The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-17 00:00:00

GREENWICH.

On Thursday Eliza Smith, of No. 11, Frederick-street,
Greenwich, servant, aged 17 years, was brought before
Mr. Traill, in custody of Sergeant Fenn, 31 H, charged
with attempting to drown herself in the river Thames,
on the morning of the 10th inst., off the Royal Hospital,
under the following circumstances:—
It appeared fi om the evidence that a waterman, named
Edward Thorn, was proceeding with a fare, when he
heard a man cry out that a woman was in the act of
drowning herself. He rowed with all speed to the spot,
and caught hold of her clothes after the body was under
water, and hauled her ashore. She was stiff, and ap-
peared dead. She had most deliberately walked into
deep water. The prisoner was then taken to the Anchor
public-house, and the usual means applied to restore
suspended animation, and after much labour she became
sensible of her situation.
Sergeant Fenn said that, being in a dangerous state, it
was deemed necessary by the medical attendant to send
her to the union infirmary, where she had been since
Saturday last.
charge of attempting self-destruction?what
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Mr. Thum. asked her had to say to the e
The prisoner replied, that she was living servant in
the family of Mr. He
and that the w7tt. of London-street, Green-
wich,much for her; the piaterkwaahs toehoad to perform was too
hard. She left at six
o'clock on Friday night, and did not like to go home,
her father having so many children, and being himself
out of work.

Her father, who was present, said that when at home
she was a very good girl, and he could not in any
respect account for the rash act.
Mr. TRAILL said there must be something wrong,
which did not appear in evidence ; he certainly (lid not
believe that hard work had been the motive to such con-
duct. He said he should hold her to bail in 401. to keep
the peace for six months.
Her father, a respectable-looking man in apparent
grief, said he would enter into the required recog-
nizance for her good behaviour, which having been ac-
cepted, the prisoner bowed and left the Court, resting on
her father's arm.
Mr. TRAILL 'called the waterman who had saved her
life, and desired the chief clerk to give him ss. out of
the poor-box, for his prompt humanity.
On Thursday a young man named George Doughty,
aged 18 years, was charged before Mr. Traill with
breaking into the house of his father, who is an um-
brella-maker and brass-worker, comer of Roan-street,
Greenwich, and stealing sundry articles.
Mr. Doughty deposed that he make all the doors and
windows fast soon after eleven o'clock on Tuesday-
night, and suspecting that something was wrong he
made particular search in his workshop and cellar ; he
found the flooring-boards loose, and saw through into
the cellar. Not finding out the cause of this strange ap-
pearance he went to bed, and had since discovered that
the prisoner had hidden himself in the chimney. On
coming down stairs on the following morning he saw the
side- door open, by which means the prisoner must have
escaped. On looking over his stock afterwards he
missed six small brass anchors, ivory hooks, a hand
vice, three mortars, two carronades, and sundry other
articles.

Mr. D. P. Taylor, solicitor, Greenwich-road, deposed
that the prisoner called at his house and offered three
mortars and other articles for sale in an unfinished state,
which roused his suspicions. He told him to leave them
and bring the carronades at six o'clock the following
morning, and he would endeavour to strike a bargain for
the lot, as he had a friend who had a taste for such
things. He had since given information to the police,
acd the prisoner was apprehended at his father's desire.
Mr. Doughty identified all the articles produced as his
property.
Mr. TRAIL', inquired what he had to say to so serious
a charge ?
The prisoner admitted the robbery, and said that his
father gave him Bs. fourteen days since, to keep him
until he could get a ship to go abroad, and not having
succeeded, he could not go about starving until he did.
He had neither money nor home.
Mr. Doughty assured the Magistrate that the prisoner
had been in the habit of robbing him during seven years
past. He turned him away, and had frequewly taken
him again, but, nothing induced him either to be honest
or industrious.

Mr. TRAILL said it was a most lamentable thing for
a parent to prosecute his own son, but it did appear,
under all the circumstances, to be absolutely necessary.
The prisoner was then committed for trial at the next
Central Criminal Ciurt. The prisoner, on being re-
moved from the doe imprecated horrid denunciations
against his father.