Year: 1878

TWO SERIOUS CHARGES THAT DEVELOPED A


CROOKED" CONSTABLE.


From tho London Standard. Oct 24.l


Frank Robbins. aged thirty three, described Of
mo occupation" of No. So Kenilworth road, Bow.
surrendered ut Worship Street Court yesterday to his
bail. and charged with assaultng Sarah Ann
willetts. q servant girl. The girl Willctts was
also charged remand, with having stolen
a pocket handkerchief and two neck scarfs,
the property Of her mistress. The evidence Of
the GIRL who is about sixteen years Of age.
went to show that the prisoner, who was her mis-
tress son. entered the kitchen under preence of ask
ing her to post letter. and then assaulted her. He
also made overturcs to her On his making his Soc
ond overture he threatened to cut her throat and kill
himself well. aud terrified her by locking the
doors. This evidence given ut the first hearing.
ON the following Saturday night the girl was given
into custody on the charge of felony


The prosecutrx. Mary Ann Robbins mother Of tho
prisoner, said that when the girl and her mother
called for the box she insisted examining it, and III
the of constable and other persons the box
opened the girl having the key. In a small card
board box inside the witness said she found pocket
handkerchief and two necktics. her property. Mrs.
Robbins was corroborated by Mrs. Pool


Police constable No. 335 deposed that at half past
Ave on Saturday afternoon he passing the house
in plain Clothes and Mrs. Robbins after him and
said she wished to have the girls box searched and
asked II IL could be done: he told her could In the
girls presence; he left tho house aud was going
away, when he met the girl aud her mother coming to
the house witcss the things found, and the girl
said that Mrs. Robbins had put them thero Mrs.
Robbins gave the girl in charge to another constable.
who set for.j


An Inspector of the X. division here said that he
wished to state that. from what had been stated to
him, the constables statement was untrue. His pres
in the house did not arise he had statedthat
he had been sent for. The constable was the same
officer who had taken Robbins into custody Ave days
before.


The mother Of the girl forward and state, that
the constable had called on her Saturday morning
tsho living at Popar and had first endeavored to
certain whether she would not come to arrange
lncnt with Mr.. Robbins, remarking that MIR. lsobbns
was rich and had clever lawyer, and meant to
charge her daughter with perjury IL she did
not arrange IT, She agreed to meet the con-
stable near the keniworth road to go with
her daughter To fetch away the box She did meet
him. When the box opened witness declared
that she herself turned out everything from the little
box III question: but that Mrs. Robbins calno into the
room again afterward. and, taking up the box, held
IT against her and then appeared to find the hand
kerchief and ties In 1t. She held up the things
and said to the policeman, There, you see, found
these things ia the box but tho constable replied.
'Il have nothing to do with II" and went down
stairs. They all went down into the parlor while an
other constable sent for. Then No. 1886 asked
witness not to say he had been to her house. and he
hid under the table until the other constable took her
daughter into custody.


Mr. Hannay said that the facts disclosed were so
serious all sides that the case must be thoroughly
investigated 10th prisoners were remAnded On ball