The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-28 00:00:00

WANDS WORTH.

ROBBERY BY • SERVANT.—Eder Gilbert, a genteel-
looking young woman, 19 years of age, was charged with
committing several robberies whilst in service as house-
maid in the family of Lionel 011iver, Esq., of Wimbledon-
common.

It appeared that the prisoner went into the service of
the prosecutor on the 13th instant, with a character
alleged to have been given her by Mr. Mount, of 55,
Lower Grosvenor-street. She had not been in the situa-
tions week before the family had occasion to regret her
introduction into the house, and they determined to get
rid of her as quickly as possible. On Tuesday week the
prisoner, seeing that she would be discharged, gave her
mistress notice that she intended to quit her service in a
month. Mrs. 011iver informed her that she could leave
then, and she would pay her wages up to the end of that
week. These terms did not suit the prisoner, and she
would not accept them. The next day she sent her box
by the coachman to town. On Friday Barbara Stretton,
the cook, missed a night-dress ; she asked the prisoner
it she had seen it, but she denied all knowledge of it. On
the following day the cook acquainted her mistress of
her loss, and it was then discovered that several pairs
of French shoos and satin slippers, lace collars, and
other articles of baby's attire, were missing. The pri-
soner was taxed with taking these articles : she first
declared her innocence, and then admitted that the pro-
perty was in her box in London. She begg,d earnestly
for forgiveness, and said she would restore all the arti-
cles. The prisoner was discharged from the service, and
went off to town. The box had been taken by the coach-
man to the town residence of the family in Half-moon-
street, and thither Mr. 011iver:at once proceeded, lest
prisoner might get the box away. The prisoner having
given up the money and property, was suffered to take
her bee away. On the day subsequent to the prisoner's
d-parture from Wimbledon, the cook discovered that she
had been still further robbed. Several lace collars, a gown,
some pieces of ribbon, and other property had been taken
from her boxes. Having mentioned this to the family,
she was instructed to go to town and give the prisoner
into cu,tody. The cook procured the services of Police-
constable Mount, 128 C, and they proceeded to-
gether to No, 8, Snead's gardens, Piccadilly, where
the prisoner was lodging. The constable took her
into custody, and upon searching her box found the
cook's lace collars, ribbon, and gown ; she was wearing
one of the collars at the time of her apprehension. He
alsdifound in the box a pair of mosaic gold ear-rings
and a gold brequet seal, the property of Miss Diana
011iver, besides other valuable articles belonging to the
family, who, however, declined to prosecute, leaving the
prisoner to be dealt with for the robbery of her fellow-
servant.

The prisoner, who said she would reserve her de-
fence, was fully committed for trial.
Mr. PAYNTER desired the constable to make some in-
quiry respecting the genuineness of the character which
Mrs. ()Myer had received with the prisoner.
DISGRAOMPUL EXPOSURE.—CaroIine Bradford an,l
Charlotte Young, two respectably-dressed girls, about 18
years of age each, the former evidently esicetwie, were
charged on a summons with assaulting ,Mr. John Stone-
hill, a pattern-designer, residing at Somers-town, Wand,-
worth. The complainant, who is about forty years
of age, stated that on Good Friday evening he was
in the parlour of the Plough public house, Wim-
bledon, enjoying himself with some frienes, when
the defendants, and another woman whom he did not
know, came into the room, and commenced making
certain charges against him. He sat stili and said
nothing, The charges were to the purport that he had
seduced Caroline Bradford. After a time he rose from
his seat for the purpose of leaving the house, when
Caroline seized him in the front, Charlotte attacked him
on the right, and the unknown lady on the left. 'Between
them they pinned him to the wall, and shook him so
that he thought all his clothes would have tumbled off.
He at last contrived to slip out of their clutches, and
ran out of the house, the women following him, crying
" Stop him, stop the villain 1 "
A solicitor, who appeared for the defendants,' cross-
examined the complainant, and compelled him, with the
magistrate's interference, to acknowledge that he had
kept company with the defendant, Caroline Bradford,
that ho had seduced her, and promised to marry her
when his wife had been dead a twelvemonth, and that
he had deserted her after he had ascertained that she
was enceinte.

Mr. VAYNTER said the conduct of the complainant was
both disgraceful and cruel, but still the law %vita bound
to protect him. The defendants must enter into their
own recognizances, and not go near him again. The
defendant Bradford had her remedy elsewhere.