The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

QUEEN SQUARE.

Fanny Williams, a girl about 18 years of age, the daughter
of the proprietor of the Three Jans, Cartwright-street, West-
minster, was charged with having wilfully broken and damaged
a large number of panes of glass in the shop-front of William
Devaney, a tailor, living opplsite.
Complainant said that in consequence of having had great
damage done to his shop window of late, he determined to keep
a sharp look-out, in order, if possible, to detect the offender.
On Saturday week, between nine and ten in the morning, he
was watching behind some cloth, in his shop, when he saw de-
fendant place herself at the window on the first floor, and put a
sort of stick to her mouth, and instantly there was a rattling
of small stones and shot at his shop front, which cracked and
broke twelve panes of glass. He had on the previous day seen
a mass, who was screened from his observation by the defend-
ant, who stood before him, and discharged some missiles from.
an upper window in the house at his shop-front, but they did
not do so much mischief as those on the Saturday. He had
bad thirty-two panes of glass cracked, starred, or broken, in all.
In answer to the Magistrate's inquiries, complainant could
not 58,y that the small stones and shot were discharged from a
tin tube called a " pea-shooter," but there was an instrument
of the sort used, he believed, at the house to play a game with.
The twelve panes of glass were all cracked or broken at the one
discharge.
Mr. BoND inquired whether he had ever had any difference
or dispute with the defendant or her family.
Complainant replied that he had not. He knew of no cause
excepting that he was a teetotaller.
Complainant, in answer to further interrogatories, said that
defendant had the window partly up at the time she put the
instrument to her mouth, and the blind partly down.
Complainant produced his daughter, a girl fourteen or fifteen
years of age, who confirmed his account, with the exception of
stating thet the blind was not pulled down. She was closely
pressed as to whether defendant had applied the instrument to
her mouth, and at first positively declared she had, but after-
wards qualified It by saying that she was almost sure.
Mr. BOND, in the end, said he had given the parties an op-
portunity of arranging this in order that the damage might be
properly estimated. Defendant was to blame for not having
ascertained the correct amount of damage.
The brother—He swore my sister broke twelve panes of
glass, and they had not been broken.
Mr. BOND repeated that he had an ample opportunity of
knowing what had been broken before be came to an arrange-
ment. He ;(the Magistrate) should like to bear the com-
plainant's reply to what had just been said about the winnows,
and would send a message desiring him to attend to-morrow
(this day).
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Clark was brought before Mr. Maltby for final exami-
nation, charged with having stolen a dressing-case, containing
jewellery and other articles, worth between two and three
hundred pounds, the property of Lady Hannah Campbell, wife
of Sir John Canapell, of Ardnarmurchan.
The robbery was effected in a very ingenious way. The
prisoner, who was hanging about Curzon-street, saw an omni-
bus, containing Sir Jr.,hn Campbell's servants and baggage, stop
at a house in the street. He immediately made himself busy
in assisting to remove the property into the house, and this be
was permitted to do:because the people of the house believed that
he belonged to the omnibus, and the driver of the omnibus
thought from his proceedings that he had a place in the family.
William Lockhart said he was butler to Sir John Campbell,
of 39, Curzon-street. On Friday, the 22d ult„ about half-
past three, witness arrived from Leith, in an omnibus contain-
iltanyi
again
assisteda
contain-
ing luggage, which
andthe prisoner, assisted to unload. Shortly
rn pbell
car-
riage, and the prisoner
afterwards Sir Johnt
a u arrived,nload iann tdhteoi r c
placear -
the things in the hall.
his trouble. About ten minutes after
the prisoner sixpence for
away witness missed the case which
ker the prisoner had gone
he
from the carriage, and placed in the. hall
had
previously taken
Joyce Bryatt, cook to Sir John Campbell, s • aid, seein—
g the
Prisoner making himself handy in removing the lug
gave him a shilling, and asked him to go for some saltgae, he
and
pepper. Witness then went upstairs, leaving the •
prisoner in
the hall.
Police-sergeant Driscoll, 2 C, said, on receiving information
of the robbery, and a ,description of the thief, he made search
for the prisoner, and on the night of the 25th ult. he went
into the gallery of the English Opera-house, and took the pri-
soner into custody, and afterwards to the station-house. On
searching the prisoner a bunch of small keys was found, and
also another key. Witness went in company with police-ser-
geant Miller to No. 5, Pipemaker's-alley, Bedferdbuy)
_and
with one of the keys opened the door of a room occilillkd by
the rimier, sad there found the otolea drain-ease.