The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-05 00:00:00

W OR SHIP-STREET.

A middle-aged woman, named Jane Clarke, the keeper of
a houseof bad repute, in Gregg's-court, St. Luke's, was placed
at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, charged with having been
concerned, with two other women, not in custody, in stealing
between 401. and 501. in bank notes and gold, from the person
of a gentleman named Stephens, residing in City-terrace,
City-road.
The prosecutor stated, that after dining with some friends
in the City on Saturday evening last, he was driven home in
a cab, from which he alighted at the corner of the terrace,
and was about to pay the driver, when a sovereign dropped
out of his hand, and rolled into the kennel. After an un-
successful search for the coin, in which he was assisted by
two women, who came up at the moment, he entered an
adjoining public-house, to obtain change for a 51. note, and
in doing so unavoidably exposed the contents of his pocket-
book, consisting of bank-notes to the amount of 60/.
which he carefully rq,laced in his breast-pocket, but,
after discharging the cabman, he wars followed by the

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two women before referred to, who reqneste—
treat them for the trouble they had had it, eeercula
for his money. He consented to do so,
him to the house of the prisoner, where he see on,c;
wine, gin, stout, and sandwiches, in successsion, all of vtu...'
were brought in by the prisoner, but he had no sooner cedi
taken of a small portion of the spirits than he was ato
with a sudden stupor, on recovering from which
the wo,
after, he found himself still in the company a the p
who then led him out of the house, and at the corner o
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adjoining street suddenly disappeared. The morael3t,tr.,
had left him he was accosted by a third woman, wl°o-.
duced him to accompany her to some oysterroonts,4l, hif
neighbourhood, on entering ithich he discovered telei.'o
pocket-book had been transferred to another pocket
s"e'es
and they condatolfc
that in which he had placed it, and that the clasp 11341,"tbs
partly wrenched off, and besides all the loose cash, tbli"tes,
whole of its contents, with the exception of two 101. ne,A
which had been fortunately overlooked by the this f' tr,:,
been abstracted. He gave immediate information of ;1,14.:
robbery to the police, wile succeeded, after considerable au
ficulty, in taking the prisoner into custody. . the
Yolice-constable Brown stated that on.apprehendng
and
prbsocer, she denied all knowledge of the robber'', oTer
declares that she had remained constantly at home 'olt.
since the inpsecutor had visited her house otiSaturdaY ATIU
Police-constb:ble G 135, however, proved that he ha",.;er,
engaged with other officers in searching for the ind
who had absented hb.rself immediately after the robber'',
only returned home on il.le preceding evening.
ledge of the robbery, and prots:.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner denied all ,1
hom'e since the night it was perpeu'atcd.
sted that she had neVer
re'
Mr. BROUGUTON said that he contdered the case west„,t
plete with such strong suspicion agains: the prisoner, ~..:A
he dad no hesitation in remanding her for ,a week, bat a;
no objection to accept substantial bail for htr *Pegs°
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herself in 80/., and two sureties iu 40/. each.

SOUTHWARK ectsbir,
Richard F/inn and William Bhasstead, two ree„bier,
looking men, were brought before Mr. Cottingha
fas rn, 'llOO
wit& having in their posssion, and carrying, two go
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illicit spirits, without a permit. e nli• asti
Mr. William Packstock stated that he is a. the wthot
druggist, at Millpond bridge, Bermondsey, and that 'lief
had been continually calling at his house since h,copif
ceeded to the business, representing that he used no
his predecessor with various articles, consisting of r-
of various descriptions, ointments, and spirits of wine' at be
a late:occasion Flinn called on complainant, and said tb
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bad a quantity of spirits of wine, 52 degrees abOr_Lea
sampiz of which he produced, and that if he 'l2 0
purchaser lie would let him have it at the rate of
.1;01
per gallon. Complainant having formerly filled A 51A0
in the Excise, considered it his duty to give inforraa!'w
Davis, an officer of that department, having previo nfeneto
ranged with Flinn to bring a quantity of spirits of 7 :nett
his house. On the preceding evening the two Pno
called at the house of the complainant, bringing Wit,,mej 0
two gallons of spirits of wipe, which was contaw eso
bladders. The complainant havius called a policeman'
both the prisoners into custody. b d
Flinn said that he only went to the cOmplainanea-
sell some plaisters, and that he knew nothing al°
spirits of wine. ' hot ate
The other prisoner said that he knew nothing 5/""
wine. defier
The MAGISTRATE fined the prisoners 251., and .111
110
committed them for three months.
Thomas Cox was charged with having intern
Jane Miles while his former wife was alive. •fielot
The first wife only was present, but the certi-,A
both marriages were produced ; and the prisoner av:sboi
his first wife was a woman of the most profligata,;oo
that he had scarcely been married to her six inontriboo
she left him, and went to live with another man, wit" d
she had been living until his decease; but upon 14eptr'
of the man she immediately claimed support of hira
saner), and because lie refused to contribute to hei"-fift
nance, she adopted the present proceedings. The es:,il,lPai
brother was called, and he admitted that his sister Ina•
doned her husband, and went to live with another Ineleall
that she told him (the witness) that she was also p°
the deceased.
Mr. CorriNGitam said, that although the first
w•-_,e d •
the profligate habits represented, and that she went Iftobosi
under the protection of another man,still that be.,l* bor
was not justified in marrying another woman. iotein
ever, had an undoubted right to refuse to contribute4(tb.
least to her support. Under all these circumstances, a PI:
Magistrate) should, instead of sending the case for tri""6ol
judge the prisoner to enter into his own recognizanc;
to appear again on that day week to answer the cli