The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-02 00:00:00

WORSIIIP•STHEET.

GAROTTE ROBBERY.
A young, but very powerful man, who gave the mime of
110,1107 S Rio, and described himself as being • colder-
wonger, was charged with violently assaulting and robbing
l'oniet Harris, a clothier, living in Es' at-street, Walworth.
Prorocutor in about tat years of age, and manifestly had
been grossly ill•used. His evidsnoe was that last night,
hetweer ti and 7 o'clock, while in the act of calling on a
friend in Whitechapel, he received a blow from what he
believed to be a man's fist on the back of the bead, which
, ndered him :dimwit mad ; be fell against the door, and
from thence sideways. Observed the prisoner and two
her oleo , as also a boy, all of whom kicked and
,truck him, while the prisoner pot hie hand over
his month awl kept it there, preventing him calling out
or making any noise. While in this condition his garments
vete pulled open and a gold watch, worth 18/., stolen;
but nut any ney. The watch was banded to one of the
other men by the prisoner, who with the boy remained
kicking the re...cater and striking him, while the men ran
01 with their hoots. Still the prisoner continued beating
hill] about the head, end one blow in the course of the
..truggle struri the shutter, which occasioned such a noise
that a woman came to the door, who gave a
il alarm,
:m a policeman mine to the spot, and seized
the prisoner, and detained him. The boy who had }coined
in the iissault esipeil. Nothing had since been seen of
the watch or the assailants. The witness spoken of was
tamitied, and fully bore out the testimony of the old
man who had been so fearfully maltreated. She deposed
to the fearful condition which he was in when she
..pened the door, and saw him being ill-treated by the
prisoner, while one band was covering his mouth.
To the surprise of everyone in court the prisoner made
an defence to the charge, and was remanded for the com-
pletion of the depositions.
The magistrate acknowledges the receipt of Cis. from
Messrs. Marshall and Snelgrove, for the purposes of the
poor-box.

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William Marney, a Mout-looking Irish labourer, was I s
placed at the bar, charged with wounding Police-constable ,
Patrick Bryant, 131 L, by kicking him on the head and I
injuring him so that he is unfit for duty. It may be re- i
collected that on Saturday last another young Irishman
was sentenced to two months' hard labour for attacking .
the constable at the same time.
It appeared from the evidence of the constable that at it •
late hour on Saturday night be was on duty in Francis.
street, Westminster-bridge-road, a very low neighbour-
hood, when he saw the prisoner and two others turned out
of a public-house. They then began snaking a disturbance,
when the constable told them to go away. Dwyer, the
man convicted on Tuesday, then came up to the constable, 11
and called him a" Fenian informer." Perceiving
that they were very much excited, the constable told I
them to go home, and he left them and went
sound his beat. On his return in about half an hour the
prisoners were still there disturbing the peace, and the j
constable again requested them to go home, and just as
he had turned round be was struck on the top of the fore-
head
and on the head with a heavy sharp atone which nearly
stunned him. He looked round and saw Douglas's hand
drop, an.l as lie was getting up the prisoner at the bar
kicked him on the head and they both made their eecape.
Witness proceeded to the station-house with assistance
when Dr. Blades, the divisional surgeon, attended and
dressed his wounds. The injuries he received rendered
him moil de to perform his duty.
In answer to the charge the prisoner admitted being on
the spot when the constable was having a fair fight with
the other man whom he had challenged, but he denied
taking any part in it, or assaulting the constable in any

wa.
The constable was recalled, and, in answer to his
worship, denied having challenged Dwyer to fight, or
byring fought with him, or any other man. He was posi-
tive that the priaoner was the man who kicked him when
on the ground.
The magistrate said the prisoner was a cowardly ruffian,
and sentenced him also to two maths' hard labour.

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