The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-28 00:00:00

CLERKEA WELL

Selina Wells, a voting WOlll3ll dres:ed in (lep
mourning, was charged under the following singular
circumstances:—

Mr. John Singleton residing at Berkeley-Pace,
Blackfriars-road, stated that on the 19th of June last
the prisoner came to his house ; he had been pre-
viously acquainted with her. She began to talk of
the Wizard of the North, Mr. Anderson, who was
then playing at the Strand Theatre, and earnestly
pressed him and his wife to allow their little son, a
boy four years of age, to go with her that night to
the theatre. After inueh entreaty they consented.
She promised to bring him home on the following,
day., Soon after her departure a considerable quan-
tity of wearing apparel was missed. On the
following day happening to go to see a friend of
his, mr. Itibshire, a boot and Shoemaker, residing
in Leicester-square, he was informed that die prisoner
had called there on the previous evening, and on Mr.
Singleton's card and the confirmation of .the child,
obtained a quantity of boots and shoes. As she did
not return, nor the child, being almost distracted at
the loss of his child, he advertised them in all the
newspapers and in handbills ; a fortnight after, 'be-
tween ten and twelve o'clock at night, a cab drove up
to his door, in which, to their unbounded delight, was
their long lost child. The child told him, and so did
the cabman, that the female put him into the cab in
the Strand, gave Mr. Singleton's address, and went
away. Last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
he accidentally met . the prisoner walking in Eagle-
street, Holborn, with some other persons. He imme-
diately gave -her into custody.
The prisoner not having the least defence to make,
was committed for trial on the charges of robbery, and
obtaining goods on false pretences.
111 A YLE BONE.

John APllardy, a respectably-dressed young man,
was charged with stealing from the Euston Hotel,
Euston-square, a valuable gun and case, the property
of Primrose Fitzgerald, Esq., a gentleman of fortune
residing there.
'James Jones, cl4c at the above hotel, said that
the prisoner was Hall porter when Mr. Fitzgerald
came to the hotel in November, 1841, bringing with
other property the gun and case in question. Shortly
after both were stolen, and Messrs. liethier and Van-
tini, the proprietors of the house, not being
able to trace the property by advertising
or otherwise, paid Mr. Fitzgerald the value,
and he soon afterwards left London for
a tour through Ireland. The prisoner was discharged
in three months after for some trifling fault, and he
(the witness) about the same time got an anonymous
letter, promising restitution of the stolen property if a
certain sum of money would be given to the writer.
From some expressions contained in that letter, he
was led to think that M'Hardy was implicated, and
going to his lodgings in Chapel-street, Somer's Town,
he found there the empty case, which he believed to
.be the one stolen.
John Larkin, vice-maker, 16, DrummondLcrescent,
said that about seven or •eight months ago he was sent
for by a friend of the prisoner's to a house in South-
ampton-street. He went, and found in the room
the prisoner, his friend, and- a brother, they wished
him (witness) to open a gun-case, and he fitted a key
to it ; the contents were a gun, a flask, and some
copper caps. The property was afterwards removed
to M‘Hardy's lodgings in Chapel-street. He believed
the gun to be the same.
Other evidence was given proving, beyond a doubt,
that the prisoner had committed the felony. When
asked if he had anything to say, he merely requested
that Mr. Long" would order the reporters to suppress
his name as his parents were very respectable."
He was remanded till Thursday week that Mr.
Fitzgerald might be written to, and the missing gun,
if possible, recovered.