The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-07 00:00:00

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.

THE ATTACK ON MR. HOME.—On Saturday at the
above sessions, William Barnes was charged before Messrs.
BAILLIE and ARMSTRONG, the sitting Magistrates, under
the following circumstances :—Mr. James Montgomery,
jun., of Brentford, while attending the hustings on Friday on
the part of Mr. Hume, observed a good deal of mobbing.
On Mr. Hume leaving the hustings to proceed to his Com-
mittee-room, the Hon. Gentleman was attacked by the po-
pulace, and on witness attempting to stop a man who had
assaulted Mr. Hume, his prisoner was rescued from him by
the mob, among whom was the defendant, who struck wit-
ness a violent blow in his side, the effects of which he still
felt. Defendant instantly ran away, but witness followed
him, and never lost sight of him until he had given him into
custody.
Mr. Dean, pawnbroker of New Brentford, who witnessed
the transaction, corroborated his statement.
The defendant was fined ss.
William Stagg: was also charged with having assaulted
Mr. Montgomery.
He was likewise fined is.

John Stanley was charged with having excited and infu-
riated the mob to assault Mr. Hume, and afterwards with
rescuing the person who had assaulted him from the custody
of the police.
The charge having been proved by the evidence of Mr.
Allen, the chairman, and Mr. Hammond, one of Messrs.
Byng and Mr. Hume's Committee, the Bench fined the
defendant l Os.

The whole of the fines were ,:fininediately paid by the
prisoners' friends.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

G UILDHALL.

A young man of respectable appearance, who gave the
name of Thomas Stanley, was finally examined before Mr.
Alderman WINCHESTER, charged with defrauding Mr. D.
Pollock, the Barrister, of two shillings.

Mr. Alderman WICHESTBR committed him for trial.

Jane Rowe, an elderly female, was charged with steal-
ing a pair of scarlet silk stockings, which were once the pro-
perty of Queen Elizabeth.
The complainant, Mrs. Robertson, of Middle-street,
Fetter-lane, stated that the prisoner (a lodger of hers), had
opened the drawers and stolen six lace veils, a spencer, and
various other articles, including the above-mentioned silk
stockings.

Sir C. HUNTER asked the complainant how she came
by them ? Mrs. Robertson explained that Queen Eliza-
beth's wardrobe ►vas, at her death, divided among her maids
of honour, and these stockings had been handed down from
one to another till they reached the hands of a Mr. Lash-
broke, who gave them to her.

The pawnbroker produced the stocki gs, and identified
the prisoner as the pawner.

They were nearly seven-eighths of a yard in length, very
strong and weighty, and had whit g clocks at the ankles.
The prisoner was committed.

BOW-STREET.

William Joyce, a lad only seventeen years of age, was
.barged with robbery.

The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, impu-
dently said, " I know I stole the money, and I am ready to
suffer for it."

The Magistrate asked the father if he wished to prose-
cute, and he replied in the affirmative, as he believed it
would be the only way of rescuing the prisoner from total
ruin.

The prisoner was then committed for trial. His mother
was crying bitterly in the office during the whole of the ex-
amination, but the prisoner was quite unmoved.

UNION-HALL.
A middle aged man, supposed to be connected with a
gang of swindlers in the City, was charged with obtaining
goods on false
,pretences from William Leadbitter, chair-
maker, London-road. The complainant stated that about
a month ago the prisoner called and gave him an order
for three dozen of chairs, which were to be shipped
for Boulogne. He said he was an agent to the East Lon-
don Gas and Coke Company, No. 33, Abchurch-lane, and
gave a reference to a Mr. —, who, he said, was the Ma-
naging Director. The complainant called there, and seeing
several persons who had the appgarance of clerks, sitting at
desks with large account-books'll6fore them, he inquired for
the Managing Director, and was immediately introduced to
a well-dressed man, who said that he was the person. The
complainant having acquainted the person with the nature
of his business he was immediately told that Mr. was
one of the agests to the Company, and that his character
was quite unexceptionable, the " Managing Director" add-
ing that Mr. was in every way honest and punctual
in his dealings. The reference satisfied the complainant
and he accordingly sent the prisoner three dozen chairs,
which were to have been paid for at the expiration of a
month ; but it was subsequently ascertained that the pri-
soner had decamped from his house—that he had sold the
chairs for a third of their value in less than three hours
after they had been in his possession ; and upon further
inquiry it was found that the parties in Abebureh-lane
were a gang of swindlers, with whom he was associated,
and that he had contrived to obtain possesSion of a great
quantity of property by the means he had employed on the
occasion in question.

Another sufferer, named Pugh, stated that the prisoner
obtained three dozen of chairs from him under similar cir-
cumstances, but gave him at the time a promissory note
for 181. as a collateral security, accepted by T. Camp. The
prisoner bolted, however, soon after he got the chairs, and
the bill was found not to be worth a straw.
Mr. TRAIL regretted that such an offender should escape,
but stated that it was extremelt doubtful whether, if the
complainants indicted the prisoner at the sessions, a con-
viction would necessarily follow.
The prisoner was then discharged.