The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-10 00:00:00

hushami to Appear against Coptain
which he W;l3 discharged.

UNION-HA LL

Yesterday morning the Magistrates, Messrs.
CUAMBETIS and ELVARD, were occupied for some
hours in the inrestigation of a robbery, committed
on Friday last, at a brothel in Robert-street, Kent-
street, in which an elderly gentleman, named Grice,
lost his gold watch and app:lidages, besides a purse
containing 13 sovereigns. The neighbourhood where
the robbery took place is one of the very worst at
the Surrey side of the river, especially since the
formation of the new police, who have driven the
majority of the prostitutes over there, who pre-
viously infested the purlieus of the great theatres,
and the Almonry, in the district of Queen-square,
Westminster. The person charged with the rob-
bery is a young female named Brown.
• The complainant was dressed in the ancient cos-
tume of his forefathers, wearing a low-crowned hat
with an enormous brim to it, powdered hair, and an
old fashioned coat, with silver buttons, each us large
as a crown-piece. He commenced his charge against
the prisoner thus :—" Your Worship, I have been
staying in town for some days past, at the Half
Moon, in the Borough, where I am in the habit of
putting up when I come in from my residence at
Reigate. On Friday last I spent the evening at
the Artichoke, on Newington-causeway, and was
detained there later than I otherwise should, have
been, owing to a very important discussion going
forward in the room, in which I was much inte-
rested. When I left that house, which was a little
after twelve o'clock, as I was pa--sing St. George's
church, that wicked young woman at the bar," said
the complainant, pointing to the prisoner, " came
up, and asked me if I wanted a lodging. I did,
although reluctantly, accompany the girl to a house
somewhere off Kent-street, where we went to bed,
I first having taken the precaution of placing my
gold watch and purse of sovereigns under my pillow.
I soon fell asleep. Well, your. Worship," continued
the complainant, " on awaking in the morning, I
missed my companion, and shortly afterwards disco-
vered that both watch and money were also gone."
Mr. CHAMBERS—I have now, Sir, a few questions
to put to you. Ia the first place, where you sober
when you met the girl ? To this question the corn-
,!
plainant gave an impertinent answer, which, coupled
with his previous conduct, and a strange peculiarity
of voice in the delivery of his evidence, induced •
the Magistrate to believe that he was then labour-
ing under the effects of liquor. This, however, did
not appear to be the ease, for it was stated that he
bad a hesitation in his speech which caused an im-
pediment in his pronunciation.

Mr. CHA3IIII3I2S :hen sent for the landlord of the
Artichoke, in order to ascertain with certain y
whether Mr. Grice was tipsy when he left his house
on the night he was robbed, and in the interval put
the following questions to him :
Pray, Sir, what business or profession are you ?
Mr. Orice—l am an independent gentleman, and
have served for the last three years as foreman of
the grand jury at Reigate.
Mr. CHAMBERS—If you were really sober on the
night in question, you should have acted with more
caution than to accompany a common prostitute to
such a place as Kent-street. . . .

Mr. tLYARD was only surprised that the people
in the brothel, into which he had so incautiously
ventured, did not cut off the large silver buttons on
his coat, as well as deprive him of his watch and
purse of sovereigns.

The landlord of the Artichoke having arrived by
this time, in reply to the Magistrates he said, that
Mr. Grice had spent last Friday night at his house,
and that he only drank a single glass of ale and a
small glass of brandy and water while there. He
remained in the coffee-room betwi,en four and five
hours, and left the house about 12 o'clock, sober.
The landlord added, that Mr. Grice frequented his
house when in town, and was not tn the habit of
getting tipsy._ . .

l'hfaCtof the complainant being sober on the
night of the robbery being verified by .the landlord
of the Artichoke, the Magistrates committed the
prisoner for trial, Mr. CHAMBERS remarking, that
she had been often brought up there on charges of
felony, but had hitherto escaped.

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