The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-29 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

SUSPICIOUS PERSONAGES.--Joseph Hodgin and William
Marshott were charged with baing'found in the Charing-
cross Hotel, and with assaulting Tobey, a detective officer.
Mr. Abrams appeared for the defence.

Frances Bishop; 4 chambermaid at the hotel, said that
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon she was removing
some goods from room 89, on the second floor, to room 87,
when she saw Ilodgin .in room 88- standing by the door,
and Marshott at 89. She told them the rooms were not
theirs; and the only reply Made by one to the other was,
" Come along." The' porters were in one of the rooms
adjoining, and she called them to see the men down stairs.
The prisoners heard her give the. direction to the parties.
Mr..Abrams-aSked the witness if she-went into the rooms
after they.left, 'and if she had missed anything. - -
Witness replied that she did, but that -nothing was
taken away. That circumstance did not allay her suspi-
cions, as she could not tell What property gentlemen who
occupied the rooms might have left lying about.
Thomas Allen, a porter, said he had occasion to go into
one of the rooms, No. 87, and found it bolted inside. At
the same time the last witness opened the door of 88, and
the prisoners came out. [There is a door between the two
rooms.] He asked them what they wanted, and they made
no reply. From the appearance of the two men, he felt
satisfied they had no business, and he immediately called
the detective officer attached to the hotel, and when they
saw witness speaking to the officer, they made their way
quietly to the platform.

Constable Tobey said ho was called by the last witness,
and his attention was directed to the two prisoners, who
were coming down the grand staircase, and immediately
they saw he was watching them they made a dish at the
side door, and attempted to make their escape. He pursued
them, and succeeded in securing Hodgin, whom he took
back to the hotel, where Marshott had been detained. Wit-
ness asked them if they had been in the hotel, and
Marshott said, " Oh, yes, I and my friend have been in
the coffee-room." On the way to the station Hodgin said
to witness, " You've got me - tight, but what can you
do ? The most you can do is to give a drag [a slang term
for three months' imprisonment]." He then put his right
hand into his coat pocket and took out a jemmy (a small
crowbar), and said, "I'll monk your eye out." Witness
struggled withthe prisoner and got the jemmy from him, but
not before he struck him violently on the knee. At the
station-house witness searched the prisoners, and on
Hodgin he found some Austrian coins, a silk handkerchief,
a knife, and 7s. 6d. in money. On Manshott he found
a silk guard and an imitation gold chain, which was
attached to a pocket comb in his waistcoat pocket, it hav-
ing the appearance of being the appendage of a watch.
Maushott gave his address at Liverpool, and Hodgin said
he hadn't any.

Mr. Abrams—Was anything missed from the room?

Witness—l cannot say.

Inspector West said he had to apply for a remand, but
Mr. Abrams objected to the detention of the prisoners, as
there was no evidence against them.

Mr. Vaugham differed from Mr. Abrams. The posses-
sion of the jemmy by Hodgin, and his energetic attempt
to escape, were sources of great suspicion, and quite suf-
ficient of themselves to warrant their detention.
The prisoners were then remanded for a week.