The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-19 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

OBTAINING MONET UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.--
Miss Woolgar, the actress, attended in support of a
charge against Matha Barton, for obtaining, under
false pretences, 2/. in her name.
Mr. Peckham, from the office of Mr. Hewitt, soli-
citor, conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner had lived for four months in the ser-
vice of Mr. Woolgar, at Beaufort-street, Chelsea, and
owing to misconduct, left on Tuesday week. On
Thursday last she went to Mr. Starke a butcher in
the neighbourhood, who supplies Air. Woolgar's
family with meat, and representing that she had been
sent by Miss Woolgar to solicit the loan of 21., ordered
two lamb chops for that lady. Miss Starke, the sis-
ter of the proprietor of the shop, immediately gave
her the money and sent the chops, upon which the
fraud was discovered and the prisoner tuund and
given into custody.
Miss Woolgar having proved that she had given no
authority to prisoner, or any other person, to solicit
a loan on her behalf, the prisoner was remanded till
Wednesday.
LAMBETH.

ROBBERY By • CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT.—
Joseph Dennis was finally examined on a charge of
stealing six waistcoats, the property of Messrs. M.
and S. Hyams, clothes manufacturers, King-street,
Cheapside.
The prisoner, who had been for some time in the
service of the prosecutors as delivery clerk, pleaded
guilty to the charge, and the solicitor for the prose-
cution requested that the case might be summarily
urged two
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t.Tlehe Gentleman
nrst was, that
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the prisoner up to the period at which he committed
the present offence had sustained a good character;
and the second, that in order to complete the case it
would be necessary to bring three witnesses from the
prosecutors' manufactory at Colchester.
Mr. NORTON sentenced the prisoner to two months
imprisonment;
THAMES.

ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—Mary Gregg and Mary
Ann Adams were charged with carrying on illicit
distillation in an unentered place, in Amiel-street,
Bromley, Middlesex.
Alexander Smith, an Excise officer, stated that on
Friday evening he went to the house, N 0.17, Amiel-
street, obtained admission at the back door, and dis-
covered a still in the lower front room, which had
been recently at work. In the same room there
were other articles and utensils used in distillation. In
a room above that which contained the still, be disco-
vered a bottle containing half a gallon of strong
spiritF, usually called " jig stuff," the produce of the
still, which was warm.

The woman Gregg, who gave the name of Smith
when she was first captured, said the still was her
own, and that the other woman, Adams, did notknow
what was going on. She repeated this statement be-
fore the magistrate, and there being no reason to be-
lieve that Adams had anything to do with the still she
was discharged, and Gregg was fined 301., and in de-
fault of payment committed for three months, and to
be kept to hard labour.
WANDS W ORTH.

PLATE ROBBERIE9.— William Penlicrop was finally
examined up.in two charges of dsraig robberies of
plate.
Miss Matilda Curtis, of 18, Oxford-terrace, Clap-
ham-road, stated that on the morning of Thursday,
the Bth instant, between half-past ten and eleven
o'clock, she saw the prisoner, who was carrying a
bundle of herbs, go into the garden of a house oppo-
site, and raise the window of a breakfast parlour. He
then crossed over the road to a man who had a basket
of herbs, and exchanged his bundle tor the basket.
He returned to the house, and pushing the window
further up, went in, leaving the herb basket at the
window. After a minute's absence be returned with
the plate basket, which he placed in the herb basket,
and covered it over. The prisoner then ran straight
down the road into the Oval-road, where she lost
sight of him.
Francis Hedger, of 3, Church-crescent, Kenning-
ton, butcher, said his attention was called to the pri-
soner, who was running towards the Oval. Witness
being in his cart, soon got up with the prisoner, who,
directly he saw him, dropped the skirt of his coat,
which he had been bolding, and a quantity of plate
fell on the ground. Witness, with much difficulty,
succeeded in securing the prisoner, who was also
charged with the following robbery at the house of
Mr. Allen, Lawn-Plac", South Lambeth:—On the
2nd inst. the prisoner was seen by the housemaid to
lift up the front kitchen window, enter, and take up
two silver spoons. The girl instantly rushed upon
the prisoner, who gave her one of the spoons, thinking
she would let him go, but she held fast, and called her
master, who soon appeared, and the prisoner then
threw the other spoon at him and ran off.
The prisoner was committed for trial on both
charges.