Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1882-05-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE RICH GET THE JUSTICE, AND THE  POOR GET. THE LAW." Lass Monday morning, at the Middlesbrough Police Court, a married woman named Elizabeth Horoeby was charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Meagre 'meson aud Co., boot and BOOS dealers, Sussex-street, Middlesbrough. -Mr William Imeson stated that on Saturday night he examined the defendant's basket, and found a pair of boots (produced) which were never acid on Ssturday night.-The prisoner denied having stolen the property, but said she gave an assietant in the shop half-a-sovereign for the boots.-Miss Dickenson denied this, but Kate Ramsey, who was with the prisoner, , swore she saw Mrs Horusby give half-a. sovereign in payment.-Prisoner, whostoutly denied the charge, said, "They might as well have sworn th atl murdered Lord Cavendish." -Mr ColemaL believed the story of the prosecution, and inflicted a fine of 20s in., clediug costs, or ten days' imprisonment.Prisoner was gretity affected ; demanded the boots, which she repeated she bad paid for, and swore she womd pay no flue. As she left the dock she exclaimed, " The rich gets the justice, and the poor gets the law." A ROBIN SOCIETY FOR MIDDLISBIIOUGH,--. On Monday evening an adjourned meeting was held in the all-street School-room, Middlesbrough, for the purpose of forming a Robin Society for Middleebrough.-Mr H. M. Hadley presided, and there was a fair attendance. -The Cuairman, in opening the proceedings, explained the objects of the meeting. The title of t e Society would feem somewhat strange, but it was nevertheless a very suggestive and suitable one, and was originated by the Rev. Charles Bullock-(applause)-who was well known to all who had any knowledge of Curietian or philanthropic work. Robin dinners were organized in order that the waifs and strays of London might be fed during the winter months. They commenced with 300 or 400 visitors, whitest last year they had the enormous number of 10,000. (Applause.) In doe time they hoped that every destitute child in London would know by experience what a Robin dinner was. After being set before a good dinner, the children were supplied with food for the mind in the snape of readings, recitations, addresses, songs, music, ' dc. The societies were becoming very popular in many of the largest towns, for by their means wealth vas brought into immediate ooutact with poverty, and could not fail to call forth a great amount of kindly feeling and mutual sympathy. He believed those who gave the dinners enjoyed them quite as well as those who partook of them. (Applause.) They were me; to do the greatest good to the greatest number; and he referred to the horrible state of one of the main arteries of London, as depicted on Monday evening by the London correspondent of The Gaze,. ,e. Though they had ant such soope as in London, there were plenty of children in Middlesbrough whom they could exercise a beneficial ()onkel over.-Ou the motion of the Chairman, it was agreed to form a Middieehrough and District Robin Society; and a code of rules, read over by Mr NV. R. Glantz, were adopted, with certain alterations. Mr H. M. Hadley situ, elected president, and Mr ' W. R. Ciente general secretary, the election of other officers being left over.-A, vole of thanks to the Chairman oloso4 the prooeeil.• •  ir t 7, , t Li r