The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-05 00:00:00

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THE RISKS OF MONEY-LENDING.-Mr. Charles
Jupp, a builder, of the Triangle, Hackney, ap-
peared to a summons charging him with obtaining
a sum of £5O by false pretences from Mr. Baughan,
of Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane.
It appeared that on the 13th December last Mr.
Jupp applied for a loan of £5O to Mr. Maynard,
who advances money on mortgage, offering as a
security a mortgage on his furniture. He stated
that his furniture was his own, that he had never
made any assignment or given any mortgage on it,
and that his debts did not exceed £lOO. Mr. Sey-
mour, a clerk in Mr. Baughan's employ, was sent
at once to take an inventory of the goods ; and on
the 14th the defendant called at Mr. Baughan's office
to receive the money, when he was requested to
made a declaration to the effect that his furniture
was free from incurnbranc, and that his debts did
not exceed £llO. Upon this Mr. Baughan advanced
him the £5O, repayable by periodical instalments
extending over twelve months. Shortly afterwards
he became bankrupt, and his account rendered
showed his liabilities to be over £4OO. It then
appeared that his furniture was not his own, having
been assigned to a Mr. Wallington.
Witnesses were called to prove the defendant's
bankruptcy, and also that before and up to the
14th December, and until his bankruptcy, defendant
was indebted to them in various sums, amounting
in all to considerably more than £llO.
The defendant being asked by the magistrate if
he wished to make any statement in defence, said
" I leave it in the hands of my solicitor."
Mr. Baughan—l shall say nothing. It is useless
to fight against daylight !

The defendant was committed for trial.

111A2LBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBING A GENTLE-
MAN.—Catherine Monlan, a well-known chief, was
charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a £2O and
a L 5 bank note, the property of Mr. John IV.
Ridge, of No. 2, Craven-place, Bayswater, gentle-
man.

Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the prisoner.
- The prosecutor said—l met the prisoner in Soho
last night, and went with her to a house. I was
not sober. I had two notes—one for £2O and the
other for £s—loose in my pocket, and on my leav-
ing the house, and while walking along the street,
the prisoner snatched them out of my pocket and
ran away. The prisoner had another young woman
with her, and she ran away too. I ran after the
and gave her jute custody,
prisoner and stopped her,
when she said she had not got the notes. I did see
the notes safe a minute or two before. I lost £7 or
£8 besides in the house.

By Mr. Lewis—l can't say where I first met the
prisoner, but it was somewhere in Soho. Ido not
know whether I had anything to drink in the house.
I was not sober. I went into the house with the
prisoner and her companion. I never saw them be-
fore. I gave her into custody at the corner of the
street. I will swear the prisoner put her hand into
t know what the prisoner did
my pocket. I don'
with the notes, but should like to know. I will not
swear that I did not kiss the prisoner at the corner
of the street. She did not accuse me of pulling her
about.

Mr. Knox—Are you sure you did not drop the
notes ?

Prosecutor—l am sure I did not.
Police-constable Fish, 152 A R, said--At half-
past 5 o'clock this morning:l was in Princes-street,
Soho, and heard a cry of " stop thief," and saw the
prisoner and another female running. The
pro-
secutor caught the prisoner, and while the prose-
cutor was struggling with her I took hold of her
hand, but she drew it away from mo. She said the
prosecutor had been fumbling her about for
an hour. The prosecutor said the prisoner
had robbed him of a £2O and a £5 note. I took
the prisoner to the station, but did not find the
notes upon her. I afterwards went to the spot
where I had seen the prosecutor and the prisoner
struggling together,
and saw a boy pick up some-
thing, which turned out to be the prosecutor's
notes.

Mr. Lewis submitted that there was not sufficient
evidence to convict the prisoner, the prosecutor being
drunk at the time and not knowing what he was
about, and it beingquitelikely that, while struggling
with the prisoner, the notes dropped from his pocket
and he thought the prosecutor might think himself
fortunate that he had subsequently fallen into such
good hands.

Mr. Knox said that he thought Mr. Lewis's con-
tention that the notes fell out of the prosecutor's
pocket would not hold, as it was shown that the
prisoner ran away, and the notes were not picked
up where the struggle took place. He would re-
mand the prisoner.

Gordon, 33 C, said that the prisoner was a well-
known thief.

CRUEL TREATMENT OF A HORSE.—Robt. Oxtoby,
a vendor of fire-wood, residing at Deptford, ap-
peared to answer the complaint of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of :Cruelty to Ani-
mals, for ill-treating a horse.
Mr. John Burge, a gentleman, residing at Cam-
den-hill-road, said that on the 21st February he
saw the defendant driving a horse attached to a
van 1 ;den with fire-wood along Piccadilly. The
defendant continually struck the horse with a whip
stock in a cruel manner, the blows being generally
given the horse about the ribs. lie expostulated
with the defendant on his cruelty, but he took no
notice, and merely laughed at him. He then gave
information to the Royal Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.

Joseph Dobie, officer of the Society, said that the
defendant told him the horse occasionally jibbed,
and that it jibbed on the occasion in question, and
that he struck it a few times.

The defendant was fined 405., or a month.

THAMES.

The Egress of Bluegate Fields, Mary Ann Mul-
cahy, a corpulent Irishwoman, about forty years of
age, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with
assaulting and wounding Catherine Cronin, whose
head was enveloped in surgical bandages, with
" London Hospital" printed upon them.
The prisoner's husband is the landlord of several
infamous dens in the vicinity of that horrible place
called Bluegate Fields, Ratcliff Highway. The
quarrels of the prisoner and her husband have been
frequently investigated at this court, and both have
been fined and imprisoned for assaulting each other.
The prisoner is a perfect fiend, and has been re-
peatedly convicted for committing savage assaults
on people of both sexes, and she has not been par-
ticular in her choice of weapons. She is now under
recognisances to keep the peace. She is known in the
district as the "Tigress of Bluegate-fields." This
morning, at 3 o'clock (said the complainant, who
bad lost a great deal of blood), I was at 3, Victoria-
place, Bluegate-fields, and I heard that my sister
was having a row with the prisoner. I heard a dis-
turbance in the court and went there. I saw the
prisoner and a girl named Honors Murphy beating
my sister. They were holding her by the hair of
her head. I said, "Mother Mulcahy, leave her
alone." The prisoner turned round and struck me
on the side of the face with her fist. I hit her back
again, and we both fell on the ground, and the pri-
soner bit me on the arm and on the finger, nearly
biting my finger through. I said, " Mrs. Mulcahy,
you.are biting me." She let go of me and went in
doors. A young man named James O'Hara came
out with a knife and said he would run me through
in two miuutes. The prisoner then came out and
said, "I have been bound over to keep the
peace for six months, and my six months
is nearly up, and I'll cut and scar any ono that
comes before me." She struck at me with the
poker, and the blow fell on James Murphy. I said
to the people who were standing by, " Look out, or
she will cut you." While I was talking to the
young man she struck me ou the left side of the
head with a poker,:and I was wounded and stunned
by the blow and taken to the London Hospital.
The Prisoner—Did you not tear into pieces like
this. (Her gown was torn.)
Witnow—No ; I did not.

NG, MARCH 5, 1868.

Prisoner—Did you not cut Mary Iloitnes's
head?

Witness—No.

Alice and Margaret Cronin, sisters of the com-
plainant, confirmed her statement. It appeared
there was a general Irish row among the people in
Bluegate-fields before the complainant was as-
saulted.

Cornelius Sullivan, an Irish cobbler, said the
Cronins began the row, and attacked Mrs. Mulcahy.
Mr. Paget asked how the complainant got her head
cut, and his reply was ":1 expect Mrs. Mulcahy did
that." In answer to questions by the prisoner, the
witness said that Catherine Cronin was upon you
and beating you in your own passage.
llonorah Murphy, a prostitute, of No. 1, Angel-
court, Shadwell, said the row conuneuced by Alice
Cronin, with whom she fought thre2 years ago,
challenging her to fight this in )rning, and then a
regular fight and row ensue 1.

James O'Hara, of 11, Victoria-plat:!, Bluegate-
fields, gave a description of the row and fight, and
said he did lirtlo jobs for Mr. Malchay. llc swore
that Mrs. Cronin struck Mrs. Mulchay first, and
that there was a tremenlous scrimmage, and that
Mrs. Cronin hit him and Sullivan with a boot.

Mr. Paget said tbat before he finally disposed of
this case he should like to hear what the police had
to say about the row and its commencement.
After hearing Mary Holmes and Mary Burke, two
abandoned and desperate thieves and prostitutes,
who laid all the blame on the Cronies, he re-
manded the prisoners.