The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

BOW-STREET.

E"henr::r Kurn, police_ion.;;lT.,2.,,Thamea division, was
charged with assaulting his inspector, Mr. Henry Joseph
King. . _

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Inspector King stated that at about 5 o'clock on Thursday
evening the prisoner came on hoard the Thames police
station ship, the Royalist, which is oored opposite the
Temple-pier. He came on board for duty. Seeing that
he was drunk, witness told him he could not go out in
charge of a boat, and desired him to go home or lie down
for awhile. Witness then left the deck, but heard from
below the voice of the prisoner calling him foul names,
and threatening that he would ” be hung for him or one
of his family that night." Witness went on deck again
to remonstrate with the prisoner, who immediately struck
him a violent blow in the face. (Witness's nose and both
eyes were much swelled and blackened.) He bled a good
deal from the nose at the time. The prisoner had been
brought before the Commissioners of Police, who referred
the matter to the magistrate.
Police-constable Page, NI, of the same division, who was
on deck at the time, corroborated.
The prisoner said Mr. King bad for a long time exhi-
bited animosity against him.
Mr. King said that was not true. He had done his beet
to serve the prisoner.
Mr. Evans, the superintendent of the division, stated
that the prisoner had been thirteen years in the force.
There bad been three reports against him for drunkenness,
but, with those exceptions. he had behaved well. There
had been no report against him for four years, and he had
been placed in charge of a boat to allow bon su opportunity
of recovering his charActer and getting promo, ion, which
his good conduct for four years afforded grounds to hope
for.

Mr. Flowers said that unfortunately this was worsetban
an ordinary case of assault, as the prisoner, being a con-
stable, ought to know better than other persons how cul-
pable such conduct was. It was impossible to treat lightly
so gross a breech of discipline as an assault of a policeman
on his superior officer. At first, indeed, he doubted
whether ho ought not to send the case for trial. But con-
sidering the prisoner's good conduct. at all events for the
last four years, be was disposed to deal with it himself,
and he was the more disposed to do so as he felt that what
would happen hereafter would probably entail more
punishment than the penalty which be should inflict.
He must be imprisoned for two months, and bound over in
one surety of 201. and his own recoernisances of 401, to
keep the peace for a further period of six months.

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