The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

WORSHIP-STREET.

Hibberd said he was paralysed.
Mr. Rogers said there was no ground for his saying that
he would not be admitted, if he applied at the proper time
—the overseer being in attendance from 9 in the morning
till 6 in the evening, to attend to applications for admission.
Riley said he did not wish to say anything in answer to
the charge,

Mr. Rogers said he wished to state, as this was the first
time that prisoners charged with destroying their clothing
had appeared before the magistrates at that court, in the
attire in which the prisoners appeared, that in consequence
of the groat increase of the offence, the authorities, having
estimated all the stock of clothing, had felt bound to consi-
der what steps could be taken with the view of checking the
casual poor destroying their clothing. They had therefore
adopted the kind of clothing the prisoners were then wearing.
Mr. Knox was bound to say that, for some time past, he
had not sat a day without having charges of a similar kind
brought before him, and that the offence was on the increase.
With regard to the parish of St. George's, he had never,
since he first sat at the court, had a case of harshness to
the poor brought before him. As far as the wan Hibberd
was concerned, it was shown that he could have applied for
admission if he thought proper, as the overseer was in at-
' tandance from 9 o'clock till 6. In what the authorities had
done he could not say they had adopted an improper course,
but he (Mr. Knox) would advise that it should be done
with discrimination, and not adopted towards everybody.
Mr. Rogers said the casual poor were supplied with food
night and morning, and there was a bath provided for them
to cleanse thotnselves if they thought proper to do so.
Mr. Knox asked whether there was any doubt about
Hibberd being paralysed, and one of the officers of the court
said there was not.

Mr. Knox said he should send Riley for 21 days hard
labour, and Hibberd could go back to the workhouse, and
if St. George's was his parish he would be admitted. He
hoped the authorities would succeed in checking the offence.
Mr. Rogers said the new canvas clothing was exhibited
in the wards, and he thought Its appearance would have the
effect of checking the offence.

It may be stated that as many as five persons have been
charged at this court daily for destroying their clothing in
the different workhouses.

WESTMINSTER,

ROBBING FURNISHED LODGINGS,—John Smith and
Wm. Sewell, two low•looking fellows, were charged with
robbing furnished lodgings.
Mary Haddon, keeper of a lodging-house in Orchard-
street, Westminster, said that the two prisoners came to
her house cn the previous evening and took two beds of her
husband. She was fetched in the morning to see if some
blankets which had been found on the prisoner Smith were
hers, and as she identified them the men were given into
custody.

James Barnes, 335 B, said he took Sewell into custody
as he was running through Chapel-street, pursued by a
vast number of people. H. 3 brought him to Orchard-
street and gave him to another constable, and he took Smith
to the station, He searched him and found two blankets
under his clothing wrapped round his body,
George Huckle, 56 B, proved the taking Sewell into
custody. On searching him he found two rugs under his
shirt and a watch chain in his pocket.
The officer having stated that a remand would no doubt
find out that the prisoners were old hands at this business,
Mr. Selfe remanded them for a week.

MRS. JAMES AGAIN.--Elizabeth James, an old woman
of dirty appearance, was charged with being drunk and

riotous.

The offence having been proved, Mr, Selfe inquired
whether sho had been in custody before.
The police replied this was the 123 d time she had been
charged at this court for offences committed while in a state
of drunkenness.

Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—Where do you expect to
go to?

Defendant gave no answer, apparently being stupid.
Mr. Selfe—You are sentenced to sewn days' imprison
ment.

THAMES.

TIRED OF BEING AtiHOßE.—John Shea, a tall and
smart-looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Paget,
charged with breaking a pane of glass in a tradesman's
window and assaulting a police constable.

The prisoner, a sailor, was carousing along Ratcliffe-
highway last night, and staggered against several persons,
while others he pushed to the right or to the left as he met
them. At last he tell against the window of Mr. Horn, a
saddler and harness maker, which brought him up all
standing. He was captured and given into the custody
of George Colem in, a policeman, 270 K. The prisoner made
several attempts to throw the policeman, but did not suc-
ceed. He was guilty of considerable violence on his way to
the station• house.

Mr. Paget asked the prisoner what he had to say to the
charge, on which he put his hands in his pockets, laughed,
and said—l am tired of living on shore, I wish I was going
down channel now.

Mr. Paget—What are you?

The Prisoner—A sailor, your honour.
Mr. Paget.—An able-bodied man like you may get a
very lightly.
berth on board ship directly. Yuu are frosting this charge
The Prisoner—l can't keep my legs steady on shore, I
fell through the window,

Mr. Paget—You are fined 10s. for the assault on the
policeman.

Mr. Horn—Am Ito be paid for my window? The cost
of a new pane of glass will be ss,
Mr. Paget—The prisoner did not break it wilfully. You
can sue him for 58. in the County Court.
STEALING TEA IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Thomas
Brown, aged 34, a lighterrnan'e watchman, of 92, Lucas-
street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with stealing eight ounces of tea, valued
Is. 6d., the property of the London Dock Company.
Edward Ellis, a dock constable, stated that ho was pass-
ing a shed on the west quay of the London Dock, and saw
the prisoner coming out of a gangway. He suspectedthe
prisoner was after no good, and went into the shed in
which there was a great quantity of teas. He discovered
a contents had been abstracted. The prisoner had
no
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business
sea ,iwttas
thbreekesnheodpen and that some of the
at
all. He saw the
prisoner go on board a lighter on the river,
and waited till he came on shore, when he took him into
custody and searched him. He found eight ounces of clean
tea loose in the prisoner's pockets. It WAS similar in colour
and quality to the tea in the chest.
The prisoner admitted he had taken a little tea. He was
sorry for what he had done.
Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for
two months, and kept to hard labour.

NOVEL PROCEEDINGS ON THE PART OF ST. GEORGE'S
PARISH.—Two men Darned John Riley and James Hib-
berd, the latter paralysed, wore brought before Mr. Knox
charged with destroying their own clothes while in St.
George's workhouse.
Mr. Rogers attended to prosecute on the part of the
authorities of St. George's parish.
The appearance of the men in court caused a good deal of
excitement and not a little merriment, in which the pri-
soners joined. They were both attired in brown linen can-
vas suits, and certainly presented a most grotesque spectacle.
Lines, the taskmaster of St. George's workhouse, said he
admitted both men last night to the casual ward, and this
morning he found all their clothes destroyed. He asked
them who had done it, and they admitted doing it them.
selves—one stating that he was paralysed, and the other
that he wanted better clothes, He then gave them into
custody.
Hibberd said that St. George's was his parish, and he
had asked to be admitted to the house.
Lines said he told Hibberd that if he belonged to the
parish, and applied at the proper time to be admitted, he
would be.