The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

I WORSHIP-STREET. —William. Cash,, a general
dealer in Princes-street, Whitechapel, was placed before
Mr. Hammill, charged with cutting and wounding his
brother and sister-in-law, Alfred and Esther Cash, with
intent to do them some grievous bodily harm.
The male complainant, wh6 appeared with his head
enveloped in surgical bandages, and exhibited extreme
suffering and debility, stated that between 10 and 11
o'clock on the preceding night, he was sitting with his
wife in the parlour of their own house, when the prisoner,
who resided in the same , street, suddenly entered the
room, and without the slightest provocation commenced
assailing them with the most opprobrious and threaten-
ing epithets. On requesting him to desist and quit the
place, the wife of the prisoner and her mother,
who had accompanied him into the room, instantly
caught witness round the waist to hold him fast, while
the prisoner advanced towards his wife, and after drag-
ging her out of her chair, and grasping her round the
neck with his left arm, commenced beating her in a
savage manner about the face, and ultimately felled her
to the floor in a state of insensibility. Having succeeded
by a violent effort in extricating himself from the grasp
of the two women, witness was hastening to the assist-
ance of his wife, when the prisoner made a rush at him
and struck him two rapid blows with some sharp instru-
ment, the first of which penetrated his forehead, and the
second inflicted a dreadful wound over his right temple.
He had no recollection of anything that occurred after-
wards, until he found himself and his wife under the
hands of the police-surgeon, who dressed their wounds,
and he was then informed that the prisoner had been
taken into custody.
The wife of the last witness, whose face was shock-
ingly disfigured, and who appeared in an advanced state
of pregnancy, corroborated her husband's evidence. The
prisoner was remanded.

WESTMINSTER.—Mr. James Williams, an aged
gentleman, possessing considerable freehold property at
Knightsbridge, was charged with presenting a loaded
pistol at Henry Lavery, and threatening to shoot him.
Complainant stated that he was a bricklayer, employed
by a Mr. Trehan, to cut a chase or grove, in the front
wall at Mr. Burnan's, in High-row, Knightsbridge, in
order to fix in a water-spout. Defendant objected to
this on the ground that they were guilty of a trespass
upon his property ; to prevent which ladders were sus-
pended from the roof of Mr. Burnan's house, and
complainant was proceeding with the work, when
Mr. Williams came out and objected to the pro-
ceeding so loudly as to create a crowd of people ;
the ladders slightly overhung the defendant's premises,
but did not touch them. Defendant stood directly
under where complainant was at work at the wall, and
taking a loaded pistol from his pocket, and presenting it
at him, declared that he would shoot him if he let any-
thing fall upon him. Owing to the nature of the work
it was impossible to carry it on without some portion of
the material falling where defendant had placed himself
intentionally. A police-constable came up, and took
defendant into custody. About a fortnight ago de-
fendant threatened to blow complainant's brains out, and
he now entertained great fear that he would do him some
mischief.

Defendant, in reply to the charge, complained that the
operations which were being carried on were an encroach-
ment and trespass upon his freehold.
Mr. Broderip observed that if the defendant had felt
himself aggrieved by the operations carried on by the
workmen he had his remedy elsewhere, but instead of
resorting to the legitimate mode of seeking redress he
had thought fit to make use of such threats, and do such
acts, as made it necessary that he should be restrained by
law. He must enter into his own recognizances of 1001.,
and find two sureties in 501. each, to keep the peace.