The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

His lordship then proceeded to hear probate motions.

During the above pleasing episode the court was crowd 3d
with strangers, and there was a very large attendance of the
leading members of the bar.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A
LETTER CARRIER.-Mr. Richard Southam, of 1, Carlisle-
place, Victoria-street, Westminster, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting John Turns, a Post-office
letter carrier.

Complainant said that about five o'clock this morning he
was making his way through Waterloo-place, Pall-mall,
to Great James's-street, to make a collection of letters,
when he was suddenly seized with cramp in one of his
legs. While holding some railings, and rubbing his leg,
the defendant, who was in company of a female, passed
him, and while doing so gave him a slap on the ear. He
called the defendant a fool, and struck him, and thought it
would have ended, but the defendant returned to him and
knocked him into the road, his hand being cut in the fall.
Defendant said he certainly did touch the complainant,
but he took him for a commissionaire.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that whether a commissionaire or not
the defendant had no right to touch the complainant. He
(Mr. Tyrwhitt) could not account for these foolish acts,
and a magistrate was not bound to account for them. He
found facts, and that was enough, and if a man acted in
the way the defendant had done, he must take his chance.
If the defendant, however, liked to speak to the complain-
ant he could do so.

The defendant declined the offer made by Mr. Tyrwhitt,
and was fined 20s. or a month.

THAMES.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY IN THE ROAD.—Benjamin Col-
ville, alias Conon, aged 23, and William Henderson, 19,
both described as tarcers, who are well known to the police,
were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing
a large hamper, containing 1121bs, of beef, pork, and
mutton.

James Briden, a police sergeant and detective, No. 4 K,
saw the prisoners yesterday evening between six and seven
o'clock. They were following a carman's van. He watched
them until they reached the Old King Harry publichonse
where Colville laid hold of a hamper at the back of the van
and pulled it towards him, and then went on the pavement.
This was repeated several times by both prisoners. On
the van reaching the railway arch in the Bow-
road, the prisoners succeeded in removing the
hamper from the van, but it remained suspended by a chain
fastened round the handle until the prisoners cut the handle
with a knife. The hamper then fell on the ground. The
prisoners were about to raise the hamper when Briden seized
Colville, and in spite of a determined resistance, held him
fast. Henderson ran away and was stopped by Police
Sergeant Ripp, No. 5 K, who had been just before called
upon by Briden for his assistance. The prisoner made a
butt at Sergeant Ripp, who adroitly caught him round the
neck and secured him. The hamper contained 1121bs. of
prime meat, consigned to the Epping Union by Mr James
Blofeld, a butcher. The driver of the van, Edward Wake-
ling, was in front of his van and did not see the robbery
committed. Both prisoners were recognised as old thieves,
and Mr. Woolrych committed them for trial.
THE SAILOR AND HIS WIPE'S WATCH AND CHAIN.—
William Connor, a sailor, was bronght before Mr. Wool-
r} ch, charged with stealing a silver watch, a massive gold
chain, and a gold locket, the property of Margaret Harvey,
of No. 7, Rose-court, Back Church-lane, St George-in-the
East.

The prosecutrix said she missed her watch, to which a
gold locket and gold chain was attached, on Sunday night
at 10 o'clock. She had deposited her watch and appendages
in a cupboard 12 hours previously. She mentioned her loss
to the prisoner, who was staying in the house, and he said
"Do you blame me, Mag r' She said he must know
something about it, which he stoutly denied. Yesterday
he said he knew where her watch was, and ho hired a cab.
They were driven to different places, and he tried to
get rid of her several times. After they had
been drawn about all day, she suspected the prisoner was
making a fool of her, and gave him into custody.
Francis Kel!y, a police-constable„ No. 130 H, said that
when he took the prisoner into custody he asked him what
he had done with the woman's property, and he declared he
knew nothing about it. ge ava*hed him and found the