The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1646.

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

GUILDHALL.--CHAROE or ASSAULT BY THE POLICE,
AND SERIOUS COUNTERCHARGE AGAINST THE OFFICER.—
Yesterday, an Irishman, named John JP Nally, was placed
at the bar, charged with assaulting police constable O.
Brown, 222, of the City force. The prisoner appeared in
the deck with his head bound up, plaster across his face, and
a great quantity of sticking plaster on the crown of his head,
where it appeared as if he had received several severe blows.
His wife, who was charged with a similar offence, did not
appear, being confined in the hospital from the severe inju-
ries else had received in the conflict. On the contrary, the
paillennan did not show the slightest evidence of having
seethed so much as a scratch.—George Brown, 222,
stated that about ten minutes to twelve o'clock, while on
duty on Snow-hill, he observed two or three individuals in
the act of sparring, or in a fighting attitude. He went up
and told them to go on, which they did a little further, but
again resumed their threatening attitudes, when he again
removed them. A third time he had to request them to go
on, when he was pushed into the road twice. Ho then took
the prisoner into custody, and while conveying him up King-
street, towards Smithfield station, he was surrounded by
from fifteen to twenty persons, who assaulted him, threw
him down, and became so violent that he was compelled to
spring his rattle, but assistance not arriving soon enough,
and considering himself in great danger, he used his trun-
cheon. During the row he received a severe kick on the
ankle, lost his hat, had his coat torn, &c.—Alderman Hooper
asked what had become of the woman ?—The constable said
she was in the hospital, severely hurt, but that he was not
aware of striking her. He thought her injury was
in consequence of a fall during the scuffie.—The
prisoner was perfectly collected, although he had been
drinking. The prisoner in defence stated that he was com-
ing home about the time in question, when he heard the
spring of a rattle. He saw two men, one of whom he
knew, being pushed along. His wife was before him, and
seeing her fall and the policeman fall over her, he went up
and picked him (the constable) up, but he had no sooner
done so, when he received a blow on the head which
stunned him. He was afterwards taken to the hospital to
get hi+ head dressed. Brown, to support his statement, called
John Butler 221, who said that about the time stated, while
at home, he heard a rattle spring. He looked out of the
window and observed complainant with a prisoner, sur-
rounded by a mob. He saw Brown flourish his truncheon
to keep the crowd off, and heard the latter call out several
times that the polieeinan was drunk. Ho afterwards saw
him knocked down, and was about to rush out, " when he
was withheld by his wife and another friend," and that
was all he knew about it.—Alderman Hooper: Why, it
was your duty as a preserver of the peace, to have gone out
under any circumstances. —Butler: But I was not on duty.
—Alderman Hooper : Whether on or off duty, it was your
duty to have gone out to the assistance of the officer.—
Butler (ruefully): You don't know what a policeman's wife
is.—Alderman Hooper : It makes no difference, you ought
to have gone out —Ellen Connelly. was then called for the
defence, and stated that on the night in question she saw
two men bidding each other good night, when Brown
came up, pushed them along and said, they could not stop there.
They went on, when the policeman said one of them
had insulted him. The prisoner's wife interfered, when the
policeman knocked her down with his truncheon. The
prisoner immediately came up and was served in the same
way, and whilst down, almost insensible, was struck twice by
the complainant. It was very evident Brown was intoxicated,
and all the people who witnessed the affair said the same.—
The constable denied being intoxicated when the acting-
inspector of the station was sent for, and on his appearance
he said that both before and after the occurrence he had
seen Brown, when he did not appear to be in the slightest
degree intoxicated. He was greatly excited.—ln answer to
a question from the Alderman, he said that sometimes
officers were not sober, hut the complainant on the present
occasion was. He (Scott) was, however, out present when
the charge was entered. Some parties called at the
station who said they had seen the blows struck, but they
refused to give their names.—Alderman Hooper decided on
remanding the case as there was a serious charge againsethe
constable. He hoped in the course of a few days the woman
would be able to attend, and he would allow the prisoner his
liberty, on condition of his producing the parties who he
knew were engaged in the row, so as to get at the facts of the
case.—The promise being given, the prisoner was liberated.

HAMMERSMITH.—Daamo HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Benj. Lampert, alias Smokey, Ro6t. Greeney, and Geo.Datis,
three young men, were finally examined on a charge of high-
way robbery, and a fourth young man, named Commute
Myer, was also charged on suspicion of having. been con-
cerned in the same.—From the depositions takenin the case,
it appeared that on Wednesday, the 7th inst., Gulliver, the
toll-collector at the Stamford-bridge gate, gave a paper parcel
containing 91. 4s. into the hands of Henry Clemens, a lad 17
years of age, in Mr. Levy's employ, with directions that he
should deliver it to Mr. Levy, at the Kensington turn-
pike. Clemens started on hie errand shortly after six o'clock,
and when he arrived nearly at the top of the Gloucester-road,
leading from Old Brompton to the Great Western-road, at
Kensington turnpike, four or five men rushed on him, one
knocked him down, and kicked him on the head when down,
two seized him by the throat until ho was nearly strangled,
while a fourth covered his mouth with his hands,
so that he could not halloo out, and having fum-
bled him all over, and kicked and beat him severely,
they let go of him and ran away in different directions. On
Clemens recovering, he found that his coat pocket had
been cut out, and that the pocket and the money
that was in it were gone.—The witness Clemens was posi-
tive as to the identity of the prisoners Lampert and Gurney,
but could not swear to the other two prisoners, as it was
almost dark at the time. Lampert had recently called two
or three' times at the Stamford-bridge gate, and asked wit-
ness questions as to what days he took money to Kensington.
Lampert also passed witness in the Gloucester-road about
two minutes before he was attacked, and as he did so turned
round and looked witness in the face.—Policeman Sparks,
T 67, deposed that, on the evening in question, about half-
past six o'clock, he saw five men, about the prisoners' size.
pass to Kensington, and directly afterwards he met
the witness Clemens. In about five minutes he heard a
faint cry of police in the distance, and on pro.ceeding to tke
spot he met Clemens covered with blood and in a very faint 1

and excited state. Witness ltaW the prisoner Greency last
Bunday week when brought to the station, and on searching
him found on him apiece of paper which was identified ma that
in which the money had been wrapped. The prisoners all de-
nied the charge.—Mr. Clive said he should discharge the pri-
soners Davis and Myer, against whom there was not suf-
ficient evidence, but he should commit Lampert and Oreeney
to Newgate for trial, there being former convictions against
each of them.