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

Female Pri4oner—The woman gave the chid

to me.

William Chapman, 157 Ii—In consequence of
what was told me by last witness I weut 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 broug!lt home four years
ago. He replied " I 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. Hesaid 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 coming 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 not find her. I took the child
home. The child sail its name was Lizzie.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt is a case within the act of Par-
liament, and I 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.

TliAlklES.
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,
Mr. Benson—It is time you left off getting drunk,
Mrs. Johnson. sir, I am, and one more.

Mrs. Johnson—.l will leave it off ;I am going
into Kent hopping.
Mr. Benson—Hopping at 90 years of age.
The Prisoner—Yes, sir ; every year Igo into the
hop grounds of Kent hop picking. I have done so
80 years.

Mr. Benson You are a wonderful woman, Mrs.
Johnson. You are discharged.
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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 detnanded the
sheet immediately, and the prisoner then took her
to Palmer's-folly, Bluegate-fiolds, Rosemary-lane,
and other places, where the prosecutrix was not
safe, under pretence of looking for the laundress
and the sheet, which was 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.