The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

IN RE DOD.

This bankrupt was described as of the Eagle, Furring-
don-road, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees,
Mr. T. Beard, Basinghall-street, appeared for the peti-
tioner. The debts are £1,507, but the assets are not stated.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A WELL KNOWN THIEF CHARGED WITH BEING
FOUND IN A HOUSE AND VIOLENTLY ASSAULTING
Two FEMALES —Frederick Williams, a thick• set young.
fellow, well known to the police, and who has only just re-
turned from penal servitude, was charged before Mr. Knox
with being found in the house, No. 22, Duke-street, Port-
land-place, and also with assaulting Mrs. Ann Stevens, the
landlady, and Ellen Cunningham, her servant.

Mrs. Stevens said that on going into her bedroom, yes-
terday afternoon, she saw a shadow on the wall, and after-
wards found the prisoner in the room with his hand on one
of her husband's coats. On asking the prisoner what he
wanted he said he was looking for a painter. She
told him she believed he was there for the purpose of com-
mitting a felony, and held him, and called her servant to go
for a constable. The prisoner struggled to get away, and
on the servant coming to her assistance the prisoner struck
her ( Firs. Stevens) a violent blow on the check, and then
struck her servant in the eyes, blackening both of them in
I a very bad manner.

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Ellen Cunningham, servant to Mrs Stevens, proved that
while passing the prisoner to go for a constable he gave her
two violent blows in the face, blackening both her eyes.
William Haley, of 30, Chariot to-place, said that while
going along Duke-street, yesterday afternoon he heard
cries for assistance, and on going to No. 22 he found the
prisoner struggling with Mrs. Stevens and her servant, and
trying to get away. Mrs. Stevens was bleeding from a
wound on her face, and the servant fro:n one of her eyes.
White, 98 E, proved taking the prisoner into custody,
and Inspector Hubbard, of the E division, said the pri-
soner was a well-known thief, and had suffered penal ser-
vitude.

Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for three months for
being found in a house for the purpose of committing a
felony, two months for the assault on Mr. Stevens, and two
months for the assault on the servant, each sentence to take
effect at the expiration of the other,

The prisoner on leaving the dock thanked the magistrate,
STEALING CHAIRS IN HYDE-PARK.—George Boyd, a
tall, miserable-looking man, was charged with stealing four
chairs from Hyde-park the previous night, the chairs being
the property of Mrs. Pearce, who holds the contract for the
supply of chairs to visitors.

A constable proved seeing the prisoner about 10 o'clock
the previous night with four chairs on his shoulders, walk-
ing cff in the coolest manner with them. He then took the
prisoner into oustody.

Mr. Knox inquired whether the chairs were left loose in
the park all night, and the constable said they were, being
placed in hesps.

Barns, the gaoler, said he believed the prisoner was at
the Marylebone Police-court yesterday, on some charge,
but discharged.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for a week.