The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-23 00:00:00

THAMES.

CATCHING A TARTAR ON TOWER •HlLL.—Charles Bur-
rows, a powerful, stiffly-built fellow, aged 21, who is well
known to the police, and has been several times in custody,
was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing
a silk handkerchief from the pocket of Mr. Henry Taylor,
a merchant, dwelling at No. 4, Upper East Smithfield.

Mr. Taylor was passing over that modern Alsatia,
Tower-hill, where thieves, crimps, touters, swindlers,
hanky, panky men, mendicants, and nostrum mongers
mostly congregate, when he felt a slight pull at his coat
behind, and turning round saw his handkerchief in the pri-
soner's hand. Mr. Taylor, jun., who was by his father's
side, exclaimed, "He has stolen your handkerchief," and
at the same moment the prisoner let it fall to the ground
and ran away, Mr. Taylor, jun., pursued the scoundrel,
was soon upon him and knocked him down. The prisoner
was soon upon his feet again and made a great resistance,
but he soon found to his cost that he had caught a Tartar,
for Mr. Taylor, jun., knocked him down again, and re-
peated his blows whenever the prisoner made any resist-
ance. The fellow was secured and handed over to a police
constable.

The prisoner, who was stated to be a cowardly bully, put
on an air of deep humility, and said he was very sorry.
He had not been in bed for four nights, had no work and
nothing to eat. He hoped the magistrate would forgive
him, because he had been knocked about a good deal.
Mr. Woolrych—You were rightly served. The pick-
pockets on Tower-hill are a great plague. You are a pro-
fessional thief. I sentence you to two months imprison-
ment and hard labour.

FURIOUS AND RECKLESS DRIVING.—OIiver Butler,
aged 25, a master baker, of No. 7, Sarah-street, Poplar,
and William Rowe, aged 44, of No. 63, Grundy-street,
Poplar, greengrocer, were brought before Mr. Woolrych,
charged with being drunk and furiously driving.
James Hillier, a police-constable, No. 457 lc saw the
prisoners last night in a cart, near Limehouse Church. The
prisoner Butler was driving the horse attached to the cart.
The horse was sober; the other animals were drunk and
very uproarious. Butler was whipping the horse and
driving in a zig-zag direction, first on one side of the Com-
mercial-road and then on the other. He disregarded the
rule of the road, and was driving on the wrong side, when
ho came in contact with a gentleman's horse and chaise,
and his career was stopped. There was a tremendous smash,
the prisoners were thrown out of the cart, but not ma-
terially hurt, and the pannel of the gentleman's chaise was
broken.
Mr. William Smith, a commercial traveller, said he was
on his right side of the Corarnercial-road, driving a horse
and chaise, when the prisoners drove right upon him and
smashed one of the pannels of the chaise. He was in very
imminent danger, and so were the prisoners. The damage
amounted to £5.
Butler—l will pay. It was my fault.
Mr. Woolrych said the conduct of the prisoners was very
absurd, and attended with danger to themselves and the
public. He ordered Butler to pi), £5, the amount of the
damage, and a fine of 10s. for furious driving, and he
sentenced Rowe to pay ss. for being durunk and unable to
take care of himself.