The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.
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WESTMINSTER.

A WOMAN ENDEAvOURING TO STRANGLE HERSELF IN
A POLICE STATION.—Mary Ann Paget, a woman about 40
years of age, was charged with being drunk and incapable
in the street. There was also a subsequent charge against
her for endeavouring to strangle herself in the police sta-
tion.

John Boyle, 284 B, said that at half-past 1 o'clock this
morning he found the defendant in St. George's-road, Pim-
lico, drunk and incapable, and took her to the station-house,
where the charge being entered, she was locked up.
Joseph Robes, 142 B, said defendEnt was brought in at
half-past 1 o'clock. Shortly after she bad several fits, and
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conveyed her to a cell, when she suddculy took off a gar-
ter, and placing it round her, while she pulled the ends
with great force. She was directly afterwards found black
in the face. An attendant was left with her during the
night to prevent a repetition of the effer ce.

Mr Arnold—Did the defendant say anything when you
prevented her destroying herself ?
Witness—She said she v(Juld do it again.
Mr Arnold—Lid anything transpire as to the cause?

Witness—lt was stated that the defendant had lived at
54, Lillington•street, and that her husband had sold up her
home and deserted her.

Mr Arnold—l must remand her fog a week,

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

STEALING NARKED MoNEy...—,j4hn gawkes, a boy in
the employ of Messrs Massey and Co. military cap makers,
No. 7, Great Newport-street, was charged before Mr Tyr-
whitt with steeling some marked mcney from the desk of
his employers.

From the evidence of Mr John IV:ight, foreman to the
prosecutors, who stated that in consecuence of money being
missed almost daily for the past six sveks, he, on the pre-
vious night, marked 9s 2d, and pitted it in the till. On
going to the premises that morning hi missed all the money,
and hearing that the prisoner, who wig employed as errand
boy, had come half-an-hour before /is time, he asked him
why he had done so, when he said hehad woke earlier than
usual. He then asked the prisonei what mosey he had
about him, and he took from his pocket two sixpences,
stating that that was all he had, and on lcoking at them he
(witness) found they were two he had marked overnight.
He then sent for a constable, end gave the prisoner into
custody, and on making a search th 3 remainder of the
marked money was found under some rood in the kitchen.
The prisoner, who pleaded guilty,
azd said he took the
money to buy a pair of boots, was tommitted for four
months with hard labour.

COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FOR ASSAULTING A
LICENSED VICTUALLER.-Wm. Allen, 14, Prince's-row,
Newport-market, was charged with assaulting Mr Thomas
Lindfield, of the Queen's Head Tavern, 412, Oxford-street.
Mr Lindfield said that on the previous night the prisoner
and another man came into his houseand called for some
drink, hut seeing they were both drunk he refused to serve
them, and requested them to kayo. Ihe prisoner's com-
panion did so, but the prisoner refused, and on his (Mr
Lindfield) putting him out of his house, so as to prevent a
disturbance, the prisoner struck him a violent blow in the
face and eye, and but for tie interference of a neighbour,
Mr Schwabe, the prisoner no doubt would have inflicted
serious injury upon him, he behaving in a very viclent
manner, and it requiring two constables to take him to the
station.

A constable proved seeing Mr Lindt eld's face bleeding.
Mr Tyrwhitt committed the prisonw for a month, with
hard labour, without the option of paying a fine.