The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
TEE UNFORTUNATE ~LND HEE. OPPRESSOR. - John
Calagher, a young man, was charged with violently as-
saulting a young woman, an unfortunate, named Selina
Baker.
The prosecutrix, who lived with the prisoner at No. 3,
Porter• street, said—l have kept the prisoner for three years
by my prostitution, and because I did not give him money
enough yesterday he brutally treated me. I had got nearly
L 5 last week for him. He said—" You if you do not
get me the money I want take that," and gave me a violent
kick in the face, disfiguring it as you see and injuring my
eight. I was smothered with blood. [The prosecutor's
face was badly contused.] I afterwards went into the
Haymarket, when he again assaulted me. My body is
covered with bruises.
Margaret Mack, a delicate-looking child, whose voice
could scarcely be heard, said—l live in the same house and
saw the prisoner kick and strike the prosecutrix while she
was sitting on the bed.
Proeecutrix—The police know that I walk the Haymarket
to keep the prisoner.
A constable proved taking the prisoner into custody, and
said the prosecutrix was then sober.
The prisoner--I am sorry I have wasted all my better
feelings on such is woman. She has only kept me when I
have been out of work.
Mr Tyrwhitt—You are a base ungrateful wretch. You
talk of your " better feelings," and yet kick the prosecutrix
about till she presents the appearance she now does. I
shall commit you for three months with hard labour.

THAMES.
BLOCK IN Narrno`a LANE.—Edgar Button of No. 3
Brook-street, Ratcliff, and in the service of Mr Edward
Charles Hood, coal merchant of the same place, and John
Bradford, of the Mile-end-road, appeared before Mr Paget
to answer two summonses, which charged the first with
having a certain van with three horses, and the other with
having a certain van with one horse, to stand longer than
was necessary for loading and unloading in a certain tho-
roughfare called Bancroft-place, Milo-end-road, on the 4th
of the present month.
Inspector Hayes, of the B division of police, said he
preferred this complaint because a public thoroughfare had
been obstructed for one hour by the perverse conduct of the
two complainants. They met in the lane with their teams
proceeding in opposite directions. The place was too nar-
row for ono to pass the other. Neither would turn back,
and remained in the lane wrangling, until a police con-
stable backed Mr Hood's team and allowed the other to
pass.
Bradford said he was 54 yards up the lane, Batton was
only 19, and he was confirmed in this by Edward Pundit),
ex-beadle of the hamlet of Ratcliff, who said Mr Hood's
man was decidedly in fault, because if he had backed he
would have done so down hill. Bradford must have backed
up hill.
Mr Paget thought Button ought to have backed and let
the other forward. It was easier to back down hill than to
back up hill.
Button—l had three horses to back and Bradford only
one. It was easier to back one horse than three.
Mr Paget—l don't know that; he was further down the
lane than you,
Button—Well, sir, I think both of us were in fault.
Mr Charles Young, solicitor, said this case reminded him
of an anecdote he had read in a work published a century
ago. Two persons, each driving a horse and chaise, met in
a narrow lane. One, a Quaker, politely asked the other, a
London swell, to turn back, and let him proceed. "I will
see your neck stretched before I will do anything of the
kind," said the swell. "Then, I cannot stay here, friend,'
said the Quaker. The swell took a newspaper, and be-
gan to read it. The Quaker lit his pipe, began smoking, and
said, "Friend, when thou hest done with that paper, I will
thank thee to let me peruse rt." The swell was defeated by
his adversary's coolness, uttered a few oaths, backed to the
end of the lane, and allowed the Quaker to proceed.
Mr Paget said the defendants were a pair of obstinate
fellows, each endeavouring to wear out the other's patience,
and blocking up a public thoroughfare for an hour. Button
was the most to blame, and he fined him 2s 6d and 2s costs,
and Bradford 6d only, and 2s costs,