The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-02 00:00:00

have no money," replied witness, " If you do not then,"
replied the prisoner," you must give me the shilling you owe
me," and without more ado she levelled witness in the street.
and took her shawl off her neck, and God knows she was
naked enough before, and said she would pawn it for the
shilling, and give her the ticket. She then droggeS wit-
ness down a lune, when they met an officer, who took her
in charge. Witness lives by travelling through the coun-
try, and selling cotton balls.
The constable, who took the prisoner into custody,
stated, that having met the three females, the prosecutrix
told him that the prisoner. had her shawl, whereupon the
prisoner threw the shawl at his feet—" there is the shawl,"
said. she, " if you are the Magistrate, and you may
The prisoner stated that she had met the prosecutrix iu
St. Clement's watchhouse, the night before last, and see-
Mg her in distress, she lent her a shilling, and said she,
" I don't care a pin for the magistrate, or any of you."—
On being further interrogated, she said she had met they.
prisoner in a public house on that night, and there gave
her the shilling. "%! you bad one," exclaimed the
prosecutrix, " how catryou tell such a story—if the men
here don't punish you for stripping me naked, God will."
The keeper of St. Clement's watch-house then came
forward, and stated, that he had left the, prosecotrix in
custody. the night before last, but not the prisoner.
May it please you, Mr. Scott, cried theprosecutrix, sa-
tisfy his Worship, that the story-teller did not give me a
shilling—after some altercation, the prisoner was coin-
mitted for petty larceny.
A SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—John Norris, the
proprietor of a coal wharf, charged a coal-heaver, who had
been in his employment,
the following circumstances.
with having robbed him, under

The prisciner having been suddenly discharged from the
employment of the prosecutor, and paid his wages, made
a demand of six or seven shillings, which he alleged had
been kept back from him, and told the prosecutor that if
he did not give it to him, he would break his big head.—
The prosecutor counted ten shillings out on the table, end
said, " There are ten shillings, and take your demand out
of them; but" added he, "before you take them, I tell
You that that is my money, and if you touch a single far-
thing of it I shall send you to the Old Bailey." " Very
well," said the prisoner, " I will take all the money, and
run my chance about the Old Bailey." The prisoner did
so accordingly, and the prosecutor deeming it an open
robbery, took him before the Magistrate.
Mr. MINSIIULL—You acted very imprudently. Your
conduct amounted to a challenge.
The prisoner admitted the facts as above stated, but said
that the money was due to him, but as he had no witness
thereof he knew that he could not get it from the prose-
cutor unless by force.

Mr. MINSH-ULL dismissed the charge, but ordered the
coalheaver to give bail to keep the peace towards the pro-
secutor.

HATTON-GARDEN.—(Tats DAY).
MINT . PROSECUTION.—A young woman, with a child
in her arms, was placed at the bar, charged with having
in her possession a quantity of counterfeit coin.
Lloyd stated, that on the 22d ult. after the apprehension
of Taylor and his wife, who were fully committed on the
capital charge last Tuesday, he was left in charge of
their house, No. ts, Pleasant-row, Walworth ; and about
ten o'clock, the prisoner, who is known to be
en utterer, came to the door anti knocked. Before he
could open it, she was told by a person from the next
house, that Taylor was gone to prison. She then ran away,
.pursued by witness, who overtook her at the distance of
about 100 yards. She struggled very much, and threw
from her right hand a small parcel, which was afterwards
found and brought to him ; it contained five counterfeit
sixpences. These facts being fully proved,
Mr. Serjeant SELLON asked the witnesses distinctly if
'any indecent behaviour or unnecessary force had been used
by the officer, in taking the prisoner into custody, and was
answered in the negative. •
He then addressed the prisoner, and said, that he was
sorry to see a young woman, with a child in her arms,
placed at that bar under so serious a charge, aggra-
vated by the defence she had set up in a letter
She had handed to him, which described the conduct
of the officer as most gross. • This had been dis-
proved by respectable witnesses; and he considered it a
tissue of falsehoods, Mimed to obtain commiseration. Had
such conduct been proved against any officer of their esta-
blishment, condign punishment would have followed. She
was fully committed.

• MARYLEBONE.—Cnns DAYO
A decent-looking man came before Mr. GRIFFITH for
advice. lie stated that he was married, and had two young
children, a son and a daughter; that he and his wife, hav-
ing been on bad terms for two years back, agreed to sepa-
rate, but his wife insisted on getting the daughter, whom
he was not willing to give her ; he asked the Magistrate
if he had a right to keep. her ?
Mr. GRIFFITH informed him he certainly had a right in
preference to his wife.
He then requested Mr. G. to send an officer along with
him to state so to his wife..

Mr. GRIFFITH said that he could only explain the law,
and no more.

A friend of Mr. Cox, whose case excited so much inte-
rest yesterday, came forward with Mr. C., and stated to
Mr. Griffith that Mr. Cox was► afraid of remaining at home,
because he suspected that his wife and her maid were con-
triving bodily harm against him. Mr. Cox wished to get
his wife removed from his house, and promised to provide
for her in another lodging. He stated, that he also wished
to get the maid out of the house, as Mrs. Cox insisted
that she would keep her in spite of him.
Mr. GRIFFITH Mid, that if the house belonged to Mr.
Cox lie could certainly turn off the maid; but added, that
lie could do nothing in the mean time to Mrs. Cox till she
should do some injury, which would then justify his
interference.

MARLB °ROTH; STitrET. —(Tn S DAY. )
Michael Sullivan was brought up on the charge of his
wife, Mary, 'for administering sundry pokes to her party-
colored Irish visage. She poured forth a torrent of Hiber-
nian eloquence, ut the expense of her mild-looking pro-
tector, an apparently inoffensive child of Erin, at least
six feet high, with " brawny shoulders, four feet square."
She convinced all present that—
Her tongue was tipped with a bit o' the brogue,
But de'il a bit at all of the blarney.

And poor Pat was almost overcome by the ponderous
charge of having pawned a bed, bedstead, and other arti-
cles " too numerous to mention." He, however, rallied
himself, and irk a tone, " Soft as streams of sweet Killar-
ney," assured Mr. Dyer, upon his honour, and several other
things, that he was the best husband in Europe at least.
That he had consulted his " better half" on the propriety
of pawning " the bits o' things," to which she had dutifully
consented. He had done so to buy some fruit, which he
had difficulty in preserving from one of those merciless gold-
laced-hat gentlemen " what keeps the streets,"
Mr. DV/tit-But what did you beat her for?
Prisoner—Och, the bating—why yer Wortship, I didint
bate her to do her any harm.

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Mrs. Sullivan, however,. strongly insisted on the con-
trary, and being asked if sha would send him to prison or
forgive him, replied, that he was a most in:blinding impos-
ter, who could make people believe just as he Amer', and
requested the Magistrate to punish him, and he was se-
eadingly ordered to find bail. Pat, on leaving the
to get a little bit of " ',Arca,"
Office, did not forget the forte of his countrymen, and,
Isvhiethbe asked his Mary " Would
to which she laconically replied " I shan't."
Lieoleitant-Colonel Archdale was brought up from a
his
watehhouse, in the custody of Read and -Schofield, 011
one of
abepsetnantyniles,
nameless charge, by Frederick Withers, his fact-boy, for
which he was ordered to funl bail ; himself in I,OOOL, and
two sureties in 500/. each, to answer the charge at the
next Westminster Sessions. The Colonel made 110 P-
swer whatever to the charge. 'We abstain for obvious
reasons from any further particulars;