The Sun. — 1848-01-17 (London, England)

GUILDHALL. Elizabeth White, a sharp-looking little ,w.oman, on. about 40 years old, was brought before John Pirie for further hearing, having been charged on a previous day by Mr. Alderman Sidney with assaulting him in the street, for the purpose of being taken care of in prison rather than become an inmate of the union to which she belongs. Mr. Alderman Sidney had no desire to press the case. Sir Jous PIRIE observed to the prisoner, that he supposed she would do the same thing again, if he were kind to her and discharged her now. She replied, you are just right, hurling one of her shoes at him with tolerable precision. The ALDERMAN remanded her for a week, that the gaol surgeon may report on the state of her mind. John Goodenough, a letter-carrier in the postoffice, was re-examined, charged with being concerned with two other parties, not in custody, in stealing six sovereigns, the property of John Jordan, the landlord of a beer-house in Fenchurch-street.  The prisoner introduced two of his friends to sup at the house. After they were gone the landlord missed from his bag of money, which he had left on the table, while he was absent from the room, six sovereigns. As the prisoner was one of the last to leave the room, the landlord inferred he was cognisant of the theft, and the prisoner undertook to get the money back from his companions, though he protested he knew nothing of the stealing of the money. Mr. Humphreys, for the prisoner, now cross-examined the complainant at great length. Sir Jour( Ems said it was a case of great suspicion. Ile regretted to part with the prisoner, but as he did not think a jury would convict him he should not send him to trial. An inspector of letter-carriers attended from the rost-office to watch the case, and he promised to report the circumstances to the proper. quarter. The prisoner was discharged. Lucy TVright and Ann Williams, two genteelly dressed young women, were charged with stealing a purse, containing eight sovereigns and a foreign coin, from a gentleman, whose address is not known.  Henry Morton, police-constable 63 L, said that about nine o'clock last evening he heard cries of murder proceed from White Horse-street, Cornwallroad; and on proceeding to the spot he perceived the P rcsecutrix lying on the pavement and the prisoner kicking her in a violent manner. She was screaming dseadfully, and the prisoner was standing over her, exclaiming that he would murder her. As soon as witness came up he seized hold of the prisoner and pulled him away, but he made away from him, and kicked the female in the face and eyes so violently as to render her insensible. Assistance came up at the time, and after great resistance the prisoner was se' cured and taken to the station-house. Witness took ' the complainant to a surgeon's, where she soon recovered, but her face and eyes were so swollen that she could not see. The prisoner told him that the woman had robbed him and refused to give him his money back. Mr. COTTINGLIAM said that such offences were very much on the increase. Parties considered that they might treat unfortunate females in any manner they thought proper. Had the complainant received any cuts he should have committed him for trial at the Old Bailey ; as it was he should send him to prison for two months.  Emma Young was placed at the bar charged with having in her possession a silver dessert spoon, king's pattern, supposed to be stolen. Mr. Francis Lyon Barrett, pawnbroker, of the Dover-road, said that on the previous evening the prisoner came into his shop and offered to pledge the spoon. He examined it, and from its extraordinary weight, and the crest being scratched out, he suspected that she had come improperly by the spoon. He then asked her where she got it, when she replied that it was her own property. He then kept possession of it, and told her to call on the following morning. He informed a police• constable of the circumstance, which led to her apprehension. John Wright, police-constable, 63 M, said that from the description given him by the last witness of the woman, he instantly suspected the prisoner, and that morning proceeded to her lodgings, where she generally slept, and took her into custody. He examined the house, but was not able to find any more property, although he was confident that the prisoner was connected with a party of thieves. He had taken the spoon to a silversmith's, and he believed the crest to have been a " stork's head and a crown."  Mr.