The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

John Jack and James Chapman, described in the police
sheet as Robert Smirk and William Reynolds, privates in
the Grenadier Gouda, stationed at Welli .barracks,
were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing
two bottles of gin, wilfully breaking • large pane of plate
glass, damaging a door, violently assaulting Mi. Henry
Nice, the landlordof the Whittiogthn and Cat public-house,
in High-street, Wititechapel, sad assaulting several police-
constables of the H division.
One of the injured constables was unable to attend, and
it is feared the two soldiers have disabled him for life.
Mr. Nice stated that the prisoners came into his house at
one o'clock that morning as he was cleariog it and about to
close. They were told it was too late and could not be served
with anything. They made a forcible entrance and used very
bad language and threats. They also forced their company
on the few guests that remained and drank their beer.
Soon afterwards his wife pointed to a shelf in the bar,
from which he missed two bottles of gin. He turned
round and maw each of the prisoners with a bottle of gin.
He said to them " You are carrying ou • nice game bare,"
and they made a rush towards the door. He closed it be-
fore they could reach it, and while he was doing so the two
bottles of gin were placed on the counter, and the soldiers at-
tempted to climb over a partition, el, failing in that,
smashed a large pane of plate-glass which he valued
at 31.. He rushed out of the house to obtain the
assistance of the polies sod closed the doors upon them.
The prisoners very soon shattered one of the doors all to
pieces sad having escaped from the house made a furious
atta:ll upon him, knocked him against a lamp-post, and
nearly killed him. He shouted for the police as loud as he
was able, and they ran down a narrow court called Plough-
street. Ile followed them, and they kicked at the lower
part of his body, and put him to great pain and inconve-
nience. The soldiers were pursued by several pnlice con-
stables, and "ran like fury, until Chapman was overtaken
and secured. Jack climbed over • wall into a timber
yard, and a policeman unlocked the gates and brought
him out.
Henry Seeley, a police-constable, No. 107 H, said he took
Jack out of a tinther.yard in Whitechapel, and had no
sooner done so than he made • savage assault upon him and
repeatedly struck and kicked him. A constable named
Archer seized Chapman, who kicked and beat him on the
way to the station•house, and in the station, until be was
completely disabled ; he was afraid that the consequences to
Archer would be very serious indeed.
George Reed, • policecoustable, No. 99 H, said—This
morning, at one o'clock, I beard the springing of a rattle and
saw Archer on the ground at ling with the prisoner
Chapman. I laid hold of the soldier, who turned upon me,
and I was fear:ully beaten and kicked. We managed to
as am Chapman. Oa the way to the station-house the
soldier broke loose, and be made a ferocious onslaught on
Archer, kicked him, and got him against • doorpost,
where he acted in such a particularly brutal manner that
Archer brought up nearly • quart of blood, and fell to the
ground quite exhausted. We bad much trouble with both
prisone
Mr. Ranger Tautly, physician and surgeon, of No. 2,
Spital-square, said—l was called upon to attend the con-
stable Archer at 2 o'clock this morning. There were marks
of some blows on the abdomen and region of the stomach, on
the right hand, and upon the fore arm. He had been in-
sensible some time and lost a large quantity of blood.
Timm were also bruises on the constable • head, eyes, and
fees. The witness, after mentioning other injures, said
It was a serious cue. 110 could not say when Amber
would be able to appear.
Mr. Wnolryck —Very well. The prisoners are remanded
until Wednesday maxi.

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