The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

On Tuesday Elizabeth White, Ann Brown, Isa-
bella jVilson, and Jane Bunn, all well-known window-
smashers, were charged before Mr. Alderman Sidney
with breaking some squares of plate-glass in the shop-
front of Messrs. llitchcock and Co., of 74, St. Paul's
Churchyard.
Mr. John Evitt said that he was standing in the
shop on the previous afternoon, when he saw the four
prisoners come up, and after standing for a moment
he observed the prisoner White throw a brick through
one of their large squares of glass. Another pane was
immediately broken by the other prisoners, and as
four stones ware found in the shop he supposed they
were intended for missiles on this occasion.
Alderman SIDNEY inquired the value of the glass ?
Mr. Evitt replied about 131.
The officer said he found them all together, but did
not see who broke the windows.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said they were all known as
window smashers. _

Roe, the officer of the court, stated that White was
the person who some months ago threw a shoe at the
Alderman, and who had on another occasion assaulted
him in the street. _

Alderman SIDNET recognised her, and said he had
paid her fare for her to Exeter. He asked her why
she had left her friends and how long she had been
back ? She made no ana _

Alderman SIDNEY asked the prisoners severally if
they had any answer to make to this charge. Did
they deny they had broken the windows ? The pri-
soners still remained mute.

Alderman SIDNEY said he must endeavour to pro•
test the citizens from these outrages, which were a
most grievous charge upon them. If White had any
conscience, he wondered how she could justify to
herself the infliction of so much loss upon a person
who had not given her the slightest provocation. He
knew their object was to get into a prison to be
maintained at the public charge, and they selected
the handsomest shop fronts for attack, to insure the
longer term of imprisonment. White had confessed
she assaulted him on a former occasion because he
only gave her fourteen days' imprisonment. Nothing,
therefore, but legislative interference could remedy
the evil, by sending all such persons out of the
country. It was a disgrace that they were a con•
tinual burden on the funds of the public, and there
was no hope that they would not remain so for years
to come. He hoped Mr. Hitchcock would make a
special statement of the facts by memorial to the
Secretary of State, that he might see the real extent
of the evil. He then adjudged the prisoners to pay a
fine of :it, and to find security for one year, them-
selves in 401., and
two sureties in 201. each.

The prisoners, who were perfectly indifferent, in
default were all conveyed to the Compter.
A young man,
who gave his name as John Jones,
of 28, Fleet-street, was brought up for further exami-
nation before Aldermen Wilson and Sidney, charged
with a criminal assault on the person of Mrs. Jane
Munden, of 89, Great Suffolk-street, Borough, under
the following extraordinary circumstances :
The case was partly heard before Mr. Alderman
Sidney on Tuesday, but in consequence of certain
doubts arising in the Alderman's mind, during the
taking of the eviflones., it we. nci.j.iirne'l •
thy. The following
is the statement of the cow-
plainant