The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-01 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Ann Finden Creasy, alias Pain, was brought up for
final examination, charged with obtaining money under
false pretences. Since the last examination several let-
ters have been addressed to the magistrates, relating
various acts of imposition practised by the prisoner on
different persons, and disclosing that she had been pre-
viously in custody on charges of a similar description,
and examined at Guildhall ; that on a recent occasion
she was taken to the Mansion-house for obtaining a sove-
reign from Mr. Moss, the solicitor of Queen-street,
Cheapside, under false representations ; that on the same
occasion another charge was preferred against the pri-
soner by the widow of Captian Headbury, whom she had
duped of a considerable sum of money, besides stealing
her wearing apparel. The prisoner was remanded on
the latter charge, but in the interval Mrs. Headbury de-
stroyed herself by cutting her throat, owing to the ex-
citement produced by the base manner in which she had
been imposed upon by the accused.
Mr. Hill, the landlord of the Red in Poppin's-
court, Fleet-street, stated that he was one of the victims
of the prisoner's deception; that she called at his house
and described that she was the holder of Exchequer-
bills to a large amount, and induced him to write to Mr.
Fox Maule on the subject, and at the same time she bor-
rowed two sovereigns of him to proceed with a trial of a
Chancery suit, which would assuredly be decided in her
favour, and would put her in possession of 13,0001.;
that she boarded in his house,- and afterwards decamped
without paying a farthing. Mr. Hill added that he sub-
sequently ascertained that she was a gross impostor, and
had swindled several other persons under similar cir-
cumstances.

Some other witnesses were examined, when
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that it was evident from the
notes he had just read that the prisoner had no expec-
tations of money from the source which she alleged she
had; -that some time since she had a cause pending in
the Court of Chancery, but it was long since decided
against her. The Magistrate added that it was obvious
the prisoner had been for a length of time going about
and committing the most gross and barefaced frauds on
the public; that in some instances she had plundered her
dupes of clothes as well as money, and in order to put
a stop to her career, at least, for some time, ho should
commit her for trial.

The prisoner, who said that she should reserve her de-
fence until before another tribunal, was then committed.
The driver of cab No. 7,464 was summarily convicted, and
sentenced to a month's imprisonment, for assaulting a police-
man of the Q division. It appeared that the defendant was
observed driving along at a most reckless speed, to the im -
minent danger of the passengers. When he was at length
stopped by the policeman his conduct was of the dost violent
nature, striking the policeman right and left in the face.
Several of the bystanders advised the policeman to strike his
assailant, but he refused; and a gentleman named Bell, who
witnessed the transaction, in giving his evidence said that be
never saw greater forbearance than was manifested by the
policeman on the occasion.
Mi.. Cormaxast said that he should not inflict a fine,
which could easily be paid, but at once commit the defendant
for a month to the House of Correction.
. .

The defendant begged hard to have the sentence remitted
but the Magistrate was inexorable, and he was sent to gaol.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—STEAM-BOATS.—On
Saturday last, the Directors of the Sonar Eastern Railway
and a select party of friends made a trip to Calais, principally
for the purpose of testing the speed of the new boat the Prin-
cess Mary. The distance from the Bricklayers' Arms terminus
to Dever was accomplished in two hours and twpty-eight,
minutes, including a stoppage of twelve minutes at Folke-
stone. The distance from Dover to Calais was done in two
hours and ten minutes. Many of the party breakfasted in
town, lunched at Calais, dined at Dover, and were back again
in London in time for the last act of the Opera 1 This cer-
tainly is sharp work.—Railway Record.