheet, which wag found in a pawnbroker's
warehouse. The prisoner had pawned it.
Mrs. Luke said the husband of the prisoner left
her on Sunday, the 19th of last month, and took
his daughter with him.
Mr. Benson sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine
of £5, and ss. the value of the sheet, and in default
one month's imprisonment and hard labour.

..PORTING NJTEF.

Surely when it is the order of the day to beast of se-
lected winners, as I went for 111Eacuar, who ran second,
and ought to have won The Stewards' Cup, TABOURET
for Goodwood Stakes, and a lot of winners of smaller
events, I may take. some credit to myself, as these
animals were only selected by other sporting scribes
some days afterwards. I venture to assert that
your columns have been the medium of giving
the public more winners, especially at outside prices,
than all the other papers put together. It is true
oz the day some of the " caeoetheS scribendi" Touts, who
keep naming a fresh horse every time they write, say
after writing up ten or a dozen horses, as the case may be,
for.n large engagement, happen to select the winner, and
their impudence is something alarming. Early iu the
year 1 selected The Earl to win the Derby, and
Speculum, whose winning price was 100 to 1, as sure
to get a place. Two or .three weeks afterwards I
❑amed the latter as likely to win the City and Suburban,
when 50 to 1 was to be had at every list in town;
Last Alonday MERCURY was my absolute choice for the
Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, au.l for the Stakes next
thy I went for TABOURET. Furthermore, I selected
SPECULUM to win the Cup, thus giving the winners of the
two principal races of the meeting.
As regards Brighton, the Stakes, with their owners'
permission, is a certainty for two, viz.—