The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

A GENERAL IRISH Row.—Patrick Sweeney, an Irish
labourer, and Julia Stafford, an English woman, wife of an
engineer, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with
assaulting and wounding William Butler, a police constable,
No. SO K.

The constable's arm was in a sling. He was wounded on
the head, his shoulder was injured and his hand smashed.
There was a general Irish row in Cotton-street, Poplar, on
Saturday night. Butler was dispersing the riotous, and a
volley of stones were thrown at him and another constable.
The prisoner Sweeney was instigating his country people
to smash the police, and it was believed that he threw some
of the stones. Re had a severe black eye and bruised
face, which he declared was inflicted by Butler, The
woman Stafford, who was said to be worse than the Irish,
and to have joined in all the rows that have occurred in
Poplar for some time past,
threw a large tin can at Butler
which struck him on the shoulder. She then retreated in o
her house, No. 68, Cotton-street, and hurled a brick at him.
It struck him on the head, and he said, if it had not been
for the leather of his hat, he should have been killed.
Sweeney called Margaret Driscoll in his defence, and she
swore that Butler hit the prisoner on the head with his
staff, and said the Irish should not get the better of him
In answer to Mr. Partridge, the witness said she would not
swear stones sere not thrown by her countrymen.
Mrs Stafford called a very large Irish woman named
Catherine Santry, who kissed the book several times, and
so hastily as produce great lau'hter in court. She said
helivedinto
the
same house as the woman Stafford, who
did nothing at all. She saw Butler run after a young man
with his staff and knock him down.
Partridge--Were there not plenty of stones thrown I'
Mrs Santry—Och, yer honour, I could see only a few.
Mr Partridge fined Sweeney 55., and sentenced Mrs
Stafford to 21 days' Imprisonment and hard labour.

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WES ['MINSTER.
ACCIDENT 111°14 FURIOUS DEWING —Mr Frederick
Bullmote, of 16. Wellington-square, Pimlico, was charged,
before Mr Selfe, with running over a little girl, who is in
Gittens, B 266, stated that between
sight and nine o'clock on Saturday night he was on duty
in Grosvenor-row, when he saw the prisoner driving a
horse, which was in a chaise, along the Row. As soon as
consequence
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he saw him he observed the horse come in contact with a
little girl, who was knocked down and run over by the
horse. Witness called out to the prisoner to stop. He
pulled up, when witness Picked up
the child. He had it
placed in a cab, in which it was removed to St. George's
Hospital, where it is at present.
Mr Selfe—At what speed was the prisoner going ?
and nine miles an hour. The
prisoner
be n between
eight
The prisoner said that, just before his horse came in con-
tract with the child, be was avoiding a horse and cart.
begin
drinking.
After he had passed it he saw the child, and tried to pull
up immediately, but was unable to do so in time. He
offered to take the little girl in his chaise to the hospital.
Mr Selfe observed that as the child may have received
serious injuries he must remand the prisoner.
remanded.
He was accordingly

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i‘IARYLEBoNE.

A BRUTAL ASSAULT WITH
CRICKET EAT. William
Burgh, aged 21, painter, waB charged with the following
brutal assault :

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vehicle at Edward-street,
on Saturday night
Hampstead-road, where also the prisoner and another
young man alightad from the roof. Prisoner gave him a
shilling, and told him to take the fare for the two. Prose-
cutor gave him sixpence, when he said he wanted another
nosu out conductor,
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twopence. They were told that as they had come from the
Brecknock Arms the fare was threepence each, and the
same was charged for all distances beyond the Britannia.
Witness told his driver to go on, when prisoner caught
hold of his arm, which, however, prosecutor wrenched
away. As he was about to mount on his step again, the
prisoner gave him a tremendous blow with his wicket bat
on his right e 3 e, saying, " d--- You, take that." Prose-
cutor was senseless for a time, and had to be at once re-
moved to a surgeon's. Prisoner ran off, but was stopped
by a young man and given into custody.
Prosecutor handed in a medical certificate, which set forth
that his eye was most fearfully cut, and the bone of his nose
broken.

Mr Mansfield said he did not know what injuries the pro-
secutor had received, but he trusted that he would go on
well under the surgical treatment. -Unfortunately in such
eases as these erysipelas might set in. The prisoner must
be remanded for a week. Bail would be accepted, the pri-
soner himself in £lao, and two sureties in Vio each.