The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-23 00:00:00

CURIOUS (:ASE.

Gutt.nuALL.—Thonias Jeffries, a book-bintler,
was' charged by a watch Mall with being in Fleet-
street. at one o'clock in the USOlning, under cir-
cumstances that wade bini suppose hit had been
connnitting a robbery, •
, '.'he W•fitcbman stated, that he saw the prisoner
go into a court,
.and try to secrete .Something
tinder his coat. • On Pearching hint be found a
tsonin's large red fashionable sha,vl and a white
swaosdown tippet, .
The prisoner, who was very: ruemiliz, .dregsed,
sa;d, that the articles found on'tint"belarged to
his wife.

Mr.,Aldertrtan Cox, the Sitting-:Magistra;e,
kISICC,I it she tVa3 pre•ent, •
- The prisoner, atter leaking rnttntl the °Sec,
said, she was. Si!e was ttccordiugly calle I.
TO. the great till! ise of those 'fires-cut-it most
beatit,llll girl, not more than sixteen yentsOl'al:e,
dressed in the-most fashionable attirg,appeartd.
One of the office's said. s',e. 'was not the pi-
swirl's: wife ; he only cohabited .with.her. He
had abandoned his wile.

The prisoner said, that he.did not think any‘lis-
grace could attach to for abandoning his wife.
He did ;Jot do it until she had ruined him.
1, ire Alderman—" Became she was. your ruin
volt ate determined to ruin .this young-woman.
Play, Madam, what is your nann :fly name!
is that necessary ? Give me piece olpaper and
pen and ink, 1 will write if." -accommo-
dated, she wrote, !‘ I,abella M‘Lorcri."'
" The 'Alderman—" Have you got parents ?"
" Parents ! Yes ;
.you mean father and mother ;
they ate living "
The Alderman—" Where do they reside ?"
" Reside ! is that necessary to bediselosed ? In
Edinburgh."
The Alderman—" That is a large, place ; in
what street?"--" Street ! It you must know—
Princess-street."

The Aldermon--" How long have you been in
London ?"—" In London ! two years."
The Alderman—" What brought you to Lon-
don i"—" To London ! my business, to be sure."
The Aiderman—" What is your business ?"
" A milliner."
The Alderman—", I would advise you to go
back to Scotland."—" Indeed ! I am the best
judge of that. 1 will go when it suits my con;
venience."

The Ablerman—" '%Vhere:do yogi reside at pre-,
sent ?"—" At present !•, I have answered :All your
other questions, but . must decline answering
this."

The Ahlerman—" What do you know of the
articles found 01.1 the prisoner ?"—" They are
mine."

The Alderntan—" Flow (lid they come into his
possesiion ?"—" You lutist know that too I.—We
had some %von's last night, and he took theta and
said he would pledge them."
The Watchman said that the tippet was in an
Unfinished state.

I,Vitness—" Unfinished state; you fool ! every
person knows that they wash, and that it is neces-
sary to take the lining out for that purpose ; I am
sure the Magistrate is sufficiently conversant in
ladies' dress to kno►v that."

The worthy Magistrate lamented that so. young
a creature should be lOst to all sense of shame.
From her flippancy that day, and her gettend be-
haviour, he was afraid it she did not reform and
go to her parents, that the next time she catne
before a INNi.istrate.ibronlil be as a prisoner.

Witness.—" I thank you for your advice? ant
also for your prophecy; but helieve me you 0)41
"not be a.tine prophet if I can Eitip it. As to go.
ing hoMe to my 'parents, that is a f.tmily affair
'anti siraiigers have not•a right to pry into these.
crets of families." •

The prisoner was then discharged.
Tile (Aber busiuess was tatolly unimportant.