The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DARING STREET ROBBERIES.—Sarah Smith was
charged with having robbed a barrister named Hethe-
rington of his purse, containing three sovereigns and
some silver.

Inspector Plume told Mr. Ilardwick, the sitting
Magistrate, that the prisoner had been brought into
the station-house by a police-constable, and that the
complainant had made the following charge against
her :—He said as he was passing down Regent-
street the previous evening, he was accosted by the
prisoner, who persisted in walking by his side,
although he desired her not to annoy him by her
company. When near Glasshouse-street, two or
three men, whom he had every reason to believe
were in league with the prisoner, came up to him,
and crossed him in such a manner that he was obliged
to remonstrate, upon which he was suddenly knocked
down by one of the party. He was much injured
on the knee by the fall, but he succeeded in giving
the prisoner into custody, as she was nut able to get
away so expeditiously as her presumed confederates.
The complainant made his charge in the usual way,
and promised to attend in the morning at this Court,
but he had failed to make his appearance.
A German got into the witness-box, and said the
prisoner had robbed him of 19/. a few months ago
under similar circumstances.

Mr. lIARDwicK said this was a class of offeneou
that appeared to be very much n"
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loose nu-- . , ~ ere accosted by women of
—iaracter, and then, at the first convenient
oi,portunity, they were set upon and robbed by wen

who were acting in collusion with the woman. He
should remand the prisoner until Thursday next, in
order to procure the attendance of the party who had
been plundered.
Thursday, a gentleman, whose name did not trans-
pire, but whose appearance indicated great respecta-
bility, applied to Mr. Hardwick for advice, under
these singular circumstances :
He had got into an omnibus at the west end of the
town a short time back, but, as the vehicle was in-
conveniently crowded, he alighted after proceeding a
short distance only. To his surprise, he was suddenly
seized by a lady, who was also a passenger in the
omnibus, and accused of having, in company with
another person, robbed a friend of hers in an omnibus
on the previous day. In vain he assured her that she
had made a mistake; she persisted in the charge, and
eventually gave him into the custody of a police-
constable, who took him to the station-house. Here,
however, the lady's positiveness deserted her, and she
admitted that she had possibly been mistaken, refusing
therefore to proceed further in her charge. He was
released, and naturally feeling annoyed at what had
occurred, he had determined to make application at
this Court for an assault summons against the lady,
who had laid hand on him in order to detain him.
Mr. HARDWICK said the occurrence was one, no
doubt, of a very unpleasant character, the case being
clearly one of mistaken identity, but he did not think
he was warranted in granting a summons for assault,
The remedy of the applicant was by action.
The applicant said he did not wish to take that
course, and retired.