The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-07 00:00:00

LOW-STREET.

Yesterday Jeremiah Nangle;and a hackney-coach-
man whose mune did not appear, were charged be-
fore Sir R. BIRNIE and Mr. MiNsum, the former
with an aggravated a -sault upon William Symonds,
a police constable, and the latter with having aided
and assisted in the assault.

Inspector Preece stated, that the complainant
Symonds vi%is so ill from the injuries he received as
to be unable to attend and give evidence against the
defendants. It was supposed that two of his ribs
were broken, and his head was cut and lacerated in
different places. From the statement which he
gave of the transaction to him (Preece), it appeared
that he was on duty in Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, at one o'clock that morning, when, perceiv-
ing- the defendant (Nangle) in a state of intoxica-
tion, he offered to see him home, to which the de-
fendant assented, and he ( Symonds) accompanied
him to the door of his house in Charles-street,
Covent-garden. Here, however, the defendant, in-
stead of thanking him for his kindness, turned upon
him and knocked him down, and then called to his
assistance some hackney-coachmen, when the other
defendant immediately came tip and struck him also.
Symonds endeavoured to use his staff, but the
coachman wrenched it from his hand and threw it
away. Ile was then knoked down a second time,
and the defendant Nangle, in a brutal manner,
trampled upon his body, which occasioned the in-
juries he had received.

Sir R. llittstE observed t:at the assault was one
of a most aggravated description.
Inspector Preece observed that Nangle had for-
merly been a parish constable, and perhaps that cir-
cumstance might explai❑ h;s conduct.

Sir R. BiRNIE said that he would not take bail
for the defendants until a medical certificate was
produced stating that Symonds was out of danger.
In the course of the day a certificate was handed
to Mr. MINSHULL, which stated that Symonds was
much injured, but that he was not in a dangerous
state. The defendant Mingle %YRS accordingly ad-
mitted to bal.

Two men, named Dillon and Brown, the former
a labourer, employed in the buildings going on at
Somerset-house intended for the new King's Col.
lege, and the latter a cobbler, were brought in cus-
tody, charged upon su:picion of having been con-
cerned in robbing Mr. Williams, the comedian, of
the West London and Surrey theatres, of his watch
and its appendages.
It appeared that Mr. Williams dined at the house
of a friend on %riday last, and on his departure,
about nine o'clock, placed his watch in his fob, and
buttoning his great-coat, proceeded to the theatre
in Tottenhatmsn'eet, where he arrived without meet-
ing any obstruction, so that it was impossible he
could have lost his watch on the way. On reaching
the theatre, he found the 'stage entrance nearly
choked up by a set of supernumeraries, and he
strongly suspected that some of them had robbed
him of his watch. Upon discovering his loss, he
caused bills to be printed describing the property.
The prisoner Brown was taken into custody the
next morning, offering the- watch at a pawnbroker's,
where one of the bills had just been received. He
stated that he bought the .duplicate of the watch,
which had been pledged at another pawnbroker's,
from the prisoner Dillon, who was accordingly taken
into custody.
Dillon said he found the duplicate in the Strand,
and gave it to his friend Brown, without receiving
any remuneration fur it.
Mr. MiNsnum, observed that the case was very
suspicious, and ordered the prisoners to be remanded,
Jeremiah Hemmings was charged with having
picked the pocket of a Mr. Warrtn, a of three
sovereigns.

It appeared that hit.. Warren, while in a state of
intoxication, was assisted by the prisoner to Ids
house on last Friday night, when it Is Etwosed the

Mr. MiNsnuLL—l think you are quite wrong in
that. Compare the business that is now brought
forward at this and other offices, in the districts of
which the new police act, and you must admit that
crime is fast decreasing. This is an unerring proof
that the system of prevention adopted under the
new system was working well, and, according as
the men acquired experience, the public would find
an extension of its benefits.