The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-04-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW.STREET. -t
Colonel Woodbury appeared on a warn*, charging him with
assaulting a porta iu the employ of a shoemaker, in Princes-
street, Leiceeter.square.
The complainant stated, that a few days back he waited on the
Colonel at the Prince of Wales Hotel, in Le .Weter-equare, with a
pair of boots that be bad ordered. He was shown up to the Colo-
eel's room, and on tapping for admission, was desired by the Colo.
nel to walk in. He, however, had no sooner lo dace, than the
Colonel, without any Proetseasien, tame up to him and struck him
down, and then dragged him out of the room.
The Colonel, in reply, said, that the fellow entered his room
without his desire or bowledige ; olbnded at his intrusion, he
ordered him out, and as be showed some reluctance in obeying this
mandate, he gave him a posh, and a struggle ensued, in which he
wan forced down.
The complainant denied that he was desired to withdraw. and
said that the Colonel struck him, without any intimation of the
why or wherefore.
R. Br an tit said, that as the couplet:ant had sworn positively
to the assault, and u the Colonel was not prepared with evidence
to rebut it, he had no alternative but to call on him to find surety
for his appearance to answer any charge that might be preferred
against him at the Sessions; his own reeognizancee, however,
would be sufficient.
Mr. Bunt, the proprietor of the Cannon pabbe-house, in
Uungerfoni-street, appeared to a charge of assaulting a wooden.
legged pensioner of Chelsea hospital, who stated that on Sunday
he went to the house in question, and while sitting in the tap-room,
was attacked and cruelly ill-treated by the defendant and two other
men, whom he did not know.
In reply, the defendant stated, that the complains* wit in.
debted to him for three months' lodging, which he had agreed to
do
him when he received his pension; instead, however, of so
doing, he hid ever since been keeping himself in a most glorious
state of intoxication. In this condition on Sunday he entered his
house, and called fur some beer, but be refused to draw him any,
and he then went into the tap-room, where he made free with the
beer belonging to 'some coal-beavers who were there sitting, and
who resented the liberty by the assault of whieh he was now corn. !
piaining. Defendant interfered and turned him out of the house.
Sir R. Buture asked the complainant if it were true that be
owed Mr. Hunt for lodging ?
' The complainant said it was.
" And so, ' said Sir RICHARD, " you pay the debt with a war-
rant I"
The complainant made no reply, and Sir RICHARD dismissed
the complainant.
WORSIIIP-STREET.
Wilfred Barnett, a Jew of rather prepossessing appearance,
seemingly not more than Ili years of age, was brought before Mr.
EE, NITT, for final examination, on two charges of robbery.
The tinit charge was for stealing. a gold watch and appendages,
from the house of Mr. Setigwick, in Ivory-grove, Islington.
The next case against the prisoner was for stealing seven silver
table spoons, the property of Mr. Cater, of Park-place, Back-road,
Islington.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial on each of these
charges.