The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-04 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

A middle-aged woman, named Jane Clarke, the keeper of
a house of bad repute, in Gregg's-court, St. Luke's, was placed
at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, charged with having been
concerned, with two other women, not in custody, in stealing
between 401. and 501. in bank notes and gold, from the person
of a gentleman named Stephens, residing in City-terrace,

City-road.
The prosecutor stated, that after dining with some friends
in the City on Saturday evening last, he was driven home in
a cab, from which he alighted at the corner of the terrace,
and was about to pay the driver, when a sovereign dropped
out of his hand, and rolled into the kennel. After an un-
successful search for the coin, in which he was assisted by
two w, men, who came up at the moment, he entered an
adjoining public-house, to obtain change for a 51. note, and
in doing so unavoidably exposed the contents of his pocket-
book, consisting of bank-notes to the amount of 601.,
which he carefully replaced in his breast-pocket, but
after discharging the cabman, he was followed by the
two women before referred to, who requested him to
treat them for the trouble they had had in searching
for his money. He consented to do so, and they conducted
him to the house of the prisoner, where he sent out for
wine, gin, stout, and sandwiches, in succession, all of which
were brought in by the prisoner, but he had no sooner liar-
taken of a small portion of the spirits than he was seized
with a sudden stupor, on recovering from. which some time
after, he found himself still in the company of the women,
who then led him out of the house, and at the corner of an
adjoining street suddenly disappeared. The moment they
had left him he was accosted by a third woman, who in-
duced him to accompany her to some oyster- rooms in the
neighbourhood, on entering which he discovered that his
pocket-book had been transferred to another pocket from
that in which he bad placed it, and that the clasp had been
partly wrenched off, and besides all the loose cash, that the
whole of its contents, with the exception of two 101. notes,
which had been fortunately overlooked by the thieves, had
been abstracted. Ho gave immediate information of the
robbery to the police, who succeeded, after considerable dif-
ficulty, in taking the prisoner into custody.
Police-constable Brown stated that on apprehending the
prisoner, she denied all knowledge of the robbery, and
declared that she had remained constantly at home ever
since the prosecutor had visited her house on Saturday night.
Police-constable G 135, however, proved that he had been
engaged with other officers in searching for the prisoner,
who had absented herself immediately after the robbery, and
only returned home on the preceding evening.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner denied all know-
ledge of the robbery, and protested that she had never left
home since the night it was perpetrated.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that he considered the case was re-
plete with such strong suspicion against the prisoner, that
he dad no hesitation in remanding her for a week, but had
no objection to accept substantial bail for her appearance,
herself in 801., and two sureties in 401. each.