The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-12 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

CRUEL INVEIGLE MIENT AND Rummy. Robins
Compton, a girl only 16 years of age, was charged with
inveigling a poor half-witted young woman to a low
house in Union•court, Orchard-street, Westminster, and
there plundering her of all she possessed.

Matilda Leur,a Higgins, a very respectable-!ooking
young woman, about 25 years of age, said that on this
day fortnight she was sitting in the Green park, when the
prisoner came up and entered into conversation with her;
after which she invited her to c ,me home to her house
to have some refreshment. She consented, and accom-
panied her to Unioc-court, Orchard-struet, where after
some time, on her complaining of being tired, the prisoner
invited her to go to bed. She did so, and on awaking
found the prisoner gone. She got up to dress herself, and
then discovered that the accused had not only robbed
her et 75., which was ad the money she posse.sed, but
had carried oft her bonnet, shawl, frock, boots, stock-
ings, and under clothing.
Mr. Paynter--How did you leave the place without
your clothing ?
Pro ecutrix—Some kind women in the neighbourhood,
when they heard of my distress, lent me things to cover
me, and then I succeeded in gettieg home. My mother
told the police, and the prisoner was taken into
custody.
A young woman proved seeing the prisoner leaving
the house with the poor girl's clothing, which was
valued at 301.

Mr. Pay nter considered it a very cruel rAbery and
remanded the prisoner fur a week.

THAMES.
STRANGE CONDUCT Or A SAlLOR.—Lawrence Thomp-
son, a Scotchman, and recently paid off from the ship
Glencoe, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with
assaulting James Hobbs, a boarding-house keeper, of
Strathmore-terrace, Shad well.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that
the prisoner had lodged with him five days, and was
very quiet and temperate, anti apparently in good
health, until Saturday evening, when he came home and
said he was ill. The prisoner looked very strange, and
vomited a good deal in the yard. Tue prisoner
went up t ) his bt:dro nu, laid down a short
time, and then got up and dressed himself,
and said he was very bad. The prisoner
continued in the same restless state, lying
down for a short time, getting up again, and talking
about things flying in the front of his face until about
midnight, when he said he should like to have some
spirits. A bottle of gin was procured, and he poured
out a glassful, which the prisoner applied to his lips, re-
fused to drink it, and said "No, no, no; that won't do
for me." Ile then persuaded the prisoner to go to bed
again, and waited upon him and endeavoured to coin-
pose him. The prisoner appeared distracted in his mind,
and attempted to injure himself and brisk the property
in the room. This Listed until half-past one on Sunday
morning, when the prisoner rushed out of bed, seized him,
and attempted to throw him over the bannister of the
staircase. A violent struggle took place,and in the course
of that struggle, Mrs. Hublie, who came to his assistance,
received a violent blow train the prisoner's elbow—with
great difficulty he got away from the prisoner, who
rushed down stairs calling out murder and police. The
prisoner got the street door open, and ran up and down
several streets yelling, raving, and calling out murder.
The police at length seized him and lodged him in the
station-house.

In answer to questions by Mr. SJfe, the prosecutor
said the prisoner was not drunk on Saturday. He re-
ceived his images at the Sailors' Home In Well-street,
and left part of them there.
A police-constable said the prisoner was running on
very strangely in the station, and had the appearance of
a man Who had been drinking to excess.
The prisoner—I drank many things on Saturday, and
some one gave me poison.
Mr. Self° remanded the prisoner, and directed that a
surgeon should examine him as to his state of mind.