The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

GUILDHALL,

Anne Edwins, his wife, and James Clarke, were
George Edwins, alias Sheffield Beater, compositor,
placed at the bar before Alderman Cnallis, charged
with loitering about St. Paul's churchyard and Cheap-
side, with intent to commit felony.
Police-constable, 21, stated that he was on duty in
Cheapside about a quarter to ten o'clock on Thursday
night, when he saw the prisoners near Bow-church,
loitering about in a very suspicious manner. Know-
ing two of the prisoners as the associates of thieves,
he continued !watching their movements. Shortly
after he saw the female prisoner stop
a gentleman at
the corner of Bow-churchyard, and take him with her
to the back of the church. 110, however, repulsed all
attempts at familiarity on her part, and left her very
abruptly. She stopped several parties afterwards, but
invariably selected old and apparently infirm gentle-
men as being more likely to fall an easy prey to her
dishonest intentions. During the intervals between
the stopping of the various gentlemen, both the male
prisoners communicated with the female prisoner.
Being -aware that a great many robberies had been
committed lately un ier very similar circumstances,

be took all three of the parties into custody on sus- I
picion. He bad had Edwins and hii wife in custody
on a similar charge about three years ago, when they
were sentenced to two months imprisonment.
Brett, 13, corroborated witness's statement, and
added further, that he had been watching the move-
ments of the prisoners for some time previous, and
lukd seen Edwins pus iing his wife towards gentlemen
as they were passing.
From a statement made by the prisoner Clarke, it
appeared that he was in employ at a very good amount
of wages, and had been out rather late on the evening
in question, looking at a fire that occurred on the
other side of the water.
Alderman CHALLIS said the evidence was not of a
sufficiently criminating nature against Clarke, and he
would therefore discharge him. With regard to the
other two; he would remand them to ascertain more
about their general character during the time since
they were last in custody.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A young man named Cooper was brought up for
final examination, charged with having uttered several
forged betting-tickets, with intent to defraud the
parties who advanced money upon them.
Mr. Clifford, landlord of the Three Doves public -
house, Barwick-street, said on the 26th of May the
prisoner came into his house, and after some conver-
sation about the Derby, induced him to lend him 51.
on the security of what purported to be a betting-
ticket, issued by a betting man named Davis, at
Searle's public-house, Salisbury-street, Strand. Wit-
ness having his suspicions excited soon after the pri-
soner left the house, he went to Searle's, and was told
the ticket was a forgery.
A niece of Mr. Searle's said she formerly attended
to betting matters for Mr. Davis, who at that time
kept a betting-book at the house. The writing en the
ticket was not in her handwriting.
Mr. Wontner said he was prepared to show a guilty
knowledge on the part of the prisoner that the ticket
was forged, by bringing forward evidence to prove
that this was not the only transaction of the same
kind in which the prisoner had been engaged.
Mr. Davis, for the prisoner, cross-examined Mr.
Clifford, with the view to show that the Si. had been
parted with in the way of a bet. Mr. Clifford ad-
mitted that a bet of Si. had been made, but repeated
he had lent the 51. on the faith of the ticket proffered
to him being a genuine betting ticket.
Mr. 'William Davis, of Swinton-street, Gray's Inn-
road, said he was in independent circumstances. He
betted on horse-races, kept a betting-book, and when
he made bets he gave a card, but not in the form of
the ticket now produced. The ticket was a forgery.
On cross-examination, witness said, in the early
part of the year, all the family of the Searles had au-
thority to issue tickets in his absence.
Mr. Searle, the landlord, was called, and he said the
ticket was not issued by him nor by any one of his
family.
Mr. Arthur Reveck, landlord of the Shakspere's
Head, Little Russell-street, said in April last the pri-
soner called on him, and after making a bet of 21.,
left him a ticket as security for the 2/., which witness
paid him at the time. The ticket was pronounced a
forgery.
Mr. Davis said he could not swear that the ticket
had not been issued on his account. Could only say
he had no betting-book for that race at the Windsor
Castle public-house, from whence the ticket purported
to be issued, at the time the race was run.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully
committed.