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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 27.

BOW-STREET.—VIOLENT ASSAULT.—James
Mabrick, a well•dressed young man, who said he
was a clerk, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Vickress, the landlord of the Wellington Tavern,
corner of Wellington-street, Strand.
The prosecutor stated that the prisoner entered
his house on Monday with another gentleman and
a woman of a bad character. They went into what
is called the private department. He informed
them that he did not allow women of that class in
that department. The prisoner replied by asking
him how much he paid for his shirt collar. (A
laugh.) The wowan went out, but the prisoner
went up to the counter, and ordered a glass of gin
and water, with which witness refused to serve
him. The prisoner said, " I insist upon you serving
me. lam not drunk, and if you don't serve me, I
will go to the nearest magistrate and complain."
Witness replied, " You may go—" but checked
himself. The prisoner said, " I wish you had
finished the sentence,' go to the devil,' and I would
have punched your head." Witness said, " That
would be a cowardly thing to do." Thu prisoner
then struck him a violent blow on the head. He
called a constable and gave the prisoner into cus-
tody. He was the worse for liquor.
Mr. Vickress, jun. (son of the complainant), and
Mr. Barker, a gentleman who happened to be pre•
sent, corroborated,
The prisoner said the woman was certainly of
the class alleged, but she was quite sober and be-
haved herself properly. 1
Mr. Henry that might be, but many publicans
who wished to keep their houses respectable would
not serve such persons at all, at least in parts of the
house specially appropriated to more respectable
persons. It was quite a mistake to suppose that a
publican was bound to serve any person who en-
tered the house.
The prisoner—l thought ho was bound to serve
me as I was sober. The woman was gone then.
Mr. Henry—Exactly ; and you were standing on
what you thought your right. You were wrong ;
but that was only a mistake, and would be no great
harm if you had not assaulted him.
The prisoner denied that he had threatened to
strike Mr. Vickress, and said that he only struck
him after he (Mr. Vickress) had called him a coward.
He also alleged that Mr. Vickress was drunk.
This was contradicted by the police and by Mr.
Vickress himself.

Mr. Henry asked how long Mr. Vickress had
kept the house.
Mr. Vickress—Fourteen years, sir. I have been
a licensed victualler for thirty-seven years, and
never Lad a complaint against me.
Mr. Henry said there was obviously to ground for
the imputation. At the station-house the prisoner
had said that young Mr. Vickress assaulted him.
The Prisoner—l say so still.
111 r. Henry—lf he had done so he would only
have acted in defence of his father. There is no
excuse for your conduct. You must pay £5, or be
imprisoned for a month.

CLERKENIVE LL.—ATTEMPTED MURDER.—
Edward Gregory, aged 34, a labourer, residing at
39, St. Helenor-place, Clerkenwell, was charged
with attempting to murder James Driscoll, also a
labourer, by throwing him from the top of the cir•
cular girders, at present in course of erection at
King's-cross, for the Metropolitan Underground
Railway Station, into the cutting of the railway.
The court was crowded, and after the disposal of
the ordinary night charges,
Inspector Brannan, of the G division, said that
the charge could not at present be gone into, as
neither the complainant nor the defendant was in
attendance, both being at present confined in the
Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road.
Mr. Barker inquired what were the facts in con-
nexion with the case.

Inspector Brannan said that both parties were en-
gaged on the underground railway, at King's-cross,
and last night, between the hours of six and seven,
they were at work in assisting to fix the girders
that span the line, and are to form part of the sta-
tion. Some words ensued between them, and the
prisoner Gregory repeatedly struck Driscoll violent
blows about the head, face, and body, they both
being on the girders at the time Mriscoll, who had
an iron spanner in his hand, in self-defence struck
the man Gregory over the head, and Gregory im-
mediately took hold of Driscoll and Hung him with
great violence into the cutting below, a distance of
60 feet. The poor fellow was picked up iu an insen-
sible state, and conveyed to the Royal Free Hospi-
tal, and on the police endeavouring to take Gregory
into custody he was very violent, and it was with
the greatest difficulty he could be got to the police-
station. When there he was attended by Mr. Sell-
wood, the surgeon, who, having dressed his wounds,
advised his removal to the hospital. Inspector Bran-
nan then handed in two certificates, of which the
following are copies :
"Royal Flea Hospital, Gray's Inn-road,
May, 27, 1862, 10 a. m•
this hospital last evening at 7 o'clock, B ff
"I hereby certify that James Driscoll we brought toa
severe compound' fracture of both legs, withperformed by
to the system. Amputation of ono leg
was performed
it is feared the
Mr. Cooke, the surgeon to the hospital, s esrevegre shock
s state, and quite at the present time in a very precarious same operation: will be imperative on the other limb. He is
un-
able to make any statement.
Resident ."
i; joinsr D. HILL, Surgeon
signed by the same Bur-
geoAn certificate was
Edward Gregory was admitted
" I hereby certify that
into this hospitglast evening, under the care of Mr. Cooke,
followingpu te in,ffe effect
:
wound on the left side of the head,
suffering from a Beall)
with general systemand •
shock to the
arm. He is not at present in a condition to be removed from
the hospital."
Inspector Brannan stated that when he told the
prisoner the charge he said that Driscoll would not
do as ho told him, and he certainly struck him iu
the facc. He denied that he threw him into the
cutting. • Gregor.) is under the surveillance of the
police.
Mr. Barker said, as the parties were not present,
he could not act in the matter.
From inquiries made just before the closing of the

t.a.
c, fur, Mr. Hill, the resident house-surgeon, repo., 'led,
th at Driscoll was in a very precarious state.
WILFUL DAMAGE AT A PUBLICAN'S.—Manat et
SUL 'ivan, a prostitute, residing at 4, Bell-court; St.
And, row's, was charged before Mr. Barker with dis,
order ly conduct, and wilfully breaking a square of
glass, at the Coach and Horses public-house,Leather
lane, t.l2e property of Mr. Roberts, licensed victualler...
Frede, rick Farrell said he was barman at the Coach.
and Jlora es public-house. That morning, at about
half-past five, the prisoner entered the house and
made a gr eat disturbance, and used bad language.
the wishec, ' to be served, but in consequence of her
bad conduct he declined, and ordered her to leave
the hon.'s°.
ke e
oyf,
glass,
The s
damage h
As she refused, and still made a.
.he put her out, when she made a blow
adtisitizitmrballyaicte-hf a
plate, and embossed.
through a .squat
she did not break the window,
£l, the glass g m done
Wad n t
dotin bance. Her friends were
The prisoner si.uu
nor did she cause a
Qt 00 ati'y reason why she we.%
served, and she did n
not.
Police-constable Miller, 17 G, said the prisoner
was a very violent am!. low prostitute. When he
took her into custody a.nd told her the charge, her
hands were covered with blood, and sho said it WAS
a -- good job.
,
Mr. Barker said that the cue() Ivas clearly proved
and fined the defendant ss. and. the amount of the,
damage, or in defazilt, 14 days' hard labour in the
House of Correction.
The prisoner, utho sail she had no money, wfti
locked up.

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WESTMINSTER.—THE Err&NslcE ROBBERY
OF WATCHES AT TIIE
,lengthened
inquiry into the charge against Robeit Lutley,
ea
, very respectable young Swiss, who has I:l:dergone
several examinations, charged with stealing a case
of valuable gold watches from the Internationa.l Ex-
hibition was now closed.
Mr. Lewis, jun., for the prosecution, having (-tailed.
the owner of the property to identify it, said he had.
no further witnesses to produce, and should i".'.*l
perfectly content with the course the magistrate
might take.
Mr. Kearsey, solicitor, directed by the Consul-
General of Switzerland, to defend the prisoner, ad-
-6 dressed the L'nagistrat© at great length and with.
much ability his behalf, showing that he was in
a highly respectable position in life, and that he
money standing to his credit,
had a large sum of
which he could even' himself of at any time, and
that a vast number of witnesses would show that it
was impassible he could' ,be the man who was in the
Strand pawning watches a.t 11 and between 11 and.
pawnt:ltOkerS, or the person
12, as sworn to by the
pawning others on the same it'.l.Y in Oxford-street,
at three and four.
.called in support
pawner was in do
Nearly 20 witnesses were then
lso accounting
of the defence to show that the
Exhibition at the hours stated, and a'
for his time throughout the day.
most extra-
Mr. Arnold 'observed that this was a a
respect to
ordinary case, not so extraordinary with
the identity of the prisoner, as that in evt. Ty stage
of the proceedings ;luring this lengthened
inquiry
the evidence tendered with a view of Llrimina-
ting the prisoner had suggested to his (the
magistrate's) mind the icioa of his innocence.
The charge was that the case of rTatches was mis,'ed
from the Exhibition at about half p,ast 10, and thG
evidence called to criminate the prisu'.ner went to
show that by his position in the Swiss Dl9
-
vartment
he had access to it, and that at 11 o'clock, a,,nd be
tween 11 and 12, and again at about 3 o'clo ck*, ho
was pawning the stolen property. Three of 'the
pawnbrokers only spoke to his identity to the beet
of their belief, but two others swore positively thot
he was the man, and yet it was obvious that they..
were mistaken. So much doubt of the prisoner''
guilt had been raised in his (the magistrate's) mind.
that he should have discharged the prisoner when
the case closed for the prosecution, hut he thought
it better for the interests of the prisoner and of
truth that the defence should be gone into, and that
had fully established in his mind the couvictiont
that the prisoner was innccent. He (Mr. Arnold)
did not consider that any witness called could prove
with extreme accuracy what occurred during the
different hours of the day on which the watohes
were missed. There were contradictions, and co('
witness for the defence neutralised another,althouglL
he felt that both were honestly speaking to the best
of their belief, and it was preposterous to believe
that, after the accused had been made acquainted.
with the robbery, had assisted in searching for the
things, and had gone to the police, that he should,
at a time when the vigilance of the police had just
been aroused, and where suspicion would attach
itself to anybody upon the slightest circumstance,
have gone in and out of the building to the Strand
and to Oxford•street at the time otated to dispose of
the property. If the accused were the thief—tom
he was a foreigner, unacquainted with the metro-
polis—he must naturally have felt that such ab-
sences would have rendered him an object of sus-
iliviun3 but the evidence went to show that he Wag
seen in the building at all hours of the day, en-
gaged in his ordinary pursuits. The pawnbrokers
had spoken positively to him as pa Wning the watches,
but it was clear that they were either mistaken
in his identity or in the hour. The evidence
for the defence enabled him (Mr. Arnold) to say
conscientiously that he believed the prisoner to be
innocent. The whole affair was very much to be re-
gretted, for two reasons. First, it had thrown taide-
served suspicion upon the accused, had deprived hNt
of his liberty, and had doubtless caused him much.
pain and anxiety; while, on the other hand, it
had had the tendency of directing the evidence into
the wrong channel, and had given the real offen-
der the opportunity of escaping the famishment- of
his guilt. He (Mr. Arnold) had only now to say that
ho felt much pleasure in discharging the accused,
and that he left that court free from the slightest
imputation upon his character.
A burst of applause from the auditory followed the
decision,

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Beans .40s to 44s I Peas 40s to 448

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