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London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-5-CREET•
SAVAGE ASSAULI isr A 1/11115L,..,,,._
a private in the Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards, was
placed at the bar charged with assault.
Police-constable 60 A, said last night (Sunday) he was
crossing the Green-park in plain clothes, when he heard a
loud scream and cry of murder. He ran towards the spot
from whence the cry seemed to proceed, and there found the
prisoner struggling with s female. The prisoner immediately
he (witness) came up struck him a blow inthe face, and then
asked him what he had to do with the matter. He then
told him he cams to protect the woman from his violence,
and that he should take him to the station-house. A
struggle ensued, and ho (witness) having nothing to pro-
tect himself, being off duty and in plain clothes, he
remained with the prisoner for about ten minutes, waiting
for a policeman, when prisoner took off his belt and struck
him a blow with it. The constable on duty on Constitu-
tion-hill then came up, and witness told him to take the
prisoner to the station for assaulting him. The female did
not attend to make a charge against the man. He, witness,
did not tell the prisoner he was a police-constable. On the
way to the station the prisoner produced a two shilling
piece, and told the constable who had him in custody
that he (witness) had given it to him for a bad pur-
pose. The accusation was entirely groundless.
Police-constable 179 A said he took the prisoner into
custody. He did not know until the charge was being en-
tered at the station-house that the person he assaulted was
the constable. He confirmed the assertion of the last wit-
ness with respect tt: the two-shilling piece.
The prisoner denied that he took off his belt.
Police-constable 179 A said while he was conveying the
prisoner to the station he said the same thing, but a young
man who was walking with them said, " Yes, you did."
Brown said he did not know the man he had struck
was a policeman.
A sergeant from the prisoner's regiment said he was
habitually absent without leave, and was addicted to
drinking.
Mr Flower said it was a very savage assault and one
which he should feel it his duty to punish severely. If it
had been proved that the prisoner had known the person
who interfered to protect the female from his unmanly
vioilence to be a constable, or had the female attended, he
should have sent him to prison without the option of a fine,
but as that was not the case, it would influence his decision.
It was, however, a very bad case, and under all the circum-
stances of the sags he should fine the prisoner
default, commit him to prison with hard labour for one
month.
Timothy Foley, a man having the appearance of being
a sweep, was placed at the bar charged with illegally se,-
ling spirits.
Sergeant Rogers, cf the metropolitan police, said the
Prisoner lived at 20, Lincoln-court, and on Sunday morn-
ing, about naii-po. ,untion was called to loud
laughing coming from Foley's house.
an aperture in the shutter, and saw the prisoner standing
in the midst of a group of 14 persons, with a bottle in
his hand, selling the contents. He saw the prisoner
receive money from various persons, and then he waited
outside the house for a short time. He saw five people
stagger from the place, and then he and another constable
entered and took the prisoner into custody for illegally
selling spirits. He had been charged and convicted of the
same offence four or five times.
An officer from the Excise then examined the bottles
taken from the prisoner, and said they contained very weak
gin.
Mr Burnaby, the chief clerk, asked whether it was gin at
all, or whether it was not some poisonous compound P
The excise officer said it was gin lowered to about 80 per
cent below proof. The prisoner's charge, he believed, was
21d. per class,
Mr Flower said it was lamentable to think that a
very useful act of Parliaruent should be, to a
great extent frustrated by persons such as the pri-
soner. It was not to be supposed the prisoner did
know the penalties he was incurring, because he had been
four or five times charged with the same offence, and on
one occasion fined £5O. He should now sentence him to
pay a fine of £lOO, or in default, three months' imprison-
ment,with hard labour.
prisoner--LlOOl You don't mean hard labour !
Mr Flower—Yes, I perfectly well know that persons
who carry on a trade like yours do not like ,vork.
Prisoner—No it
ain't
likely ; but I do hope you'll think
three months inprison is quite enough, without the labour.
Mr Flower—No, I shall do nothing of the kind,
Prisoner (scratching his head)—Very wei4 then, I sup-
pose I must go and do it.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DANGEROUS ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VIGTUALLER.-- :
Cornelius Foley, a rough-looking Irishman, was charged
before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Mr Busby,
landlord of th 3 Grapes public-house, Tower-street, St
Martin's-lane.
Mr Busby was not present, being
confined to his bed in
consequence of the injuries he received, and a oertificate
was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt, signed by Dr. Penning, of the
Charing cross Hospital, stating that owing
to the severe
injuries Mr Bushy had sustained he was not able to attend
the Court.
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Busby's
disorderly conduct, the last time with some others about a
quarter to 12 o'ciock at night, when in the presence of
James Desyton, 29 F, he threw a gingerbeer bottle at Mr
house
h threeat or the
Busby with such force that the bottle was smashed to
Pieces on Mr Busby's nose, which was so flighttully t
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jured that a piece of it was picked up from the floor. Deay-
ton immediately took the prisoner into custody, and on the
way to the station the prisoner's wife having spoken to the
' prisoner, he deliberately and in the most savage manner
knocked her down. Dr. Penning was sent for and at-
tended upon Mr. Busby, remaining
with him since Satur-
day night, Mr Busby being in a very dangerous state.
Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner to see the result of
the injuries Mr Busby has sustained.
ROBBERY AT TILE MOTEL DE PROVENCE.—Riohard
Homey and John Flynn, porters in the employ of Philip
Nind, proprietor of the Hotel de Provence, Leicester-square,
were charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stealing some
marked money from a till ; belowe..-ng to their employer.
The evidence of Butcher, 137 C, a plain clothes officer,
showed that he marked some money and placed it in the
till, and then placed himself in such a position as to see the
prisoners with the till, one of them holding a candle in
his hand, and the prisoner had got the till out of its place
by withdrawing some screws' which had the appearance
of often having been withdrawn, they being quite bright.
All the marked money was found on Flynn.
Homey said Flynn was not his accomplice, and that he
alone was the guilty party.
Pierre Romkins, head waiter at the hotel, said money had
been missed from the till for about five weeks.
The depositions having been read over by Mr Nokes, the
Chief Clerk,
Mr Tyrwhitt asked the prisoners whether they wished
to say anyaing, and Homey said Flynn had nothing to
do with the charge, and he said so because he did not like
to see the innocent suffer for the guilty.
Mr Tyrwhitt committed both prisoners for trial.