The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-03 00:00:00

LONDON, -MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBCR 3, 11328.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

On Satarday a young woman, named Mary Wol-
ters, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged
with having robbed
.MisS Easton, the daughter of
the owner of the Elephant public-house, in Fen-
church-street. In the course of the investigation;
incontestable evidence was given of the innocence
of a poor simple girl, named Ann Crawley, who
was convicted the session before
_last of a robbery,
and sentenced _to transportation for seven years.
The following is an outline of. the case, which
excited a very slot% .sensation in the Justice-room :--
In' August. last, Miss Eaton. missed a ring and
several other trinket's and Mary Walters having been
at that period
.employed as a servant in the house
for some time, no suspicion attached to her. Soon
,after Wards Marye Walters complained that she had
herself' been plundered of clothes,
• and she charged
Anne Crawley, who had been in the house but a
;few days, with the theft. The girl most resolutely
denied that she was a thief; bur her accuser per-
severed in the charge, and, a person was -employed
to searcle-Crawlv's box. The report was, that there
was nothing in ;the box that did not appear to be
the girl's ,own property. This did not satisfy Mary
Walters, who, with alacrity, went to assist in the
search. She had not gone far in her examination
of the box, when she said, " Here are my clothes,"
selecting some unmarked articles, and, holding up a
ring, Oa bad not appeared before, " Here is my
mistress's ring." This was -considered conclusive
of aCmviley's guilt. She -was apprehended, corn-
mitted by the Lord Mayor, tried at the Old Bailey,
convicted, and sentenced to the punishment we have
already mentioned. Mary Walters remained in her
place with an increased reputation
,for integrity. The
other day, however, a'silk umbrella was missed, and
after some inquiry,-it-was traced' to the shop of Mr.
Barker, the pawnbroker, of•Aldgate.. The shopman
said it was pledged by a young woman in the name
of Roach, and he accurately described, Mary Walters,
who_ was instantly taken into custody. She was
soon identified as the thief. " Have you get any
other articles in the name of Roach ?" said the loser
to the shopman. Search Was. "made, and most of
Miss Eaton's rings and other trinkets, which had
Leen stolen, 'in the belief of the public, by Anne
Crawley, were 'found pledged in the same name.
The shopman, however, could not swear that Mary
Walters Was the person who pledged them. It ap-
peared that they had been all pawned in August.
The. LORD MAYQR -declared 'that he never, in all
his experience, beard. of so base a -character as the
perpetrator,-who fixed the crime of Which she had
been guilty herself, upon an innocent person.
Upon the trial of Anne CraWley, that poor girl
loudly and solemnly denied that she had ever stolen
any thing; and she protested that the clothes which..
Mary Walters claimed as her property, and receiVed
at the Old-Bailey, were her own,. and purchased by
her hard earnings.
Mary. Walters was remanded till next .reek.
BOW-STREET.

On Saturday CNqrles Todd, a very respectable
looking middle-aged man, was charged, by his late
employerg, Messrs. Pickford and Co., wharfingers
and carriers, City-road, with having embezzled
various sums of money while in their service 'at.
•
leetingelerk: • •

Mt Langton deposed-that he was a partner in the
house of Pickford and Co.. The prisoner' lived in
their employ as collecting clerk. It was his duty to
enter the amount of monies received by him day by
dAY in the. cash-book.
Mr. C►•oker, of Watling-street, Manchester•ware-
houseman, deposed, that on the 10th of last Sep-
tember, he paid to the prisoner on account of his em-
ployers the sum of 101..95.

Mr. Thomas Carlisle, of No. 18, Bow•lane,
Cheapsjde, deposed, that he owed a sum.of 161. odd
shillings to Messrs. Pickford, for carriage, of which
sum he paid 10/. on account; but whether he paid
it to the prisoner or to some other of Messrs. Pick-
ford's clerks he was unable to recollect. On the
9th of July the prisoner called . upon him for the
balance, and furnished him with an account in which
credit had been given for the [lO/. and the balance
struck. Witness-paid prisoner the balance, amount
ing to 6/. l 1 s. 9d. •
Mr. HALLS, on looking over these accounts, asked
if they were in the prisonees haud-writing.
Mr. Pickford explained that tile accounts were. in
the hand-writing of their late ledger-keeper, who had
absconded, and for whose. apprehension they had
offered a reward of 50/. There was no doubt but
that he and the prisoner had conspired together;
otherwise these frauds could not have been com-
mitted, as each was a check upon the other.
Mr. HALLS asked Mr. Carlisle if he had obtained
a stamped receipt-for the amount that he had paid.
Mr. Carlisle replied in the negative.. The receipt
was written at the fuot of the bill.

Mr. HALLS suggested that under these circum-
stances it would be much better to proceed upon
another case.

Mr. Thomas John Howard, clerk to Messrs.
Wedgewood, Staffordshire warehousemen, York-
street, St. James's, deposed that on the 18th of
April last, he paid to the prisoner on account of his
employers, the sum of 151., being the amount of a
bill for carriage due to the prosecutors by .Messrs.
Wedgewood and Co.
. .

Mr. Thomas Dewhurst stated that he was cashier
to the house of Pickford and Co. The prisoner
had never paid over to him, as he ought to have
done, any of the sums above enumerated, nor were
they entered in the cash-book by the prisoner.
Mr. Butler asked the witnesF ;fit was not part of
the prisoner's duty to pay certain average losses on
goods conveyed by carriage.
The witness replied that he had sometimes occa-
sion to do so, but never to any extent.
Mr. Pickford said that there were at least fifty
cases against the prisoner. If the Magistrate pleased
a case of defalcation to the amount of 40/. might be
gone into.

Mr. HALLS was of opinion that the cases already
gone into would be sufficient. It was humanity to
the prisoner not to overload the prosecution with
cases, when one or two would be sufficient for com-
mittal. By investigating more cases than were ne-
cessary, before a Magistrate, a prejudice against the
prisoner when he appeared to take his trial was
raised. The 'prosecutors, however, might prefer as
many bills of indictment against the prisoner as they
pleased.
Mr. Butler said, that when it was intended to pro-
ceed upon other cases than these investigated before
a Magistrate, the Judges had lately intnnated that
the prisoner should haVe due notice of such inten-
tion, in order that he might' be prepared with a
defence.
Mr. Pickford• said that Mr. Butler should have
due notice if it were found necessary to proceed
upon other indictments.
The prisoner was then fully committed to New-
gate for trial.
The poor man, Sparrow, who, it will be recollect-
ed, was defrauded of 30/. under pretence of obtaining
a situation of 30s. a week. for the purpose of dis-
tributing Anti-Catholic petitions, came to Bow-street
on Saturday, imagining that perhaps some mistake
had been made with respect to the donation of .5/.
received by Sir R. Birnie, and supposed to have
come from Lord Kenyon for the use of Earle. Sir
'R. Birnie having left town, Sparrow was obliged-to
defer his application. Wu understood from him, that

neither his unfortunate colleagues nor himself had,
up to that hour, received a single sixpence, either on
account of salary, or the 30/, which each of, them
had lodged by way of security in the, hands of tilde.
The poor man, who was detained at • Colchester for
want of funds to defray his. bill .at the inn. where
lie had set up, was allowed to, depart, a.short time
ago, on giving hio own note for the amount ,of 161.
for the expense he had incurred. The- landlord,
finding him an unprofitable sort of security, thought
it better to get rid of him in this way, as his further
detention would only have added to the loss.