The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-31 00:00:00

POLICE IN'

BOW-STREET.

This Day

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mr. Knox, on being asked for a remand by Inspector
Draper, remanded the prisoner till Thursday next.
Sarah Wallace, the wife of the prisoner, was charged
with assaulting a constable who assisted Webb; but Mr.
Knox, making some allowance for the woman, her husband
having been taken into custody, and the assault not being
a serious one, fined her 55.
STEALING ROAD DRIFT IN HYDE. PARK.—Two men,
named Linwood and Buckingham, were charged with steal.
ing a curt-load of road drift from Hyde-park, the property
of the Commissioners of Woods and Works.

The case was proved by Browning, a park constable,
who saw the prisoners fill the cart and then take and shoot
the road drift outside a smith's shop in Single-lane, Lesson-
grove. He then asked the prisoners whether they had
permission to take it, and on their stating they had not, he
took them into custody.

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners that it may be seen
whether the Commissioners of Woods and Works wish to
prosecute.

WESTMINSTER.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A BROTHER.--Thomas
Gilbert Redman, an extremely respectable looking lad of 18,
was charged with stealing a meerschaum pipe, value £3, and
a number of other articles.
Famine Davis, the wife of Thomas, a stationer, 17, Lower
Eaton-street, Pimlico, said that the prisoner having been
out of employment some time, she and her husband had
been very kind to him, and he was frequently there helping
in the shop. Yesterday afternoon he came there as usual
accompanied by another lad (her brother), and stayed there
two hours and a half, when they left together. While he
was there she saw him at a glass case, and thinking he was
only dusting it, paid no attention, but after he was gone
she went tolhe case and missed two pearl-handled pen
holders moulted with silver, and some pencils, which were
safe a short time before he came. In the morning he came
again, and denied all knowledge of the robbery, but her
brother informed her that he had also taken a pipe, a num-
ber of books, and various other articles, and they then gave
prisoner into custody.

James Bryan, the prosecutrix's brother, was then called,
and said he lived in Lichfield-street, Soho, and was ap-
prenticed to the sea. Prisoner, who had been in the navy,
but discharged, lived with him. Yesterday he accom-
panied him to his sister's, and while there, prisoner took
down the pipe and concealed it under the sofa. He thought
nothing mere of it till he got out in the street, when pri-
soner asked him to go to a coffee shop with him. They
accordingly went into one in St. Martin's-lane, where pri-
soner showed him the pipe he had taken, six books, a church
service, the penholders spoken of, and some pencils which
he said he had taken from Davis's. Witness asked him
what he meant to do with them, when he said, " Pawn
them ;" and the things were pawned in Hanover-court.
Mr. Selfe--Did you go with him to pawn them ?
Witness—l did.
Mr. Selfe—Who had the tickets ?
Witness--They were torn up.
Mr. Selfe—How old are you ?
Witness—Sixteen, sir.
Mr. Selfe—Did you net stop him pawning them? Did
you not know that you were making yourself as bad as if
you had stolen them ?

Witness—He said he wanted money.
Mr. Selfe—Then you consented to them being pawned ?
Witness—l did.
Mr. Selfo—You had half the money of course ?
Witness—l had 6s. of it.
Mr. Selfe—What did you do with the money ?
Witn-se—l spent it.
Mr. Selfe--Went to the theatre, I suppose, or some worse
place. You're a bad fellow to rob your sister like this.
Prisoner---I assure your worship he was the instigator of
this robbery. He it was who first hinted at it, and planned it
on board a steamboat. I would not accede to hie request
at first, but he said he must have money, as he wanted to
go to sea, and I than consented to do it, and we were to
share the money. Ido assure your worship L would never
have robbed Mrs. Davis but for him, and Mrs. Davis will
tell you that I never robbed her until I became his compa-
nion, while he has been turned out of doors by his step-
father for robbing his own mother. His very indentures
had been cancelled.

Prosecutrix—That is not true, for he is going to sail in
six weeks.

Mr. Sede—lt is to be hoped his indentures will be can-
celled.

Police-constable 295 B proved apprehending the prisoner,
who told him of Bryan's complictty in the robbery. He was
then sent by the Inspector, with prosecutrix's husband, to
find the other, but they failed to discover any trace of him.
This morning, when he hurried up, the sister refused to
charge him, as she said he would give evidence against the
prisoner.

Mr. Selfe—Would the sister's husband have charged
him ?

Policeman—Oh, yes ; we walked about till three o'clock
this morning trying to find him.

Mr. Selfe—Well, if I had known what ho was going to
say, I should have had him beforo me in the dock instead
of in the witness box, for he is certainly as bad, if not
worse, than the prisoner. I shall not let him go without
good bail. It is certainly hard for a sister to charge her
brother, but he ought to be in custody. I shall not let him
go without good bail, as I don't know exactly what to do
about this. Lock them both up, jailor, in separate cells.
They were locked up.

THAMES.
A BRACE OF RuFFIANs.--Daniel Shea, aged 28, and
Joseph Early, 19, two pow erful fellows, were brought
before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk, disorderly
and violently assaulting Mr. William Henry Mills, a
licensed victualler, in High-street, Shad well, Robert Wass,
his potmart, and James Hayward, a seaman of the brig
Ryhop.

Mr. Mills said the prisoners came into his house last
night at 10 o'clock. They were preceded by a confederate,
who asked for a pot of beer. The prisoners knew he had.
forbidden them to come to the house on any pretence, and
that he would not serve them. Directly they entered the
house they abused, swore at, and insulted every person in
the house, and without any provocation beat an old man
who could not defeud himself. Early struck
another man, and cut his cheek. Another man
received a- blow on the eye, which was blackened.
He went into the tap room in the middle of the
disturbance and ordered the prisoner to leave the house.
Shea immediately seized him by the throat, while Early
beat his potman. He sent out for the police, and others
called out murder. He never saw two such ruffians in his
life, They fought desperately.
Wass, the potman, confirmed his master's statement.
When he requested the prisoners not to make a disturbance,
they threatened to murder him, and Early knocked him
down. He got up, and Shea hit him on the eye.
Mr. Mills was recalled, and said his reason for not serving
the prisoners, and forbidding them the house was, they
had often made a disturbance there. One night Shea hit a
man, as he was sitting down, in a cowardly manner. The
sailor, Hayward, whose name was on the charge-sheet, was
seriously injured, and could not leave his ship.
Roche, the jailor of tho court, said the prisoners were too

Denis Mehan was placed before Mr. Corrie, on remand.
charged with violently assaulting John Whiting, a police.
constable in the F division.

The constable stated a few evenings ago the prisoner and
a man named Wiley were quarrelling in Drury-lane. He
went up to them, and desired them to go away, when
Wiley struck him a violent blow. He (witness) then
collared Wiley, when a struggle commeaced, and both
fell to the ground. While they were down the prisoner
Mehan came up and kicked him on the head, and as he
(witness) saw he was about to repeat the kick, he put up
his hand to protect his head, and in =sequence he re-
ceived a blow on the back of the hand. He still kept his
hold of Wiley, and called for assistance, during which
time Mehan kept on kicking him in various
portions of the body, and Wiley endeavoured
to escape. Fortunately, anather constable came
to his assistance, and both prisoners were secured and
taken to the station-house. On the first examination Wiley
was fined 40s. fur the part he had taken in the transaction,
but as the constable's hand was much injured the prisoner
(Mahon) was remanded, in order that the nature of the
injury might be ascertained. The constable is still in-
capacitated from duty, and this morning he appeared before
Mr. Corrie, and informed him that the divisional surgeon
was of opinion that it would be a long thee before he would
be fit for duty.

Mr. Corrie said it was a most cowardly assault, and he
should commit the prisoner to the sessions.

Mehan, on hearing this, said he never struck the police-
man at all, but some one else might have done so, because
he had taken his (Mehaws) wife into custody for doing
nothing.

Mr. Corrie said he should send the case for trial, and for
that purpose it would be necessary for the surgeon to attend
and state the nature of the injury. He would, therefore,
remand the prisoner till Tuesday, but he had made up his
mind what he would do on that occasion—v.z., fully com-
mit the prisoner for trial.

ROBBERY BY A MESSENGER.—ASSAULT.—Robert Wal-

lace, messenger to Miss Taylor, the keeper of a periodical
office at 18, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, was charged
before Mr. Knox with stealing £ll3 in money, a post-office
order for L 2, and ss. worth of postage stamps.
Miss Taylor said that she left her office yesterday morn-
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ing at half-past eleven o'clock—the prisoner being there—
and on her return at half-past one she found all the doors
locked, and was therefore obliged to send for a locksmith
to force the locks. The money in the drawers, a post-office
order, and some postage stamps were taken away, and the
prisoner did not return.
Binstead Webb, a plain-clothes officer of the E division,
said that yesterday afternoon he went to 32, James-street,
Oxford-street, and saw the prisoner and his wife both in-
toxicated. Prisoner said that all the money he had was
60, but on being searched 3s 6d more was foun4 upon him.
On attempting to take the prisoner into custody he became
very violent, and he (Webb) was obliged to get the assist-
ance of three constables before he could get the prisoner out
of the house.