To The Editor Of The Time...
Sir,-As the papers of this day have reported the case wlhich oc- curred before Sir Richard Birnie, at Bow-street, of Margaret Jones, charged with stealing a piece of bacon from *ny shap,, wif voa per- mit me to statc through the medium of your paper, that I was t present when the tbeft eccurred ; but as roon as I heard of it, I de sired my young man to inquire minutely into the simatiort of the prisoner, and (though sustain:ng three or fobr iinilar louses almost daily) not to press the case if rhe had arny fmily, or in distress, nor unless she coald be recognized is an old efn_r. That he did not so act I much rezret,from the report I have just read in Tlx im7nes, and I proceeded immediately to Bow-street to repre- sent my wishes for her discharge, but unfortunately Sir Richart Birmie would not be in attendance till Thursday, when I ?ball of course renew my application, and in the interim sball not be unrntmd- ful of any assistanwe tbat can be afrorded to the unhappy woman. It is scarcely niecessary to add, that I hare never seen the prisoner. JAMES CARELESS, Cl-we-stvaee- I Aug. 17. To Tf E EDITOR OF THE rIMES.