The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-21 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Two ladies entered the Court and asked Mr. Maltby, the
sitting magistrate, for advice in the following affair :
The eldest of the two ladies said her companion was the
daughter of a tradesman, a foreigner, in Beak-street, Golden-
square. Her sister, a child about fourteen years of age,
had been taken away from her home by a gentleman who
had been on intimate terms with the family. The father had
discovered that the girl was a consenting party, and that
she had been taken to Liverpool, where she now was. The
person who had taken her from home had just embarked for
America, leaving the girl behind, and though the girl had
been applied to by friends to return home, she had refused to
do so. The father now wished to know whether he could not
obtain some legal authority to get his erring child back again
to her home.

Mr. MAI.TIT said, as the girl was at Liverpool, he had no
means of rendering the required assistance.
The lady said the father wished to know whether he had
not legal authority to compel his daughter, who was of such
tender age, to return to his protection. In case she persisted
in her refusal to return home, would he be justified in using:
force ?

Mr. NIALTIV said, the hest course for the father to take
would be to proceed at once to Liverpool, and if he could not
persuade his daughter to return with him, to apply to Ole
police authorities there, who would no doubt render him all;
the assistance in their power.
The applicants thanked the magistrate, and retired.
MAR YLEB(IN

Yesterday Martha Carter, apparently not more than 29
years of age, was brought up in custody, and placed at the
bar, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Rawlinson, to answer
the following charges, preferred against her by her master, Mr.
N. B. Edmonstone, of 31, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park.
Mr. Eldon attended for the prosecutioo.
Mr. Edmonstone stated, that the prisoner was cook in his
establishment for upwards of two years, and that she was in the
habit of paying his tradesmen's weekly bills. On the 7th of
May last, he gave her 131. 9s. 3d., in order that she might
settle various accounts, and, on Wednesday last, he ascertained
that several persons, whom he imagined had been paid, had
not received their money. He called the prisoner up into his
drawing.room, and on telling her that she had not paid the
sums as directed by him, she acknowledged the offence.
Mr. Thomas Green, butcher, 3, Little Sussex-place, Hyde-
park-gardens; Mr. Benning, buttertnan, 82, Great Portland-
street ; Mr. Hembrey, milkman, 8, Davenport-mews, Pad-
dington; and Thomas Sadler, from the firm of De Castro and
Co., Piccadilly, appeared to give evidence, and it was shown
that in many cases the prisoner had signed the names of some
of the said tradespeople to their books, and had thus for some
time deceived her master, who imagined that the weekly bills
were regularly settled.
Sergeant Walker, 5 D, Paid, that he took the prisoner into
custody, and on searching her boxes found therein two sheets
belonging to her master. Oa the way to the station-house.
the prisoner said she could not think what she had done with
the money which her master had given her, and asked witness
if he thought she should be transported.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say in her defence, was
fully committed for trial.
Prosecutor slid that he had been robbed by the prisoner to
a much greater amount than he had already stated.