The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-21 00:00:00

POLICE 11VTELLIGE1VCE.

-place,
the Lord Mayor.
MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday, Stephen nonillion
Sleigh arid Henry Owen, wholac e,Fitzroy-square,
werei
tszormo
ye days..s
q ua
raeg,oo charged,
h al rogoe4d,
with having conspired to cheat and defraud Dr. John
connected with a company called
twHheaeTrl elh"efiDAnd'atenvli Inieysun, daeolxafna Bonustm
R 3
iuwnseesdreel
beforel
Life Assurance Socie t y , ' which
had system, according to
Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Mr. TT %,
—utopureys, appeared
the
Art-Union
re
teln ion startedp r
iunpc
iopnl
e. the lottery
for the prosecution; Mr. Wontner for the defence.
since the last day on which the defendants
Mr. Wontner, before the commencement of the exami-
nhaadtionnp,paseairded before his lordship, he had consulted with
his clients, Ind they had intimated to him that they
agi.,,,d in opinion that it was not fair that Dr. Davis
should lose his money. They had, therefore, determined
to pay him back the 1001. which he had advanced. He
hoped the offer would not be rejected by Dr. Davis, or
discountenanced by the Lord Mayor. lie was ready to
pay the money at that moment, and if the
rejected, the refusal, upon the part of the complainant,
to
certainly could not be attributedproposal was
any but vindictive
motives.

noticingthththee proposition made
case.
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on business at 7, St. Michael's-alley,
t binytoMr. William Owen,
hecheque produced, or onmeysipmoistrstsojoint—o!
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Mr.l rr..CGwleaoorrkr.
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I am a general mer-
echoarnnth,
il carrying
The
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It
tnewqauseb—rocuagmbe
who is the actuary of the Age Insurance Company. He
asked me to give him ono of my chEques for it, as that
cheque was crossed. Mr. William Owen was a business
acquaintance of mine. I have known him I think three
years. I paid the cheque I received from Mr. Owen
ioto my banker's, the Commercial Bank of London. I
have known Mr. Henry Owen (the defendant) now so
long. Ido not know Mr. Sleigh. I know nothing at
all of the matter to which the cheque refers, and ex-
changed my cheque merely upon the word of Mr. Wil-
liam Owen.

After a few verbal corrections were made in the
evidence, the whole of the depositions were read, and
The Lord Mayor said he considered it to be his duty
to send the case to the Central Criminal Court.
Mr. Clarkson said he was instructed to State that the
bail which the defendants had given upon the introduc-
tion of the ease would be accepted upon the present
occasion.
The defendants were then hold to bail, each in his owa
surety of 1001,, to appear to answer the charge,
A seaman named Gorman, alias Tanner, wag sen-
tenced to 12 week,' hard labour in Bridewell, for havine
deserted from the Statira, bound for Sierra Leone. He
had been charged on a former occasion with similar
misconduct, after having received an advance, by Air.
Coleman, of the Itegistral-General of Seaman's Office.

THAMES..---MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—An Irish la-
bourer, name Driscoll, residing at 8, Rosemary-lane,
was charged with the following murderous assault on
police-constable Connor, 100 K :
gollhentn tolde ,
when
mpirti 1
ciao,
About three (i'clock on the previous night Connor, a
new hand. was On duty in Broad-street, Rateliff,,, When
he heard a disturbance between some persons who came
from a neighbouring night-house. He asked what they
did there at such to hour, to which they replied they
go to work
tahternfivtco-
y three, an„ urged 17,
wantedonith top,
who is a powerful fellow, struck him a heavy blow on
the eye. Tho prisoner then closed on him, but the con-
stable, being more active, tripped him up, and both fell.
They both regained their legs, and another struggle en-
sued, both falling heavily. The prisoner, contriving to
get uppermost, sat on the constable's chest, and began to
pummel him savagely about the head. The poor fellow's
head presented a most miserable appearance. His face
was terribly contused, and his eyes were nearly porn-
melled out of their socket:. Whilst he was down the
fellow still continued to ill-use him, and he endeavoured
to spring his rattle to summon assistance, but the pri-
soner wrested it from his hand, and beat him savagely
with it between the eyes. He then became insensible,
and was supported to the station to make the charge.
Anne M'Carthy, servant at a coff,e•house in the
neighbourhood, saw the prisoner knock the policeman
down and sit on his chest. He seized the constable's
rattle and jobbed it into his eyes, after which he took
out a small knife, but witness and another woman seized
his arm, and the prosecutor succeeded in wrestling it
from his hand.
Mr. Yardley (to the constable)—Why did you not tell
mu of the knife?

and gave his
uch confused
eviTdehnecceownsi
since ho sustained the injury.
tthabmleu,
cwhhdoimapcpuelaur,edsAviderhyewweziksi,
Walker, 445 IC, heard cries for help in Ilarris'a•court,
a very low neighbourhood, and hastened to render as-
sistance, when ho found the policeman on the ground
smothered with blood, and the prisoner in the act of
striking him.
The prisoner in his defence said that the constable
was drunk and quarrellit g with some people. He
stopped to lock on, when the constable told him to go
on, and immediately struck him several blows with his
staff on the head.
The la. pectirg Sergeant Sullivan, on the other hand,
said that the constable, though very weak, was quite
sober.

Mr. Yardley but for the uncertain evidence respecting
tho knife, would have imposed the heaviest penalq; as